In the General tab, make the basic settings and the connection settings for the "Backplane bus" module.
Basic settings
Module type
Display of the module type (read only)
Locked
A locked module can only be modified by authorized users.
Enabled
Data acquisition is enabled for this module.
Name
You can enter a name for the module.
Timebase
Specifies the acquisition time base used for ibaDAQ and the connected modules.
Use name as prefix
If "True" is selected, the module name is prefixed to the signal names of this module.
Connection
IP address
IP address or host name of the ibaDAQ device (read only).
Auto enable/disable
When this option is enabled and ibaPDA cannot establish a connection to this device when starting the acquisition, it will disable this module and start the acquisition without it. During the acquisition it will try to reconnect to the device. When it succeeds it will automatically restart the acquisition with this module enabled.
If this option is not enabled then ibaPDA won’t start the acquisition when it cannot connect to the device.
More functions
Read configuration from device
Reads the configuration that has been stored last from the device.
Changed settings are applied by clicking on <OK> or <Apply>.