The event wizard opens by clicking on the buttonin the configuration of event-based data stores. It also opens automatically when you drag a signal or an entire module from the window with the signal tree into the event tree window above it. If you have set up a folder structure for the events, drag the desired signal directly to the correct folder.

Use the wizard to create events directly from signals that you have configured in the I/O Manager. You can select one or multiple signals to be configured as an event. Therefore, the properties of the signals (signal name, comment 1 and 2) can be automatically transferred to the properties of the events.

Event template

Create event name from

Select from the drop-down list how the "Event name" should be assigned. The "signal name", "signal comment 1" and "signal comment 2" are available for selection.

The default setting is "signal name".

Create event comment 1 from

Select from the drop-down list how the "event comment 1" should be assigned. The "signal name", "signal comment 1" and "signal comment 2" are available for selection.

The default setting is "signal comment 1".

Create event comment 2 from

Select from the drop-down list how the "event comment 2" should be assigned. The "signal name", "signal comment 1" and "signal comment 2" are available for selection.

The default setting is "signal comment 2".

Create event message from

Select from the drop-down list how the "event message" should be assigned. The "signal name", "signal comment 1" and "signal comment 2" are available for selection.

The default setting is "signal name".

Event priority

Here you select the priority of the events that are created with the wizard.

Incoming event

Here you set how the incoming event shall be triggered.

    • In case of an analog signal as a trigger, the setting "on rising edge" means that the value of the trigger signal must exceed the trigger value in order to trigger the incoming event.

    • In case of an analog signal as a trigger, the setting "on falling edge" means that the value of the trigger signal must fall below the trigger value in order to trigger the incoming event.

Outgoing event

Here you set how the outgoing event is to be triggered.

    • If the incoming event is triggered on "Rising edge", the outgoing event can only be triggered on "Falling edge" and vice versa.

    • If only incoming events are to be recorded, select the "Never" setting here.

Trigger value

This value is only relevant for analog signals. Here you enter the value above or below which the event should be triggered.

Trigger dead time

The dead time describes the period of time for which an incoming event cannot be triggered again after it has been triggered. This can be used to suppress showers of events with fluttering signals.

Pre-trigger time

Moves the timestamp of the event into the past (positive value) or future (negative value).
Signals

Here you select the signals from which events are to be created using the settings in the "Event template".

Click on the <Add> button to create the events. After adding the selected events from the example at the beginning of this chapter, the following events are available in the event tree.