Enter the signals you want to acquire in sequential order in the Analog tab.

The individual columns in the signal list have the following meanings:

Name

Here, you can enter a signal name and additionally two comments when clicking the icon in the Name field.

Unit

Here, you can enter the physical unit of the analog value.

Gain / Offset

Gradient (Gain) and y axis intercept (Offset) of a linear equation. You can convert a standardized and unitless transmitted value into a physical value.

Direction

Select the direction from the drop-down menu:O->T: originator -> targetT->O: target -> originator

Data block

The Data Block column is visible only if the CIP Motion profile has been selected in the General tab. The data block of a CIP Motion telegram can contain various types of information that are defined in the EtherNet/IP configuration. See also chapter CIP Motion. The following options are available:

• Cyclic Actual

• Cyclic Read/Write

• Event

• Service

Address

The byte address of the signal within the input or output data range. The address range always begins with the address 0.

Data type

Data type of the signal. Available data types:

Data type		Description	Value range
Big Endian	Little Endian	8 bit without plus/minus sign	0 to 255
BYTE	BYTE
INT_B	INT	16 bit with plus/minus sign	-32768 to 32767
WORD_B	WORD	16 bit without plus/minus sign	0 to 65535
DINT_B	DINT	32 bit with plus/minus sign	-2147483647 to 2147483647
DWORD_B	DWORD	32 bit without plus/minus sign	0 to 4294967295
FLOAT_B	FLOAT	IEEE754; Single Precision; 32 bit floating point	±3,402823 E+38 ... ±1,175495 E-38

Active

Only when this option is selected, the signal is acquired and also considered when checking the number of licensed signals.