If the module is detected, click on the module in the tree structure and the General tab appears.

Basic settings

Module Type (information only)

Indicates the type of the current module.

Locked

You can lock a module to avoid unintentional or unauthorized changing of the module settings.

Enabled

Enable the module to record signals.

Name

You can enter a name for the module here.

Comment

You can enter a comment or description of the module here. This will be displayed as a tooltip in the signal tree.

Module No.

This internal reference number of the module determines the order of the modules in the signal tree of ibaPDA client and ibaAnalyzer.

Timebase

All signals of the module are sampled on this timebase.

Acquisition timebase specified in the PADU-S module

Use module name as prefix

This option puts the module name in front of the signal names.

Configuration set by

This item is only visible when ibaPADU-S-IT-2x16 is used as central unit. When an embedded application has been started on ibaPADU-S-IT-2x16 (e.g. ibaLogic), then ibaPDA cannot modify the configuration of the modules and signals. In this case the configuration is set by the embedded application. The following entries can be displayed:

  • ibaPDA

    If ibaPDA is displayed, an embedded application has not been started and the configuration can be set by ibaPDA.

  • Embedded application

    If embedded application is displayed, the configuration of the modules and signals is set by the embedded application on the device. In this case, it is also possible to import user-defined signal names - assigned by the runtime configuration - into ibaPDA (Import signal names: True), if the embedded application supports this function.

    The modules and signals configured by the embedded application cannot be configured in ibaPDA, they are displayed in gray in the respective fields.

    ibaPDA reads out this configuration and uses it for acquisition in ibaPDA. Modules and signals which are not displayed in gray can be used in ibaPDA.
Advanced

Digital filter mode

Select "Anti-aliasing" if an additional digital anti-aliasing filter is to be enabled after the analog anti-aliasing filter. This digital anti-aliasing filter can be enabled only once per module and is then applied to all signals, that have the filter property enabled on the Analog tab.

For this reason, it can only be activated together with the analog filter via the filter option in the Analog tab.

The digital anti-aliasing filter can only be enabled with a sampling rate > 500 Hz (= timebase < 2 ms). If the digital filter is enabled, an additional field Cutoff frequency appears.

Cutoff frequency

You can enter a value in Hz for the cutoff frequency of the digital anti-aliasing filter or select the "Auto" setting. When it is set to “Auto” the cutoff frequency is equal to one third of the sampling frequency.

  • Permissible values: 100 Hz … 0.5*sampling rate

  • The entry “0” Hz corresponds to the setting “Auto”.

The following additional signals are only available with module ibaMS3xAI-1A/100A:

  • Enable 6.25A signals

    If "True" is selected, three additional signals of the "6.25A range" are displayed in the Analog tab.

  • Enable combined signals

    If "True" is selected here, three additional signals of the "6.25A/100A range" are displayed in the Analog tab.

  • Enable 100A signals

    If "True" is selected, three additional signals of the "100A range" are displayed in the Analog tab.

  • Enable 1.56A signals

    If "True" is selected, three additional signals of the "1.56A range" are displayed in the Analog tab.

For information on the measuring ranges, see Measuring ranges ibaMS3xAI-1A/100A

Enable frequency measurement

Select “True”, if you want to measure power frequency of the connected signals. The Power frequency [10Hz..80Hz] tab is also displayed (available for all ibaMS3xAI-x modules).