ETAS MDA V8.5 - Assigning Signals to Instruments

ETAS 3 Signal Selection
1. In the Variable Explorer, select the signal from which the individual
bits shall be extracted.
2. In the context menu, select Generate Bit Signals.
3. Select one or more bits.
The number of checkboxes depends on the data type of the selec-
ted variable.
4. Click Generate.
For each selected bit, a calculated Boolean signal is created. The
name of the calculated signals consists of the original signal name
and the bit number. The calculated signals are available in the Vari-
able Explorer and in the calculated signals editor. You can use
these signals in instruments and other calculated signals. For
more information, see "Assigning Signals to Instruments" below
and "Defining Calculated Signals" on page53.
To remove extracted bit signals, see "To delete a calculated signal"
on page56.
3.5 Assigning Signals to Instruments
To display the actual measure data of a signal, the signal must be assigned to
an instrument. For more information, see "To add a measure file" on page28.
You can perform the following actions:
l "To assign signals to a new instrument" below
l "To assign signals to an existing instrument" on the next page
l "To move or copy signals from one instrument to another instrument" on
the next page
l "To replace a signal" on page49
To quickly assign signals to an existing oscilloscope, the selection wheel can be
used. For more information, see "To assign signals using the selection wheel"
on page84.
To assign signals to a new instrument
To see how you can select the relevant signals and assign these to the desired
instrument, watch our video Selecting Signals.
1. In the Variable Explorer, press the CTRL or SHIFT key and mark all
signals that you want to use for analysis.
2. Drag and drop the selected signals to an empty area of the layer or
onto the layer tab in the currently active configuration. It is not pos-
sible to drag signals to another configuration.
The context menu of the layer opens containing an item for each
available instrument type.
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