ETAS 3 Signal Selection
3. Select the instrument type that you want to create.
On the layer, the new instrument is displayed in the foreground and
highlighted. In the Configuration Manager, the name of this instru-
ment is displayed in bold.
In the Variable Explorer, you can identify all signals that are
assigned to an instrument in the Used column. For more inform-
ation, see "To filter used/unused signals" on page45.
To assign signals to an existing instrument
1. In the Variable Explorer, press the CTRL or SHIFT key and mark all
signals that you want to use for analysis.
2. Using the mouse:
i. Drag and drop the selected signals to an existing instrument in
the configuration or to the respective entry in the Configuration
Manager.
3. Using the keyboard:
i. In the instrument, press the INSERT key.
A pop-up appears.
ii. Type at least one letter of the signal name.
A list of signals appears.
The next time the pop-up appears, it displays the previously
selected signal name in a marked state.
iii. To move to the desired signal, use the ARROW UP or ARROW
DOWN key.
iv. To add a single signal to the instrument, press ENTER.
or
To add several signals to the instrument, press the SPACE key
and continue to select or search.
To move or copy signals from one instrument to another instrument
1. In the instrument from where you want to move or copy the sig-
nals, select the signals.
2. Do one of the following:
To move the signals, drag the selected signals and drop them
onto another instrument.
To copy the signals press the CTRL key first before dropping the
selected signals onto another instrument.
The same operations are also supported in the Configuration Man-
ager.
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