ETAS MDA V8 - Assigning Signals to an Existing Instrument; Moving or Copying Signals from One Instrument to Another

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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 con-
figuration 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 con-
tinue 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 signals, select
the signals.
2. Do one of the following:
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To move the signals, drag the selected signals and drop them onto
another instrument.
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To copy the signals press the CTRL key first before dropping the selec-
ted signals onto another instrument.
The same operations are also supported in the Configuration Manager.
If you drag signals to an instrument of the same instrument type, all set-
tings that you have already defined for a signal in the first instrument per-
sist.
In case the target instrument is located on another layer, use the layer
tabs to navigate to the desired layer.
To create a new instrument, drag and drop the selected signals onto an
empty space of the layer or onto the layer tab.
When you move or copy a signal, MDA checks whether the target instru-
ment supports the current data representation. If this is not the case, the
physical data representation is used instead. For more information about
data representation in the oscilloscope, see "To change the data rep-
resentation of a signal" on page69, and in the table, see "To change the
data representation of a signal" on page78.
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