ETAS MDA V8 - Maintaining Instruments

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5.2.1 Maintaining Instruments
You can perform the following actions:
"To create an instrument filled with signals" below
"To create an empty instrument" below
"To duplicate an instrument" below
"To move an instrument to another layer" on the next page
"To rename an instrument" on the next page
"To delete an instrument" on the next page
"To change instrument properties" on the next page
To create an instrument filled with signals
1. As a prerequisite, you have added a measure file. For more information, see
"To add a measure file" on page34.
2. Drag and drop signals from the Variable Explorer or the Configuration Man-
ager onto a layer or layer tab of the configuration. For more information,
see "To assign signals to a new instrument" on page99.
To create an empty instrument
1. Do one of the following:
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Right-click an empty area on the layer or on the name of the layer tab
and select Add Instrument. The available instrument types are listed.
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From the Instrument Box, drag and drop the instrument type that you
want to create onto a layer of the configuration. When you hover over a
non-active layer tab, the respective layer is selected.
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In the Configuration Manager, right-click a configuration or a layer and
select Add Instrument. If you right-click a configuration, the instrument
is added to the active layer.
On the layer, the new instrument is displayed in the foreground and high-
lighted. In the Configuration Manager, the name of this instrument is dis-
played in bold.
2. If the configuration does not contain a measure file, the instrument is
shown without time information in the time slider. Continue with adding a
measure file. For more information, see "To add a measure file" on page34.
To duplicate an instrument
To see how you can import an MDA V7 configuration and manage the instrument,
watch our video Import and Layer Handling.
To duplicate a complete layer, see "To duplicate a layer" on page48.
1. In the Configuration Manager, right-click one or more instruments and
choose Copy.
2. If you want to copy the instruments into another configuration, select this
configuration. For more information, see "To select the active con-
figuration" on page28.
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