3. Define the index for the variable. If you should use CANopen this will be the index
published in EDS file.
4. Define subindex for the new variable. See dedicated section of variable concept
for recommendations on index and subindex.
5. Choose data type for your variable only for CANopen you can not reduce the size in
CAN messages. Otherwise main criteria is to make the variable big enough for all
values it should transport.
6. Select owner of the variable. See section owner concept in base document for
criteria about which owner a variable should get.
7. Select a group for the new variable. See section organizing principles in base
document for some recommendations on group definitions.
8. Press "Add" button to add the new variable to GUI definition. Every press on "Add"
will create a new variable - as long as name and index/subindex combination are
unique.
9. If you want to create more than one variable you can either directly modify your
settings OR press "Reset" first to get the dialog cleaned up first.
10.When you are finished creating variables, press "Close" button to leave the dialog
and return to "Variable Manager".
Maintain and Modify Variables
Variable manager provides all the properties of all variables so that you can check the
predefined ones and modify or delete your own variables.
Before actually deleting a variable it is recommended to make sure that it isn't used
anymore in variable view .
Variable manager provides the following options and properties to maintain variables.
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