Siemens SITRANS RD500 Operating Instructions Manual page 30

Once the appropriate Modbus devices and registers have been defined, click Configure.
• The Tag property allows a descriptive name to be applied to the I/O channel,
e.g. HydroRanger 200 1. Avoid using duplicate names.
• The Sign property can be Unsigned, Soft, or Hard Signed.
• The View property is used to set the display of the channel's information in the
overview screen.
• Before DP indicates the number of decimal places before the decimal in the data
displayed.
• After DP indicates the number of decimal places after the decimal in the data
displayed.
• The Units are user defined in this text field. Units can be entered based on customer
application specific requirements.
• The Log property is used to select the log file into which the channel's data is
recorded.
After adding Configuration information, click Apply to write changes to the RD500.
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