ABB RTU500 series User Manual page 40

Test & Simulation
Inputs and Outputs view - elements of the user interface
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Figure 41: Signals grid
The first three columns give the user the possibility of filtering the signals to be displayed in the
grid. From left to right, these columns are the following:
– Signal type:
The first column includes the type of signal. The user can filter signals by selecting a signal type
from the drop list at the bottom of the column or by writing in the search box at the top of the
column. For example, if the user writes "i", all signals whose type contains an "i" (SPI, DPI, STI,
etc.) will be filtered. If the user writes now "pi", both SPI and DPI signals will be filtered.
– Signal identifier:
This column contains the full name of each signal, including the names of the different levels of
the signal tree to which the signal belongs. The user can filter signals by writing partial names of
the signals (e.g. the name of a group in the signal tree). It is also possible to write multiple parts
of the signal identifier in order to filter the signals which contain all these part in their names.
Fig. 42 is an example of this kind of filtering.
– Signal source:
The third column contains the name of the sub-device (or local IO) to which each signal be-
longs. Similar to the first column, the user can both select a name from the drop list at the bot-
tom of the column and write the name (or part of it) in the search box at the top to filter the sig-
nals to be showed in the grid.
Figure 42: Example of filtering by signal identifier
At the top of the next to last column, there is a button called "Clear filter". By clicking on it, the user
clears all filters set in the three first columns of the grids.
RTU500 series Remote Terminal Unit