hilscher NIOT-E-TPI51-EN-RE User Manual page 199

Configuring EtherNet/IP and defining signals
1. Selecting the IO item:
2. Deleting the predefined signal:
3. Adding new signals:
4. Modifying signals subsequently:
5. Defining signals:
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Defining your own (new) signals
Ø Select the IO item for which you want to define signal names in the
configuration tree under IO and signal configuration.
Ê The selected IO item is displayed in the workspace.
Ø Mark the predefined signal in the table Signals.
Ø Click Delete selected items.
Ê The predefined signal is deleted and you can define your own signals.
Ø Click Add new signals.
Ê The dialog box Add new Signals for selecting the data type is
displayed.
Ê Configuring signals:
Ø Select the data type for the signal. The list of data types is described in
section Data types for signal names [} page 196].
Ø Select the quantity. The possible values you can select depend on the
selected data type and the number of input or output bytes to which no
signal name has been assigned yet.
Ø To have an identical beginning for all signal names, enter a text in the
input field Tag name base. The extension „_1", „_2", etc. will be added
automatically, if you have entered a value greater than 1 under
"Quantity".
Ø Click OK.
ð The new signal/s is/are defined and will be displayed in the table
Signals.
Ø If required, you can subsequently modify the signal names in the
column Tag of the table Signals.
Ø If required, you can enter a signal description in the column
Description of the table Signals.
Ø Repeat steps 1‑5 until you have defined all required signals.
ð The signal definition is prepared.
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