Extracting Bits From A Signal - ETAS MDA V8.6 User Manual

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Shows all used signals, i.e. signals assigned to an instrument or used
for a calculated signal
Shows all unused signals, i.e. signals not assigned to an instrument or
not used for a calculated signal
Shows all used and unused signals
To reset filters
You can perform the following actions:
To sort signals per column in the Variable Explorer
In the Variable Explorer, the Display Name column is sorted by default. If you
want to sort another column, click the header of the respective column. The
currently sorted column is indicated by a blue color label and underline. The
sorting is not case-sensitive. If the entries start with a number, they are
ordered alphanumerically.
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Extracting Bits from a Signal

Some signals can be interpreted as a combination of 1-bit signals. For
example, a byte signal contains eight different, independent status bits. Each
bit represents one specific status information. For such signals, rather the indi-
vidual bit signals are relevant.
To see how you can extract individual bits from a signal and rename them,
watch our video
To extract these from the complete signal block, proceed as follows:
MDA V8.6 – User Guide
Clear all filters
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To clear all filters in categories, columns, and search field, click
in the area of the variables list.
Disabled filters in categories remain unchanged.
Filters in columns
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i. To reset filters of a specific column, click
ii. In the drop-down list, select the Select all checkbox.
Filters in a category
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i. To clear the filters in one category, click
ii. To deactivate the selected filters, click
The original selection is maintained, even if you clear the fil-
ters using the
Extracting Bits from a Signal.
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