ADS Acquisition
Ads Acquisition describes a variable for which the values are communicated via Ads.
Common
Enabled | Here you can decide whether the configured channel should be recorded or not. |
Name | Here you can edit the name of the acquisition. |
Symbol Comment | Here the actual symbol comment is displayed, if such a comment exists. |
Symbol
Area | Indicates the variable range. |
ArrayLength | Indicates the length of the selected array. |
DataType | Indicates the data type of the selected variable. |
ForceOversampling | Indicates whether the specified variable is an oversampling variable. |
SampleTime [ms] | Specifies the sampling interval for the variable. |
TimeOffset[s] | This can be used for one-time manipulation of the original time stamp during recording of the data point. e.g. to compensate path differences of different target systems. The phase differences have to be determined manually by the user. |
UseTaskSampleTime | Here you can specify whether the data for the selected variables are to be sampled with the TaskSampleTime or the FreeSampleTime. FreeSampleTime can be used to set the Sample Time. |
VariableSize | Shows the size of the variables in bytes |
Symbol ADS
Index group | Group index of the variable. |
Index offset | Offset index of the variable. |
Symbol based | If this option is set, the variables are communicated via the symbol name. If this option is not set, the variables are communicated via the Group and Offset indices, and the input fields for Group and Offset are enabled. |
Symbol Name | Symbol name of the selected variable. |
Target
TargetSystem | Indicates the target system selected for a recording. By default this is the target system for the selected variable. |
UseLocalServer | If this option is set, the Scope Server installed on the Scope View system is used for the recording. If the option is not set, the system tries to connect to the remote server of the target system. |
TargetPort | Shows the variable port on the respective TwinCAT system. A drop-down box can be used to select the available ports for the selected target system. |
Unit
If a unit is defined for the variable, it is displayed here. However, it cannot be edited. If a unit is to be added to the display, it must be specified with the channel.
Context menu
The first two groups contain the functionalities for opening various Windows tools. These include firstly the Target Browser, the Comment Window, the Layer Editor, the Marker Window and finally the Trigger Window.
In the following group, the existing configuration can be reconfigured with just a few clicks.
"Change Ads Symbol..."
If the symbol names have changed in several ADS acquisitions, parts of the name can be exchanged using this function.
"Change Display Name"
The "Change Display Name" function can be used to set the level of detail to be displayed for the names of the channels and acquisitions.
"Change Index Group..."
This function can be used to change the Index Group of all ADS variables. Either an offset can be calculated or a new value can be entered.
"Enabled"
This setting can be used to set whether or not data should be recorded for the acquisition. If the setting is active (tick is visible on the left), data is collected and the acquisition can also be used in the rest of the configuration.