Bus Signal Properties

The Bus Signal is the second most common method of viewing captured data. Bus Signals provide viewing of multiple channels as a single value at any given point in time.

Signal Name - Change the text displayed here to help you identify this signal definition. If the name has already been used, it will automatically be appended with a numerical value in brackets (i.e. [2]). The name displayed here will be used in the Waveform Views, searches, tables, lists (if applicable), exports and all menu references.

Color Selection & Examples - If this signal definition has multiple Wave Form viewing modes, an example of each mode is displayed in the current color scheme, followed by a listing of any items that allow custom colors (i.e. Signal Color, Signal Background). Click on an item in the list to select a new color.

Disable Signal - Check this item to completely disable the Signal Definition. It is recommended to disable any signals that use channels that are not connected to a physical device. When a capture takes place ("Run"), any channels that are assigned to disabled signals will be ignored instead of using valuable capture space.

Invert Signal

This item is de-selected (unchecked) by default. Check this item to have the value of the captured channels "inverted" before processing or displaying for this signal definition. This setting will not effect any other signal definitions that may use the same channels.

Channels

This is where you will associate a signal definition with the physical channels or connections to the outside world. Each signal definition type will have one or more channel selection groups and will allow one or more channels to be selected for each group. Each channel selection group will be identified on its left if more than one group is available for the signal type.

To select a channel, click on the " - " below the proper color (and channel number) that corresponds to the physical connection of the DigiView Cable (see: Connecting the Data Lines). Channels that are selected for this signal will replace the " - " with a blue "dot" as shown above. Channels that are already defined in other signal definitions will have a darker color around the selection area for the channel (as channels 0, 1, 2, 4 and 5 do in the graphic above).

Reset Colors - This button will reset the colors for this signal so that they will match the currently selected color theme (see: Color Themes).