The default values reflect the hardware selected in the hardware pane. Enter or modify the connector or channel fields as desired. Very little validation is performed on the supplied values to make hardware addition as flexible as possible; be sure to supply correct values and formats.
A connector or channel value is required and must be unique. Attempting to assign a duplicate value simply updates the existing connector or channel. A connector value should be in the form connector.device and channel value should be in the form channel@connector.device.
The name, description and category are optional, though it is strongly recommended to select a proper category when creating channels.
Click the Save button when finished to add or modify the selected hardware and update the hardware panel accordingly. Clicking the Close button aborts any hardware changes.
Cloning hardware is extremely easy using this dialog. Simply select the desired hardware entry and click Add Hardware. This populates the dialog with the current values which can be changed as needed.
NOTE
It is possible to add channels only. In this case, the connector is automatically added by the application. Although the hardware discovery process always adds the connector before adding the channel, adding channels manually bypasses this step.