Hardware control
The Hardware page displays the connected system modules, connectors and existing input channels. Connectors, channels and other devices appear under their top-level modules. Entries appear or disappear as hardware is connected or disconnected.
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Connected EX23-R modules are not shown. Devices such as cameras connected directly to an EX23-R appear under the
Each module displays basic information including module alias, serial number, firmware version and module status and provides a control menu for access to several module actions and settings. Existing input channels display basic channel information including the channel name, TEDS information and the channel sample rate. When a live update is running, the real-time readings are shown.
The Hardware page also includes the Sensors panel.
To change a module alias, simply click on the module name and enter the new alias.
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Note that this option is only available if the User preferences setting Allow modules to be renamed is selected.
The module control menu contains several actions:
Expand the desired module. On the entry of the appropriate connector, click the add icon (). For TEDS connected sensors, the channel parameters are automatically defined. For other channels, use the presented dialog to set the channel parameters.
To apply sensor configurations from imported HBM sensor databases, first expand the Sensors panel. The Sensors panel contains the imported sensor databases and their sensor definitions. For very large databases, it may take several seconds to display the database contents for the first time.
Drag and drop the sensor definition from the Sensors panel onto the desired channel.
When a sensor definition is successfully applied to a channel, this is indicated by the SDB sync icon (). Channel parameters can be manually edited, which is indicated by the SDB edited icon (
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Sensor database parameters can be applied to TEDS sensors. However, if the channel is re-synced to its TEDS parameters, the sensor database reference is removed.
Expand the desired module and connector. On the channel entry, click the delete icon ().
Expand the desired module and connector to find the channel entry.
To edit the channel name, simply click on the existing name and enter a new name. If a channel name is changed, all references to the channel from computed channels or DataModes™ change automatically.
To edit the channel parameters, click the edit icon ().
The Video channel preview shows the video stream from the selected camera channel.
Click Freeze to pause the video.
Click Rotate to rotate the video display counter-clockwise by degree increments supported by the video device. Please refer to video device manufacturer's documentation for video image rotation, which may be limited to 180 or 90 degree increments.