This option enables you to create device panels associated with selected instruments. This process also includes the creation of the required device cables that will be connected to the new device panels. You can let Smart Instrumentation configure the connection for you or you can choose the manual configuration option that allows you to configure the connection:
Automatic configuration
the software creates a device panel, a device cable, and automatically configures the required connection for you. Smart Instrumentation does not prompt you to select a reference panel, reference cable, or a connection type. Instead, the software selects the reference configuration for the new device panel, device cable, and connection type that you have defined in the Wiring and I/O Profile group box of the Instrument Type Profile dialog in the Instrument Index module. The new device panel will have the same name as the new instrument. Make sure that you set and activate all the required instrument type profiles before you start creating new instruments.
Manual configuration
Smart Instrumentation creates a device panel and a device cable and lets you manually configure the required connection. The software prompts you to select a reference panel and reference cable that will be used to create the new device panel and cable. Smart Instrumentation copies the definitions for the new device panel and cable from the selected reference panel and cable that you defined in the Reference Explorer. You can also select an existing connection type and name the new device panel as needed.
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In the Wiring Module window, select Actions > Device Panels
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In the Device Panels window, select the Manual configuration check box to define the device panel and cable manually.
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Clear the Manual configuration check box to define the device panel and cable automatically.
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On the menu bar, select Actions > New Tag or select
on the toolbar.
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Select the instruments for which you want to create device panels and cables. You can use the CTRL and SHIFT keys to select multiple instruments.
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On the menu bar, select Actions > Create.
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If you cleared the Manual configuration check box, Smart Instrumentation creates and configures the device panel automatically. The creation process ends at this point and the new device panels appear next to the selected instruments in the Device Panels window. The software displays a cable icon
next to the new device panel indicating that a device cable is connected to it.
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If you selected the Manual configuration check box, the creation process continues.
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On the Create Device Panel and Cable dialog, under Device panel, accept the displayed name of the device panel that will be created with the current instrument.
The Create Device Panel and Cable dialog opens only if the instrument that you are creating is based on an instrument type profile that has at least partial wiring definitions.
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From the Reference device panel list, select a reference device panel that you want to use as a basis for the new device panel.
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The displayed reference panel is the one that you defined in the Instrument Index module, in the Instrument Type Profile dialog, under Wiring and I/O Profile.
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The properties of the reference panel that you select determine whether one or both of the Conventional connections and Plug-and-socket connections group boxes are enabled, and the values that are initially displayed.
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In the active group boxes, to define the device cables, do the following as necessary:
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To modify the properties of a selected device cable connection, select Properties, and in the dialog that opens, change the values as necessary.
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To add an additional device cable connection, select New, and in the dialog that opens, enter the appropriate values.
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To delete selected cable connections, select Delete.
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To apply the values that you set to the selected instruments with incomplete wiring profiles, select Apply to all selected instruments with incomplete profile.