Native Nodes

Add

Add new communication channel such as serial port, local IP address etc. at native hardware end. On pressing Add button a dialog box appears to select protocol and serial port / IP address present on native hardware. Select the options as required. ‘Resultant Tag’ is generated based on the user selected options. ‘Resultant Tag’ field is editable by the user and is used further by CASP.

Edit

Edit selected node. User interface is same as Add button.

Remove

Remove selected node

GPIO Device Nodes & User Data Parameters

Add

Add connected device side parameters such as protocol, serial baud rate, IP/MAC address, IP port, client/server etc. On pressing Add button a dialog box appears to select these parameters. ‘Resultant Tag0’ is generated based on the user selected options. ‘Resultant Tag0’ field is editable by the user and is used further by CASP.

User Data Parameter is required when the connected device is configured with CASP_UDIO data type. CASP_UDIO data type consists of User Data Input (UDI) and User Data Output (UDO) end point IO categories described in Parameter Configuration section below. User data parameters can be configured along with the GPIO Device Node parameters in the above dialog box. User data parameters typically consist of End Point name and send & receive data sizes. ‘Resultant Tag1’ is generated based on the user selected options. ‘Resultant Tag1’ field is editable by the user and is used further by CASP.

Edit

Edit selected item from list. User interface is same as Add button.

Remove

Remove selected item from list.

Communication Status Window

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This window indicates status of communication parameters such as connected devices, end point names, end point IO names etc.

I/O Path

Displays connected device path tree

Type

Displays IO type

Health Status

Connection status of connected device

Raw Value

Display raw during device communication

Cycle Time (usec)

Display cycle time or device response time during device communication

Parameter Configuration

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Allows user to configure some parameters related to device parameters during device communication test run.

IO Name

Displays selected End Point IO Name

IO Category

Displays selected End Point IO Category. Available IO categories are as under:

DI: Digital Input

DO: Digital Output

AII: Analogue Input Current

AIV: Analogue Input Voltage

AOI: Analogue Output Current

AOV: Analogue Output Voltage

PC:  Pulse Counter

UDI: User Data Input

UDO: User Data Output

Enable/Disable

Enable/Disable EPIO outputs (for DO, AOI, AOV, UDO) during test run.

Type

Indicates data type depending on EPIO category.

Range

Indicates field value range of EPIO

Set Configuration

Uploads parameter configuration to device memory.

Connect Device

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Establishes communication with connected hardware.

Online Data

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This check box starts communication with connected hardware device and displays online data in communication status window.

Raw Value

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Displays raw value of selected EPIO during device communication

Set

Sets raw data for selected EPIO. Applicable only for DO, AOI, AOV and UDO IO categories. User has to first enable these IO from Parameter Configuration before setting the values online.

Save

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After importing and validating the hardware through ‘Online Data’ discussed above. The EPIO model can be saved by pressing Save button. The saved EPIO model can be accessed later in project model through GPIO block.