IBA ibaPADU-D-8AI-I Compact Measurement Modules

IBA ibaPADU-D-8AI-I  Compact Measurement Modules

Configuration with ibaPDA

First steps for the configuration in ibaPDA

With the following instructions, you integrate the ibaBM-ENetIP device stepwise as a

sniffer in ibaPDA and configure the measurement signals.

1. Connect the device to a voltage source and switch on the device (see chapter 7.3.2).

2. Establish a FO connection between the TX connector of the device and a free RX

input of an ibaFOB-D card as well as a FO connection between the RX connector

and a free TX output of the ibaFOB-D card. The TX/RX connectors of the ibaFOB-D

card belong together in pairs, i.e. you cannot use just any free TX/RX connectors.

Dark grey FO connectors are receiving RX inputs

Light grey FO connectors are sending TX outputs

3. Start the ibaPDA client  and open the I/O Manager .

4. On the left-hand side in the I/O Manager, the available system interfaces are dis

played. Choose the desired ibaFOB-D card and mark the link, ibaBM-ENetIP is con

nected to.

Click with the right mouse button on the link and select “Autodetect”. The device is

identified automatically and shown in the module tree. Depending on the Flex ad

dress (switch S2), the device appears at the respective address position 1-15.

Optionally, you can also add the device manually. In this case select “Add module –

ibaBM-ENetIP” in the context menu.

According to the selected Flex address (switch S2), the device has to be dragged to

the correct address position using drag & drop.

7. Please define on the “General” tab the parameters of ibaBM-ENetIP. The following

parameters are important:

▪ Name:

Assign a meaningful name to the connected device.

▪ Timebase: Select a timebase for data acquisition in ibaPDA.

Add a module under the ibaBM-ENetIP device. Click with the right mouse-button on

the ibaBM-ENetIP device and select “Add module” and the module “EtherNet/IP

sniffer“ from the list.

Now, enter under the module on the “General” tab the source IP address and the

destination IP address as well as the “No analog signals“ and “No digital signals“.

The default setting is 32; a maximum of 1024 analog and 1024 digital signals can be

assigned per module. This value determines the length of the signal tables on the

“Analog“ and “Digital“ tabs.

Enter on the “Analog“ tab the signals you want to acquire in sequential order. Assign

a name to each signal (“Name“ column) and define in the “Address“ and “Data type“

columns the information about where to find the signal on the interface of the device.

By clicking on the header of a column, all the settings in the rows below are filled in au

tomatically.

Example:

If you want to configure another data type, beginning with a specific row, then change

the data type in the first concerned row. Now, click on the “Data type“ header. In all the

rows below, the data type is changed automatically.

If you want to have calculated the addresses automatically depending on the selected

data type: Configure the correct address in the first row (usually 0) and then click on the

“Address“ header. Now, considering the selected data types, the addresses are filled in

automatically in sequential order. Similar functions are also available for the other col

umns.

Thus, the project effort can be reduced.

. If required, select a scaling value of the signals in the “Gain“ and “Offset“ columns if

required, for converting the signals into physical units.

12. For the digital signals on the “Digital“ tab, proceed as described above. A data type

is not defined. The address offset is given in 1-Byte-steps. The individual signals are

addressed via the bit numbers 0 to 7.