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The following table lists the controls of the table
Signals
.
Control
Description
Moves the marked signal upward by one line.
Moves the marked signal downward by one line.
Adds a new signal. A dialog box for selecting the data type is displayed. You can
set the data type of the signal only in this dialog box.
Deletes the marked signal(s).
Each column offers you sort and search functions.
To open the list to select from, click the column heading. To activate the filter
function, enter the text in the filter input field and press the Enter key. You can use
* as a wildcard for filtering. To deactivate the filter function again, delete any text
you have entered in the filter input field and press the Enter key.
Table 64: Controls of the table „Signals“
13.3.2.2
Data types for signal names
The following table lists the data types for signal names.
Name of data type
Description
Length in bits
Allowed value range
bit list
List of single bits
The number of bits in
the list must be a
multiple of 8.
1
0 (false), 1 (true)
octetString
String of octets
(bytes)
8*(n+1)
signed8
Short signed integer
8
-128 … 127
signed16
Signed integer
16
-32768 … 32767
signed32
Double signed integer 32
-2
31
… +2
31
-1
unsigned8
Unsigned short
integer
8
0 … 255
unsigned16
Unsigned integer /
Word
16
0 …65535
unsigned32
Unsigned double
integer
32
0 … +2
32
-1
real32
Real (Floating point )
32
≈ -/+ 10
38
real64
Long real
64
≈ -/+ 10
308
Table 65: Data types for signal names
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