Experiment Pane (Variables Configuration Tab)

The recording status of variables and the raster can be defined in the Experiment pane.

The following information of the variables can be displayed:

Variables Icons
Displays the icons of the groups Class, Type and Writability/Readability.
Name
Displays the variables designations.

Active

Allows disabling or enabling a variable. If a variable is disabled, it is no longer displayed in the experiment environment, not recorded and not included in the raster check. If a variable is enabled again, it is displayed in the same measure/calibration window and with the same settings.

Note
You can also activate or inactivate all variables of a layer at once by right-clicking on the layer in the tree view and selecting Make variables active or Make variables inactive from the context menu. There are two different options to make variables inactive: All will deactivate all variables at the layer at once. Unique will only deactivate variables that are unique on this layer. Variables that are also used on other layers, won't be affected. If you are using an experiment with layers, you can easily see on the layer tab at the bottom of the Experiment window whether the layer contains inactive variables: If the layer contains both active and inactive variables, then the icon is displayed next to the layer name. If it contains only inactive variables, then the icon is displayed next to the layer name. The tooltip of the layer tab provides additional information on the inactive variables.

Note

You can also activate or inactivate all variables of a layer at once by right-clicking on the layer in the tree view and selecting Make variables active or Make variables inactive from the context menu. There are two different options to make variables inactive:
All will deactivate all variables at the layer at once.
Unique will only deactivate variables that are unique on this layer. Variables that are also used on other layers, won't be affected.

If you are using an experiment with layers, you can easily see on the layer tab at the bottom of the Experiment window whether the layer contains inactive variables:
If the layer contains both active and inactive variables, then the icon is displayed next to the layer name.
If it contains only inactive variables, then the icon is displayed next to the layer name.
The tooltip of the layer tab provides additional information on the inactive variables.

Record Only

Allows defining that a variable is recorded by the default recorder without being displayed in the experiment.

Note
If the variable is used in one or several measure/calibration windows, it is first identified by a red cross in the experiment structure of the Variable Selection dialog. If the dialog is closed with OK, the variable is removed from the measure/calibration windows. If Record Only is disabled again, the variables are displayed in a new measure/calibration window.

Raster
Allows defining the raster of a variable.
=?
Indicates whether the raster defined for the variable corresponds to the raster preselection.
Predefined Raster
Displays predefined rasters. Predefined rasters are rasters which an A2L project optionally defines for a variable.
Default Recorder
Allows defining that the variable is recorded with the default recorder. As such, it is also possible to record calibration variables.
Note
If additional recorder besides the default recorder are used in the experiment, they can also be displayed.