Manage levels to your project using the pin levels sheet (.digilevels). The sheet displays voltage and current levels for pins and pin groups connected to digital pattern instruments and NI-DCPower instruments. You must define pins and pin groups in the pin and channel map file.

Before you can access NI-DCPower functionality in Digital Pattern Editor, you must install the NI-DCPower driver.
  1. Select File » New » Pin Levels Sheet to create a new levels sheet.
    Each row in the sheet represents a unique set of level parameters for a pin or a pin group.
    Note Level parameters defined in pin or pin groups farther down the list override parameters defined earlier in the list.
  2. Drag the pin or pin group rows using reorder arrows to change the level parameters order.
    Note Multiple pin groups can contain the same pin, enabling multiple unique levels for the same pin. The Digital Pattern Editor highlights the duplicate pins and pin groups in yellow for review and confirmation.
  3. Edit numeric values or numeric formulas for each digital, power pin, or pin group to configure levels. Specifications files included in the project can define variables that formulas reference. By default, the levels sheet displays the formula definition.
    Select Show Formulas/Show Computed Values to toggle the formula or numeric value view. Hover over the cell to display the formula and resolved value. The sheet highlights unresolved values and related dependencies. Hovering over these displays error information. Levels files automatically update value changes made in specifications files. If no new value is set for duplicate pins, Digital Pattern Editor uses defaults from previous rows, API calls, or loaded levels.
  4. Double-click or start entering data in the empty row at the bottom of the levels table to create a new levels row and specify values.
    Note Delete rows by clicking on the row header and pressing <Delete>.
  5. Set pin values.
  6. Click the Apply Levels button to load level values to instruments after you make changes in the levels sheet. Applying levels values affects all enabled sites for which pattern bursting is also enabled.