How to: Disable inactive channels of encoders or multisource devices

Last modified: Thursday September 29, 2022.

When using multichannel encoders or multisensor devices, you can disable any channels that you are not using and do not want to appear in Aware.

Prerequisites

Only users that have edit permissions for Devices can disable encoder and multisensor device channels.

Task

  1. Choose Tools Open a tool > Devices Devices.
  2. Select the multisensor device or multichannel encoder of interest.
  3. From the right-hand pane, beneath the device name, select the channel to be disabled from the dropdown list.
  4. From Use this source, disable the source or channel using the toggle.
  5. If required, disable any other channels or sources.