# Channel Settings Overview

The Channel Settings dialog box allows you to select any particular channel you need to configure. Each channel is needs Source Network Address (SNA). The SNA identifies the specific address location on the industrial network that this channel will continually scan. The SNA also implicitly specifies the channel's data type (discrete or analog), so it should be correctly set before entering other channel settings. The default SNA can be changed to any legal network address.

Other items to enter from this dialog box include:

The Reporting or Direct Reading Format which specifies how raw values scanned are translated into readings or reports.

The Alarm Violation Criteria, which specifies what (if anything) constitutes an alarm violation.

PIO Configuration button that will launch the Devices | Physical Input dialog. Physical Input channel points can be set to either DISCRETE or ANALOG data types.

The Alarm Trip Delay (if different from the factory default or from your own established Common Alarm Trip Delay).

This dialog box also includes a Messages button that provides a shortcut to the corresponding Messages dialog box for this particular channel.

Copy From and Copy To buttons facilitates setting up similar channels within a given RTU configuration. Messages (voice and text) are not included in this copying process.