Download Configuration - Measurement Systems

Part Five
Monitors
zero i.e. the first track on the strip chart. You may alter this via the spin buttons that lie directly horizontally to
the Track ID edit box.
The two ways to show a channel:
Explanation:
There are two ways to display a channel (variable) on a strip chart.
Selecting Assign Channel To Drive
A Variable assignes the channel to a variable on the strip chart control
i.e. you can actually see the channel being drawn on the chart.
Selecting Assign Channel To Drive A Track Band assignes the channel to drive a track band i.e. you can set
the channel to drive a track band to indicate the minimum or maximum value that has been derived from the
channel your are monitoring.
Variable ID:
Variable ID is a zero-based index of the channels you are monitoring. Each channel has a unique Variable ID
attached to it, which will be between 0 and 49 (inclusive).
To add a channel, simply select the Variable ID you require, and enter the channel details as you would before
i.e. Server, Source Name, Channel Prefix etc. You navigate through the 50 Variables (channels) via the spin
buttons that are directly horizontal to the Variable ID edit box.
By default the channel will be assigned to drive a variable, but the user may select to make it drive a track band
if they wish. The user then must enter whether to drive the minimum or maximum settings of the track band via
the check box controls that appear. Selecting the channel to drive a track band immediately sets the data
conversion settings to either minimum or maximum (depending on the users selection).
If you select the Strip Chart’s X-axis to be driven by a numeric value i.e. not time based, the track band
NB:
settings you have selected will not work. They only work when the x-axis is driven by under time-based.
Note:
1)
2)
The variable will not be displayed on the Strip Chart unless the number of tracks is one greater than the
Track ID you entered i.e. If you choose to put the variable (channel) onto Track ID 2, there must be 3
tracks on the strip chart already. You may however do this, and then later edit the properties of the
Strip Chart via the Visual/Display Properties of the control to include the number of tracks you require.
If you setup a channel to drive a track band, the strip chart will not display the track band settings until
the user has entered track bands onto the track.
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