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8.1.4. General Settings
This section describes how to define the general settings for a bar graph.
The above is an example of the General page of the Bar Graph dialog box.
The following table describes each property in the General page.
Property
Description
ID
The object’s identifier. It is generated when the object is created. The identifier is unique within the
screen where the object is on. The format of the ID’s for the bar graphs is BGnnnn.
Note
You can type a note for the object.
Shape
settings
For details about the following properties, see
Section 4.3.1.4 Setting up the Shape of an Object
,
, Border Color, BG Color
External
Label
Check this option if you want the object to have an external label. Set up the external label in the
External Label page.
Direction
Specifies the bar direction for the bar graph.
Data Type
The data type of the monitored variable. The supported data types include: 16-Bit Unsigned Integer,
32-Bit Unsigned Integer, 16-Bit Signed Integer, 32-Bit Signed Integer, 16-Bit BCD, 32-Bit BCD, 32-Bit
Floating Point, 16-Bit Signed BCD (LMB), 32-Bit Signed BCD (LMB), 16-Bit Signed BCD (LMD), and
32-Bit Signed BCD (LMD)
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CHAPTER 8 GRAPHS AND CHARTS