Maple Systems MAPware-7000 - Manual (Page 187)

MAPware-7000 Programming Manual 187
1010-1040, Rev. 02
Trend Properties Options
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Appearance section – these attributes determine the general look of the trend.
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Background Color - determines the fill or background color of the trend graph. Click on
the
button to display the color palette and select a color.
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Data Type – options are:
Data Type Range
Target Address
(2 bytes) Target Address
(4 bytes)
Unsigned 0 to 65535 0 to 4294967295
Signed -32768 to 32767
-2147483648 to
2147483647
Hexadecimal 0000 to FFFF 0000 to FFFFFFFF
BCD
1
0 to 9999 0 to 99999999
Floating Point 2 NA Maximum of 9 digits
1- If the value in the monitored target register is not a valid BCD number, a dollar sign
‘$’ is displayed.
2- Floating Point format is based upon the IEEE 754 standard for 32-bit single precision
numbers. A maximum of nine digits is supported. Values are rounded to the
nearest decimal point (ex: if Format: Digits After Decimal Point is set to 1 digit, then
floating point number 1.52 would be displayed as 1.5 and 1.56 would be displayed
as 1.6) shows the current state displayed on the Multiple Bar Graphs for editing
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Error Message Font Color – determines the color of any error messages that may appear
during the execution of the trend graph. Click on the
button to display the color
palette and select a color.

Font – used to configure the pixel size (WxH) of the error message. Options are 5x7 and
7x14 pixels. Note: error messages that do appear display along the bottom of the trend
graph.
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Grid – option to display grid lines on the trend graph
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Grid Color – determines the color of the grid lines. Click on the button to display the
color palette and select a color.
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Label – option to have a text label appear on the top of the trend.
o Label Font – determines the font type, size, etc.
 Name- Type font used
 Size- select font size
 Bold- select ‘True’ to enable
 Italic- select ‘True’ to enable
 Underline- select ‘True’ to enable
o Label Text – enter the text to appear in the label.
o Label Text Color – determines the text color of the label. Click on the
button
to display the color palette and select a color.
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Language – highlight the language that must be selected to display the entered text.
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Span – options are Time (sec) or Tag Selected. Select Time (sec) to configure a pre-
defined length of time (in seconds) for the values plotted on the trend graph. Use Tag
Selected to configure a PLC target address continuously read by the HMC to determine
the length of time used by the trend graph.