Campbell Scientific RTMC Pro Real-Time Monitor and Control Professional Software - Manual (Page 45)

RTMC Pro
The state of virtual variables is saved between RTMC Run-time
sessions. The state of virtual variables is also saved between
sessions, when viewing your project using CSI Web Server. The
state of virtual variables is tracked separately for RTMC Run-
time and
b Server (i.e., a change made to a virtual
varia Run-time will not affect the value of the
variab
for CSI We
ble in RTMC
le in CSI Web Server).
To ad ource press the Add button and select Add Virtual Data
Sour iring you to specify the following:
be used for the virtual data source in the
the status bar.
Specifies how often the virtual data source will report a new record. The
l data
ted.
get records
a value at
,
0, 12:04:00, etc.
will allow you to add
new columns. You can also add a new column by pressing the ‘+’ button
he dialog box. To delete a column, select the column and
then press the ‘-‘ button at the bottom of the dialog box. Each column
to a value of 0. You can also initialize the column
ue (e.g., 1234), a string (e.g., $"This is a string"), a
2.6 Reports in RTMC
RTMC supports report generation. In order to designate a screen in your
RTMC project as a report, you must place a Report Range component on it.
The Report Range component lets you configure the data that will be displayed
in the report. It also gives you RTMC Run-time options for stepping through
data as described below. Once you place the Report Range component and
NOTE
d a virtual data s
ce. A dialog box will open requ
Source Name
Designates the name that will
Data Source Browser and on
Output Interval
virtual data source will stay on an even interval. When a virtua
source value is set by RTMC, a new record will also be genera
Therefore, if you have an output interval of 1 minute, you will
at 12:00:00, 12:01:00, 12:02:00, etc. However, if you then set
12:02:37, you will have records at 12:00:00, 12:01:00, 12:02:00
12:02:37, 12:03:0
Column Name
Clicking on an empty cell in the column name list
at the bottom of t
represents a value in each record generated by the virtual data source.
Default Value
Each column defaults
value to be a fixed val
predefined constant (e.g., PI), or a simple expression that does not use
variables (e.g., EXP(5)).
Examples
See RTMC Pro’s online help for examples of using virtual data sources in your
project.
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