Monarch Instrument DC6000 - Manual (Page 64)

Section 5 – Recorder Setup
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5.3 Widgets
A widget is a graphic element that a user interacts with or is used to build graphical user interfaces or GUIs. In the
case of the recorder, the user constructs a GUI using the
Display Builder using widgets. There are two basic
types of widgets – Bars and Digital Displays. Trends, while treated as a widget in the Display Builder, are an
autonomous class and are dealt with in the Trends section below.
5.3.1 Digital Displays
There are two types of digital displays: full size and half size. Up to 12 full size and 24 half size digital displays
can be placed on the GUI.
The half size digital display widget is 2 blocks across by 1 block tall. It shows the Point
Tag
– up to 8 characters and the Engineering Units up to 7 characters. It can display up
to 10 digits of data.
The full size digital display widget is 2 blocks across by 2 blocks tall. It shows the
Channel Tag
– up to 8 characters and the Engineering Units up to 7 characters. It can
display up to six large digits or eight smaller digits of data.
5.3.1.1 Digital Display Setup
The Digital Display Edit dialog window will pop up when setting up a display using the Display Builder or
can be invoked at any time by double-tapping the Digital Display widget on the screen.
The dialog box shows the Channel Number (2) and
the Channel Type (Full Digital). The user can use
this dialog to change appearance parameters of the
Digital Display Widget or can proceed beyond to
fully set up or edit the channel information.
Channel: Shows the current Channel assigned to
the widget. The user can change the assignment by
selecting a different channel from the drop down list.
Channel type: Shows the current widget style for
the channel. For information only.
Enable: When checked the Digital Display is active,
when unchecked it is off and the Display will show
OFF.
Point Tag: This is a description for the channel point
and defaults to the Channel Setup value. It can be changed for this Digital Display. User can enter up to 8
characters
Eng Units: This is the Engineering Units for the channel and defaults to the Channel Setup value. It can
be changed for this Digital Display. User can enter up to 8 characters
Color: Used to set the color of the DIGITS in the Digital Display Widget and defaults to the
Channel Setup value. It can be changed for this Digital Display.
Background Color: Used to set the Background color for the Digital Display Widget and
defaults to the Channel Setup value. It can be changed for this Digital Display.
Dec Pt.: Decimal Points – Select number of places after the decimal point to display on the Digital
Display Widget.
Alarms: When the Active box is checked the alarms are active for this channel (2) provided the Master
Enable is set. When not checked the alarms are deactivated for this channel. Pressing the Alarm Setup
button opens the Alarm Setup dialog window. This allows changes to be made to the channel
alarm settings which will affect ALL widgets using this channel. This is a protected option.
Apply: Pressing this button will exit and save any changes made.