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Section 8.1.1 · Chapter 8: Graphs and Charts

Bar Graph - Basic Operations

A bar graph shows the value of a monitored variable by displaying a bar with variable length. When the value of the variable increases or decreases, the length of the bar increases or decreases accordingly. A bar graph can have a scale and the scale enables you to measure the length of the bar and read the current value of the monitored variable.
There are two bar types that a bar graph can have: a polar bar and a bipolar bar. The polar bar can only move at one end, but the bipolar bar can move both ends. The bar and the scale can be displayed in any of the following four directions:

Type

Upward Downward Leftward Rightward
Polar Bar
(Monitored Value = 60)
upward-polar bar downward-polar bar leftward-polar bar rightward-polar bar
Bipolar Bar
(Monitored Value = 60
 Middle Point = 50)


upward-bipolar bar

downward-bipolar bar leftward-bipolar bar rightward-bipolar bar

A bar graph can also have a scale, forward markers, backward markers and a percentage display.

bar graph

Note:
* If the bar graph is upward or downward, the scale and forward/backward markers will be located on the left or right sides.
* If the bar graph is leftward or rightward, the scale and forward/backward markers will be located at the top or bottom.

You can complete all the settings of a bar graph in the Bar Graph property sheet. This sheet contains the following six pages.

■ General
Described in Section 8.1.4.

■ Scale
Described in Section 4.4.4.

■ F. Marker
Described in Section 8.1.5.

■ B. Marker
Described in Section 8.1.5.

■ Advanced
Described in Section 8.1.6.

■ Visibility
Described in Section 4.4.6.

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Source.Section 8.1.1 of the PM Designer Software User Manual, Edition 2.0, © Cermate Technologies Inc. (www.cermate.com, service@cermate.com). Reproduced online, with the manual's own figures, by TSL Automation Solutions, authorised Cermate distributor, for users of Cermate HMI panels. PM Designer and PanelMaster are trademarks of Cermate Technologies Inc.

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