Section 8.1.6 · Chapter 8: Graphs and Charts
(Circular) Bar Graph - Advanced Settings
This section describes how to define the advanced settings for the bar graphs and circular bar graphs with the Advanced page. The following is an example of the Advanced page.
The following table describes each property in the Advanced page.
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Property |
Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Range Display | Range Display | Check this option if you want the object to display the monitored value with different colors when the monitored value is below the specified low limit or above the specified high limit. | |
| Variable Range | Check this option if the low limit and high limit are specified at runtime by the designated variables. | ||
| Low Limit |
Specifies the low limit when Variable Range is not
selected. When Variable Range is selected, this property
specifies the variable whose value is the low limit.
Click to enter an address. Click
 to select a tag. |
||
| High Limit |
Specifies the high limit when Variable Range is not
selected. When Variable Range is selected, this property
specifies the variable whose value is the high limit.
Click
to enter an address. Click
to select a tag. |
||
| High Color | FG Color | The bar FG color for the high limit. | |
| BG Color | The bar BG color for the high limit. | ||
| Low Color | FG Color | The bar FG color for the low limit. | |
| BG Color | The bar BG color for the low limit. | ||
| Percentage Display | Percentage Display |
Check this option so the object will display the
percentage that is calculated by the following formula: Percentage = (Value - Min.) / (Max. - Min.) * 100% If the bipolar bar is used, the percentage formula when Value > Middle Point is: Percentage = (Value – Middle Point) / (Max. - Middle Point) * 100% The percentage formula when Value < Middle Point is: Percentage = -(Middle Point - Value) / (Middle Point - Min.) * 100% The Value is the current value of the monitored variable. The Max. and Min. define the value range of the monitored variable and are defined in the General page of the property sheet. |
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| Text Color | Select a color for the percentage display. | ||
| Font | Select a fixed size font for the percentage display. | ||
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Source.Section 8.1.6 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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