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Section 8.2.5 · Chapter 8: Graphs and Charts

Meter - Range Settings

This section describes how to define the range settings for a meter. The following is an example of the Range page of the Meter property sheet.

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The following table describes each property in the Range page.

Property

Description
Range Display Check this option if you want the meter to display the range marks along its swing path.
Variable Range Check this option so the low limit and high limit for the range marks will be specified at runtime by the designated variables.
Low Limit Specifies the low limit of the low range mark when Variable Range is not selected.
When Variable Range is selected, this property specifies the variable whose value is the low limit of the low range mark at runtime. Click to enter an address for this field. Click to select a tag for this field.
High Limit Specifies the high limit of the high range mark when Variable Range is not selected.
When Variable Range is selected, this property specifies the variable whose value is the high limit of the high range mark at runtime. Click to enter an address for this field. Click to select a tag for this field.
Low Color The color of the low range mark.
High Color The color of the high range mark.

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Source.Section 8.2.5 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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