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Chapter 3 Getting Started
3.1.3 Graphics Area
The Graphics Area is used to display various information in different formats including Bar Charts, Digital
Windows, Alarm/Event Data or Trend Charts. The Graphics Area view is changed by pressing the VIEW
button on the Main Menu Button Bar. The user can also choose whether certain views are horizontally or
vertically oriented (see Section 5.5.4 for details).
3.1.3.1 Bar Charts
Bar Charts can be displayed on their own or combined with other windows on a split
screen. Up to twelve Bar Charts can be displayed at a time. The user can select to
display bar graphs either horizontally or vertically. The format of the vertical bar
graph is shown opposite in Figure 3-5. The very top of the bar has the actual/real time
digital value of the point, in this case 0.385. Immediately below this are the Engineering
Units (i.e. SECS) which can be a maximum of five characters. At the very bottom of
the bar graph is the Point Tag which is a ten character description of the point.
NOTE:Not all characters can be displayed on the Bar Chart.
Between the ENG UNITS and POINT TAG is a bar that represents the actual value
as a function of the full scale value. To the right of the bar are scale values. The alarm
setpoints, if any are set, are indicated on the bar by a "
alarm is active, the bar will be blinking. Refer to Chapter 5, Section 5.6 for programming
of the Engineering Units, Point Tag, Alarm setpoints and scaling.
NOTE:If the bar chart is horizontal, the full scale is sideways with the scale values along
Figure 3-5 Bar Chart
3.1.3.2 Digital Windows
Figure 3-6 Digital Window
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the top and the Engineering Units to the right of the scale bar. The actual value is
in the top right corner and any alarm setpoints are indicated on the bar by a ↓ in
the text area.
Digital Windows can be displayed on their own or
combined with other windows on a split screen. Up to
twelve Digital Windows can be displayed at a time.
The format of the Digital Window is shown opposite
in Figure 3-6. The large numbers in the center of the
window are the real time point value. Above this point
value is the Point Tag shown as POINT TAG which is
a ten character description of the point. Below the
point value is the Engineering Units (i.e. SECS) which
can be a maximum of five characters. Refer to Chapter
5, Section 5.6 for programming of the Engineering
Units, Point Tag and scaling of the digital value.
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" in the text area. If any
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