Digital Chart properties

AutoStart

If this option is enabled, the chart starts the live display when a new recording is started.

Data Tool Tip

If this option is activated, a tool tip showing the exact values of a data point is displayed when clicking on the data point. The time stamp and the name of corresponding channel are also shown.

Default Display Width

This time specifies the standard width of the associated chart. This value determines the period between the displayed minimum and maximum values.

Master Chart

In the drop-down list that is available here, a chart that is part of the current configuration can be selected and designated as master chart. All actions that are executed in the master chart are also automatically executed in this chart. Only the Overview Chart can be shown in the toolbar.

Time Bar

Specifies whether the time bar (information bar with time values) is displayed in the chart.

Tool Bar

Specifies whether the toolbar is displayed in the chart.

Border Color

Defines the background color of the chart.

Forecolor

Specifies the color of the chart name.

Gradient Background

Provides for a color gradient in the background color.

Comment

A free comment can be saved here.

CPU Core

Here you can set (for each chart individually) which CPU core should be used for the current chart display. If required, multiple CPU cores can be specified for a chart. This may improve the performance.

Name

The name of the chart.

Refresh Time [ms]

Defines the interval in which new values are to be displayed.

Show Name

Specifies whether the name of the chart is shown in the graph.

BackColor

Sets the background color of the overview.

ForeColor

Sets the color of the axis labels and grids of the overview.

Stacked Axes

Defines the stacking direction for axes. False for horizontal stacking of the axes and true for vertical stacking.

Play

Starts the live display mode. The currently pending data are displayed.

Break

Stops the live display mode and changes to the break mode. Here you can navigate in the data already recorded without stopping the recording.

Display width

The current display width is displayed here. It can be edited in the format hh:mm:ss,fff. The zoom function works down to the µs range.

Scroll buttons

The outer scroll buttons move the current display in steps that correspond to the display width. The inner scroll buttons move the display only by a tenth of the display width and can be kept pressed to view the data set.

Position

Shows the position. It can be edited in the format hh:mm:ss,fff. The colons are used as separators. If not all units are edited the format is sorted in ascending order, starting with seconds.

Undo/Redo Time/Position

This option can be used to undo step changes in the display width or the current position, irrespective of how they were made (e.g. zoom, scroll, etc.). Once undone, values can be repeated with redo.

Zoom to Default

Resets the display width to the Default Display Width.

Zoom Out Max

Sets the display range to the maximum recording length.

Overview

Use the Overview option to display a chart within the chart. The signal range currently shown in the main chart is highlighted in the Overview Chart. In addition the overview chart offers an absolute time axis for the entire recording duration.

Start-Time

The common starting point of the recordings of all connected channels. The start time defines the zero point of the recording.

End-Time

Maximum common time of all connected channels. The end time thus marks the final value of the recording. The difference between the end time and start time is maximally as large as the record time set (see Scope nodes).

Position

The position time represents the zero point of the current chart, i.e. the time from the start time to the beginning of the display.

Time

Absolute time at the chart origin

Date

Absolute date at the chart origin