Chart Recorder

Chart Recorder Overview

This feature allows Data to be sampled from a target controller and to be plotted over time.

Debug > Chart

Setup Strip Chart:

Address and Name - This defines the register/variable to use as a source for data to plot.
Channel Maximum - Displays the maximum value for the channel.
Note: If the value of the recorded data is greater than the maximum, it will be plotted as if it were equal to the maximum value.
Channel Minimum - Displays the minimum value for the channel.
Note: If the value of the recorded data is less than the minimum, it will be plotted as if it were equal to the minimum value
View - Pressing this button with display the strip chart.
Close - This closes the dialog.

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Start - This starts recording data from the target and plots the data on the respective graphs. Recording is stopped by pressing the STOP button.
Stop - This stop recording data from the target. Recording can be restarted by pressing the START button
Reset - This clears the plotted data and time measurement bars
Update Interval - This sets how often (in Seconds) the graph should be updated.
Print Chart - This button and check boxes allows any combination of the four channels of data to be printed
Connect Dots - When this is selected, the data points sampled from the target are connected with line segments. If this option is not selected, each sampled data point Graphed with a single point.

This dialog allows data to be sampled from a target controller and to be plotted over time.

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