1.4.22. Text Plots

Text Plots display the current value of selected parameters or channel stats in a plot grid cell formatted as text. These plots:

  • Require the selection of the following items on the Plot Creation tab before adding them to the plot grid:

    • One or more primary parameters or channel stats.

  • Extend the Plot Menu with an additional choice that will prompt the user for a C-style format string to use for printing the displayd numeric values.

  • Do not add extra pages to the Plot Setup dialog.

  • Provide no additional user interaction mechanisms beyond the ‘standard’ ones described in the Plot Interactions section. However, they do disable the plot data zoom interaction.

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Example Text Plot and Menu

These plots use a text coloring scheme for indicating displayed data item alarm levels. The meaning of the colors is as follows:

  • No Color: (white, gray) means that there are no alarm limits defined for the given stat or parameter.
  • Green: means that limits are defined and the displayed value is below the alarm levels.
  • Yellow: means that the displayed value has exceeded the warning (i.e. reduced alarm) level.
  • Red: means that the displayed value has exceeded the its alarm level. Items that have no limits defined still can reach this state if they exceed a value computed from their monitoring limits defined during acquisition setup.