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addVANTAGE Pro 6.2 User Guide CHAPTER 4
The Trend Viewer
Display Tab
Following is an explanation of the options on the Display tab shown in Figure 39.
These options apply to the Trend itself, not the individual tag selected in the
Tags list.
Figure 39. Trend Properties, Display Tab
• Time Axis
• If you select the Major Grid checkbox, vertical lines will display on the
grid. The number of lines is not selectable, but it depends on the
selected time range (e.g. 7 lines when 1 Week is selected or one line
every 4 hours when 1 Day is selected). Use the color chooser next to
the checkbox to specify the vertical line color.
•The Time axis color shows the color of the time axis.
•The Duration Options are the same as the duration shown in the toolbar.
You can change the duration on this tab or in the toolbar.
•Use the Graphic Background Color chooser to pick a color for the grid’s
background.
•Use the Axis background color chooser to pick the color that displays in the
background of the Y and X axes.
•Use the Legend background color chooser to pick the color used for the
background of the legend along the left side of the dialog.
•The Show seconds in panels checkbox works as described on page 25 to
determine whether seconds show in displays of time.
•Use the Show Legend checkbox to display the Legend next to the grid.
•Use the Show Values at Cursor checkbox the same way you use Button 13
in the toolbar. That is, if you select the checkbox and then click the left
mouse button, you see the sensor values at that position. Furthermore, you
can click and drag the mouse to see all the values.
If the checkbox is not selected, you see certain statistics on the fly. Click
and drag the mouse between two vertical lines to see a table with SUM/
AVG/MIN/MAX values for all the tags at the bottom of the grid.
A Trend Example
Displaying tags from different areas/RTUs on the same Trend viewer can be very
useful. For example, you could set up a panel showing the battery level for a