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Dialog: Display Settings

Function: Configuration for the display settings of the trace diagram (for both the X-axis and Y-axis) and provides a preview in the trace diagram

Call: Display button in the Trace Configuration dialog

Add Y-Axis

Extends the trace diagram by one Y-axis

Result: The Trace Configuration dialog contains an extended selection of Y-axes in the Additional axes option of the variable settings.

Delete Y-axis

Deletes the Y-axis of the visible tab.

Tab: X Axis

Display Mode

. Scaling
  • Auto: standard icon: Automatic

  • Fixed length: standard icon: Displays a segment of constant length

  • Fixed: standard icon: The segment is displayed from Minimum to Maximum.

Minimum

Initial value of the segment

Requirement: The Display Mode is Fixed.

Maximum

End value of the segment

Requirement: The Display Mode is Fixed.

Length

Constant length of the segment

Grid

standard icon: Diagram with vertical grid lines.

Select the line color from the list box of colors.

Table 108. Tick Marks

Fixed spacing

standard icon: Tick marks are displayed with Distance and Subdivisions.

Distance

Distance between tick marks

Subdivisions

Number of subdivisions between two tick marks



Font

Font for the X-axis

Tab: Y axis

Display Mode

. Scaling
  • Auto: standard icon: Automatic

  • Fixed: standard icon: The segment is displayed from Minimum to Maximum.

Minimum

Literal, variable (integer data type), or constant variable (integer data type) for the initial value of the segment

Requirement: The Display Mode is Fixed.

Examples: 20,PLC_PRG.iLimit_Min, GVL.c_iLimit_Min

Note

The variable has to have an initial value. This is important for the offline display and the scaling subdivision. Example: iLimit_Min : INT := 20

Maximum

Literal, variable (integer data type), or constant variable (integer data type) for the end value of the segment

Requirement: The Display Mode is Fixed.

Examples: 80,PLC_PRG.iLimit_Max, GVL.c_iLimit_Max

Note

The variable has to have an initial value. This is important for the offline display and the scaling subdivision. Example: iLimit_Max : INT := 80

Grid

standard icon: Diagram with a grid line.

Select the line color from the list box of colors.

Label

standard icon: The description is displayed on the axis.

Table 109. Tick Marks

Fixed spacing

standard icon: Tick marks are displayed with Distance and Subdivisions.

Distance

Distance between tick marks

Subdivisions

Number of subdivisions between two tick marks



Font

Font for the Y-axis

Preview of the trace diagram

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Background color

  • No background: Transparent display without background color.

  • Draw background: Background color according to selection below.

  • From visualization style: Background color as defined in the visualization style.

Reset

All settings are reset to the defaults.

Use as default

The settings are saved as presets.