Scaled Widgets
Scaled widgets are those widgets with a scale and a mark or ramp. For example:
Thermometer,
Gauge, Knob,
Progress Bar,
Scaled Slider,
Tank and Meter. Scaled widgets can only display numeric value.
Properties Common to Most of Scaled Widgets
- Minimum (minimum)
- Lower limit of the widget.
- Maximum (maximum)
- Upper limit of the widget.
- Limits From PV(limits_from_pv)
- Load the Maximum, Minimum, HIHI, HI, LOLO, LO limits from PV.
- Show Scale (show_scale)
- Show the scale.
- Show Minor Ticks (show_minor_ticks)
- Show minor ticks of the scale.
- Major Tick Step Hint (major_tick_step_hint)
- The minimum space (in pixels) between major ticks.
- Log Scale (log_scale)
- Scale in log.
- Scale Font (scale_font)
- Font of the scale.
- Scale Format (scale_format)
- The format pattern used to format the numeric value
on scale. For example,
#.00
formats the number 1234 as 1234.00
, #.##
formats the number 12.3456 as 12.35
, 0.###E0
formats the number 1234 as 1.234E3
.
If it is an empty string, the axis will be automatically formatted.
Refer to http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/text/DecimalFormat.html
for more details.
- Value Label Format (value_label_format)
- The format pattern of value label.
- Transparent Background (transparent_background)
- Make background transparent.
- Show Markers or Show Ramps (show_markers)
- Show alarm markers
or ramp for widgets with round scale.
- Level LOLO (level_lolo)
- The low low alarm level of mark or ramp.
- Level LO (level_lo)
- The low alarm level of mark or ramp.
- Level HI (level_hi)
- The high alarm level of mark or ramp.
- Level HIHI (level_hihi)
- The high high alarm level of mark or ramp.
- Color LOLO (color_lolo)
- The low low alarm color of mark or ramp.
- Color LO (color_lo)
- The low alarm color of mark or ramp.
- Color HI (color_hi)
- The high alarm color of mark or ramp.
- Color HIHI (color_hihi)
- The high high alarm color of mark or ramp.
- Show LOLO (show_lolo)
- Show low low alarm mark.
- Show LO (show_lo)
- Show low alarm mark.
- Show HI (show_hi)
- Show high alarm mark.
- Show HIHI (show_hihi)
- Show high high alarm mark.
- Effect 3D (effect_3D)
- Draw widget with advanced graphics to make 3D effect.
In some platforms, advance graphics may not be available, in which case the widget will not be drawn
with advanced graphics even this is set to yes. The advance graphics function can also be disabled
from Preference Settings.
- Ramp Gradient (ramp_gradient)
- If the widget has a ramp, make it gradient. This also
uses advanced graphics.
See Also