Channels and Display Area

Create a Block Trend Graph
Configuring Channel Properties
Global Range Settings

Create a Block Trend Graph

To create a Block Trend object:

In Tool Chest window, go to [Parts] and click Block Trend object.

In Properties window, go to [Function] tab ➞ [Basic] tab and configure the below properties:

Property

Description

[Channels]

Set the number of channels to be drawn.

[Display Mode]

Mode	Description
[Full]	The channels are plotted in the entire graph area.
[Divide]	The channels are plotted in the divided graph area.

[Min Global Range]

Set the minimum value for the data range.

[Max Global Range]

Set the maximum value for the data range.

[Number of Data Points]

Set the number of data points to be drawn.

1: Number of Data Points

Configuring Channel Properties

To configure the channel properties of a Block Trend object:

Note: The maximum number of channels (number of lines) that can be displayed on a Block Trend object is 32.

In Properties window, go to [Function] tab ➞ [Basic] tab ➞ [Channels] and click [Channel *].

Note: * refers to channel number.
Select an array in the [Variable] field (Example: Var1).
Set the desired value for [Start Element] and [Number of Display Data].

1: Start Element
2: Number of Display Data
Select the desired shape in the Display Format.

Display Format (Example)

[Line]

[Square]

[Bar]
Set the [Stroke Color] for the channel.
Set the [Fill Color] between each data point of the selected line shape.

1: Fill Color
If the [Display Format] and Variable are same for two or more channels, then the data points are overlapped and the [Fill Color] of last channel is displayed in the graph.
Select the [Mark] symbol to mark data points in line graph.

1: Data Points

Global Range Settings

To configure global range settings for each channel of a Block Trend object.
In Properties window, go to [Function] tab ➞ [Basic] tab ➞ [Channels] and click [Channel *].

Note: * refers to channel number.
Enable [Use Global Range].

Note: When [Use Global Range] check box is selected, the block trend uses the [Min Global Range] and [Max Global Range] values. When [Use Global Range] is not selected, set the [Minimum] and [Maximum] values.

To set the [Data Range] for each channel:

In Properties window, go to [Function] tab ➞ [Basic] tab, set the [Minimum] and [Maximum] range values.

Note: You need to create Block Trend operation to display the graph in Block Trend.

Display Format	(Example)
[Line]
[Square]
[Bar]