Absolute Value Bar Chart

The Absolute Value Bar Chart allows you to get an overview of the signal values and and to identify the signals which exceed a lower or upper limit at the given point in time.
Each signal value is represented by a vertical bar. The signals are sorted alphabetically by the signal names.

Signal values

The graph shows the signal values of all signals as vertical bars. The height of each bar represents the value of the specific signal. Signals with a value exceeding the lower or upper limit are highlighted.

Bar color

Description

Signals exceeding the lower limit

Signals within the limits

Signals exceeding the upper limit

Limits

Upper and lower limits are shown as horizontal lines.

Line color

Description

Upper limit

Lower limit

You can perform the following actions:

To define the Absolute Value Bar Chart properties

The complete set of configuration possibilities for this instrument is available in the Properties docking window. There, the tooltips provide a detailed description of the properties and their possible options.

  1. Do one of the following:

    • In the instrument, click .

      or

    • Select the instrument and press Alt+Enter.

      or

    • In the instrument, right-click and select Properties in the context menu.

To assign signals

To see how you can select the relevant signals and assign them to the desired instrument, watch our video Selecting Signals.

To know how you can add signals to a new or existing instrument, see Assigning Signals to Instruments.

Note: Each signal can be added only once.

To replace signals

For more information, see To replace a signal.

To delete a signal

  1. Right-click the row with the signal that you want to delete.

  2. Select Remove Signal(s).

  3. Only one signal can be deleted in this way. To remove multiple signals open the Configuration Manager, multi-select the undesired signals and delete these.

See also

Delta Bar Chart

Delta Bar Chart

Signal Distribution Chart