Graph Properties: Multiplot Octave Graph Dialog Box

Graph Properties: Multiplot Octave Graph Dialog Box

Right-click the Multiplot Octave Graph on the front panel and select Properties from the shortcut menu to display this dialog box.

Use this dialog box to customize the Multiplot Octave Graph. As you select options in this dialog box, the front panel object updates accordingly.

This dialog box contains the following components:

• Appearance—Use this tab to specify appearance properties for the Multiplot Octave Graph.
  • Label—Specifies properties of the Multiplot Octave Graph label.
    • Visible—Displays the owned label for the Multiplot Octave Graph and enables the Text text box so you can edit the label. You can use the label to identify the Multiplot Octave Graph on the front panel and the block diagram.
    • Text—Text to use for the label.
  • Caption—Specifies properties of the Multiplot Octave Graph caption.
    • Visible—Displays the owned label for the Multiplot Octave Graph and enables the Text text box so you can edit the label. You can use the label to identify the Multiplot Octave Graph on the front panel and the block diagram.
    • Text—Text to use for the caption.
  • Enabled State—Specifies if the user can operate the Multiplot Octave Graph.
    • Enabled—Specifies that the user can operate the Multiplot Octave Graph.
    • Disabled—Specifies that the user cannot operate the Multiplot Octave Graph. The Multiplot Octave Graph appears as normal on the front panel.
    • Disabled & Gray—Specifies that the user cannot operate the Multiplot Octave Graph. The Multiplot Octave Graph appears dim on the front panel.
  • Size—Sets the size of the object in pixels. This option is not available for panes.

    Note  This option is only available in LabVIEW 8.6 and later.

    • Height—Sets the height of the object in pixels. You cannot set the height of numeric controls.
    • Width—Sets the width of the object in pixels.
  • Show graph palette—Displays the graph palette.
  • Show plot legend—Displays the plot legend. You can customize each plot, including the plot style, line style and width, and point style.
    • Auto size to plot names—Resizes the plot legend to the width of the longest plot name visible in the legend.
    • Plots shown—Sets the number of plots to display in the plot legend.
  • Show x scroll bar—Displays the horizontal scroll bar.
  • Show scale legend—Displays the scale legend.
  • Show cursor legend—Displays the cursor legend. You can customize each cursor, including the cursor style, line style and width, and point style.
  • Update mode—Updates the mode of the chart. You also can use the Update Mode property to change the update mode of a chart programmatically.

    Note  This option is only available in LabVIEW 8.6 and later.

    • Strip Chart—Shows running data continuously scrolling from left to right across the chart with old data on the left and new data on the right. A strip chart is similar to a paper tape strip chart recorder.
    • Scope Chart—Shows one item of data, such as a pulse or wave, scrolling partway across the chart from left to right. For each new value, the chart plots the value to the right of the last value. When the plot reaches the right border of the plotting area, LabVIEW erases the plot and begins plotting again from the left border. The retracing display of a scope chart is similar to an oscilloscope.
    • Sweep Chart—Works similarly to a scope chart except it shows the old data on the right and the new data on the left separated by a vertical line. LabVIEW does not erase the plot in a sweep chart when the plot reaches the right border of the plotting area. A sweep chart is similar to an EKG display.
  • Show optional plane—Displays a Nyquist plane, Nichols plane, S plane, or Z plane on an XY graph.
  • Cartesian lines—Shows or hides the Cartesian plane lines.
  • Optional plane labels—Shows or hides the labels of the Nyquist plane, Nichols plane, S plane, or Z plane. Plane lines must be visible to show optional plane labels.
  • Optional plane lines—Shows or hides the lines of the Nyquist plane, Nichols plane, S plane, or Z plane.
• Display Format—Use this tab to specify display properties for the Multiplot Octave Graph.
  • Current object—Displays the type of graph you are configuring.
  • Type—Displays the type of numeric object.
    • Floating point—Displays the numeric object in floating point notation.
    • Scientific—Displays the numeric object in scientific notation.
    • Automatic formatting—Displays the numeric object in the format that LabVIEW determines is appropriate for the data.
    • SI notation—Displays the numeric object in System International (SI) notation, in which the unit of measurement appears after the value.
    • Decimal—Displays the numeric object in base-10 decimal format.

      Note  This option is only available in LabVIEW 8.6 and later.

    • Hexadecimal—Displays the numeric object in base-16 decimal format. Valid digits are 0 to F.
    • Octal—Displays the numeric object in base-8 format. Valid digits are 0 to 7.
    • Binary—Displays the numeric object in base-2 format. Valid digits are 0 and 1.
    • Absolute time—Displays the numeric object in terms of time elapsed since 12:00a.m., January 1, 1904, Universal Time. You only can set absolute time with the time stamp control.
    • Relative time—Displays the numeric object in terms of hours, minutes, and seconds starting from zero.
  • Digits—Contains the number of digits to display after the decimal point. This option is not available if Type is Decimal, Hexadecimal, Octal, or Binary.
  • Precision Type—Sets whether to display digits of precision or significant digits. Select Digits of precision if you want the Digits field to indicate the number of digits to display after the decimal point. Select Significant digits if you want the Digits field to indicate the number of significant digits to display. This option is not available if Type is Decimal, Hexadecimal, Octal, or Binary.
  • Hide trailing zeros—Removes zeros at the end of the number. If the number has no fractional part, this option also removes the description part. This option is not available if Type is Decimal, Hexadecimal, Octal, or Binary.
  • Exponent in multiples of 3—Formats the number in engineering notation, where the exponent is always a multiple of three. This option is not available if Type is Floating Point, SI Notation, Decimal, Hexadecimal, Octal, or Binary.
  • Use minimum field width—Pads any excess space to the left or right of the number with zeros or spaces to reach the minimum width you enter in Minimum field width. Place a checkmark in this checkbox to set the Minimum field width and Padding.
    • Minimum field width—Specifies the width to which you want to pad the number.
    • Padding—Specifies whether to pad the number with space on the left, spaces on the right, or zeros on the left.
  • Advanced editing mode—Contains components that allow you to specify the format and precision using format codes.
    • Format string—Formats codes to use to format the number.
    • Valid—Indicates whether the syntax of the Format string is valid.
    • Revert—Reverts Format string to the last version with valid syntax if the syntax is not valid.
    • Format code type—Sets the type of format codes to display in the Numeric format codes list.
    • Numeric format codes—Displays the format codes you can use in the Format string. Double-click a format code to insert it in the Format string.
    • Insert into Format String—Inserts the selected format code into the Format string.
• Plots—Use this tab to specify plots properties for the Multiplot Octave Graph.
  • Plot—Sets the plot you want to configure.
  • Name—Specifies the name of the plot.
  • Line style—Displays the line style of the plot.
  • Line width—Displays the line width of the plot.
  • Point style—Displays the point style of the plot.
  • Plot interpolation—Displays the interpolation of the plot.
  • Colors—Sets the colors and style of the plot line.
    • Line—Sets the color of the plot line.
    • Point/fill—Sets the color of the plot point and fills.
    • Fill to—Sets the baseline of the fill.
  • Y-scale—Sets the y-scale to associate with the plot.
  • X-scale—Sets the x-scale to associate with the plot.
  • Do not use waveform names for plot names—Configures the plot names in the plot legend so they do not adapt to the plot names in the dynamic or waveform data components. Remove the checkmark from this checkbox to configure the plot names to automatically adapt to the dynamic or waveform data components. Place a checkmark in this checkbox if you want to enter a plot name in the Name field or change the plot name programmatically. This checkbox is available only for graphs and charts with dynamic or waveform data.

    Note  This option is only available in LabVIEW 8.6 and later.

• Scales—Use this tab to specify scales properties for the Multiplot Octave Graph.
  • Axes—Sets the scale you want to configure.
  • Name—Specifies the name of the scale.
  • Show scale—Displays the scale on the graph.
  • Log—Maps the scale logarithmically. Remove the checkmark from this checkbox to map the scale linearly.
  • Show scale label—Displays the scale label on the graph.
  • Inverted—Reverses the positions of the minimum and maximum values on the scale.
  • Expand digital buses—Displays digital waveform data as individual data lines. Remove the checkmark from this checkbox to display the data as a bus. This checkbox is available only for the y-scale of digital waveform graphs.

    Note  This option is only available in LabVIEW 8.6 and later.

  • Autoscale—Adjusts the scale to reflect the data you wire to the graph.
    • Minimum—Specifies the minimum value of the scale.
    • Maximum—Specifies the maximum value of the scale.
  • Scaling Factors—Specifies the value of a scale marker and displays the marker in a convenient manner.
    • Offset—Specifies the value of the origin of the plot.
    • Multiplier—Specifies the interval for scaling data.
  • Scale Style and Colors—Specifies the style and colors of the marks on the scale.
    • Scale style—Specifies the style of the marks on the scale.
    • Major tick—Specifies the color of the major tick mark.
    • Minor tick—Specifies the color of the minor tick mark.
    • Marker text—Specifies the color of the scale marker text.
  • Grid Style and Colors—Specifies the style and colors of the grid.
    • Grid style—Specifies the style of the grid.
    • Major grid—Specifies the color of the major grid on the scale.
    • Minor grid—Specifies the color of the minor grid on the scale.
  • Ignore waveform time stamp on x-axes—LabVIEW sets the beginning of the x-scale to 0 instead of the value specified by t0. Remove the checkmark from this checkbox to include the time stamp information from the dynamic or waveform data in the x-scale.
• Cursors—Use this tab to specify cursors properties for the Multiplot Octave Graph.
  • Cursor—Sets the cursor you want to configure.
  • Name—Specifies the name of the cursor.
  • Line style—Displays the line style of the cursor.
  • Line width—Displays the line width of the cursor.
  • Point style—Displays the point style of the cursor.
  • Cursor style—Displays the style of the cursor.
  • Cursor color—Sets the color of the cursor.
  • Show name—Displays the cursor name on the graph.
  • Show cursor—Displays the cursor on the graph.
  • Allow dragging—Allows the user to drag the cursor on the graph.
    • Cursor lock—Specifies how the cursor locks on the graph.
    • Cursor plot—Specifies the plot with which to associate the cursor.
  • Add—Adds a new cursor.
  • Remove—Removes the selected cursor.
• Documentation—Use this tab to specify documentation properties for the Multiplot Octave Graph.
  • Description—Contains a description of the Multiplot Octave Graph. Descriptions for controls, indicators, and constants appear in the Context Help window when you move the cursor over the Multiplot Octave Graph. You can enter a description for a VI or function located on the Functions palette but you can only view the description in this dialog box. The description will not appear in the Context Help window. You can format the text in the description to appear bold in the Context Help window. If you want to display a carriage return in the Context Help window, you must separate paragraphs with two carriage returns.
  • Tip strip—Contains a brief description of the Multiplot Octave Graph to display when you move the cursor over an Multiplot Octave Graph.
• Data Binding—Use this tab to specify data binding properties for the Multiplot Octave Graph.
  • Data Binding Selection—Specifies the server you want to use to bind the Multiplot Octave Graph.
    • Unbound—Specifies that the Multiplot Octave Graph is not bound to a network-publishes project item or to an NI Publish-Subscribe-Protocol (PSP) data item on the network.
    • Shared variable engine (NI-PSP)—Specifies that the Multiplot Octave Graph is bound to a network-publishes project item or to a PSP data item on the network using the Shared Variable Engine.
    • DataSocket—Specifies that the Multiplot Octave Graph is bound to a data item on the network using the DataSocket Server, or on Windows, an OPC server, an FTP server, or a Web server.
  • Access Type—Specifies the type of access LabVIEW sets for the Multiplot Octave Graph you are configuring.
    • Read only—Specifies that the Multiplot Octave Graph reads data from a network-published project item or from a PSP data item on the network.
    • Write only—Specifies that the Multiplot Octave Graph writes data to a network-published item or to a PSP data item on the network.
    • Read/write—Specifies that the Multiplot Octave Graph reads data from and writes data to a network-published project item or a PSP data item on the network.
  • Path—Specifies the path to the shared variable or data item to which you want to bind the shared variable you are configuring.
  • Browse—Displays a file dialog or the Select Source Item dialog box, from which you can browse to the shared variable or data item to bind the Multiplot Octave Graph to.