Chapter 9 Viewing
F I L E S
Viewing
O P T I O N S
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To change units, click on the table with the right mouse button, select
Options
, select the desired units for voltages and currents, and then click
OK
.
Selecting the Time Axis
In waveform views, the horizontal axis can be displayed either in absolute
time with date and time stamps, or in milliseconds relatively to the
beginning of a waveform.
To change the time units, click on the waveform window with the right
mouse button, select
Options...
, click on the
Axes
tab, select the desired
units, and then click
OK
.
Selecting Line Styles and Colors
Channel waveforms can be displayed using different colors and line styles.
To change the colors or line styles, click on the graph window with the
right mouse button, select
Options...
, click on the
Display
tab, adjust
colors and styles, and then click OK.
Selecting Grid and Frame Colors
Click on the graph window with the right mouse button, select
Options...
,
and click on the
Display
tab
To change the color or style of the grid lines, click on the
Grid
line on the
left pane, and then select the color and style for the grid. To disable the
grid, uncheck the
Grid Visible
box.
To change the window frame color to white, check the
White Frame
box
at right.
Using Marker Lines
The waveform and trend windows have two blue dashed marker lines. The
left marker indicates the starting position and the right marker indicates
the end position for calculating the average and peak values.
The minimum distance between the two markers is exactly one cycle.
To change the marker position, click on the
button, or click on the
window with the right mouse button and select
Set Marker
, and then
click on the point where you want to put the marker.
You can also drag both markers with the mouse, or use the right and left
arrow keys on your keyboard to change the marker position. Click on the
graph pane to allow the keyboard to get your input before using the
keyboard.
Delta Measurements
To measure the distance between two waveform or trend points, click on
the
Delta
button
, then click on the first point, and then click on the
second point.
The first reference point is still frozen until you uncheck and check the
Delta
button again, while the second point can be placed anywhere within
the graph line by clicking on the graph to the left or right from the
reference point.
To disable delta measurements, click on the
Delta
button once again.
Using a Zoom
You can use a horizontal and, for waveforms, also a vertical, zoom to
change size of your graph.
