Impulse MAQ20-940 User Manual - Manual (Page 33)

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5.0 Create User Interfaces and Edit Tools in the Present Panel
5.1 Present Panel
The Present panels allow the user to create up to 20 separate projects to interface to a MAQ
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20 data
acquisition system, all of which can run simultaneously. Examples of interfaces include instrument
panels, indicators and graphical displays for data monitoring, buttons for control, and control loops and
alarms for processes. Panels are added and removed using the View pull down menu. Displays and
Tools are added using the Toolbox and can be resized, moved, cut, copied, pasted, and deleted. Once
an interface is developed, it is saved to a project file. Properties of the displays, Tools and Present panel
can be modified by double clicking on the item.
The graphic below shows an example of a Present panel which has been set up with a custom
background and a dial gauge to display scaled data from an analog input channel.
To start editing in a Present panel, first verify the Edit: Lock/Unlock status on the bottom left corner of the
panel.