Creating meter displays – Watlow Silver Series User Manual

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6. The Bar color/style determines the appearance of the Bar Graph.

Function

Description

Frame

Set the color of the outside of the bar

Bar

Set the color of the filled part of the bar.

Background Set the color of the unfilled part of the bar.
Bar Style

Set the pattern of the filled part of the bar.

7. Set up the Target indicator. This selects the color of the filled part of the bar when it reaches a preset value.

Function

Description

Enable

When checked, the Target Indicator is active.

Color

Set the color to change the bar when the value is equal to the Target Value.

Target Value The value at which to change the color of the bar.
Tolerance

Set a tolerance for the Target Value. When the value is less than or greater than the Target Value

by this value, the bar will remain in the selected color.

8. Select the Alarm indicators colors.

Function

Description

Low Limit

The value at which the bar will change to the Low Color.

Low Color

The color to change the bar when the value reaches the Low Limit.

High Limit

The value at which the bar will change to the High Color.

High Color

The color to change the bar when the value reaches the High Limit.

9. Set up Target/alarm/zero (span) dynamic address. When checked, this option allows certain alarm limits to

be read from the PLC / Controller. The Target value, and Low limit, and High limit fields are disabled. Data is

read from the PLC as follows:

Specified Address

Low Limit

Specified Address + 1 High Limit
Specified Address + 2 Target Value

10. Once the part is placed onto the window, you can adjust the attributes of the Bar Graph by double-clicking

on the part.

Creating Meter Displays

The Meter Display Object is used to represent the data in a 16-bit or 32-bit PLC register as a scaled meter. The meter

can be easily customized to the look that you want.

The Meter Display can be configured with any base number that represents 0 level and any span range.

To create a Meter Display Object:

1. From the Objects menu, click Meter Display, or click the Meter Display icon in the Object 2 toolbar. The New

Display Meter Object dialog box appears.

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