5 zooming and scaling the graph window, 5 zooming a, Nd scaling the graph window – Campbell Scientific RTDAQ Software User Manual

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Section 7. Monitoring Data in Real-time

7.4.5 Zooming a

You can zoom in on the graphical area of the RealTime Graph. Click and

zoom level).

nd Scaling the Graph Window

drag the mouse to define a rectangle that becomes the “zoomed to” display area
after you release the mouse button. When you are zoomed in on the graph, the
Undo Zoom button appears in the upper right corner of the display. Pressing
this button will remove the zooming and return the graph to its original display
configuration (

If you have stopped a graph and then zoom in on a region, you can right-click
on the mouse button to drag the screen and thus scroll to other locations of the
graph at the current zoom level. The Undo Zoom button will restore the
original screen location after this kind of scroll.

You can adjust the Graph Width to select how much time one “filled-screen”
display will represent. Since the x-axis is a time axis, the Graph Width scales
the x-axis to represent the amount of time you indicate. You can set a
minimum graph width of 1 millisecond.

Even though 1 millisecond is the minimum width for the graph,

NOTE

finer resolution, if needed, can be obtained by zooming the graph
window.

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