La Crosse Technology 2800 - Manual (Page 34)

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WORKING WITH TEMPLATE FILES
Template files define the properties needed to construct a graph from a selected history data file and it’s data
records (see
What is a Template? for details). A sample template is provided for you, and is named Demo
Template.hwt. This template gives you an idea of what a typical graph/chart template will contain.
To create a new template, click the File menu dropdown and select New Template. The template properties
window will appear. From this window you can configure the various properties of your new template.
THE TEMPLATE PROPERTIES WINDOW
This is where we can choose what data will appear on the template, the color and style of the data lines, font and
title of the chart/graph and other properties.
GENERAL PROPERTIES
Title:
This is the name that is displayed at the top of the Chart/Data window when this template is being viewed. This
does not rename the template file itself, only changes the title that appears at the top of the window.
Font:
Select this to change the font of the axis labels.
Background Color:
Select the color of the data chart
background behind the data lines.
Grid:
Choose whether or not to show the gridlines in the chart.
GRAPH PROPERTIES
These properties allow us to choose what types of weather data (Temperature, Humidity, etc) that will be
displayed by this template.
Left and Right Axis Data type:
You can have two vertical axis on a
chart. Use this dropdown to select
the type of weather data that will
displayed from the left or right side
of the template. Line color can be
customized for each value by
selecting the color dropdown.