Configuring the color templates – NOVUS superview User Manual
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8. In “Expressions statement” you define the variable, which will receive the result from the mathematical expression.
9. The mathematical expression is defined by a set of syntaxes, which may be used; in the field “Information”, the
operators and the functions that can be used in the expressions are shown.
10. The formula can contain a sequence of expression, which will be run from top to bottom in the stated expressions
list.
11. After inserting all information, click on the OK button, and check whether the new formula has been inserted in the
list in the CONFIGURE FORMULAS window.
12. To Change information of an existing formula, select the formula in the list in the CONFIGURE FORMULAS window
and press the CHANGE button.
CONFIGURING THE COLOR TEMPLATES
The color template is a way to pre-set the colors and the styles the charts of the application are displayed in. The color
template can b used in the forms Graphic object, as well as in the Historic and Reports charts. The access to the Color
Template window can be provided in the following manners:
1. Accessing the TOOLS/COLOR TEMPLATE menu.
2. Pressing the combination of keys CTRL+ALT+L.
An example of the Color Template window is shown below:
3. Color Template properties:
• Templates Available>you can choose a template that has been previously set up, exclude or create a new one.
The template with the name Template_01 is the SuperView standard template and cannot be excluded.
• Name: The name, which identifies the template.
• Description: a short description about the template.
• You can choose the color of each of the 16 lines that appear on the chart.
• Style: Defines the chart style; you can choose the Chart Type, the number of lines between the Y axle values, the
line thickness, the chart background color and whether the chart will be shown with a 3D effect or not.
• Manual Y axle scale: Defines the Y axle scale, and also the increment, which is an interval a delimitation line is
placed on the Y axle in.