BSL PRO Software Guide - Biopac

144 Part CGauge Preferences:There are two ways to access Gauge Preferences:1. File > Preferences > Gauge (only a menu item when the Gauge is displayed).2. Right-click, contextual menu when the cursor is over the Gauge display window.ChannelBackgroundNotesProvides a pop-up menu for assigning any one of the ENABLED analog or calculation channels.Displays the path and file name of the background image; the background image file format mustbe *.bmp, *.tiff or *.jpg. The default picture is a blue blood pressure gauge sized at 451 x 451pixels. To change the background image, click the “Browse” button and locate the desired file.Paths can be absolute or relative a relative path is preferred if the file resides within theapplication folder or if a graph or templeate file will be copied to other computers. To change to arelative path, delete the portion leading to the application folder.Example:Absolute path: F:\Program Files\BIOPAC Systems, Inc\Biopac Student Lab3.7.7\Artwork\BPM.jpgRelative path: \Artwork\BPM.jpgThe default path and file is: \Program Files\BIOPAC Systems, Inc\Biopac Student Lab3.7.x\Artwork\Gauge.jpg. To create a different default, replace this image. The Artwork foldercontains different background images, each with different size options.After the background image is specified, the Height and Width of the image (in pixels) is updatedbelow the path field. The Height and Width fields ARE NOT EDITABLE. The background imagesection of the dialog is above the Indicator section because it is necessary to refer to the Heightand Width in order to determine the Origin’s X and Y values.When the “Browse” button is pressed, the folder that is opened is the one defined by the currentBackground image path.In order for the indicaor to be perfectly centered, the horizontal and vertical picture size should bean ODD number of pixels.Window sizing is “fixed” to the size of the background image, meaning it will have a 1 to 1correspondence with the monitor pixelsVisit the online support center at www.biopac.com