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Examples of format strings: %5.2f, %8lx, %-3ld
The Data block attempts to recognize width specifiers in the format string to determine
the output width for the screen. If this is not possible, the maximum
width is assumed. This does not influence the output in the Data window.
Please note that invalid format strings can lead to unpredictable results as serious
as system crashes. As a user you are fully responsible for the validity of the
format string!
3.6.3 Activity Indicator
The signal values of the last message received in the Data block remain visible in the
Data window until they are overwritten by new values. With signal values that change
slowly, the user can determine whether the signal was updated with the same value
or whether the particular message was not transmitted any longer and consequently
an older signal value is being displayed in the Data window. This information is provided
by the Data window's activity indicator: If a message is received and recorded
with an unchanged signal value an alternating slash (‘/’ or ‘\’) appears after the value.
If the slash is not displayed, this means that the displayed constant signal value is not
current, since the particular message was not received.
3.6.4 Peak Indicator
With signal values that change very quickly over time, transient minima and maxima
can easily be overlooked. To make these transient peaks visible, the Data window
therefore has a peak display. This allows you to recognize very short signal fluctuations
as "afterglows" in the bar-type display. You configure the "afterglow duration" in
the Configure Timers dialog, which is called from the Data window's popup menu.
With the Peaks option box you can configure - in the Data window - whether minimum
and maximum values should be displayed in addition to the active value. If the
active signal value is greater than the previous maximum, the maximum is updated
immediately to the new value. It is not reset to the active value until after a specific
time interval. The same principle applies to the minimum.
The minimum and maximum values are only shown in bar-type displays. With all
other display types only the screen color changes when the minimum or maximum
value deviates from the active value.
3.6.5 Optimization of Data Display
From the Data window's popup menu you can open a dialog for configuring the display's
time behavior during the measurement.
In the lower area of the dialog are option buttons used to enhance the performance
of the Data window for large quantities of data. In the normal case you should have
the default option Refresh Immediately activated. In this case the Data window output
is updated after a message is received. Additionally, the window is redrawn cyclically
every 2 seconds.
To permit the processing of large quantities of data you should activate the option
Only Refresh Cyclically. This results in the window only being updated cyclically. If
there are high message rates, this can lead to a significant reduction of system load-
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