The VisualMeter object #VMeter is a special form of the #Meter object and supports special displays with different color ranges and pointers.
Example
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Parameters
Object
M/O |
Default |
Description |
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#VMeter |
M |
VisualMeter object |
Text/File
M/O |
Default |
Description |
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<VMeter definition>.txt |
M |
Name of the VMeter definition contains the attributes for displaying the #VMeter object. |
Font
M/O |
Default |
Description |
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<Fontname>.FNT |
O |
Font for displaying the scale |
X, Y, DX, DY
M/O |
Default |
Description |
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Integer constants Variable of type INT |
O |
Position and dimension |
Color
M/O |
Default |
Description |
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O |
Color of the scale |
BackColor
M/O |
Default |
Description |
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O |
Background color |
Format
see #Meter object
Limit1
M/O |
Default |
Description |
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Lower limit value |
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If a range was configured with "limit1" in the VMeter definition, the value configured here is used for the range. |
Limit2
M/O |
Default |
Description |
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Upper limit value |
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If a range was configured with "limit2" in the VMeter definition, the value configured here is used for the range. |
ActionLimit1, ActionLimit2
M/O |
Default |
Description |
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Action on upper or lower limit value overshoot |
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See Limit actions |
VarValue
M/O |
Default |
Description |
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<variable> |
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The configured variable in VarValue specifies the fill value in the object. The data type of this variable must be numerical. A Word or INT type array can also be defined. In this case, the first field ([0]) is used to indicate the fill value, the other fields are used to display the range (see VMeter definition-> Ranges) |
VarType
M/O |
Default |
Description |
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BYTE USINT SINT WORD UINT INT DWORD UDINT DINT LWORD LINT REAL WORD[] INT[] |
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All numerical data types apart from LREAL can be used. |
VarState
Option