Bar
The Bar Gauge is used to display a channel value as a bar. For how to add objects see the Adding an Object section.
Changing the channel
Right click on the Bar Gauge and select properties. This will display the properties for the Bar Gauge. Next to the ‘Channel’ property click the ‘…’ button and you will be given a list of all the available channels.
Bar Gauge Orientation
The Bar Gauge can be viewed as either vertical or horizontal. To set this bring up the Bar Gauge’s properties, and simply set ‘Orientation’ to either vertical or horizontal:
Displaying the Current Value
It is possible to display the current value as text in the Bar Gauge by going to the properties window, and setting the ‘Display Value’ property to ‘Yes’:
Setting the Range
Bring up the properties for the Bar Gauge. Set the properties ‘Minimum’ and ‘Maximum’ to your desired values for the Bar Gauge range.
Alarm Range
An alarm range can be configured. Select ‘Limits…’ from the context (right click) menu, or ‘Limits’ from the properties.
If an alarm limit is reached, then the colour of the background will change to the colour selected in your settings. The default is red:
View Properties
Properties editable via the properties editor.
| Property | Script ID | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Title | title |
The title of the window. |
| Script ID | id |
The scripting ID of the window. Can be used as an alternative to the title for searching for windows from scripts. |
| Tool Tip | tooltip |
Window tool tip. |
| Orientation | orientation |
The direction of the bar. |
| Display Value | display_value |
Display value on the gauge. |
| Label Decimals | label_decimals |
Precision of axis labels. Set to -1 for auto. |
| Input Value | parameter |
The input value that will be displayed by the bar. |
| Update Rate | update_rate |
Rate at which the input value is requested from the ECU. |
| Minimum | minimum |
Minimum value. |
| Maximum | maximum |
Maximum value. |
| Major Ticks | ticks_major |
Number of major ticks. Use '0' for automatic handling. |
| Label Font Size | label_font_size |
Size of the font used to draw the major tick labels. |
| Label Font PointSize | label_font_size_pts |
Size of the font used to draw the major tick labels. |
| Limits | limits |
Set up alarm limits for this gauge. |