Create an absolute time display that can be paused and scrolled

[AUTOM8]

I have 3 waveform graphs that are scrolling by as the data is collected.  They represent past events that can be paused, scrolled back, and printed.  It represents 8 hours of data.  I do not have a time stamp associated with the data going into the graphs at this time.  I dont want to reinvent the Field Point code that is gathering the data just tweak the Host program that monitors the data (this would require flying to the customer site).  I need to have a absolute time clock that will keep up with the data that is scrollong by and pause when the graphs are paused (that is the easy part).  Here is my challenge.  I am using a property node from all three graphs.  I have the x scale-range-all elements tied together so they will all scroll together with 1 x scroll bar.  I need to be able scroll the absolute time clock with the other information.

Any ideas?

AUTOM8

[Ankita]

Hi,

You can use the Get date/time function to get time when the data is recorded. However be advised that this time would only be close to the actual time of data acquisition.  It will not be the actual time when the data was acquired.

As for scrolling the time display, I think yout best bet would be to tie in a  time stamp (Get date/time function ) with the Y values that you are already acquiring. Then when you scroll to a particular point in the graph, you can programmatically unbundle the waveform at that point to get the time value.

Regards,

Ankita