display hex and decimal

[Kito]

Hi everybody,

I'm getting real-time data and I would like to know if it is possible to change the display to show the results in hex format and decimal, using the same display. I mean, use a push botton to change between them.

Regards

Felipe

[Dennis_Knutson]

If this is a numeric indicator and an integer type, right click on the indicator, select Create>Property Node>Display Format>Format. After you create it, right click on it and select Change to Write. The context help describes the values to set a specific format.

[Cory_K]

You could make one of each, stack one on each other, then use a property node to select which of the two indicators is visible. (see attached example)

[Cory_K]

Wait a minute, I just read Dennis's post. That looks more efficient, I would go that route.

[altenbach]

You can also have both in one indicator.

For an example, have a look at this old nugget. The advantage is that you don't need any extra controls and code (such as buttons, property nodes, and associated logic). 😄

Message Edited by altenbach on 07-20-2009 10:49 AM

[Kito]

Thanks everybody for helping me. It's going to help me a lot.

Just one more question. As I told you, I'm getting real time data, so when I press a stop button I would like to create (or use) a slide bar to move forward or backward to read my data in a certain time. Can someone help me on that?

Regards

Felipe

[Cory_K]

Is your data displayed on a Waveform 'Chart' or 'Graph'?
If it is in a chart, you can right click the chart and go to:
Visible Items >> Scrollbar

Then you can scroll to show previous data.

[Kito]

No, what I have is a display that shows me an array of decimal numbers.

[smercurio_fc]

Then use a chart so that the user can have a time reference for the values, or expand your array indicator so that more than one element is visible, then right-click on your array indicator and select "Visible Items -> Horizontal Scrollbar" or "Visible Items -> Vertical Scrollbar", depending on which way you expanded the array. The latter will simply show the numbers without any kind of time reference.

[Kito]

My system is attached. What I really want to do is to use something like scroll bar to move check what is going on in my system when I pressed stop button. Just to explain my system: I created a file and the random numbers are my "data" that come from arcnet. I would like that my displays could " store all the data and just with a kind of scroll bar or something like that I could see all the data were showed in the display.

Regards

Felipe