Channel Settings - boschmotorsport/WinDarab GitHub Wiki
You are able to make basic settings for each channel in WinDarab.
- Description
- Format (numerical)
- View Min
- View Max
- Signal (signal curve format)
- Separate Bits
Select “Tools→ Settings→ Channels” in Darab Ribbon to open the “Channel Settings” dialog box.
The Channels are divided into five channel types:
- Measurements channels
- Math channels
- Virtual channels
- Internal channels
- Temporary channels
Click on Show measurements button to select and display the Measurements channels list
Click on Show math channels button to select and display the Math channels list
Click on Show virtual channels button to select and display the Virtual channels list
Click on Show internal channels button to select and display the Internal channels list
Click on Show temporary channels button to select and display the Temporary channels list
Click on Show/Hide all channels button to (de-)select and display/hide all channels
For each channel in the lists the following settings can be defined:
| Description | A description for the channel can be entered in the text field. |
| Format | Define the display format of numbers. |
| Other Foratters | These can be used to show text representations of the data. This is useful when the channel value is an error code that corresponds to a text value Use 'Other Formatters' → Other' to create formatters |
The following formats are provided in the Format combo box of each channel:
| View Min | You can enter the value displayed as minimum for the channel. |
| View Max | You can enter the value displayed as maximum for the channel. |
| Signal | Determine the format for display of the signal curve. |
| The following formats are provided in the Signal combo box of each channel: |
- Analog - values are interpolated.
- Digital - sampling points are represented by square wave signals
- Dotted - each sampling point is represented by a dotted line
- Bits - each channel bit is interpreted as a separate signal and represented by a square wave signal
| Separate Bit | With this option selected, single bit channels will be created for each bit of the measured channel. If selected each single bit will be shown as a channel. |
You can now select each one of these bit-channels individually in the channels pane.
WinDarab enables you to import description for channels from a (named) object store.
Follow these steps to import a (named) object store:
- Open the “Channel Settings” box by using the “Tools→ Settings→ Channels” menu item.
- Click on “Import OSP/A2L”.
- Now select the (named) object store that contains the descriptions and click “OK”.
- The descriptions will now be imported.
- Click on “OK” to close the “Channel Settings” dialog box.
Select “Tools→ Settings→ Program” to open the Channel Colors Dialog
This dialog allows you to assign different colors for different overlays to specific channels. The number of overlay-columns in the dialog equals the number of overlays in the File Explorer.
Automatic is recommended. When left in this mode, WinDarab will automatically choose a color for the channel that has a good contrast to the selected color scheme.
Oscilloscopes and XY plots can get very busy when multiple signals are added. We have added 20 distinct colors to help.
These colors can be customized in setting.ini
[Options]
DisinctColors= 0xe6194b, 0x3cb44b, 0xffe119, 0x4363d8, 0xf58231, 0x911eb4, 0x46f0f0, 0xf032e6, 0xbcf60c, 0xfabebe, 0x008080, 0xe6beff, 0x9a6324, 0xfffac8, 0x800000, 0xaaffc3, 0x808000, 0xffd8b1, 0x000075, 0x808080, 0xffffff, 0x000000__
Here’s an alternative set of colors:
DistinctColors=0xa6cee3, 0x1f78b4, 0xb2df8a, 0x33a02c, 0xfb9a99, 0xe31a1c, 0xfdbf6f, 0xff7f00, 0xcab2d6, 0x6a3d9a, 0x8dd3c7, 0xffffb3, 0xbebada, 0xfb8072, 0x80b1d3, 0xfdb462, 0xb3de69, 0xfccde5, 0xd9d9d9, 0xbc80bd, 0xffffff, 0x000000