Using the Tag Explorer

Chart Visualization and Operation

After creating a profile, you can start monitoring the variables. Tag Explorer includes a powerful charting engine for fast and reliable real-time variable monitoring. It supports zooming, rotation, three-dimensional view, statistical calculations and more.

XR PerfMon Tools Help - Chart View

Chart View

You can start capturing data by clicking on the Start Capture button on the toolbar. The data capture can be stopped by clicking on Stop Capture.
Then you can select the mode view clicking on the tabs: Chart View and List View.

The top Chart View toolbar provides access to:

	Normal chart selection. Allows chart scrolling and zooming.
	Chart rotation. Select this option, then click and hold inside the chart to rotate it.
	Chart offset. Select this option, then click and hold inside the chart to move it.
	Chart zoom: Select this option, then click and hold inside the chart to zoom in and out.
	Chart depth: Select this option, then click and hold inside the chart to change its depth.
	Chart 3D view. Select this option to enable chart three dimensional view.
	Finetune View Settings: Click this button to get a dialog where you can fine-tune all visualization settings(rotation, depth, offset, zoom, etc.).
	Print chart: Click this button to open print preview.
	Copy to Clipboard: Click this button to copy the current chart screen to the clipboard.
	Save to file: Click this button to export current chart screen to a graphics file.
	Reset view: Click this button to reset all 3D view settings(rotation, depth, offset).
	Normal View: Resets view for tags.
	Average View: Displays average plots for all tags.
	Sum View: Displays sum plots for all tags.
	Alarm View: Shows all triggered alarms.
	Toogle Value Bar: Displays a bar that shows value of the selected time.
	Toogle Diff Bar: Displays a bar that shows the difference between selected time.
	Shows/Hides the chart legend.

To zoom in a particular spot, you can easily set the region to zoom in and the chart will automatically adjust both chart ranges along with tag/plot data. Just click and hold in the position you want to start zooming and drag to destination(mouse movement is from left to right). The new visualization area(after zooming) will be marked red.

XR PerfMon Tools Help - Chart Zoom-In View

XR PerfMon Tools Help - Chart Zoom-In View

Chart Zoom-In View

To zoom out from a particular spot, just click and hold in the position you want to start zooming and drag to destination(mouse movement is from right to left). The visualization area will be defined by chart global ranges, with no zoom.

XR PerfMon Tools Help - Chart Zoom-Out View

XR PerfMon Tools Help - Chart Zoom-Out View

Chart Zoom-Out View

It is also possible to scroll plots without changing the current visualization area. Just right-click and hold inside the chart. Mouse movement will scroll the chart in the same direction.

Using the Time Window View at the bottom of the screen, you can navigate through historical data. If data capture is enabled, you can enable the Realtime View, that will show you data as it is captured. If the Realtime View is not enabled, you can freely navigate through captured data. The Axis Start and Axis End comboboxes near to the Realtime View button can be used to set the full range of the time navigator below them. The red bar indicates which time window is currently shown on the chart. You can freely move it by drag-and-drop, as well as resize it to be able to shrink or grow the visualization interval.

XR PerfMon Tools Help - Time Window View

XR PerfMon Tools Help - Time Window View

Time Window View

You can also export captured data to a CSV file for use in other applications. Clicking on Export Data on the main toolbar allows you to select the time range and the chart whose data should be exported, as well as the output file name.

The List View mode shows the tags in a table. Four columns are displayed:

Tag Name: Indicates the name of the tag
Value: The current value of the tag.
Timestamp: the time of the last read.
Quality: Indicates the quality of tag value.

Tag List View