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Radial
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Overview
The Radial graphic is a Basic Layout indicator used to display a numeric value on a round gauge.
Radial is useful when an application needs to show a value visually with a pointer, scale, threshold, LCD readout, or colored ranges.
Radial shares general Active Graphic behavior. See Active Graphic for shared visibility, quality, and runtime display behavior.
Common Uses
- Displaying a numeric value on a round gauge
- Showing operating ranges such as normal, low, high, and high-high
- Displaying a threshold or warning point
- Showing a value with an LCD-style readout
- Providing a gauge-style dashboard indicator
Input Behavior
The Radial display can be updated from an input connection.
This allows the Radial to display a changing numeric value from a data source, calculation, or another logic component.
Output Behavior
Radial is primarily used as a display graphic.
It does not function as a user input control.
Radial-Specific Behavior
Radial is a round gauge-style indicator with configurable gauge, frame, foreground, background, pointer, LCD, LED, threshold, range, and label settings.
Radial-specific settings may include:
- GaugeType Controls the overall gauge layout or style.
- FrameDesign Sets the frame style.
- FrameVisible Controls whether the frame is shown.
- BackgroundColor Sets the background color.
- BackgroundVisible Controls whether the background is shown.
- ForegroundType Controls the foreground style.
- ForegroundVisible Controls whether the foreground layer is shown.
- PointerColor Sets the pointer color.
- PointerType Sets the pointer style.
- Low Value Sets the bottom of the display range.
- High Value Sets the top of the display range.
- Threshold Sets the threshold value.
- ThresholdVisible Controls whether the threshold marker is shown.
- LcdVisible Controls whether the LCD display is shown.
- LcdDecimals Sets the number of decimal places shown in the LCD display.
- LedColor Sets the LED indicator color.
- TitleString Sets the gauge title text.
- UnitString Sets the unit label text.
Logic Ports
In the Logic Editor, Radial may include:
- updateDisplayedValue
The updateDisplayedValue port is used to update the displayed Radial value.
Notes
Use Radial when a round gauge-style display is needed for a numeric value.
For other indicator graphics, see Indicators.
For shared Active Graphic behavior, see Active Graphic.