Totalizer Drawing Method
Available in all applications.
Used by: Pulse Input tags (Note: This drawing method is not used by the totalizer tag).
The Totalizer drawing method calculates and displays the combined total of the value of the pulse input tag being drawn within a user-defined period of time. Each time the user-defined period of hours has cycled, the Totalizer object will automatically reset to 0 and will begin to recalculate.
The Totalizer tag drawing method does not calculate the average value of the tag; rather, it increments the new value to the former value each time the value changes. For example, if the value of the pulse input tag changes from 27 to 30 to 32 to 21 within the user-defined period of time, the value displayed by the Totalizer object will be 110. It should also be noted that the Totalizer tag drawing method rounds values off before totaling them (for example, 23.62 will be rounded off to 24 and then added to the total value).
The graphic editor for the totalizer drawing method will appear as shown:
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The Tag field displays the name and description of the tag that is currently associated with this drawing method. You can use this to select a different tag or parameter to use as the data source for this drawing method.
The Tag field is only present when editing a completed drawing method object
[Select one of the font tags (or parameter linked to a font tag) that you with to use to display the text. The display will use the default system font if you do not select a font tag.
The parameters button is enabled only if the tag is drawn on a page that includes a font parameter, or if the tag is part of a drawing method and the associated drawing method editor is open.
Examples of the three border types are shown at the beginning of this topic.
Opens the Select Color Dialog from which you can select the color of the text. If an indented or beveled border has been selected, the background color against which the text will be displayed can also be defined.
Set to the number of hours (or fractions of an hour) after which the drawing method should reset to 0 and begin totaling again.