Glossary
© National Instruments Corporation G-5 BridgeVIEW User Manual
G
G The graphical programming language used to develop BridgeVIEW
applications.
group See tag group or I/O group.
H
Help window Special window that displays the names and locations of the terminals for
a function or subVI, the description of controls and indicators, the values of
universal constants, and descriptions and data types of control attributes.
The window also accesses the Online Reference.
historical trend A plot of data (values versus time) showing values that were previously
acquired in the system or logged to disk.
Historical Trend Viewer
(HTV) A utility that accesses historical data from the Citadel historical database.
HMI G Wizard A utility in BridgeVIEW that automates the process of generating HMI
diagram code.
Human Machine
Interface (HMI) A graphical user interface for the user to interact with the BridgeVIEW
system.
I
I/O Group A set of related server items, all of which share the same server update rate
and deadband.
icon Graphical representation of a node on a block diagram.
icon pane Region in the upper right corner of the Panel and Diagram windows that
displays the VI icon.
input tag A tag that accepts Real-Time Database values from a device server.
Input/Output (I/O) tag A tag that accepts Real-Time Database values from a device server and
sends values to the server.