Capture Graph tab

Click Settings and the tab for the type of graph or chart for which you want to set the display properties. Follow the instructions in “Configuring the GigaStor through the Control Panel” on page 63 to open the Capture Graph tab (Figure 42).

Figure 42 Capture Graph tab

Table 6 Capture Graph fields

Field

Description

Item

allows you to select which item will be configured.

Item color

allows you to select the color of the display item.

 

 

Item plot

allows you to select the item to be displayed as Lines or Bars. This

 

dropdown will only be active if “Lines” is selected in the “Item plot”

 

dropdown.

Item line thickness

allows you to select the thickness of the displayed item (in pixels).

 

 

Graph Time option buttons

allows you to set how the “X” axis will be displayed. Clock time will

 

show times using a 24-hour clock (i.e., the current time). Relative

 

time will display times from the start of the activation of the mode.

 

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Network Instruments 114ff manual Capture Graph tab, Allows you to select which item will be configured, Dropdown

114ff specifications

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