4-20    Personal DaqView 
989394  Personal Daq User’s Manual 
Bar Graph, Analog, and Digital Meters 
This section pertains to channel data display screens (windows, or dialog boxes) which are often referred to 
as DaqMeters.  In Personal DaqView, the meters are accessed from the Main Control Window’s toolbar or 
Main Control Window’s Indicators pull-down menu. 
It is important to realize that for each type of meter discussed, the meter channels selected are independent 
of the group chart assignments, and of the assignments for the other meters. 
Note that when using meters, placing the mouse pointer over an item and then hitting Ctrl+F1 (on the 
keyboard) will cause a help statement to appear for that item, if such a statement is available.  
 
Meter Toolbars 
The toolbars for the three meter-types are identical, with exception that the Digital Meters toolbar does not 
have a Reset Peak Hold button (item C in the following figure). 
 
Meters Toolbar Buttons 
 
Item Label  Function 
A 
Start  Activates the meter.  Does not affect the recording of data to disk. 
B 
Stop  Stops the meter.  Does not affect the recording of data to disk. 
C 
Reset Peak Hold  Resets the floating markers, which indicate high and low reading peaks.  Upon 
reset, the markers will instantly adjust to indicate the highest and lowest values 
reached since the time of the reset. 
This feature does not apply to the Digital Meters. 
D 
Stay on Top  Locks or unlocks the meter’s position.  When locked, the meter will appear on top 
of other windows and will retain the "on top" relationship. 
E 
Print  Sends the meter display image to connected printer. 
F 
Rows x Columns  Opens a small menu with “row x column” arrangement options.  Example: When 
the number of meters is 6 the grid options will be: 6
x1, 3x2,  2x3, and 2x4 with 
the first number being the number of rows.  If you then select 3
x2 you will have 3 
rows of meters with 2 meters per row. 
G 
Select the number of 
Meters to display 
Specifies the number of meters to appear on the screen. 
A maximum number of 32 meters can be selected. 
 
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