Byte Monitor¶

Widget that displays the bits of a numeric value as a series of LEDs.

Basic Properties

Name (name): Human-readable name of this widget. Shown in the Outline view.

PV Name (pv_name)

The name of the main PV for this widget. If set, the widget’s value follows value updates of the corresponding PV.

It is not a requirement to use a PV. You may also control the widget value directly through scripting.

Widget Type (widget_type): Readonly property describing the type of this widget.

Behavior Properties

Border Properties

Alarm Sensitive (border_alarm_sensitive): If the PV is in alarm state, the widget border and style change to alarm mode.

Border Color (border_color)

The color of the widget border.

Has no meaning with certain types of border styles (for example, raised borders have a fixed style).

Border Style (border_style): The type of border. Some border styles also colorize the background of the widget’s bounding box.

Border Width (border_width)

The thickness of the widget border.

Has no meaning with certain types of border styles (for example, raised borders have a fixed style).

Display Properties

3D Effect (effect_3d): Whether the rendering includes gradient and shadow effects.

Alarm Pulsing (alarm_pulsing): If enabled, the PV is in alarm state, and the properties BackColor Alarm Sensitive and/or ForeColor Alarm Sensitive are used, then the corresponding colors will fade in and out to draw operator’s attention.

BackColor Alarm Sensitive (backcolor_alarm_sensitive): If the PV is in alarm state, then Background Color matches the corresponding alarm color.

Background Color (background_color): The color of the background of the widget’s bounding box. Only visible when the widget uses a border style that fills up the widget area.

ForeColor Alarm Sensitive (forecolor_alarm_sensitive): If the PV is in alarm state, then Foreground Color matches the corresponding alarm color.

Horizontal (horizontal): Direction of the LEDs.
Labels (label): The labels corresponding with each LED. Labels are only visible when Square LED is enabled.
LED Border (led_border): The width of the border surrounding each LED bulb.
LED Border Color (led_border_color): The color of the border surrounding each LED bulb.
Number of Bits (num_bits): The number of bits (LEDs) to display.
Off Color (off_color): Color of each LED when it is off.
On Color (on_color): Color of each LED when it is on.
Pack LEDs (led_packed): Collapse borders between successive LEDs. Has best effect when using square LEDs.
Reverse Bits (bitReverse): Left (or top) bit corresponds with the least-significant bit.

Position Properties

Scale Options (scale_options): If autoscaling is enabled on the Display, then this property allows controlling whether and how this widget participates.