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(8.D.2.7) SinkControl

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Sink Control

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The Sink Inspector Control plots the current signal in a Sink module. This inspector only works with Sink modules and will plot all channels.

Frequency domain plotting can be enabled with the timefreq property.

The modVar property must point to a Sink module. The full formatting format is: .value[0], but simply specifying the is also supported.

Variables

Properties

Name

Type

Default value

Range

Description

modVar

string

none

Unrestricted

Name of Sink module variable to display. Must be a Sink module, and string should be of the form: .value[0]

showgrid

int

true

0:1:1

When set, the graph will display a grid

ticks

int

13

0:

The number of ticks to attempt to display on the y axis. Will be rounded down to largest achievable number

timefreq

enum

time

time/freq/index

Selects between time domain display, frequency domain display, and index display

xauto

int

false

0:1:1

Selects whether or not the x axis min and max are automatically calculated

xaxismax.m

float

1

Unrestricted

Maximum of the x axis display, ignored if xauto is true

xaxismin.m

float

-1

Unrestricted

Minimum of the x axis display, ignored if xauto is true

xmapping

enum

lin

lin/log

Sets the x axis to linear or log mapping

xticks

int

5

0:

The number of ticks to attempt to display on the x axis. Will be rounded down to largest achievable number

yauto

int

false

0:1:1

Selects whether or not the y axis min and max are automatically calculated

yaxismax.m

float

1

Unrestricted

Maximum of the y axis display, ignored if yauto is true

yaxismin.m

float

-1

Unrestricted

Minimum of the y axis display, ignored if yauto is true

ymapping

enum

lin

lin/db20/db10

Sets the y axis to linear or log mapping

format

string

%g

Unrestricted

printf() style format string used to display numbers – see man printf(1)

color.text

int

000000

0:1:ffffff

Color of the text

font.name

string

'MS Shell Dlg 2'

Unrestricted

Any available Windows font may be used. All text in the inspector uses the same font

font.size

int

8

6:1:72

Size in points to use for the font. If the font is too large for the space available, the text will be clipped

font.style

string

normal

normal/bold/italic

Available styles are normal italic and bold

scaletext

int

false

0:1:1

When true, text font size scales with inspector size

border

int

1

0:1:1

When false, the surrounding border is turned off

color.bgnd

int

f0f0f0

0:1:ffffff

Color of the inspector background

color.border

int

b4b4b4

0:1:ffffff

Color of the inspector border, if shown

height

int

126

0:

Height in DPI independent units

linecolors

string

000000;0000ff

0:1:ffffff per channel

Semicolon delimited list of colors to use for each channel

scale

float

1.0

0.5:3.0

Specifies the magnification of all parts of the inspector. Height is computed from scale and other properties and can’t be manually specified

width

int

207

207:1:4096

Width in DPI independent units

x

int

none

Unrestricted

Horizontal position of top left in DPI independent units

y

int

none

Unrestricted

Vertical position of top left in DPI independent units