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XPM Slot Usage View

XPM Slot Usage View
1

XPM Slot Usage View Docking

1. XPM Slot Usage View Docking
You can choose to Dock/UnDock this view by clicking the pin button.  You can also click the arrow button to float this view and re-dock the view to another location such as top, bottom, or left sides of the main Stats View window.
2

Controller Node Name

2. Controller Node Name
Displays the Controller Node name and its configured ScanRate parameter value for the Point type data visualized in the DataGrid column set of gauges.
3

Point Type Range Usage

3. Point Type Range Usage
This gauge shows how slots are used and allocated for the particular Point type.
4

Point Type Name

4. Point Type Name
Shows the Point type that is visualized in this gauge.
5

Gauge Scale

5. Gauge Scale
You can scale up or down the gauge visuals.
6

Copy/Paste to Excel

6. Copy/Paste to Excel
You can copy the data visualized in this set of linear gauges to the Windows Clipboard for pasting into Excel.
 
 
  • Choose the menu option Copy Image and Data to copy both the Controller node data and an image of the linear Point type gauges to the Windows Clipboard.
  • Choose the menu option Copy Image Only to copy only the image of the linear Point type gauges to the Windows Clipboard.
  • Check the option Copy selected XPM Nodes to copy only the Controller node data that has been selected.  Leave this option unchecked to copy data for all Controller nodes in the XML configuration project that has been analyzed.
  • Specify the number of Point type slots that will be shown in the Excel data.  This determines how many slots will be shown for each Point type and the Entity that is assigned to this Slot.
7

Maximum Allocated Slot Value

7. Maximum Allocated Slot Value
Indicates the maximum allocated range for the Point type.
8

Configured Used Range

8. Configured Used Range
The magenta linear bar shows the analyzed Used range for this Point type.
9

Spare Slot Range

9. Spare Slot Range
The white linear bars show the analyzed Spare Slot ranges for this Point type.  The gauge is capable of showing a maximum of 10 Spare Slot range indicators.  If the number of Spare Slot ranges exceeds 10, then a red triangle shape indicator is displayed.
10

Fast Slot Range

10. Fast Slot Range
The yellow linear bar shows the configured number of fast slots for this Point type.
11

Number of Visual Spare Ranges (10) Exceeded

11. Number of Visual Spare Ranges (10) Exceeded
This red triangle shape indicator located near the bottom of the bar at its maximum range indicates that the number of analyzed spare ranges has exceeded the maximum number of 10 Spare Slot ranges that can be visually displayed on this gauge.  To view all available spare ranges for this Point type, copy the data to the Windows Clipboard and paste into Excel.
 
The Point Type visual above also shows a yellow triangle shape indicator located near the top maximum range of the bar that indicates that the shown maximum range value is not true, but has been scaled down to show the used range.  Hover over this triangle shape indicator with your mouse to view the true allocated Point type range.