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====== Trends ======

Trends (current value charts) are a convenient tool for analyzing the process in real time. To create a trend, go to the menu Setup / Trends and press "Add trend":

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In the **Basic info** tab, there are the following settings:

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You can select desired register for the trend with pick-up dialog set ( in the order from left to right):
  *legend for the register, then it will be displayed instead of register's title
  *select color 
  *change shift along Y-axis and multiplier for the register's value
  *choose left or right axis for the value

In the **Apperance** tab, limits are set for the axises and trend area height in pixels as well:

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In the **Permissions** tab, you can select which users are allowed to access this trends:
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In the folowing example we set different colors, shifts and multipliers for the 'PWM' value ( of a bit type 0/1), so that same signal looks different:

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When viewing trend, it is possible to change time span for the X-axis:

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