Control

The Control column lets you create different controls or “widgets” that will be displayed on the web page. The control options are Checkbox, Edit, Meter, Plot, Slider, and Text. When you double-click a control option, a drop-down menu appears with your control choices.

 

 

Control

Type

Description

Checkbox

Input

Send a 0 or 1 to the target

Edit

Input and Output

Send the text or numeric data from the web page to the target or receive the data from the target and display it on the web page

Meter

Output

Draw a horizontal thermometer on the web page

Plot

Output

Plot the time history of a variable on the web page

Slider

Input

Dynamically modify a value

Text

Input

Display text on the web page

 

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