The Watch Window allows you to plot live data from one or more points in the same window. It helps troubleshoot problems and analyze the way the system works. Add blocks from anywhere in the system to a window that displays their values in an easy to use plot. Control the range, resolution and data collection rate of each block.

To open the Watch Window:

• Click the Watch Window button on the toolbar.
• Press W on the keyboard.
• Select Watch Window from under the View menu.

See also

• Adding a block to a group
• Adding a live loop annotation to the watch window
• Adding groups to the Watch Window
• Adding notes to timestamps
• Automatically generating the best range for plots in the Watch Window
• Changing plot line colors in the Watch Window
• Changing the horizontal or vertical plot resolution
• Changing the update interval for blocks and groups in the Watch Window
• Closing the Watch Window without exiting Hyperview
• Controlling Data Display in the Watch Window
• Copying a block from one group to another
• Creating a group automatically from a Function Block
• Creating and deleting timestamps in the Watch Window
• Deleting a block from the Watch Window
• Deleting groups in the Watch Window
• Deleting selected data from the Watch Window
• Editing a block in the Watch Window
• Exporting a Watch Window group definition
• Exporting selected data from the Watch Window for use in Excel or other applications
• General Watch Window Management
• Getting "What's This?" help in the Watch Window
• Going to the source of a value
• Graphical Block Map
• Hiding groups in the Watch Window
• Highlighting the signal lines associated with a block
• Importing a Watch Window group definition
• Importing a block list to the Watch Window
• Inverting the y-axis of plots in the Watch Window
• Keeping the Watch Window on top of other windows
• Launching help for the Watch Window
• Linking to Documents Outside the Watch Window
• Live Data Options For This Block dialog
• Managing Blocks in the Watch Window
• Managing Data Collection in the Watch Window
• Managing Data in the Watch Window
• Managing Groups of Blocks in the Watch Window
• Managing Watch Window data files and memory use
• Marking Times with Timestamps in the Watch Window
• Navigating Watch Window data with the Navigation Timestrip
• Navigating between timestamps in the Watch Window
• Opening the Watch Window
• Pausing and unpausing data collection for entire watch groups
• Pausing data collection automatically in the Watch Window
• Pausing data collection for a block in the Watch Window
• Preventing pink-colored out of range data from appearing on Watch Window plots
• Printing the data plot from the Watch Window
• Rearranging blocks in the Watch Window
• Renaming groups in the Watch Window
• Saving the current plot vertical range as the custom range
• Setting a plot display start time
• Setting the autopause schedule for a block
• Setting the autopause schedule for all blocks in a group
• Setting the default autopause schedule
• Setting the plot font size
• Setting the update interval for a block in the Watch Window
• Setting the update interval for a group of blocks in the Watch Window
• Sharing Watch Window data files
• Showing/Hiding a plot line in the Watch Window
• Showing the tree of ancestors for a block visually (Input Tree)
• Showing the tree of descendants for a block visually (Output Tree)
• Stopping the plot from scrolling in the Watch Window
• Toggling timestamp value labels
• Understanding when data points are connected with lines in trend plots
• Using crosshairs cursor mode (View Mode) to browse data and create timestamps
• Using selection mode (Select Mode) to select data for export
• Viewing the Watch Window as one plot or split plots
• Watch Window Autopause Schedule dialog