La Crosse Technology 2800 Weather Radio User Manual


 
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WORKINGWITHTEMPLATEFILES
Templatefilesdefinethepropertiesneededtoconstructagraphfromaselectedhistorydatafileandit’sdata
records(seeWhatisaTemplate?
fordetails).Asampletemplateisprovidedforyou,andisnamedDemo
Template.hwt.Thistemplategivesyouanideaofwhatatypicalgraph/charttemplatewillcontain.
Tocreateanewtemplate,clicktheFilemenu
dropdownandselectNewTemplate.Thetemplateproperties
windowwillappear.Fromthiswindowyoucanconfigurethevariouspropertiesofyournewtemplate.
THETEMPLATEPROPERTIESWINDOW
Thisiswherewecanchoosewhatdatawillappearonthetemplate,thecolorandstyleofthedatalines,fontand
titleofthechart/graphandotherproperties.
GENERALPRO PERTIES
Title:
ThisisthenamethatisdisplayedatthetopoftheChart/Datawindowwhenthistemplateisbeingviewed.This
doesnotrenamethetemplatefileitself,onlychangesthetitlethatappearsatthetopofthewindow.
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Font:
Selectthistochangethefontofthe
axislabels.
BackgroundColor:
Selectthecolorofthedatachart
backgroundbehindthedatalines.
Grid:
Choosewhetherornottoshowthegridlinesinthechart.
GRAPHPROPERT IES
Thesepropertiesallowustochoosewhattypesofweatherdata(Temperature,Humidity,etc)thatwillbe
displayedbythistemplate.
LeftandRightAxisDatatype:
Youcanhavetwoverticalaxisona
chart.Usethisdropdowntoselect
thetypeofweatherdatathatwill
displayedfromthe
leftorrightside
ofthetemplate.Linecolorcanbe
customizedforeachvalueby
selectingthecolordropdown.