Plot Configuration: 

AMAX value	Sets the maximum analog scale value. (250) !AMAX 1000
AMIN value	Sets the minimum analog scale value. (0) !AMIN -200
AMUL value	Sets the analog multiplier. (1) !AMUL .1
AMSK maskstring	Provides a mask for displaying values for the the analog Scale. (0.0) 0.00 - Two decimals $0.00 - Two decimals with leading $ 0.0mA - One decimal with mA suffix !AMSK 0.0000
APER X%,Y%	Sets the percentage of the desktop screen the application should use.  Godd for setting a defined rectangle for specialized configurations. !APER 80,50
ASCL	Auto scales the Y axis based on min/max since reset on ALL channels plotted. !ASCL
BIMG X1,Y1,X2,Y2,image name	Set background image.  Coordinates may be omitted for full plot background.  !BIMG 0a,0a,100a,100a,plotback.jpg
CLRC	Clears Constant drawings from the plot. !CLRC
COLR Letters and color values	B = Background, G = Grid (major), A = Analog, S = Scales value, D = Digital Allows the setting of one or more plot colors. !COLR B10,A12
DISP Letters and color values	G = Grid (major), A = Analog, S = Scales value, D = Digital, R = Drawing Sets what is enabled to be displayed. If the letter is listed, that item will be enabled. Any not listed will not be drawn. Optionally may use numbers to specify colors. (see COLR) !DISP D10 A12 G
GRID X-amount,Y-amount	Defines the number of grid lines on the X and Y axis. (10,10) !GRID 20,50
MENU	Enable/disable the menu choice (except the macro-defined menu buttons) from being shown. !MENU OFF
PMOD 0/1	Plot Mode Defines whether absolute plotting coordinates are 0,0 to 100,100 as defined by the grid area (mode 0), or 0,0 to 255,255 as defines by the entire plot area. !PMOD 1
PPER X%,Y%	Sets the percentage the main plot should use in the application to allow room for objects. !PPER 80,50
RGAP ON/OFF	Right Gap !RGAP ON
RTIM ON/OFF	Real Time Enables/disables real time values for X coordinates !RTIM ON
SPAN Analog min, analog max	Sets the span of the plot and adds the values to the drop-down. !SPAN -50, 250
STAT message	Same as USRS !STAT The Heater cycled off
TBAR ON/OFF	Enable/disable the toolbar from being shown !TBAR OFF
TGAP ON/OFF	Turn on/OFF Top Gap !TGAP ON
TITL title	Displays the title on the plot window caption. !TITL My First Plot
TMAX value	Sets the maximum time of the plot scale in seconds, adds to drop down. (120) !TMAX 360
LOGY ON/OFF	Logarithmic Y scales Enables/Disables Logarithmic Y coordinate values !LOGY ON
UMSG Time in seconds, message string	Displays a message to the user for the time given. !UMSG 10, This Heater is ON!
USRS message	Displays the message in the User Status box. !USRS The Heater Cycled On
WAVS ON/OFF	Enables/displays playing WAV files. !WAVS OFF
XLBL units message	Labels the X axis with the units provided. !XLBL TIme into run (min)
YLBL units message	Labels the Y axis vertically with the units provided. !YLBL Temp F

Plotting Historical/Logged data

HISS date time	Enables historical or logged data plotting. If the date and/or time is omitted, the current date time wil be used. !HISS 01/01/07 15:00 !HISS
HISD date and time or interval, data,data,...	When Historical data is enabled (See HISS), data will be plotted at the specified data time, or at the specified interval in seconds. !HISD 01/01/07 16:00.10,20 !HISD 3600,10,20

Logging Control - Snapshots and Plot Saves

ASNP ON/OFF	Defines whether auto-saving snap shots at maximum is on or off. !ASNP ON
!APDT ON/OFF	Normally ON, off disables appending date & time to snapshots and plot names. !APDT OFF
ASAV ON/OFF	Auto-Save Defines whether auto-saving of plot at maximum is on or off. !ASAV ON
AUTT	Auto based on Time Defines that auto-saves/prints should occur when maximum plot time is reached. If max points is reached first, and flushing is NOT enabled, points will trigger the event. !AUTT
AUTP	Auto based on points Defines that auto-saves/prints should occur when the maximum data points are reached. If data flushing is enabled, the actions will be performed prior to each data flush. !AUTP
FORM ON/OFF	Enables/Disables the entire application being used for snapshots, prints and saves.  For prints and snapshots the application must be visible on the desktop. !FORM ON
JPGQ value	Sets the quality of the jpg snapshot. High is better quality, but less compression. 80 is default. !JPGQ 50
NAMA filename	Name Auto-save Provides a filename for Auto-saved plots. File name will be appended with date & time & .plt.  !NAMA HeaterControl
NAMS filename	Name of Snapshots Provides a filename for Auto Snapshots. Filename will be appended with date & time & .jpg (ASav) !NAMS HeaterControl
SAVP filename	Save Plot File Saves the plot to the specified file name. If no filename is given the default name with data/time will be used. !SAVP Current Conditions
SNAP filename	Takes a snapshot of the plot (JPG). If the filename is not omitted, the plot title will be used.  If there is no plot title, the NAMS value will be used (ASav).  Date/Time and .jpg are appended. !SNAP myPlot

Logging

DELD	Deletes the data file. If saving is enabled, the file will be re-created. !DELD
DELM	Deletes the message file. If saving is enabled, the file will be re-created. !DELM
LOGD string	Manually Add a string to the data log. !LOGD (RTIME),(AINVAL0) with a maximum of (AINMAXVAL0)
NAMD filename	Provides a filename for saved analog and digital data. (SDat.txt) !NAMD Heater Data.txt
NAMM filename	Provides a filename saving messages to the file. (SMsg.txt) !NAMM Heater Msgs.txt
SAVD ON/OFF	Enables/disables saving analog and digital data to a file. !SAVD ON
SAVM ON/OFF	Enables/disables saving of messages to a file. !SAVM ON
TSMP ON/OFF	Enables/Disables time stamping of data and messages to files and in message window. !TSMP OFF

Logging Control - Printing:

APRN ON/OFF	Auto Print at Max Enables/disables auto printing at Max !APRN ON
MPRN ON/OFF	Multiple Plot Print Selects multiple plots per printer page. DO NOT change this once a multi-plot page is begun. !MPRN ON
PRNT	Print Plot Now Prints the current plot to the default printer !PRNT
PSIZ value in %	Print Size Scales the size of the from printed plot from 100%. Default is 100. Once a multiple plot is started, changing PSIZ is NOT recommended. !PSIZ 50

Macros:

DEFS macro path\name	Defines the start-up macro to be used.  !DEFS \sws\v2\vectors.txt
IFTH value1, comparison, value2,statement	Typically used in macros. If-Then. If the comparison is true, the statement will be performed. The statement may be a macro call, another IFTH, or any other operation besides a MATH operation. See Macro Math for more information. !IFTH %m0,>,100,!BELL !IFTH 20,>,10,~PWAV BOING.WAV
IFXY X1,Y1,X2,Y2,statement	Typically used in macro. If the last screen click was within the boundaries of X1,Y1 to X2,Y2, the statement will be performed. The statement may be a macro call, or any other operation besides a MATH operation. The coordinates may be any valid mode. !IFXY 20a,30a,60a,80a,~PWAV BOING.WAV
INTT value	Set the interval timer between 0-30 seconds !INTT 15
MACR name.routine,data1,data2,....	Call the named macro, routine name and data values passed are optional. !MACR wizards\xyplot
MACS	Run the Start-up Macro !MACS
MATH	Macros ONLY. Specifies a macro math operation to be performed. Please see Macro Math for more information.  !MATH %m0=%m0,*,10
MREQ default value, time to display in seconds, request string, data marker number  Similar to REQD, but for used to accept a value and assign to a data marker. Requests data from the user for use in a macro. See Interactive Controls.  !MREQ 80,10,Lowest temperature,5
MVAR name=value	Used only in macros, assigns a name to a data marker, and optionally a value. Names are assigned to data markers %m0-%m99 in the order they are declared. !MVAR INDATA  !MVAR PI_VALUE=3.14
NPSU ON/OFF	Run Start-Up Macro on New Plot Runs the startup.txt macro (see above) every time a new plot is begun through the menu or !NEWP. This setting is NOT saved with the plot configuration on exit. !NPSU ON/OFF
PARS ON/OFF	Perform specialized parsing of incoming data based on the PCHR parse character.  Data is parsed into mac values PARSE0 - PARSExx !PARS ON
PCHR ;	Defines the character to use fo parsing special data. !PCHR ;
USEA ON/OFF	Defines whether analog data should be used for the default macro routine only if on, or both if off. !USEA ON
USEC On/Off	Use .dblclick (double-click) routine of the start-up macro for double-click events. !USEC ON
USED ON/OFF	Use '.Default' Macro Routine: Analog data (single or comma-separated) is automatically passed to the startup.txt macro, routine Default for macro processing. !USED ON/OFF
!USEM ON/OFF	Enabling this option allows data received that does NOT begin with an analog value to be accepted by the default routine of the macro. This was added to support VOMs which have serial data output. !USEM ON
USER On/Off	Use the .Reset routine of the macro for plot reset events. !USEA ON
USET On/Off	Use .Timer routine in start-up macro for interval timing events. !USET ON

Interactive: 

APPA filename	Open filename by Application Association: Opens a specified file using its associated Windows program. The full path needs to be provided. !APPA (FPATH)\test.htm The Send key to application instruction cannot be used for control- APPS Unless the File menu has "Request before starting Applications" unchecked, a message box will open to ask user permission to start the application. Regular interval use of the APPA instruction is NOT recommended. To have a web page that auto-refreshes, it is recommended to use a JavaScript time (the Web page example macro has code included). On some browsers, the plot image may not refresh unless the name of the image is changed periodically.
APPE path\appname.exe	Execute external application. !APPE notepad.exe
APPS keystroke string	send string of keystrokes to the external application !APPS Hello world!
BELL	Rings the computers bell (beeps) !BELL
BSND data	Sends the BINARY value of the data.  If the data is numbric (0-255) the binary value will be sent. If the value is non-numberic (A-Z, etc), the ASCII value will be sent.  Useful for controllers that can't accept ASCII string values easily. !BSND 128
CLXY	Clear XY Sets the X, Y coordinates of a screen click to 255 (clears). !CLXY
GETD	Get Data Value Returns the value in the 'data-box' in the upper-left hand corner. !GETD    Version 2 added a total of 10 (0-9) data holders. These may be specified with their numbers.    !GETD 5
GETT	Get Current Time since reset Returns the numbers of seconds since the last plot reset !GETT
GETX	Get X-value If the mouse was clicked on the screen since the last CLXY, the X-position in absolute terms will be returned. If no click occurred since the last clear, 255 will be returned.  !GETX  If R is specified, the coordinates will be relative to scales. If no click occurred since the last clear, 0 will be returned. !GETX R
GETY	If the mouse was clicked on the screen since the last CLXY, the Y-position in absolute terms will be returned. If no click occurred since the last clear, 255 will be returned.  !GETY  If R is specified, the coordinates will be relative to scales. If no click occurred since the last clear, 0 will be returned. !GETY R
LBLD data number, string	Labels the data holders on the values window.     !LBLD 5,My data!
READ data	Sends the specified ASCII string to the micro. If binary mode is enabled, the ASCII Character will be sent for values from 0-255.  Typically used by controller to request a value from StampPlot. !READ (sldBar)  Note that math may be used to scale data !READ [(sldBar),/,100]
REQD Default value, Time to display in seconds, Request String	Request the user to enter a value via a timed pop-up msg box. !REQD 120,5,High Temp set point
SEND data	Sends the specified ASCII string to the micro. If binary mode is enabled, the ASCII Character will be sent for values from 0-255. Typically used in macros.  !SEND 50
SETD	Set Data Value: Sets the value of the 'data box' in the upper left corner. !SETD 80 Version 2 added a total of 10 (0-9) data holders. These may be specified with their numbers.    !SETD 5,80

Miscellaneous:

ADDQ data	Adds the defined data to the beginning of the queue for processing.  !ADDQ 10,20,30
CLMM	Clears the min/max/ave analog values recorded !CLMM
CMMR ON/OFF	Defines whether to clear the min/max/ave values on a reset. !CMMR ON
CLRM	Clears the messages in the message text box. !CLRM
CVAR	Clears all data marker variables from memory. !CVAR
DELL	Deletes the last constant (@) instruction from the constant's bin. !DELL
DUMP	Dumps data markers/variables to the log window. !DUMP
MVAR name [=value]	Creates a data marker variable name.  Names are assigned to data markers 0-99 from 0 up as each is defined. !MVAR pi=3.145 !MVAR value_1
TMPL source_file[,dest_file]	Creates a new file  from a template file.  All datamarker, variables and mac values are replaced when the destination file is created.  Usefull for creating a report or webpage from a template.  Unless specified, the source file resides in the macro directory and the destination file go to the data directory.  If the destination name is omitted, the source files name will be used. !TMPL source.htm,index.htm