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The Voltage Gauge Options Dialog is used to define and configure a bus voltage gauge. A bus voltage gauge is associated with a particular bus and reveals the bus’s voltage relative to specified minimum, maximum, and target per-unit voltage levels. The height of the colored column in the voltage gauge indicates the bus’s voltage relative to these markings.
The dialog has the following controls:
Number, Name, and Find
Use the Number and Name dropdown boxes to identify the bus to which you want the gauge to correspond. Select a bus number from the Number dropdown box to identify the bus by number, and a bus name from the Name dropdown box to identify a bus by name. It may be more convenient to press the Find to open the Find Dialog, which allows you to specify a bus by either name or number using wildcards. When you first open the Bus Voltage Gauge Dialog, the bus name and number will correspond to the bus object that was closest to the point where you clicked.
Minimum, Target, and Maximum
Use these three spin edit boxes in the Voltage levels group box to specify the minimum, maximum, and target per-unit voltage levels. These settings determine where on the gauge its three markings will be drawn.
The Minimum and Maximum value will be taken from the Limit Monitoring settings for the current bus, unless you uncheck the option "Set Limits According to Current Limit Monitoring Settings".
Fill color
The Fill color box reveals the color that will be used to paint the filled region of the gauge. Click on the Fill color box to open a Color Dialog, which you may then use to specify a different color.
Anchored
A bus voltage gauge is said to be anchored if, when you move its associated bus object, it moves with it. Check the Anchored check box to ensure that the gauge will move with its associated bus. Otherwise, when you move its associated bus object, the gauge will stay in its current position.
OK, Help, and Cancel
Click OK to finalize your settings. This will create a new voltage gauge object if you are trying to create one from scratch, or it will modify the appearance and settings of an existing one if you have chosen to modify one that has already been defined. Click Cancel to dispose of your changes. Click the Help button to reveal this help text.