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- INTRODUCTION
-
- Remember how excited we got the first time we used 1-2-3 (or some other
- spreadsheet) to plot our data? It seemed so much easier than what we were
- used to before. But power is addicting. Soon we found it a pain to massage
- the data. To zoom in on a section of the data was painful.
-
- Well, 321PLOT provides a simple and FAST way to obtain line plots of your
- scientific data. Using simple ASCII format input, you can:
-
- * Obtain color display plots of up to 6 tables of data
- * Flexibly and interactively scale the data to zoom into any section
- * Print the graph as it is displayed on any of the following printers (or
- compatible) - Note: Provided for registered users only
-
- EPSON 9 PIN HP DeskJet 500C HP 7440 PLOTTER
- EPSON 24 PIN HP PaintJet HP 7470 PLOTTER
- HP LaserJet 100 HP Thinkjet HP 7475A FOR
- HP LaserJet 150 HPGL LASERJET 3
- HP LaserJet 300 HP 7475A PLOTTER Postscript
- HP DeskJet HP 7550 PLOTTER
-
- * Format the data as lines, symbols, or lines and symbols
- * Label the graph, each axis, and each line
- * Interactively turn on/off lines on the plot
- * View with a grid or without
-
- HOW TO SET UP THE DATA
-
- 321PLOT takes a simple ASCII data file of the following format:
-
- Line 1: Plot Title
- Line 2: X axis Title
- Line 3: Y axis Title
- Line 4: Comma delimited names of each data column
- Line 5: Maximum # of data points and [optionally] delta X. If the delta X
- is not specified, the first column will be used as the X axis. In
- this mode, x axis data need not be monotonic.
- Line 6: Comma delimited data points. Each column of data will represent
- one line.
-
- The following represents a data fragment taken from EXAMPLE.DAT included with
- this package:
-
- Graph Title
- X Title
- y Title
- Line 1,Line 2,Line 3, Line 4, Line 5, Line 6
- 56,0.5
- 1,2,3,4,5,6
- 2,3,4,5,6,6
- 3,4,5,6,7,6
- 4,5,6,7,7,6
- 5,6,7,8,7,6
-
- Where in this sample,
- "Graph Title" is just what it says
- "X Title" is the title on the X axis
- "Y Title" is the title on the Y axis
- "Line 1,..." are the titles of the lines
- "56,0.5" indicates to read no more than 56 lines of data and says that each
- line represents 0.5 increment on the X axis.
- "1,2,3,4,5,6" represents the six lines of data
-
- RESTRICTIONS
-
- All columns must have the same number of data points.
- No more than 16,000 data points can be specified per column.
- If only three lines titles are defined on line 4, only three columns of data
- will be plotted.
-
- HOW TO USE 321PLOT
-
- How to Start 321PLOT
- From the DOS prompt, enter:
-
- 321PLOT filename.ext
-
- where filename.ext is the filename containing the ASCII data defined
- above.
-
- How to Turn On/Off certain data lines
- Use the function keys F1 through F6 to toggle the On/Off status of each
- column. Since 321PLOT automatically scales each plot, turning off certain
- data lines may enable you to change the full scale.
-
- Data Lines turned off will not be displayed or printed.
-
- How to Format
- 321PLOT allows you to use either lines, symbols or both to plot your data.
- This affects printing and displaying. Use F7 to toggle formatting.
-
- How to turn the Grid Off
- F8 toggles the status of the Grid.
-
-
- How to Display the Full Scale Plot
- F9 allows you to display the full scale results of the selected data. This
- may change depending on which data is selected.
-
- How to Zoom in on selected portions of the plot
- Using the F10 key, 321PLOT allows you to set Scale mode to:
- Minimum X axis
- Minimum Y axis
- Maximum X axis
- Maximum Y axis
- Center the Data
-
- Once the Scale mode is selected, you may enter the data numerically (only
- within the range displayed) or use the arrow keys to change the scale. In
- this way you can easily Zoom in and out of selected regions of data.
-
- How to Print (For Registered users only)
- Use the "P" key to print your plot to LPT1:. You may select different
- printers using the environment variable PLOT_NUM. At the DOS prompt, type:
-
- SET PLOT_NUM=X
-
- where X represents your printer from the following list:
-
- EPSON 9 PIN driver mode definitions
- 0 60 x 72 dpi
- 1 120 x 72 dpi
- 2 240 x 216 dpi
-
- EPSON 24 PIN driver mode definitions
- 3 LQ 180x180 dpi
- 4 LQ 180X360 dpi
- 5 LQ 360x360 dpi
-
- HP LaserJet driver mode definitions
- Also applies to HP DeskJet B&W modes
- 6 HP LaserJet 100 dpi
- 7 HP LaserJet 150 dpi
- 8 HP LaserJet 300 dpi
-
- HP DeskJet 500C driver mode definitions
- 9 100 dpi B&W
- 10 150 dpi B&W
- 11 300 dpi B&W
-
- HP PaintJet driver mode definitions
- 12 90 dpi B&W
- 13 180 dpi B&W
- 14 90 dpi B&W
- 15 180 dpi B&W
- 16 180 dpi B&W, PaintJet XL only
-
- 17 HP Thinkjet
-
- HP 7475A PLOTTER
- 18 A size paper
- 19 B size paper
- 20 A4 size paper
- 21 A3 size paper
-
- HP 7550 PLOTTER
- 22 A size paper
- 23 B size paper
- 24 A4 size paper
- 25 A3 size paper
-
- HP 7440 PLOTTER
- 26 A4 size paper
-
- HP 7470 PLOTTER
- 27 A3 size paper
-
- HP 7475A FOR LASERJET 3
- 28 HPLJ_HPGL_A
- 29 HPLJ_HPGL_B
-
- Postscript driver mode definitions
- 30 PS_COURIER
- 31 PS_HELV
- 32 PS_TIMES
- 33 PS_SYM
-
- How to obtain 321PLOT help
-
- From the plot screen, type the "H" key to obtain 321PLOT help. Use the <Esc>
- to exit help.
-
- How to exit 321PLOT
-
- From the plot screen, type the <ESC> key.