V Channel Not Showing Up


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Hi folks,

I'm probably doing something real dumb. I created a v channel becuase I want to do and xy plot. The x axis is distance a sensor is into a furnace. So since there s a belt, the distance in is based on time.

so I have a variable, beltspeed, which is set ot the beltspeed. for example 1/60 as the parts move 1 inch in 60 seconds.

the channel hoilding the historical values of the part is called parttemp

Then I created a v channel, distance, defined as:

(GetTime(parttemp)-parttemp.time[Numrows(parttemp)-1])*beltspeed

Ths work. When I look at the table, the 0 position has the farthest length. This is what I want.

But when I go to a page, and simply put up a variable display like I have for parttemp, I just want to see the latest value, so I put distance[0] there. But it doesnt accept that. The expression box stays pink. The channel distance doesnt show up in the pop up menu containing all the items I could put there.

why doesnt the v channel work so as to allow me to use it?

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