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- Do not include a title. If you want to describe the graph, put a caption underneath and begin the caption with "Figure 1." for example.
- Label your axes and put the units in parentheses.
- Eliminate any grid lines unless you are in log mode.
State
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Log
Ensure that in your state log that you have cycled through the necessary states in process controller. There will be a time stamp of your team having done this.
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Utilize your state log to find the time when each state started and ended. This will help you in creating your graph in excel.
In looking at the sample state log, you should notice that the state log will also tell you how the state was changed. Under "Rule that caused the previous state to change," if the label is the next state in sequence then it means that Process Controller software changed the state. If the label was instead "Operator changed the state," that indicates that someone manually changed the state and overrided Process Controller's automatic control.