[rrd-users] Ever thought of extending functionality to create a dial

[Rob Conway]

IS this still in development or a hidden feature I have not yet explored.
Sounds wonderful, exactly what I was after.

cheers  rob Australia

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <rader at ginseng.hep.wisc.edu>
To: "Rob Conway" <rjconway at bigpond.com>; <rrd-users at lists.oetiker.ch>
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 4:45 AM
Subject: Re: [rrd-users] Ever thought of extending functionality to create a 
dial


>
> A fair bit of thought (and discussion with Tobi) has been given to a
> native way to produce piecharts/dials/guages...
>
> http://www.hep.wisc.edu/~rader/rrdpiechart/rrdpiechart.pod
>
> Tobi: could you post it to the Wiki?  I started to do it sometime
> ago, but wasn't sure where to fit it in.
>
> steve
> - - -
>
> > From: "Rob Conway" <rjconway at bigpond.com>
> >
> > I have been using rrd for a year now showing trends of my data and it =
> > works great running on embedded linux (NSLU2).......To compliment the =
> > trends I was wondering if anybody had tried to create maybe the last or 
> > =
> > averaged data for a period and visualise it as a dial or gauge.  This =
> > would mean rrdtool not only providing trends however dials that can be =
> > used within web based dash boards....