Altium Instrument Dashboard - How Instruments are Displayed
When creating and configuring a custom instrument in Altium Designer, options are available relating to display of the instrument when accessed using the Altium Instrument Dashboard. These options allow the instrument to be displayed either in a standard Dashboard Instrument Rack panel, or as a custom, standalone panel.
2 Custom Instruments appearing on the desktop as standalone custom panels.
You can specify whether or not a Custom Instrument should be visible when the Dashboard is first enabled and can even open the GUI of one Custom Instrument from within the GUI of another! For more information, see Custom Instrument Enhancements.
All of the additional virtual instrument types supported by the Dashboard, if detected, will be displayed in the standard Dashboard Instrument Rack panel only.
The image below shows four detected instruments used in a design. Two Custom Instruments are displayed as separate, standalone panels, while a frequency generator and counter appear in the standard Dasboard Instrument Rack panel.
Example instruments detected and displayed on the desktop using the Altium Instrument Dashboard.