{"id":3542,"date":"2025-04-18T11:36:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T11:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webprojects.cloud\/wordpress\/splatco\/?post_type=spl_knowledgebase&#038;p=3542"},"modified":"2025-06-10T11:52:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T11:52:59","slug":"pidassist-status-bar","status":"publish","type":"spl_knowledgebase","link":"https:\/\/webprojects.cloud\/wordpress\/splatco\/knowledgebase\/tutorials-application-notes-and-white-papers\/tutorial-pid-control-with-splat\/pid-control-using-pidassist\/pidassist-status-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"PIDassist: Status bar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"801\" height=\"34\" src=\"https:\/\/webprojects.cloud\/wordpress\/splatco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PIDassist-Status-bar-.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3543\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The bottom of the PIDassist screen is the status bar. 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