to plot time dependencies of the monitored detector parameters, say, voltages or temperatures,
one needs to convert the coresponging ADC readings into floats.

One could think of two ways of doing that: 

- one can perform the ADC-->T or ADC-->V conversion in the MIDAS frontend, 
  store their [float] values in the data bank, and plot precalculated parameters vs time

- one can also store in the data bank the ADC readings which typically are short's 
  and convert them into floats (V's or T's) at the plotting time 

The first approach doubles the storage space requirements, and I couldn't find the place where 
one would do the conversion, if stored were the 16-bit ADC readings.

I'm sure this issue has been thought about, so what is the "recommended MIDAS way" of performing 
the ADC -> monitored_number conversion when making MIDAS history plots ?

-- many thanks, regards, Pasha