User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1.Overview
- 2. Setting Up Your System
- 2.1Setting Up Map Layers
- 2.2Setting Up Display Levels (for clients without .psf mapping data)
- 2.3Adding Water-Fill Points (for clients without .psf mapping data)
- 2.4Fixing Floods with Anti-Fill Points (for clients without .psf mapping data)
- 2.5Editing the Places Database
- 2.6Adjusting the Color Palette
- 2.7Using the Baron Chart
- 2.8Editing Colors for 256-Color Palettes
- 2.9Customizing Font Displays
- 2.10Manipulating the Automatic Legend
- 2.11Using Overlays
- 2.12Setting Up Icons
- 2.13Points to Remember
- 3.Adjusting Views
- 3.1Using the View Main Panel
- 3.2Setting Map Parameters
- 3.3Editing Topographical Data
- 3.4Saving and Organizing Views
- 3.5Using the View Options
- 3.5.1Adding Text to a View
- 3.5.2Zooming In and Out From a View
- 3.5.3Pointing to Features on a View
- 3.5.4Panning on a View
- 3.5.5Labeling Streets with Street Spotter
- 3.5.6Controlling Display of Radar Data
- 3.5.7Utilizing TeleTrac
- 3.5.8Displaying Lightning Strikes on a View
- 3.5.9Displaying Storm Spotter( Van data
- 3.5.10Toggling High-Definition Data Processing
- 3.5.11Displaying NEXRAD forecast data
- 3.5.12Displaying Neighborhood Weather Net( Sensor Data
- 3.5.13Zooming to a Specific City
- 3.5.14Adding Fronts and Pressure Markers
- 3.5.15Creating Temporary Pixel Query Points
- 3.5.16Creating Fixed Pixel Query Points
- 3.5.17Displaying Precipitation Type Maps
- 3.5.18Saving the Current View as a Bitmap
- 3.5.19Printing the Current View
- 3.5.20Highlighting Your Spotter Network On-Air
- 3.5.21Displaying National Weather Service Warnings
- 3.5.22Displaying Wind Speed and Direction
- 3.6Points to Remember
- 4.Managing Storm Tracks
- 5.Using SEQUENCER
- 6.Controlling Your Radar
- Glossary
Overview
FasTrac Millennium User’s Guide – May 2003
File or Directory Name Description
Omninet.ini file The main configuration file.
Overlays directory The directory that contains bitmap files that can be
placed on the screen.
Places directory The directory that contains the data files for all the
communities in the Places database.
Views.ini file The View configuration file that contains parameters
for every saved view.
Zooms directory The directory that contains all files for zooms created
with SEQUENCER.
Do not adjust the .ini files or the Basepal.bmp file unless you receive directions from
a Baron Services representative. We preset all settings and software in your system
according to your specific needs. Tinkering with Windows or any program outside
your FasTrac Millennium is potentially dangerous. If you are not sure about what
you are doing, please call our Client Services Department at (256) 881-8811.
1.3 Protecting Your Data
You may back up your system by whatever normal backup procedures your business uses to
protect important software. A CD R/W drive is provided with all new systems, letting you
perform backup operations.
When your system is delivered, we strongly recommend that you back up your \fastrac directory
to a CD. Alternatively, you can back up the system on your hard drive using the Backup
command:
1. Open FasTrac Millennium.
2. Select File > Backup to open the Backup menu.
3. The menu to the right will appear, asking you to designate a
directory in which to create the backup. You must have
C:\FasTrac as a parent directory.
4. Click Backup to automatically copy system files to the
designated directory. This will take several minutes.
5. When a message indicating that backup is complete appears
in the text box, click Cancel to exit the menu.
Our system offers unique customization opportunities. You may want to back up individual files
to protect your customized set-up.
If possible, shut down Windows before restarting your computer. Shutting down a computer
before exiting Windows may create hardware complications.
Experienced Windows operators will often have FasTrac Millennium operating simultaneously
with other programs. If FasTrac Millennium is operating and you return to the desktop before
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