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
Preface
This manual describes the operating procedures for Baron Services’ FasTrac Millennium
software, the industry standard for display and storm tracking. You can use these products to
present critical weather data that will provide customized weather displays.
Document Organization
The information in this manual is organized as follows:
Chapter 1 is a general overview of the system and provides the information needed to
start the program.
Chapter 2 describes the operations needed to set up your system.
Chapter 3 describes how to manipulate your views (screen displays).
Chapter 4 describes how to create and manage storm tracks.
Chapter 5 describes how to use SEQUENCER
Chapter 6 describes how to control both non-Baron radars and Baron radars.
Before using FasTrac Millennium, you should have a working knowledge of Microsoft
Windows.
Support Information
The Baron Services support team is available to answer questions about technical-support issues
and to assist you with operations and procedures. You can reach the support team by calling
(256) 881-8811. You will need the following information when you call:
Product name and version.
Station name, your name and your job title.
Number of a telephone close to your workstation. Do not give a fax number.
Brief description of your problem.
You can also access troubleshooting documentation from the Baron Services Tech Support
website. You will need your username and password to enter the site. The site URL is:
http://techpage.baronservices.com
To learn about our about Baron Services' products, the newest enhancements and additions to our
product lines, and the latest in news and weather events, go to our primary website at:
http://www.baronservices.com
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