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
FasTrac Millennium User’s Guide – May 2003
Controlling Your Radar
The Status > Rdac status command allows you to quickly
ensure that your radar is connected and functioning properly.
Click the Views button on the Select Panel, then click the Data button on the
More Settings panel.
Click the Radar Control button to open the RDACS
Control panel.
Range sets the range, in miles. In Doppler mode, the
maximum range is usually 75 miles; in log mode, the
range is usually 300 miles. The radar’s configuration,
however, may affect the maximum. For better
resolution of closer targets, set the range less than the
maximum range. If you apply a range greater than the
maximum allowed for the radar mode, RDACS will
use the maximum valid range and will display the
“corrected” value.
Skip specifies the range, in miles, from which
acquisition begins. For example, a value of 1 means
that data sampling will begin one mile from the radar.
Use Skip to remove the display of the strong signal
received just after the radar pulse. (A typical value to
use for Skip is 0.5 to 5.0 miles.)
The Radar Paint Skip Zone setting in the
Omninet.ini file controls what appears in the
skip zone. A value of 1 means that no radar data
appears in the skip zone. A value of 0 means
that a new sweep does not clear any previously
displayed data in the skip zone.
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