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
Controlling Your Radar
FasTrac Millennium Userโs Guide โ May 2003
๎ Mode specifies the radar mode. While not all modes are valid for all radar types and may
not appear in the pull-down list, the following list describes the possible modes:
Mode
Description
Powerdown Radar electronics are off.
Standby Radar electronics are on, but the transmitter is off.
Long Long pulse, no velocity, and range up to 300 miles.
Log+Turb Log mode plus detection and display of turbulence in return data.
Single PRF Single-pulse Doppler mode, range 75 miles, +/- 16 m/s.
Dual PRF Dual-pulse Doppler mode, range 75 miles, +/- 32 m/s.
VHD Very High Definition (dual-pulse) Doppler mode, range 49 miles, +/- 48 m/s.
When you select a mode, the typical values for range and velocity appear. When you
select Powerdown, it may take several minutes before the radar shuts down (cools off).
When the radar powers up, it will take several minutes before radiation is possible. You
can observe the status at the RDACS computer or view the H250C.EXE or config.exe
programs.
๎ Scan specifies one of the antenna modes described in the following list. Select PPI for
constant rotation in azimuth with a fixed elevation. Use Sector to scan a sector in
azimuth. Use RHI to scan in elevation with a vertical cross-section. Use Stop to point the
antenna to a target. The following table shows which fields work in each antenna mode:
Mode
Azimuth Span Elevation Upper
Stop X X
PPI X
Sector X X X
RHI X X X
Azimuth sets the antenna azimuth, in degrees.
Span sets the antenna angle, in degrees, traversed in Sector mode.
Elevation sets the lower scan limit for antenna elevation, in degrees, in RHI
mode.
Upper sets the upper elevation limit, in degrees, in RHI mode.
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