User's Manual

Table Of Contents
NACOS Platinum
ED 3100 G 140 / 04 (2011-11)
Operating Instructions
I-5 NACOS Platinum Graphical User Interface
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5.3.2 Non-Permanent Area
The lower half of the sidebar is the non-permanent area. It shows status information, parameters, tools
and controls. Some expanders are constantly visible, some can be hidden. See table below for details.
The expanders are grouped and stacked by means of so-called tabs. Click on a tab to view the subordi-
nated expanders. Using expanders you can expand and collapse, i.e. display and hide a variety of views,
controls or setting screens. The height of the non-permanent area is flexible and depends on the size of
the permanent area. If an opened expander exceeds the available space, a scrollbar is provided to scroll
up and down the contents of parts of the non-permanent area or to scroll left/right within parts of
expanders.
The controls displayed in the non-permanent area depend on the active application. For instance, the
RADAR application will display various settings screens. Machinery includes a navigation tool to browse
through large sets of mimic screens. The figure below shows an example of the non-permanent area of
the RADAR and ECDIS application:
Fig. I / 20 Sidebar – example of the non-permanent area of the RADAR application
The Alarm line expander and the optional TRACKPILOT expander have a permanent bar below the title
bar. This additional permanent bar will display information such as the latest alarm message, ioperating
mode, settings, etc. The general handling and type of expanders are described separately. The detailed
content and functionality of exoanders is part of the different application related chapters.
If you open multiple expanders they often donot fit into the sidebar. In such cases, other expanders
will be closed or cut off at the lower end.
Tabs with which the
expanders are stacked
Expanders
Non-
permanent
area