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rails
Trailsplotthehistoricalmovementsofobjects(Radarreturns)forthetimespecifiedinthe
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rails
periodsetting.
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railsaresubjecttotheselected“ReferenceMode”(i.e.
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rue,toshowactualmotionover“ground”
(COG),or
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elative,toshowmotionrelativetoyourvessel).
Trailscanbeenabledanddisabledusingthe
Showtrailstoggleswitch.
Historicalobjectpositionisshownasacoloredtrailbehindtheobject.
Onscreentargetsettings
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argetsettingsandinformationarealsoavailableusingtheonscreen Imageadjustmenticon.
Thefollowingtargetsettingsandinformationisavailable:
• REFERENCEMODE—ChoosewhetherR adartargetsandobjectsaredisplayedin Trueor
R elativereferencemode.
•VectorperiodandTrailinterval—Displayscurrentlyselectedvalues.
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Cleartrails—Clearsandresetsthetrailsdisplayedonscreen.
Clearing/resettingtrails
Inanareawithmultipletargetreturns,trailscancluttertheR adarimage,reducingitsabilityto
provideatarget’spath,underthesecircumstancesyoucanremoveallexistingtrailsusingthe
onscreen
Cleartrailsoption.
1.Selecttheonscreen Imageadjustmenticon.
2.SelectCleartrails.
Targetcontextmenu
Atargetcontextmenuisavailablethatprovidesquickaccesstousefultargetsettings.
ToopentheRadartargetcontextmenu,selectatargetonscreen.
TheRadarcontextmenuprovidesCPA,TCPA,COGandSOGdata
fortheselectedtarget.
Thecontextmenualsoprovidesthefollowingtargetmenuoptions:
• Canceltarget—TheRadartargetwillnolongerbetracked.
• ShowCPA—DetermineswhetherCPAgraphicsareshown.The
defaultoptionisAutowhichdisplaysCPAgraphicsforthetarget
ifitbecomesdangerous.Y oucanalsosetCPAgraphicsto
On,whichdisplaysCPAgraphics,ifthereisanintersectpoint
betweenyourvessel’scurrentcourseandthetarget’s.When
settoOffnoCPAgraphicswillbedisplayedforthetarget.
•
Targetinfo—Determineswhetherthetarget’sSOGandCOG
informationisdisplayedunderthetargetonscreen.
R adarapp
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