Raymarine LIGHTHOUSE 4 - Dual Range; Timed Radar Transmission; Setting Open Array Antenna Size

4.Closethe[Settings]page
.
ThecurrentinstanceoftheRadarappwillchangetodisplaytheselected
Radarscanner.Radarscannerselectionshallpersistoverapowercycle.
Alternatively,withtheRadarpoweredofforinStandby,youcanselectswitch
Radarscannerbyselecting[Changescanner].
Dualrange
Cyclone ,Magnum,HDandSuperHD™radarscannersarecapableof[Dual
range].Dualrangeenablesyoutoview2ranges(i.e.shortrangeandlong
range)simultaneously.
Toviewbothrangesyouwillneedtoconfigureasplitscreen,dualradar,app
pagethatdisplaysthesameRadarscannerineachwindow.Y oucanthen
enable[DualRange]modeandsetthe[Channel]foreachwindowfromthe
[Transmission]tab:[Menu>Settings>Transmission].
Note:
ThefollowingdualrangelimitationsdonotapplytoCycloneradarscanners.
Dualrangelimitations:
•Dualrangecannotbeenabledwhenradartargetsarebeingtrack ed(clear
thetargetlistandtryagain).
•Whendualrangeisenabledmanualandautomaticradartargetacquisition
isdisabled
•Indualrangethemaximumrotationspeedis24rpm.
•WhenusingaMagnumorSuperHD™openarrayradarscanner[Antenna
boost]and[Powerboost]controlsareonlyappliedtothelongrange
channel.
•Openarrayradarscannersrunningversion1.xxor2.xxsoftwarewillhave
theshortrangechannel’smaximumrangerestrictedto3nm.
•Whendualrangeisenabledonaradarscannerrunningversion1.xxor2.xx
softwarethe[Expansion]controlwillbedisabled.
RangeFusion™
WhenusingaCycloneradarscannertheRangeFusion™featureisavailablein
thedualrangesettings.Rangefusionenablestheshortrangeandlongrange
tobedisplayedsimultaneouslyinamergedviewinthesameradarapp.
WhenusingRangeFusiontheshortrangechannelcanbeviewedseparately.
Thelargerangechannelisalwaysmergedwiththeshortrangechannel.
TimedRadartransmission
TohelpconservepoweryoucanconfigureyourRadartoonlytransmit
periodically.
FromtheRadarmenu:
1.Selectthe[Settings](“cogs”)icon.
Thesettingspageisdisplayed.
2.Switchon[TimeTransmit:]usingthetoggleswitch.
3.Select[Standby:]andchooseatimeinterval.
4.Select[Transmit:]andchoosethenumberofrotationsyouwanttheRadar
toperform.
TheRadarwilltransmitforthespecifiednumberofrotationsandthenwill
switchtoStandbyforthespecifiedtimeinterval,thesequencewillrepeat
untilTimedTransmitisswitchedoff.
TheTimedtransmitwillreverttoOffafterapowercycle.
Settingopenarrayantennasize
WhenconnectedtoaHD,SuperHDorMagnumopenarrayradarscanner
youcanconfigurethe[Antennasize].Settingtheantennasizecanhelp
whensettinga[Parkingoffset].
Note:
Antennasizeselection(i.e.:3ft,4ftor6ft)forCycloneradarsisautomatically
detectedandcannotbeselectedmanually.
FromtheRadarapp:
1.Select[Menu>Settings>Transmission].
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