5.11 Display settings
Figure 80: Display Settings
The user can customise the colour scheme of Sonic
Control’s main window.
Dot Colors provides a means to view instantaneous
information by colouring the bottom detections dots for
the detection algorithm being employed when Magnitude
is selected.
Selecting Intensity provides a grey scale representation of
the return data’s acoustic strength. This Dot Color mode
can be very helpful in balancing the power, gain and pulse
length for optimal operation of the system. The Brightness
(dB) sets a base reference for the depiction of the acoustic
return strength.
Bathy-dot Size selection is either normal (1-pixel) or large
(3-pixel); default is large. Using the 1-pixel size is
recommended when viewing the Acoustic Imagery, in the
wedge display.
Under Draggable Sector Outline, the user can enable or
disable the feature to use the mouse cursor to change
opening angle and swath rotation.
Acoustic Image the Image Enable box turns the wedge’s
acoustic imagery on and off. The drop down, under Image
Enable, allows the user to select the colour palette for
wedge’s acoustic imagery.
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