Ship Settings Command
The Ship Setting command allows the user to set certain parameters for the ship. When this menu command is selected a dialog box composed of four pages each represented by a tab will appear. To move from page to page click the appropriate tab. The pages are as follows:
Position Box Tab:
Font Settings:
Clicking on this button displays a dialog box that allows the user to select the font color and font size of the text displayed in Ship Position Box.
Ship Name:
Allows user to edit the name of the ship, the ship name will be displayed in the caption of the ship position box and in the viewing area, adjacent to the ship. The name may be up to eighteen characters long.
Note: The ship name will only be displayed in the view area when the Display Label check box is checked and the ship heading marker is visable (the ball and line.)
Ship Name Position:
Allows the user to select automatic or manual positioning of the ship name. If the user selects manual then the user can select the orientation of the ship name using the Ship Name Alignment combo box.
Ship Name Alignment:
Allows the user to set the alignment of the ship name with respect to the ship shape. The options are Lower Right, Middle Right, Upper Right, Lower Left, Middle Left and Upper Left. The default setting is Upper Left.
Position Box Display Items:
Allows the user to select the values that will be displayed in the Ship Position Box by toggling the corresponding check box. If the box is checked, the value will be displayed in the ship position box. The following are the possible values that may be displayed:
Time of fix.
Ship Latitude and Longitude.
UTM: Eastings and Northings.
Compass Depth
Heading Roll and Pitch: Compass heading roll and pitch.
COG\SOG: CTD salinity and sound velocity.
Status, # of satillites
Raw Display Tab:
Unavailable at this time.
Filtered Display Tab:
Ship Shape Fill Style:
Allows the user to enter the style that will be used to fill in the ship shape displayed in the IPS viewing grid. The available fill styles are as follows: Fill Hollow, Fill Solid, Fill Horizontal, Fill Vertical, Fill F Diagonal, Fill B Diagonal, Fill Cross, and Fill Diagonal Cross. The IPS deafault is Fill Hollow (no fill inside ship shape). Setting the fill style to something besides Fill Hollow is useful when the ship and target shapes are being displayed over a chart. Filling in the ship shape makes the ship shape stand out and be easier to see.
Ship Shape Line Size:
Allows the user to enter the line size that will be used to draw the ship shape displayed in the IPS viewing grid. The available line sizes range from 1 to 20. The IPS default is 1.
Track By:
Allows the user to select whether the number of data positions on the screen will be set by number of points points or time.
If No.Points is selected, the value in the edit box opposite the No. Points radio button sets the number of currently collected data point positions that will be displayed. The number of points displayed may range from 0 to 16000. The display begins with the currently active data point and moves back through the data points with respect to time. The "snail trail" is displayed in the color selected below using the Point Color button. The trail length is independent for each target. For normal use, select approximately 10 to 40 points. To display all points enter 16000. In both Relative mode and North Up mode no data points are displayed.
If Time is selected all the data points between the time entered the time edit box and the current time will be displayed.
Note: If skip decimation is set to anything besides 0, some points will be skipped. Please see the help file item directly below.
Skip Decimation:
Allows the user to set the number of points in the snail trail to be skipped. For example if the number 1 is entered, only every other point will be displayed. If 10 is entered only every 10th point will be displayed. This setting allows the user to view an extensive history of the mission without displaying every point. Each point is still saved in the mission database, regardless of what number is entered in the skip edit box. A number between 0 and 99 may be entered. The default is 0.
Point Color:
Clicking this button displays a dialog box that allows the user to set the color of the points displayed in the view screen snail trail for the ship.
Tracking:
Allows the user to specify whether or not data from the ship will be tracked and updated by the IPS software. The default mode for the ship is auto. The position information for the ship will be displayed in the Ship Position Box.
Auto Center:
Places the ship in the center of the display screen if the current position goes out of the current viewing area. To center the viewing area about the ship if it is currently out of the viewing display press the Home key. This is a good selection to have activated for the general navigating of a surface ship that will be underway for long periods of time. To center the viewing area about a target being tracked use the Auto Setting option setting under the Input Menu Target Settings. Only one target or the ship may be centered at a time.
Display Label:
If this option is checked the ship name will be displayed in the viewing area.
Note: The ship name will only be displayed in the view area when the ship heading marker is visable (the ball and line).
Display Range Ring:
Enables or disables the display of a range ring centered about the ship. The radius of the range ring is determined by the Display Range Size.
Display Range Ring Size:
Sets the radius of the range ring in system units. The Range Ring is always centered about the vessel.
Display Range Ring Color:
Clicking this button displays a dialog box that allows the user to set the color of the ship range ring displayed in the view screen.
System Units:
Displays the system units set in the VIEW->Display Settings dialog box. This field is for display purposes only and can not be edited by the user.
Draw Rate:
Sets the rate at which the positions for the ship will be displayed in the viewing area. The maximum amount of time allowed between display updates is 3600 seconds (60 minutes). The minimum amount of time allowed between display updates is 2 seconds. If a draw rate has not been set, the default time of 20 seconds between each screen update will be used.
Waypoint Settings Tab:
Text Display:
Allows the user to select the values that will be displayed in the Ship Position Box by toggling the corresponding check box. If the box is checked, the value will be displayed in the target position box. The following are the possible values that may be displayed:
Range and Bearing
ETA
TTG
XTE
Apply:
Displays the values selected above in text display in Ship Position Box immediately.