Depth information field description
Depth information field displays the water depth value in the current Channel view or in the Swath view.
How to open
It is located on the top of each Channel view, and on top of the Swath viewClick the border line and drag it in a horizontal and/or vertical direction to open or minimize the field.
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Description
The depth information in each of the Channel views are measured by the beam related to each channel. For the depth information in the Swath view it is the centre beam which is the source of the depth displayed.
Tip
By default, the depth is shown in metres. You can change the unit of measurement on the Units page. The Units page is located in the Installation dialog box.
Tip
If you have problems with bottom detection, you may consider disabling it. This can be useful if you only wish to study targets in the water column. Use the dedicated Bottom Detection function.
Shortcut menus
Right-click in the view to open the shortcut menu. The Depth shortcut menu enables you to open the Bottom Detection dialog box as well as manage the Depth field parameters. The purpose of the Bottom Detection settings is to define the upper and lower depth limits most likely to be used during normal operation.
Details
To activate a field and hence a channel, you must first click in the field. By doing so the menus and options available will adjust to the activated field and also apply to the active channel for this field. In this context , the phrase channel is used as a common term to identify the combination of transceiver, transducer and operating frequency.
You can easily change the physical size and shape of the fields. Click on the grey lines between the fields and drag to new size. Note that this will cause one field to increase in size and another to decrease.
Right-click in the active field and select Hide View from the shortcut menu to close the field.
Right-click in any of the fields in the active channel and select Configure Window to be able to reopen a field.Select the field(s) you want to re-open by ticking of the name in the Show Views listClick on the Apply button for the field to appear