Channel views description
The ME70 presentation provides five Channel views. There are three views next to each other in the top row, and one on each side of the Swath view. Each Channel view presents the echogram for the chosen beam, as well as related information. All information in a selected field can be hidden from view with the Hide View function.
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A Depth
B Echogram
C Colour Scale
D Single Target Position
E Single Target Histogram
F Scope
G Numerical field
Description
By default, the fields are automatically arranged in the ME70 views. You can click and drag the border of each individual field to change its size. The size of the other fields are reduced accordingly.
The two coloured lines in the Swath view identify the beams that are displayed in the Channel views.
Once the centre beam for the top centre channel is selected, the other Channel views will automatically show you the two or three beams adjacent to the centre beam.
1 Top left: Chosen beam -1
2 Top right: Chosen beam +1
3 Top left: Chosen beam –2
4 Top left: Chosen beam +2
Tip
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The Beam Selection function is used for selecting which beams to display in the Channel views. The Beam Selection function is located on the Display menu.
Important
If two reference beams have been defined and activated, you can only select beams for the three top Channel views. The Channel views on each side of the Swath view present the reference beams.
Example
If you choose 7 with the Beam Selection button, the top channel views will show beams 6,7 and 8, while the bottom channel views will show you beams 5 and 9 — unless you have selected and enabled two reference beams
Adding Channel Views
The number of Channel views which are shown default can be increased by adding extra Channel views. Open the Display menu, click Add Window to open the Add Window dialog box and select the channel to display. The new Channel views are arranged in separate windows which can be moved around on screen independent of the ME70 application.
Tooltip
Several tooltips can be shown in the echo presentation. When a tooltip is enabled, the cursor location is detected and a small information box is shown. By default, the information is related to the exact position of the cursor. Each tooltip represents a specific piece of information, and they are listed separately.
Shortcut menus
Right-click in the view to open the shortcut menu. The functionality provided by the shortcut menus differ from one view to another depending on the view properties.