Display menu
The Display menu provides basic functions related to the screen behaviour and presentation of ST90 data.
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How to open
Select the Display icon.
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The icon is located under the Main menu. Select the icon one more time to close the menu.
Description
Only brief descriptions are provided. For detailed information about each function and dialog box, refer to the ST90 Reference manual or the context sensitive on-line help.
Tip
If you do not need to use the menu system, you can hide it. This allows more space for the ST90 presentation.
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Use Menu on the top bar to hide or show the menu.
When the menu system is hidden, it appears temporarily on the left or right hand side of the screen if you move the cursor to that position.
The choices in the this menu depends on which view in the ST90 presentation that is currently "active". The menu may therefore change from one view to another. The screen capture may not show you all the menu choices.
•  Visual Objects
Visual Objects is an "on/off" button used to open the Visual Objects menu. The Visual Objects menu controls which graphical elements that are shown in the different views. These graphic elements include markers, vectors and targets that are tracked. The majority of the functions are "on/off" buttons to enable or disable these graphic elements in the ST90 views.
•  Cosmetics
Use the functions on the Cosmetics menu to turn "cosmetic" elements in the ST90 presentation on or off. The majority of the functions are on/off buttons to enable or disable "cosmetic" elements in the ST90 presentation. This function is not available in all the views.
•  View Range
Use View Range to expand the range shown in the relevant views to any percentage of the original Range value. This function can be used if you wish to move your ship symbol to the bottom of the ST90 view. You can then expand the range without adding zoom.
•  Display Gain
Display Gain increases or decreases the strength of the echo presentation.
•  Panel Backlight
The buttons on the Operating Panel have built-in backlight to improve visibility on a dark bridge. Use Panel Backlight to control the intensity of the lights.
•  Colour Threshold
The Colour Threshold function allows you to reduce or increase the number of colours. This will provide a filtering effect that removes the weakest echoes.
•  Screen Brightness
The intensity of the light given off by the ST90 presentation can be adjusted. You can use this function to increase or decrease the light from the screen to match the ambient light.
•  Display Options
The top bar gives you fast access to key functionality and navigational information. It provides buttons to hide or show the menu, to monitor data recording, to open the Messages dialog box, and to open the context sensitive on-line help. Which navigation elements to see on the top bar is selected in the Display Options dialog box. It controls the location of the menu. You can also select which tooltips to appear when you move the cursor over the echo information.
–  General
The General page in the Display Options dialog box controls the location of the menu. You can select which navigational information to be shown on the top bar. You can also choose to see Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) at the bottom of the presentation.
–  Tooltip
When you move the cursor over the echograms in the ST90 presentation, small "tooltips" are shown to provide additional information. The Tooltip page controls which tooltips that are shown.
–  Track Line
The track history line displays a line representing previous positions of own ship.On the Track Line page you can set the time (in minutes) for the history tracking line.
•  Colour Setup
The Colour Setup dialog box controls the presentation colours used by the ST90. This includes the palette ("skin"), the number of colours in use, and the colour scale when no TVG has been selected for the presentation
•  Docking Views
Each operating mode is presented with a set of views. These are placed at different positions with different sizes. With the Docking Views function you can move and re-size the views in the ST90 presentation.
•  About
Every ST90 software release is uniquely identified. The About dialog box identifies the current ST90 software version with its release date. The version described in this Operator Manual is 3.1.4.