Bottom bar description
The bottom bar is located at the bottom of the display presentation and stretches from the left side to the right side. The tabs on the bottom bar allows you to choose channel and presentation mode. A dedicated tab provides a special view for you to see the screen captures you have made. The bottom bar also shows you the current echogram colour scale, as well as the time and date for the last ping.
How to open
The bottom bar is available all the time.
Description
The number of tabs available on the bottom bar depends on how many channels your system has. In this context, the term channel is used as a common term to identify the combination of transceiver, transducer and operating frequency.
(A) Vertical
Select Vertical to place all the echogram channels side by side. By default, the views are arranged automatically in the presentation. You can change the physical size of any view. Click on the view border, hold the button depressed, then drag the border to create a smaller or larger rectangle. Note that the size of the other views are changed accordingly!
(B) Echogram channels
Each channel is shown with a dedicated tab. The channel is identified with the name of the transducer in use. This name is the custom name you provided when you installed the transducer. Select a specific transducer tab to see only that channel in the display presentation. In this context, the term channel is used as a common term to identify the combination of transceiver, transducer and operating frequency.
(C) Combined
Select Combined to place information from several selected channels into the same view. You can use this view to create a Ratiogram. You can also use this view to place several channels into one School Response information pane to compare them.
(D) Screen Captures
While using the EK80 system you may wish to make a screen capture to save an instantaneous copy of the current presentation. Each screen capture you make is saved in .jpg format on the computer hard disk.
The Screen Captures tab on the bottom bar opens a dedicated viewer that allows you to open these images. In the viewer you can also open the file folder on the hard disk. You can copy, rename or delete the image files.
(E) Colour Scale
The colour scale on the bottom bar reflects the colour choice you have made for the echo presentations. The colour scale is shown on the bottom bar even when the Colour Scale information pane is closed. To change the colour scale, use the Colour Setup dialog box. You open the Colour Setup dialog box from the Display menu.
(F) Date and time
The date and time of the latest ping are displayed on the right side of the bottom bar. The format of the date and time is provided by the operating system. Date and time are shown with a prefix. P: indicates Normal mode. R: indicates Replay mode. During replay the date and time in the recording are shown.
If you have many channel tabs with long names on a small display, two small arrows appear on the left side of the bottom bar. You can use these arrows to scroll the bottom bar sideways.