4 Placing velocity measurement (ADCP) views in a separate window

The Add Window dialog box makes it possible to create a new window for dedicated ADCP views. The new window can contain other views than the existing presentation, or it can contain the same views but with different settings for these views.

Prerequisites

The Add Window dialog box can be used even if you only have one display monitor. Docking Views must be turned On for the Add Window dialog box to be available. You can only place a new window on a secondary display if your computer is fitted with a suitable graphic adapter, and the necessary adjustments have been made in the display driver.

Context

Using more than one window to present information is useful for a number of reasons. Separate windows on several display monitors (or on a single large display) provide a great overview when you want to display a lot of information. If you want to present the same information with different settings, use two (or more) windows to provide the views.

Note

When you choose the settings, Apply to All and Apply to all channels will cause the settings to be applied to to all the views in the active presentation. You may want to disable this functionality.

Procedure

Open the Display menu.

Observe the Docking Views function.

Select the middle of the button to open it for access to the available options.

Select Add Window to open the dialog box.

Select which channel to copy to a new window.

In this context, the term channel is used as a common term to identify the combination of transceiver, transducer and operating frequency.

Select OK.

The new window contains the chosen echogram channel. You can move this window to any display using the functionality provided by the operating system. To close the window, click the "X" in its top right corner.

You can repeat this as many times necessary, and thus establish a separate window for each echogram channel.

Change the settings for the selected view.

Move the cursor to the new window.

Click in the view you want to activate.

Choose the settings to fit your requirements.