1

Click in the view you want to activate. The setting you choose will only be valid for the active view. The active view is identified with a thicker border.

2

On the top bar, select the appropriate information pane to open it.

3

Click the bottom right corner of the information pane, and drag to requested size.

4

Select a Transparency setting that fits your requirements. The chosen transparency percentage is used on all open information panes.

5

Investigate the information provided by the information pane. The EK80 system has a dynamic range of 140 dB. This means that the EK80 system can receive both very strong and very weak echoes. Naturally, we can not present all these echoes on the display simultaneously, as this would create a mess of colours. By default you have 64 or 12 colours available to present the echoes, and a selection of palettes. When 12 colours are used, we create a 36 dB total range, and let each colour present a 3 dB strength. Every colour (3 dB) the represent a doubling of the echo strength. With 12 colours in use this will be a 36 dB colour range from grey to brown. Grey is used for the weakest echoes, while the strongest echoes are brown. All echoes stronger than brown will still be brown, while echoes weaker than grey will not be shown. With 64 colours in use, each colour represents approximately 0.5 dB echo strength. The Colour Setup dialog box allows you to choose from several colour scales to use in the echo presentations. Which colour scale to use is mainly a personal preference based on ambient light conditions, the nature of the echoes and your own experience. If you choose to use many colours, the resolution of the display presentation is greatly improved. It is then easier to distinguish the difference between the various echoes of different size and/or target strength.

6

Select Close in the top right corner to close the information pane.