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##'''Runway Manager''' to set up runways used | ##'''Runway Manager''' to set up runways used | ||
##the '''Flight Strip Manager''', where you can manage your radar targets. | ##the '''Flight Strip Manager''', where you can manage your radar targets. | ||
<span style="background: lightblue;">Please notice in the following description the lightblue background at some items, indicating changes that may not yet be available in your version of the OpenRadar!</span> | |||
==== Radar Map ==== | ==== Radar Map ==== | ||
The radar map is the most complex part of OpenRadar. | The radar map is the most complex part of OpenRadar, thus you have many options to zoom in on any area you are interested in. You can: | ||
* set four functional zoom levels by clicking onto '''''GROUND, TOWER, APP and SECTOR.''''' | |||
* zoom in and out using your mouse wheel <small>''(Mac: hold your right mousebutton pushed while moving over the radar-background in NorthWest respectively SouthEast)''</small> | |||
* adjust the map-center by dragging it with your mouse (click-hold left and drag) | * adjust the map-center by dragging it with your mouse (click-hold left and drag) | ||
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* <span style="background: lightblue;">a double mouse-click onto the scope will move that point into the center of the scope | |||
* <span style="background: lightblue;">a double right mouse-click will center the scope back to your location | |||
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You may assign any current settings to any of the 4 zoom levels <small>(GROUND, TOWER, APP and SECTOR)</small> by a right mouse-click onto the wanted level'' | |||
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[[File:OpenRadar-Approach.png|thumb|right|250px|A typical tower operation]] | [[File:OpenRadar-Approach.png|thumb|right|250px|A typical tower operation]] | ||
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[[File:OpenRadar-GND.png|thumb|right|250px|A GND layout with active PPN's]] | [[File:OpenRadar-GND.png|thumb|right|250px|A GND layout with active PPN's]] | ||
The radar map has so many details to display, that it is impossible to display all at once. Because of that we display details depending on the zoom level. For instance we hide Fixes and/or Runway Numbers etc. at a certain level of zoom. Thus OpenRadar features an adaptive detail level. In addition you can hide types of data by the buttons '''''FIX | The radar map has so many details to display, that it is impossible to display all at once. Because of that we display details depending on the zoom level. For instance we hide Fixes and/or Runway Numbers etc. at a certain level of zoom. Thus OpenRadar features an adaptive detail level. In addition you can hide types of data by the following buttons: | ||
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| '''''FIX''''' || Show/NoShow FIX's <small>(they will automatically be set "NoShow" above distinct scale-settings!)</small> | |||
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| '''''NDB''''' || Show/NoShow NDB's <small>(they will automatically be set "NoShow" above distinct scale-settings!)</small> | |||
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| '''''VOR''''' || Show/NoShow VOR's | |||
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| '''''APT''''' || Show/NoShow Airports, inclusive their groundlayout <small>(You may double-click onto a wanted airport and zoom in to see the layout)</small> | |||
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| '''''CIRC''''' || Show/NoShow circles at distinct distances around your present location. The distance between the circles shown depends on the chosen zoom-factor! | |||
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| '''''GSH''''' || Show/NoShow Glide-Slope-Heights along the centerline of the runway for landings. <small>They will automatically be set "NoShow" above distinct scale-settings!)</small> | |||
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| '''''PPN''''' || Show/NoShow the "Park Position Numbers", ''those may not yet be available on all airports!''. <small>The PPNs will automatically be set "NoShow" above distinct scale-settings!)</small> | |||
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| '''''StP''''' || Show/NoShow the "Selected (target) To Pointer" ''(doggy)'', <small>an attachment to the mousepointer, showing some data about the relation of the selected target to the location of the mouse-pointer (similar to line 3 in the "Status Informations", see above)</small> | |||
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The "Runway Manager" <small>(on the right side of the screen)</small> allows you to define which runway(s) should be used for landing and/or starting. This status is shown with little green/red dots at the runway end. See in the picture "A typical tower operation" above: | The "Runway Manager" <small>(on the right side of the screen)</small> allows you to define which runway(s) should be used for landing and/or starting. This status is shown with little green/red dots at the runway end. See in the picture "A typical tower operation" above: | ||
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Please watch the color change of the PTT buttons to know, when you can speak. | Please watch the color change of the PTT buttons to know, when you can speak. | ||
In case you operate the FGcom controlled by OpenRadar <small>(compare the "FGComMode" in chapter "Startup")</small>, then the radio label turns to red when FGcom is unable to establish a connection on this frequency. OpenRadar has more frequencies available than FGcom knows of | In case you operate the FGcom in the "'''''controlled by OpenRadar'''''" mode <small>(compare the "FGComMode" in chapter "Startup")</small>, then | ||
*the radio label turns to red when FGcom is unable to establish a connection on this frequency. (Remember: OpenRadar has more frequencies available than FGcom knows of!!) | |||
*you have an additional "'''''Restart'''''"-button: In case the communication becomes chopped or interrupted, you may click here to restart the FGCOM-program. | |||
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====='''Runway Settings'''===== | ====='''Runway Settings'''===== | ||
[[File:OpenRadar-Runways_2.png|thumb|right|200px|The Runway Manager]] | [[File:OpenRadar-Runways_2.png|thumb|right|200px|The Runway Manager]] | ||
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You can apply the following mouse-actions onto the stripes as well as onto the radar-targets: | You can apply the following mouse-actions onto the stripes as well as onto the radar-targets: | ||
*a '''''single left''''' mouse-click '''''selects/activates''''' it, i.e. its radar-target becomes "light cyan" and its UID is set into the MPchat input-line. In addition its listed messages in the MPchat-list become colored cyan | *a '''''single left''''' mouse-click '''''selects/activates''''' it, i.e. its radar-target becomes "light cyan" and its UID is set into the MPchat input-line. In addition | ||
*a '''''double left''''' mouse-click | **its listed messages in the MPchat-list become colored cyan | ||
**<span style="background: lightblue;">and the "doggy" at the mouse-pointer displays data about the relation between that target and the mouse-pointer | |||
*a '''''double left''''' mouse-click helps you to find the target by highlighting the target on the scope. It also changes the radar-range to show both: The Target and your location. The selection of any of the "preset zoom levels" (GROUND, TOWER, APP, Sector) will reset the map-position again to its center!</span> | |||
*a '''''center''''' mouse-click opens the '''''Note Editor''''' (see above) | *a '''''center''''' mouse-click opens the '''''Note Editor''''' (see above) | ||
*a '''''right''''' mouse-click shows the dialog to choose pre-defined ATC messages to be sent to the current contact | *a '''''right''''' mouse-click shows the dialog to choose pre-defined ATC messages to be sent to the current contact | ||