17. WEATHER OVERLAY
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3. Select the weather data file then click the [Open] button.
The message "Now Preparing... "appears while the file is being read, and "Now
unmounting the media" appears when the reading is completed. The [Weather
Overlay Control] dialog box shows the start and end times of the file. If the file is
too large, the message "An error occurred. The file size is too large." appears. Se-
lect a smaller file - the maximum file size is 100 MB. If there is a problem with the
file, the message "An error occurred while reading weather data file." appears. Se-
lect another file.
4. To select a specific start time, drag the slider bar to show that time on the Count
up time indication. (The time and date can also be entered manually. Use the soft-
ware keyboard to enter the time. Click the date to show the [Set date] dialog box
to select the date.)
5. Use the [Step] drop-down list to select the time step interval, which defines how
often to refresh (non-real time) the weather display. The choices are 30 minutes,
1 hour, 2 hours, 4 hours, and 6 hours.
6. To play or pause the playback, click the Play (
X
) button.
7. To close both weather overlay dialog boxes, click the [Close] button. (The weather
overlay remains active.) To redisplay them, click the Weather overlay button.
17.4
How to Set up the Weather Overlay
The weather overlay is set up
from the [Weather Overlay] di-
alog box, in the Voyage plan-
ning mode or the Navigation
planning mode (overlay must
be active).
1. Select a display from the
[Overlay Information]
drop-down list. The choic-
es are [Wind], [Tempera-
ture], [Cloud Coverage],
Time step interval
Start and end times
of weather data file
Slider bar, progress marker
(Drag to select playback
start time.)
Count up time
Select weather
data file
Close the weather
overlay dialog boxes
Play button
Remove weather
overlay display
Color, Arrow
ON/OFF
Overlay information
drop-down list
Color legend*
Isobar display
ON/OFF
Information density
adjustment
Hide weather
overlay temporarily.
*Colors change with overlay type.
Summary of Contents for FMD3100
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