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5.2.3
Section C - Menu
The bottom section contains the user menu selection and current program settings. This
menu is described in more detail in Section 5.3.
During data acquisition it also displays the current odometer position and the Repeat
Trace Number that indicates if the system is moving too quickly and reducing data
quality (see Section 5.4.1).
5.3
Noggin Menu Options
The default menu selection is divided up into 7 sections: Exit, Print, View, Calib., Depth,
Gain and Start. Each of these options is addressed below.
Execution of a menu item is done by pressing the key immediately below the menu item.
Pressing the key will change the setting for that menu item. For example, pressing the
key below the Depth menu item will start to cycle through the different depth settings
available.
5.3.1
Exit
This button will terminate the Noggin program and return the user to Noggin main menu.
The user can then run the Noggin again, run the demo program, change DVL settings,
download data to an external PC, delete data or return to the main menu (see Section
3).
Note that when the Start button is pressed and data acquisition begins (see Section
5.3.7), the Exit button turns into a Stop button (see Section 5.3.8). Data acquisition must
be stopped by pressing the Stop button before it is possible to exit from this menu.
5.3.2
Print Menu
This menu item allows the user to:
1)
Print data images directly to an attached printer or,
2)
Transfer one or more screens (or buffers) of data to an external computer
(PC) as a single PCX graphics file. This type of transfer is appropriate
when the user wants to transfer the data to an external computer for use
with third-party graphics software packages like Microsoft Paint and
Word.
Printing Data to an attached Printer
The Noggin data images can be printed directly to a few select, but common, printers.
The supported printers are HP LaserJet printers, most Epson printers and the Seiko
DPU5400 thermal printer. As well, any printer that can emulate these printers can be
used (see your printer’s User’s Guide for emulation modes available). For example,
