Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine VisionMaster FT, User Manual

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Alerts Radar/Chart Radar User Guide
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Prompts
Prompts appear in the field directly underneath the Alert Status Indicator
and can be either temporary or permanent.
Permanent prompts
Permanent prompts denote a state or mode of operation, provide
instruction to the operator, or may display settings.
Under normal operation the permanent prompt field displays the current
system date and time in either UTC or Local (see Time Management) when
there are no other permanent prompts to display. If other permanent
prompts are to be displayed the permanent prompt field updates to display
each prompt, including the date and time, every few seconds.
Temporary Prompts
Temporary prompts are general system responses to a user interaction and
are displayed briefly for a commissioned time period, usually around 5
seconds. When a temporary prompt is active a pale coloured background
field appears below the permanent prompt field with the prompt message.
Prompts Window
A prompts window listing all the permanent
prompts and temporary prompts, as they occur.
The window is divided into Active Prompts and
Recent Prompts.
Active prompts list all permanent prompts on the
node, together with a hyperlink `
Standard (or
Basic) Chart Display' , which links to the
relevant page in the Help Guide.
Recent prompts list temporary prompts, with the
time, in parenthesis, that the prompt was
generated. These prompts are listing for
approximately 90 seconds and then removed
from the column.