Operation Manual
FarSounder, Inc.
F31552 (Rev. 3.8.0)
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3.5. Customizable Hotkey Support
All of SonaSoft™'s features can be controlled using a two button mouse/trackball. However, customizable
hotkey support is also available for all user interface features, including the 3D Viewer Display, Alarm, Chart
Viewer Display, Processor Settings, color scale settings, and theme.
Hotkey support makes integrating SonaSoft™ with physical controllers such as buttons, glass bridges, and
custom foils easy. In fact, any controller that is capable of outputting standard keyboard commands can
be used.
The default hotkey programming can be modified by editing the "hotkey.ini" file located in the "config" folder
in the SonaSoft™ install directory, and restarting SonaSoft™. Formatting of each entry in "hotkey.ini" is
as follows:
; Lines prepended with a ';' are ignored, and can be used for comments.
action = modifer keys
For example, the following syntax assigns the alarm toggle functionality to the key combination "Control
+Alt+a".
; Toggle alarm on/off.
alarm = control alt a
Available 3D Viewer Actions
• alarm - toggle alarm on/off
• view - toggle 3D view between standard and 3D view
• color - toggle between depth and signal level colorscale
• panport - pan profile selector to port
• panstbd - pan profile selector to starboard
• rotateleft - rotate 3D view left
• rotateright - rotate 3D view right
• rotateup - rotate 3D view up
• rotatedown - rotate 3D view down
Available Chart Viewer Actions
• autocenter - toggle autocenter on/off
• zoomin - zoom in for chart viewer
• zoomout - zoom out for chart viewer
• erbl - toggle electronic range and bearing line on/off