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4 Basic Operation
Toolbar
Screen Capture
About PC/View
Vessel Position
Latitude
Units
Water Depth
Getting Started
This chapter will help you to learn the modes of opera-
tion and the basic features of the PC/180 system. For
more experienced users, this chapter can be used as a
reference. Read Chapter 3 Quick Start to learn how to
start the PC/180 software.
PC/180 is a Windows application with a standard Win-
dows menu structure. The PC/180 screen includes a
data display window as well as the Toolbar and the
Status Bar.
The Toolbar and Status Bar can be toggled on or off
via the View Menu.
Alarm Reset
The Toolbar
The Toolbar enables quick access to features which are
used often including:
Longitude
The Toolbar also includes two digital data displays
including:
The Status Bar
The Status Bar displays current information about PC/
180 operation including:
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• Screen Capture, which saves the current screen to
the hard disk (see p.35),
• About PC/180, which displays the software ver-
sion number, and
• Alarm Reset, which turns off the depth alarm after
it has been triggered (see p.30).
• Depth beneath the transducer calculated by PC/
180 with the current units, and
• Vessel Position information if it is available (e.g.
38º 58.95N 121º 58.49W; refer to the discussion
of NMEA navigation input in Chapter 5 Advanced
Operation).
• Status Message,
• Ping Light, which alternates between red and
green on consecutive pings,
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