Changing The Colour Scale In The Es80 Presentations - Simrad ES80 Reference Manual

4 Under , deselect
History
Note
If you open the History information pane while history logging is disabled, the
information presented reflects the latest echoes recorded before the logging was
disabled. When history logging is enabled after some time, you will have a "hole"
in the ping sequence.
5 Select to save the selected settings and close the dialog box.
OK

Changing the colour scale in the ES80 presentations

The Colour Scale information pane shows you the current colour scale in use for the
ES80 presentations. It also allows you to make changes to the echo levels it presents.
Context
The colour scales used by the ES80 are designed to reflect the how strong the echoes are.
The echo strength is measured in decibels (dB). In the basic colour scale with 12 colours,
each colour represents a 3 dB step. This means that the entire scale covers 36 dB. The
dynamic range of the ES80 is much larger. The
change the lower limit of colour scale range to match the current echoes.
Tip
The colour scale is shown on the bottom bar even when the Colour Scale information
pane is closed.
Your choice of colour scale has no effect on the gain settings. The colour scale only
controls the visual presentation of the ES80 echo data.
Procedure
1 Click in any echogram view to make it "active".
The setting you choose will only be valid for the currently "active" echogram. The
"active" echogram view is identified with a thicker border.
2 On the top bar, select the appropriate button to open the information pane.
3 Click the bottom right corner of the information pane, and drag to requested size.
4 Select a
Transparency
The chosen transparency percentage is used on all open information panes.
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to disable the function.
History Logging
setting that fits your requirements.
Operating procedures
parameters allow you to
Colour Scale
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