ETAS MDA V8.6 User Manual page 115

ETAS
MDA uses a license-free open-source street map.
To see how you can create a GPS Map instrument, use the zoom and scroll
functions, and synchronize the GPS Map with other instruments, watch our
video
Since MDA V8.6, if the GPS Map instrument displays only a blue field instead
of the expected map and a warning error appears, the download is blocked by
the Windows Defender Firewall. To load the required map content, the fol-
lowing releases in the customer firewall are needed and should generally be
unblocked by the customer IT department:
Release of port 443 (over HTTPS)
URL: maps.omniscale.net.
You can perform the following actions:
"To define the GPS Map properties" below
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"To add a signal" below
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"To add an Event signal" on the next page
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"To zoom" on the next page
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"To zoom to show the complete track" on the next page
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"To select a specific time range of the track" on the next page
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"To show cursors" on the next page
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"To remove a signal" on the next page
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For more information about synchronizing instruments, see "Synchronizing
Instruments" on page 119.
To define the GPS Map properties
The complete set of configuration possibilities for the GPS Map instrument is
available in the Properties docking window, where the tooltips provide a
detailed description of the properties and their possible options.
To add a signal
MDA V8.6 – User Guide
Using the GPS Map.
1. Select a latitude and a longitude signal from the Variable Explorer
or the Configuration Manager.
2. Drag and drop the signals onto a layer or layer tab of the con-
figuration and select the GPS Map instrument. For more inform-
ation, see "To assign signals to a new instrument" on page 51.
The map view appears and the track is displayed.
MDA V8.6 tries to assign automatically the signals to the correct
coordinates by checking for "long" respective "lat" in the signal
names. If the automatic signal assignment is incorrect, switch
their assignment by clicking on
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