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Voyager III Firefighter Mode and Tracking
both the video display and how you use the joystick. You should read this section
thoroughly to understand how best to use the tracking features.
Setup for Tracking
If you plan to use the Voyager III tracking module, you must first:
• Associate Toggle Tracker with the long press of the USER button. This is the
only way to turn tracking on and off. After you have done this, you can quickly
enter tracking mode by simply pressing and holding the USER button. You
return to normal or firefighter mode by pressing and holding the USER button
again.
• Set up options on the Tracker/PIP Menu if you plan to use the picture-in-
picture feature or electronic stabilization. See "Tracker/PIP Menu" on page 59
for details.
Note: While picture in picture and electronic stabilization are associated with the
tracker, they can be used at any time, not just when you are actively tracking.
How Tracking Affects Other System Features
You can initiate a tracking session when the system is in normal mode or use it in
conjunction with firefighter mode. You can use either of the thermal sensors or
the visible camera. You can even track when the camera is using the foveal view
with the two thermal fields of vision overlaid (see page 55). In all cases, enabling
tracking changes various aspects of how the system operates.
You will see all of the following changes when a tracking session is initiated:
• In firefighter mode, the display color becomes grayscale, rather than using the
isotherm colors. The spot meter pointer is also removed from the display, but
the temperature scale remains and the system continues to update the
temperature readings.
• All icons are removed from the screen except for the Scene, Azimuth, and
Elevation icons.
• If the NMEA interface is being used to connect to another device, the system
no longer responds to messages and the message icons are removed.
• The MENU button cannot be used for accessing the menus. It has a special
use with tracking. If you need to make changes using the menus, you must
exit the tracking session.
• After a target has been acquired, the short press function of the USER button
changes from whatever it has been assigned. Instead, a short press of the
USER button alternates the primary display between the on-screen display
(OSD) and direct analog. OSD is a processed view of the camera output that
includes icons and generating OSD results in a slight time delay. Bypassing
the OSD processing by switching to direct analog can help the tracker retain a
target.
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