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Page 1 - USER MANUAL

Version 1.0USER MANUALPhoto credit: Relko Dimitrijevic, Astrogenic Systems ©2005

Page 2 - TABLE OF CONTENTS

Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Figure 1. NexStorm Lite textual data framesA. Strike and Noise alert indicators and the latest strike bearing

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Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0NEXSTORM LITE AND BOLTEK LD-250 When NexStorm is used with the portable Boltek LD-250 detector model

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Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Alt: Indicates the altitude (GPGGA) in either feet or meters depending on the distance units setting.Sat: sho

Page 5 - INTRODUCTION

Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0NEXSTORM LITE MENU SYSTEMThe menu system is used for navigating between different locations in a program. Usi

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Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0 Clear strikesClears the map display of all strike symbols that were drawn prior to the current time.Replot s

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Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Menu: OptionsConfiguration (Shortcut key Ctrl+C)Open the Configuration dialog. This is a tabbed dialog where

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Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0LD-250 settings This option is only visible if the detector model has been set to LD-250 under the Hardware t

Page 9 - NEXSTORM LITE MAIN WINDOW

Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0CONFIGURATION OPTIONS DIALOGThis is by far the most content-packed dialog in the application. In here you wil

Page 10 - © 2007 Astrogenic Systems

Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0On-map strike presentationUnder this tab you will also find settings for strike persistence and new strike pe

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Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Data graphics tab(Shortcut key Ctrl+G)Strike and noise alert indicator settingsAlert indicators lit-up durati

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Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0TABLE OF CONTENTSTABLE OF CONTENTS

Page 13 - Menu: NexStorm

Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Strike symbols tabUse this dialog to configure the symbol generator, assigning strike symbols to be used fo

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Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Strike history color codesColor coding strikes by their age is useful for determining which way a storm is mo

Page 15 - Menu: Options

Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0TRAC settings tabThunderstorm Ranging and Acquisition - TRAC for short - is a subprocess in N

Page 16 - Menu: Help

Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Close storm activity couplingThis function is critical if you want close storms to be ranged accurately and i

Page 17 - Map graphics tab

Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0On-map IdentThis feature in conjunction with the TRAC target color mapping allows you

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Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Sound tabUse this dialog to configure which sounds to use for strike and noise beeps and for the configurable

Page 19 - Data graphics tab

Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0You can disable strike and/or noise beeps by unchecking the corresponding Enabled alert chec

Page 20 - Strike symbols tab

Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Alarms tabFigure 10. Alarm configuration tabAlarm typesNexStorm provides you with three different types of a

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Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Hardware tabReceiver type and hardware port addressBefore you can use NexStorm for detecting lightning you mu

Page 22 - TRAC settings tab

Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Receiver settingsAllows you to set the StormTracker receiver squelch and to adjust the Noise sensitivity filt

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Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0CONFIGURATION OPTIONS DIALOG

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Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0System tabThe System dialog provides you information about NexStorm memory usage, free disk space on the driv

Page 25 - Sound tab

Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0You can adjust the VM usage between 5 and 20 percent. It is recommended that you adapt this setting to the am

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Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Ranging tabUnder this tab you can adjust all of NexStorm's non-segmented ranging functions. There ar

Page 27 - Alarms tab

Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Why differentiated night time ranging is usefulLightning detectors such as the Boltek StormTracker and LD-250

Page 28 - Hardware tab

Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0General ranging correctionAllows you to adjust how individual strikes should be ranged by NexStorm. The Gener

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Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Figure 12. Radial elongation example. Note how the radial length of these two storms varies depending on whic

Page 30 - System tab

Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0TYPE DIFFERENTIATED STRIKE RATE GRAPHThe NexStorm strike rate graph can be configured to display historical s

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Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Graph modesThe graph has two different presentation modes which makes it possible to display strike rate data

Page 32 - Ranging tab

Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Stacked modeIn contrast to the normal mode graph, the stacked mode graph is used to more effi

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Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0USER INTERFACE POP-UP MENUSThere are two pop-up menus available directly under the user interface. The first

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Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Targets

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Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Map graphics and Strike symbols will open the main configuration dialog with the respective tab already se

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Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0VECTOR MAP CONFIGURATIONThis section of the manual only applies if you have purchased and installed a Composi

Page 37 - • Noise rate (optional)

Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Vector map configuration dialog breakdownLayer: Allows you to select which of the available layer you want to

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Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0REPLAYThe replay feature is used not only for replaying older archives in NexStorm, it is also an excellent t

Page 39 - USER INTERFACE POP-UP MENUS

Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Replaying an archiveYou can immediately start replaying the archive by clicking on the Play button (4). The r

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Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0TRAC REPORTThunderstorm Ranging and AcquisitionThunderstorm Ranging and Acquisition, or TRAC for short, is a

Page 41 - VECTOR MAP CONFIGURATION

Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0TRAC Report dialogWhile a thunderstorm is being tracked it is also being continuously analyzed. You can view

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Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Each row with contents in the TRAC Report dialog table will be colored accordingly to indicate the intensity

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Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0SEGMENTED RANGING CORRECTION KERNELIn contrast to the non-linear General ranging correction that adjusts rang

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Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0To fully understand the implementation of this feature it is recommended that you experiment with it by

Page 45 - TRAC REPORT

Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0INTRODUCTIONCongratulations on installing the NexStorm Lite edition!NexStorm Lite is a Windows 32-bit multi-t

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Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0APPENDIX A – UPGRADING TO NEXSTORMWith this Free NexStorm Lite edition which ships with all Boltek StormTrack

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Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0APPENDIX B – SUPPORTHardware supportFor hardware related issues or problems with the Boltek StormTracker PCI

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Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0'Intentionally Left BlankEmail your support questions to [email protected] .Users of NexStorm™ Demo

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Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0TERMS AND NOTATIONS USED IN THIS MANUALTermsTRAC Thunderstorm Ranging and Acquisition subprocess.Ranging a c

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Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0NEXSTORM LITE DIRECTORY STRUCTUREThis section will briefly explain the organization of NexStorm Lite folders

Page 51 - Software support

Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Windows Vista notesUnlike previous Microsoft Windows versions, Vista's new account manag

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Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0NEXSTORM LITE MAIN WINDOWThe main window is the part of NexStorm that is always visible to the user when

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