Version 1.0USER MANUALPhoto credit: Relko Dimitrijevic, Astrogenic Systems ©2005
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Figure 1. NexStorm Lite textual data framesA. Strike and Noise alert indicators and the latest strike bearing
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0NEXSTORM LITE AND BOLTEK LD-250 When NexStorm is used with the portable Boltek LD-250 detector model
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Alt: Indicates the altitude (GPGGA) in either feet or meters depending on the distance units setting.Sat: sho
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0NEXSTORM LITE MENU SYSTEMThe menu system is used for navigating between different locations in a program. Usi
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
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Menu: OptionsConfiguration (Shortcut key Ctrl+C)Open the Configuration dialog. This is a tabbed dialog where
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
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0CONFIGURATION OPTIONS DIALOGThis is by far the most content-packed dialog in the application. In here you wil
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0On-map strike presentationUnder this tab you will also find settings for strike persistence and new strike pe
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Data graphics tab(Shortcut key Ctrl+G)Strike and noise alert indicator settingsAlert indicators lit-up durati
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0TABLE OF CONTENTSTABLE OF CONTENTS
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Strike symbols tabUse this dialog to configure the symbol generator, assigning strike symbols to be used fo
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Strike history color codesColor coding strikes by their age is useful for determining which way a storm is mo
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0TRAC settings tabThunderstorm Ranging and Acquisition - TRAC for short - is a subprocess in N
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Close storm activity couplingThis function is critical if you want close storms to be ranged accurately and i
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0On-map IdentThis feature in conjunction with the TRAC target color mapping allows you
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Sound tabUse this dialog to configure which sounds to use for strike and noise beeps and for the configurable
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0You can disable strike and/or noise beeps by unchecking the corresponding Enabled alert chec
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Alarms tabFigure 10. Alarm configuration tabAlarm typesNexStorm provides you with three different types of a
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Hardware tabReceiver type and hardware port addressBefore you can use NexStorm for detecting lightning you mu
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Receiver settingsAllows you to set the StormTracker receiver squelch and to adjust the Noise sensitivity filt
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0CONFIGURATION OPTIONS DIALOG
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0System tabThe System dialog provides you information about NexStorm memory usage, free disk space on the driv
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
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Ranging tabUnder this tab you can adjust all of NexStorm's non-segmented ranging functions. There ar
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Why differentiated night time ranging is usefulLightning detectors such as the Boltek StormTracker and LD-250
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0General ranging correctionAllows you to adjust how individual strikes should be ranged by NexStorm. The Gener
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Figure 12. Radial elongation example. Note how the radial length of these two storms varies depending on whic
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0TYPE DIFFERENTIATED STRIKE RATE GRAPHThe NexStorm strike rate graph can be configured to display historical s
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Graph modesThe graph has two different presentation modes which makes it possible to display strike rate data
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Stacked modeIn contrast to the normal mode graph, the stacked mode graph is used to more effi
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0USER INTERFACE POP-UP MENUSThere are two pop-up menus available directly under the user interface. The first
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Targets
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Map graphics and Strike symbols will open the main configuration dialog with the respective tab already se
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0VECTOR MAP CONFIGURATIONThis section of the manual only applies if you have purchased and installed a Composi
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Vector map configuration dialog breakdownLayer: Allows you to select which of the available layer you want to
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0REPLAYThe replay feature is used not only for replaying older archives in NexStorm, it is also an excellent t
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Replaying an archiveYou can immediately start replaying the archive by clicking on the Play button (4). The r
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0TRAC REPORTThunderstorm Ranging and AcquisitionThunderstorm Ranging and Acquisition, or TRAC for short, is a
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0TRAC Report dialogWhile a thunderstorm is being tracked it is also being continuously analyzed. You can view
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Each row with contents in the TRAC Report dialog table will be colored accordingly to indicate the intensity
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0SEGMENTED RANGING CORRECTION KERNELIn contrast to the non-linear General ranging correction that adjusts rang
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0To fully understand the implementation of this feature it is recommended that you experiment with it by
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0INTRODUCTIONCongratulations on installing the NexStorm Lite edition!NexStorm Lite is a Windows 32-bit multi-t
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0APPENDIX A – UPGRADING TO NEXSTORMWith this Free NexStorm Lite edition which ships with all Boltek StormTrack
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0APPENDIX B – SUPPORTHardware supportFor hardware related issues or problems with the Boltek StormTracker PCI
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0'Intentionally Left BlankEmail your support questions to [email protected] .Users of NexStorm™ Demo
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0TERMS AND NOTATIONS USED IN THIS MANUALTermsTRAC Thunderstorm Ranging and Acquisition subprocess.Ranging a c
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0NEXSTORM LITE DIRECTORY STRUCTUREThis section will briefly explain the organization of NexStorm Lite folders
Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0Windows Vista notesUnlike previous Microsoft Windows versions, Vista's new account manag
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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