Toggling Product Displays

Purpose:

This task demonstrates the basic steps in toggling products on and off (i.e., making them visible or invisible) in the main display panel. The two methods to accomplish this task are discussed below.

Tasks:

Assumptions:

  • You have a product loaded in the main display panel (see the previous task titled “Load the Latest Radar Product from the AWIPS Database”.
  1. Method 1: Left-click on the product you want to toggle from the Product Legend (i.e., the Product Name and Date/Time Stamp in the lower right-hand corner of the pane).
  2. Method 2: Using the numeric keypad.
    • You must ensure that “Num Lock” on your numeric keypad is enabled for the following methods to work as described.
    1. To toggle an image product loaded in the main display, press “0” on the numeric keypad on the right-hand side of the keyboard.
    2. To toggle one of the first nine graphical overlay products (i.e., one of the first nine listed in the product legend) in the main display, press the corresponding number (i.e., for the first graphic overlay press “1”, etc.) in the numeric keypad.
  3. Task Complete!