Chapter 7.

Working in TOP View (Optional Feature)

Cursor Behavior when the View Window is AS ACQUIRED

The C1 POS will scroll the window similar to the SCROLL POS functions.

The C2 POS cursor may only be positioned in the current image area.

When the cursor is off-screen, the cursor is not shown. Both the position and beam cursor lines are hidden.

When a cursor is off-screen, a change to the position value (C1 POS or C2 POS) will cause the cursor to snap to the
side of the image closest to the previous cursor position. To avoid this, use the SCROLL POSITION in the VIEW menu
to move the data window to bring the cursor on screen.

7.4 Storing the TOP View Data

TOP View data can be stored directly in a data set. All four TOP View DATA SOURCEs are held in the data set. When
retrieved, all data analysis described in Section 7.3 can be conducted on the TOP View data. Note that the stored data
set will not include A-Scans.

While TOP View mode is active, press or press below STOP to freeze the display. This activates the Frozen
TOP View menu (shown in Figure 70 on page 157). Set the ACTION Function (located in the FILE Menu) to STORE
DATA SET and continue the data set storing process (as described in Section 6.1). Alternatively, after the ACTION
Function is set to STORE DATA SET, press and hold (at any time) for three seconds to store the data set.
Similarly, setting the function to STORE REPORT and holding generates a report. This storing process
automatically increments the data set’s or reports filename. Note that the data acquisition process is interrupted while
carrying out this ACTION and the TOP View data buffer is cleared.

Note: Pressing below CLEAR, while the TOP View is acquiring data, immediately eliminates all unsaved TOP
View data and restarts the display acquisition process. When the TOP View display is STOPped (or frozen),
pressing below START also eliminates all unsaved TOP View data and restarts the display acquisition
process. Pressing below RESUME (when displayed) continues the acquisition of additional data.

Note: When the TOP View display is frozen, switching the acquisition mode from TIMED to ENCODED (or vice
versa) will result in a loss of data. Data to be retained must be stored in a data set prior to changing the
CLOCK setting. Similarly, selecting and altering functions that require a recalculation of instrument
parameters will result in loss of unsaved TOP View data.

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