Replaying an archive – Boltek NexStorm Lite User Manual
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Lightning Detection Software, Version 1.0
Replaying an archive
You can immediately start replaying the archive by clicking on the Play button (4). The replay start-time is
automatically set to begin replaying from the first recorded event in the archive but since a lone strike or noise
early in the morning hours will affect this setting, you should initially adjust the start-time lightly before the real
actions begins. To adjust the start and stop times, click on the More options button (8). Set the desired start
and/or stop time and check the checkbox “Loop replay” if you want NexStorm to keep replaying this archive
indefinitely. Note that if you are in the middle of replaying an archive and click on the More options button, the
replay will be halted.
Use the archive activity graph to pinpoint where in the archive the action can be found and adjust the replay
start and stop times accordingly.
The Rewind button (2) will reset the replay to whatever time you have set the start-time to.
The Stop button (3) will halt the replay until you press Play (4) again.
Adjust replay speed up or down using buttons 5 and 6. You can see the current replay speed right above the
speed setting buttons.
Maximum replay speed is 1024x which equates approximately 17 minutes for each passing second while the
replay is running. You should be aware that, depending on the intensity of the storms that are being replayed
and the computer you are using, very high replay speeds will adversely affect the NexStorm performance in
general. Users with low end systems should in all cases avoid using excessively high replay speeds.
To replay and loop today's archive’s last 30 or 60 minutes, click the More options button and press the
appropriate button. This particular feature in the replay will replay the last 30 or 60 minutes of today's archive,
then reload the latest captured data once it has played the archive to the end.
You may also replay the currently used archive by opening it like any other older archive but you will not have
the option to set the start and stop times. This feature is only available to allow viewing data captured prior to
the last 60 minutes. To be able to replay today's archive with time control, make a copy of today's archive and
replay the copy instead. You do not have to disable or restart the program in order to make a copy, NexStorm
does not continuously lock the archive file while running.
To adjust ranging with the replay, refer to the
of this manual. The procedure for
applying ranging correction is identical irrespective of which mode you are in, replay or real-time.
Edition: 5/L1
2007-09-02
© 2007 Astrogenic Systems
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