Boltek Lightning/2000 - Manual (Page 35)

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Properties | Settings | View | Strokes from the popup
menu.
For Boltek StormTracker or LD-350 users, the first 7 stroke
types will be displayed. For Boltek LD-250 users, only the
“Unknown” stroke type is used. The LD-250 performs its
own rudimentary analysis on each lightning stroke and only
passes along the amplitude of each stroke. The serial
connection used by the LD-250 does not support the data
rate necessary to pass along the raw stroke information that is
necessary to perform a sophisticated analysis.
Each of the 6 ages of strokes remains on the screen for an
amount of time (up to an hour) that you define. Change the
stroke shapes, colors, and persistences by right-clicking in the
window and choosing Raw Lightning Data Properties |
Strokes… to display the Stroke Types dialog.
The stroke types most likely to be indicative of nearby or
severe storms will be plotted last (i.e. on top). Here is the
order in which strokes are plotted (each stroke type will be
plotted on top of the stroke types later in the list):
• +IC
• -IC
• -CG
• +CG
• +CID
• -CID
• Leader
• Unknown
You can also convert the Raw Lightning Data window to the
Real-time Lightning window by choosing Real-time
lightning from the window’s popup menu. While more
aesthetically pleasing to most users since it displays lightning