{"id":4191,"date":"2017-11-04T22:56:36","date_gmt":"2017-11-04T22:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"\/kb\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=4191"},"modified":"2020-08-28T14:33:25","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T14:33:25","slug":"the-stream-menu-controls","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/knowledge-base\/the-stream-menu-controls\/","title":{"rendered":"The Stream Menu Controls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <em>per stream<\/em> menu system allows access to the settings and controls for each stream by <em>right-clicking<\/em> on the selected stream.\u00a0 Information about the stream and its Base Station is directly available to display in the console.\u00a0 A helpful tool-tip also provides <a href=\"\/kb\/knowledge-base\/base-station-details\/\">details about the Base Station<\/a>.\u00a0 The various <strong>PFAT<\/strong> settings can all be accessed in this way.<\/p>\n<h3>Revised the menu system<\/h3>\n<p>From release 1.12 onward&#8230;(over a year ago now)\u00a0 The prior per stream menu system (shown at left) has been replaced with a hierarchical one (shown at right).\u00a0 The new layout organizes the data in a more logical and uniform way.\u00a0 It also incorporates several end user feature requests for reporting functions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Menus-New-Old.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4206 size-full\" src=\"\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Menus-New-Old.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Menus-New-Old.png 580w, https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Menus-New-Old-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Menus-New-Old-50x34.png 50w, https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Menus-New-Old-320x221.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Organization<\/h3>\n<p>The first few menu items at the top vary with each <a href=\"\/kb\/knowledge-base\/stream-types\/\">stream type<\/a> and are used to control the streams operation and connections.\u00a0 Refer to the tab for each stream type for further details.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MenusCompared.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4208\" src=\"\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MenusCompared.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MenusCompared.png 1160w, https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MenusCompared-300x103.png 300w, https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MenusCompared-768x265.png 768w, https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MenusCompared-1024x353.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MenusCompared-50x17.png 50w, https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MenusCompared-920x317.png 920w, https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MenusCompared-600x207.png 600w, https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MenusCompared-320x110.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The layout of the remaining menu items are shared by most streams (the <a href=\"\/kb\/knowledge-base\/nearest-streams-tab\/\">NEARest streams<\/a> are an exception to this) and are described below.<\/p>\n<h3>The PFAT Menu<\/h3>\n<p>The PFAT Menu provides a sub-menu to access each of the PFAT control functions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4210\" src=\"\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MenuPFAT.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"312\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MenuPFAT.png 312w, https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MenuPFAT-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MenuPFAT-50x24.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/knowledge-base\/pfat-parse-settings\/\">Parse<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/knowledge-base\/pfat-filter-settings-and-uses\/\">Filter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/knowledge-base\/pfat-add-settings-and-uses\/\">Add<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/knowledge-base\/pfat-translate-settings-uses\/\">Translate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/knowledge-base\/pfat-main-dialog\/\">View Setup<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The use of these is described further in other articles. This PFAT View Setup dialog provides a graphical overview of the current setting and access to several additional dialogs.<\/p>\n<h3>Logging and Caster Table Operations<\/h3>\n<p>The next two menu items&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4211\" src=\"\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MenuLog.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MenuLog.png 190w, https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MenuLog-50x21.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Log Raw Data<\/strong><br \/>\nControls if the data stream is logged to an auto named file<\/li>\n<li><strong>Display Caster Entry<\/strong><br \/>\nPrints the current Caster Table entry for this stream to the console.<br \/>\nIf the Caster entry is hidden, this is also noted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Showing Message Data<\/h3>\n<p>The next section of the menu provides several operations to show the message data content found in the stream. The features are typically used for short periods of time to examine the data stream and to confirm that the stream contents are expected.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4212\" src=\"\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MenuRawData.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MenuRawData.png 290w, https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MenuRawData-50x17.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Show Message Types<\/strong><br \/>\nProvides a summary (and count) of the messages decoded from the stream.<br \/>\nThe level of detail varies when parse is enabled or disabled.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Show Raw Data<\/strong><br \/>\nProvides the ability to display the raw data in either Hex or ASCII display formats (or both).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Show in RTCM3 Viewer<\/strong><br \/>\nSends RTCM3 type data (stream must be parsed) to the RTCM 3.x Viewer dialog for a visual decoding of the message<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Mapping, Connected Users, Navigation Filters<\/h3>\n<p>The next section of the menu provides several different operations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4213\" src=\"\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MenuMapUserNav.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MenuMapUserNav.png 200w, https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MenuMapUserNav-50x25.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>View on Map&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\nDisplay the Base Station location on a Google Map dialog.<br \/>\nUses the precise ECEF value when available, otherwise the Caster Table entry is used.<\/li>\n<li><strong>View Stream Users<\/strong><br \/>\nDisplays a list of the currently connected users to this stream in the console.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Graphical Views<\/strong><br \/>\nProvides two simple navigation filters, graphically charting the results in various ways for viewing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>See Also<\/strong><\/em><\/span>:<br \/>\nThe reports above are all focused on data about a <em>single<\/em> selected stream.\u00a0 Several useful management reports covering multiple streams as well as the Caster status in general can be found in <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>SNIP<\/strong><\/span>&#8216;s general menu system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The per stream menu system allows access to the settings and controls for each stream by right-clicking on the selected stream.\u00a0 Information about the stream and its Base Station is directly available to display in the console.\u00a0 A helpful tool-tip also provides details about the Base Station.\u00a0 The various PFAT [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[284,334],"ht-kb-tag":[384,383],"class_list":["post-4191","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-snip-tabs-and-controls","ht_kb_category-advanced-topics","ht_kb_tag-controls","ht_kb_tag-menu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/4191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4191"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/4191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5911,"href":"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/4191\/revisions\/5911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=4191"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=4191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}