INSTRUCTIONS - THE 3D INTERACTIVE WIREFRAME GRAPH

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The 3D WIRE Graph shows the signal information as a fully interactive 3D chart over time. If EaKiu is not in 3D WIRE Graph mode, you can place it in that mode by clicking the Quad button in the GRAPH button area, or by typing the g or G key until the Quad button lights.

When EaKiu is in WIRE Graph mode, the GRAPH button area will show the Quad button lit green like this:

The Graph area will show the WIRE Graph and will look like this:

Once you switch to the WIRE mode the graph will change and the right hand dBm numbers will shrink to a different position.

The horizontal axis still represents channel numbers as it did in the 2D Linear Multi-Graph.

The vertical axis no longer represents dBm, but now represents Time. Once the over-time buffer has filled with data, the bottom and top of the right side will show the amount of time those samples represent (in seconds).

The graph now shows information as colored rectangles. The darker towards blue the color is, the lower the dBm (as indicated by the right hand legend), the more towards red-white the color is, the higher the dBm (more signal strength).

The WIRE view also has light sources to make the display more appealing. If the light source is causing you problems in viewing the data accurately you can turn the light-source off. To toggle the light source off and on, type the l key.

You can rotate, tilt, scale, and pan the chart by using a combination of mouse buttons and keyboard keys as follows:

Buttons/KeysActionDescription
Left MouseROTATETo rotate the graph in the horizontal, position the cursor inside the graph, push and hold the LEFT MOUSE BUTTON and move the mouse left and right.
Left MouseTILTTo tilt the graph in the vertical, position the cursor inside the graph, push and hold the LEFT MOUSE BUTTON and move the mouse up and down.
Right Mouse
or
CTRL-Left Mouse
SCALETo scale the graph in the horizontal, position the cursor inside the graph, push and hold the RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON (or push and hold the CTRL key and LEFT MOUSE BUTTON) and move the mouse left and right. Moving the mouse left will make the chart larger, moving it right will make the chart smaller. Moving the mouse up and down in this mode will TILT the chart in the same direction.
SHIFT-Left MousePANTo pan (reposition) the graph within the chart push and hold the SHIFT key and LEFT MOUSE BUTTON and move the mouse to the desired position.
R KeyRESETTo reset the graph view to the default view click the RESET button in the CONTROL Area or use the R key. Note that the current rotation/tilt/pan/scale is always stored in the configuration file and reloaded at startup.

USING THE VIEWING-MODE BUTTONS

On the left side of the Graph area are four buttons known as the VIEWING MODE BUTTONS, and marked A, C, P, and M. These four buttons work differently for the 2D LINEAR mode than the other 3 modes (3D SPECTRUM, QUAD, and WIRE).

For the 3D WIRE mode these four buttons allow you to select which of the four possible views you want to see. All the buttons work as a toggle - selecting one button will turn all the others off, etc.

The 'A' Button

The A button shows the AVERAGE signal. The amount of the averaging is set in the SETTINGS area in the AVERAGE value. You can change this value by click the left button over the value and mousing left and right, or by typing the { and } keys.

The 'C' Button

The C button shows the true current signal without any averaging. The 'P' Button

Selecting the P button will show the Peak chart.

The 'M' Button

Selecting the M button will show the Long-Term Maximum chart.

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