| Variable | HotKey | Definition |
| ffile$ |
|
Archive file name for loop display |
| diag |
|
Data display options
0 -- No diagnostics 1 -- Stroke statistics only 2 -- Both stroke statistics & parameter values |
|
|
Clear screen | |
| degoff |
|
Clockwise (degoff > 0 for clockwise) degree offset. Added to measured bearing to correct deviation of orientation of antenna from the NS and EW planes |
| mrref! |
|
Maximum allowable ratio |e2/e1| of e-fields for signal to be a return stroke (0 < mrref! < 1.0) |
| attenoff |
|
Turn attenuator off |
| timezone$ |
|
Time zone of PC clock |
| avghr |
|
Number of hours over which stroke statistics accumulated for diag = 1 or diag = 2 |
| rejsml! |
|
Fraction of lower part of list of B-field signal magnitudes rejected in trimmed mean of signal magnitude that is used to estimate distance to lightning |
| rejbig! |
|
Fraction of upper part of list of B-field signal magnitudes rejected in trimmed mean of signal magnitude that is used to estimate distance to lightning |
| arch |
|
Data archive option
(Live mode)
0 -- no archiving 1 -- archiving on |
| starthr |
|
Beginning hour for loop of archived data (Archive mode) |
| endhr |
|
Ending hour for displayed archived data |
| attenon |
|
Turn attenuator on |
| oldtime |
|
Duration (minutes) over which NR data kept in bearing stack and so used to estimate average B-field signal magnitude |
| rstp |
|
Minimum number of strokes in a bearing that are required to plot a yellow pixel. Note that activ = 2*rstp is used to measure level of activity for trailclipping (% set by trail0, ..1, ..2) |
|
|
Quit program | |
| attenrat! |
|
Attenuator ratio used to adjust dxconst in formula relating average B-field signal magnitude to estimated distance |
| spb |
|
Maximum number of strokes per bearing in the stack that are used to estimate average B-field magnitude (< 44) |
|
|
Adjust PC clock time (Live mode) | |
| dupdeg |
|
Angle (degrees) defining range over which duplicate strokes in a flash are identified; range is current bearing + dupdeg. NR strokes occurring within 1 sec & within this bearing range are not used in the estimate of average B-field magnitude |
| dxconst& |
|
Proportionality constant used in formula for estimated distance to lightning activity; formula relates average B-field magnitude to distance in units of pixels (km = 2.5 times number of pixels) |
| minattenon |
|
Number of minutes between times when attenuator is turned on for 1 minute; preferably, use a value that divides 60 exactly |
| ibeep |
|
Beep when NR detected.
0 -- Off 1 -- On |
| dist0 |
|
Minimum distance for which no radial averaging used to obtain average B-field magnitude |
| dist1 |
|
Minimum distance for which 5-bearing radial averaging used to obtain average B-field magnitude |
| dist2 |
|
Minimum distance for which 9-bearing radial averaging used to obtain average B-field magnitude |
| eksp! |
|
Exponent in formula for estimated distance to lightning activity; formula relates average B-field magnitude to distance in units of pixels (km = 2.5 times number of pixels) |
| pxlofst |
|
Offset added to adjust number of pixels from the screen center given by the formula for estimated distance to lightning activity |
| starthr |
|
Beginning hour for display of loop of current data (Live mode) |
| trail0 |
|
Maximum percentage of deviation from previous average B-field magnitude for new average to be used to calculate next yellow pixel location (light activity--number of strokes per bearing less than activ = 2*rstp) |
| trail1 |
|
Maximum percentage of deviation from previous average B-field magnitude for new average to be used to calculate next yellow pixel location (moderate activity--number of strokes per bearing between activ = 2*rstp and 4*rstp) |
| trail2 |
|
Maximum percentage of deviation from previous average B-field magnitude for new average to be used to calculate next yellow pixel location (heavy activity--number of strokes per bearing greater than 2*activ = 4*rstp) |
| minsig |
|
Minimum B-field signal magnitude for adding most recent signal to the bearing stack. If so, then new signal used to calculate updated average B-field magnitude for formula giving the estimated distance to the lightning activity (minsig > 100 mV recommended) |