Configuring Tasks

Use the TASK Configuration menu to create or modify radar tasks.

TASK Configuration Menu Description
Menu Pane	Description
Antenna/Radar Control	Sets up radar and antenna operations. See Antenna and Radar Control.
Processor Configuration	Sets up the output data, ranges and averaging used by the signal processor. See Processor configuration.
Data Correction	Determines corrections made from output data. See Data Corrections.
Data Quality Thresholding	Sets up the threshold levels and criteria for real time data quality control. See Data quality thresholding.

Enter a task name and description.

Select a name that summarizes the task. Task names may contain up to 12 characters, no spaces are allowed. Use an underscore instead of a space.

You can define hybrid tasks with up to 26 subtasks. For hybrid tasks the task configuration file names for these must end in _A, _B and _C to denote the first, second, and third sub-tasks.

Enter a brief task description (less than 65 characters).

Example Task Names
Example Task	Description
`PPI_VOL`	A volume scan.
`RHI_230`	An RHI at azimuth 230.
`SURV_500`	A 500 km surveillance scan.
`PPI_A`	First subtask of a hybrid task.

Configure the task using the options in the menu.
To edit the configuration of a task, do one of the following select File > Open.
The TASK Configuration menu opens showing the task configuration for this task.

For unscheduled tasks, more than one copy of a task can be in use at any time.

Note that:
- If a task is scheduled, it cannot be modified.
- Only one user can edit a particular task at a time.
Select File > Save As to save the task configuration.
Use TASK Scheduler to schedule and execute the task.

See Task Scheduling Overview.