IRIS menus overview

IRIS menus provide tools for defining how IRIS collects, processes, and displays radar data.

Multiple users can access the menus. The most recently save configuration is stored.

CAUTION IRIS does not warn you if other users are editing task configurations or if the radar is being controlled by other users.

Access rights define who can view or edit a menu. For example, an observer may view the TSC Monitor menu to see which tasks are currently scheduled, but cannot modify tasks.

Access to IRIS menus
Menu	Description
Archive Menu	Control the IRIS tape, DVD, or LDA operations, including recording and retrieving. Display archive logs that list the contents of a device.
Ingest Summary	List the ingest files on a disk, manually delete files, or set the Keep flag so files are not deleted by the Watchdog process.
IRIS Menu Bar	Select other menus and exit IRIS.
Messages	View logged error and status messages.
Overlay Menu	Choose which overlay to use when viewing data from a radar site.
Product Configuration	Specify product configuration. Select the task used for product generation and the type of product.
Product Output	Show what products are available on disk and select products for transmission to workstations. Operators can transmit products and overlays to a workstation, printer, or tape/DVD.
Product Scheduler	Schedule which products to run.
Projection Menu	Configure map projections which are required when compositing multiple radars.
Quick Look Window	Provide easy access to IRIS data for forecasting applications.
Radar Status	Monitor and control hardware components and IRIS configuration.
Real-Time Display	View the PPI or RHI radar scan in real time.
TASK Configuration	Configure radar and signal processing tasks, such as a volume scan.
TSC Editor	Create task schedules to be executed from the TSC Monitor menu
TSC Monitor	Schedule task execution. Schedules may be repetitive (for example, every 15 minutes), or a single execution.