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(The Radar Application features will be added in a future RSA Build.)

Once products have been requested, this area of the Radar Multiple Request Dialog Box contains a tree-view listing of the existing RMR. (This area is empty if no radar products have been chosen.) The request name is denoted with a book symbol. Click on the "+" symbol next to the request name to expand the tree-view and view the contents of the request. If a request has a red "X" through the book symbol, it means that the request is poorly formed. That is, the request is missing either an RPG or a product, thus making it unable to work properly.

Each radar product within a request is denoted with a folder symbol. Click on the "+" symbol next to the radar product name to reveal the list of RPGs from which the product is sent. The phone symbol next to an RPG denotes a dial-out radar, while an arrow denotes a dedicated radar.

Click on the "-" symbol next to each product or request name to close the expanded tree-view listings.

The Existing Request section of the Radar Multiple Request Dialog Box also contains the following options.

• New Request...: This menu button opens the New Request Dialog Box, shown in Exhibit 7.4.1-1, which contains options for selecting and requesting a radar product from one or more RPGs.

This dialog box has the following options.

- Name: In this entry line you can type a unique name to identify your radar request.

- Single Request: This check button limits the radar request to one product retrieval.

- Multiple Request: Choose this check button if you want to repeat a radar product request.

- Repeat every: You can choose the update frequency of your product request by using the minute(s)/hour(s) option menus, or by typing the time interval in the entry boxes.

- Duration: Within these entry boxes you can choose up to 8 hours of consecutive requests.

- OK: Acknowledges the entry you have made, closes the New Request Dialog Box, and immediately opens the Add Products Dialog Box (Exhibit 7.4.1-3).

- Cancel: This menu button closes the New Request Dialog Box without initiating any requests.

• Copy Request: This menu button opens the Copy Request Dialog Box, shown in Exhibit 7.4.1-2, which allows you to copy the existing highlighted request and give it a new name in the entry line provided. This button is disabled if nothing is currently selected in the tree view.

• Add Products: A menu button that opens the Add Products Dialog Box (Exhibit 7.4.1-3). This button is disabled if nothing is currently selected in the tree view.

This dialog box has the following options.

- Dial-out RPGs: This is a list of available dial-out radars. Click Mouse Button 1 on the desired RPGs.

- Dedicated RPGs: This is a list of available dedicated radars. Click Mouse Button 1 on the desired RPGs.

- Product: This option menu contains a list of radar-generated products that should be familiar to WSR-88D users. Each product has certain parameters to specify in your request.

Note: Exhibit 7.3-1 is valid for Reflectivity; different products will bring up other options. All possible options are described below. These parameters are listed as follows.

• Request Interval (1-9)
• Elevation Angle (0.5-19.5 degrees)
• Data Levels (8 or 16)
• Resolution (1, 2, or 4 km)
• Speed
• Dir
• Layer
• Contour Interval (2,000 - 30,000 ft)
• Altitude (0-70 thousand feet [kft])
• End Hour and Time Span
• Channel Map
• Elevation Segment Number

- Add: This menu button adds the selected products to your request. The Add Products Dialog Box remains open when you add a product so you may add multiple products without having to reopen it each time.

- Close: This menu button closes the Add Products Dialog Box.

• Edit...: This button is context sensitive. That is, what you edit depends upon what you select in the tree view. If you highlight a request and press the Edit menu button, the Edit Request Dialog Box is opened, which has the same options as the New Request Dialog Box. Refer to Exhibit 7.4.1-4.

If a product or RPG is highlighted in the tree view, selecting the Edit menu button opens the Edit Product Dialog Box, which is similar to the Add Product Dialog Box except that it has OK and Cancel buttons instead of Add and Close buttons. This allows you to edit the products or RPGs that were selected in the tree view.

• Delete...: This button is also context sensitive. What it deletes depends on what is highlighted in the tree view.

- If a request is highlighted and you select the Delete menu button, the request is removed. A confirmation dialog box appears to verify your deletion.

- If a product within a request is highlighted when you select the Delete button, the product is deleted from the request. A confirmation dialog box appears to verify your deletion.

- If an RPG is highlighted in the tree view when you select the Delete button, the RPG is removed from the request.

• Submit: The Submit menu button makes a highlighted request active. This menu button is enabled only if a request containing at least one product is highlighted in the tree view. Observe the Radar Status Bar on the bottom right edge of the D2D display for messages on your request.

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