Understanding track line styles

Discussion in 'Tutorials' started by T-KDFW58, May 11, 2020.

  1. T-KDFW58

    T-KDFW58 New Member

    I've searched several of the forums and not found the answer, so hope this is the right place to ask.

    On a display of tracks, the lines change weight, and I've been trying to figure out why. I have observed that they are heaviest when Persistence Mode is OFF. However, when it is ON, they still change weight between what I'll call "normal" and "light" - can someone explain why that is? In some cases, I think I can relate the change to when I'm not displaying ADSBx as the active page (like when another tab in the browser is active). At other times, that doesn't seem to apply. I'm running Chrome.

    Thoughts? If this has already been explained somewhere, please point me to it as I've come up empty on my searches.

    Thanks!
     
  2. wiedehopf

    wiedehopf Administrator Staff Member

    Page doesn't refresh when the tab is inactive.

    Thin lines in persistence mean the aircraft wasn't being received, signifies a jump / unreliable track.
    Just like in normal mode you have the dashed track.

    Inactive page means the aircraft jump.

    Note this only happens for showing all tracks, if you just select one or a couple of aircraft, the tracks are reloaded once you switch back to the tab.
     
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  3. T-KDFW58

    T-KDFW58 New Member

    Thanks, wiedehopf! Makes perfect sense.