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When you think of the data Displayed by the scanner it is a bit of a misnomer <br />
When you think of the data Displayed by the scanner it is a bit of a misnomer <br />
unless you are doing an invasive scan.<br />
unless you are doing an invasive scan.<br />
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Invasive scans are EXTREMELY short range (under half a km typically) <br />
Invasive scans are EXTREMELY short range (under half a km typically) <br />
and use Ultrasound or Gamma Radiation. People look down on you trying to radiate them.<br />
and use Ultrasound or Gamma Radiation. People look down on you trying to radiate them.<br />
=====Saved scan location=====
Select a vehicle or container in the contact list and press '''Shift+S''' to scan it. The Scan page keeps the resulting information in its buffer, including the saved latitude and longitude.
Below '''Location''', two readouts update as your vehicle moves:
* '''Bearing''' is the initial direction to the saved location, in degrees clockwise from true north: 000 north, 090 east, 180 south and 270 west. '''T''' means true bearing, not an angle relative to your vehicle's heading.
* '''Surface Dist''' is the shortest distance over Vieneo's reference surface, in kilometres with three decimal places. It is not distance along roads and does not include altitude difference.
You can select a different contact while continuing to read the bearing and distance to the buffered scan. Scanning another target replaces the buffered destination. These readouts refer to the stored scan location; they do not follow a moving target's current position. Scan again to refresh its location.
Surface distance keeps the same meaning during driving, hover, atmospheric flight, ascent, orbit and re-entry. It is not slant range or orbital intercept guidance. Missing position data displays dashes. At the saved location, its antipode, or exactly at an observer pole, bearing is undefined and displays dashes even when distance is available.


=====Context Specific Keys=====
=====Context Specific Keys=====
*Shift C Hand cash to highlighted vehicle/player
*Shift C Hand cash to highlighted vehicle/player
*Shift F Transfer fuel to or from highlighted item (positive number TO, negative number FROM)
*Shift F Transfer fuel to or from highlighted item (positive number TO, negative number FROM)
*Shift L Load the selected vehicle or container, when it is not already aboard your vehicle.
*Shift U Unload the scanned vehicle or container when it is in your vehicle's cargo bed or bay.
For cargo already aboard, the Scanner page shows '''Shift+U Unload''' in place of '''Shift+L Load'''. Shift+U acts on the vehicle shown in the scan buffer, even if you have since selected a different radar target. Open the cargo doors first where fitted. The unload request follows the same rules as unloading from [[Manifest|Cargo Manifest]] and is unavailable in the simulator.
You can also select an occupied bay in [[Manifest|Cargo Manifest]] and press Shift+S to scan its contents, then Shift+U on the Scanner page to unload them.


[[Category:MFD]]
[[Category:MFD]]

Revision as of 18:23, 30 October 2026

When you think of the data Displayed by the scanner it is a bit of a misnomer
unless you are doing an invasive scan.
The displayed information is is more accurately just the Mode S data
being transmitted by the other vehicle

Invasive scans are EXTREMELY short range (under half a km typically)
and use Ultrasound or Gamma Radiation. People look down on you trying to radiate them.

Saved scan location

Select a vehicle or container in the contact list and press Shift+S to scan it. The Scan page keeps the resulting information in its buffer, including the saved latitude and longitude.

Below Location, two readouts update as your vehicle moves:

  • Bearing is the initial direction to the saved location, in degrees clockwise from true north: 000 north, 090 east, 180 south and 270 west. T means true bearing, not an angle relative to your vehicle's heading.
  • Surface Dist is the shortest distance over Vieneo's reference surface, in kilometres with three decimal places. It is not distance along roads and does not include altitude difference.

You can select a different contact while continuing to read the bearing and distance to the buffered scan. Scanning another target replaces the buffered destination. These readouts refer to the stored scan location; they do not follow a moving target's current position. Scan again to refresh its location.

Surface distance keeps the same meaning during driving, hover, atmospheric flight, ascent, orbit and re-entry. It is not slant range or orbital intercept guidance. Missing position data displays dashes. At the saved location, its antipode, or exactly at an observer pole, bearing is undefined and displays dashes even when distance is available.

Context Specific Keys
  • Shift C Hand cash to highlighted vehicle/player
  • Shift F Transfer fuel to or from highlighted item (positive number TO, negative number FROM)