POD Laser Lock

This allows locking the POD camera on a particular laser beam which is searched via Laser Spot Search. The LOCK button will be enabled only if a laser beam is found for the given PRF code. Once the user locks POD camera on a particular laser beam, the LOCK button will change to UNLOCK, which allows releasing the POD camera lock from the laser beam. While POD is locked, the user cannot move the camera around using the mouse controls and MANUAL GRD REF option will be disabled.
If the laser beam is moved while the laser lock is still on, POD camera will follow the movement. If the laser beam is turned off, and turned on again pointing to a different location, POD camera will not move to the newly pointed location since it considers it as a different laser beam.  
Once UNLOCK is clicked, POD camera will be released and it will remain looking around the same location. At this point it will allow moving the camera around.

∆ Image 3d.52: POD Laser spot Lock - On

Once the POD camera is locked on a particular laser given by a specific PRF code, it continuously tracks the particular laser and its PRF code unless it is Unlocked. If the trainee has turned off the laser or altered the PRF code, it will display ‘Laser Lost’ on Pod view and it will keep looking at its previous location. At this time POD will keep searching for the particular laser and if the laser beam is turned on again or if it finds a new laser beam with the same PRF code, POD camera will immediately lock on to that laser. When searching, it considers the first matching laser beam.