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Contents · 5 Channel borders for ARPA radar ....................................................................... 55Use Checked conditions of the Route Plan......................................................... 56Use planned User Chart ..............................................................

6 · Contents How to keep S57 charts up to date using a RENC ........................................... 104How to enlarge chart coverage using a RENC ................................................. 105A BASE CD-ROM from a RENC .................................................................... 10...

Contents · 7 How to view update status of your ARCS charts.............................................. 167ARCS Catalogue .............................................................................................. 168Group of ARCS charts..............................................................

8 · Contents Route planning 233 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 233Route planning main menu ............................................................................................. 234Select datum ...

Contents · 9 Introduction of Symbol sheet ........................................................................... 272Introduction of Line sheet ................................................................................ 273Introduction of Tidal sheet ...........................................

10 · Contents How to select Pilot Data record to be modified ............................................... 311Change Pilot data record position .................................................................... 311Change other data of Pilot Data record ..............................................

Contents · 11 Associated alarms ............................................................................................. 342 Filter Operation .............................................................................................................. 343 Filter and automatic Route Steering .....

12 · Contents How to adjust radar echo overlay to match positions of chart features .......................... 378 Error sources of radar echo image and chart display miss match ..................... 378Error sources of radar echo image and display of ARPA target miss match .... 378How to adjust bea...

Contents · 13 Depth information ............................................................................................ 412Fuel consumption information.......................................................................... 412Thrusters information ...............................................

14 · Contents Sheet Other: Additional information available ................................................. 449 Sheet Other: Important text .............................................................................. 450 Sheet Other: Other text ......................................................

Changes since release 04.01 · 1 Changes since release 04.01 Overall operation related changes Following alarms have been made available for recording into the Voyage log: · 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2478, 2480, 2488, 2489, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 2497 2498, 2498, 2501,2503, 2504, 2505, 250...

2 · Changes since release 04.01 Following formats for Route Backup & Restore are available: · Old formats: a) INC, b) ANTS, c) ASCII PROPRIETARY (previously name was ASCII) · New formats: d) ASCII POSITION, e) ASCII WPNAME POSITION, f) ASCII POSITIONWPNAME, g) ASCII FULL. The idea behind the new...

Changes since release 04.00 · 3 Changes since release 04.00 Overall operation related changes AIS target data display · the system remembers if user has preference to view AIS target details or no details Chart related changes Additional Military Layers (AML) · Support for S57 based AML layers (CLB,...

4 · Changes since release 03.02 Changes since release 03.02 Overall operation changes There are no changes since 03.01. Version 03.02 has been withdrawn.

Changes since release 03.01 · 5 Changes since release 03.01 Overall operation related changes Presentation of Position (Numerical presentation, where available) · minute marks added for Latitude and Longitude values. Information of Route Monitoring on ECDIS (available on Upper Information Area) · ch...

Changes since release 03.00 · 7 Changes since release 03.00 Overall operation related changes Radar echo overlay · Radar echo trails on ECDIS has been changed from green to blue colour. Navigation tools (Tool Set 1 and Tool Set 2): · In Tool Set 1 presentation of VRM, EBL and Parallel Index are as d...

8 · Changes since release 02.02 Changes since release 02.02 Overall operation related changes Terminology used in ECDIS is harmonised to comply with IMO resolution MSC 64 for Integrated Bridge System(IBS). · Terms Speed Made Good (SMG) and Course Made Good (CMG) have been changed to terms Speed Over...

Changes since release 02.02 · 9 if the user has used selection Primary or Secondary . This feature requires that the position receiver is type approved based on IEC 61162-1 Ed2 (July 2000). Various orientation of chart are available: · North Up with True Motion and Relative Motion (these were availa...

10 · Changes since release 02.02 User Chart related changes Introduction of separate Plan and Monitor mode for User Charts · In version 02.0xx User Chart did not have separate Plan and Monitor modes and a single User chart was in useat any moment · From version 03.00 User Chart has two separate mode...

Changes since release 02.01 · 13 Changes since release 02.01 Overall operation related changes Navigation sensors · If position alignment is used then user is reminded of it every 30 minutes. Alarm "2011 ChartAlign: over 30 min" . · In multiple sensor case the Kalman filter indicates changes...

Changes since release 02.00 · 15 Changes since release 02.00 Overall operation changes Route Planning · The maximum value of radius in a waypoint has been increased from 2.0 nm to 3.0 nm. Chart related changes S57 charts · Compatibility with the official encrypted ENC chart service from a RENC has b...

Introduction Introduction · 17 Introduction Manual Applicability The Operators Manual of ECDIS EC 1000 provides information of following things: · System Configuration. · Screen interpretation and use of Control panel. · Set up before departure. · Rules to replace paper charts with electronic ones. ...

18 · Introduction Introduction How to read this manual The ECDIS is build on the platform of Windows NT. So the windows, menus and dialogues outfit seem same as inother Windows application. If you are not familiar with Windows NT refer for more information to manuals ofWindows NT. Below are explanat...

Introduction Introduction · 19 System Configuration ECDIS EC1000 Workstation displays electronic seachart and operates as user interface for the System. ECDIS processor is connected to various sensors, does navigation calculations and route monitoring. Connections tointerfaces are typically made wit...

20 · Introduction Introduction Configuration for Multi Workstations Multiple Workstation configuration (navigation Workstation and planning Workstation), where one Workstation isused as Sensor source of navigation sensors and other Workstation(s) are using Sensor source workstation to communicate wi...

Navigation Tasks · 21 Navigation Tasks Overview Navigation tasks can be divided to four basic tasks: Navigation tasks Monitoring Steering Voyage planning Positioning Navigation Tasks

22 · Navigation Tasks Voyage planning Voyage planning is a preparation phase for coming voyage. Preparation includes route definition, route calculationand optimisation. Required sea charts are also prepared in voyage planning either by updating existing charts or creating new ones. Voyage Planning ...

Navigation Tasks · 23 Voyage optimisation: · Time table optimisation · Optimisation based on economical factors · The ECDIS processor calculates optimum speed and course between each waypoint, ETA and fuel consumption, based on the defined data. There are 4 calculation strategies: Max. Speed, Timeta...

24 · Navigation Tasks Positioning Positioning means all available methods to calculate and keep updated ship´s position during a voyage. The calculation of ship´s position is based on available navigation sensors. The system integrates valid informationfrom different sensors and uses the Kalman filt...

Navigation Tasks · 25 Monitoring Monitoring is a continuous check of navigation data, user actions and performance of the system. Part of themonitoring is also the display of electronic sea chart and conning information. Monitoring Data logging Man over board Data distribution Alarms Electronic sea ...

ECDIS Screen · 27 ECDIS Screen Overview Parts of the ECDIS display. The ECDIS (Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems) screen includes several areas. There is statusbar atthe top and the bottom of the screen, which are shown permanently. The upper and lower right hand corner is takenup by ...

28 · ECDIS Screen Electronic chart area The ECDIS can use the following types of charts: · S57ed3 ENC charts (vector) · CM-93 charts (vector) · ARCS charts (raster) There can also be displayed following information: · cursor moved by trackball · planned route · EBL (Electronic Bearing Line) and VRM ...

30 · ECDIS Screen Upper statusbar Upper Status bar is used to display selections made by user and information based on chart data base stored on harddisk. See example below how to find out description of Upper Status bar (In this example Upper Status bar isdivided into two parts and fields are separ...

32 · ECDIS Screen 15. Indication of availability of charts: · If TM reset is active, then indication is from own ship position · If automatic TM reset is set off, then indication is from current cursor location With ARCS following indications are used: · If larger scale ARCS are available, Larger RN...

ECDIS Screen · 33 Information Area In Information area where is permanently displayed information about the position of own ship and the routemonitoring (upper part of the area) and information of cursor's location on the chart (lower part of area). Information from the positioning sensors: · Latitu...

Control Panel · 35 Control Panel Overview The user controls the ECDIS with the Control Panel. The Control Panel includes the pushbuttons and the trackball.The trackball is used as a mouse by rolling the ball and using the pushbuttons SELECT. The user can control thecursor’s position on the display, ...

36 · Control Panel Operative push buttons SELECT Used in window dialog to push soft keys, tick boxes etc. It is also used to insert WPs, UserChart objects etc. when corresponding sheet is open in a Dialog box area. OK/ENTER It is used in window dialog to select OK or ENTER option. SELECT NEXT If dia...

38 · Control Panel Menu push buttons CHART DISPLAY PUSH BUTTON IS USED TO CONTROL VISIBILITY OF CHARTDETAILS OF BOTH ARCS RASTER CHARTS AND S57 VECTOR CHARTS . For more information, see Chapter "Control of visible chart features" in ECDIS EC 1000Operators Manual. Press Chart Display button o...

Control Panel · 47 RADAR PUSH BUTTON IS USED TO CONTROL ARPA TARGET SOURCE ANDRADAR ECHO OVERLAY SETTINGS on ECDIS display . Note , Radar overlay is an option which is not available all devices. For more information, see Chapter "Radar video overlay" in ECDIS EC 1000 Operators Manual. INFO &...

Standby mode · 49 Standby mode Switch ON and OFF Standby mode is intended for staying in a harbour, when you need to switch off audible alarms from the ECDIS. Toswitch Standby mode ON , you have to proceed as follows: 1. Press INITIAL SETTING button. 2. Select Standby from the menu. 3. A following w...

Set up before departure · 51 Set up before departure Update Chart material Update your ARCS and S57 chart material before departure to a new voyage. To get more information aboutupdating ARCS charts, see Chapter "Raster Charts" and about updating S57 charts, see chapter "S57 vector chart...

52 · Set up before departure Create or update Pilot data If it is necessary, create a new Pilot data or modify existing one for a new voyage. To get more information aboutpilot data, see Chapter "Pilot Data". Set Chart Alarm calculation Set Chart Alarms areas suitable for your coming voyage....

Set up before departure · 53 Create or update Route By pressing ROUTE PLAN button twice a following menu appears. Use this menu to select aroute for Planning. If it is necessary, create a new route or modify existing one for a new voyage. To get more information aboutcreating or updating a route, se...

54 · Set up before departure Recalculate timetable and ETA values Recalculation can be done on Params page. Set at least ETD to correspond departure time and perform desired optimization. Set at leastETD to dateand time editbox inETD/UTC fieldto corresponddeparture time. After check of Chart Alarms ...

Set up before departure · 55 Check and prepare Route to be monitored Select a route for the next voyage; double click Route monitor push button and select recalculated route. For moreinformation selection of route, see Chapter "How to select route to be monitored". If text "Checked condi...

56 · Set up before departure Use Checked conditions of the Route Plan You can check on Alarms sheet if checked conditionsare used with theroute duringmonitoring.. If text "Currentselection is different"is displayed, press Use button to select used conditionduring monitoring asplanned. (Diffe...

Set up before departure · 57 Use planned Pilot Data To check if plannedPilot Data is selected,open Selections sheet to check thatyou have correctPilot Data inMonitoring Mode. If text "Currentselection is different"is displayed, press Use button to select Pilot Data as MonitorMode. Text "...

58 · Set up before departure Verify configuration of navigation sensors User can select navigation sensors used in navigation and view their current values. Checkbox status shows whether to use the sensor for integrated navigation or not. If there is no value with sensor itindicates that sensor is n...

Set up before departure · 59 Verify POSITION sensors SENSORS push buttonTo select betweenSpeed/Course and Positionsheets to be opened eitherpress button or go by cursor aboveSpeed/Course or Position textand press SELECT The data field of a position sensor contains a label (here GPS1, GPS2) which ind...

60 · Set up before departure Reset Distance and Trip Counters Use this button to openVoyage record menu. Press Voyage Record push button and select Reset Trip Counter and Reset Distance Counter . Verify Datum Datum is used to select between different models of the earth. It is essential that you use...

64 · Conditions required to replace paper charts How to detect ENC coverage in S57 Chart display This Electronic Chart System has capability to show more than one S57 Chart cell at the same time. This feature iscalled multi cell display. If one S57 Chart cell does not cover the whole display the sys...

Vector Chart material · 67 Vector Chart material Introduction Theoretically a chart can be coded for computer as raster or vector chart. There is a special chapter for raster codedcharts in this manual. Vector coded charts can be coded using different techniques. One technique is called S57ed3and th...

68 · Vector Chart material Chart material will be available stored in media such as CD-ROMs and floppies or electronically from LAN (LocalArea Network) in which it could have arrived from RENCs, CD-ROMs or floppies. Such material can contain onlybasic cells, cells and updates or only updates. This E...

Vector Chart material · 69 Chart legend of S57 chart CHART LEGEND is not a pushbutton, but it is a front-page, which is displayed as a base. If you push CANCELenough you will finally get CHART LEGEND. This system is capable to show more than one S57 Chart at the same time. This feature is called mul...

70 · Vector Chart material Permanent warnings of S57 charts Permanent warning help you to keep the S57 charts up-to-date. Only up-to-date S57 charts can be legal replacementof the paper charts. Permanent warnings indicate, if the system detects a condition which may cause your system touse not up-to...

Vector Chart material · 71 How to load S57 charts Flow chart of the loading of S57 Charts into ECDIS Loading ENC into ECDIS •Open SENC convert window•Wait until all conversion are completed•If any of ENC conversion fails, a Failed senc conversion window appears Load S57 charts from CD Do you want to...

Vector Chart material · 73 How to load S57 charts from a CD-ROM, floppy or LAN When you load S57 charts by CD Catalogue, the system first load a CD catalog, which stores certain informationinto the hard disk such as cells ID, their position, edition number, from your LAN (Local Area Network) connect...

76 · Vector Chart material NOTE 5! You can view the Summary of the content of the CD. It contains information about charts you are going to load. 1. Press View CD content Summary button in the S57 Load dialog box. 2. A viewer shows information about the selected "CD". Each row contain: · Cel...

Vector Chart material · 77 If you press Cancel button, you will get following dialog box: If you want to avoid very time consuming reload of charts which you already have, then you should select No (="No for all" option in above window). However if you want to reload charts, then select Yes ...

80 · Vector Chart material S57 SENC Conversion details S57 charts from Hydrographic offices are called ENCs. An ENC has to be converted into SENC format before it canbe used in the ECDIS. The ECDIS can convert ENC into SENC format automatically. If the conversion issuccessful, the Failed SENC conver...

Vector Chart material · 81 How to view progress of SENC conversion If you want to view the progress of SENC conversion, you can activate SENC convert window. Proceed as follows: 1. Press CHART PLAN button, select SENC Convert from the menu. 2. A SENC Convert window appears: Example above shows a que...

82 · Vector Chart material How to use Failed SENC conversion window If the system is unable to convert ENC into SENC without any error or failure, a Failed SENC conversion window appears with a list of failed ENCs. Status of Failure means that the system completely failed to convert the ENC intothe ...

Vector Chart material · 83 How to use SENC Conversion history log The system automatically records the results of all conversion into the Conversion history log. You can at anymoment view the content of this log. Proceed as followed: 1. Press CHART PLAN button, select SENC Convert from the menu. 2. ...

84 · Vector Chart material Failed conversion of an update Chart is partly usable, but it is not up-to-date and you need a "new edition" of the chart from the publisher of it.Note that the chart is still ENC, but it does not anymore fulfil the SOLAS requirement that you have included thelates...

Vector Chart material · 85 How to use SENC convert window to initiate SENC conversion Normally the "Automatic SENC conversion" is selected and there is no need to initiate SENC conversions from theSENC convert window. If you do not use the "Automatic SENC conversion" , you need to ma...

86 · Vector Chart material Some features of Chart Plan menu Overview of Chart Plan menu Activate ARCS chart: This function activates ARCS chart into the screen. You have two option toselect the chart to be opened into the display: Ignore scale opens ARCS chart with a scale which was used last time w...

88 · Vector Chart material Catalogue of S57 cells A S57 catalogue is used to view graphical coverage of the charts stored into the hard disk, available in a named"CD" or available from the RENC. Available charts are displayed using their limits of charts. Note that sometimesthe real coverage...

Vector Chart material · 89 4. The chart limit boxes are colour coded as follows: Green The chart is available for use in SENC format. If the source of the chart is a RENC then the chart isalso up-to-date. If the source of the chart is something else than a RENC then all loaded updates areincluded in...

Vector Chart material · 91 How to remove S57 Chart cells from a group You can remove chart cells from a defined group. To remove proceed as followed: 1. Press CHART PLAN push button. Select Catalog from the menu. 2. Press Groups button in S57 Catalog dialog box. 3. Select desired group from Edit gro...

92 · Vector Chart material How to view active group with catalogue To view active group proceed as follows: 1. Press CHART PLAN push button. Select Catalog from the menu. 2. Select Group Chart in Catalogue dialog box. In Catalogue window it is shown charts which aremember of active group.

94 · Vector Chart material How to later use CD Catalogue created during load of S57 charts The CD Catalogue was created during loading of S57 charts. A CD Catalogue contains important information fromthe chart producer such as Publisher Notes and Summary of the charts. Sometimes you may need to load...

Vector Chart material · 95 How to remove S57 Charts from the system To remove S57 format vector chart cell from the system, proceed as follows: 1. From the Control panel press Chart Plan push button. 2. Select Remove from the menu. There will appear a chart list dialog. 3. Select desired chart cells...

96 · Vector Chart material Introduction to the S57 chart service from a RENC Introduction RENC concept is based on IHO standard S-63. Before you can use RENC service, you have to be authorized as Customer of RENC. To be authorized you have tocontact official distributor (Chart Agent) of RENC. From a...

Vector Chart material · 97 Available service types CD-Service If you are using CD-Service, you receive from the RENC following: · Base CD contain all Base Cells that are available in the RENC database when CD was released. · Update CD contain all updates to the Base CD, but it will also contain any ...

98 · Vector Chart material Service provided by a RENC How to view the Coverage of the RENC service Whenever you like to see Product List in graphical presentation, use Catalog to view it. The Catalog of S57 Chartshows the situation when you loaded the latest BASE or UPDATE CD-ROM into the ECDIS. Not...

Vector Chart material · 99 How to know up-to-date status of a chart from a RENC To keep Charts up-to-date you have to check situation in a RENC about at weekly basis. The ECDIS compares usedcharts to Product List of RENC. If a Permanent Warning appears to Chart display of ECDIS, it is an indication ...

100 · Vector Chart material How to know up-to-date status of the RENC Product List The ECDIS checks time to time when you have last time loaded the Product List from the RENC. If period of timewhen you loaded the Product List (i.e. newest Base CD or Update CD which is loaded into ECDIS is older than...

Vector Chart material · 101 How to manage Permits from a RENC Permits are used control the right to use a chart in the ECDIS. A permit in RENC ENC Service is connected to anedition of chart. Permits are issued as two different types: · Subscription Permit; This include updates for subsequent 12 mont...

102 · Vector Chart material Warning about expired subscriptionis activated every 12 hour after thesubscription expired (see lower partof the example). NOTE! The upper part of the examplecontains also a warning that theProduct List is too old. How to manage Public key from a RENC To view Public Key o...

Vector Chart material · 103 CD-ROM service from a RENC How to get started with S57 charts using a RENC Load Permits into ECDIS Load BASE CD-ROM into ECDIS You received Permits etc. Load UPDATE CD-ROM into ECDIS Make a Subscription / End User Agreement with your chart Distributor How to get started w...

104 · Vector Chart material How to keep S57 charts up to date using a RENC If you received new Permits , Load them into ECDIS How to keep current Charts up-to-date in a CD-ROM service ? Subscription type: Subscription Subscription type: One-Off If you received new BASE CD-ROM, Load it into ECDIS Loa...

Vector Chart material · 105 How to enlarge chart coverage using a RENC Send a list of Charts to your Distributor. Remember Subscription type Use Catalogue of S57 Charts to select additional Charts How to enlarge coverage in a CD-ROM service ? Load Permits into ECDIS Load BASE CD-ROM into ECDIS Load ...

106 · Vector Chart material A BASE CD-ROM from a RENC A BASE CD-ROM from a RENC contains all the Charts stored in the RENC when it was issued. When you loadCharts by CD-Catalogue also following information is loaded into the ECDIS hard disk: · The Content Summary of the BASE CD-ROM. · Publisher Note...

108 · Vector Chart material An UPDATE CD-ROM from a RENC An UPDATE CD-ROM from a RENC contains all the Updates included to Charts stored in the RENC when thelatest BASE CD-ROM was issued. When you load Charts by CD-Catalogue also following information is loaded into the ECDIS hard disk: · The Conten...

110 · Vector Chart material How to view Coverage of a BASE or UPDATE CD-ROM from a RENC 1. Press CHART PLAN push button and select Catalogue from the menu. 2. A Catalogue window appears. Below is an example, when the CD Catalogue is from an UPDATE CD-ROM from a RENC 1. Select CatalogueCharts as CD a...

Vector Chart material · 111 A Permit CD-ROM or floppy disk from the RENC The RENC can deliver Permits either stored in CD-ROM or stored in floppy disk. When you received new permitsfrom the RENC you have to load them into the ECDIS. The permit is a key which is used to decrypt the Chart youwant to u...

112 · Vector Chart material Messages in Permit load If you try to load One-off Permit fora Chart for which you already have aSubscription Permit, you getfollowing message: If you load Permits for differentECDIS, you get following message:

Vector Chart material · 113 RENC security system Standard messages in S57 Chart Load During loading S57 Charts into the ECDIS you may get different kind of messages. For more information ofstandard messages in S57 Chart Load, see chapters "Messages, which contain only notice" and "Messag...

Vector Chart material · 115 The Chart is not loaded because ofcoding error in Signature. The Chart is not loaded because oftampered Signature or not validPublic Key The Chart is not loaded because ofinvalid or tampered Signature Standard messages in S57 SENC conversion When converting S57 Charts int...

116 · Vector Chart material Vector chart display How to select Vector chart material in use To select S57 chart material onto the display proceed as follow: 1. From Control Panel press CHART PLAN push button. 2. From menu check that there is a following text in first line: Activate ARCS chart . If i...

Vector Chart material · 117 Look charts around your own ship You can use either TRUE MOTION or RELATIVE motion. Refer to DISPLAY MODE chapter. In True motion your own ship moves until it reaches the true motion reset borderline. Then it will jump back to opposite position onscreen based on its cours...

118 · Vector Chart material Control of visible chart features When you press CHART DISPLAY pushbutton, you get Chart details window, which have several sheets to control visible chart features. CHART DISPLAYpush button. Dialogbox which appearsafter pressing chartdisplay push button. "Chart"-...

Vector Chart material · 121 Display Base A subset of chart features is called as Display base. As required by IMO, these features cannot be made invisibleunder any user selection. The Display Base consist of following chart features: · coastline (high water) · own ship's safety contour, which is sel...

124 · Vector Chart material Store and recall of Chart Display Settings for visible chart andnavigational features You can define Chart Display Settings for chart details, which are displayed over S57 charts cells. You can savethese Chart Display Settings into the hard disk and later recall them on d...

Vector Chart material · 127 How to set Display Until date 1. Press CHART PLAN push button. 2. Select Date Dependent from the menu. 3. Date in Updates Displayed until field is shown as follows. Press Display Until button to define which updates are displayed. The system will displaychanges to S57 Cha...

128 · Vector Chart material A little learning about date dependency of S57 standard How the issue date of updates change the visibility of the changes Study the example below to understand the behaviour of updates relative to date Figure above shows how updates are dependent on Display/Approve date ...

Vector Chart material · 129 An example of changes known to happen in the future.

130 · Vector Chart material How periodical features are coded in Vector charts There are following alternatives, how the chart producer can define a chart feature to use periodical date start andend: · YYMMDD (Full date for date start and date end) · --MMDD (The same date every year) · --MM (The sam...

132 · Vector Chart material An example of periodical chart feature. Next two figures show a Caution area which is valid from date 1 st April to date 15 th November. Figure below show the content of the attributes of the Caution area in the example above as shown in the Info requestwindow.

Vector Chart material · 133 Symbology used in Vector charts As a user you can familiarise yourself with the used presentation by browsing IHO ECDIS Chart 1, which is includedin this ECDIS. Note that it behaves as any S57 Chart and it follows your selections. See "Control of visible chartfeatures...

134 · Vector Chart material Request information about Vector chart objects The ability to cursor-pick on an object for the additional information that lies behind the object is an important partof ECDIS capability. However, an unprocessed cursor pick, which does discriminate or interpret and merely ...

Vector Chart material · 135 5. The detailed information of selected object is displayed in an Object dialog box 6. To close dialog boxes press CANCEL in Control Panel. How to view properties of a Vector chart object After you have selected a Vector chart object, you can view detailed information of ...

136 · Vector Chart material A little learning about Vector Chart coding Tidal information is available as a table

Vector Chart material · 137 More information is available as a text More information is available as a picture

138 · Vector Chart material Linked objects Often a group of chart object are linked together. Most common example is beacon or buoy , in which body and top mark are defined separately. One examples is lights and recommended track . Another example is measurement mile . There are also other similar c...

Vector Chart material · 139 Recommended track defined by two beacons

140 · Vector Chart material Recommended track defined by a building and a beacon

142 · Vector Chart material Seldom used features of Vector charts There are some functions or features which are not used as daily or weekly basis, but sometimes there is a need touse them. Cell Status Use Cell Status function to find out the status of individual cell in your system, in a CD-ROM or ...

Vector Chart material · 143 How to use Cell Status window to initiate SENC conversion Cell Status window can be used to force a new conversion into the SENC format for any chart cell, which is alreadyin the SENC format. Normally you do not need this feature, but it could be useful if for example som...

Raster Chart material · 145 Raster Chart material ARCS Charts Around 2700 ARCS charts are available on 11 Chart CD-ROMs, covering the world's major trading routes and ports.Regionally based Chart CD-ROMs RC1 to RC10 contain standard BA navigation charts, while RC11 contains oceancharts at scales of ...

146 · Raster Chart material or shift is known only some parts of chart (=Partiallydefined). Depth: Indication of used measurement units of depth. Height: Indication of used measurement units above sea level (for example clearance height). T&P Notices, Details and Warnings of ARCS Access to view ...

Raster Chart material · 147 This can be used to select desired inset (Panel) from the combo box. This function also co-operates with Locate,Preference and Notes. Locate: This function selects to display an inset, which is selected in Panels combo box. Warnings of ARCS chart There could be warnings o...

148 · Raster Chart material How to view Notes of ARCS chart User can select from combo box desired item in order to view note. After selection in Panels press Notes… button and there will appear a text window. The window will be closed by pressing CANCEL. How to use Source Data Diagram A Source Data...

Raster Chart material · 149 Datum and ARCS Charts Difference between ARCS chart local datum and positions in WGS84datum The difference between ARCS chart local datum and WGS84 datum is known as WGS84 Shift. For most of theARCS charts this is known and the system can do conversion automatically. For ...

Raster Chart material · 151 How to view cursor position in local datum of an ARCS chart On demand you can view the cursor position in local datum of an ARCS chart. This is useful when you need to referto the corresponding paper chart. You can access ARCS Details from Details button of the Chart lege...

152 · Raster Chart material In this example the used ARCS chart hasWGS84 shift not defined. Cursor Position panel show cursor position in local ARCS chart datum (indicated as Local Datum ) and in WGS84 datum as defined by the User WGS shift (indicated as WGS84 User ). NOTE ! The permanent Cursor pan...

Raster Chart material · 153 In this example the used ARCS chart hasWGS84 shift not defined. Chart Shift: Undefined indicates that this ARCS chart donot have defined WGS84 shift Accuracy: This field contains accuracy as defined by thechart producer. User WGS shift The shifts between WGS84 datum and t...

154 · Raster Chart material Permanent warnings of ARCS The system can powerfully assist you to keep your charts up-to-date for the charts which you have got from ARCS.Chart producer of ARCS has stored up-to-date situation on ARCS weekly update CD-ROM (System Files). Thisinformation is loaded into th...

Raster Chart material · 155 ARCS chart managing Chart plan CHART PLAN is used for managing chart database. CHART PLAN push button menu: Activate S57 chart: The function activates S57 chart onto the display. You have two options toselect chart to be opened onto display; Ignore scale opens S57 chart c...

156 · Raster Chart material Subscription of ARCS ARCS customers can subscribe to one of two service levels, ARCS Navigator or ARCS Skipper. ARCS Navigator ARCS Navigator users receive a comprehensive weekly updating service on CD, which mirrors the AdmiraltyNotices to Mariners (NMs) used to correct ...

Raster Chart material · 157 How to get started with ARCS charts In order to get charts in the system and be displayed you have to go on a few steps: 1. Load Permit from the floppy disk by using Permits command. For more information, see chapter "How to load chart permits for ARCS Navigator licen...

158 · Raster Chart material How to load chart permits for ARCS Navigator license Permits are usually delivered in floppy disk. To load chart permit into the system, proceed as follows: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. From the Control Panel press Chart Plan push button. 2. Select Permit Management from the menu. 3...

Raster Chart material · 159 How to load chart permits for ARCS Skipper license Permits are usually delivered in floppy disk. To load chart permit into the system, proceed as follows: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. From the Control Panel press Chart Plan push button. 2. Select Permit Management from the menu. 3. ...

160 · Raster Chart material How to remove chart permits Normally you do not need to remove permits during normal operation. Sometimes however it may be necessary toremove chart permits from the system. To remove chart permit, proceed as follows: 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. From the Control Panel press Chart Plan...

Raster Chart material · 161 How to load a new ARCS chart into the system To load ARCS format raster chart into the system which ones you have a permit. · Load by permit . You can load all the charts which are involved in your licence. The system will load them automatically. · Load by active group ....

162 · Raster Chart material Load by active group Loading by active group is used when you want to load only ARCS charts which you have designed to include todefined group. This is very useful if your licence includes lot of charts all around the world and you are going to useonly a part of charts to...

Raster Chart material · 163 Load manual You can also load ARCS charts manual into the system, to load charts proceed as follows: 1. Insert desired ARCS CD-ROM into CD-ROM drive. 2. Press CHART PLAN push button, select Load from the menu and manual from the sub menu. 3. A Chart Operations dialog box ...

164 · Raster Chart material How to update ARCS chart The updates are delivered separately in update CD-ROM. To update ARCS format raster chart into the system, youcan use one of following procedures: · Update by permit . You can update all the charts which are involved in your licence. The system wi...

Raster Chart material · 165 Loading updates by Active group Loading updates by active group is used when you want to update only ARCS charts which you have designed toinclude to defined group. This is very useful if your licence includes lot of charts all around a world and you aregoing to use only ...

166 · Raster Chart material D: local CD-ROM drive. F: other station CD-ROM drive. How to view chart load and update history of ARCS It is possible to view all history of chart load and updates (Notices to Mariners) of ARCS. There are a log book tokeep tracking which Chart and Updates are loaded to t...

Raster Chart material · 167 How to view update status of your ARCS charts You can easily check at any moment, which has been the latest Update CD introduced to your system. To view update status of ARCS charts, proceed as followed: 1. Press CHART PLAN push button and select System from the menu, sel...

168 · Raster Chart material ARCS Catalogue For the managing of ARCS charts it is possible to use ARCS Catalogue command. This command is available fromCHART PLAN menu. By choosing this command an ARCS Catalogue window opens up in the Electronic chartarea and ARCS Catalogue dialog appears in the dial...

170 · Raster Chart material Group of ARCS charts How to create a group To create user defined group, proceed as follows: 1. Press CHART PLAN push button. 2. Select Catalogue from the menu. ARCS Catalog dialog box appears. 3. Press Groups button in group -field. A Chart Group dialog box appears. 4. P...

Raster Chart material · 171 How to add ARCS charts into a group After you have entered name for group, press Add frame button in ARCS Catalog dialog box, you can make a frame in ARCS Catalog window moving cursor desired location and pressing SELECT push button. Charts that are inside a frame or inte...

172 · Raster Chart material You can save your chart cells also into text file, if you like to have a list of chart cells in text format. To do thispress Save As Text... button. A “Save As” dialog box appears. Select directory and drive to where you want save your group. You can use Windows NotePad a...

Raster Chart material · 173 How to select active group You can select a group as an active group. To select, proceed as followed: 1. Press CHART PLAN push button. Select Catalogue from the menu. 2. Press Groups... button in an ARCS Catalog dialog box. A Chart group dialog box appears. 3. Select desi...

174 · Raster Chart material How to remove ARCS chart from the system You can remove ARCS charts from the system either Manual or by Active group . Manual remove of charts 1. From the Control panel press CHART PLAN pushbutton. 2. From menu check that there is a following text in first line: Activate ...

Raster Chart material · 175 ARCS chart display How to select ARCS chart material on display To select ARCS format raster chart material onto the display proceed as follows: 1. From Control Panel press Chart Plan pushbutton. 2. From menu check that there is a following text in first line: Activate S5...

Raster Chart material · 177 How to view different charts Select a chart from catalogue To select ARCS format raster chart onto the display by using ARCS catalogue , proceed as follows: 1. From Control Panel press Chart Plan pushbutton. 2. Select Catalogue command from the menu. 3. From the catalogue...

Raster Chart material · 179 How to select an ARCS chart by its number on display Open ARCS chart manual To select a specific ARCS format raster chart onto the display use Open menu command. Proceed as follows: 1. From Control Panel press CHART PLAN push button. 2. If there is text Activate ARCS char...

184 · Raster Chart material Control of visible navigation features Visibility control of the navigation features is divided into three sheets. Sheet Route controls Planned andMonitored route. Sheet Tracking control past tracks and some other features. Sheet Mariner control Pilot data, Usercharts and...

190 · Manual Updates Which symbols to use with Manual Updates Manual updates can be used at least for following purposes: · To keep the charts up-to-date using similar symbols as the real chart uses. Later these symbols are called as" True symbols ". · To keep the charts up-to-date using eas...

Manual Updates · 191 Control of date dependency of Manual updates How to set current date for viewing Manual updates operate like any other S57 Chart which contains updates and other date dependent features. When you Accept manual updates as permanent the system sets Display until of Manual Updates ...

192 · Manual Updates Use of Manual Update editor with Orange symbols . Manual update editor has following alternatives: · Planning to operate with new manual updates. · Undo Last to remove last accepted manual update planning session. By repeating Undo Last you can remove any amount of old manual up...

Manual Updates · 193 How to insert a new Orange symbols Mariner can insert a new object either using New or Copy . With New he creates a new feature from scratch. With Copy he uses an already existing object as an example for the new inserted feature. Insert a new Orange symbols using New When you w...

194 · Manual Updates 1. Press New button in a Manual Update Planning. 2. Select desired Drawing type (Point, Line or Area) and Category as Standard Orange . 3. Select desired Symbol from a list box. 4. Press Accept New Object button. 5. Press Edit Position and Properties button. 6. Press Edit Positi...

Manual Updates · 195 4. Press Accept 5. New Orange symbols is displayed in a List of Manual Update Planning window. Then press Edit Position and Properties . 6. Press Edit Position 7. Move cursor over desired location on ECDIS screen. And press SELECT pushbutton. 8. Press directly Accept Manual Upda...

196 · Manual Updates How to edit position of an Orange symbols An object can be type of point, line or area. · Point has only one point in its presentation. · Line can consist of one or more chains. A chain consist of two or more points. · Area consist of a line which is closed.. 3. Set position wit...

Manual Updates · 197 An example below how to modify an existing position of a Chart Feature. 1) Activate Position Edit 2) Move cursor over a point 3) Use CHART ALIGN pushbuttonpressed down to modify position ofa point An example below how to define position of a new Chart Feature. The method is also...

Manual Updates · 199 Use of Manual Update editor with True symbols . Manual update editor has following alternatives: · Planning to operate with new manual updates. · Undo Last to remove last accepted manual update planning session. By repeating Undo Last you can remove any amount of old manual upda...

200 · Manual Updates How to delete existing chart object Mariner cannot permanently remove from the chart display any of the official chart objects. If mariner needs toremove any of the official chart objects he is allowed to mark them as deleted. In practice the deleted chart object isstill visible...

Manual Updates · 201 How to modify existing chart object Mariner cannot permanently remove from the chart display any of the official chart objects, but he can modifyposition and/or properties of chart objects. When mariner modifies chart object the ECDIS will mark original chartobject as deleted an...

202 · Manual Updates 11. 7. Set position with with cursor and press SELECT 9. 10. 8. 12. 6. How to insert a new chart object Mariner can insert a new object either using New or Copy . With New he creates a new feature from scratch. With Copy he uses an already existing object as an example for the n...

204 · Manual Updates An example of Easy Lateral sea Mark The method is similar also for Easy Cardinal sea marks, Easy Other sea marks, Easy Lights and Easy Obstructions. 1. Press New button in Manual Update Planning window. 2. Select Easy Lateral Sea Mark in Category in list box of New Object window...

Manual Updates · 207 Insert a new chart object using Copy You can make new object by copying existing one. Then you pick up a object and make a copy of it with all relatedproperties. After copying you can modify position and properties of copied object suitable for your purposes. 1. 2. Move cursor o...

208 · Manual Updates How to edit properties of a manual update chart object How to edit Properties of an chart object 3. 5. 4. 1. 2. 1. In Manual Update Planning window press Edit Position and Properties button. 2. An Object window appears. Press Edit Properties List and Values button. 3. An Propert...

Manual Updates · 209 How to edit position of a chart object An object can be type of point, line or area. · Point has only one point in its presentation. · Line can consist of one or more chains. A chain consist of two or more points. · Area consist of a line which is closed.. 3. Set position with w...

Manual Updates · 211 An example below how to define a new center point for an existing Chart Feature. 1) Activate Position Edit 3) Move cursor over the newrequired center point andpress SELECT pushbutton 2) Select“Set Center” Seldom used features of Manual updates How to check in details the creatio...

Chart Alarms · 213 Chart Alarms General The ECDIS is defined to increase safety with capability of detecting areas where depth is less than Safety contour orwhere specified conditions exists. If you plan a route or if prediction of own ship movement goes across safetycontour or an area where selecte...

214 · Chart Alarms Chart alarms Official S57 chart material consists depth contours which can be used calculation of chart alarms. A chart databasealso includes different types of objects which user can include in chart alarms. Proceed following steps: 1. Select suitable safety contour for your own ...

Chart Alarms · 215 How to select objects used in Chart Alarms You can include for calculation also areas which have to be noted when sailing (for example restricted areas). Toinclude these areas for chart alarms, proceed as followed: 1. Press INITIAL SETTING button, select Chart Alarm parameters fro...

216 · Chart Alarms List of areas There are the areas which ECDIS detects and provides an alarm or indication if estimated own ship position orplanned or monitored route across the area. You can select following areas in Chart Alarms sheet. Fairway Cargo Transhipment Area Restricted Area User Chart D...

Chart Alarms · 217 How to highlight Chart Alarm User has possibility to select level of transparency of Chart Alarm highlight. To select, proceed as follows: 1. Press CHART DISPLAY button, select Mariner sheet open. 2. Select in Chart Alarm Warning area field Highlight as Std or Other position. How ...

218 · Chart Alarms Lines For User Chart Line use option Danger Line in Line sheet. Without this selection Line of User Chart is not used for Chart Alarm. The dangerous line is drawn red instead of dark yellow. In Line sheet of User Chartyou can select which lines areincluded Chart Alarm byselecting ...

Chart Alarms · 219 How to activate own ship check Calculation of own ship predicted movement area is done using watch sector from own ship position. Sector size isdefined by time and angle. To set them proceed as follows: 1. Press INITIAL SETTING button, select Chart Alarm parameters from the menu. ...

222 · Chart Alarms Figures above show before and after Chart Alarm calculation in Route Planning mode. If there are alarms included to planned route, you have two alternatives to check them. 1. Check alarms leg by leg 2. Check alarms by using category of alarm How to find Chart Alarms leg by leg Aft...

Chart Alarms · 223 How to find Chart Alarms by their category After you have done Chart Alarm calculation, the system is able to show you legs where the Chart Alarms arelocating. The system can show alarms by their category. In order to do it, proceed as follow: 1. In ChartAlarms sheet select first ...

224 · Chart Alarms Route monitoring Route monitoring can be divided to two separate parts; own ship estimated position and monitored route. See alsochapter "Route Monitoring". Figure above shows how in route monitoring mode the system highlights Chart Alarms inside channel limits ofmonitored...

Chart Alarms · 225 Chart Alarm using ARCS charts In case of using ARCS charts, you can yourself define dangerous areas by using User Chart. The system can utiliseUser Chart symbols, lines and areas and calculate Chart Alarm from this material. See also chapter "User ChartControl". Chart Alar...

Navigation tools · 227 Navigation tools Display mode and Orientation of Chart DISPLAY MODE push button is used to select between true motion and relative motion display modes. In truemotion mode ECDIS shows own ship's position, and other movable data such as radar targets, moving on the earth-fixed ...

228 · Navigation tools How to select desired Display Mode and orientation of Chart Desired display mode and orientation of Chart can be selected by pressing DISPLAY MODE button and selectingdesired mode from the menu: DISPLAY MODE button menu: Display mode and Orientation: Following Display modes an...

Navigation tools · 229 Navigation marks Navigation marks consist of two independent sets of tools. Both tools have REFERENCE POINT, EBL, VRM,PARALLEL INDEX and RANGE RINGS which are displayed in the Electronic Chart Area. NAV MARKS pushbutton sheet: "TOOL SET 1" Centered reference point: Use...

230 · Navigation tools Use this option to set preference of move to Reference point. Move VRM: Use this option to set preference of move to VRM and EBL. Move EBL/parallel index: Use this option to move EBL/parallel index. To change direction of EBL use CHART ALIGN push button. Movecursor to end of E...

234 · Route planning Route planning main menu Main parameters for the Route Planning are: · Latitude and longitude of the waypoint · Channel limits to the waypoint · Turning radius of the waypoint · Maximum and minimum speed limits for a leg There are two push buttons to control a route (ROUTE PLAN ...

Route planning · 235 Note To get planned route to be displayed, make sure that desired options of the planned route (Center Line, ChannelBorders, Wp-marks and Leg marks) are selected either Std or Other on the ROUTE -sheet. If all of Planned Route options areset as Std or Other , text "Displayed...

236 · Route planning How to create a new route 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. To make a complete route for a voyage, proceed as follows: 1. Press twice ROUTE PLAN button. Select Create from the menu. 2. Enter a name for route using Keypad dialog box. 3. Select Enable changes . Define position of waypoint by movi...

Route planning · 237 Introduction of Waypoint sheet To select between Params,ChartAlarms, Prepare andWPs sheets to be openedeither press button or go by cursor above WP,Params, ChartAlarms orParameters text and pressSELECT Enable changes: You have to select this in order to enable editing. Note! You...

238 · Route planning Introduction of Alarms sheet In this sheet you can define desired conditions for the route. You can select Safety contour and Chart Alarms usedfor check of this route. This allows you to make check with different conditions that selected for the System use.This is useful when ma...

Route planning · 239 Introduction of Check sheet In this sheet you can make Safe water calculation for your route. For more information see chapter "Chart Alarmcalculation". In this sheet you also store the names of the User Chart and Pilot Data planned to be used during Route Monitoringtoge...

240 · Route planning Introduction of Parameter sheet Press SELECT NEXT buttonto open parameters sheet. Enable changes: You have to select this in order to enable editing. Note! You are able to modify Route when North Up or Course Up orientation is selected to be used. Description: You can enter a no...

Route planning · 241 Introduction of Prepare sheet In this sheet you can prepare planned route for exchange to be the monitored route. Use this sheet if you are going touse Exchange function to select planned route as monitored route. You can select To WP and Final WP for steering already in plannin...

242 · Route planning How to modify already existing route Modifying of a new route. Parameters Main parameters for the Route Planning are: · Latitude and longitude of the waypoint · Channel limits to the waypoint · Turning radius of the waypoint · Maximum and minimum speed limits for a leg How to se...

Route planning · 243 Change waypoint position To change position of waypoint you have following alternatives to do it: · Enter latitude and longitude to Position field. · Enter distance and direction for next waypoint. · Drag and drop waypoint with CHART ALIGN push button. Enter latitude and longitu...

244 · Route planning Drag and drop waypoint to new position: CHART ALIGN pushbutton 1. Select Waypoints sheet open. 2. Take cursor into the Electronic chart area above desired waypoint. 3. Press CHART ALING push button and move cursor to desired position. Keep CHART ALIGN button pressed down while y...

Route planning · 245 Add a new waypoint in the end of a route To add a new waypoint in the end of a route you have following alternatives: · Use cursor and Select button define position of waypoint. · Use Next WP button in Waypoints sheet. To add a new waypoint by Select button, proceed as follows: ...

246 · Route planning Import waypoint from other routes You are able to select waypoints from other route to import them to current route. To import waypoints proceed asfollows: 1. Open Waypoints sheet. 2. Press Import button. The following dialog box appears 3. WP import dialog box. 4. Select the ro...

Route planning · 247 Optimization Available Optimization strategies After all waypoints are inserted the optimization is done in Parameters sheet. Optimization calculates all parametersfor route steering (like: course and distance between two waypoints, manoeuvring start point, WOP etc.). There aref...

248 · Route planning How to plan a speed profile A speed profile is defined by general max. speed and optimize types. These values are given while planning a route.You can give Speed limit and optimize type in Parameters sheet and in waypoint sheet you can give min. and max.speed for each leg. The p...

Route planning · 249 Backup to floppy This procedure can be used to make backups of routes or to carry routes to other planning or navigation station. Formore information, see "Backup to floppy" on page 315. Restore from floppy This procedure can be used to read backup copies of any route if...

250 · Route planning How to change font of report If printed area is too wide for page layout, you can change size and/or type of font: 1. Select Font from Setting menu . 2. Font dialog appears. Select desired options and press OK. (Recommended font is Fixedsys and size of font is 9). Full WP report...

Route planning · 251 Passage Plan report Passage Plan report is used to generate WP report with attached Pilot Data report. The system attachesautomatically Pilot Data in Plan mode to Route Plan when you select the Passage Plan report. See below examplewhere Passage Plan has been generated using a R...

254 · Route monitoring Route Monitor window when connected ARPA radaris Selesmar. Note, that control for visibility ofmonitored route is in this window. Route Monitor window when connected ARPA radar isFuruno of ARPA radar or ARPA radar whichcommunicate using IEC 61162-1 standard. Note, thatthere is...

Route monitoring · 255 How to select To waypoint When you have selected a route to be monitored the system selects next waypoint automatically. Check that Towaypoint is desired one. The ECDIS will automatically advance to Next waypoint when you pass the To waypoint. The ECDIS automatically set last ...

256 · Route monitoring Display of the route on the electronic chart screen To get monitored route to be displayed, make sure that desired options of the monitored route (Center Line, ChannelBorders, Wp-marks, Leg marks and Wheel over line) are selected on the ROUTE -sheet. Press CHART DISPLAY pushbu...

Route monitoring · 257 Route assistant The system has a build in Route assistant, which ease the safe use of Routes. During the Route Plan you can checkyour Route Plan for safe water and you can attach a User Chart and a Pilot Data which you intended to be usedtogether with a Route Plan. The assista...

Route monitoring · 259 How to monitor route You can monitor the route from the ECDIS screen. There are two boxes in the upper information area. Below an example withadditional textual information Left window · Plan Speed ; planned speed to approach "To WP". · Plan ; planned course between pr...

260 · Route monitoring How to ask ETA Estimated time of arriving to a waypoint is calculated by the ECDIS. In Route Monitor dialog box user can selectwaypoint number and speed profile for calculation. ETA WP: Indicates number of special ETA waypoint and estimated time and distance to it. Final WP: I...

262 · Route monitoring Route monitoring related alarms Following alarms are related to route monitoring: 2052 Route: Illegal ETA WP , which will appear when the system cannot use the selected ETA waypoint. The reason might be corrupted or missing route file. 2053 Route: Illegal To WP , which will ap...

User chart control · 263 User chart control Introduction User charts are simple overlay charts which the user has made for his own purposes. They can be displayed on bothradar screen and electronic chart on ECDIS display. These charts are intended for highlighting safety related thingslike position ...

264 · User chart control Modes of User Chart An User Chart can be selected for Monitor mode, which means that User Chart is displayed on connected ARPAradar display and it can be used for Chart Alarm calculation. Another mode is for modifying the User Chart Planmode. In the Plan mode the User Chart ...

User chart control · 269 How to select User Chart for Plan mode If text of User Chart on Upper right hand corner is black it is indication that the Workstation is in Monitor mode forUser Chart. To activate Plan mode and select User Chart for Plan mode, proceed as follows: 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. Press USER C...

270 · User chart control How to create User Chart You can create and modify an User Chart when you have select Plan mode of User Chart. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Note: If you want User chart to be displayed on the electronic chart make sure, that Points, Symbols & Tidals, Lines and Areas of User char...

User chart control · 271 Introduction of Point sheet To select between Point,Symbol, Line,, Area and Tidalsheets to be opened eitherpress button or go by cursor above Point,Symbol, Line, Area or Tidaltext and press SELECT Enable changes: User has to select this in order to modify User Chart. Note! Y...

272 · User chart control Introduction of Symbol sheet To select between Point,Symbol, Line, Area and Tidalsheets to be opened eitherpress button or go by cursor above Point,Symbol, Line, Area or Tidaltext and press SELECT Enable changes: User has to select this in order to modify User Chart. Note! Y...

User chart control · 273 Introduction of Line sheet To select between Point,Symbol, Line, Area and Tidalsheets to be opened eitherpress button or go by cursor above Point,Symbol, Line , Area or Tidaltext and press SELECT Enable changes: User has to select this in order to modify User Chart. Note! Yo...

274 · User chart control Introduction of Tidal sheet To select between Point, Symbol,Line, Area or Tidal sheets to beopened either press button or go by cursor above Point,Symbol, Line, Area or Tidal textand press SELECT Enable changes: User has to select this in order to modify User Chart. Note! Yo...

User chart control · 275 Introduction of Area Sheet To select between Point, Symbol,Line, Area or Tidal sheets to beopened either press button or go by cursor above Point,Symbol, Line, Area or Tidal textand press SELECT Enable changes: User has to select this in order to modify User Chart. Note! You...

276 · User chart control Corner Points of Area: After you have defined an Area Object, you can define corner points of the Area object.. Default mode for a newarea without any corner points is Insert, which allow immediate entry of corner points. Other available modes are: · Select , you can pick up...

User chart control · 277 How to select an Area of User Chart to be modified In Area object field Current indicates which Area of User Chart is selected to be modified. If you want another area to be modified, you have three alternatives to do it: · Enter desired Area number of User chart object in R...

278 · User chart control Add a new Point, Symbol, Line or Tidal to User chart Here in this text the User chart object is a common name for Point , S ymbol, Line and Tidal . The idea to modify Point , Symbol, Line and T idal are the same all User chart objects. To select User chart to be modified ope...

User chart control · 279 Enter latitude and longitude to Position field: 1. Select desired User chart object sheet open. 2. Select desired User chart object. 3. Enter co-ordinates of latitude and longitude to Position field. To modify co-ordinate of Latitude take cursor to Lat edit box and press Sel...

280 · User chart control Import Points, Symbols, Lines or Tidals from other User chart User is able to select User chart objects from other user chart to import them to current User chart. To import Userchart object proceed as follows: 1. Open desired User chart object sheet. 2. Press Import button....

User chart control · 281 How to join two or more User Charts together The ECDIS allows you to combine two or more User Charts into one User Chart in an easy way. To join two ormore User Charts together, proceed as follows: 1. Create a new User Chart or select existing one. 2. Press USER CHART button...

282 · User chart control Display on ECDIS screen User Charts can be displayed on the ECDIS screen. They have many options available to select visible objects atany time. They visibility is controlled from Mariner sheet of Chart Display. Below are some examples from the same User Chart with different...

286 · User chart control Point report Points are shown as symbol and they are very important element of a User Chart. Point is a center point for subchartinside an User Chart. Subcharts are small enough to be sent for radar screen. User Chart’s Point report is generated by the system. This report ap...

288 · User chart control Symbols report User Chart’s Symbols report is generated by the system. This report appears on display, when user presses User Chart pushbutton and selects Symbols report command from the menu. To print, to change size of font and to exit this report, see " Point report&#...

User chart control · 289 Report for Radar User Chart’s Report for radar report is generated by the system. This report appears on display, when user presses User Chart pushbutton and selects Report for radar command from the menu. To print, to change size of font and to exit this report, see " P...

292 · Reference Targets Modes of Reference Target A Reference Target can be selected for Monitor mode, which means that Reference Target can be used for Gyrocorrection and positioning of own ship. An other mode is for modifying Reference Target in Plan mode. In Planmode Reference Target is only disp...

294 · Reference Targets How to select Reference target for Monitor mode Reference Target which is for Monitor mode is displayed on Upper status bar in field of Reference Target. If text ofReference Target on Upper right hand corner is red it is indication that the Workstation is in Plan mode forRefe...

Reference Targets · 295 How to select Reference Target for Plan mode If text of Reference Target on Upper right hand corner is black it is indication that the Workstation is in monitoring mode for Reference Target . To activate Plan mode and select Reference Target for Plan mode, proceed as follows:...

296 · Reference Targets How to create Reference Target You can create and modify an Reference Target when you have select Plan mode of Reference Target. 1. 2. 3. To make a complete Reference Target, proceed as follows: 1. Press twice REFERENCE TARGET button. Select Create from the menu. 2. Enter a n...

Reference Targets · 297 Introduction of Target sheet Sheet: "TARGET" Enable changes: User has to select this in order to do modifying. Note! You are able to modify Reference Target when North Up or Course Up orientation is selected to be used.. Current: Indicates number of current reference ...

298 · Reference Targets Add a new Reference target record To add a new Reference Target record you have following alternatives to do it: · Press Select button. · Press Add button in Current record sheet. To add a new Reference target record by Select button, proceed as follows: 1. Open Current targe...

Reference Targets · 299 How to select Reference target to be modified In a Record field number of current indicates reference target record which is currently to be modified. You havethree alternatives to select desired reference target record: · Enter desired number of Reference target record in Re...

300 · Reference Targets Delete a Reference target record To delete a Reference target record, proceed as follows: 1. Select desired record to delete. For more information to select record to be modified, see "How to select Reference target to be modified" on page 299. 2. Press Delete button ...

Reference Targets · 301 Associated alarms Reference Targets have following associated alarms: " 1102 RefTgt: Less than 8 Targ", if you try to start Reference targets with a file with less than 8 targets. " 1101 RefTgt: No file selected ", if you try to start Reference targets without...

302 · Reference Targets Reference target report Reference targets are used to enable Reference target positioning using a radar. The radar is used to find thesetargets and ECDIS calculates the ship position based on the radar data acquired from the Reference targets. To print, to change size of font...

Pilot Data · 303 Pilot Data Introduction Navigation related Notebook is called PILOT DATA. Notebook pages are displayed also on radar screen. PilotData is a notebook data file which gives messages for operator relative to a specific ship position. This will happenso that user defines Range for each ...

304 · Pilot Data Modes of Pilot Data A Pilot Data can be selected for Monitor mode, which means that Pilot Data gives user predefined messages foroperator relative to a specific ship position. An other mode is for modifying Pilot Data in Plan mode. In Plan modepilot Data is used to define predefined...

Pilot Data · 305 How to use normally Operation of Pilot data push button is following: 1. When you press PILOT DATA push button, PILOT DATA dialog box will appear to Dialog box area. 2. If you already have PILOT DATA dialog box on display and you press PILOT DATA push button, you will get Pilot data...

306 · Pilot Data How to select Pilot Data for Monitor mode Pilot Data which is for System use is displayed on Upper status bar in field of Pilot Data. If text of Pilot Data is redit is indication that the Workstation is in plan mode for Pilot Data. To activate Monitor mode and select Pilot Datafor M...

Pilot Data · 307 Introduction of View sheet Sheet: "VIEW" If "Keep current page on" is notselected: · Opens View page · You can view any Pilot Datarecord using arrows. Selection "Enable changes" alwayschanges the Monitor Pilot Data toPlan Pilot Data mode Current: This indicat...

308 · Pilot Data How to select Pilot Data for Plan mode If text of Pilot Data on Upper right hand corner is black it is indication that the Workstation is in Monitoring mode for Pilot Data . To activate Plan mode and select Pilot Data for Plan mode, proceed as follows: 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. Press PILOT DAT...

Pilot Data · 309 Introduction of Edit sheet Sheet: "EDIT" Enable changes: User has to select this in order to do modifying. Note! You are able to modify Pilot Data when North Up or Course Up orientation is selected to be used. Current: This indicates current number of record which is activat...

310 · Pilot Data How to create a new Pilot data You can create and modify Pilot Data when you have select Plan mode of Pilot Data. NOTE: It is recommended to use TRUE MOTION display mode while editing. 1. 2. 3. To make a complete Pilot Data, proceed as follows: 1. Press twice PILOT DATA button. Sele...

Pilot Data · 311 How to select Pilot Data record to be modified To select Pilot Data to be modified open Edit sheet. In a Record field Current indicates Pilot Data which is currentlyto be modified. You have three alternatives to select desired Pilot Data: · Enter desired number of Pilot Data in Reco...

312 · Pilot Data Import Pilot data from other routes User is able to select Pilot Data records from other Pilot Data to import them to current Pilot Data. To import PilotData records proceed as follows: 1. In Edit sheet, press Import button. The following dialog box appears. 2. Select the Pilot Data...

314 · Backup Operations Category selection Operation on Hard disk Selection of Backup format Operation on Backup device How to find out right file category System automatically selects corresponding file depending on your selection. (E.g. Route Plan pushbutton selectsRoute Plans as default.) The cat...

Backup Operations · 315 How to copy a file to an other name You can change name of file using Rename function in Backup & Restore. To copy a file to another name, proceed as follows: 1. Select desired file category. 2. Select desired file in Hard Disk -field. 3. Press Rename button. 4. Enter new...

316 · Backup Operations Read from planning or navigation station If there is separate planning station connected to system, it is possible to read files from planning station tonavigation station and vice versa. 1. From Control Panel select desired pushbutton. 2. From menu select Backup and Restore ...

Backup Operations · 317 How to save route as ASCII text file Sometimes it is useful to save some information of Route as ASCII text file to be used with some other application,or if you like to restore some ASCII text produced by some other application to ECDIS. For more details seechapter "Appe...

318 · Backup Operations Backup of chart material The ECDIS provides a possibility to keep chart data base identical both in the hard disk of the ECDIS and the harddisk of the backup ECDIS. If you want make a backup of chart material to backup ECDIS, open Backup & Restoredialog box and proceed as...

Backup Operations · 319 Restore of chart material The ECDIS provides a possibility to keep chart data base identical both in the hard disk of the ECDIS and the harddisk of backup the ECDIS. If you want restore a backup of chart material from the backup ECDIS, open Backup &Restore dialog box and ...

Common Reference System · 321 Common Reference System Introduction A system can be combined using one or more Workstation(s). Alternatives for system are: · Single Workstation · Multi Workstation (For example Navigation Workstation(s) and Planning Station(s)) · Multi Workstation (For example Navigat...

322 · Common Reference System Control of common reference system If more than one workstation have been configured to be in the system, the following window is available whenpressing INITIAL SETTING button. 1.2.3. 1. Usage rights , following option are available to request Usage right: · Master , on...

Common Reference System · 323 Harmonised databases on Workstations When Multi workstation mode is used, information between Workstations is shared via Access Server. AccessServer takes care of harmonising data on all Workstations if any data listed below has been changed in one of theworkstations. ·...

324 · Common Reference System If the System recognise that any datamentioned above has been changed in oneWorkstation, Access Server indicates the needfor pending harmonisation using the windowbeside. When the Access Server recognises that theediting, loading, updating etc. session hasbeen completed...

Common Reference System · 325 Usage rights Workstation can have different Usage rights. Master and Multi (Slave) rights allow control of both Planning & Monitor modes and Navigation Sensors. Slave (Multi) and Plan usage rights allow only control Planning mode. Workstations can be set so that · O...

326 · Common Reference System provisional selection. Provisional selection may be used by the system if new Usage right selections are made inother Workstations 2. If based on your request, you got shared MULTI Usage rights, then Indication MULTI is shown in lower right hand corner of display. If on...

Common Reference System · 327 Sensor source for the System Normally sensor source of System is a single Workstation to which all the sensors are connected. All Workstationsshare the navigation Sensor. The Workstation selected as a Sensor source has all the connection to the sensors. In a list box of...

328 · Common Reference System Mode of Workstations The system is defined so that information and operations can be shared within Workstations. Sharing requires thatAccess Server is running in the defined Workstation (this definition is an installation parameters, see the TechnicalManual). Access Ser...

Common Reference System · 329 Troubleshooting If something fails when the Access Server harmonises Workstations, following window(s) appears to indicating thatharmonising has been failed for some reason. What to do if pending Access Server window remains on screen The window below indicates that ope...

330 · Common Reference System Access Server log Access Server log is used to analyse and to make diagnose of Access Server operation. Service personnel can usethis log to check operation of Access Server. To activate Access Server log: 1. Press INITIAL SETTINGS button. 2. Select Access Server and Di...

Navigation Sensors · 331 Navigation Sensors How to select Navigation sensors User can select navigation sensors used in navigation and view their current values. Checkbox status shows whether to use the sensor for integrated navigation or not. If there is no value with sensor itindicates that sensor...

332 · Navigation Sensors Note: If you have a dual axis Doppler log, which can measure both water and bottom track, then installationparameters could be set to receive water track as log device. Dual log (water): If selected, sensor is used as speed and course source. (water) is used to indicate that...

Navigation Sensors · 335 Sheet "Other" To select betweenSpeed/Course, Position, Otheror Record sheets to be openedeither press button or go by cursor aboveSpeed/Course, Position, Otheror Record text and pressSELECT True wind: In this field Wind (True or North) speed (Kt or m/s) and course ar...

336 · Navigation Sensors Source of position Use Figure below to find source of position. Kalman filter uses all position sensors, which have either primary or secondary, as input for its calculation. GPS in differential operation mode and SYLEDIS position sensors (high precision position sensors) ar...

Navigation Sensors · 337 If a selected DGPS sensor changes its operation mode and if user has used selection Primary or Secondary , then the system generates alarm " 4027 DGPS pos. source change " (4027 for first sensor, 4028 for second etc.). These alarms are suppressed if user has used sel...

Navigation Sensors · 341 Double Gyro interface for DNV NAUT-AW DNV NAUT-AW requires double gyro interface for Track Control System, which consists of ECDIS and trackpilot.The benefit of this arrangement is that loss of a single gyro do not interrupt track control. The Track Control Systemcan smoothl...

342 · Navigation Sensors · (cor1), indicates that heading used by ECDIS is from Gyro 1 and that gyro correction has been used · (cor2), indicates that heading used by ECDIS is from Gyro 1 and that gyro correction has been used · (mg1), indicates that heading used by ECDIS is from Gyro 1 which is a m...

Navigation Sensors · 343 Filter Operation The ECDIS includes an automatic multisensor Kalman filter for position. The filter can calculate the estimate ofposition using simultaneously all operative position sensors. Position sensors are shown by pressing SENSORS pushbutton. Operator can manually inc...

Navigation Sensors · 345 How to use position alignment The position alignment function is in order to final adjust the ship position by using Radar echo overlay, Referencetarget, radar echo target and ECDIS chart material. If position alignment is in use, the ECDIS will generate following alarm ever...

346 · Navigation Sensors 5. If the position source is Dead Reckoning, then chart align was used to set a new start position to the Dead Reckoning. In this case there is no offset and no indication test OFFSET. If the position source is somethingelse than Dead Reckoning, then the indication of OFFSET...

Navigation Sensors · 347 Position alignment by means of the ARPA radar User chart, showing coast line, buoys, etc., can be used as a position reference once the ARPA radar is able to seethese objects. If the ARPA radar targets and the User Chart are not exactly overlapping there is either position e...

348 · Navigation Sensors ARPA Radar with CHART ALIGN push-button 1. User chart must be available on the radar. 2. Press CHART ALIGN push-button on the ARPA radar display once. Then use ARPA radar display track ball and move the User Chart so that it overlaps correct radar echoes. Press CHART ALIGN p...

Navigation Sensors · 349 Gyro error correction Typical gyro error sources are: installation offset, speed/latitude error and dynamic settling error. Typically youdetect gyro error on a User chart superimposed on the ARPA picture, on ARPA targets drawn on the ECDIS screenor on radar overlay drawn on ...

350 · Navigation Sensors SENSORS pushbutton To select betweenSpeed/Course, Position orOther sheets to be openedeither press button or go by cursor above Speed/Course, Position orOther text and press SELECT The current value of Gyro correction and its method is displayed in Sensors,Other sheet. See e...

352 · Navigation Sensors Use Reference targets for automatic Gyro error correction Gyro error correction can be calculated in real-time using Reference Target function of the system. The file containing Reference Targets must have at least 8 Reference Targets inserted. The ARPA radar must findsimult...

Navigation Sensors · 353 Wind sensor Connected Wind sensor is available in Sensors Other sheet. SENSORS pushbutton The system displays wind as True Wind or Relative Wind (see picture below). Unit of wind can be selected either m/s or Kt . The common understanding of wind modes is: The wind as measur...

354 · Navigation Sensors Depth sensor Connected Depth sensor i.e. Echosounder is available in Sensors Other sheet. SENSORS pushbutton To select betweenSpeed/Course, Position orOther sheets to be openedeither press button or go by cursor above Speed/Course, Position orOther text and press SELECT The ...

Navigation Sensors · 355 Sensor related alarms Following alarms, which are not described elsewhere, are related to different sensors: " 2055 ARPA Radar Comm. Error", if the system has lost connection to an connected ARPA radar 1. As a consequence the system loses tracked ARPA targets and spe...

ARPA Target functions · 357 ARPA Target functions Display of ARPA radar targets Targets which are tracked by ARPA radar, can also be displayed on ECDIS screen. Select ARPA targets Std orOther position on Tracking sheet of Chart Display dialog box. There are two kind of targets displayed on electroni...

358 · ARPA Target functions ECDIS shows it as safe and vice versa. You can set CPA and TCPA limits used by the ECDIS in Danger Targetssheet of Voyage Recording. For more information, see chapter "How to set conditions of viewing and loggingDanger Targets" on page 387. Display of lost ARPA ra...

ARPA Target functions · 359 If display mode of own ship is True motion (TM): Indication of TrueVect is displayed as black text, indication ofRelVect is displayed as orange text. If display mode of own ship is Relative motion (RM): Indication of TrueVect is displayed as orange text, indicationof RelV...

360 · ARPA Target functions 1. Press VOYAGE RECORD button. 2. Select Settings from the menu 3. Select Danger Targets sheet open. Set desired limits for CPA and TCPA. Note, these limits are only for ECDIS. ARPA radar has its own setting fordangerous targets and thus a target which is dangerous at ARP...

362 · ARPA Target functions Source of ARPA radar targets Source of ARPA radar targets is permanently shown on upper bar (see example below). You can select another source of ARPA radar targets from Radar window. Press RADAR button and use ARPA target source selection. Source of ARPA radar targets re...

ARPA Target functions · 363 Display ARPA target past positions To display ARPA target past tracks, proceed as followed: 1. Press Chart display button. 2. Select Tracking sheet open. Select ARPA targets either Std or Other position. 3. ARPA Target past track will appear. The distance of track depends...

364 · ARPA Target functions ARPA Target recording functions Target recording is used to record ARPA targets information to danger targets log. For more information recordingof danger target, "Danger targets log" on page 386. Using ARPA targets for chart align Targets can be used to chart ali...

AIS target functions · 365 AIS target functions Introduction An AIS transponder can be connected to the ECDIS, in where AIS targets are displayed based on informationreceived from the AIS transponder. The ECDIS can store simultaneous 1000 AIS targets in it's storage buffer.Alarm 3501 inform about fu...

366 · AIS target functions Display of AIS target Targets which are tracked by AIS Transponder, can also be displayed on ECDIS screen. Select AIS targets Std or Other position on Tracking sheet of Chart Display dialog box. Also name of vessel can be displayed with the symbol if AIS target names is se...

AIS target functions · 367 Display of dangerous AIS targets A dangerous AIS target is displayed as a blinking target symbols between colours green and red. The ECDIS has itscommon definition for dangerous target limits. You can set CPA and TCPA limits used by the ECDIS in DangerTargets sheet of Voya...

368 · AIS target functions Source of AIS targets related alarm Alarm "3500 AIS Target Overflow" warns that Maximum count of AIS targets set to be displayed on ECDIS has been exceeded within defined Maximum range. It is possible that some of AIS targets are not displayed on ECDIS.To get all A...

370 · AIS target functions Display of AIS interface status User can verify status of AIS interface on Other page of SENSORS. Lower part of this page is reserved formonitoring it as follows: · Received Data , whether data from AIS transponder iscorrectly received or not(Status: OK or Fail ). · Displa...

Radar Echo Overlay · 371 Radar Echo Overlay Introduction This ECDIS can have an optional Radar Echo Overlay. This means that the radar echo image can be transferredfrom the radar unit into the ECDIS chart display. This ECDIS has many features to support exact match in scale and orientation of the ch...

372 · Radar Echo Overlay How to activate radar echo overlay on the ECDIS Radar echo overlay can be transferred into the ECDIS display. Like the other details of vector charts radar echooverlay can add or remove from chart display. In a Tracking sheet of Chart Details there is a control for Radarover...

Radar Echo Overlay · 373 Display modes of radar echo overlay You can select following presentation modes of Radar image: ECDIS only: Only chart is displayed in the ECDIS. ECDIS and Radar: With S57 Chart material radar echo image is mixed into chart so that some chart features are underlying radar im...

374 · Radar Echo Overlay How to adjust radar echo overlay visual image There are several switches in Radar Overlay Settings to adjust radar echo overlay visual image (Gain, Sea clutter,Rain clutter, Echo trail, Interference reject, Echo stretch, Noise display). Note , The controls of Gain, Sea Clutt...

Radar Echo Overlay · 375 Rain clutter filter Rain clutter filter control is used as countermeasure against rain in radar echo image. When you adjust Rain clutter filter, Noise Display mode is automatically switch to ON to show also lower levelradar echo image. Echo trail time and trail presentation ...

376 · Radar Echo Overlay Relative trail presentation mode. Interference reject Interference reject has three alternatives: OFF, LOW and HIGH. Select suitable to reduce interference of other radarand to suppress also amount of noise. Recommended positions are HIGH and LOW. Noise display Radar echoes ...

Radar Echo Overlay · 377 Echo Stretch Echo stretch is used to emphasise radar echo to increase detectability of targets. Position LOW emphasise bothnoise and target level echoes while position HIGH emphasise only target level echoes. Echo stretch HIGH . Echo stretch OFF . Echo Overload situation Imp...

378 · Radar Echo Overlay How to adjust radar echo overlay to match positionsof chart features Error sources of radar echo image and chart display miss match Mariner should be aware that there are several reasons why the radar echo image and chart display do not matchexactly. One should also be aware...

Radar Echo Overlay · 379 How to adjust bearing error To adjust bearing error which is caused by gyro, you have three different alternatives: 1. Manual · Adjust value of manual gyro correction. 2. Table based gyro speed/latitude correction (Note! The build in correction inside the ECDIS doesn't corre...

380 · Radar Echo Overlay Manual gyro correction in use Note! ARPA targets and radar echo overlay match perfectly. Chart features and radar echo overlay match perfectly. How to adjust position error How to verify position and align it if required See chapter "Position alignment by means of ECDIS&...

Recording functions · 381 Recording functions Introduction An ECDIS EC1000 has capability to record various voyage related things like movement and position of own shipand dangerous targets based on ARPA radar. The Voyage log is used to record entire voyage i.e. a sailing of a route from first point...

382 · Recording functions Voyage recording Details log Details log contains information of last 12 hours. Various information is recorded in Details log once per minute: · Date and time · Position of own ship which is based on selection of position sensors. For more information, see chapter "Sou...

Recording functions · 383 Voyage log This log consists information from the entire voyage. Recorded events are: · Changes of course and speed are recorded. User can define limits for course change and speed change of ownship to be recorded. (Type:Ship) · User is able to define time period, how often...

384 · Recording functions How to set conditions of logging User can define limits for course change and speed change of own ship to be recorded and also time period forautomatic logging. To set them, proceed as followed: 1. Press VOYAGE RECORD button. 2. Select Settings from the menu 3. Select Voyag...

Recording functions · 385 How to save Positions User can record various positions in the voyage log. They include: · direct sensor position (in example below such are DGPS and GLL+ZDA) · positions calculated by the system (in example below such are Kalman filter and Dead reckoning) · user observatio...

386 · Recording functions Danger targets log Danger Target Log is used to store information of targets which are received from ARPA radar (ARPA targets)and/or targets which are received from AIS transponder (AIS targets). If any of targets, either ARPA target or AIS target, is within CPA and TCPA, i...

Recording functions · 387 How to set conditions of viewing and logging Danger Targets User can set Closest Point of Arrival (CPA), Time for CPA (TCPA) and Log interval for viewing dangerous ARPAand AIS targets on ECDIS display, a dangerous ARPA and AIS target is blinking between green and red colour...

388 · Recording functions Chart usage log In Chart usage log is used to store information of charts which were displayed in the ECDIS chart display area orwhich were used for Chart Alarms. The following information is recorded by the system: · Chart ID. · Chart edition. · The latest update included ...

Recording functions · 389 4. Move cursor to location where you want to stop printing and press SELECT button in Control Panel. 5. Select Print in File menu. 6. A Print dialog box appears, press OK . 7. Selected rows are printed. Selected part of log before print. Highlighted part of log will be prin...

390 · Recording functions How to make backup copy from Details, Voyage or Danger Targetslog If necessary you can make a backup copy of ECDIS logs onto floppy disk as follows: 1. Press VOYAGE RECORD button. 2. Select Backup and Restore from the menu. 3. A Backup and Restore window appears, Select des...

Recording functions · 391 How to make an User chart from the log (Past track) This procedure is the same if you make User Chart from Details, Voyage log or Danger Target log (past track ofDanger Target log is useful when you make an User Chart from single target). 1. Press Voyage Record pushbutton. ...

392 · Recording functions Alarms log An Alarm's log is used to collect and record alarms generated by the system. User is able to view list of generatedalarms using alarm log viewing program. Possible view of latest alarm. A time and date, number of alarm and explanation are listed in Latest alarm l...

Recording functions · 393 Distance and Trip counters Distance and Trip counters have separatefields both through water and over grounddistances. This information is available onOther page of Select Sensors. To resetDistance and/or Trip counter, see chapter"How to reset distance counter and tripc...

396 · Datum ECDIS and Datum The real ECDIS uses ENC material, produced to standards using WGS-84 Datum. Positioning devices connected toECDIS must work in the WGS-84 Datum. The IMO resolution requires that the ECDIS must give an alarm, if thedatum of positioning device is not the WGS-84. In practice...

Parameters setup · 397 Parameters setup Parameters There are in the INITIAL SETTING menu Installation parameters , Navigation parameters and Optimization parameters commands, which define the configuration of ECDIS and operative parameters which are either used to control steering and navigation cal...

398 · Parameters setup Following windows appear, when you try to set time anyother Workstation: Only Time zone can be set. Select desired time zonefrom the list box. If time is liked to be set, you have toset it a Workstation selected as Sensor source. Parameter backup: User can take backup copy fro...

Parameters setup · 399 2. Select desired datum from Datum the list box. 3. Selected datum is shown on the Upper information area. Selected datum is shown on Upper information area (in this case European 1950). Navigation parameters setting Ship and route parameters The purpose of Navigation paramete...

Parameters setup · 401 Forwarding distance The forwarding distance is the distance the ship travels straight after the steering command is given to the autopilot.This distance may vary with a different required radius of turn. The logic to verify the correct distance is to performa manoeuvre of 90 d...

402 · Parameters setup Optimization parameters setting The optimization parameters are used in optimization calculation. Therefore it must be defined these parametersbefore calculation. In order to get modify Optimization parameters, proceed as follows: 1. From Control Panel press INITIAL SETTING 2....

Colour Calibration · 403 Colour Calibration Settings of colour calibration NOTE! Use of the brilliance control (with FEA-2105 monitor) and brightness and/or contrast control (withConrac monitor) may adversely affect the visibility of information on the night display. Brilliance, (FEA-2105 monitor) a...

404 · Colour Calibration Colour Differentiation test for S57 charts It is a known thing that the colours in a monitor change when the monitor ages. Also you may want to use othersetting of the Brilliance, (FEA-2105 monitor) and Brightness and Contrast, (CONRAC monitor), than the "CAL"positio...

Colour Calibration · 405 Grey Scale test Set Brilliance and Contrast to calibrated positions . Use Grey Scale to visually inspect neutral shades of grey. Note, during Selftest the ECDIS is unable to do any navigation related things and as an indication the System Failure is activated in the Control ...

Conning Display · 407 Conning Display System Configuration The ECDIS is able to receive information from various sensors. The ECDIS can adopt information either in analogicor in serial data format which is sent by the sensors, makes navigation calculation from received data and shows thisinformation...

408 · Conning Display Display Interpretation Conning display is used to display collected data from different sensors. In a Conning display you have followingoptions to choose which information is shown on conning display. This depends on which sensors are installed andconnected on board the vessel....

Conning Display · 409 Rate of Turn information In this window user can monitor actual R.O.T, which is displayed as numericalinformation in an upper box and below this box same value is shown withdirection by horizontal bar. Indication CALC is displayed if R.O.T. is calculated by the System. See also...

410 · Conning Display Position information This is called Position window. The following information is displayed: · LAT and LON of own ship position · Source of own ship position, see also Chapter "Navigation Sensors". · Datum of own ship position. See Chapter "How to select Datum"....

Conning Display · 411 Route information This is called Route window. When you have select a Route to be monitoredfollowing information is displayed in this window. · "To WP" is the waypoint ship is approaching · Route is calculated set course to follow the Monitored route including offtrack,...

412 · Conning Display Depth information This is called Depth window. Three alternatives are available: 50m, 100m and 200m depth scale. There is displayedgraphically last 30 minutes depth information from Echo Sounder and depth alarm limit See also Chapter "DepthSensor". Fuel consumption info...

Conning Display · 413 Propellers information Three different examples of Propeller window which can be displayed in Conning Display. The content of thiswindow is defined in Propellers1-4 of Installation parameters. Azimuth propulsion Two different examples of Azimuth propulsion window which can be d...

414 · Conning Display Speed Pilot Information This is called Speed Pilot window. Following information is displayed in thiswindow: · ROUTE ; Optimization type of Monitored route. · PLAN LEG ; planned speed for current leg (based on plan). · SUGGESTED ; If optimization type is timetable, then this in...

Conning Display · 415 Modes of Conning Display Conning display is used to display collected data from different sensors and also data from ECDIS and Track Pilotprocessors. There are four different Conning display modes; Harbour 1 mode, Harbour 2 mode, Navigate 1 modeand Navigate 2 mode. These modes ...

418 · Alarms Description of the alarm priority system The permanently visible alarm in lower status bar is the top most i.e. latest most urgent alarm in any moment.Alarms has priority from 1 to 10 to control urgency. Priority 1 is highest. The list of alarms chapters show thesepriorities for each al...

Alarms · 419 List of alarms List of Navigation alarms Alarm number 1101: REFTGT: NO FILE SELECTED /7 ------------------------------------ USE 'REFERENCE TARGET' BUTTON TO SELECT VALID REFEFERENCE TARGET FILE Alarm number 1102: REFTGT: NEED 8 TARGETS /7 ------------------------------------ FILE MUST ...

Alarms · 429 List of Chart alarms Alarm number 5001: NEW PILOT DATA /2/10 Alarm number 5100: SAFETY CONTOUR /2/10 Alarm number 5101: AREAS TO BE AVOIDED /2/10 Alarm number 5102: SPECIALLY PROTECTED AREAS/2/10 Alarm number 5103: USER CHART DANGER AREA /2/10 Alarm number 5104: TRAFFIC SEPARATION ZONE ...

Definition of Terms · 431 Definition of Terms List of terms APPROACHING POINT (AP) A user selected point where a turning alarm is initiated. AUTOMATIC RADAR PLOTTING AID (ARPA) A system wherein radar targets are automatically acquired, tracked and collision situations computer assessed andwarning gi...

434 · Definition of Terms Figure 1 FROM WP TO WP HDG =Heading COG, SOG = Course Over GroundSpeed Over Ground Set and Drift OFF TRACK PLAN = Center line ofmonitored route ROUTE = Calculated courseto minimize off track Figure 1 Figure 2 forwardingdistance = f Wheel Over Point WOP radius next course Ap...

Appendix 1 · 435 Appendix 1 IHO ECDIS chart 1 International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) has published a set of charts, where you can find examples of usedsymbology in S57. You can study them with "Info/Help" and by changing different layer ON and OFF in "ChartDisplay". Everything...

Appendix 2 · 441 Appendix 2 Short introduction to interpret display of S57 charts Following examples gives you a short introduction to features of S57 charts which may not be obvious without somebasic knowledge. Paper Chart or Simplified Symbols Two colour or Multi colour Depth

442 · Appendix 2 Plain or Symbolised Boundaries Limited or Full Light sectors Shallow, Safety and Deep Contours Shallow = 2m, Safety = 5m and Deep = 10m. Shallow = 5m, Safety = 10m and Deep = 20m

Appendix 2 · 443 Safety depth = 6m. Safety depth = 10m. Shallow pattern Sheet Standard: Unknown object or Presentation

444 · Appendix 2 Sheet Standard: Chart data coverage Sheet Standard: Land features Sheet Standard: Water and seabed features

Appendix 2 · 445 Sheet Standard: Traffic routes Sheet Standard: Cautionary areas Sheet Standard: Information areas

446 · Appendix 2 Sheet Standard: Buoys and beacons Sheet Standard: Lights Sheet Standard: Fog signals Sheet Standard: Radars

Appendix 2 · 447 Sheet Standard: Services Sheet Other: Information about chart data Sheet Other: Land features

448 · Appendix 2 Sheet Other: Soundings Sheet Other: Depth contours, current magnetic Sheet Other: Seabed and Obstructions

Appendix 2 · 449 Sheet Other: Services and small craft facilities Sheet Other: Special areas Sheet Other: Additional information available

450 · Appendix 2 Sheet Other: Important text Sheet Other: Other text Names for position reporting Light descriptions

Appendix 2 · 451 Nature of Seabed Geographic names, etc. Swept depths, Magnetics

454 · Appendix 3 S57 chart managing with C-MAP charts Licence system used by the C-MAP The licence system with C-MAP is based on serial numbered CD-ROMs and Authorisation Codes received from C-MAP Norway A/S. You select either required C-MAP Areas or Zones and your Electronic Chart System generatesa...

Appendix 3 · 455 How to load Serial Number of CD-ROM Each CD-ROM has individual Serial Number which is used to identify user of C-MAP charts. In order to load SerialNumber into the ECDIS, proceed as follows: 1. Press CHART PLAN push button 2. Select Permit Management from the menu. 3. Press Non-Ho b...

456 · Appendix 3 How to define subscription by zones The content of CD-ROM is divided into nine zones (1/0 - 9/0) and each zone has been divided in various number ofAreas (1/1 - 1/16…9/1 - 9/2). A various number of charts are included into each Area. You can define charts youlike to have in your cha...

Appendix 3 · 457 How to define subscription by areas The content of CD-ROM is divided into nine zones (1/0 - 9/0) and each zones has divided various number of Areas(1/1 - 1/16 … 9/1 - 9/2). The various number of charts are included to Area. You can define chart you like to havein your chart folio ei...

458 · Appendix 3 How to enter Authorisation Code An Authorisation Code allows you to define your subscription to C-MAP. Based on your User Code you receiveAuthorisation Code from the C-MAP. You have to enter this string into the ECDIS. In order to do it, proceed asfollows: 1. Press CHART PLAN push b...

Appendix 3 · 459 How to load C-MAP charts from a CD into the system When you load C-MAP charts by CD Catalogue, the system first load a CD catalog, which stores certain informationinto the hard disk such as cells ID, their position, edition number, from your LAN (Local Area Network) connection,flopp...

Appendix 3 · 463 Use of CD Catalogue For C-MAP charts the CD Catalogue contains Summary of the charts (note that CD Publisher Notes are not availablefor C-MAP). Sometimes it is necessary to reload charts from the CD-ROM. These things can be done as shownbelow. CHART PLAN push button 1. Press CHART P...

464 · Appendix 3 Catalogue of S57 cells with C-MAP charts A S57 catalogue is used to view your cells stored into the hard disk or named "CD catalogues". You view limits ofcells in S57 Catalog window. It is possible to pick any cell by going over its limit using the cursor and then see theinf...

466 · Appendix 3 Group of S57 cells with C-MAP charts You can create groups of your own. This means that you define a group, which consists only those cells you areinterested in. This makes easier to maintain cells, which are loaded into the system or which will be loaded into thesystem. How to crea...

Appendix 3 · 467 How to add new cells into a group You can add new cells into your group by framing desired area. After you have entered name for group, press Add frame... button in S57 catalog dialog box. After that you can make a frame in S57 window moving cursor desired location and pressing SELE...

468 · Appendix 3 Note! If you select Permit check box, the system will display only chart cells for which you have permits. When you are satisfied with selection you have done, press Save button to save defined group. You can save your chart cells also into text file, if you like to have a list of c...

Appendix 3 · 469 How to select active group for viewing with catalog To select active group proceed as follows: 1. Press CHART PLAN push button. Select Catalog from the menu. 2. Press Groups... button in S57 Catalog dialog box. A Chart group dialog box appears. 3. Select desired group from Edit grou...

470 · Appendix 3 2. Select Remove command from the menu. There will appear a chart list dialog. 3. Select desired chart cells to remove them from the system. You can remove native data (A, B, C, D; E, F or Z) or SENC format (snc). 4. Press Remove button. System will remove files from the hard disk. ...

Appendix 4 · 471 Appendix 4 Route backup & restore in ASCII format Sometimes it is useful to save some information of Route as ASCII text file to be used with some other application,or if you like to restore some ASCII text produced by some other application to ECDIS. ECDIS can generate aASCII t...

472 · Appendix 4 An example to move ECDIS Route data into an Excel file There is an example how to import Waypoints' name and Latitude/Longitude values to Microsoft Excel table. Above is shown a source of route as "WP Report" of Route Planning. 1. Press ROUTE PLAN button on Control Panel and...

Appendix 4 · 473 An example to move Route data from Excel file into ECDIS There is an example how to import Waypoints' name and Latitude/Longitude values from Microsoft Excel table intoECDIS. 1. In MS Excel you have information copy desired columns to clipboard from MS Excel (first highlight data in...

Appendix 5 · 475 Appendix 5 Declaration of conformity Declaration of conformity (Pub NO. DOC-101) is attached in Appendix 5 EC type examination (module B) certificate EC type examination (module B) certificate for ECDIS is attached in Appendix 5 . EC quality system (module D) certificate EC quality ...