Furuno RP-250 - Manuals

iv FOREWORD A Word to the Owner of the RP-250 FURUNO Electric Company thanks you for purchasing the RP-250 Video Plotter. We are confident you will discover why the FURUNO name has become synonymous with quality and reliability. For over 50 years FURUNO Electric Company has enjoyed an enviable reput...

1 1 OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.1 General The Video Plotter RP-250 is an optional circuit board (RP board) which is accommodated in the display unit of the FR-2105 series radar. It permits use of two memory cards, a memory card (RAM card) for storing own ship and other ship tracks and marks, and the othe...

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 2 1.2 Controls Powerswitch Control head Cardslot FR-2105 series radar display unit HL OFF 1 OFF CENTER 4 EBL 7 TARGET TRAILS CANCEL PANEL BRILL 2 VECTOR 5 CHART ALIGN 8 CU, TMRESET 0 MODE 3 LOST TARGET 6 MARK 9 A/C AUTO ENTER TARGET CANCEL TARGET DATA ACQ AUDIO OFF RADAR MENU...

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 3 1.3 Choosing Display Mode 1. Press the [RADAR MENU] key. 2. Press the [9] key to choose display mode desired. The illustration at the bottom of the page shows a sample video plotter display. Note that the video plotter is not available when SHIP TYPE is set for DEEP SEA. No...

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 4 About the radar/video plotter display When using the radar/video plotter display, you may erase marks, lines, grid, etc. from the display to give priority to the radar display. This is also useful for brightening charts. 1. Press the [NAV MENU] key to show the VIDEO PLOTTER...

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 5 1.5 Charts This section shows you how to display charts and correct their position. Both the chart card and memory card are susceptible to sunlight. Handle them carefully, following the guidelines below. • Keep them away from direct sunlight and heat sources. • Keep cards a...

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 6 Canceling chart position correction 1. Press the [NAV MENU] and [0] keys to show the VIDEO PLOTTER 2 menu. 2. Press the [2] key to choose NAV DATA POSN. 3. Press the [ENTER] key to cancel correction. 4. Press the [NAV MENU] key to close the menu. Cursor position correction ...

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 7 5. Press any menu key to close the menu. Note 1: LAND DENSITY fills (ON) or hollows (OFF) land on an electronic chart. Land will be hollow when wrong card or wrong scale is used, regardless of LAND DENSITY setting. Note 2: OWN SHIP PLOT functions as follows: OFF: Own track ...

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 8 For manual input of position (item 4), do the following: a) Press the [4] key. b) Enter latitude in six digits with the numeric keys. c) Press the [ENTER] key. (To change coordinate, press the [4] key and then press the [ENTER] key). d) Enter longitude in eight digits. e) P...

9 2 TRACK This section provides the information necessary for setting the track display conditions for own ship and other vessels. 2.1 Stopping Plotting of Own Ship's Track 1. Press the [NAV MENU] and [5] keys. [OWN SHIP, TARGET PLOT] 1 [VIDEO PLOTTER(1)] 2 RECORD OWN SHIP PLOT OFF/ON 3 OWN SHIP PLO...

2. TRACK 10 2.3 Track Plotting Interval The memory stores ship's position in latitude and longitude at a sampling rate set on the OWN SHIP, TARGET PLOT menu. The position data so stored is used to display past own ship's track on the screen. The memory for own ship track and other ship track is 20,0...

2. TRACK 11 2.4 Smoothing Even when the vessel is sailing in a straight line the track shown on the display looks irregular. This is due to signal variation of the external navaid. You can compensate for this irregularity with smoothing. A smoothing factor between 1 and 9 is available. OFF provides ...

2. TRACK 12 2.6 Own Ship Track Color You may display own ship’s track in red, magenta, yellow*, green*, cyan, blue or white* as below. (* = Not available on IMO type.) 1. Press the [NAV MENU] key and the [5] key to choose OWN SHIP, TARGET PLOT. 2. Press the [4] key to choose color desired. 3. Press ...

13 3 MARKS, LINES You can inscribe marks on the display to note important points, for example, a buoy or a wreck. The mark memory capacity is 20,000 points. 3.1 Choosing Method of Entry Marks can be entered by cursor position, specific latitude and longitude or own ship position. 1. Press the [NAV M...

3. MARKS, LINES 14 2. For entry at own ship’s position, enter mark number to choose desired mark, followed by the [ENTER] key. The chosen mark appears at own ship position. 3. For entry by cursor, operate the trackball to place the cursor on the position desired for the mark. Enter mark number to ch...

3. MARKS, LINES 15 3.3 Mark/Line Color Not available on IMO type. 1. Press the [MARK] key. 2. Press [2], [3] and [ENTER] key. 3. Continue pressing the [ENTER] to choose desired mark color. 4. Press the [CANCEL] key to close the menu. Then, marks/lines will be inscribed in the color selected. 3.4 Era...

3. MARKS, LINES 16 3.5 Finding Mark/Line Memory Used 1. Press the [NAV MENU] and [0] keys. Mark memory used appears as below. MEMORY IN USE OWN SHIP = 03456 TARGET = 01124 MARK = 00021 MEMORY IN USE display 2. Press the [NAV MENU] key to close the menu.

17 4 WAYPOINTS, NAVIGATION LINES 4.1 Entering Waypoints 100 waypoints are available. The user may enter position data in waypoints 01-98, by the trackball, by latitude and longitude position, and at own ship position. Waypoint 00 is reserved for own ship position and waypoint 99 is for a waypoint fr...

4. WAYPOINTS, NAV LINES 18 4.1.3 Entering waypoints at own ship position 1. Press the [NAV MENU], [4] and [2] keys. 2. Press the [2] key to choose OWN SHIP POSN. 3. Press the [3] key to choose WPT NO. 4. Enter waypoint number in two digits with the numeric keys and then press the [ENTER] key. 5. Pre...

4. WAYPOINTS, NAV LINE 19 4.3 Displaying Waypoints A waypoint may be shown on the display as below. 4.3.1 Displaying waypoints 1. Press the [NAV MENU] and [2] keys to choose the WAYPOINT menu. [WAY POINT] 1 [NAV INFORMATION(1)]2 WPT MARK OFF/ON3 WPT WPT 00 WPT 00 WPT 00 WPT 00 WPT 004 5 67 WPT DATA ...

4. WAYPOINTS, NAV LINES 20 4.4 Deleting Waypoints Waypoints can be deleted individually or collectively. 4.4.1 Deleting individual waypoints 1. Press the [NAV MENU], [4] and [3] keys to display the waypoint list. 2. Press the [0] key to display the page which contains the waypoint you want to delete...

4. WAYPOINTS, NAV LINE 21 4.5.2 Adding waypoints to navigation lines To add waypoints to a navigation line, do the following: 1. Press the [NAV MENU], [4] and [5] keys. 2. Press the [2] key. Enter navigation line number and then press the [ENTER] key twice. 3. Press the [8] key. 4. Enter “FROM” wayp...

4. WAYPOINTS, NAV LINES 22 4.5.7 Setting up navigation lines Navigation lines may be set up as follows: 1. Press the [NAV MENU] and [3] keys. [NAV LINE] 1 [NAV INFORMATION(1)]2 NAV LINE OFF/ON3 NAV LINE NO. ® ® ® ® 4 NAV WIDTH OFF/ON 0.00NM 5 6 WPT NO. **® ®**® ( ** ) ® ( ** ) 7 NAV LINE DATA VIDEO ...

4. WAYPOINTS, NAV LINES 24 4.5.8 Displaying navigation lines Set nav line as show in previous paragraph and then follow the procedure below to display nav line. 1. Press the [NAV MENU] and [3] keys. 2. Press the [3] key to choose NAV LINE NO. 3. Key in nav line no. with the numeric keys and then pre...

25 5 RECORDING, REPLAYING DATA 5.1 Formatting Memory Cards Before you can use a memory card (RAM card) with the RP-250, the card must be formatted. Formatting prepares the recording surface of the card for use with the system. The RAM card comes in three types shown below. Note: You may format previ...

5. RECORDING, REPLAYING DATA 26 5.2 Recording Data When the track memory becomes full, the oldest track is erased to make room for the latest. Further, when the mark memory becomes full you cannot enter another mark unless you erase a mark. If you need to keep track and marks, save them to a memory ...

27 6 OTHER PLOTTER FUNCTIONS 6.1 Initial Settings An item on the PLOTTER DISP SELECT menu can be deleted through the VIDEO PLOTTER INITIAL SETTING menu. To restore the item reselect it on the [PLOTTER DISP SELECT] menu, following paragraph 1.6.1. Note: Normally, the VIDEO PLOTTER INITIAL SETTING men...

6. OTHER PLOTTER FUNCTIONS 28 6.2 Longitude Error Table (on 96 nm range scale) The longitude lines concentrate on the north pole and south pole, namely, 1 nm is equivalent to 1 minute at 0 degree latitude, 2 minutes at 60 degrees latitude, 3 minutes at 70 degrees latitude and so on. For this reason,...

31 7 AIS OPERATION The AIS (Automatic Identification System) feature automatically provides navigation data on AIS-equipped ships. AIS symbol and AIS menus 1-3 are available in the Radar/Video Plotter and Video Plotter displays. It is not available in the Radar mode. WARNING Confirm compass reading ...

7. AIS OPERATION 32 Note 1: The RP-250 continues to process AIS targets when the AIS feature is switched off. When the AIS is again turned on, symbols are immediately displayed. Note 2: AIS symbols are momentarily erased after the screen is redrawn when bow direction is changed in the Head-up mode. ...

7. AIS OPERATION 33 Dangerous target When an AIS target violates the CPA/TCPA alarm setting (set on the ARPA 1 menu in case of ARPA or EPA menu in case of EPA) its symbol changes to the dangerous target symbol (red and flashing) and the indication “COLLISION” appears. Press the [AUDIO OFF] key to ac...

7. AIS OPERATION 34 7.4.3 Activating all sleeping AIS targets 1. Press the [AIS MENU] key to open the AIS menu. 2. Press the [7] key (ACTIVATE ALL TARGETS). 3. Press any menu key to close the menu. 7.5 Displaying Target Data 7.5.1 Basic target data 1. Place the cursor on an AIS target symbol. 2. Pre...

7. AIS OPERATION 35 7.5.2 Extended target data 1. With basic data displayed as in paragraph 7.4.1, press the [AIS MENU] key to open the AIS menu. 2. Press the [4] key (EXTENDED DATA) to display the selected target’s extended data. [EXTENDED DATA]1 [AIS1] NAME VOYAGER CALL SIGN 1436782 LAT 34 ° 44.23...

7. AIS OPERATION 36 7.6 Lost Target A target is declared a lost target when no data is received for six minutes or five reporting intervals, whichever is the shorter. When this occurs, the target is marked with the (flashing) lost target symbol and the indication “LOST” appears. Press the [LOST TARG...

7. AIS OPERATION 37 3. Press appropriate numeric key among 2-5 to choose the type of message you want to see. The example below shows a safety related message (addressed). [MESSAGE] 1 [AIS1]2 SAFETY RELATED MESSAGE (ADDRESSED) 3 SAFETY RELATED MESSAGE (BROADCAST)4 BINARY MESSAGE (ADDRESSED)5 BINARY ...

7. AIS OPERATION 38 7.8 History Display The history display shows equally time-spaced dots marking past positions of activated targets being tracked. A new dot is added at preset time intervals until the preset number is reached. If a target changes its speed, the spacing will be uneven. If it chang...

7. AIS OPERATION 39 7.8.2 Choosing history display attributes You may choose history point color, the number of history points to show per history plot interval and the history plot interval as below. 1. Press the [AIS MENU] key to open the AIS menu. 2. Press the [0] key to show the AIS2 menu. 3. Pr...

7. AIS OPERATION 40 7.10 Automatic Target Activation You may automatically activate all targets within a specific distance from own ship as below. Note that you may also automatically activate all targets within the ARPA’s automatic acquisition zone or guard zone. When a target enters the ARPA’s aut...

7. AIS OPERATION 41 7.12 ROT Display Setting You may set the lower limit of the ROT (Rate Of Turn) at which the heading line on target symbols will point in direction of turning. 1. Press the [AIS MENU] key to open the AIS menu. 2. Press the [0] key to show the AIS2 menu. 3. Press the [7] key (ROT T...

7. AIS OPERATION 42 7.13 Combining AIS with ARPA (fusion) If equipped with ARPA it may be jointly used with the AIS. In this case specify the parameters for which an ARPA target is converted to an AIS target. 1. Confirm that "ARPA" is shown at the top right-hand corner of the display and the...

7. AIS OPERATION 43 7.14 AIS System Messages AIS system messages are displayed at the bottom right corner of the screen. The table below shows the AIS system messages and their meanings. AIS system messages Message Meaning ARPA FUSION ARPA target converted to AIS target. The indication disappears wh...

45 8 MAINTENANCE 8.1 Replacing the Battery on the RP Board A battery installed on the RP board inside the radar display unit preserves video plotter setting data when the power is turned off. The life of the battery is about five years. When the battery voltage is low, NG (No Good) appears at the di...

8. MAINTENANCE 46 8.3 System Error If the equipment fails, the message “RP SYSTEM ERROR” appears (in red) at the bottom right-hand corner of the display, the equipment switches to the radar mode and the audible alarm sounds. When this occurs, turn the display unit off and on again. If the above mess...

47 9 INSTALLATION OF VIDEO PLOTTER KIT 9.1 Tabletop/Console Type Necessary parts RP-250-T-2E-N (Code No. 000-080-196), For NAVIONICS specification RP-250-T-2E-C (Code No. 000-080-197), For C-MAP specification Name Type Qty Code No. Remarks IF board Cable assy. M-card base M-card lid M-card case M-Ca...

9. INSTALLATION OF VIDEO PLOTTER KIT 48 1. Remove the right and left arm covers from the control head. Right and leftarm covers Pan Head Screw BM4 x 10, 2 pcs. Control Head Control head 2. Unfasten bolts (M10, 2 pcs.)hidden by arm covers to separate the display unit from the processor unit. 3. Pull ...

9. INSTALLATION OF VIDEO PLOTTER KIT 49 4. While raising the monitor until the CRT is horizontal as below, fix the stay as follows: a) Raise the stay as shown below. Stay HORIZONTAL WARNING Possibility of injury.Hold handle whenmounting display unit. Display unit may fall.Lock stay before servicing....

9. INSTALLATION OF VIDEO PLOTTER KIT 50 c) Release hand from stopper. Release stopper;stay is fixed. Stay fixed 5. Fasten the M-card case to the right arm cover as follows: a) Fasten the ground wire with an M4 x 8 screw and toothed washer (supplied) as shown below. b) Fasten the arm cover to the M-c...

9. INSTALLATION OF VIDEO PLOTTER KIT 51 Display pedestal Front panel Display pedestal, front view 8. Set the RP Board in the top slot of the pcb card case. 9. Run the cable assembly from the card assy. in front of the GYRO CONVERTER Board. 10. Plug the connector of the cable assembly in J1 on the RP...

9. INSTALLATION OF VIDEO PLOTTER KIT 52 13. Attach the NH connector assy. (supplied) to the AIS cable and then connect the NH connector to J4 on the RP Board. 20 mm (1) Cut shrink tubing in 20 mm lengths andslip onto each wire. (3) Heat shrink tubing with soldering iron. Shrink tubing (2) Solder con...

9. INSTALLATION OF VIDEO PLOTTER KIT 53 b) Insert supplied floppy disk in the PC, execute the “upe.bat” file. The PC displays “TARGET POWER ON.” c) Turn on the display unit to load the program. The PC displays “Finish Version up.ted” when the loading is completed. d) Disconnect the PC connection cab...

9. INSTALLATION OF VIDEO PLOTTER KIT 55 9.2 Separate Type Control Head Necessary parts RP-250-T-2E-N (Code No.: 000-080-196), For AVIONICS specification RP-250-T-2E-C (Code No.: 000-080-197), For C-MAP specification Name Type Qty Code No. Remarks IF board Cable assy. M-card base M-card lid M-card ca...

9. INSTALLATION OF VIDEO PLOTTER KIT 56 1. Follow steps 1 thru 4 in the previous paragraph to open the display unit. 2. Remove M-card lid, case and case cover from M-card assy. The case and case cover may be discarded. 3. Fasten the M-card assy. with one M4 x 8 screw as below. Fasten withM4 x 8 scre...

9. INSTALLATION OF VIDEO PLOTTER KIT 57 6. Fasten the ground wire in the cable assy. of the M-card assy. with an M3 x 8 screw and toothed washer (M3) as shown on the previous page. 7. Unfasten four pan head screws (M4 x 8) from the display pedestal to remove the front panel lid. 8. Set the RP Board ...

58 APPENDIX 1. Digital Interface (IEC 61162-2) Input sentences (RP Board, J4) VDM, ALR, VDO Data reception Data is received in serial asynchronous form in accordance with the standard referenced in IEC 61162-2. The following parameters are used: Baud rate: 38400, Data bits: 8 (D7 = 0), Parity: none,...

APPENDIX 59 VDO - UAIS VHF Data-link Own-vessel report !AIVDO,x,x,x,x,s--s,x*hh<CR><LF> | | | | | | | | | | | | | +--- 7 | | | | | +----- 6 | | | | +-------- 5 | | | +------------ 4 | | +-------------- 3 | +---------------- 2 +------------------ 1 1. Total number of sentences needed to t...

APPENDIX 60 2. Interface Function (1) Data displayed in the Basic data display - !AIVDM message 1-3 COG, SOG, HDG, ROT - !AIVDM message 5 call sign, ship’s name (2) Data displayed in the Extended data display - !AIVDM message 1-3 ship’s position (latitude, longitude), position accuracy, navigational...

APPENDIX 61 3. Main Board Modification (IEC 60936-1 related items) When the RP-250 is installed in the radar display unit of the FR-2105 series radar, the following modifications are done to the main board (SPU board, 03P9253): • The program of the main board (SPU board) is changed. The program no. ...

APPENDIX 62 4. Conditions Which Display the Alarm for WT and CPA/TCPA • When both VHW and VBW are input, priority is VBW>VHW. • When only VHW is received, status is as below. • When only VBW is received, status is as below. • When neither VHW or VBW is input, log error is displayed. STW selected ...

APPENDIX 63 5. Menu Tree Video plotter 1 [NAV INFORMATION(1)] 2 [WAYPOINT] 3 [NAV LINE] [NAV MENU] key VIDEO PLOTTER(1) 1 [VIDEO PLOTTER(1)]2 SELECT NAVAID ( GPS+LC , DEAD RECKONING, AIS) 3 OWN SHIP POSN ( OFF , L/L) 4 POSN (Enter own ship position.)5 +CURSOR DATA ( OFF , L/L) 6 WPT DATA ( OFF , REL...

SP - 1 E3047S01C SPECIFICATIONS OF VIDEO PLOTTER RP-250 1 GENERAL 1.1 Display Display of FR-2115 series Radar 1.2 Display Mode Radar picture overlaid on plotter picture 1.3 Presentation Mode North up (NU), True motion (TM), Course up (CU), Head up (HU), Cursor Gyro (CG) HU and CG modes display ship’...

IN-1 INDEX A AIS activating all sleeping targets..................... 34 activating targets ........................................ 31 automatic activation ................................... 40 dangerous targets ...................................... 33 displaying messages (automatic) ...............