Furuno RP180 - Manuals

iv FOREWORD A Word to RP-180 Owners Congratulations on your choice of the FURUNO RP-180 Video Plotter. We are confident you will see why the FURUNO name has become synonymous with quality and reliability. For nearly 50 years FURUNO Electric Company has enjoyed an enviable reputation for innovative a...

1-1 1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.1 Introduction The Video Plotter RP-180 is an optional circuit board (RP board) which is accommodated in the display unit of the FR-1500 MK3 series radar. It permits use of two memory cards, a memory card (RAM card) for storing own ship and other ship tracks and marks, ...

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-2 1.2 Controls Used By the Video Plotter, AIS SHIFT ZOOM 4 TGT TRAIL 2 TGT ALARM 3 INDEX LINE 5 EBL OFFSET 6 CANCEL CLEAR MODE 1 PLOT SYMBOL 7 MARK 8 F 1 9 F 2 0 MENU ENTER SELECT DIMMER BKGNDCOLOR AUDIO OFF TX STBY ON OFF FUNCT ION RINGS VRM ON OFF EBL POWER OFF ON GAIN HL...

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-4 10 11 12 NM HU RM Data, menudisplay area AIS: D Route Own ShipMarker Range Cursor WaypointMarker Grid Display Mode Coastline ProhibitedArea Mark AIS ActiveTarget Own Ship’sTrack Error Message Location AIS functionset for "DISP". Alarm Range Icon Origin Mark 1.4 Ch...

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-5 1.5 Shifting the Display 1.5.1 Shifting by the trackball The display can be shifted by the trackball up to 75% of the range in use in any direction. Operate the trackball to shift the display, and the display shifts in the direction the trackball is operated. When the cur...

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-6 1.6 Choosing Chart Scale The chart scale can be selected with the [RANGE+] and [RANGE-] key. A larger range shrinks the picture; a smaller one enlarges it.

2-1 2. CHART CARDS NOTICE Chart cards are intended as an aid tonavigation. The navigator has the responsibility to check all aidsavailable to confirm position. Handle chart cards and memory cardswith care. - Keep cards away from direct sunlight, heat sources, and active gases. - Keep cards away from...

2. CHART CARDS 2-2 2.1.2 Chart icons Chart icons are displayed to alert you to chart status. Chart overenlargedor wrong chart. Chart properlydisplayed. Chartoverenlarged. Chart icons 2.1.3 Ejecting chart cards Chart cards may be ejected with the radar turned on or off. 1. Press the EJECT button on t...

2. CHART CARDS 2-3 2.2 Showing/Hiding Chart Features Chart features may be turned on/off as follows: 1. Press the [MENU] key to display the main menu. 2. Press the [1] key twice to show the Video Plot/AIS menu. 3. Press the [9] key twice to choose Coastline/Mark Disp. Coastline/Mark Disp 1. ↑ 2. Way...

2. CHART CARDS 2-5 2.3 Position, Bearing Correction 2.3.1 Position correction There may be some instances where the chart is not overlaid on the radar picture correctly. You can compensate for this error by applying an offset to chart position. Note 1: A gyrocompass is required to get accurate corre...

3-1 3. TRACK 3.1 Displaying Own Ship’s Track Own ship’s track may be displayed as follows: 1. Press the [MENU] key. 2. Press the [1] key twice to show the Video Plot/AIS menu. 3. Press the [7] key twice to choose Plot Interval. Plot Interval 1. ↑ 2. Own Track Off On 3. Plot Mode Time Dist 4. Plot Ti...

3. TRACK 3-2 3.2 Stopping Plotting of Own Ship’s Track When your ship is at anchor or returning to port you probably will not need to plot (record) the track. You can stop plotting the track, to conserve the track memory, by actuating the “HOLD” function. The track is neither plotted nor saved, ther...

3. TRACK 3-3 3.3 Changing Own Ship’s Plot Interval The plot interval determines both how the track will be reconstructed on the display and the track storage time. 3.3.1 How the track is drawn The “quality” of the track displayed largely depends on the plot interval setting, smoothing rate, etc. In ...

3. TRACK 3-4 3.4 Other Ship’s Tracks and Plotting Interval The tracks of up to 20 ships may be displayed when the Auto Tracking Aid ARP-17 is interfaced with the radar. The plotting interval for other ships tracks can be set independently of that for own ship. Also, plotting of other ships tracks ma...

3. TRACK 3-5 3.5 Erasing Own Ship’s Track, Other Ship’s Track 3.5.1 Erasing track by percentage You may erase own ship’s track and other ship’s track by percentage points as follows: 1. Press the [MENU] key. 2. Press the [1] key twice to show the Video Plot/AIS menu. 3. Press the [0] key twice to ch...

3. TRACK 3-6 3.5.2 Erasing track by color Own ship’s track and target tracks may be erased by color as follows: 1. Press [MENU], [1], [1], [0], [0], [3], [3] to show the Delete Memory menu. 2. Press the [5] key (Own Track Color All) or [6] (Target Track Color All) depending on your objective. 3. Pre...

4-1 4. MARKS, LINES 4.1 Displaying Marks, Lines 4.1.1 Displaying marks, lines on the radar display 1. Press the [MENU] key. 2. Press the [8] key twice to show the Mark menu. 2. Display On Off 3. Erase No Erase Display Erase All 4. Entry Method Cursor L/L OS Position 00 ° 00.000’N 000 ° 00.000’E 5. P...

4-3 4.2 Entering Marks, Lines You can inscribe marks and lines on the display to denote important locations such as fishing spots, buoys, islands, etc. 4.2.1 Entering marks on the radar display Choosing mark entry method Marks may be entered on the radar display by cursor, latitude and longitude pos...

4. MARKS, LINES 4-4 4.2.2 Entering marks on the combination, video plotter displays Marks can be entered on the combination and video plotter displays by cursor or at own ship’s position. Choosing mark type 1. Press the [MENU] key. 2. Press the [8] key twice to display the Mark menu. 3. Press the [1...

4. MARKS, LINES 4-5 4.3 Erasing Marks, Lines 4.3.1 Erasing individual marks and lines 1. For mark, place the cursor on mark to erase. For line place the cursor on the point to erase. 2. Press the [CANCEL/CLEAR] key. If the mark is not erased it may superimposed on several marks. In this case, press ...

4. MARKS, LINES 4-6 4.4 MOB Mark The MOB (Man Overboard) mark denotes position of man overboard. This mark can only be inscribed on the combination and video plotter displays. Currentposition Rangeandbearing MOB mark M Inscribe MOBmark immediatelywhen man isoverboard. MOB concept 1. Press the [MENU]...

4. MARKS, LINES 4-7 4.5 Origin Mark The origin mark ( ) is mainly used to find the range and bearing between two targets on the radar/plotter and plotter displays. 1. Press the [MENU] key. 2. Press the [8] key twice to display the Mark menu. 3. Press the [1] key to choose Mark Selection. 4. Enter [0...

5-1 5. WAYPOINTS, ROUTES In navigation terminology, a particular location is known as a “waypoint,” whether it be a starting point, a destination point or an intermediate point on a voyage. 5.1 Turning Waypoints On/Off You may choose to turn all waypoints on or off, and the default setting is ON. No...

5. WAYPOINTS, ROUTES 5-2 5. Press the [3] key (OS Pos) twice, and a waypoint mark with waypoint number inside is inscribed at own ship’s position. 6. Press the [MENU] key to finish. If there is no empty waypoint, a beep sounds and no waypoint can be entered. In this case erase unnecessary waypoints....

5. WAYPOINTS, ROUTES 5-3 3. Operate the trackball to place the cursor on an empty waypoint. You can scroll the list by placing the cursor at the bottom of the page. 4. Key in latitude and longitude with the numeric keys. Note: You can switch from North to South, East to West and vice versa with the ...

5. WAYPOINTS, ROUTES 5-4 5.4 Creating Routes In many cases a trip from one place to another involves several course changes, requiring a series of route points (waypoints) which you navigate to, one after another. The sequence of waypoints leading to the ultimate destination is called a route . The ...

5. WAYPOINTS, ROUTES 5-5 10. As the screen prompts, place the cursor where you want to have a waypoint for the route. 11. Press the [+] key. (To clear just-selected point, press the [-] key.) 12. Repeat steps 10 and 11 to complete the route. 13. Press the [ENTER/SELECT] key to register the route and...

5. WAYPOINTS, ROUTES 5-6 5.4.3 Creating routes from the route list 1. Press [MENU], [1], [1], [5], [5] to display the Route menu. 2. Press the [1] key to choose List, and press the [ENTER/SELECT] key. 3. Press the [2] key to choose Speed for TTG. 4. Key in ship’s speed with the numeric keys. (This a...

5. WAYPOINTS, ROUTES 5-7 5.5 Turning Route Display On/Off You may choose to display (or not) a route as follows. 1. Press the [MENU] key. 2. Press the [1] key twice to show the Video Plot/AIS menu. 3. Press the [5] key twice to choose Route. 4. Choose route number with the trackball. 5. Press the [ ...

6-1 6. NAVIGATION This section covers navigation. You can navigate by waypoint, cursor-selected point and route. 6.1 Navigation 6.1.1 Navigating to a waypoint 1. Press the [MENU] key. 2. Press the [1] key twice to show the Video Plot/AIS menu. 3. Press the [6] key twice to choose Destination Set. 1....

6. NAVIGATION 6-2 6. Press the [ENTER/SELECT] key. WPT Nos. = - -+- -+- -+- -+ -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- - - -+- -+- -+- -+ -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- - - -+- -+- -+- -+ -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- - (Waypoint List ) Destination Set No. Comment ↑ u 1 00 ° 00.000'N 000 ° 00.000'E ABCDEFGHJK 2 00 ° 00.000'N 000 ° ...

6. NAVIGATION 6-3 6.1.3 Following a route 1. Press [MENU], [1], [1], [6], [6] to display the Destination menu. If a route is currently selected as destination, its number is shown at the top of the screen. 2. Press the [3] key to choose Route No. and press the [ENTER/SELECT] key. 3. Confirm that Rou...

7-1 7. ALARMS There are four conditions which releases visual and audible alarms: Arrival alarm, Anchor watch alarm, XTE (Cross-track Error) alarm and Border alarm. When an alarm setting is violated the audible alarm sounds and the alarm icon ( ) appears at the bottom right-hand corner of the displa...

7. ALARMS 7-3 7.2 XTE Alarm, Border Alarm The XTE (cross-track error) alarm warns you when own ship is off its intended course. The Border alarm alerts you when own ship is nearing an area which you do not want to approach. : Alarm range Setting line Own ship's position Alarmsetting : Alarm Destinat...

8-1 8. MEMORY CARD OPERATIONS 8.1 Formatting Memory Cards Before you can save information to a memory card you must prepare its surface by formatting it. Formatting is a routine procedure you must perform on new cards before you can use them with this unit. You have to initialize them only once. You...

8. MEMORY CARD OPERATIONS 8-3 8.2 Saving Screen Contents to Memory Card The memory cannot store track and marks indefinitely. For this reason, important track and marks should be saved to a memory card. A memory card can store 50 files. For 6,000 track points, for example, the card can store eight f...

8. MEMORY CARD OPERATIONS 8-4 6. Assign a file name as below. A file name may contain 32 alphanumeric characters. For example, assign the file name FURUNO1. (a) Choose the character “F” with the trackball. (b) Press the [ENTER/SELECT] key. (You can change a wrong character by choosing it with the tr...

8. MEMORY CARD OPERATIONS 8-5 8.3 Displaying Memory Card Contents on the Display Up to eight files may be played back on the radar display. 1. Insert memory card in card slot. 2. Press [MENU], [1], [1], [8], [8] to display the Memory Card menu. 3. Press the [3] key twice to choose Display Card Data....

8. MEMORY CARD OPERATIONS 8-6 8.4 Playing Back Memory Cards Memory card contents can be played back on the screen. This feature is useful for editing and copying card contents. 1. Insert memory card in card slot. 2. Press [MENU], [1], [1], [8], [8] to display the Memory Card menu. 3. Press the [4] k...

8. MEMORY CARD OPERATIONS 8-7 8.5 Erasing Files from Memory Cards You can erase unnecessary files as follows: 1. Press [MENU], [1], [1], [8], [8] to display the Memory Card menu. 2. Press the [2] key twice to choose Save Data. 3. Press the [8] key twice to choose Delete Card Data. Delete Card Data (...

9-1 9. OTHER FUNCTIONS 9.1 Entering Ship’s Position Manually Ship’s speed is normally input by the navigator connected to the radar. If the navigator fails enter ship’s position manually as follows: 1. Press the [MENU] key. 2. Press the [1] key twice to show the Video Plot/AIS menu. 3. Press the [0]...

9. OTHER FUNCTIONS 9-2 9.2 Smoothing Own ship’s track may be traced on the screen with a crooked line even though the ship is running straight. This is due to navaid signal variation, and can be compensated by adjusting the smoothing factor. A smoothing setting between 00 and 15 is available. The hi...

9. OTHER FUNCTIONS 9-3 9.4 Adjusting Brilliance 9.4.1 Chart features You may adjust the brilliance of chart features as follows: 1. Press [MENU], [9], [9], [9], [9] to display page 2 of the Brill menu. PLOTTER BRIL 1. ↑ 2. LAND 3. GRID 4. MARK 5. CONTOUR 6. COLOR Brill menu, page 2 2. Press appropri...

9. OTHER FUNCTIONS 9-5 9.7 Marker Colors on Chart Cards You may change the color of grid, marks, land and depth contour as follows. 1. Press [MENU], [9], [9], [9], [9], [6], [6] to display the Plotter Color menu. PLOTTER COLOR 1. ↑ 2. MARK R Y G C M B W 3. GRID R Y G C M B W 4. LAND R Y G C M B W 5....

10-1 10. AIS The AIS (Automatic Identification System) feature automatically provides navigation data on AIS-equipped ships. WARNING Confirm compass reading on radarand gyrocompass readout when thebearing of AIS targets do not matchthat of corresponding radar targets.   10.1 Changing Function of [F2...

AIS 10-3 10.3 Activating Targets 1. Use the trackball to place the cursor on the sleeping AIS target (indicates only the presence of a vessel equipped with AIS in a certain location) you wish to activate; that is, know more about a vessel’s motion. 2. Press the [F2] key to open the AIS(1) menu. 3. P...

AIS 10-4 10.4 Sleeping Targets 10.4.1 Sleeping specific AIS target You may “sleep” an AIS target as below when the screen becomes filled with targets. Note that targets that have been activated automatically cannot be “slept.” 1. Use the trackball to place the cursor on an activated AIS target symbo...

AIS 10-5 10.5 Displaying Target Data 10.5.1 Basic target data 1. Place the cursor on an AIS target symbol. 2. Press the [ENTER/SELECT] key to show the target’s basic data. The target is marked as below. Activated target selected for data display AIS 02 TRUE VECT1436782 6min BT BRG 234.1 ° T RNG 9.92...

AIS 10-7 10.6 Lost Target A target is declared a lost target when no data is received for three to five reporting intervals. When this occurs, the target is marked with the (flashing) lost target symbol and the indication “A-LOST” appears. Press the [CANCEL/CLEAR] key to acknowledge the lost target,...

AIS 10-8 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). Ship sending message Ship receiving message Date message received Time message received Text of message Message type [Message] 1 [AIS(1)]2 ...

AIS 10-9 10.8 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 changes course,...

AIS 10-10 10.8.2 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. Note that the color of the history points is the same as the symbol color. 1. Press the [F2] key to open the...

AIS 10-11 10.10 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 automatic ac...

AIS 10-12 10.12 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 [F2] key to open the AIS(1) menu. 2. Press the [0] key twice to show the AIS(2) menu. 3. Press the [6] key (ROT Tag)....

AIS 10-14 10.14 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 A-FSN ARPA target converted to AIS target. The indication disappears when the target n...

11. MAINTENANCE, TROUBLESHOOTING 11-2 11.2 Diagnostic Test 1. Press the [MENU] key. 2. Press the [1] key twice to show the Video Plot/AIS menu. 3. Press the [0] key twice to choose AIS/Miscellaneous1. 4. Press the [6] key twice to choose Test. The diagnostic test displays program version no., checks...

12-1 12. INSTALLATION 12.1 Necessary Parts Contents of RP-180 installation kit Name Type Qty Code No. Floppy Disk NO.03591521XX 1 008-493-950 RP Board 14P0390A 1 Cable Assy. 03S9456 1 000-142-369 Label (M-card) 03-134-9106 1 100-235-230 Pan Head Screw M3x8 C2700W 5 000-881-404 Toroidal Core TFC-25-1...

AP-1 APPENDIX 1. Digital Interface Input sentences (RP board, J2) 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, Stop bits: ...

APPENDIX AP-2 VDM – VHF data-link message !AIVDM,x,x,x,a,s--s,x*hh<CR><LF> | | | | | | | | | | | | | +----- 7 | | | | | +----- 6 | | | | +-------- 5 | | | +------------ 4 | | +-------------- 3 | +---------------- 2 +------------------ 1 1. Total number of sentences needed to transfer the...

APPENDIX AP-3 Schematic diagram Load requirements as listener 2.2 Kohms

APPENDIX AP-4 2. Interface Function (1) Data displayed in the Basic data display - !AIVDM message 1-3 COG, SOG - !AIVDM message 5 call sign (2) Data displayed in the Extended data display - !AIVDM message 1-3 ship’s position (latitude, longitude), position accuracy, navigational status, MMSI number,...

APPENDIX AP-5 4. Menu Tree The example screens shown in this manual may not match the screens you see on your display. The screen you see depends on your system configuration and equipment settings. Video plotter menu 1. VIDEO PLOT/ AIS 1. Radar Disp 2. Combination Disp 3. Video Plot Disp* 4. Waypoi...

APPENDIX AP-8 AIS menu [F2] key (programmed to display AIS(1) menu ) *: Not available on IMO-type radar. 1. Activate Target 2. Sleep Target 3. Basic Data 4. [Extended Data] 1. ­ 5. Lost Target 6. [Message] 7. Activate All Targets 8. Sleep All Targets 9. AIS ( Off , Func, Disp) 0. [AIS(2)] (Detailed ...

FURUNO RP-180 SP-1 SPECIFICATIONS OF VIDEO PLOTTER RP-180 1 GENERAL 1.1 Display Display of FR-1500 MK3 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) 1.4 Display Range 0.125...

IN-1 INDEX A AIS activating targets....................................10-3 basic target data ....................................10-5 dangerous targets..................................10-3 extended target data..............................10-6 F2 key ..................................................