Consilium SELUX ST, Installation And Service Manual

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INSTALLATION AND SETTING
1.12 Rev. E
1.8 EPFS
The EPFS (Electronic Position Fixing System) signal is connected to TB3 on
the Alpha PCB.
In case of Selux-ST system communicating to an INS or ECDIS also the Output
of this serial line sends some data and it shall be connected.
NOTE
Supported EPFS equipment must follow the IMO
recommendation MSC.114(73)
1.9 AIS
The AIS signal is connected to TB8 on the Alpha PCB.
It's possible to receive RS422 or RS232 standard signal only at 38400 bps. The
sentences accepted are: AIALR, AIVDM and AIVDO.
NOTE
it is also possible to connect the output from the RADAR to the
AIS device, to acknowledge the alarms coming from AIS from
the RADAR interface. Normally the AIS equipments have only
one input available, so that only one RADAR can be connected
to it and it will be only one able to acknowledge the alarms.
This output is on the same serial port TB8 with only sentence
generated: AIACK
The same output, is the source for tracking data sentences TTD and TLB.
NOTE
Supported AIS equipment must follow the IMO
recommendation A.917(22)