2.2 Alarms
2.2.1 General
In the practice, the general rule for integration of different bridge equipment is that any equipment, which
can sound or indicate any alarm on the bridge, is to be included in the Alarm Monitoring system.
Following navigation equipment is to be integrated in the Alarm Monitoring system:
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ARPA radars (CPA/TCPA alarm)
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ECDIS
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Track Control System and Heading Control system
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Steering system and steering gear
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Position Fixing equipment
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Echo sounder
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Speed log
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Navigation light controls
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Bridge power supply and distribution box
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Watch safety system
Other bridge equipment or systems, which can be included in the AMS:
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Propulsion system
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Engine automation
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GMDSS
and Navtex
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Fire detection
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Cargo monitoring alarms
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Water tight doors
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Hospital call etc.
Following alarms are to be included in the centralized Alarm Monitoring System:
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CPA/TCPA
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Shallow depth (Depth below limit)
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Waypoint approach
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Off course
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Off track
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Steering alarms
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Navigation light failure
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Gyro compass failure
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Rate Of Turn indicator failure
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Watch safety failure
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Failure of any power supply to the distribution panels
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Position fix in accurate
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Lost of heading input
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Lost of log input
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System failure
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Gyro mismatch
