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Menu /options
Used to …
To save /restore product settings
Log the data of the repeater output or of
any A to E output.
• Restart your OCTANS 3000 Unit
• Update the system: firmware, loader,
and/or WEB-Based User Interface versions
• Get OCTANS 3000 serial number and
WEB-based User Interface
• Contact IXSEA Support
Display all navigation data computed and
received by OCTANS 3000
• Choose the Web-based User Interface
language (English or French)
• Choose the display mode (night/day
mode)
Entering the Initial Latitude
All gyrocompasses, OCTANS 3000 included, are sensitive to the current latitude. However latitude needs to be updated
into OCTANS 3000 only if the ship changes latitude quite substantially. OCTANS 3000 has to know the latitude of its loca-
tion in order to find geographical North rapidly. If the latitude information input is incorrect, OCTANS 3000 will produce
an error.
IMpOrtaNt
OCTANS 3000 is delivered with a default latitude setting that corresponds to IXSEA's factory location. At first powe-
ring-on, without external GPS connected, OCTANS 3000 will start seeking north with this latitude input, which may be
quite different from the current OCTANS 3000 latitude.
Latitude has to be modified by the user. Once this modification is performed, it is recommended to save the current lati-
tude into OCTANS 3000 PROM and re-start the unit.
This procedure allows for the OCTANS 3000 to enter the correct latitude value as an input in the North finder algorithm as
soon as computation starts. OCTANS 3000 will then reach full accuracy after the 5 minutes alignment phase. Otherwise,
time for OCTANS 3000 stabilization will be increased due to the wrong initial latitude input when computation starts.
This procedure should be done whenever a unit is delivered from factory, or whenever a new firmware has been re-loa-
ded into the unit
