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Declaration of Conformity

(As required by Article 6.3 of Directive 1999/5/EC-RTTE Directive)

Declares under his sole responsibility that the produced Marine Radar System manufactured
by

Koden Electronics Co., Ltd.

5278 Uenohara

Uenohara-Shi,

Yamanashi-Ken

409-0112

Japan

Tel81 554 20 5865

T81 554 20 5880

Intended for Worldwide use as a Marine Radar for use aboard non-SOLAS vessels and
identified by the type number

MDC-2960BB / MDC-2910BB / MDC-2920BB

to which

this declaration refers has been tested to the essential radio test suites required by the notified
body and is in conformity with the standards

EN 60945 : 2002 ( Clauses 9,10 & 12 )
EN 62252 : 2004 ( Clauses 4.8, 4.33, 5.8, 5.33 and Annex D )
ITU-R Recommendation RM.1177

and complies with the essential requirements of Directive 1999/5/EC

Conformity procedure under Annex IV of 1999/5/EC (Technical Construction file) has been
undertaken by
QinetiQ Ltd. Cody Technology Park

Ively Road, Farnborough GU14 0LX. United Kingdom

The Technical Construction File is held by Mr Heinz Hoghoff at

Koden Elektronik GmbH,

Am Gewerbepark 15,

D-64823 Gross-Umstadt / Hessen

Germany

Tel49 6078 2056

T49 6078 73824

Kenichi Chiwaki, QA Manager.
Koden Electronics Co., Ltd.

02 Feb. 2009

Summary of Contents for MDC-2900

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Page 2: ...e essential radio test suites required by the notified body and is in conformity with the standards EN 60945 2002 Clauses 9 10 12 EN 62252 2004 Clauses 4 8 4 33 5 8 5 33 and Annex D ITU R Recommendation RM 1177 and complies with the essential requirements of Directive 1999 5 EC Conformity procedure under Annex IV of 1999 5 EC Technical Construction file has been undertaken by QinetiQ Ltd Cody Tech...

Page 3: ... the essential radio test suites required by the notified body and is in conformity with the standards EN 60945 2002 Clauses 9 10 12 EN 62252 2004 Clauses 4 8 4 33 5 8 5 33 and Annex D ITU R Recommendation RM 1177 and complies with the essential requirements of Directive 1999 5 EC Conformity procedure under Annex IV of 1999 5 EC Technical Construction file has been undertaken by QinetiQ Ltd Cody T...

Page 4: ...T ATA TT ARPA 7 8 9 10 Document No Revised Version Norm When part of the document needs to be revised the document has advanced revision number The document No is indicated at the lower right side on the cover and at the left or right side of the footer region of each page 2009 2011 Koden Electronics Co Ltd All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced transmitted translated in...

Page 5: ...ones and some parts may be omitted Koden is not liable for damages and troubles arisen from misunderstanding of the contents in this manual Koden is not liable for any damages caused by earthquake lightning wind and flood damage and fire for which Koden is not responsible and actions by third parties other accidents customer s unintended error abuse and the use under other abnormal conditions Kode...

Page 6: ...death or serious injury caused by electric shock when not dealing with it correctly Mark for caution This symbol denotes that there is a risk of slight injury or damage of device when not dealing with it correctly Mark for prohibition This symbol denotes prohibition of the specified conduct Description of the prohibition is displayed near the mark IMPORTANT Mark for important matters This mark den...

Page 7: ...is inadvertently powered on during work you will be electrified To prevent such accident from occurring ensure to switch off the power in the boat and the power of equipment Furthermore it is safer to hang the caution tag with description of Under Work near the power switch of equipment Caution on dust Inhaling dust may cause A respiratory disease When cleaning the inside of equipment be careful n...

Page 8: ...ces such as heart pacemakers are sensitive even under the low energy electromagnetic wave Any personnel with such a device should keep away from the electromagnetic wave generating position at all times Specified power density and distance from the radar in accordance with the provision as specified in IEC 60945 Model name Xmit power Antenna length 100W m2 50W m2 10W m2 6kW 4 feet Antenna 1 09m 1 ...

Page 9: ...amage Caution on the remaining high voltage A high voltage may remain in the capacitor for several minutes after you have powered off Before inspecting inside wait at least 5 minutes after powering off or discharging the remaining electricity in an appropriate manner Then start the work The information displayed in this unit is not provided directly for your navigation For your navigation be sure ...

Page 10: ...sposal and collection rules may be different depending on each municipal district Obey the directions of each district Disposal of this radar This radar shall be disposed according to the municipal regulations or rules A high energy density lithium ion cell is built in this radar Improper disposal of a lithium ion cell is discouraged as the cell has a possibility of short circuiting If it gets wet...

Page 11: ...t 1 4 1 6 Setup antenna cable length 1 4 1 7 Setup of MBS Main Bang Suppression value 1 4 1 8 Setup own ship profile Cannot use on transmitting 1 5 1 9 Inside save of setup data at the time of setting up Cannot use while transmitting 1 6 1 10 External save of setup Cannot use on transmitting 1 10 Chapter 2 Basic operation for operating unit panel 2 1 2 1 Illustration of operating unit panel 2 1 2 ...

Page 12: ...ition other than reference point EBL OFFSET 2 16 Measure distance bearing PI Parallel index line 2 17 Measure distance bearing ERBL Electronic range and bearing line 2 20 2 12 Change display color Day Night 2 21 2 13 Remove the heading line 2 21 2 14 Relocate antenna position Off centering 2 22 2 15 Select screen display Display mode 2 23 For H UP Head up mode 2 23 For C UP Course up mode 2 24 For...

Page 13: ... ACQ AREA Automatic acquisition area 3 22 GUARD ZONE 3 23 3 12 Target tracking TT ARPA 3 24 Enable TT ARPA function 3 24 Manual acquisition 3 24 Delete target 3 25 Delete all targets 3 25 Reference target acquisition 3 26 Types of tracked target symbol 3 27 TEST TGT 3 28 3 13 AIS 3 38 Enable AIS function 3 38 Setup operation area 3 38 ACTIVE SLEEP 3 39 FILTER Sleep targets only 3 39 AIS AUTO ACQ 3...

Page 14: ...ETECT LEVEL 4 6 CPA TCPA 4 6 AUTO ACQ 4 6 GZ 4 6 AIS SLEEPING LOST 4 6 AIS NO HDG COG 4 7 NAVLINE CROSS 4 7 PRIORITY 4 7 LIST 4 8 HISTORY LIST 4 8 DETAIL 4 9 4 3 OS TGT 4 10 VECT TRUE REL 4 10 VECT TIME 4 10 VECT TIME INCREMENT 4 10 TGT ID DISP 4 10 ID DISP SIZE 4 10 INTPUT RNG 4 10 ASSOCIATION 4 10 CHANGE SELECTED TGT 4 10 SETTING 4 10 AUTO ACQ AREA 4 10 STAB INDICATOR 4 11 ANT POSN 4 11 PAST TRK...

Page 15: ...nd rescue aircraft 4 15 BASE 4 15 OS DISP 4 15 MESSAGE DISP 4 15 TT 4 16 SELECT ID 4 16 ACQ 4 16 DELETE 4 16 ALL DELETE 4 16 REF ACQ 4 16 EDIT NAME 4 16 TEST TGT 4 16 TRIAL MANOEUVRE 4 17 DETAIL 4 17 4 4 TOOL 4 20 RR 4 20 BRG TRUE REL 4 20 CURSOR SHAPE 4 20 PI LINE 4 20 PI LINE DISP 4 20 PI LINE START RNG 4 20 PI LINE END RNG 4 20 PI DISP SIDE 4 20 EBL1 OFFSET 4 21 EBL2 OFFSET 4 21 DETAIL 4 22 4 5...

Page 16: ...MARK 4 28 EDIT AREA 4 28 MONITORED ROUTE 4 28 WPT ID DISP 4 29 DATUM 4 29 EDIT USER DATUM 4 29 POSITION OFFSET 4 29 MAN OFFSET 4 29 DETAIL 4 29 4 6 BRILL 4 33 COLOR 4 33 COLOR ECHO 4 33 COLOR TRAIL 4 33 COLOR BKGND PPI 4 33 COLOR BKGND DATA 4 33 COLOR DATA 4 33 BRIGHTNESS 4 33 DETAIL 4 34 4 7 SYSTEM 4 36 INTER SWITCH Cannot use while transmitting 4 36 TIME 4 37 ASSISTANT DISP 4 38 TGT LIST SORT 4 ...

Page 17: ...processor unit 5 2 5 3 External view and dimensions 5 3 Chapter 6 Principle of radar system 6 1 6 1 What is radar system 6 1 Side lobe 6 1 Beam width 6 2 6 2 Characteristics of radar radio wave 6 2 Target hardness reflected 6 2 Radar shadow 6 3 False image 6 3 6 3 Radar interference 6 5 6 4 Receiving the Radar Beacons SART and Radar Enhancer 6 6 Chapter 7 Simple fault diagnostics 7 1 7 1 No alarm ...

Page 18: ...MDC 2900 Series Contents 0093129012 06 xv 7 8 About alarms 7 9 Alarm list 7 11 Warning list 7 13 Chapter 8 Index 8 1 ...

Page 19: ... newly developed radar dedicated LSI Large Scale Integration A slim display unit using liquid crystal technology Stable indication and reliable acquisition of a small target Clear distinction between a moving target and land by true trail display Provision of multi targets TT ARPA information and the chart display mandatory or optional Various models for selection of an optimum radar for your need...

Page 20: ...2 12 Quick reference 0093129042 RW701A 04 4feet RW701A 06 6feet RW701B 09 9feet RB717A 6kW MDC 2960 RB718A 12kW MDC 2910 RB719A 25kW MDC 2920 MDC 2960BB 2910BB 2920BB No Name Type 1 Antenna 2 Scanner 3 Processor unit MRM 105 4 Operation unit with connecting cable MRO 105 5 Connecting cable 242J159098B 15M 6 DC power cable CW 259 2M 7 Spare parts SP 100 8 Installation material M12 BOLT KIT 9 Instal...

Page 21: ...for data 8 CW 374 5M With 6 pin waterproof 6 pin 1006 series cable for data 9 CW 376 5M 6 pin waterproof left unattended cable for data 10 CW 387 5M 8 pin waterproof left unattended cable for AIS 11 CW 406 5M 8 pin waterproof left unattended cable for HDG input 12 CW 561 10M 30M With a connector on the both sides connector for slave display 13 CW 576 0 5M 10 pin waterproof D SUB female Alarm out 1...

Page 22: ...uto tuning This function automatically compensates detune caused by environmental changes Sometimes as auto tuning adjusts to optimize strong echo weak echo may be weakened too much when strong echo such as from land is received Adjust AUTO ADJ to optimize value if echo from the object target is weak MENU MAINTENANCE STARTUP TUNE AUTO ADJ Manual tuning Perform all adjustments manually MAN ADJ adju...

Page 23: ... bearing using magnetic compass or equivalence Measure the bearing of the same target on the radar screen Adjust it according to the following procedures when both values differ one degree or more 3 Press MENU key to display menu select MAINTENANCE STARTUP HL OFFSET VALUE and indicate the last digit of the input value by highlighted character 4 Move a trackball up or down to adjust the value to ma...

Page 24: ...ct such as a quay wall extended on a near within about 100m position is utilized to produce good result Transmitting delay time is adjusted in accordance with the following procedures 1 Change the range scale to 0 125 NM by pressing or key on the transmission display 2 Press MENU key to display menu select MAINTENANCE STARTUP TX DELAY 3 Move a trackball up or down to adjust the value to get a stra...

Page 25: ...ENANCE STARTUP ANT CABLE and press ENT key after selecting the setup value 1 7 Setup of MBS Main Bang Suppression value This setting is utilized to suppress mute transmitting leak of small dark circle spot signal at the center of the display 1 Set range to 0 125 NM RAIN knob to 0 SEA knob to 0 GAIN knob to 80 and brilliance to maximum respectively 2 Press MENU key to display Menu Select MAINTENANC...

Page 26: ... D is 10m or less even 0 125NM does not show the own ship profile About Reference point The base point for range bearing relative course relative speed CPA or TCPA EBL or VRM is named Reference point respectively Either CCRP or ANT position can be used as the reference point Selection of the reference point is made in REF located of the upper left side The center of echo image PPI is ANT When CCRP...

Page 27: ...ENU key to display Menu Select MAINTENANCE BACKUP SYSTEM LOAD GO and then press ENT key Inside save of setup data should be surely saved after initial setup When some malfunction of display unit is found such as frozen screen initialization may be required By performing inside save of setup data the setup data at the time of setting up can be restored after initialization Refer to Screen is frozen...

Page 28: ...HIP OUTLINE WPT ID DISP AIS HDG LINE DATUM AIS TURN INDICATOR POSITION OFFSET AIS CLASS B MAP Refer to Page 4 25 MAN OFFSET AIS ATON COLOR AIS SAR ECHO AIS BASE TRAIL AIS OS DISP BKGND PPI AIS MESSAGE DISP BKGND DATA TT ARPA DATA TT ARPA SELECT ID BRIGHTNESS ECHO TT ARPA EDIT NAME BRIGHTNESS TRAIL OS TGT Refer to Page 4 10 TEST TGT BRIGHTNESS BKGND RR BRIGHTNESS OS TOOL BRG TRUE REL BRIGHTNESS TGT...

Page 29: ...UTE HL OFFSET SECTOR MUTE START TX DELAY SECTOR MUTE END ANT HEIGHT PRESET GAIN MAN ANT CABLE PRESET GAIN OFFSET BW MBS PRESET SEA AUTO LAND FUNCTION KEY F1 PRESET SEA AUTO SEA FUNCTION KEY F2 PRESET SEA MAN MAX FUNCTION KEY F3 PRESET SEA MAN MIN FUNCTION KEY F4 PRESET SEA MAX OFFSET FUNCTION KEY F5 PRESET RAIN MODE FUNCTION KEY F6 PRESET RAIN MAX HDG OFFSET PRESET RAIN MIN STW PRESET CFAR MAX STW...

Page 30: ...er to page2 5 VECT Refer to page3 15 PANEL Refer to page2 1 VECT TRUE REL Refer to page3 15 PROCESS Refer to page3 4 LIMIT CPA Refer to page3 15 ENH Refer to page3 6 LIMIT TCPA Refer to page3 15 IR Refer to page3 7 LOST ALARM VIDEO Refer to page3 8 ASSOCIATION Refer to page3 18 DAY NIGHT Refer to page2 21 AIS Refer to page3 38 SECTOR MUTE Refer to page4 47 TT ARPA Refer to page3 24 MAP DISP Refer ...

Page 31: ...unication facility with serial ports provided or USB Universal Serial Bus serial conversion cable attached Dedicated software is required for PC Dedicated cable is required to connect the radar with PC Please contact with the sales agent or directly with our sales department for PC software and the dedicated cable Carry on the following procedure after confirming the setup values is saved in the e...

Page 32: ...g key 2 13 16 Power lamp 2 4 3 EBL1 key 17 Stand by TX key 2 5 4 EBL2 key 2 15 18 EBL knob 2 15 5 Anti rain clutter knob 2 10 19 Offset lamp 2 16 6 Anti sea clutter knob 2 8 20 Display brilliance key 2 5 7 Gain knob 2 7 21 Function keys 2 27 8 VRM2 key 22 Panel illumination key 2 5 9 VRM1 key 2 14 23 Parallel index lines lamp 2 17 10 ERBL key 2 20 24 VRM knob 2 14 11 Heading line Alarm sound Off k...

Page 33: ...Chapter 2 Basic operation Panel MDC 2900 Series 2 2 0093129012 06 2 2 Name of radar display 3 ...

Page 34: ...e 4 37 8 STAND BY TX 2 5 30 Heading 4 43 9 Reference 1 5 31 CTW STW 4 43 10 Day Night 2 21 32 SET and DRIFT 4 44 11 Video 3 8 33 Own ship position 4 44 12 IR 3 7 34 Vector 3 15 13 Enhance 3 6 35 CPA TCPA 3 15 14 Processing 3 4 36 AIS 3 38 15 Inter switch 4 36 37 TT ARPA 3 24 16 Brilliance and illumination 2 5 38 Past position 3 17 17 RAIN 2 10 39 Filter 3 39 18 SEA 2 8 40 Auto ACQ 3 39 19 GAIN 2 7...

Page 35: ...ous value of the last power off During operation POWER LAMP under POWER ON OFF key lights up red 1 MDC 2960 2910 2960BB 2910BB 2 MDC 2920 2920BB The power source shall not be turned off until operational screen is displayed Power Off Hold POWER ON FF key for five sec for power off The power source shall be turned off by pressing POWER ON FF key without fail When the power source is stopped in powe...

Page 36: ...EL illumination adjustment window in the upper right of the screen 3 Turn VRM knob to clockwise to increase the lighting of the panel illumination Turn VRM knob to counterclockwise to decrease the lighting of the panel illumination The panel illumination changes at five steps by pushing VRM knob Push Brighter Darker VRM knob 2 5 Transmission A Menu will once disappear if transmission is turned on ...

Page 37: ...observe a wider area Press Range key to zoom in the picture to magnify and to observe nearby Antenna position 1 5 Indicated distance Bearing scale Range ANT position Model specific ranges are as shown below MDC 2920 MDC 2920BB Max output 25 KW Model name MDC 2910 MDC 2910BB Max output 12 KW MDC 2960 MDC 2960BB Max output 6 KW Range NM 0 125 0 25 0 5 0 75 1 5 3 6 12 24 48 72 96 About bearing scale ...

Page 38: ...e weak target echo try to return the GAIN to original position each time GAIN is changed to maintain target recognition In the short distance area where anti SEA is effective recognize target by adjusting MAN SEA When suppressing RAIN clutter rain snow adjust GAIN knob and RAIN knob side by side Refer to Reject sea clutter anti SEA page2 8 Refer to Reject rain snow clutter anti RAIN page2 10 GAIN ...

Page 39: ...t makes difficult to discriminate small ships and buoys from sea clutter Anti SEA is effective to suppress false echoes and ground clutter in short distance However adjustment of GAIN should be used beyond effective coverage of anti SEA If target echoes are masked by excessive false echoes within anti SEA effective then adjust MAN SEA to confirm it Excessive anti SEA may lose echoes from small shi...

Page 40: ...lected anti SEA can be adjusted manually By using SEA knob suppress this effect and make targets easier seen SEA state is displayed in the upper left of the screen 1 Turn SEA knob to clockwise to increase anti sea clutter effect Turn SEA knob to counterclockwise to decrease anti sea clutter effect 2 Turn SEA knob clockwise until even dark SEA clutter is displayed by observing the screen 3 Adjust S...

Page 41: ...tive for suppression of rain and snow CFAR is effective for suppression of sea clutter Refer to RAIN MODE page4 50 RAIN MODE can be changed directly in the upper light of the screen without using menu function Small target becomes harder to detect when RAIN is used together with SEA The performance of radar detection range is degraded by rain as shown in the figure below Changing method of CFAR an...

Page 42: ...ckwise to decrease anti clutter effect Strong Weak RAIN 2 Turn RAIN knob clockwise to get eve dark clutter while watching the screen Note The knob should be turned to leftmost position in normal environment Turning the knob to the right shows the targets hidden in the rain snow image but care shall be taken that small target may be hidden and not displayed If there are strong echo targets within 5...

Page 43: ...wise Adjust RAIN so that it may remain as small spots 4 While observing the screen turn GAIN knob counterclockwise to make the small spots to dark spots 5 Intensity of RAIN clutter is affected by weather Adjust by RAIN knob according to weather change by watching the screen Note The knob should be turned to leftmost position in normal environment Turning the knob to the right shows profiles of the...

Page 44: ...hort narrow pulse length used in short range has high resolution and is effective for dense targets The long wide pulse length used in long range has high gain sensitivity and is effective for detecting small targets Two types of pulse length are selectable for 1 5NM 3NM and 6NM Range NM 0 125 0 25 0 5 0 75 1 5 3 6 12 24 48 72 96 SP mode SP SP SP SP MP1 MP2 MP4 LP1 LP1 LP1 LP1 LP2 LP mode SP SP SP...

Page 45: ...changed by VRM knob 2 The broken line circle is zoomed in or zoomed out by turning VRM knob clockwise or counterclockwise respectively Turning VRM knob while pressing it changes the range quickly At the same time the range changes and the distance to the target can be read out on the display Increase of range Decrease of range VRM knob 3 Another press of the VRM1 key and the broken circle disappea...

Page 46: ...d a sign is shown at the right side of the value EBL1 060 5 060 5 EBL1 Target Bearing cahnges by turning EBL knob Target bearing from own ship Reference point 2 Rotate bearing line using the EBL knob to adjust the line on the desired target The bearing value changes at the same time and you can read the bearing of the target Turning EBL knob while pressing it changes the bearing quickly Clockwise ...

Page 47: ... the EBL for which the base point is required to be changed 2 Using the trackball put the cursor on the position to be changed EBL1 060 5 060 5 EBL1 CURSOR Reference point 3 Press EBL knob and the base point of EBL changes During offset the color of Offset lamp at the lower right of the EBL knob changes and the color of numerical figures indicated is reversed Push EBL knob EBL1 060 5 060 5 EBL1 4 ...

Page 48: ... simultaneously changed When lines of fixed length are required to be used please change the mode to PI MODE Refer to PI MODE page4 22 1 Push VRM knob and PI is displayed When pressing VRM knob again line number will be changed and will be turned off after the last number of line 1 4 1 4 3 4 3 4 5 4 5 4 6 4 6 4 OFF Line number The total number of display 2 While activated the bearing and range are...

Page 49: ...in a quick change OFF VRM knob OFF key 000 0 2 300NM 000 0 4 800NM Decrease of range Increase of range PI PI RE L PI PI RE L OFF EBL knob OFF key PI 045 0 3 000NM PI RE L 6 Pressing VRM knob while pressing OFF key returns all the lines to initial position 7 You can designate ON OFF of the selected line and designate length of each line to be used Press MENU key to display Menu Select TOOL PI and p...

Page 50: ...MDC 2900 Series Chapter 2 Basic operation Panel 0093129012 06 2 19 8 PI DISP SIDE It designates the display direction PI 000 0 3 000NM PI RE L PI 000 0 3 000NM PI RE L HALF FULL ...

Page 51: ...aring mode Bearing mode can be changed directly in the lower light of the screen with trackball and ENT key without using menu function 1 Push ERBL key and ERBL is displayed ERBL 000 0 1 00NM ERBL REL CURSOR Target B Target A 2 By adjusting Focus CURSOR to the target A the measurement of the distance and bearing from the target A to the target B can be obtained by using VRM knob and EBL knob ERBL ...

Page 52: ...t BRILL Select the item to set up After selecting of the Display color press ENT key MAP 2 13 Remove the heading line This function is used when a target is overlapped with a heading line and hard to be distinguished 1 Press OFF key to temporarily hide the heading line By safety reason the heading line disappears only while the key is kept pressed It is not possible to keep it removed This functio...

Page 53: ...ENU key to display Menu Select RADAR OFF CENT POINT and press ENT key after selecting the set up value MAP 2 Off centering relocation is executed by pressing OFF CENT key 3 The difference of CURSOR and OPPOSITE are as follows CURSOR OPPOSITE 4 In addition AUTO OFF CENT function is provided AUTO OFF CENT is a function to display allowing wide range of view of echo in front of own ship in occasion o...

Page 54: ... Press MODE key The display changes by the following order on pressing the MODE key Current display mode is displayed at the upper left of the display H UPRM C UPRM C UPTM N UPRM N UPTM For H UP Head up mode Heading line is always oriented toward the top of the screen This mode is based on the bow of the ship and is suitable to monitor targets because targets are seen as they are in navigating own...

Page 55: ...to navigate along the specified course It easily shows any deviance of own ship from the specified course 060 0 0 0 070 0 0 0 080 090 Specified course C UP selected Heading deviated from course N Land Target 1 Target 2 Target 2 Heading N Land Target 1 Heading For N UP North up mode This mode always keeps true north at the top of the screen A north oriented representation makes it easy to correlate...

Page 56: ...ult the not moving targets stay fixed on the display and all the moving targets move on the display The heading always continues to move So no true motion TM is available for H UP Relative motion RM The antenna position is fixed and the other surrounding targets move on the display This is useful for monitor the surrounding situation with respect to own ship s position Moving Land Fixed Moving Ant...

Page 57: ...ver water or to the opposite direction of the course over ground Refer to TM RESET MODE page4 2 Antenna position relocatable area in TM Antenna position 34 66 Reset true motion Antenna position can be relocated before own ship moves out of antenna position relocatable area in true motion 1 Press MENU key to display Menu Select RADAR TM RESET and then press ENT key MAP ...

Page 58: ...Select MAINTENANCE STARTUP F1 and then press ENT key after selecting the setup value MAP DELETE AREA CORSOR COAST CURSOR NAVLINE CURSOR ROUTE CURSOR MAP OFF ANT HEIGHT FERRY MODE No numerical value is displayed in function key operation The position of the cursor and own ship s position are recorded as event markers Refer to EDIT MARK SHAPE page4 29 for designation of mark shape 2 The same procedu...

Page 59: ... that was previously set up 1 Select F key to be assigned as short cut key for example F1 key 2 Move to the menu that you want to assign for short cut function 3 Push a F1 key by holding a OFF key 4 The setup is complete when beeping the buzzer beeps for two second 5 Push F1 key without menu and then assigned short cut menu will appear immediately ...

Page 60: ...y moving the trackball up or down 4 Move the trackball to the right after selection of the sub menu item and the then the selection of designated value is shown 5 Select designated value then press ENT key Pay attention that the actual change is not executed until ENT key is pressed 6 Move the trackball to the left to return to the previous menu The menu is closed when MENU key is pressed Example ...

Page 61: ...STW speed through water referenced to water Accordingly course and speed indication at the top right side of the screen becomes CTW STW STW is relative speed of the ship against water surface in the heading direction Information from SDME speed and distance measuring equipment like LOG is inputed by serial data VBW or VHW Single axis water log indicated as LOG on the screen cannot detect the effec...

Page 62: ...l GND SDME device like dual axis LOG and EPFS electronic position fixing system give the information for serial input If both serial sentence data of VTG EPFS and VBW SDME are available then VBW is given priority If the failure of EPFS or SDME interrupts the speed information for 30 seconds or if the ground status flag or VTG indicator flag is invalid then the numeral indication of COG SOG becomes...

Page 63: ...fective to detect buoys such as course indicators and floats However moving ships may disappear 1 Move the cursor to set value window of PROCESS at the upper right part of the screen Press ENT key repeatedly until the desired value appears 2 Turn the SEA and RAIN knobs to adjust the clutter to a dark level not to get in the way of detecting targets PROCESS 1 This is the process to get stable displ...

Page 64: ...aged It is effective to detect course indicators and floats in the waves PROCESS 3 is average processing It has improved identification capability of targets and clutter as compared with PROCESS 2 However moving targets may be displayed weakly 1st rotation 2nd rotation 3rd rotation 4th rotation 5th rotation 6th rotation 7th rotation PROCESS 3 Signal amplitude Target Clutter Rotation of antenna Clu...

Page 65: ...screen 1 Move the cursor to set value window of ENH at the upper right part of the screen Press ENT key repeatedly until the desired value appears The setting value can be selected from OFF 1 2 and 3 and the larger value applies stronger enhance effect ENH 1 ENH OFF ENH 2 ENH 3 The enlargement of targets has effect on all echoes So a large target such as land is also enlarged Consequently land and...

Page 66: ...ly spiral in shape or like the spokes of a wheel in shape This equipment can reduce this phenomenon IR can be changed directly at the upper light of the screen IR is also effective to reduce second time echo phenomenon 1 Move the cursor to set value window of IR at the upper right part of the screen Press ENT key repeatedly until desired value appears The setting value can be selected from OFF 1 2...

Page 67: ...mes constant at 5 NM or higher When the difference of signal strength is large it will be easy to display clutter at darker level and targets at brighter level VIDEO can be changed directly at the upper light of the screen 1 Move the cursor to the setup value window of VIDEO at the upper right part of the screen Press ENT key repeatedly until desired value appears When the difference of signal str...

Page 68: ...the screen with trackball and ENT key without using menu function 1 Press MENU key and Menu display is shown on the screen Select RADAR TRUE REL and then press ENT key after selecting the setup value MAP TRUE REL is in common with PAST POSN So if you change one part the other part will change accordingly Refer to page3 17 2 There are additional set up items TIME SHAPE DETECT LEVEL and RESET TIME T...

Page 69: ...l setting is six minutes and if the trail length is equal to the distance between the antenna position and Target 1 then the collision will occur after six minutes N Display mode N UP RM Target 1 6min 6min Prospect of collision after 6min Antenna position TRAIL REL True display T This mode displays the trail of the moving target over a specified time interval independently from own ship s movement...

Page 70: ...cation of the distance from a target RR 1 NM Own ship Range Ring separation Range 6NM Range rings Ring separation 1NM 1 Press MENU key to display menu Select TOOL RR ON and then press ENT key MAP RR display can be changed directly in the upper left of the screen with trackball and ENT key without using menu function 0 of the range rings indicates North direction when BRG TRUE REL is TRUE while hea...

Page 71: ...ge2 17 ERBL page2 20 bearing scale page2 6 and CURSOR The settings available in the true bearing with the true north as 000 degree and in the relative bearing with the heading as 000 degree EBL PI ERBL CURSOR can be changed directly in the screen 1 Display Menu by pressing MENU key Select TOOL BRG TRUE REL then press Enter after selecting the setup value MAP ...

Page 72: ...ed to maneuver the ship for collision avoidance based on sure and dependable SOG and COG information This is because ship s heading and running speed against water may be different from the actual ship s movement due to foreign or mostly natural environmental effect such as wind current wave etc Refer to COG SOG page4 43 1 Press MENU key to display Menu Select ALARM ECHO ALARM EDIT and then press ...

Page 73: ...VRM1 or VRM2 key and select an item to be set between RNG and DEPTH by using VRM knob The selected item is shown with a symbol at the left of numerical indication at the lower left of the screen 4 Select ECHO ALARM ON and then press ENT key 5 There are additional items MODE and DETECT LEVEL MODE IN When the echo enters a specified zone an alarm sounds OUT When the echo leaves a specified zone an a...

Page 74: ...oid collision TRUE This vector shows the course speed of a target only irrespective of the own ship 1 Press MENU key and Menu display is shown on the screen Select OS TGT VECT TRUE REL and then press ENT key after selecting the setup value MAP DETAIL 2 In addition there are TIME and TIME INCREMENT setups TIME It designates length of vector by time When TIME is specified by 1 min the vector is disp...

Page 75: ...hange the setting value with the trackball Press ENT key to validate after changing the setup value 2 In addition LIMIT TCPA is used to specify limit by time TGT ID ID can be displayed with TT ARPA or AIS target NUMBER and LABEL are used as ID R1 Number Reference number Label 5 Sarah J Refer to Reference target acquisition page3 26 about Reference number 1 Press MENU key and Menu display is shown ...

Page 76: ... TIME is changed a record is reset erased So immediate display is impossible During PAST POSN recording PAST POSN BUILD UP message in yellow characters is displayed in TGT INFO column of mid right of the screen 1 Move the cursor to set value window of PAST POSN upper right part of the screen Press ENT key to select T or REL As TRUE REL is in common with TRAIL Refer to page3 9 So if you change one ...

Page 77: ...ing target it is not associated AIS Symbols of both TT ARPA and AIS are associated to AIS However when the target of AIS is sleeping target it is not associated ASSOCIATION can be changed directly at the upper right of the display screen with trackball and ENT key without using menu function In addition CHANGE SELECTED TGT and SETTING are provided ASSOCIATION changes priority of the association of...

Page 78: ...rm sounds AIS When a sleeping target enters it is changed to an active target activated and an alarm sounds When an active target enters no alarm sounds GUARD ZONE Designated in a fan type range TT When a tracked target enters an alarm sounds When an un tracked target enters no alarm sounds or it is not automatically acquired AIS When an active target enters an alarm sounds When a sleeping target ...

Page 79: ...Chapter 3 Primary operations Menu MDC 2900 Series 3 20 0093129012 06 AUTO ACQ AREA TT AIS AIS AUTO ACQ INPUT RNG GUARD ZONE FILTER RNG ...

Page 80: ...This is to set up the operation range of TT ARPA and AIS It designates the entire operation range of TT ARPA and AIS So TT ARPA and AIS do not function outside the range 1 Press MENU key to display Menu Select OS TGT INPUT RNG and then press ENT key after selecting the setup value MAP DETAIL ...

Page 81: ...racked target or an AIS active target enters there then no response occurs It takes at least 20 seconds to judge whether the target is acquirable by TT ARPA Take note that the target may not be acquired when the setting area is too narro w or target is moving on high speed 1 Press MENU key to display Menu Select OS TGT AUTO ACQ AREA EDIT and then press ENT key MAP TRIAL MANOEUVRE 2 Setup area Refe...

Page 82: ...active target enters a guard zone then a large red symbol is displayed and ALARM is generated If a TT ARPA un tracked target or an AIS sleeping target enters there then no response occurs 1 Press MENU key to display Menu Select ALARM GZ EDIT and then press ENT key MAP 2 Setup area Refer to Echo alarm page3 13 to set item and setting method 3 Select GZ ON and then press ENT key ...

Page 83: ...o types of method ON OFF using menu or ON OFF using TT in the upper right of the display screen are available Pressing ACQ key in OFF state makes automatically ON state This function does not work due to incompleteness of input sentence when own ship information display in upper right of the screen is turned red 1 Press MENU key to display Menu Select OS TGT TT TT ON and then press ENT key TT ARPA...

Page 84: ...0093129012 06 3 25 Delete target 1 Use Trackball drag a cursor to the target to be deleted keep OFF key pressed and press ACQ key Delete all targets 1 Press MENU key to display Menu Select OS TGT TT ALL DELETE and then press ENT key TRIAL MANOEUVRE MAP ...

Page 85: ...erefore if a reference target is used then CPA TCPA of TT ARPA relative vector and relative speed are prohibited by IEC 62388 For this reason if a reference target is used its speed and vector should be only informative Pay attention to that if a reference target is lost then accuracy of the true speed the true course is significantly reduced The combined use with AIS function cannot be performed ...

Page 86: ...numerical value Tracked radar targets dangerous target Red clolor Blink in 0 5 sec interval Lost target Red clolor Pressing OFF key to acknowledge changes target symbol to normal color and stop blinking ID can be displayed in Tracked target Refer to TGT ID page3 16 about the method to display Alarm display and alarm sound disappear by pressing OFF key to acknowledge while color is remains red unti...

Page 87: ...ormance check Confirm that the acquisition and track of target is possible and that the accuracy of data is within the specification mentioned below Time of steady state minutes CPA NM TCPA minutes True course Degrees True speed 1 min trend 1 0 3 min prediction 0 3 0 5 5 0 5 kn or 1 whichever is greater Preparation 1 Display Range rings as follows Press MENU key to display Menu Select TOOL RR ON a...

Page 88: ...press STBY TX key and start transmission Then a target appears A target appears near the direction 10 and range 12 NM After approaching to own ship the target moves toward direction 170 Own ship s speed is about 40 kn and the target speed is about 60 kn Relative speed is 100 kn x S Target 1 Turn ON TEST TGT Select OS TGT TT TEST TGT ON and then press ENT key Range is fixed at 12 NM and cannot be c...

Page 89: ...ckball drag a cursor to the target and press ACQ key 2 Confirm appearance of the dotted circle of acquisition start symbol and the parenthesis of value near it The value is indicated in TGT INFO area Refer to Types of tracked target symbol page3 27 TGT INFO area If the parenthesis is not displayed then drag a cursor to the acquisition start symbol and press ENT key ...

Page 90: ... over 2 Compare with the known result after 1 minute from acquisition start Known solution BRG T 11 0 RNG 8 3 NM CTW 199 7 STW 54 0 kn CPA 0 00 NM TCPA 5 25 Min 3 Compare with the known result after 3 minutes from acquisition start Known solution BRG T 11 0 RNG 5 1 NM CTW 199 5 STW 55 0 kn CPA 0 00 NM TCPA 3 20 Min If difference from the known result exceeds the limit then the following warning is...

Page 91: ...s MENU key to display Menu Select ALARM ECHO ALARM EDIT and press ENT key Set up the echo alarm range Refer to Echo alarm page3 13 to set up the range Select ECHO ALARM ON and then press ENT key 4 Set up the guard zone Select ALARM GZ EDIT and press ENT key Set up the range of Guard zone GZ ON and then press ENT key 5 Set up the Auto acquisition Select OS TGT AUTO ACQ AREA AUTO ACQ AREA EDIT and p...

Page 92: ...TGT press STBY TX key and start transmission Then a target appears Target appears near the direction 10 and range 12NM After approaching to own ship the target moves toward direction 170 Own ship speed is about 40kn and target speed is about 60kn relative speed is 100kn x S Target 12NM 1 Turn on TEST TGT Select OS TGT TT TEST TGT ON and then press ENT key Range is fixed at 12 NM and cannot be chan...

Page 93: ...012 06 Echo alarm Refer to Echo alarm page3 13 1 Confirm that when the target enters the echo alarm area the echo alarm is displayed in alarm display area at the lower right of the screen Press OFF key to acknowledge Then alarm will disappear x Alarm display area ...

Page 94: ...n Refer to Types of tracked target symbol page3 27 Information of symbol with is displayed in the TGT INFO area CPA TCPA are displayed as missing until tracking is started Move the cursor on symbol and then press ENT key if is not displayed yet TGT INFO area 3 Confirm that data is changed from missing after the symbol is changed to tracked one 4 Move the cursor again Delete the tracked symbol by p...

Page 95: ...uisition starts Start of tracking is displayed in the alarm display area at lower right of the screen Acquired symbol is shown in blinking red until pressing OFF key is pressed to acknowledge Alarm display area Past position Refer to PAST POSN Past position page3 17 1 Trail of tracked symbol is displayed by setting past position time Set up the past position time in the PAST POSN at the right midd...

Page 96: ...t the lower right of the screen when the tracked symbol has entered the Guard zone Blinking of tracked symbol will stop by pressing OFF key to acknowledge Tracked symbol remains red until it leaves from Guard zone Alarm display area TEST TGT OFF Select OS TGT TT TEST TGT OFF and then press ENT key Stop transmission and restore GAIN RAIN and SEA setting value to original knob position ...

Page 97: ...NPUT RNG Input range page3 21 If the displayed targets exceed 254 then next coming AIS data cannot be displayed For the sake of safety if warning is displayed then change INPUT RNG value immediately and decrease the displayed targets If the own ship information display at upper right of the screen is turned red then it means that the input sentence is incomplete So this function does not work If A...

Page 98: ...PA page3 16 to setup CPA TCPA The set items to be changed on the screen are Range and Class RNG It displays targets only within specified range Pay attention that the objective target may not be displayed if the setup value is too small CLASS It displays targets only in setup class In addition MOORED AT ANCHOR SPD GZ and ECHO ALARM are settable on the menu Refer to AIS FILTER page4 18 to setup CPA...

Page 99: ...ed target with neither reported HDG nor COG Activated target dangerous targets Activated target true scaled outlines Blink in 0 5 sec interval Blink in 0 5 sec interval Activated target without HDG Blink in 0 5 sec interval Activated target with neither reported HDG nor COG Activated target with heading lines Activated target with turn indicators Real AIS ATON Virtual AIS ATON SART AIS Search And ...

Page 100: ...d speed Assuming that the own ship and other ships tracked targets and activated AIS targets are both concurrently moving at the present course and speed CRS SPD for the duration set at DELAY vector is displayed in such a way that the own ship is to move at the set CRS T SPD RATE OF TURN and RATE OF SPD from the starting point Better information is provided by using relative motion and sea stabili...

Page 101: ...arge character T is displayed at the lower center of the screen and the setting menu of TRIAL MANOEUVRE is displayed at the lower right of the screen T In addition the movement of the own ship and the other ships is displayed in vector after elapse of the time set at DELAY of TRIAL MANOEUVRE setting menu ...

Page 102: ...is finished immediately TRIAL OFF When the trial manoeuvre commences count down starts from 300 seconds and ends at 0 second When you desire to stop the function during the countdown select the countdown display and set OFF CRS T This indicates own ship s course after DELAY SPD This indicates own ship s speed after DELAY DELAY This indicates the starting time of TRIAL MANOEUVRE After the time set ...

Page 103: ... s vector will change when the vector setting is VECT T and the other ship s vector will change when vector setting is VECT REL TRUE VECTOR when own ship s speed is doubled RELATIVE VECTOR when own ship s speed is doubled 5 When either the TRIAL is set OFF or when the countdown of the TRIAL time becomes 0 the TRIAL MANOEUVRE is terminated ...

Page 104: ...TRAIL character at the lower left of the screen changes to yellow until recording has reached to the setup time TRAIL SHAPE Selection values CATERPILLAR TADPOLE FIREBALL Refer to Display ship s trail page3 9 TRAIL DETECT LEVEL Selection values 1 2 3 4 5 6 Refer to Display ship s trail page3 9 TRAIL RESET Selection values CANCEL GO Refer to Display ship s trail page3 9 OFF CENT POINT Selection valu...

Page 105: ...utomatically returns to STANDBY after 30 seconds When the image is fixed HOLD appears at the upper left side of the screen and blinks It is convenient to use F key Refer to F Function key usage page2 27 ZOOM When this is switched on during transmission an image expanded at the center of the cursor position by 1 range is displayed During zooming ZOOM appears at the upper left of the screen It is co...

Page 106: ...ction values OFF ON OFF When the trail time is changed all trails are erased once and then a new trail is displayed The length of trails will be displayed in the 1 6 unit ON When the trail time is changed display of the previous trail changes gradually to the new trail while the trail before the change is kept displayed The length of the trail will be maintained constantly for the trail time Note ...

Page 107: ...ils of moving targets on the screen will be displayed TRUE When the ship turns round the trail due to the turning round will not be displayed H UP OFFSET Selection values 0 0 to 359 9 This function is to offset the upper part of screens from ship s bearing at H UP Refer to For H UP Head up mode page2 23 ALL PPI Selection values OFF ON This function is to display images and trails on all screens ex...

Page 108: ...MDC 2900 Series Chapter 4 General operation Menu 0093129012 06 4 5 N N N OFF 1 2 FERRY1 FERRY2 ...

Page 109: ...ay when ECHO enters to or leaves from the MAP AREA MAP AREA DETECT LEVEL Selection values 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 This function is to set up detection level of the above alarm CPA TCPA Selection values OFF ON This function provides alarm display when the values become lower than setup CPA TCPA Refer to CPA TCPA page3 16 AUTO ACQ Selection values OFF ON Refer to AUTO ACQ AREA Automatic acquisition area page3...

Page 110: ... more alarms occur at the same time Alarm with priority is displayed by first priority and then other alarms are displayed as occurs When an alarm with priority occurs it replaces the alarm displayed NONE No priority is applied Alarm is displayed as occurs RADAR Priority is given to alarm within the system AIS Priority is given to ALR sentence from external equipment at AIS connector NAV Priority ...

Page 111: ...sts the alarms of other error devices in the same order Up and down roll action of the track ball turns pages Alarm goes off automatically when cause of alarm disappears HISTORY LIST It lists the history of past alarms It lists the alarms activated in the past in chronological order from top to bottom Maximum number of alarms which can be displayed is 200 Alarms in excess of 200 are deleted The up...

Page 112: ... set audible sound at the time of receiving a message to own ship To use this function it is necessary to input the own ship s MMSI number Refer to OS MMSI page4 19 When a message is received the AIS target that sent the message is selected A mark is affixed to the target symbol When ASSISTANT DISP is set at AIS INFO the received message can be confirmed Refer to ASSISTANT DISP page4 38 ...

Page 113: ...ge3 15 TGT ID DISP Selection values OFF NUMBER LABEL BOTH Refer to TGT ID page3 16 ID DISP SIZE Selection values X SMALL SMALL MIDDLE LARGE Refer to TGT ID page3 16 INTPUT RNG Selection values 1 0NM to 64 0NM Refer to INPUT RNG Input range page3 21 ASSOCIATION Selection values OFF TT AIS Refer to ASSOCIATION page3 18 CHANGE SELECTED TGT Refer to ASSOCIATION page3 18 SETTING Refer to ASSOCIATION pa...

Page 114: ... indicator This is displayed only when VECTOR is displayed Refer to VECTOR page3 15 ANT POSN Selection values OFF ON This function is to display the mark indicating the antenna position of own ship Symbol Symbol name ANT position Refer to Setup own ship profile page1 5 for the setup of antenna position This displays only when the display of SHIP OUTLINE is turned ON Refer to SHIP OUTLINE page4 14 ...

Page 115: ...of the screen with trackball and ENT key without using menu function Symbol Symbol name Own ship past track TIME The PAST TRK by its nature records and displays past location So it does not display an image just after being transmitted In addition after the change of TIME recording is repeated So the trail is not displayed immediately Until recording has reached to the setup time OS PAST TRK chara...

Page 116: ...length is divided by VECT TIME INCREMENT Refer to VECTOR page3 15 VECT TIME INCREMENT 3 VECT TIME INCREMENT 3 Symbol Symbol name Own ship past track time increment VECT TIME PAST TRK RESET This is to delete recorded trail and then restart recording STERN LINE Selection values OFF ON This is to set up the display of dotted line extended from reference point to bearing scale toward stern direction R...

Page 117: ...by AIS SELECT ID function The change of ACTIVE SLEEP can be executed also by pointing target with cursor in addition to designate number Refer to ACTIVE SLEEP page3 39 LABEL Selection values NAME MMSI IMO CALLSIGN Refer to TGT ID page3 16 SHIP OUTLINE Selection values OFF ON This is displayed only when OUTLINE is included in the target information received by AIS Refer to Types of AIS target symbo...

Page 118: ...s ATON Selection values OFF ON Symbol Symbol name ATON Aids to navigation SAR Search and rescue aircraft Selection values OFF ON BASE Selection values OFF ON Symbol Symbol name BASE OS DISP Selection values OFF ON This is to set up display of own ship AIS symbol MESSAGE DISP Selection values OFF LOW MIDDLE HIGH This is to set up display speed when message is included in AIS information Message is ...

Page 119: ...can be executed also by pointing a cursor in addition to designation of the corresponding number Refer to Target tracking TT ARPA page3 24 ALL DELETE Refer to Target tracking TT ARPA page3 24 REF ACQ Refer to Reference target acquisition page3 26 EDIT NAME This is to edit label of target selected by TT SELECT ID function Up to 10 characters available to input Refer to TGT ID page3 16 TEST TGT Sele...

Page 120: ...A or AIS non recording of them OFF or displaying of the recorded trails DISPLAY for each record No Structure of set up menu PAST TRK PLOT INT Selection values OFF PERM 15sec 30sec 1min 3min 6min 12min This is to set up recording intervals of line trails The recoding capacity of one record No is 1000 points Therefore when the recording interval is set short the trail line will become smooth but the...

Page 121: ...is switched on own ship s vector is changed to the display of predicted course BCR BCT DISP Selection values OFF ON This is the function to display BCR BCT information of the target presently selected out of tracking targets or AIS targets The information of the selected target is displayed in the target information area at the center right side of the screen BCR When the selected target crosses o...

Page 122: ...unction is to set display of sleeping targets when they are within the Echo Alarm even they are outside of FILTER RNG OS MMSI Selection values 0 to 1073741824 This is for inputting of the MMSI number of AIS transmitter receiver on own ship At AIS it is possible to communicate with the specified other parties With inputting the MMSI number messages to own ship can be distinguished It is possible to...

Page 123: ... OFF ON This is to select display or non display of line No selected with PI LINE Refer to Measure distance bearing PI Parallel index line page2 17 PI LINE START RNG Selection values 96 0NM to 96NM This is to set up the length from the center of the line of the line No selected with PI LINE Refer to Measure distance bearing PI Parallel index line page2 17 PI LINE END RNG Selection values 96 0NM to...

Page 124: ...TM The center of rotation of EBL OFFSET will move together with own ship This is effective to measure the distance between fixed targets away from the reference point EBL2 OFFSET Selection values RM TM This is to set up display mode of EBL2 OFFSET RM The center of rotation of EBL OFFSET will be fixed on the radar screen TM The center of rotation of EBL OFFSET will move together with own ship This ...

Page 125: ...set in CURSOR At NORMAL only the number of range rings is displayed The number of range rings depends on the ranges used VRM1 UNIT Selection values NM km sm kf RANGE LINK This is to set the display unit for range for VRM1 The unit of range for other than VRM1 VRM2 and PI can be also set in Range unit Refer to RANGE UNIT page4 2 VRM2 UNIT Selection values NM km sm kf RANGE LINK This is to set the d...

Page 126: ... bearing varies frequently it would become easy to overlap the cursor on targets VRM EBL CROSS Selection values OFF ON This is to display a circle at the intersecting points of VRM1 and EBL1 and VRM2 and EBL2 respectively SCALE Selection values OFF ON This is to set display or non display of the bearing scale SCALE CHARA Selection values OFF ON This is to set display or non display of the bearing ...

Page 127: ...DE Selection values OFF ON This is to set the display method of true EBL OFF The true EBL on the screen is fixed and the displayed numerical figure will vary according to the rotation of the bearing ON The true EBL on the screen will rotate according to the rotation of bearing and the displayed numerical figure will be fixed ERBL Selection values LINE RING This is to select the shape of a marker o...

Page 128: ...ate display group out of 20 groups It is convenient to record separately such as by region One group consists of COAST LINE NAV LINE ROUTE EVENT MARK and AREA and there are 20 blocks respectively You can set up the display or non display by setting from the following items GROUP1 GROUP GROUP2 GROUP3 GROUP20 BLOCK1 COAST LINE BLOCK20 BLOCK1 NAV LINE BLOCK20 BLOCK1 ROUTE BLOCK20 BLOCK1 EVENT MARK BL...

Page 129: ...ternate planned route Selection values OFF 1 to 20 This is the function to select blocks of the route to be displayed This is to designate the block to be displayed out of 20 blocks The route is displayed by a thin dotted line in orange color Refer to EDIT ROUTE Alternate planned route page4 28 to edit Alternate planned route 001 002 003 W3 004 Color orange Monitored route Color red DISP GROUP EVE...

Page 130: ... multiple lines in a block Pay attention that INSERT will erase 50th point Refer to DISP GROUP COAST LINE page4 25 for setting display non display About EBL1 VRM1 input Latitude and longitude can be input by using EBL1 and VRM1 Switch on EBL1 VRM1 and put the two intersections at the position where to input Select EBL1 VRM1 Input and press ENT key to input EDIT NAV LINE This is to map and edit NAV...

Page 131: ...nating display non display The own ship position and the cursor position are input with an F key Refer to F Function key usage page2 27 for function key input EDIT AREA This is to map and edit AREA Edit operation can be performed after designating block number This function is valid by inputting three or more positions and each input positions are linked with line Up to 50 point can be input per o...

Page 132: ...S to 1 000N 1 000W to 1 000E MAN OFFSET Selection values 1 000S to 1 000N 1 000W to 1 000E This is to manually input compensated value of latitude longitude Set MAINTENANCE I O OFFSET to MAN before usage of MAN OFFSET DETAIL EDIT MARK SHAPE Selection values 19 types This is to set the mark shape for inputting of the mark using F key The following marks can be selected Refer to F Function key usage...

Page 133: ...f information and time position and water temperature at 100 points can be recorded per 1 ID As for the latest data in addition to time position and water temperature course speed and battery voltage can be recorded Examples of display 1 24 2 55 0 0 99 3 3 23 8 0 6 8 3 22 4 0 8 12 3 Buoys with same ID will be displayed linked with straight lies Under each buoy symbol water temperature can be indic...

Page 134: ...the right sides of the latest data buoy symbols 2 WAT TEMP DISP This is the function to display water temperature under the buoy symbols 3 BLOCK NUMBER This is the function to select block numbers 1 ID buoy data can be recorded in 1 block The following 4 6 will be applied to the blocks selected in above 3 4 BLOCK CLEAR This is the function to deleted buoy data recorded in blocks 5 BLOCK DATA This ...

Page 135: ...be inserted at the rear of the housing Card slot Note About C MAP chart When a C MAP chart card for a special area is used there are cases where no chart could be displayed at some positions or at some ranges This is because that there is no most appropriate chart information and not because of failure of the radar In those cases please try to change the range to get the chart CHART SELECT Selecti...

Page 136: ...tion values BLUE AMBER USER1 USER2 Color of TRAIL can be set up in 7 levels of color according to signal strength COLOR BKGND PPI Selection values BLACK BLUE USER1 USER2 COLOR BKGND DATA Selection values BLACK BLUE USER1 USER2 COLOR DATA Selection values WHITE GREY USER1 USER2 BRIGHTNESS Selection values 20 to 100 This is to set up brightness of ECHO TRAIL BKGND OS TOOL TGT MAP ROUTE CURSOR DATA W...

Page 137: ...2 This is to designate the color of coast line This is effective only at the time of displaying a map Refer to USER1 COLOR page4 35 COLOR NAV LINE Selection values GREY USER1 USER2 This is to designate the color of nav line Refer to USER1 COLOR page4 35 COLOR ROUTE Selection values ORANGE USER1 USER2 This is to designate the colors of routes Refer to USER1 COLOR page4 35 COLOR EVENT MARK Selection...

Page 138: ...E YELLOW USER1 USER2 This is to designate the color of land Refer to USER1 COLOR page4 35 USER1 COLOR This is the function for users to generate colors by themselves The items for which colors can be generated are Echo Trail Echo Background Data Background Own Ship Tool Target Coast Line Nav Line Route Mark Area Own ship track Cursor Data and Map Colors For Echo and Trails 7 colors shall be design...

Page 139: ...ly MODE Selection values INDEPENDENT MASTER INDEPENDENT SLAVE DUAL MASTER DUAL SLAVE CROSS MONITOR INDEPENDENT MASTER Connection status where one antenna is connected to one radar INDEPENDENT SLAVE Connection status where the dedicated cable is connected to the above mentioned INDEPENDENT MASTER and the image of antenna of INDEPENDENT MASTER is displayed The antenna cannot be controlled So it is i...

Page 140: ...E DUAL MASTER DUAL SLAVE CW 561 M CW 373 M CROSS In this status there are two radar to which each antenna is connected In this status the antenna that is not connected to its own radar is used CROSS CW 561 M CW 373 M MONITOR In this status the antenna is not connected and a simulator is connected and used ANT POSI Selection values PORT STBD FWD MID AFT FWD PORT FWD STBD MID PORT MID STBD AFT PORT ...

Page 141: ...NM 14 0NM 15 0NM 16 0NM TGT ID 100 180 240 155 273 102 333 169 LIST BCR 0 12NM 0 55NM 0 66NM 1 59NM 2 55NM 4 66NM 10 90NM 28 84NM SORT BCR BCT 2 98min 1 63min 2 70min 5 46min 0 63min 3 10min 1 01min 16 40min TGT ID 100 240 273 333 247 316 206 185 LIST LAT LON 35 16 137N 139 44 711E 35 16 137N 139 44 711E 35 16 137N 139 44 711E 35 16 137N 139 44 711E 35 16 137N 139 44 711E 35 16 137N 139 44 711E 35...

Page 142: ... When a target comes across own ship bearing the distance between the crossing point and own ship is displayed BCT When a target comes cross own ship bearing the time between present time and the crossing time is displayed USER Selection values 1 to 4 Four kinds of setting values can be used by changing the setup value after selecting the number It enables plural users to use different setting val...

Page 143: ...e7 5 SERIAL SEL Selection value NAV EPFS SDME GYRO Refer to Need to confirm serial input page7 6 SERIAL MONITOR Refer to Need to confirm serial input page7 6 ANT MONITOR Refer to No video display page7 7 TOTAL HOUR Display of total operating time of the radar TX HOUR Total transmitting time of the radar will be displayed This gives an idea for exchange of components with lifetime Reset after compo...

Page 144: ...ally LANG Selection values ENGLISH 日本語 This is to set up language to be used MOTOR SPEED Selection values OFF 0 0625 0 125 0 25 0 5 1 1 5 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 36 48 72 96 144 This is to set the range where the antenna can rotate fast The antenna rotates fast in the range of the set value and less DISP INFO Selection values OFF ON This is to set display non display of information displayed on echo...

Page 145: ...ET page1 2 TX DELAY Selection values 0 to 100 Refer to Adjustment of transmitting delay time TX DELAY page1 3 ANT HEIGHT Selection values 0 5m 5 10m 10m 20m 20m or more Refer to Adjustment of transmitting delay time TX DELAY page1 3 ANT CABLE Selection values 20m 40m 60m Refer to Setup antenna cable length page1 4 MBS Main Bang Suppression Selection values 0 to 30 Refer to Setup of MBS Main Bang S...

Page 146: ... error heading line signal STW Speed Through the Water Selection values AUTO VHW VBW VTG RMC RMA MAN This is to select input value of water speed Refer to Low or doubtful integrity information display page4 46 Manual input is available only when MAN is selected Selection values 0 0 to 100 0kn Refer to STAB MODE page3 2 COG SOG Selection values AUTO VBW VTG RMC RMA CURRENT This is to select COG SOG...

Page 147: ...lection values MAN DTM This is to select OFFSET input of position LAT LON input is available only when MAN is selected Selection values 1 000S to 1 000N 1 000W to 1 000E POSITION DATUM This is to display DATUM information in the input sentence DTM when EPFS is selected by Position offset SET DRIFT Selection values MAN VDR Bearing Speed input is available only when MAN is selected Selection values ...

Page 148: ...arget are output at the interval set by the OUTPUT NAV and OUTPUT EPFS Mark The position registered at the time of registration of a mark using Mark cursor or Mark own ship of F key is output Target The position of the cursor in use of TLL output of F key is output When the cursor is in the state of non display such as during display of the menu etc this becomes invalid ALR OUT SEL Selection value...

Page 149: ...ng ship speed and ship latitude longitude When there is no input and a radar is used alone all shall be switched off Low or doubtful integrity information display Figure values displayed on the screen turn red when the input data is Invalid Certain functions such as TT ARPA AIS etc cannot be used when the information of ship s bearing speed or position at the upper right of the screen are displaye...

Page 150: ...cure safety for human body When using SECTOR MUTE it takes much time to detect optimum value in auto tuning at the start of transmission and change of range Therefore manual tuning is recommended to use when using SECTOR MUTE Refer to Tuning method page1 1 The transmission ON OFF starting angle of the SECTOR MUTE might be unstable to a set angle by maximum 5 MUTE Selection values OFF ON START Sele...

Page 151: ...maximum gain Though setting of a large value increases the maximum gain it makes fine adjustment of GAIN difficult GAIN OFFSET BW Selection values 127 to 127 This is to compensate difference of GAIN with pulse width SEA AUTO LAND Selection values 0 to 200 This is to set up strength of AUTO SEA when own ship stayed in harbor or canal Set up a value in harbor so that the quay side is clearly display...

Page 152: ...etting of a large value may fade out small targets because of suppression effect even when SEA knob is set to the minimum position SEA MAX OFFSET Selection values 127 to 127 This is to set up SEA strength for each pulse width SEA knob adjustment SEA MAN is not required at the time of range change by this setting up Execute VIDEO SETUP before this setting up 1 Set range to 0 75NM pulse width SP Set...

Page 153: ...f RAIN knob when RAIN mode is DIFF RAIN knob variable range is determined by difference of RAIN MAX and RAIN MIN Strong rain cloud may not be faded out if the set value is too small Small targets may fade out if the set value is too large RAIN MIN Selection values 0 to 255 This is to set up the minimum value of RAIN knob when RAIN mode is DIFF RAIN knob variable range is determined by difference o...

Page 154: ...o 6NM pulse width LP1 Set GAIN knob to the maximum position Set RAIN knob to the minimum position in DIFF Differentiation mode for RAIN Set SEA knob to the minimum position in MAN mode for SEA 2 Change the LOW LEVEL setting value so that background noise is displayed weakly 3 Confirm background noise is completely fade out by setting GAIN knob to the minimum position If the setting value is too sm...

Page 155: ...e of setup data at the time of setting up Cannot use while transmitting page1 6 EXT LOAD Selection values CANCEL GO Refer to External save of setup Cannot use on transmitting page1 10 EXT SAVE Selection values CANCEL GO Refer to External save of setup Cannot use on transmitting page1 10 TOTAL HOUR Cannot use while transmitting Selection values CANCEL RESET This is a function to reset total operati...

Page 156: ...MDC 2900 Series Chapter 4 General operation Menu 0093129012 06 4 53 4 9 Menu configuration MAP TIME KEEP REL MODE HDG TRUE ...

Page 157: ...Chapter 4 General operation Menu MDC 2900 Series 0093129012 06 4 54 MAP ...

Page 158: ...MDC 2900 Series Chapter 4 General operation Menu 0093129012 06 4 55 ERBL LINE RING MAP ...

Page 159: ...Chapter 4 General operation Menu MDC 2900 Series 0093129012 06 4 56 MAP LAT LON LINE ...

Page 160: ...MDC 2900 Series Chapter 4 General operation Menu 0093129012 06 4 57 MAP ...

Page 161: ...Chapter 4 General operation Menu MDC 2900 Series 0093129012 06 4 58 MAP ...

Page 162: ...ies Chapter 4 General operation Menu 0093129012 06 4 59 MAP OFF MAP DELETE The position of the cursor and own ship s position are recorded as event markers No numerical value is displayed in function key operation ...

Page 163: ...Chapter 4 General operation Menu MDC 2900 Series 0093129012 06 4 60 MAP ROT Displays only when an external equipment GPS sensor etc is connected ...

Page 164: ...MDC 2900 Series Chapter 4 General operation Menu 0093129012 06 4 61 PRESET LOAD MAP VIDEO MODE ...

Page 165: ...na Model name RW701A 04 RW701A 06 RW701B 09 Antenna length 4feet 6feet 9feet Horizontal beam width 1 8 1 2 0 8 Vertical beam width 22 22 25 Polarization Horizontal Scanner Model name RB717A RB718A RB719A Type Up mast Antenna rotation rate 24 rpm or 48 rpm Transmitting Power 6kW 12 kW 25 kW Water protection IPX6 ...

Page 166: ...ale selected Range 0 125 0 25 0 5 0 75 1 5 3 6 12 24 48 96 NM Up to 72 NM for transmit output 12 kW Up to 96 NM for transmit output 25kW Display mode Head up North up and Course up Other functions CFAR Clutter rejection Interference rejection Enhance Process Averaging VRM EBL PI ERBL Cursor position Lat Lon Bearing true relative Trail true relative Own ship past track MAP Event mark etc RGB Monito...

Page 167: ...4 5 31 32 158 3 6 15 64 276 6 10 57 64 83 3 17 64 193 6 7 5 8 385 15 5 32 140 7 5 35 64 360 7 14 13 64 40 3 1 37 64 10 1 4 1 5 5 3 7 6 4 64 3 2 17 32 57 2 1 4 31 1 7 32 Weight MRO 105 MRM 105 Front view Rear view Right side view Right side view 1 8kg 4lb inclusive base and connecting cable Weight 5 1kg 11 2lb Weight 15 0kg 33lb Without cover MRD 105 Unit mm inch Front view Right side view ...

Page 168: ... 1 8 104 17 3 4 MAX 450 4 1 8 104 17 3 4 MAX 450 275 10 13 16 470 18 1 2 BOW BOW RB719A Unit mm inch RB717A RB718A 4Feet 1346 53 6Feet 1970 77 9 16 9Feet 2740 107 7 8 Weight 23kg 51lb RW701A 04 25kg 56lb RW701A 06 29kg 64lb RW701B 09 4Feet 1346 53 6Feet 1970 77 9 16 9Feet 2740 107 7 8 Weight 27kg 60lb RW701A 04 29kg 64lb RW701A 06 33kg 73lb RW701B 09 ...

Page 169: ... glance The microwave radiated from the radar is referred to as pulse wave and the transmitting and receiving of these waves is alternated Up to thousands of pulse waves are transmitted and received during one rotation The typical radar antenna is of parabolic type or slotted array type and its performance is essential for good radar performance Some of factors affecting the quality of the target ...

Page 170: ...1 Characteristics of radar radio wave D NM h2 Target height m h1 Antenna height m Target hardness reflected The strength of the reflected wave from a target varies depending on not only the distance from the target its height or size but also its material and features A target with a low degree of reflection or low incident angle such as FRP Fiber Reinforced Plastic and wooden ship is not reflecte...

Page 171: ...on should be paid in shadowed areas False image An image that does not actually exist false image at sea may appear on the display The phenomena that causes false echoes are categorized and be described as follows Virtual image The image of a large physical object in proximity may appear in two different orientations One is a real image and the other is a false image caused by wave re reflected by...

Page 172: ...ng between own ship and the reflective target changes then the duplicate targets will disappear Therefore this false image can be easily distinguished Double image Real image False image caused by double image Own ship Large vessel Side lobe images The microwave beam radiated from the antenna has a side lobe in different direction than that of the main beam Since this side lobe level is lower than...

Page 173: ...ayed as a false image with closer distance than the actual one This phenomenon is a result of the wide range echo delay time exceeding the transmission period and is displayed as echo in the following rotation If the range scale is changed and the target range is changed it can be judged as a false image 6 3 Radar interference When the radar with the same frequency band is used nearby interference...

Page 174: ...te The enhancer yields larger echo reflection than normal one About SART According to the GMDSS Global Maritime Distress and Safety Systems requirement the IMO SOLAS class ships must be equipped with a SART When a ship is in distress a signal will be automatically emitted from the SART so that other ships and or aircrafts can identify its location When your ship equipped with a X band radar comes ...

Page 175: ...es are identified If your ship comes within 1 NM from the SART the fast sweep signal is indicated The position of this echo is displayed 150 m beyond the actual SART position Slow sweep signal Fast sweep signal Beam width of the radar signal received SART position SART position 1 nm or more beyond the SART position Within 1 nm of SART position 9 5GHz 9 2GHz 7 5µs sweep time 95µs sweep time Slow sw...

Page 176: ...low refer to the installation manual Items posted 7 1 No alarm sound ALARM TEST 7 2 Operation unit panel key is not operational PANEL TEST 7 3 TT ARPA is not operational DIAGNOSE TT 7 4 AIS is not displayed DIAGNOSE AIS 7 5 Need to confirm serial input SERIAL MONITOR 7 6 No video display ANT MONITOR 7 7 Screen is frozen 1 Press MENU key to display Menu Select SYSTEM BITE SERIAL SEL 6 ...

Page 177: ...n 2 HDG CTW and STW value at the upper right of the screen turns to 0 and color changes to red Alarm sounds and alarm display appears at the lower right of the screen Alarms displayed are HDG is unavailable SPD is unavailable 3 Confirmation is completed if alarm sounded 4 ALARM TEST automatically returns to OFF state after 10 seconds from turning ON state If no alarm sounds while alarm display has...

Page 178: ...isplay unit 1 Press MENU key to display Menu Select SYSTEM BITE PANEL TEST 2 Panel illustration will appear on the screen 3 Press any key mark will appear at the left side of key name during the key is pressed The line in the circle will rotate when the knob is turned The circle color will be reversed when the knob is pressed The small circle in the square will move when track ball is moved 4 Pres...

Page 179: ...3 21 ATA Board dedicated for TT ARPA processing is installed in the Display unit This procedure confirms ATA Board function 1 Press MENU key to display Menu Select SYSTEM BITE DIAGNOSE TT 2 Confirm o mark is appeared on the left side of TT BOARD HDG 3 Turn track ball to left to complete If mark is displayed in step 2 then In the case of TT BOARD ATA board is in malfunction In the case of HDG Valid...

Page 180: ...malfunction In the case of AIS DATA No valid AIS data input to AIS Board Confirm AIS receiver connected to Display unit AIS DATA is usually input to AIS J2 connector In the case of HDG No valid HDG input to AIS Board Confirm HDG input of Display unit Refer to Need to confirm serial input page7 6 HDG is usually input to GYRO connector In the case of SPD No valid SPD input to AIS Board Confirm SPD i...

Page 181: ...R 外部ブザーモータヒューズ高圧ヒューズメインヒューズジャイロユニット 1 Press MENU key to display Menu Select SYSTEM BITE SERIAL SEL then press Enter after selection 2 Select SERIAL MONITOR 3 Input data will be displayed As the data is input continuously display continues to move according to data By pressing Enter key data display will stop temporarily to confirm data content 4 Turn track ball to left to complete Data confirm...

Page 182: ...be displayed 3 Turn track ball to left to complete Antenna status criteria in step 2 HIGH VOLTAGE If the value is other than 133 to 155 then it means malfunction of high voltage MAG CURRENT If the value is other than 15 to 127 then it is malfunction of magnetron MAG HEATER If the value is other than 46 to 94 then it means malfunction of magnetron TUNE VOLTAGE If the value is other than 99 to 447 t...

Page 183: ...r movement As the radar system is an indispensable device for safety navigation it is very dangerous without correct display 1 Turn Gain knob Sea knob and Rain knob to confirm changes of video 2 Turn track ball to confirm if cursor is moving While Menu is displayed confirm if selection item is moving When malfunction of either step 1 or step 2 is found the screen is frozen Restart Display unit imm...

Page 184: ...und until acknowledgement by pressing OFF key Provides alarm output WARNING Indicates by yellow letters Makes alarm sound Only by radar itself Goes out after 5 seconds Does not give alarm output 2 Time occurrence 3 Indication of alarm source RADAR Radar in operation AIS External device connected to AIS connector NAV External device connected to NAV connector EPFS External device connected to EPFS ...

Page 185: ...se of alarm caused by an external device ACK sentence is sent out onetime only from the connector ALR sentence is inputted Alarm contact closed in case of failure While Alarm exists connection between pin 9 and pin 10 of J1 VDR external buzzer becomes short from open circuit Indication priority order can be set for alarms made simultaneously by multiple devices Refer to PRIORITY page4 7 ...

Page 186: ...ge3 24 AIS alarms 5 AIS target is lost Refer to page3 38 6 AIS target exceeded the CPA TCPA limit Refer to page3 15 7 AIS target entered into the guard zone Refer to page3 23 8 Auto activation of a AIS target Refer to page3 22 3 39 9 Activated AIS target without HDG or COG 61 AIS target exceeded the limit Refer to page3 38 69 AIS interface not connected Refer to page7 5 70 AIS alarm signal Refer t...

Page 187: ...Refer to page7 6 Antenna alarms 49 Antenna not connected 50 Antenna magnetron current abnormal 51 Antenna magnetron heater abnormal 52 Antenna magnetron high voltage abnormal 54 Azimuth abnormal 55 Head line signal abnormal 56 Trigger abnormal 57 Radar video abnormal Refer to page7 7 Other alarms 10 Panel not connected Refer to page7 3 12 Navline Exceeded Refer to page4 7 13 Echo map area alarm de...

Page 188: ...get overload Refer to page3 24 111 Tracking malfunction REL CRS 112 Tracking malfunction REL SPD 113 Tracking malfunction CPA 114 Tracking malfunction TCPA 115 Tracking malfunction T CRS 116 Tracking malfunction T SPD Refer to page3 28 120 Reference target overload Refer to page3 26 Other warnings 99 Pre heating Refer to page2 4 104 No Zoom area or minimum range Refer to page4 2 105 Map data full ...

Page 189: ... 2 5 C C UP 2 24 CFAR 2 11 CHART 4 32 CHART DISP SET 4 32 Coast line 4 25 CPA TCPA 3 16 D DIFF 2 12 Display color 2 21 Display mode 2 23 E EBL 2 15 EBL OFFSET 2 16 Echo alarm 3 13 ENH 3 6 ERBL 2 20 EVENT MARK 4 26 External save 1 10 F Fault diagnostics 7 1 FILTER 3 39 Function key 2 27 G GAIN 2 7 GPS BUOY 4 30 GUARD ZONE 3 23 H H UP 2 23 Heading line 2 21 HISTORY LIST 4 8 HL OFFSET 1 2 I I O 4 43 ...

Page 190: ... 12 PATH PREDICTOR 4 18 PI 2 17 POSITION OFFSET 4 29 PROCESS 3 4 Pulse length 2 13 R RAIN 2 10 Range 2 6 RANGE UNIT 4 2 Reference point 1 5 Reference target 3 26 Relative motion 2 25 ROUTE Alternate planned route 4 26 RR 3 11 S SCALE 4 23 SEA 2 8 SECTOR MUTE 4 47 STAB 3 2 T TEST TGT 3 28 TGT ID 3 16 TM reset 2 26 Trail 3 9 Trial manoeuvre 3 41 True motion 2 25 TT 3 24 TT symbol 3 27 TX DELAY 1 3 V...

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