NT888G MK2 AUTOPILOT OPERATING MANUAL
2.16 Sea Trials and Autopilot Type Selection … (Continued).
The corner LED in the STANDBY keypad will illuminate and a short self test period
will elapse during which a start up screen will be displayed followed by the normal
Standby mode display labelled “
STANDBY: MANUAL STEERING
”.
2.17 Mag/True Heading Assessment.
With the Autopilot set to
STANDBY
and self test completed:-
(i)
Manually steer the vessel and check that the
ACTUAL HEADING
and
SET COURSE
values displayed follow ships head movement
accurately and in unison.
(The rudder angle indicator display should also function normally).
2.18 Autopilot Engagement (ON).
Manually steer the vessel dead ahead at normal/typical operating speed and adjust
the following Control settings via the CONTROLS Menu:-
(i) Rudder..5
=
x2
+
=
(ii) Yaw .…1
=
x3
+
=
(iii) Counter 1
=
x4
+
=
To engage the Autopilot:-
(iv) Press the
ON
key which will be confirmed by
illumination of the corner LED in the “ON”
keypad and by a new display label of
AUTO
The Autopilot should now steer the vessel dead ahead.
