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Tracker500/500i User Manual

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displayed. Pressing the Mark key will save the current boat position with a
temporary name in the range of MARK0 to MARK9. Marks are saved separately
from normal waypoints. They are simpler to create and display and are
intended to provide a simple method of marking temporary locations such as
fish strikes. See section 12.0 Marks for a more detailed description.

Route

Two or more waypoints can be linked in sequence to form a route. The route
has a start and end waypoint and can be traversed from start to finish or in
reverse. Up to 20 routes can be stored in memory.

Legs

Legs are the division of a route between waypoints. A route consisting of four
waypoints will have three legs.

GoTo

The Goto function allows you to navigate from your current position to any
waypoint or mark. The Tracker500/500i will guide you to your destination with
a graphical highway screen and continuously updated navigational data.

1.3 Operating the Tracker500/500i

You can use your Tracker500/500i to get you back to a good fishing spot or to sail all the way
around the world. It has been designed to be easy to use for those with no formal navigation
training, but also provides accurate navigational information for the long distance sailor. No
matter how long or short your journey, it will take you straight to where you want to go.

If your main interest is in returning to previously visited locations such as good fishing spots,
you should start by reading section 11.2 on saving the current boat position as a waypoint,
then section 10.0 on how to “goto” a waypoint. It is normally advisable to take the time to
enter a descriptive name for the waypoint as it quickly becomes difficult to remember which
is which when the number of waypoints has built up. Be sure to save the position of the
launching ramp before you start out so that you can use the Tracker500/500i to find your
way back if there is fog, rain, or it gets dark on the return journey. This also applies to any
point on your outward journey where you have to change course, such as a channel
between two islands.

Note the warning in section 1.1 on the position errors introduced by SA. If you do not have
a differential (DGPS) receiver, don’t try and navigate through narrow channels in reduced
visibility or darkness unless you have a secondary method of determining a safe course,
such as a marine chart and a depth sounder.

Working With Charts

If you want to navigate to a location that you don’t already have saved as a waypoint, you
will need to obtain its latitude and longitude from a marine chart. See section 11.2 on how
to create a new waypoint and enter Lat/Lon values. A pair of dividers is normally used to
measure latitude and longitude on a chart. To measure the latitude of a location, place one
point of the dividers on the location and then adjust the dividers until the other point is
straight above or below the first one and on the nearest horizontal grid line. Move the
dividers along the grid line to the latitude scale on the side of the chart. Put one point on
the grid line and the other on the latitude scale and read the value. It will be a number like
43°52·13´ N. A minute (´) is one sixtieth of a degree. The N indicates this location is in the
northern hemisphere. Unless you have a chart that covers a very small area, you won’t be
able to read the latitude scale more accurately than two decimal places of minutes. The
Tracker500/500i allows for three decimal places, so just put zero in the last place. The same
method is used to measure the longitude, using a vertical grid line and the longitude scale
at the top or bottom of the chart. The longitude will be a number like 010°32·95´ E. Three

Summary of Contents for Tracker500/500i

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Page 3: ...fields 10 5 3 Screen Summary 11 6 0 Trackplot Screen 12 7 0 Position Screen 13 8 0 Highway Screen 14 9 0 Fuel Screen Tracker500i only 15 9 1 Fuel used reset 16 9 2 Fuel used calibration Transducer cal...

Page 4: ...es 27 13 1 Creating a New Route 27 13 2 Adding and Deleting Waypoints in a Route 28 13 3 Starting and Cancelling Routes 29 13 4 Deleting a Route 30 14 0 Setup 31 15 0 Chart Datums 33 Appendix A Specif...

Page 5: ...an approximate guideline it is generally assumed that the accuracy obtained with SA active causes the GPS derived position to be within 100 metres of the true position 90 of the time and within 50 met...

Page 6: ...of waypoints has built up Be sure to save the position of the launching ramp before you start out so that you can use the Tracker500 500i to find your way back if there is fog rain or it gets dark on...

Page 7: ...fuel is being consumed and how far you are travelling for every litre or gallon of fuel used All this information is shown on one screen The fuel used value can be cleared to zero at any time so that...

Page 8: ...r on off key and the zoom in key together to activate the Man Over Board MOB function See section 3 0 Man Over Board MOB Function for further details Escape Key The key is used to back out of sub scre...

Page 9: ...B location 4 The display mode is automatically changed to the Highway screen with the Tracker500 500i navigating to the MOB waypoint zoom in zoom out keys The Zoom In and Zoom Out functions are only a...

Page 10: ...0i receives a valid position fix from the antenna or the key is pressed 4 1 Satellite Status Screen zoom out zoom in mark ctr MOB on During satellite acquisition the satellite status screen displays t...

Page 11: ...ntion Following the above power up sequence the Tracker500 500i will display the main selection screen See section 5 0 for more details 4 2 Acquisition Period The time from initial power up to the tim...

Page 12: ...e associated sub screen Press the key to return to the previous level The sub screen selected may provide another list of related screens The cursor keys can then be used to select a screen from the l...

Page 13: ...l consumption economy used information Satellite Status Navigation Data Navigation functions waypoint and route construction and general setup parameters are accessed from five main screens Fuel Data...

Page 14: ...itude of the cursor position will be displayed in the upper section of the display for 5 seconds The scale of the displayed track plot area can be instantly changed by pressing the zoom in or zoom out...

Page 15: ...n displays navigation data speed course etc along with additional data not readily available from other screens The latitude and longitude of your current boat position is displayed at the top of the...

Page 16: ...The current speed and heading will be displayed on the lower section of the screen but the remainder of the page will be inactive The following diagram shows the information available on the Highway...

Page 17: ...wn below zoom out zoom in mark ctr MOB on Flow rate averaging An engine does not draw fuel from the tank at a steady rate Normally it will draw fuel at a relatively high rate for a few seconds until t...

Page 18: ...t only the display of the flow rate Economy and speed As the speed error caused by Selective Availability becomes significant at low boat speeds the economy rate is not displayed for speeds of 5 knots...

Page 19: ...a twin engine installation must be calibrated This may be done at the same time with two portable tanks or at different times with one tank The procedure is as follows 1 Reset the fuel used amount on...

Page 20: ...his feature to warn you when your fuel remaining drops below a certain value The value can be set from 1 9999 When the level drops below the value set a message box saying Fuel low alarm will display...

Page 21: ...opilot to the destination waypoint There are several other methods of activating the GoTo function From the Trackplot screen position the cursor over a waypoint or mark Press and hold the zoom out key...

Page 22: ...Screen The Waypoints screen displays a list of waypoint functions These functions allow you to create a new waypoint or select an existing waypoint to examine or change A waypoint can be created by m...

Page 23: ...bed later in this section Select EDIT to enter the required lat lon and optionally change the name and symbol zoom out zoom in mark ctr mob on Note When a new waypoint is created the Tracker500 500i w...

Page 24: ...t of waypoints This option is available from the Waypoints screen as described below Alternatively you can display waypoint details for a particular waypoint directly from the Trackplot screen Positio...

Page 25: ...function from the list of available functions 11 4 Changing Waypoint Details To change the lat lon value waypoint name or waypoint symbol display the Waypoint Edit screen by selecting EDIT from the Wa...

Page 26: ...lation to other waypoints and the current boat position zoom out zoom in mark ctr mob on 11 6 Deleting a Waypoint zoom out zoom in mark ctr mob on 1 Display the Waypoint Details screen for the waypoin...

Page 27: ...agram illustrates the method used to determine distance and bearing between waypoints 1 Use the cursor keys to select DISTANCE from the Waypoints screen 2 Select the start and end waypoints from the l...

Page 28: ...he mark on the Trackplot screen and holding down the zoom out key or by selecting the mark from the list displayed by the MARKS option on the Main Selection screen The symbol for a Mark is 12 1 Conver...

Page 29: ...ute A route is created by selecting the waypoints in the route from those currently in memory 1 Use the cursor keys to select from the screen Routes Main Selection 2 Select to create a new route New A...

Page 30: ...DIT option Insert Waypoint Remove Waypoint Examples of the two possible choices You have the option of inserting the new waypoint either above the point you highlighted or below it 4 The list of waypo...

Page 31: ...on screen A message asking you to confirm that you wish to cancel the active route will be displayed 1 Choose to see the list of routes currently stored in memory Select 2 Select the route from the li...

Page 32: ...ng sequence removes an existing route from memory 1 Choose to see the list of routes currently stored in memory Select 2 Select the route from the list 3 Select from the list of available functions De...

Page 33: ...seconds to 1 hour The selectable distance interval range is 0 1 to 5 miles kilometres Highway screen road width Range 0 1 to 5 miles nautical miles kilometres GPS derived positions are based on a worl...

Page 34: ...he number of petrol engines 1 or 2 VOL UNIT Select the unit of measure for volume litres Imperial gallons or U S gallons FLOW FLTR Adjust the amount of averaging of the fuel flow rate Range 1 60 CONTR...

Page 35: ...land may have a large position error but all points around the island have the same error ADINAN Adindan ADI M Ethiopia Sudan AFGOOYE AFGOOYE AFG Somalia AINELABD70 AINELABD1970 AIN A Bahrain Island A...

Page 36: ...Astro 1969 IST DiegoCarcia JOHNSTONIS Johnston Island 1961 JOH Johnston Island KANDAWALA Kandawala KAN Sri Lanka KERGUELENIS KerguelenIsland KEG KerguelenIsland KERTAU1948 Kertau1948 KEA West Malaysi...

Page 37: ...ands PROV S AM 56 Provisional South American 1956 PRP M Bolivia Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Peru Venezuela PROVSCH63 Provisional South Chilean 1963 HIT SouthernChile PUERTORICO PuertoRico PUR Puerto...

Page 38: ...e termination Maximum Latitude 75 N or S NMEA0183 V2 1 Output APB BWR GLL RMC VTG XTE DGPS Input RTCM 104 9600 baud NMEA 0183 or RS232 signal levels Power Use Tracker500i and Tracker500 including exte...

Page 39: ...ides good visibility and protects the unit from direct sun and excessive exposure to water Select a position that is At least 300mm from a compass At least 300mm from any radio At least 1 5m from any...

Page 40: ...upplied with the antenna Tracker500 only 2 Insert the display head rubber washers and mounting knobs in to the mounting bracket The rubber washers are located between the bracket and the case of the d...

Page 41: ...s been moved more than 500 kilometres since it was last switched on or if it has not been used for several months The Tracker500 500i will automatically search the sky for all available satellites thi...

Page 42: ...ducer connector is fully inserted into its socket on the back of the Tracker500i Check that the fuel filter s in the line are clean Ensure that the fuel flow transducer has not been exposed to excessi...

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