Nexus Multi Control, Installation And Operation Manual

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5. Bearing To waypoint (BTW)
6. Course To Steer (CTS), including set and drift
When a steer reference has been selected the analogue steer pilot
instrument is immediately activated. It starts to indicate the
difference between desired and actual heading or angle. The logic
is to keep the steer pilot instrument needle straight up pointing at
zero (0) to stay on the set heading.
From analogue steer pilot instrument version 2.0, (MEM) and
(BTW) is functioning with COG (if navigator connected) even if a
compass is not installed . The analogue read out will start at at
speed above 4KTS and stop below 2 KTS.
If you do not have the analogue steer pilot instrument, you can still
use the function, if you display the selected steer reference
heading (STR) in the sub-function and compare it with the actual
compass heading in the main-function.
A Nexus autopilot can not be activated from the steer reference
function. But when the Nexus autopilot has been activated in
compass or wind mode it is possible to alter the autopilots
heading from the (MEM) and (AWA) functions.
The last used steer reference function will be stored in memory
and automatically activated at power on. (Available Server version
2.6)
8.3.1 Overview of steer reference (Pilot
Steer reference function Reference Text on
type display
(MEM) =Compass heading Manual
stored in 1 or 2
memories (TAC)
(BTW) =Bearing to waypoint Automatic
(CTS) =Course to steer to Automatic
waypoint, corrected
for drift and current
(AWA) =Apparent wind angle Manual
(OFF) =Steer pilot off
When any steer reference function is activated, the text on the
display will be copied and shown on all Multi Control instruments
in your Nexus Network.
NAVIGATION FUNCTIONS