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Radar/Chart Radar User Guide

Basic Operation of Radar

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Range Scales

A set of pre-defined range scales are provided. The range scale varies
from 0.125 NM to 96 NM.

The current range is shown on the range scale button, between the < and >
buttons. Range scales can be chosen in both standby and transmit modes.

To change the radar range, do the following:

1. Click

the

button to decrease the range scale, or the

button to

increase the range scale.

Or;

1. Left or right click on the range scale button. A list of available

ranges will be shown in a drop down menu.

2. Left click on the range you want to use.

Summary of Contents for VisionMaster FT

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Page 3: ... Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine B V Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine B V provide a limited licence for the user to reproduce this material for their own internal purpose and use but not for distribution to third parties Reproduction of this material for resale or commercial gain is expressly prohibited Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine B V are not responsible for any loss or damage of any nature or kin...

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Page 5: ...ING THE INSIDE OF THE EQUIPMENT TAKE CARE NOT TO INHALE DUST THE DUST IS A TEMPORARY HEALTH HAZARD DEPENDING ON INDIVIDUAL ALLERGIES WARNING Radiation Hazard KEEP OUTSIDE THE HAZARD ZONE AROUND AN ANTENNA OR OPEN WAVEGUIDE RADIATING POWER REFER TO THE TABLE BELOW FOR HAZARD ZONES WHEN IT IS NECESSARY TO WORK ON THE SCANNER UNIT MAKE SURE THAT RADAR IS SWITCHED OFF AND THAT BOTH THE MAINS ISOLATOR ...

Page 6: ...Before connecting an external device such as a USB memory stick or external media such as a CD or DVD to the VisionMaster PC it is important that the external device media should first be scanned with a recognised virus and malware scanning program that includes up to date virus definitions Also the external device media should be reserved for use with VisionMaster PCs with use on other computers ...

Page 7: ... Overview Chapter 2 Getting Started with Radar Chapter 3 Basic Operation of Radar Appendix A Operational Functions specific to Multi node and Client Server Systems Chapter 4 Sensor Management Chapter 5 Presentation Motion Vector and Trail Modes Chapter 6 Navigation Tools Chapter 7 Alerts Chapter 8 Routes Chapter 9 Electronic Range and Bearing Lines Chapter 10 Targets Chapter 11 Radar Chapter 12 Ch...

Page 8: ...User Guide vi 65900010 NOTICE Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine B V have a policy of continuous development This may lead to the equipment described in this manual being at variance with equipment manufactured after its publication ...

Page 9: ... Types 1 13 Features available to CAT 1 Radar Chart Radar and CAT 2 Enhanced Radar Chart Radar 1 16 Features available to Chart Radar CAT1C Enhanced CAT2C 1 17 Total Watch 1 18 Information on Sensor Inputs to the System 1 19 Compass Input 1 19 Log Input 1 19 Position Input 1 19 Chapter 2 Getting Started with Radar System Controls 2 2 Control Panel 2 2 Monitor Controls 2 4 Power On Off 2 4 System S...

Page 10: ...g Transmit Mode 3 2 Selecting Transmit Mode in an Interswitched System 3 2 Selecting Transmit Mode in a Client Server Radar System 3 3 Returning to Standby Mode 3 3 Dual Radar Transmit and Video Mode Selection 3 4 Selecting Transmit Mode 3 4 Video On Off Control 3 4 Status Area 3 5 Accessing Main Menu and Sub Menu Functions 3 6 Sub Menu Selection and Navigation Bar 3 7 Navigating to previous sub m...

Page 11: ...t Server 3 28 Radar Transmission Pulse Length 3 29 Radar Transmission Pulse Length on Dual Radar 3 29 Chart Radar Maps View Chart Database Selection 3 30 AIS Input and Filter Button 3 31 CPA Button 3 31 Video Processing Controls 3 32 Manually Adjusting Video Gain and Anti Clutter Controls 3 32 Enhanced Video Mode 3 34 Dual Radar Video Processing Controls 3 35 Radar Fine Tuning 3 36 Manual Fine Tun...

Page 12: ...Synchronization A 3 Chapter 4 Sensor Management Sensors Menu 4 1 Sensor Data Source 4 2 Primary Sensors on Radar Systems 4 3 Sensor Data Sources 4 4 Heading Source Values 4 4 STW Source Values 4 5 COG Source Values 4 6 SOG Source Values 4 7 Position Values 4 8 Depth Source Values 4 12 Set and Drift Values 4 12 Rate of Turn Values 4 14 Date and Time 4 14 Wind Values 4 14 Chapter 5 Presentation Moti...

Page 13: ...ing or Renaming PI Line Sets 6 6 Editing PI Lines 6 7 Display Parallel Index Lines 6 10 Importing and Exporting PI Lines 6 11 Clearing Lines 6 12 Editing Clearing Lines 6 12 Monitoring Clearing Lines 6 19 Import Export Clearing Lines 6 20 Mapping Features 6 22 Mapping 6 22 Multi Node Support 6 22 Maps 6 23 Editing Maps 6 25 Create Radar Maps 6 25 Viewing and Editing Radar Maps 6 30 Deleting Radar ...

Page 14: ...ay Settings Features 6 48 Display Settings 6 48 Ownship 6 48 Next Turn EBL 6 53 Grid 6 54 Anchoring 6 55 Anchoring Description 6 55 Anchoring Planning 6 56 Display 6 60 Status 6 62 Man Overboard 6 64 Navigation Marks 6 68 Chapter 7 Alerts Alerts 7 1 Prompts 7 2 Alert Status Indicator 7 3 Alert Status 7 4 Alert Display 7 5 Viewing Alert Details 7 6 Hide Acknowledged 7 6 Sort by Group 7 6 Alert Buzz...

Page 15: ...Waypoint 8 5 Changing a Waypoint s Position 8 7 Delete a Waypoint 8 8 Changing a Waypoint s Turn Radius 8 8 Editing a Route 8 9 Edit Route 8 9 Route Tab Folder 8 10 Waypoints Tab Folder 8 15 Dangers 8 21 Critical Points 8 23 Editor Table 8 26 Monitoring a Route 8 30 Monitor Route 8 30 Route 8 31 Dangers 8 36 Critical Points 8 37 ETA Calculator 8 38 Route ETA 8 40 Required Speed 8 41 Speed Planning...

Page 16: ...BL 9 2 Electronic Bearing Line EBL 9 3 Changing the EBL Bearing 9 3 Changing the EBL Position 9 4 Variable Range Marker VRM 9 6 Changing the VRM and EBL range 9 6 Changing the VRM and EBL position 9 7 Chapter 10 Targets Tracking Targets 10 2 Target Data received from TLB Sentence 10 3 Tracking Targets on a Multi Node System 10 3 Tracking Targets on a Dual Radar System 10 3 Tracked Targets Capacity...

Page 17: ... 10 26 Target Display 10 27 Target Display 10 27 Identification 10 28 Past Position Dots 10 28 Auto Drop Targets 10 28 Other 10 28 Cancel All Targets 10 28 Number of Targets 10 28 Past Position Dots 10 29 Auto Drop Targets 10 30 Cancelling Tracked Targets 10 32 Target Repair 10 33 AIS Display 10 34 Settings All Nodes 10 34 Filter Settings 10 35 Other 10 36 Set All AIS Targets to Sleeping 10 36 Tar...

Page 18: ...Collision Avoidance Criteria 10 54 PADs 10 55 Chapter 11 Radar Transceiver 11 2 Operational Mode 11 2 Pulse Length 11 3 Tune 11 3 Dual Radar Transceiver 11 3 Video 11 4 Dual Radar Video 11 4 Interswitch 11 5 Request for Display 11 5 Status 11 5 Interswitch on Dual Radar 11 6 Interswitch on Client Server Radar 11 7 Disconnecting and Reconnecting a Client 11 7 Radar Alerts 11 8 Video Alerts 11 8 Com...

Page 19: ...ngs 12 30 Chart Display Suppression 12 30 Features 12 31 Symbology 12 33 Chart Projections 12 37 Chart Depths Heights 12 38 Safety Depth and Height 12 38 Shallow and Deep Contours 12 39 Changing Chart Depth Height Values 12 39 Chart Databases 12 40 Enabling and Disabling Chart Databases 12 40 Supported Chart Engines and Databases 12 41 Official and Unofficial Chart Data 12 42 Chart Legend 12 43 Le...

Page 20: ...rt 1 Catalog 12 68 Color Diagram 12 69 Appendix A Chart Datum Codes Chapter 13 Brilliance Brilliance Menu 13 1 Day and Night Modes 13 2 Multi node Settings 13 2 Brilliance Groups 13 3 Chart Symbols 13 4 Brightness Check 13 5 Chapter 14 System User Profiles 14 2 Multi Node Functionality 14 2 Create New Profile 14 3 Available Profiles 14 4 View Edit Profiles 14 5 View Edit Profile Selection 14 5 Vie...

Page 21: ...ioning Functions 14 37 Local Offset 14 38 Shutdown 14 39 Annex A SARTs Beacons Target Enhancer Detection on X Band Radar Search and Rescue Detection A 1 Introduction A 1 Radar Range Scale A 2 SART Range Errors A 2 Radar Bandwidth A 3 Radar Side Lobes A 3 Detuning the Radar A 3 Video Gain A 4 Anti Clutter Sea Control A 4 Anti clutter Rain Control A 4 Radar Beacons A 5 Target Enhancer Detection A 6 ...

Page 22: ...Table Of Contents Radar Chart Radar User Guide xx 65900010 Static Position B 5 Target Anchor Watch B 6 Target Based Range and Bearing B 7 Glossary ...

Page 23: ... dual radars and single radars connected via a six way Interswitch to Scanner Units see Dual Radar Interswitched System A Client Server Radar CSR system where one or more servers provide radar video over a network for display at Client nodes see Client Server Radar System On conventional radar systems radar video and other radar chart radar sensor data is output directly from the PCIO to the conso...

Page 24: ...Overview Radar Chart Radar User Guide 1 2 65900010 Single System ...

Page 25: ...ly supplied as a standalone 250 tabletop and 340 tabletop deck mounted console including pedestal or a kit version for installation into an existing console suite The 250 340 console assembly includes the following modules Input Output PCIO Unit receives data inputs from the transceiver and external sensors outputs data to the processor unit Processor Unit a single PC running Windows XP operating ...

Page 26: ...s and display configurations The arrangement below shows two scanners S band or X band two transceivers A and B with a two way interswitch unit connected to two consoles A 6 way interswitch unit is available for systems with a maximum of six scanners and six consoles A console can be connected via the interswitch to any one of the scanner units and can be selected as the master display or as a sla...

Page 27: ...ol of the connected scanner The controls available at a master display but NOT at a slave display are as follows switching the transceiver between standby and transmit mode selection of transmission pulse length tuning the transceiver selecting Manual or AFC mode for tuning tuning the performance monitor ...

Page 28: ... which have been configured as specific product types see Watch Mode Each console is linked via a LAN so that data input to one console is available to all Consoles providing radar video data will be connected via the interswitch to one or more scanner units and can be selected as the master display or as a slave display ...

Page 29: ...ner units at the same time enabling the overlay of radar video from both scanners to form a composite display Each radar video source is known as a Channel A dual radar system includes an additional scan converter card and an auxiliary PCIO unit For an overview on features specific to dual radar see Dual Radar Features ...

Page 30: ...from its associated display as a Master radar channel for controlling that scanner or as a Slave radar channel if another display radar channel has been selected as the Master The Master Slave status of all display radar channels and their specific scanner couplings can be monitored from any display unit in the system The figure below shows two dual channel displays with two standard displays conn...

Page 31: ...of the channel they are being tracked on Both scanner units may be X band or S band or an X and S band may be superimposed Displays origin symbol for Channel 1 Enable test targets to be controlled on channel 1 channel 2 or both The following specific Transceiver features are available Independent display of transceiver video Individual control of the Standby Transmit status of each transceiver Ind...

Page 32: ...rent Transceiver those Clients can all be set as Master of the requested Transceiver through the associated Server and will then have full control of that Transceiver If two or more Clients need to use the same Transceiver one must be set as Master with the other Clients set as Slaves A Client may request a change to which Transceiver it is connected This process is controlled by negotiation betwe...

Page 33: ...ct will be configured as a Static Site For information on the Static Site system refer to Annex B Static Site In addition to the CAT1 CAT2 Radar Chart Radar product types listed in the above table the following related VisionMaster products are available ECDIS with or without radar overlay Conning Information Display CID Central Alert Management CAM Total Watch a multi function workstation that en...

Page 34: ...wing tables Features common to all Product Types see page 1 13 Features available to CAT 1 Radar Chart Radar and CAT 2 Enhanced Radar Chart Radar see page 1 16 Features available to Chart Radar CAT1C Enhanced CAT2C see page 1 17 For a description of features specific to an ECDIS product configuration see ECDIS User Guide Part Number 65900012 ...

Page 35: ...d data Own ship s position Waypoint data Wind and depth data Scale selection Range scale in nautical miles from 0 125 to 96 Range Rings Range rings on or off Ring interval dependent on scale Ship s heading and speed display Compass alignment Selection of speed mode through water or over ground Selection of water or ground stabilisation Selection of Sensor Source Selection of sensor source for data...

Page 36: ...d delete different types of commissioned navigation tools Mapping Facilities Import export and display specific mapping object symbols Create edit or delete objects and assign mapping objects to defined groups Selection of Display Settings Display of own ship display settings including True Scale Ship Beam Line Vector Tick marks System tools Define system time and set a time zone offset Display in...

Page 37: ...erformance of the system or the receiver Generate a report and export the report file View Datalog files and export the datalog as a zip file View the status of the sensor data from the sensor source Test the Alarm buzzer Commissioning facilities Enables user login Display of TxRx settings Video and Authorization information Help facility Online Help Guide Context sensitive Help ...

Page 38: ...ows an anchorage to be planned and monitored control the anchorage parameters and monitor anchor drag after the ship is anchored Man Overboard Enables management of a MOB emergency When MOB is active a symbol is displayed representing the man in the water User profiles Enables the operator to create delete apply save view and update profiles that contain node specific chart route and other display...

Page 39: ...ility to be displayed within the video circle Chart sets can be customised and manually updated by the operator Chart Presentation button The Charts button enables the following selections Chart Filled displays chart presentation with land and sea shown as different colours Chart Unfilled displays chart presentation showing land and sea as the same colour with land outline only shown SENC Colour D...

Page 40: ...lability of the presentation options listed above is dependent on the product type and security device installed at initialisation see System Security This User Guide describes the Radar Chart Radar product type The Central Alert Management CAM presentation option is described in Chapter 7 Alerts Central Alert Management For information on the ECDIS product type refer to the VisionMaster ECDIS Use...

Page 41: ... data direct Log Input The speed log input used must be compliant to IMO resolution A 824 19 When a ground speed log is in use true video trails and target tracking data will be ground stabilised using both longitudinal and transverse data if available from the log However a ground speed log may have inaccuracies in deep waters depending on the actual depth of the sea Additionally if a single axis...

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Page 43: ... up the system and how to use the controls The following topics are covered Switching on and starting up the radar a description of the radar controls a description of System Security a description of Standby Mode and Transmit Mode various types of screen cursor using Online Help Accessing Tool Tips Operator Messages shutting down the system ...

Page 44: ...ontrols The operator controls the VisionMaster FT system via a control panel assembly monitor controls and a power On Off switch Control Panel The Control Panel consists of the following group of controls Trackball assembly Rotary controls Adjustment and Acknowledgement buttons ...

Page 45: ...the EBL1 bearing see Electronic Bearing Line EBL in Chapter 9 Electronic Range and Bearing Lines Turning the VRM control automatically switches on VRM1 Turning the control in a clockwise or anti clockwise direction adjusts the VRM range see Variable Range Marker VRM Chapter 9 Electronic Range and Bearing Lines The GAIN control adjusts the video gain setting for the currently selected anti clutter ...

Page 46: ...ay OSD controls These controls enable access and adjustments to be made to monitor settings including the image position scaling and image quality The OSD functionality available may vary dependent on the type of monitor your system uses Under normal circumstances the OSD controls should not require operator adjustment However if information on the monitor OSD controls is required refer to section...

Page 47: ...ed the software automatically establishes communication with other workstations that may already be running To start up the system press the On Off rocker switch located on the underside of the control panel When this switch is turned On the system powers up The On Off switch is the only system control accessible to the operator Do NOT remove the front panel CAUTION When starting up the system alw...

Page 48: ...ation see System Security In a multi node system the dongle will also contain security data which defines the number of nodes in the system with each product type e g two Radars two Chart Radars and one ECDIS Starting up the software takes approximately 2 to 3 minutes Soon after the system is powered up the VisionMaster FT Start Up window appears on the screen this window shows the current system ...

Page 49: ...ted If alignment is required the HDG values in the Sensor Data Display show flashing red dashes and Heading folder of the Sensors menu automatically opens with the Sensor also showing red dashes and the Alignment state as Unaligned see below To align the heading refer to Heading Source Values The currently active sensor sources for navigation data are indicated to the right of the displayed sensor...

Page 50: ...number of workstations nodes to the actual number of nodes in the system If the number of nodes exceeds the limit set in the Security String an Authorization Failure alert is given If the Security Block becomes damaged or detached while the VisionMaster FT is running an Authorization Failure alert is given The system will continue to operate but will revert to a degraded state after a period of 7 ...

Page 51: ... X or S caption relates to the type of transceiver the system is using for information on Transceiver selection see Interswitch Control The Master or Slave caption indicates the type of display In Standby mode you can access the following functions which allow the display to be set up for operation Radar Settings Alerts Cursor data Range selection Range Rings Chart View Video Processing Controls M...

Page 52: ...ternal controls in order to operate the system If you are already familiar with the system controls and want to start transmitting go straight to Chapter 3 Basic Operation of Radar Standby Transmit Mode in Dual Radar In a dual radar system the transceivers for each channel may be individually switched between Standby and Transmit Each channel includes a video indicator button The video button for ...

Page 53: ...s a widescreen the area to the left of the main display will be available for CID Conning Information Display pages For information on configuring and creating CID pages see Chapter 4 Conning Information Display in Volume 2 of VisionMaster Ship s Manual All other controls and functions on a widescreen are the same as a standard screen display ...

Page 54: ...eferred to as the video cursor If an adjustable parameter is selected within a control window the cursor is displayed as a text entry cursor When Select Points is selected from Charts menu the letters CM are added to the cursor see Chart Match When Query On is selected from Chart Query menu or Add Annotation Mark is selected from Manual Chart Update a is added to the cursor see Chart Query When a ...

Page 55: ...rsor lines change to diagonal and the letters DEL appear below the cursor see Editing Maps When the iHelp button is selected and the cursor moves over screen functions it changes to the following symbol When the cursor moves over an Electronic Bearing Line EBL or Parallel Index line it changes to the following symbol When the range of a Variable Range Marker VRM or Parallel Index line is adjusted ...

Page 56: ...Click on the iHelp button at the top right of the screen 2 With the cursor displaying the icon click on the required function button the Help information relevant to that function appears in the features area of the screen Accessing the Help Guide The Help Guide can be accessed when the system is in Standby mode by clicking on the Launch Explorer button at the bottom of the Help window This window...

Page 57: ...perator to enter textual and numerical data To access the keyboard click the On Screen Keyboard button at the bottom of the VisionMaster Help window A keyboard window appears below the Help Guide replicating a standard computer keyboard The keyboard window may be minimised or closed by clicking the respective buttons at the top right of the window ...

Page 58: ...ed with Radar 2 16 65900010 Accessing Tool Tips As the screen cursor moves over the system function buttons the text in the highlighted button changes from white to yellow and a tool tip for that function is briefly displayed in a popup window ...

Page 59: ...ed by clicking the OK button or if the action is to be cancelled the Cancel button is clicked If the action requested by the operator cannot be done the system displays the reason for not proceeding with the action and a confirmation OK button While an Action Required is active the system periodically sounds an audible indicator which may be muted by the operator see Alert Buzzer Operator Messages...

Page 60: ...wered down To shut down all the nodes on the system select Shutdown All Systems For a multi node system a prompt appears requesting a confirmation of the shutdown to be entered see Shutdown for details CAUTION In a multi node system each node may be configured to provide a connection to a sensor device or other peripheral equipment that is also providing data to other nodes on the system Therefore...

Page 61: ...sitioning own ship in the video circle Accessing main menu functions Setting the AIS target display options Accessing target s Limits and Settings via the CPA button Using the video processing controls Setting the pulse length of radar transmission Selecting and changing the Radar settings Own ship s symbol and own ship s vector Viewing chart information Selecting Trial Manoeuvre Safety Checking S...

Page 62: ...ssage Video Failed The sensor devices that have been configured for the system will begin acquiring navigation data to be made available to the operator see Sensor Management When in Transmit the transmission pulse length button to the right of the Transmit Standby button becomes active for Master displays see Radar Transmission Pulse Length If the system is configured for Chart Radar then charts ...

Page 63: ... the Master display of a TRServer from the Interswitch menu For more information see Radar Settings on a Client Server in this Chapter If a Client has no connection to a transceiver via a Server the message TxRx Disconnected appears on the video circle The node can be reconnected from the Interswitch menu Returning to Standby Mode To return to Standby mode left click on the Transmit toggle button ...

Page 64: ...ceiver s Standby Transmit status To switch off the video at channel 1 or channel 2 click on the video button If video is switched off at channel 2 with channel 2 still in Transmit or the video is automatically suppressed if channel 2 video origin is too far from the centre of the display area the video is automatically switched back on if channel 1 is switched to or forced into Standby or the vide...

Page 65: ...rs provides a continuous indication of data related to the cursor position for more details see Cursor Readout Posn provides current latitude longitude depth below keel DBK for own ship and date time data for more details see Position Route provides summary data on the currently monitored route for more details see Monitoring Routes in the Routes chapter Trial provides access and data relating to ...

Page 66: ...nctions associated with the selected item are displayed above the Main Menu list To access an function click on the appropriate sub menu button The most recently selected sub menu is remembered for each main menu button Additionally it is possible to cycle round the sub menus of a main menu by repeatedly clicking on the main menu button To hide the main menu and sub menu functions move the cursor ...

Page 67: ...u right click on the bar a drop down list of all sub menus is displayed To select move the trackball to the required function and left click Navigating to previous sub menus The sub menu selection bar includes forward and back navigation buttons This feature enables you to quickly navigate to previously selected sub menu functions including functions that are not part of the currently selected mai...

Page 68: ...ng defined as bearing from the cursor position to the CCRP displayed as true or relative by clicking on the T or R toggle button Time To Go TTG the geographical distance displayed as hours minutes and seconds between the CCRP and the cursor position divided by speed over ground when in ground stabilised mode or speed through water when in water stabilised mode For information on stabilisation opti...

Page 69: ...ata is acquired from a valid sensor data source the values are displayed in green if the position data is degraded then the values are displayed in orange if the position data is considered invalid and unusable the data is shown in red For further information on sensor data sources see Sensors Menu ...

Page 70: ... information on sensor data sources see Sensors Menu The sensor source of the position data The connected position sensor will in most cases be a GPS receiver and should be configured to send position data using the GGA sentence3 When position data is sent using the GGA sentence the quality is indicated as shown in the table below GGA GPS Quality indicator Indicator Description Field Acronym 0 Fix...

Page 71: ...nd N are degraded values No acronym appears in the field but LAT LON values change to degraded colour orange If a GLONASS device is providing position data it is likely to be configured to send the data using the GNS sentence Quality indicators when using GNS are shown in the table below GNS system mode indicator Indicator Description Field Acronym A Autonomous Normal D Differential Differential E...

Page 72: ... dashes are shown in the field The field to the right of the depth value denotes the depth source sensor i e depth below keel DBK depth below transducer DBT or depth below waterline DBW The system time shown as the current date and time in hours minutes and seconds This can be either UTC or Local local time may have a time offset applied depending on the selection of system time made in Time Manag...

Page 73: ...wn on the range scale button between the and buttons Range scales can be chosen in both standby and transmit modes To change the radar range do the following 1 Click the button to decrease the range scale or the button to increase the range scale Or 1 Left or right click on the range scale button A list of available ranges will be shown in a drop down menu 2 Left click on the range you want to use...

Page 74: ...nge rings are centred on own ships CCRP and are equally spaced Range rings are drawn out to the edge of the display irrespective of the range scale or any offsetting of the CCRP The range ring interval is dependent on the currently selected range scale The table below lists when the range ring interval changes at a particular range scale Range Scale NM Range Ring Interval NM 0 125 0 025 0 25 0 05 ...

Page 75: ...The captions are always the abbreviated data types listed above Readout Shows the current heading direction as indicated by the Heading Line course and speed through water and over ground as indicated by the selected sensor A readout of true heading is always displayed unless compass alignment is being prompted or a compass error5 has occurred 5 A compass error will cause the heading readout to ch...

Page 76: ...abilisation and the COG SOG field block indicates ground stabilisation To toggle between the two stabilisation modes either click anywhere within the two field blocks on the sensor data display or click on the stabilization field directly below the presentation and motion mode buttons The block is highlighted and sensor data is extracted based on the stabilisation mode selected Multi node System I...

Page 77: ... available in both Transmit and Standby The Pan and Goto options are only available in Standby Off Centring Own Ship The Off centre Own Ship function is not available at a range scale of 96 NM To off centre own ship do the following 1 Move the cursor to a position within the video circle where you want the off centre position to be and right click A semi transparent window appears at the selected ...

Page 78: ...e chart for example a mariner object or a chart location or to a selected position within the video circle and right click A semi transparent window appears at the selected point 2 Select Pan from the window The selected position is moved to the centre of the video circle Own ship and all other chart and target positions are also moved in accordance 3 To cancel the operation and remove the window ...

Page 79: ... arrow to the right of the Locations field 3 To create a new location based on the LAT LON position click on the Create button the new location name field shows Auto Generate Name To generate a location name based on the current date and time click the OK button 4 To generate the location under another name click in the new location name field a keypad appears below the location field Enter a loca...

Page 80: ... existing location 1 Select the location name to be renamed by clicking on the Locations drop down arrow 2 With the location shown in the field click the Rename button 3 The Goto window prompts to rename the current location s name and includes the option of automatically generating a name based on the current date and time Auto Generate Name 4 To auto generate the name click the OK button or to c...

Page 81: ...um View Clicking on the Max button off centres the video display at approximately 70 of the range scale radius so that a line drawn from it in the direction of the current course passes through the centre of the video circle Maximum view is not available at a range scale of 96 NM In unstabilised presentation mode Head Up the direction is reciprocal to the heading marker In a stabilised presentatio...

Page 82: ... of the HL or SL is dependent on the presentation mode In Head Up H UP modes the lines are always drawn vertically In Course Up C UP mode the lines are initially drawn vertically and then change dependent on the current heading bearing In North Up N UP mode the lines are drawn at the current compass heading When own ship is off centred the heading line bearing is automatically adjusted so that the...

Page 83: ...s own ship s heading line see Presentation Modes Beam Line The beam line is a short line drawn at right angles to the heading line and extending to each side of own ship s CCRP the default minimum length is 10mm The beam line length can be increased from the 10mm default from the Display Settings sub menu in the Nav Tools menu ...

Page 84: ...ircle Symbol the circle symbol is drawn when the system is in Charts view Filled or Unfilled It has a 6mm diameter for the outer circle and a 3mm diameter for the inner circle in addition to the heading line and beam line Heading and Beam Line Symbol this symbol appears when the system is in Radar Maps or Charts Off view The symbol consists of the heading line and beam line only Outline Symbol The...

Page 85: ...Own Ship Symbol If the position data becomes invalid ship s outline and circle symbol are shown in red and the system switches to water stabilised mode see Sensor Data The heading line and beam line remain in green If the heading data becomes invalid ship s outline or circle symbol are not displayed and the heading line beam line is shown in red After a short period of time the presentation mode c...

Page 86: ... that the vector intersects the edge of the available area Own ship vector is shown in red when the data received from the sensors used to draw the vector water or ground stabilised is invalid or degraded If enabled tick marks will be displayed along the vector length at one minute intervals with every sixth tick mark shown with double thickness The tick marks can be switched on or off and the tic...

Page 87: ... connected to one transceiver at a time The Transceiver TX RX field at bottom left of the screen shows the following transceiver information label A to F transceiver type X or S display status Master or Slave To view and set the transceiver options left click on the Transceiver field If an Interswitch is fitted the menu displays a list of available transceivers for your display For more informatio...

Page 88: ...r The process of selecting the Master Client is controlled by the Server units Each Server can supply individually controlled radar data for a maximum of eight Clients For information on connecting a ninth Client to the same transceiver refer to Interswitch on Client Server Radar in Chapter 11 Radar To view or change the transceiver connections for your Client node and view the connection status f...

Page 89: ... to the following ranges SP is available on the 3NM range and below MP is available in the 0 5NM to 24NM ranges LP is available at 3NM range and above If the pulse length is changed when the current range scale is outside the permitted pulse length range listed above a temporary prompt Invalid Range for Pulse Length appears If the range scale is changed to a value outside the currently selected pu...

Page 90: ...s are redrawn in Stabilised or Unstabilised Head Up if the range scale is 3 NM or lower Charts are shown at all range scales when the presentation mode is North Up or Course Up In the event of a malfunction in the source of chart data this malfunction will not adversely affect the operation of the radar and AIS system or restrict the use of unrelated system functionality To access the chart presen...

Page 91: ... For more information on creating radar maps see Mapping in Chapter 6 Nav Tools AIS Input and Filter Button The AIS On and Filter Section button is located at the top right of the main screen When AIS Input is enabled the button shows the message AIS On when AIS input is switched off the button shows the message AIS Off To access the AIS Input and Filter settings left click on the button the AIS D...

Page 92: ...s the current mode 2 Left click to toggle control between Manual and Auto The Rain and Sea levels are displayed as green editable when Manual is selected Manually Adjusting Video Gain and Anti Clutter Controls The following video processing controls can be adjusted independently The Video Gain may be adjusted when the Auto Manual control is in Auto The anti clutter Rain and Sea controls can only b...

Page 93: ...ion which indicates the level in percentage terms with 0 on the left 100 on the right To manually adjust the Video GAIN RAIN and SEA settings do the following The Gain and anti clutter settings may be adjusted either from the control panel or by using the trackball IMPORTANT NOTE There are different stored values of Gain setting for Auto and Manual you will need different settings for each mode To...

Page 94: ...iod of inactivity Enhanced Video Mode A substantial improvement in the presentation of small and or short range targets especially when operating at range scales of 3 NM and above can normally be achieved by selecting the enhanced video mode This facility is available on range scales 0 75 NM and above Using the Enhanced Video Mode In estuary and open sea conditions always use the enhanced video mo...

Page 95: ...anti clutter levels are displayed in green and when adjusting the settings with the bar colour displayed in blue There is an additional method of manually adjusting the Gain Rain and Sea settings for each channel on a dual radar system 1 With both channels in Transmit right click in the required field The selected Gain or anti clutter control is shown in the features area of the display with chann...

Page 96: ...he default mode as AFC The tuning mode may only be adjusted when the system is in Transmit For a Master display there are three tuning controls AFC on off Manual fine tune Coarse tune Diagnostics The tuning indicator may also be accessed from the Transceiver window see Chapter 11 Radar In a multi node system the coarse and fine tune levels are distributed and used by other nodes on the system For ...

Page 97: ...une bar to activate the control The tune bar divides into two the upper bar is the tuning indicator and the lower bar is the tuning control level indicator which indicates how well the receiver is tuned 2 Move the trackball left or right to adjust the tuning control lower bar until the maximum level is reached on the tuning indicator upper bar If distant radar targets are visible use these for the...

Page 98: ... channel 2 fields separated 2 If channels 1 and 2 are set to manual the Tune control shows both indicators available for tuning with the identification of the transceivers shown in white lettering The dual radar Tune control form is usually displayed for about 10 seconds after which the control form is replaced with the previously displayed menu 3 If one channel is set to manual and the other chan...

Page 99: ...c data is suppressed 2 To restore all synthetics release the left key on the Synth button Coast Button The Coast button suppresses chart synthetics but retains the coast outline Radar video and navigation synthetics are not suppressed when the Coast button is pressed To suppress synthetics but display the coast outline 1 Left click and hold the left key down on the Coast button All chart synthetic...

Page 100: ...tab The manoeuvre course and speed can be either ground referenced or water referenced depending on the currently selected stabilised mode see Sensor Data Display However it is recommended for Trial manoeuvres that water speed STW is selected When current speed is over ground COG a warning is given when the Manoeuvre On check box is ticked that the trial course speed and vectors will be ground ref...

Page 101: ...the manoeuvre Final CSE or COG the proposed course of own ship to be followed after the manoeuvre Time to Turn the figure representing the time in minutes between switching the trial manoeuvre on and actually starting the manoeuvre Rate of Turn the value in degrees per minute to be maintained during the manoeuvre To change or enter a value 1 Left click on the current value to activate the text tur...

Page 102: ...creen The manoeuvre vectors are displayed until the manoeuvre is switched off by unticking the Manoeuvre On check box The manoeuvre speed course rate of turn time to turn vector type and length can be changed at any time during the trial If true T vectors are selected the trial vector shows own ships proposed true course during the manoeuvre The Rate of Turn and the manoeuvre speed determine the r...

Page 103: ... of the following three sections The first section is a straight line continuing on the own ship s current course and speed The vector length is calculated using the own ship s current speed and the trial manoeuvre delay time The second section consists of a circular arc between the end of the first section and start of the third section The arc radius is determined by the manoeuvre rate of turn a...

Page 104: ...ing Info Display8 Central Alert Management If a Third Party Application8 has been configured as a watch mode this application will be available for selection from the Watch Mode button The availability of the product presentations listed above is dependent on the product type installed at initialisation Products not available from the Watch Mode list can be purchased from your VisionMaster FT supp...

Page 105: ...al aspects that are specifically not shared across watch modes include stabilisation mode water ground based and presentation settings including presentation mode motion mode centre and max view When Conning Info Display or Central Alert Management watch modes are selected the display retains the Alert Status and Prompts indicators the Alert buzzer and Watch Mode button When a Third Party Applicat...

Page 106: ... Heights The proximity of dangers to own ship is indicated by the safety check icon at the top right of the screen When there are no dangerous objects in the Dangers list the background colour of the icon is shown in the system colour when one or more items are added to the Dangers list the icon colour changes to red for Chart Dangers or yellow for Chart Cautions In addition to the safety check ic...

Page 107: ...ON THE DANGERS TAB OF THE MONITOR ROUTE MENU WHENEVER A NEW ROUTE IS LOADED AND PERIODICALLY DURING THE ROUTE WHEN PROGRESSING TO NEW LEGS SEE MONITOR ROUTE DANGERS THE ROUTE BASED REGION CHECKED USES THE XTE ALERT LIMIT WHICH IS TYPICALLY MUCH WIDER THAN THE OWNSHIP SAFETY REGION AND THEREFORE CAN INDICATE THE AVAILABLE CORRIDOR FOR SAFE DEVIATION FROM THE ROUTE ON EITHER SIDE OF THE TRACK LINE I...

Page 108: ...d for all chart dangers found on all nodes during the safety checking operation One node on the system is designated as an arbiter for Chart Dangers alerts Chart Dangers alerts will appear on all nodes irrespective of whether a particular node has the necessary chart installed for example Radar only node or a node with only raster charts installed If the following safety checking parameters are ch...

Page 109: ...nal to reflect the alternate bow i e the heading gyro will add 180º and speed logs will change the sign of the speed value If the system is using a stepper interface see Information on Sensor Inputs to the System in Chapter 1 Overview then the stepper may be re aligned to reflect the alternate bow heading VM FT will not automatically adjust any sensor input however no inappropriate sensor alerts s...

Page 110: ... units are shown as nautical miles NM and speed units are shown in knots In River mode all long distance units are shown in kilometres and speed units are shown in kilometres per hour To switch between Sea mode and River mode 1 Left click on the selection button An Action Required popup window appears requesting confirmation to change from the existing presentation mode 2 Click the Yes button to p...

Page 111: ...ned to one of the following groups Always in Control Never in Control Nodes that are configured to be in the Never in Control group are never in control unless every node from the other group is unavailable see Automatic Transfer of Control below A SIC node may take control over any of the following SIC functions Acknowledge alerts Turn on off the track control feature or make changes to track con...

Page 112: ...greyed out and a temporary prompt appears confirming that SIC has restricted access to this feature Automatic Transfer of Control SIC functions may be granted to nodes that have been configured to be Never In Control when the system lacks a SIC node for a configurable period of time The SIC functions are automatically removed from the restricted nodes when the system detects a valid SIC node ...

Page 113: ...he network then any changes made to the functions listed above may not be properly saved If this happens a Database Node Missing warning is raised describing the potential results and listing the missing nodes see List of Alerts Warnings and Cautions in Chapter 7 Alerts When the node is switched on or reconnected an Operator Message is displayed prompting to select the source node to synchronize t...

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Page 115: ...stems include the same set of primary sensors these are listed in Primary Sensors on Radar Systems If for any reason a sensor is not providing usable data an alert will be raised and the data displayed in red If automatic sensor data is unavailable manually entered values may sometimes be used in place subject to certain restrictions CAUTION MANUAL SENSOR DATA Using manual data is not the normal m...

Page 116: ...urce for course over ground see COG Source Values Speed Over Ground Sensor To change the current sensor source for speed over ground see SOG Source Values Position Sensor To change the current sensor source for position see Position Values Depth Below Keel Sensor To change the current sensor source for depth below keel see Depth Source Values Set and Drift Sensor To change the current sensor sourc...

Page 117: ...Keel Depth Below Transducer Depth Below Waterline If a primary sensor becomes unusable an alert is generated The type of alert generated is dependent on the current selection of sensor and other sub systems in use on the VMFT For details on alert behaviour for primary sensors on radar systems refer Alert Behaviour specific to Radar in Chapter 7 Alerts For a list of primary sensors on an ECDIS refe...

Page 118: ...invalid the presentation mode will switch to Unstabilised Head Up after 30 seconds To change the Heading sensor source do the following 1 Tick the button next to the source Whenever the sensor source is about to be changed a window prompts you to confirm the change 2 To confirm click the Yes button or to return to the existing sensor source and value click the No button 3 Where the sensor is chang...

Page 119: ...sensor source is about to be changed a window prompts you to confirm the change 2 To confirm click the Yes button or to return to the previous sensor source and value click the No button If no sensor source is currently available you may enter manual data CAUTION MANUAL SENSOR DATA Using manual data is not the normal mode of operation A sensor device should be selected as soon as valid data is ava...

Page 120: ...source is currently available you may enter manual data CAUTION MANUAL SENSOR DATA Using manual data is not the normal mode of operation A sensor device should be selected as soon as valid data is available Manual data cannot be entered for COG if AIS input is enabled Before entering data turn off the AIS input see AIS Display in Chapter 10 Targets 1 To enter manual sensor data click in the Man fi...

Page 121: ...on other active types of sensor data received To change the SOG sensor source or values do the following 1 Tick the button next to the source Whenever the sensor source is about to be changed a window prompts to confirm the change 2 To confirm click the Yes button or to return to the previous sensor source and value click the No button If no sensor source is currently available the user can enter ...

Page 122: ...layed in yellow and the ship s vector line displayed in red Position Values The Position folder shows geodetic position data of own ship The current position and sensor source are also shown in the Position tab of the Status area at the bottom of the screen see Basic Operation of Radar Position The position displayed for CCRP is accurate providing that the correct offsets for the position sensors ...

Page 123: ...formation on LOPs see Line Of Position in Nav Tools CAUTION LOP SENSOR The amount of time that a LOP position sensor will be considered usable is limited Note that LOP position sensor data is dead reckoned and this data will become degraded after a period of time To change the Position sensor source do the following 1 Tick the button next to the source Whenever the sensor source is about to be cha...

Page 124: ... entered if the system has AIS input 2 To enter manual data click in the Man field the text changes to green editable and the screen keypad appears 3 Enter position data from the keypad click the OK key to exit edit mode 4 Click the Man button to enter the value 5 When the sensor being selected also provides other data types e g COG SOG UTC a window appears prompting to select which of these other...

Page 125: ... 2 Click in the respective fields the text becomes green editable Move the trackball left or right to change data or right click in the field and enter values using the on screen keypad To select an offset position on the video circle using the cursor 1 Click on the Set Offset by Cursor button and move the cursor over the video circle the cursor changes to an offset arrow graphic 2 Click in the po...

Page 126: ...ceived conventionally via an interface When incorrect computed values are suspected they can be manually set to zero or to an estimated manual value The system will re calculate accurate Set and Drift values after accurate sensor data has been restored To change the Set and Drift sensor source or values do the following 1 Tick the button next to the source Whenever the sensor source is about to be...

Page 127: ...k to exit edit mode 2 Click the Man button to enter the value 3 A window appears prompting to select the data type COG SOG and STW that will be computed from the manual set and drift sensor with the data type s current sensor source displayed To update all click the Apply button or untick the boxes next to the data type where the update should not apply To cancel all changes and revert to the prev...

Page 128: ...ntionally via an interface The ROT is indicated as unavailable if the Heading from the selected source is unavailable or invalid Date and Time The Date and Time folder shows the system date and time with the currently active date and time source and its value in highlight The default selection for date time source is from a GPS sensor If the time data is valid the values are shown in green Wind Va...

Page 129: ...re covered in this chapter Selecting a presentation mode and how this affects the video display Selecting a motion mode and how this affects the display of own ship and other targets on the display Displaying the velocity of own ship and other targets as vectors on the video display Displaying the history of a target s movements as a trail on the video display ...

Page 130: ... is a relative display motion mode and trails mode are both relative and own ship vector is not displayed with the ship s heading marker always shown vertically upwards indicating straight ahead movement irrespective of own ship s current bearing The bearing scale is always drawn with 000 at the top of the video circle A permanent prompt indicating unstabilised radar video will be displayed when t...

Page 131: ...d movement irrespective of own ship s current bearing The bearing scale shows ship s current heading at the top of the video circle Motion mode is always relative but Trails and Vector modes may be Relative or True If the vector mode is True then own ship vector is displayed In Stabilised Head Up ownship circle symbol is not displayed if the range scale is greater than 3 NM The circle symbol is re...

Page 132: ...aring If the vector mode is True then own ship s vector is displayed Course Up C Up In Course Up the bearing scale is drawn with own ship s heading positioned vertically at the time the mode was selected A small indication is shown at the top of the bearing scale just outside the video circle indicating the heading value at the time Course Up was selected The heading line will be shown at the appr...

Page 133: ... result in the presentation mode changing to North Up The presentation mode may also change as a result of an invalid heading When this happens a temporary prompt indicating that the presentation mode has changed is displayed see Prompts in Chapter 7 Alerts In both Stabilised Head Up and Unstabilised Head Up modes the chart display is suppressed if the range scale is greater than 3 nautical miles ...

Page 134: ...ated by switching off channel 1 video and increasing the Gain setting for channel 2 Sometimes the origin of channel 2 video becomes too far away for display when the following actions are performed Centring or Off centring Max view ahead Selecting a lower range scale Course up reset Changing presentation mode Panning The origin of channel 2 video is also considered too far away if it is outside th...

Page 135: ...ead of own ship is always shown so there is no need to reset the display True Motion In True Motion TM own ship moves across the video circle at the selected ground or water based velocity see Sensor Management In this mode all moving target trails are displayed whereas stationary targets trails are not generated Motion Mode Changing Automatically A motion mode may be automatically changed as a si...

Page 136: ...le the system will revert to TM On the 96 NM range scale own ship will be automatically centred To change the Motion Mode do the following There are two methods of selecting the motion mode either 1 Click on the motion mode button This will switch between TM and RM Or 1 Right click on the motion mode button The two motion modes are shown in a drop down list with the currently selected motion mode ...

Page 137: ...ns Target with no alert condition Non flashing green Target with unacknowledged alert Flashing red Non dangerous target with acknowledged alert Non flashing green Dangerous target with acknowledged alert Non flashing red For information on own ship vectors see Own Ship Symbols in Chapter 3 Basic Operation of Radar Selecting the Vector Mode The vector mode determines whether the vectors represent t...

Page 138: ...ows 1 Position the screen cursor over the Vector mode selection field 2 Consecutive left clicks will toggle the mode between True T and Relative R vectors 3 Or right click on the current vector mode and select from True or Relative from the drop down menu If the selected vector mode is not the same as the current Trails mode the vector text is shown in the warning colour amber The vector mode will...

Page 139: ... and other targets To change Vector Time do the following Either 1 Position the screen cursor over the vector time field 2 Left click to edit The text becomes green editable 3 Move the trackball left to decrease or right to increase the time 4 Left click to accept the re entered time Or 1 Right click over the vector time field The numeric keypad appears 2 Enter the revised vector time field using ...

Page 140: ...tive trails will be reflected in the vector mode selection i e when switching between Relative and True the corresponding vector mode will be maintained If the range scale is switched to a scale lower than 0 5 NM in True Trails then the trail mode will change to Relative The Trails button text will be displayed in a warning colour amber until the range is switched to a higher scale If the display ...

Page 141: ...ng they have been building up The selection of Long or Short Trails changes the trail time and is also dependent on the range scale in use see the table below If the range scale is changed by one increment the trail time adjusts to the value relative to the selected range scale although the time appears in the warning colour amber for the trial time period For example changing the range scale from...

Page 142: ...ime Long Trail time 0 125 10 sec 30 sec 0 25 10 sec 30 sec 0 5 15 sec 45 sec 0 75 15 sec 45 sec 1 5 30 sec 90 sec 3 0 30 sec 90 sec 6 0 and above 2 min 6 min To select True or Relative trails or to change the Trails Mode do the following To switch between True and Relative trails 1 Position the screen cursor over the Trails Mode button 2 Consecutive left clicks will toggle between True and Relativ...

Page 143: ...vers the creating editing and deleting of the following navigation tools Parallel Index Lines Clearing Lines Mapping Objects Line of Position Ownship History Parallel Cursor Display Settings Anchoring Man Overboard if configured It also includes a description of how to create and edit Navigation Marks ...

Page 144: ... access PI lines left click on the Parallel Index Lines field from the Nav Tools menu list The PI Lines window includes the following three tab folders Edit where all PI line and PI set editing functions are done including adding a set or line copying deleting or renaming a set of lines or realigning a line or set of lines to own ship s current heading Display enables selection of one or more PI s...

Page 145: ...I Lines To create and name a new set of PI lines do the following 1 Click on the Add Set button The screen prompts to enter a name for the new set of PI lines with the current date and time highlighted in the set field name 2 To enter the current date and time as the PI name click the OK button or to edit the name click in the field the text changes to green editable and the screen keypad is displ...

Page 146: ...he previously created line is displayed as orange and the new line shown as magenta A further set of Line Data values are displayed with default values and the last line created is highlighted in Line Data 3 You can edit the display of PI lines by unchecking the tick boxes next to each Line button When a tick box is unchecked the line s values remain but the line is removed from the screen 4 To de...

Page 147: ...nfirm The bearing of each line changes to ships current bearing and the PI lines are redrawn on the display parallel to ships heading line There are two ways of realigning a PI line to ship s heading To realign using the PI Lines menu 1 Select the line from the Line Data area by clicking on the line s reference number when selected the numbered box is highlighted 2 Click the Realign Line button at...

Page 148: ...he space button to create a space With the required name entered press the OK button 4 When a new set name is created the set name is entered in the system and displayed in the Selected Set drop down list To rename an existing PI line set 1 Highlight the set name from the Selected Set drop down list and click on the Rename Set button The window prompts to rename the selected Pl line set with the c...

Page 149: ...es in the set and click the Apply for Set button Any individual line styles previously selected are overridden by this command You can edit the line bearing and range in either of the following ways 1 Move the cursor over the PI line the cursor changes to the following symbol 2 Hold down the left key and use the trackball to pivot the line around own ship s CCRP the bearing angle value in Line Dat...

Page 150: ...n the line button Line 1 etc in the Line Data section When a line is selected the Truncate Front and Truncate Back check boxes become active 2 To adjust the line s end points tick the Truncate Front and Truncate Back check boxes The Truncate Front and Back values both default to a distance of 2 0 NM either side of the line s centre point 3 Click in the fields the text becomes editable green move t...

Page 151: ... PI line is selected a short line is drawn perpendicular to the PI line s axis at the truncated end To delete a PI line select the line as described above and click the Delete Line button The line is removed from the video circle and its data removed from the Line Data section ...

Page 152: ...ed in the Edit tab folder To select a set for display click on the set name the set s check box is ticked and the PI lines are displayed Continue to select line sets for display as required To remove a line set from the display click on the set the tick is removed from the check box To turn the display of all sets off click the Turn Off All box all PI line sets are removed from the video circle To...

Page 153: ...ant to export the files to this is usually an external device such as a USB memory stick 3 Enter a filename for the PI lines in the Filename field using the screen keypad 4 Click on the Export button The filename entered appears in the field below the directory tree as a piline file and a temporary prompt appears confirming the exported file and folder name To import PI lines 1 Navigate to the fil...

Page 154: ...ng lines for monitoring against own ship s course The I O tab enables you to import or export sets of clearing lines to and from an external device such as a USB memory stick Editing Clearing Lines There are two types of Clearing Line available Bearing Line Range Line Bearing lines are drawn as a single solid line with an arrowhead towards the line s bearing Range lines are drawn as a single arc w...

Page 155: ...hlighted There are two ways to define the geographic origin of a clearing line 1 Move the cursor to the required position on the display the letters ADD are shown below the cursor symbol and left click A dot is drawn at the selected position If a bearing line has been added a dashed line is drawn to the edge of the chart display along the defined bearing which defaults to 315º in addition to a sol...

Page 156: ...iii To place the origin at own ship s CCRP select Ownship iv To place the origin at a selected location on the chart display video circle select From Chart Move the cursor to the display a is added to the cursor and left click at the required location the origin is repositioned to that location v To specify a range or bearing for the origin select Offset An Offset window appears where you can set ...

Page 157: ...the left key when the required position is displayed To create or edit clearing lines from the context window do the following 1 Right click on the display where you want the clearing line to begin and select either Add Clearing Bearing Line Here or Add Clearing Range Line Here from the context popup window The origin of the clearing line is added at the point on the display where the right click ...

Page 158: ...r the line s origin point When the cursor is in the correct location the cross lines change to diagonal lines 3 Click the left key on the trackball The clearing line is deleted From the Context window 1 Right click on the clearing line to be deleted and select Delete Clearing Line from the context popup window 2 The clearing line is deleted from the display To auto join clearing lines do the follo...

Page 159: ...earing line the arrow at the end of the 2nd line s origin point is trimmed at the intersection point of the 1st line The figure below shows a range line and bearing line auto joined to an existing bearing line To save open or delete a set of Clearing Lines do the following When one or more clearing lines have been generated the lines may be saved opened cleared or deleted 1 If the set of clearing ...

Page 160: ...pts to save the changes before clearing the lines from the screen When a set of clearing lines is open in the editor the lines are automatically enabled for display at all nodes in a multi node system before they are saved However the clearing lines are not monitored for safety checking until they are saved When clearing a saved set from the editor the set remains displayed until the set is de sel...

Page 161: ... currently loaded for monitoring 1 Open the set from the Editor tab The system creates a duplicate set for editing over the monitored set in the editable colour amber 2 Make the required edits to the set As the set is changed the screen shows the monitored set in the original position 3 Save the changes made to the set The monitored set is redrawn to reflect the changes made in the edited set Safe...

Page 162: ...t the files to 4 Enter a filename for the clearing lines in the Filename field using the screen keypad 5 Click on the Export button The filename entered appears in the field below the directory tree as a clse file and a temporary prompt appears confirming the exported file and folder name To import one or more sets of clearing lines 1 Navigate to the files to be imported on the external device the...

Page 163: ... selected set or to apply the action to all imported sets click the Save button 5 When an import action is selected the file or files are imported and a temporary prompt appears confirming the import and folder name If clearing lines have been imported or exported from an external device click on the Eject button before removing the device ...

Page 164: ...jects see Editing Maps Other mapping objects or groups of objects can be imported or exported from one workstation to another via the Import Export folder For information on importing or exporting mapping objects see Importing and Exporting Mapping Objects Objects can be saved in a group called a Map which is then named by the operator Maps can be added deleted or renamed via the Maps folder For i...

Page 165: ...screen keypad appears 2 Enter a name for the mapping group using the keypad When a name has been entered click the OK button the keypad disappears from the screen 3 Click the Add New Map button The name entered is added to the Maps list To delete an existing map from the list do the following Deleting a mapping group will result in all the objects in the map also being deleted 1 Highlight the map ...

Page 166: ...e Map Name field the screen keypad appears 3 Enter a new name for the map using the keypad when a name has been entered click the OK button the keypad disappears from the screen 4 Click the Rename Selected Map button the screen prompts for confirmation of the rename Click the Yes button to confirm 5 The map name selected in the Maps list is changed to the revised name ...

Page 167: ... following 1 Click on the Map drop down list and select the map to which subsequently created objects will be assigned If no map has been created then Default Map only appears 2 Click on the Type drop down list and select the mapping object type All mapping symbols are assigned to the following types Areas Beacons Buoys Danger Points Geo Shapes Lines Nav Marks Other points The following sections g...

Page 168: ... in the area of the screen where you want the symbol positioned If the shape is closed circle square etc the object appears on the video circle and the Settings tab displays the shape s Lat Lon position and default parameters If the shape is a line or polygon click at the first point position click in the video circle to generate other line or polygon points 4 To move the shape to another position...

Page 169: ...e symbol positioned The symbol appears with a bold white box around it and the following fields appear for the created object Position Rotation if applicable and Notes 5 To change the object s position rotation or to add notes click in the respective fields 6 To create the same symbol in a different position move the cursor to another area of the screen and left click Each left click in the video ...

Page 170: ... is shown you can edit the position by changing the LAT LON values 4 To enter further points left click in the video circle The points previously created appear as white circles and the last created point appears as a red circle The system automatically connects each point with direct lines and areas created are automatically shaded Lines require two points or more and areas require three or more ...

Page 171: ...udes a brief description of the selected symbol 3 Move the cursor into the video circle the screen cursor displays MO EDIT 4 Click in the area of the video circle where you want the symbol positioned The symbol appears with a bold white box around it and a time label shown as a four digit number In addition to the mapping fields described previously the window shows Time Label and Display Label fi...

Page 172: ...edited directly on the video circle by right clicking on the object Editing Objects from the View Edit Window To edit a previously created map object from the View Edit window do the following 1 Click on the View Edit Radar Maps button The window prompts to left click the object to view or edit 2 Move the cursor over the object to be viewed or edited the cursor changes from a cross hair to a bidir...

Page 173: ...ly selected line or area object Editing Objects from the Video Circle To edit an arc from the video circle do the following An arc object may have its details edited directly from the video circle To edit the arc start and end angles 1 With the object selected move the cursor over the arc s editing point a white circle at the top of the radius the cursor changes to the following symbol 2 Hold down...

Page 174: ...o the line or area object at the location of the right click Delete Point Right clicking on an existing point in a line area object provides a Delete Point option Selecting this option will delete the point that was right clicked Add Point Right clicking within the video circle while a line or area mapping is selected adds a point at the position Selecting this option will add a new point on to th...

Page 175: ...ct to be deleted the cursor lines change from horizontal and vertical cross hairs to diagonal cross hairs indicating a delete action can now be performed 3 Click on the object to delete it If the Confirm On Delete check box is ticked then the screen will prompt you to confirm the deletion If the Confirm check box is unticked the object is immediately deleted from the screen To delete a mapping obj...

Page 176: ...pe check box Radar Map Offset The radar maps displayed on the video circle can be graphically offset by using the cursor to select a particular map object point and then a radar return point on the video circle To offset radar maps do the following 1 Click the Offset Graphically button the button changes to prompt Click Radar Map Object 2 Move the cursor into the video circle the cursor changes to...

Page 177: ...Objects To import objects do the following 1 Insert a USB memory stick into the PC If no external device has been inserted the window prompts to insert removable media 2 Navigate to the external drive where the mapping objects reside The field below the directory tree will show any valid object files in the selected folder 3 Select the file to import 4 Click the Import button to import the selecte...

Page 178: ... Objects in Map is selected a Map drop down list appears Select the map to export by clicking on the drop down arrow 4 If Objects in Area is selected the LAT LON fields for Southwest and Northeast corners appear Define the geographic area you want to export from by editing these LAT LON position fields 5 When the export options have been selected name the file to be exported in the Filename field ...

Page 179: ...ith the line or circle based on the speed and course of the vessel Up to six LOPs may be drawn on the chart display Creating LOPs To generate one or more LOPs do the following 1 Click on Nav Tools in the main menu and then select Line Of Position in the Nav Tools menu list If no LOPs have been previously created the window opens prompting to right click on the display to select a LOP position Or i...

Page 180: ...or each object location as measured visually or by radar The LOP associated with each object will appear at the time the data is entered and that time remains indicated in the menu The line advances based on best available data for vessel course and speed When data is entered for the desired number of LOPs click Accept Fix to establish a LOP Range and bearing to the objects can be updated and new ...

Page 181: ...le below shows the temporary and permanent LOP fix symbols together with a brief description Symbol Description The Temporary Fix symbol is created when two or more LOPs intersect The symbol moves across the display in conjunction with the bearing lines range rings A temporary fix symbol is removed if the LOPs are deleted the temporary fix expires expiration time configured during commissioning a ...

Page 182: ...display to create the first LOP this could be a mariner object the clicked location or a specified Lat Long location From the semi transparent context menu select Add Line Of Position LOP The location or selected object is highlighted with a red circle symbol with a red shaded background colour inside the circle The circle symbol represents the active point used as a bearing object for calculating...

Page 183: ... a LOP click its number button the active point reference of the LOP and the line are displayed as purple 3 All LOPs default to true bearing at 0 00 To change from Bearing to range click the Range radio button The range defaults to 0 00 NM 4 To change the bearing angle or range radius click in the respective field hold down the left button and move the trackball left to decrease or right to increa...

Page 184: ...OP Position Sensor A LOP fix may be used as the active data source for the position sensor see Position Values in Sensor Management The LOP Position Sensor displays the Lat Lon coordinates of the permanent fix If the LOP Position sensor is selected own ship is re positioned so that its CCRP is at the centre of the permanent fix symbol The amount of time that the LOP position sensor will be conside...

Page 185: ...nsors History list The history tracks are differentiated by line style and displayed in the same colour as the heading line Past position dots are displayed on the history tracks spaced at operator selected intervals Event marks may be added at any time to ownship s history track Details of past position dots and event marks may be displayed Primary History Track To turn the primary history track ...

Page 186: ...at the history track will be displayed on the screen The history track period is variable from 1 0 minute to 24 0 hours For example if the length is set to 1 hour then ownship s position history for the past hour only will be displayed To change the maximum length click in the field and when the current value changes to green move the trackball to increase or decrease the value click again to acce...

Page 187: ...ails To view details on past position dots or event marks click the Position Details check box and move the cursor over the symbol A transparent popup window will appear showing details of the symbol including date time of creation and its Lat Lon position Event Marks Event marks may be applied at any time to ownship s history track These are displayed as an event mark symbol To generate an event ...

Page 188: ...n on either both sides of the CCRP full mode or one side of the CCRP half mode To access the facility click on the Parallel Cursor field from the Nav Tools menu list The Parallel Cursor window is displayed To turn on the Parallel Cursor and change settings do the following 1 To turn the parallel cursor on tick the Display On check box The first time the parallel cursor is displayed one cross axis ...

Page 189: ... respect to ship s heading When True is selected and the heading becomes invalid the parallel cursor is not displayed 5 To rotate the parallel cursor either click on one of the four semi circular markers hold down the left key and move the trackball left or right to change bearing Or 6 Click in the Bearing field the text becomes green editable Move the trackball left or right to change the bearing...

Page 190: ... to be controlled The folder includes the following options Beam Line Length adjustment True Scale Ship own ship display settings including Off Default Symbol Custom Symbol Stern Line Antenna Position Own ship vector settings including Vector tick marks display Vector tick marks interval time Vector arrowheads display Ground Stabilized Vectors including Predicted Vector display Ownship Vector disp...

Page 191: ...tion tool The true scale outline may be displayed if the greatest dimension of the ship is larger than 6mm on the display When the Custom Symbol check box is ticked the screen shows ownship drawn to represent the actual outline of the ship Note that Custom Symbol will only be enabled if an outline definition for own ship has been defined in the Configuration tool If no custom symbol has been defin...

Page 192: ...eck box To change the default tick mark interval time from 1 0 minute left click in the interval field the value figure changes to green editable Move the trackball left to decrease the time 0 1 minute minimum or right to increase the time 60 minutes maximum Left click again to accept the value and exit the editing process Vector Arrow Head When the Display Vector Arrowhead check box is ticked the...

Page 193: ...ing line in addition to the predicted vector A warning Predicted Vector Mismatch is raised if the current speed is water stabilised when the predicted vector is displayed To turn off predicted vector and return to ownship vector untick the Predicted Vector check box Predicted Outlines Predicted Ship The predicted ship indicates a series of predicted position and heading samples of own ship based o...

Page 194: ...the area that the ship will pass through based on current speed course and rate of turn The predicted path is two thick orange lines originating at the inside fore corner and the outside aft corner of own ship if the ship is turning the lines are shown as arced A true scale ship is drawn at the end of the predicted path Fore and aft are relative to the direction that own ship is moving and do not ...

Page 195: ...n EBL check box A valid compass input is required to display the Next Turn EBL graphics if the heading is unusable then the graphics will not be displayed The system uses the following VMS information to display the Next Turn EBL Bearing of initial line degrees with respect to north Length of initial line can be zero if initial line is not to be drawn Radius of arc Bearing of final line degrees wi...

Page 196: ...is only displayed when the presentation mode is N UP The grid is removed from the display if the presentation mode is changed to H UP or C UP The grid display will vary between two latitude and three longitude lines and four latitude and four longitude lines based on the selected range scale of the display The LAT LON grid will not be displayed when the chart orientation is 45 to 135 and from 225 ...

Page 197: ...ab During Anchor Approach the Status tab provides information on ownship position and bearing with respect to the planned anchorage parameters Anchoring Status is used to guide the ship to the planned anchorage location The goal is to approach the planned anchorage over the head bearing track and use ship s bearing to anchorage any drop bearing objects and the ship s range to a drop range object t...

Page 198: ...ngle drop range object Precision Anchoring An anchor position may be selected by entering Lat Long coordinate values or by selecting a location on the chart display With anchoring on either manually enter a Lat Lon position using the screen keypad or click on the On Chart button move the cursor to the desired location on the display and left click When an anchorage location is selected the system ...

Page 199: ...n at the opposite bearing to the value entered e g if you enter a value of 90º the system draws an anchor track at 270º Range Rings The range rings provide a quick visual indication of the distance from ownship to the Anchor Point When anchor approach is displayed see the figure in Display the following types of range rings are displayed Inner range circles Outer range circles The Inner Interval a...

Page 200: ...n object that can be observed at a planned range when ownship is correctly positioned to drop the anchor A DRO can be manually selected by specifying its Lat Long coordinates or by clicking the On Chart button positioning the cursor over the object and left clicking If no chart object is identified after a query the selected cursor position is used to calculate the drop range value If enabled in t...

Page 201: ...chain length scope is a multiplier value used to calculate the chain length For example if a scope of 6 is selected in a depth of 20 feet the chain length will be 120 feet The chain length scope may be one of the following values None 4 5 6 or 7 Chain Length The chain length is the distance from the hawsepipe to the anchor If a chain length scope has a value of 4 5 6 or 7 the system automatically ...

Page 202: ...ated as equal to the distance from the Anchor Point to the ship s stern The display of the swing circle may be switched on or off at the Display tab Display The Display tab includes the following anchor display options the default setting is all display options enabled Anchor Symbol when enabled an anchor symbol is displayed in a purple outline circle over the anchor position This symbol is displa...

Page 203: ...ndered between the letting go circle and the inner most outer range circle The spacing between the inner rings may be changed in the Range Rings Inner Interval field see Planning Letting Go Circle the letting go circle is represented as a dotted line centred at the Anchor Point which provides a visual indication of when to drop anchor The radius of the letting go circle is equal to the distance fr...

Page 204: ...ng dragged An anchor drag alert is generated if movement is detected in relation to the Anchor Point A line is drawn from the hawsepipe to the anchor location This line is initially at zero length and represents any movement own ship makes from anchor position based on wind tide or current see the figure below Any movement is monitored on the Anchorage area of the Status folder Suitable warnings a...

Page 205: ...True and Relative XTD cross track distance to anchor track Reference Drop Objects The Reference Drop Objects area displays the following read only data Bearing ships bearing from CCRP to drop bearing object click the bearing button to toggle between True and Relative Drop Brg bearing from Letting Go Position to drop bearing object click the bearing button to toggle between True and Relative Range ...

Page 206: ... and elapsed time values Elapsed time counts up while range and bearing values update automatically based on own ship movements Oscar will drift from the initial location based on the own ship set and drift at the time the event started CAUTION The position and heading data used by the system must be valid and accurate to use the Man Overboard feature as described below otherwise erroneous informa...

Page 207: ...that a person has gone overboard sometime in the past the operator may manually adjust the elapsed time value accordingly by clicking on the Manual Edit button If you manually edit the Elapsed Time value only then Oscar is automatically placed at a position based on own ship history data with an adjustment based on the Set and Drift value that was in effect at the manually specified time The beari...

Page 208: ...sed location 3 Or to cancel the edit operation click the Cancel Edit button It is important to press Done or Cancel Edit after activating the manual edit function If the manual values are left in the menu this will interfere with the immediate activation previously described Specifically the elapsed time will not count up until the operator selects either button The operator must ensure that the m...

Page 209: ...e pressed to start the event To turn off the MOB event click on the Cancel Oscar button An Action Required window appears prompting to confirm cancellation of the MOB Event click the Yes button to confirm The Oscar symbol is removed from the display the top level MOB button changes from orange to the standard colour and the button in the Man Overboard menu changes from Cancel Oscar to Start ...

Page 210: ...Right click anywhere within the video circle a semi transparent window appears at the position selected 2 Select Create Nav Mark from the window A Nav mark is created at the selected position To view data on the Nav Mark do the following 1 Right click on the Nav Mark and select Query Chart from the semi transparent window The Chart Query window opens on the display 2 In the Results tab click on th...

Page 211: ...y see Query Results and Query Options in Chapter 12 Charts To delete a Nav Mark do the following 1 Right click on the Nav Mark a semi transparent window appears at the position selected 2 Select the Delete Navigation Mark from the window The Nav Mark is deleted from the system without confirmation ...

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Page 213: ...quire immediate attention or user action 2 Warnings indicate changed conditions requiring attention for reasons of precaution which are not immediately hazardous but may become so if no decision or action is taken 3 Cautions indicate a condition which does not warrant an alarm or warning but still require attention and consideration of the condition Alerts are initially displayed on the Alert Stat...

Page 214: ...Central Alert Management CAM by external sources Internal alerts are displayed and acknowledged through the display menu see Alert Display External alerts are displayed and acknowledged through the CAM watch mode see Central Alert Management Prompts Prompts appear directly underneath the Alerts field A Prompts window listing permanent and temporary prompts when they appear may be accessed either b...

Page 215: ...ased on the highest unacknowledged alert priority these are red for alarm yellow for warnings and cautions You can acknowledge alerts in one of two ways 1 either by clicking on the message in the Alert Status Indicator or 2 by clicking on the ACK ALARM button on the control panel The alert is removed from the Alert Status Indicator and if other unacknowledged alerts exist is replaced by the next i...

Page 216: ...igher priority or a more recent alert of the same priority If the internal buzzer is enabled the buzzer will only sound when there are unacknowledged alarms or warnings Acknowledged Alerts If an alert has been acknowledged but the fault has not been corrected the message Alarms Present or Warnings Present is displayed in non flashing red or yellow in the Alert Status Indicator The acknowledged ale...

Page 217: ...e list You can acknowledge alerts either by clicking on the selected alert in the list or by clicking on the ACK ALARM button on the control panel The alerts list will change indication as follows An unacknowledged Alarm whose condition is active will appear with a flashing red background An unacknowledged Warning or Caution whose condition is active will appear with a flashing yellow background A...

Page 218: ...s Present is shown in red in the message field To show all acknowledged alerts untick the Hide Acknowledged check box Sort by Group To arrange alerts into groups tick the Sort by Group check box The system lists alerts in their relevant group e g Targets Routes etc with the exception of emergency alerts and prioritises the alerts within each group as Distress Primary and Secondary see List of Alar...

Page 219: ... be temporarily muted by clicking on the icon to the right of the Alert Status Indicator When the buzzer is muted a red diagonal line appears through the icon To re enable the buzzer click on the icon again the red line is removed The length of time that the buzzer is muted is defined in Mute Settings and can be set to between one minute and 999 minutes The system will automatically re enable the ...

Page 220: ...puter hardware problems authorization licensing errors database connection errors transceiver and video errors target alerts etc Alerts cannot be acknowledged if Station In Control SIC is enabled and your node is assigned as Never In Control see Appendix A Station In Control in Chapter 3 Basic Operation of Radar Alerts on a Client Server Radar System On a Client Server Radar CSR system all alerts ...

Page 221: ...ensor is currently selected the alert generated is a warning If the primary sensor becomes unusable when the sensor is not selected the alert generated is a caution When a sensor that is not a primary sensor becomes unusable a caution is generated If your VMFT is using a Track Control sub system then the following sensor alerts will be generated as alarms if the sensor is currently in use True Hea...

Page 222: ...every few seconds Temporary Prompts Temporary prompts are general system responses to a user interaction and are displayed briefly for a commissioned time period usually around 5 seconds When a temporary prompt is active a pale coloured background field appears below the permanent prompt field with the prompt message Prompts Window A prompts window listing all the permanent prompts and temporary p...

Page 223: ...f ticked and click in the Mute Length field the value changes to green editable 2 Move the trackball left to decrease the time or right to increase the time The mute time range may be set between 1 minute and 999 minutes The default is 5 minutes 3 Left click in the field to accept the value 4 To mute the buzzer for an unlimited period of time tick the Mute length unlimited check box The Mute Lengt...

Page 224: ... as necessary The alarms and warnings are arranged in groups as far as practicable except emergency alarms The following types of alerts are not grouped Faults requiring speed or power reduction Automatic shutdown of machinery Steering gear alerts A group of alerts may be acknowledged at the same time Alert priorities include Emergency Alarm Alarm Warning and Caution as described in List of Alarms...

Page 225: ... time if no prompts are displayed see Prompts If the VisionMaster FT includes a PCIO an alert beep will sound denoting an internal error in addition to the prompt freeze If the system returns to normal operation then the prompt field will continue to cycle between prompts and system time but an internal error alert will be generated In the event of a picture freeze it is advisable to create a syst...

Page 226: ...warnings if the data becomes unusable For information on the behaviour of other sensor alerts refer to Alert Behaviour Specific to Radar Alerts raised on a Client Server Radar CSR system may have different sets of failure causes from a standard VisionMaster FT For a list of CSR alerts see pages 7 31 to 7 32 15 Consistent Common Reference System CCRS data includes the various types of data that des...

Page 227: ...aching the end of the route Routes Approaching Waypoint Approaching a waypoint on the external route Routes Authorization Failure The system is unauthorized System Autopilot Communication Failed Communication with the autopilot s master SCU has failed The system may no longer be able to control the autopilot Autopilot Autopilot Power Failure Power supplied to autopilot has failed Autopilot Autopil...

Page 228: ...ted A traffic monitored target violated entry criteria for a zone Targets Excessive Turn Rate Required Difference limit between required turn rate and planned turn rate exceeded Routes Exit Criteria Violated A traffic monitored target violated exit criteria for a zone Targets External Targets Comms No external targets received on port Targets Global Thread Delay Detected A potential global thread ...

Page 229: ...ystem that are in CAM watch mode System No SIC There is no Station In Control Station In Control No SIC Timeout No Station In Control for a period greater than the configured SIC timeout Station In Control Object Type Not Found A mariner created object in view is not being displayed because its type cannot be found in the type library Display Off Track Off track distance exceeds the route s limit ...

Page 230: ... limit circle Targets Targets Full The system cannot allocate any more target numbers Targets Track Control Stopped Track control stopped Routes Tracking Failure SC tracking data not present Targets Tracking Unavailable The heading data used for tracking is either invalid or unavailable Targets Turn Not Acknowledged Course change indicator not acknowledged Routes Turning unit selection failed Trac...

Page 231: ...AIS disabled because Ownship position is being dead reckoned or Ownship heading data is unusable Targets AIS Exceeds Capacity AIS Target Limit Reached max 240 Targets AIS Full The maximum number of AIS targets and AIS objects has been reached 240 Targets AIS Unusable AIS interface integrity failure Targets AIS Integrity Error Alarm generated by AIS hardware Targets Approaching Waypoint Approaching...

Page 232: ...n Error A problem was encountered during the activation of charts copied from a remote node To correct the problem the copy operation must be performed again Charts CMAP eToken Mismatch Insert Correct eToken And Restart The System Charts Colors Not Approved The colors are potentially unsafe Display Course Over Ground Degraded Unusable Sensor Course Over Ground integrity Sensors Critical Point Abea...

Page 233: ...may need to be imported from back up System Date and Time Degraded Unusable Sensor Date and Time Integrity Sensors Depth Below Keel Degraded Unusable Sensor Depth Below Keel Integrity Sensors Depth Below Transducer Degraded Unusable Sensor Depth Below Transducer Integrity Sensors Depth Below Waterline Degraded Unusable Sensor Depth Below Waterline Integrity Sensors Dynamic Licensing Report Near Du...

Page 234: ...an minimum recommended Monitor steering closely Increase the turn rate order to improve steering effectiveness in this mode especially if high winds are influencing the vessel Autopilot Low Video Level The video level has dropped below the minimum threshold Radar Magnetic Course Over Ground Degraded Unusable Sensor Magnetic Course Over Ground Integrity Sensors Magnetic Heading Degraded Unusable Se...

Page 235: ...and own ship vectors are water stabilized but the predicted path is always ground stabilized Targets Predicted Ship Mismatch Target vectors and own ship vectors are water stabilized but the predicted ship is always ground stabilized Targets Predicted Vector Mismatch Target vectors and own ship vectors are water stabilized but the predicted vector is always ground stabilized Ownship Pulse Length Er...

Page 236: ...e Integrity Sensors TM Reset The system will reset the ship s plotted position momentarily Display Top Unit Conflict There is a discrepancy between the number of top units configured on this node and the rest of the system Radar Track Control Stopped Track control stopped Routes Track Control Using Man STW Track control is providing heading orders based on manual water speed Track keeping performa...

Page 237: ...pdate of the scan converter card Radar Video Failed Radar video cannot be displayed Radar Wheelover Notifications Off The system will not provide messages to indicate planned course changes because Wheelover Notifications is switched off on the Monitor Route menu On systems with track control available the notifications are automatically switched on whenever Track mode is engaged Routes ...

Page 238: ... Unusable Sensor Attitude Integrity Sensors Bow Ground Speed Degraded Unusable Sensor Bow Ground Speed Integrity Sensors Change in Distance Degraded Unusable Sensor Change in Distance Integrity Sensors Datum Offset Degraded Unusable Sensor Datum Offset Integrity Sensors Dew Point Degraded Unusable Sensor Dew Point Integrity Sensors Distance To Quay Unusable Sensor Distance To Quay Integrity Sensor...

Page 239: ... Sensor Engine Total Energy Value Integrity Sensors Equipment Malfunction Equipment malfunction detected on Alert Management Interface System External Route Degraded Unusable External route data from the selected source is degraded Routes Fuel Consumption Corrected Degraded Unusable Sensor Fuel Consumption Corrected Integrity Sensors Fuel Consumption Observed Degraded Unusable Sensor Fuel Consumpt...

Page 240: ...come more serious as own ship travels toward the pole after exceeding the maximum latitude Do not rely on the system as the primary means of navigation when operating beyond the maximum latitude System Minimal Safety Region A low value for look ahead time or distance has resulted in a small safety region for detecting chart dangers on own ship s course This may not provide adequate time to take ac...

Page 241: ... Sensors Safety Depth Shallow The chart s safety depth is set shallower than the ship s max draft Charts Safety Height Low The chart s safety height is set lower than the ship s height Charts Sensor Data Fault Some sensor data is unusable or degraded See the Sensor Status under System Diagnostics for more details Sensors Sensor Data Fix Uncorroborated The data used to fix a sensor is not corrobora...

Page 242: ...Stern Ground Speed Integrity Sensors System Tracks Almost Full Tracking 95 of the system maximum number of targets Targets Temperature Degraded Unusable Sensor Temperature Integrity Sensors Total Set and Drift Degraded Unusable Sensor Total Set and Drift Integrity Sensors Tracks Almost Full Tracking 95 maximum number of targets Transducer Data Degraded Unusable Sensor Transducer Data Integrity Sen...

Page 243: ...SC PCIO Comms The SC PCIO communications has failed Server to PCIO cable disconnection Tracking Unavailable The heading data used for tracking is either invalid or unavailable Server to PCIO cable disconnection Transceiver Unavailable The Transceiver is unavailable for selection from the Client node Client Server channel connection unavailable Sensor Alarms Sensor alarms have been raised PCIO seri...

Page 244: ... unavailable 2 PCIO to Transceiver video cable disconnection 3 Server to PCIO cable disconnection Video data not received for a time Standby Transmit Error The standby transmit state of the transceiver is in conflict 1 Client Server channel connection unavailable 2 Server to PCIO cable disconnection 3 Server to Transceiver comms disconnection 4 Client Server Transceiver Standby Transmit mismatch T...

Page 245: ...future legs on a monitored route see Route ETA Specify an arrival time on a monitored route the system then calculates the speed required to achieve this arrival time see Required Speed Specify variable speeds to be used on remaining segments of a monitored route see Speed Planning View and edit SAR pattern routes see Search and Rescue Importing exporting or backing up a route see Importing and Ex...

Page 246: ...b menu list will also include External Route depending on system configuration Refer to Chapter 1 Configuration in Volume 2 of the VisionMaster Ship s Manual To view abbreviated data on the currently monitored route left click on the Routes tab in the lower right of the screen see Monitoring a Route Plan ...

Page 247: ...ternal Routes These are routes created by and stored at an external device which can then be transmitted and distributed to all nodes on a network for display and monitoring see External Routes Temporary Routes A temporary route is a route that starts at own ship s CCRP and can be edited quickly on the video circle see Temporary Route Temporary routes are intended for one time manoeuvres and devia...

Page 248: ...monitoring from any node on the network only one route may be monitored in a multi node system The same route monitoring information and monitored track is displayed on all nodes regardless of which node the operator began monitoring Unlike a monitored route a route that is opened for editing from the Edit Route sub menu may be edited independently on each node In addition an external route that i...

Page 249: ...aypoint to be added is the first in the route then either waypoint option can be selected You can select to annotate routes on screen with waypoint and wheel over numbers planned leg speed and leg bearing data by selecting the display options from Route Display Settings To add a waypoint do the following 1 With Edit Route displayed right click in the video circle at the point where the waypoint is...

Page 250: ...each waypoint When three or more waypoints are created the system displays the turn radius at each waypoint except first and last using the system default radius or a radius value modified by the user see Editing a Route Add Waypoint to Beginning Add Waypoint to Beginning is selected where the insertion of a new waypoint is to be numbered before the first waypoint in the route e g the new waypoint...

Page 251: ...w reaches the wheelover line NOT the ship s CCRP The new waypoint and its wheel over are automatically numbered depending on their position on the route e g if the waypoint is created on the leg between waypoints W3 and W4 then the new waypoint becomes W4 and all subsequent waypoints on the route are re numbered accordingly The position of inserted waypoints can be modified as described in Changin...

Page 252: ...ly changed either on screen or in the Waypoints tab folder see Edit Route When the turn is created its turn radius is set to either the previous turn s radius or if this is the first turn it is set to the default radius To change a turn radius do the following 1 Click on the small dot at the centre of the radius The cursor changes to a bidirectional arrow indicator 2 With the dot highlighted hold ...

Page 253: ...s all the route s attributes waypoint leg and turn data to be edited The Critical Points tab folder allows the operator to insert alerts in the form of alarms and warnings along a route The Dangers tab folder lists objects and areas that could endanger the safety of own ship on the route currently opened from the Route tab The Dangers tab will only appear if Safety Checking has been selected in th...

Page 254: ...ed No Errors Errors the system checks the validity of the loaded route if there are no errors in the route the button displays No Errors in the system background colour If the route s attributes do contain errors the route cannot be validated and the button changes to display Errors with a yellow background A route can be saved even if it does contain errors However the route must have no errors b...

Page 255: ...name for the route 2 Enter a name using the screen keypad and click on the keypad OK button 3 The route name is entered the current time date is listed in the Open Route window and a temporary prompt appears confirming that the route plan has been saved To check for errors on a route 1 If changes to the route s attributes are not validated by the system the No Errors button changes to Errors with ...

Page 256: ...1 With the selected route displayed click on the Clear New button 2 If unsaved changes have been made to the route a Close Confirmation window appears prompting to Save Don t Save or Cancel the closure 3 Select the required option the route is cleared from the screen To delete a route from the route list 1 Click on the Delete button The Delete Route window appears prompting to select a route to de...

Page 257: ...igned to the reversed route 4 To save the reversed route click on the Save As button and enter a name using the screen keypad Total Distance and Duration The Total Distance and Duration area calculates the total route distance the total route duration in days if needed hours and minutes and the average planned speed made by own ship over the entire route The Time Zone is displayed as UTC If the cu...

Page 258: ... planned route at which activation of an automatic off track error alert occurs The settings in the Route tab will apply to all legs and turns on a route Different XTD alert limits for individual legs and turns may be made from the Waypoint tab folder The default value is 100 metres for the left and right side To change the XTD Alarm Limit do the following 1 Click in the Left and Right fields the ...

Page 259: ...s for the route being edited The folder is divided into the following areas Route Waypoint Approaching Leg Turn Departing Leg Route The Route area enables the currently monitored route to be saved and validated When a route has been saved its name is displayed above the Save No Error buttons The Save and No Error Error functions in the Waypoints tab folder are the same as described previously in t...

Page 260: ... tick box is enabled in the Route Display Settings also on the route plan To create a new waypoint 1 Navigate to the location in the route where you want the new waypoint created and left click on either the previous waypoint or the next waypoint and then click the New button The system creates a new waypoint on the route leg midway between the selected waypoint and next waypoint i e if W1 is sele...

Page 261: ... Query Move the cursor to the display a is added to the cursor and left click a Chart Query window appears with a list of objects in the immediate area see Chart Query Select the object from the list the waypoint is repositioned over the chart object and a red circle filled with a red shaded background is drawn around the waypoint Click OK on the Chart Query window to fix the waypoint at the chart...

Page 262: ...hing Leg data do the following 1 To change the leg speed or off track limit click in the relevant field the text changes to green editable Move the trackball left or right to change the values 2 To change the departing or approaching leg from Rhumb Line to Great Circle click on the drop down arrow to the right of the field and make the desired selection 3 To change the XTD alarm limit click in the...

Page 263: ... each turn must be less than or equal to the Own Ship s configured maximum turn rate The speed of turn is used to calculate the turn rate based on the displayed turn radius data However if the turn rate data is modified the turn speed is used to calculate new turn radius data Often the turn speed will be the same as the approaching and or departing leg However the system provides the flexibility t...

Page 264: ...eed or XTD limit click in the relevant field the text changes to green editable Move the trackball left or right to change the values 2 To change the departing or approaching leg from Rhumb Line to Great Circle click on the drop down arrow to the right of the field Default Leg and Turn Attributes The first leg of a route inherits planned speed and XTD limit attributes from system configurable defa...

Page 265: ...rectory tree will also include cautions related to that segment WARNING TEMPORARY ROUTES ARE NOT SAFETY CHECKED SEPARATELY THE OPERATOR MUST RELY ON OWN SHIP SAFETY REGION FOR DETECTING DANGERS WHILE OWN SHIP IS ON A TEMPORARY ROUTE To view dangers or cautions on the display do the following 1 Navigate to the required route segment by clicking on the box Each Leg or Turn segment is further divided...

Page 266: ...Regions The Dangers tab folder also includes the option of displaying the route safety region To display tick the Display Safety Regions check box the safety region is displayed along the length of the route The route safety region is divided into segments and is defined as follows Route safety region buffer cross track error limit ship beam The width of the safety region buffer will reflect the l...

Page 267: ...ated For a description of the Save and Error functions see Edit Route Route Tab Critical Point To generate critical points on a previously saved route open the route plan from the Route tab of the Edit Route sub menu The selected route will appear on screen To create critical points on a route do the following 1 Move the cursor to the position on the route where you want the first critical point t...

Page 268: ...To change a CP s position do one of the following 1 Move the cursor over the CP in the route hold down the left button and move the trackball The CP can be moved either up or down the length of the route or away from the route When the required CP position is shown on screen release the left button Or 1 In the Critical Points tab navigate to the CP using the navigation buttons and with the require...

Page 269: ...iginal place The CP alert trigger defaults to distance with the trigger being the proximity of own ship to a CP shown in metres When own ship s proximity to a CP is less than the distance shown an alert is raised To change the alert trigger to time click on the drop down arrow to the right of the field and select Time The Ownship proximity changes to displaying the trigger value in minutes To chan...

Page 270: ...a Leg Data tick this box to only display columns containing leg specific data The four buttons to the right of the check boxes enable the following route editing actions Add adds a new waypoint to the end of the route Insert inserts a new waypoint between two existing waypoints Delete deletes the selected waypoint from the route and redraws the route Reset resets selected waypoint data to default ...

Page 271: ... the route The following editable data for each leg turn segment is displayed as read only in the Speed Planning Setup window Planned Speed Minimum Speed Maximum Speed Waypoint Data on Route Editor Table The following waypoint data can be edited on the route editor table Label the name given to the waypoint Latitude Longitude values Turn rate the rate through wheelover shown in degrees per minute ...

Page 272: ... Data on the Route Editor Table To edit route data in the route editor table do the following To change the waypoint label 1 Click in the label field for the selected waypoint the text changes to green editable and the screen keypad appears 2 To clear the existing label click the Clear button Enter a label name using the keypad and click the keypad OK button The label entered appears next to the s...

Page 273: ... Move the trackball left or right to decrease or increase the value Left click in the field to set the revised value The route will change dependent on the values entered To change the leg type The leg type defaults to Rhumb Line to change to Great Circle click on the drop down arrow to the right of value and select from the list A Copy Value feature enables the user to copy a cell value and paste...

Page 274: ...ed route must be initially saved and validated in the Edit Route sub menu The Monitor Route window contains the following tab folders Route displays read only data monitoring own ship s progress against a route plan Dngrs Dangers lists dangerous objects and areas that intersect the route plan safety region CPs Critical Points displays data on critical points that have been added to a route ...

Page 275: ...a route is loaded for monitoring monitoring automatically starts on the leg closest to the ship that is within the bearing criteria If none of the route s legs meet the criteria then route monitoring will automatically start when the ship comes within the monitoring criteria of a route leg In some cases the system may begin monitoring a leg that is not the closest leg This will normally occur when...

Page 276: ... Leg DTG Distance to go along the leg to wheel over Leg TTG Time to go along the leg to wheel over based on present ship speed Turn Radius Turn radius shown as NM Plan ROT Planned rate of turn in degrees per minute Planned Spd Planned speed in kilometres Present Spd Present speed in kilometres Required ROT Required rate of turn based on present ship speed Spd Min Max Minimum and maximum planned sp...

Page 277: ...d planned speeds for future legs Time Zone Time zone UTC if Local time is selected the local offset is shown as a or e g UTC 02 00 Route Summary Info Distance The total distance covered by this route Duration The total duration of the route at planned speed shown in hours and minutes Avg Speed The average speed of the vessel over the route Modified The date and time that the route was last modifie...

Page 278: ... Req ROT Difference Limit The maximum rate of turn angle that own ship may move from the route track defaults to 10 0 min Alerts take the form of operator messages which appear above the Show Menu button To change the Settings values left click in the respective field and move the trackball left to decrease or right to increase left click again to fix the value To monitor a route do the following ...

Page 279: ... route from the Load Route window 2 When you are monitoring a route and open the same route for editing the system creates a duplicate route with the edit route mode superimposed over the monitored route in the editable colour pink 3 Make the required edits to the route for details refer to Edit Route Waypoints Tab As the route is changed the screen shows the monitored route in the original positi...

Page 280: ...tton is clicked the Leg or Turn at the specific area where ownship is on the monitored route expands Any dangers and cautions related to that segment can be accessed from the navigation tree The information presented here is the same as the information in the Dangers tab folder of the Edit Route sub menu For a description of dangers cautions and route safety regions see Edit Route Dangers Settings...

Page 281: ...CP label has been changed from the default see Edit Route Critical Points When a CP has been selected the folder shows the point s LAT LON position its alert trigger and own ship proximity trigger distance or time the type of alert generated Alarm or Warning and any CP description that has been generated The bottom of the folder displays the selected CP DTG and TTG status To view position and aler...

Page 282: ...l to the end of the monitored route ETA represents the ETA date and time of own ship at end of route If the ETA Calculator is opened when there is not a monitored route plan the following default values apply Distance defaults to 1 0NM Speed is own ship s current SOG Time is the time it takes to travel the Distance based on the speed ETA is the date and UTC time own ship is expected to arrive at t...

Page 283: ...ime value click to the left of the value a numerical keypad appears below the field Enter in the required time values using the keypad and click OK when complete When the Time value is changed the Speed and ETA values are automatically updated 3 To change the ETA value click on the value to be changed a navigation keypad appears Click on the left or right arrows to navigate to the data to be chang...

Page 284: ...roaching and departing legs for each waypoint on the route To change Route ETA settings do the following 1 Manual speed defaults to 0 0 kn To enter a speed for the present leg or future legs select the Manual radio button and click in the Manual field the text changes to green editable Move the trackball right to increase the value and left click again to accept the value 2 To change the speed for...

Page 285: ...ow the ETA field iii To move the date or time back click on the Down arrow to move the date or time forward click on the Up arrow To move the highlight back or forward e g from Month to Year click on the side arrows iv With the correct ETA data displayed click on the OK button 2 When the desired arrival time is set the system calculates the speed required on the present leg and remaining legs of t...

Page 286: ...gins the window displays no data on the currently monitored route 3 Click on the Edit Speed Plan button at the bottom of the window The Speed Planning Setup window appears on the chart display Speed Planning Setup Speed Planning Setup allows the operator to create a speed plan that can be subsequently used to control the speed of the ship along the monitored route to any desired Arrival Waypoint O...

Page 287: ...isplaying the last waypoint on the route plan To change the arrival waypoint click on the drop down arrow the list displays all the remaining waypoints along the monitored route For example if own ship is sailing to D9 waypoint on the route all waypoints from D9 onwards will be available for selection When a waypoint is selected the desired arrival date time field is calculated by assuming that ow...

Page 288: ... of route the required speed values in the speed table and possibly depending on settings made in the Route Editor Table the speed command values in the speed table Current Leg Speed Command The Current Leg Speed Command area allows the operator to select how the speed of the current leg will be affected It includes two settings Assume current speed and Allow speed change Assume current speed forc...

Page 289: ...and the Leg Turn values in the Speed Command column become editable Limited Required Speed22 instructs the system to compute the speed commands required to arrive at the Arrival Waypoint based on the Desired Arrival Date Time To change the Manual Speed Command settings do the following 1 Click the Planned Speeds button to make all speed commands for each segment match the planned speeds 2 Click th...

Page 290: ...y entered speed command is outside the limits an Action Required message appears To accept the entered speed click the OK button on the message to cancel the monitoring and edit the speed command to be within the speed limits click the Cancel button Arrival Date Time UTC and Arrival Time to Go The Arrival Date Time UTC and Arrival Time To Go fields show the following data in their respective colum...

Page 291: ...d Planning Setup Arrival WPT selected arrival waypoint or last waypoint on route Intended Arrival Time the arrival date time and TTG specified in the Ordered column of Speed Planning Setup List of Leg Turn segments and specified Speed Commands Estimated Arrival Time the arrival time based on the speed commands presented in this window To change the speed command values click the Edit Speed Plan bu...

Page 292: ... do the following 1 Select Temp Route from the Route menu and click on the Create Edit button A short straight segment starting at the bow of the ship and in the direction of the ship s COG is drawn The segment is displayed as a magenta dotted line underneath the COG dashed line The length of the line segment represents the value shown in the Waypoint DTG field default value 2000 metres A waypoint...

Page 293: ... If a temp route is invalid a temporary prompt appears and validation errors must be repaired in Create Edit mode before monitoring To monitor a temp route do the following 1 With a temp route created and validated click on the Start button in the Monitoring Controls The temp route now becomes the monitored route the colour of the route changes to red and the Monitor Route window opens on the Rout...

Page 294: ... temp route as described above In Temp Route mode move the cursor to the monitored route the letters under the cursor change from TMP WYPT to ADD RTP 3 Click on any point on the monitored route The system creates an additional waypoint which smoothly transitions the temp route to the monitored route 4 Click Start to begin monitoring the Temp Route The Monitor Route Route tab folder and the Routes ...

Page 295: ...rallel legs moving out from left or right of the initial heading Creeping Line formed from a series of parallel lines at right angles to the initial heading placed forward in the same direction as the initial heading Expanding Box formed from a series of expanding squares centred upon the start point of the search The size of the square is increased every four legs Sector Search formed from a seri...

Page 296: ...he button pages through the pattern options described above To change the SAR default values the following The total distance and the time it would take to sail the SAR pattern depends on the route properties and pattern parameters 1 To change the heading and speed left click in the field and move the trackball left to decrease the value or right to increase Left click again to accept the value 2 ...

Page 297: ...cific geographic object select Query Move the cursor to the display a is added to the cursor and left click a Chart Query window appears with a list of objects in the immediate area see Chart Query Select the object from the list the waypoint is repositioned over the chart object and a red circle filled with a red shaded background is drawn around the waypoint Click OK on the Chart Query window to...

Page 298: ...splay click the Clear button 9 To save changes made to a SAR pattern click the Save button and enter a name for the SAR pattern route When a SAR pattern is saved the system creates a route This route can then be opened for monitoring and editing in the same way as other routes see Monitor Route and Edit Route The route will also generate errors and warnings If a SAR pattern route generates validat...

Page 299: ...l attributes of external routes are read only with the exception of leg type and off track alarm limit Monitoring External Routes The External Routes menu is used to select the source of the external route and to monitor the route Only one external route can be displayed and monitored at a time The following external route attributes are displayed on the External Routes menu the ship s cross track...

Page 300: ...al route will be displayed This normally includes the route leg from the most recently passed waypoint to a maximum of 9 subsequent route legs with their associated waypoints The system automatically scrolls ahead in the route each time a new waypoint is reached Multi node Support External routes and associated source selection are distributed to all nodes on the network Each node is able to displ...

Page 301: ...ternal drive containing the route or routes to be imported is a USB memory stick connect the device to a USB port at the front of the VisionMaster PC 2 From the Route Import Export window click the Import tab A navigation tree for the external device will be displayed in the field below 3 Navigate to the folder on the external device where the route resides The field below the navigation tree will...

Page 302: ...le for export are displayed 3 Select one or more routes for export by ticking the check boxes Or to export all routes click the Select All button 4 The navigation tree below the Format field enables you to navigate to the required folder on the external device where the route files are to be exported to 5 Enter a file name for the routes in the Filename field 6 Click the Export button to export th...

Page 303: ...ypoint labels displays a label for each waypoint W1 etc Wheel over labels displays a numerical label for each wheel over WO 2 etc XTD Alarm Lines displays a series of XTD lines on the safety region lines When all display options are ticked the route is displayed as shown below The Wheel over type section of the folder determines how the wheel over lines are drawn and includes the following radio b...

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Page 305: ...te line drawn on the video circle with its origin initially from the CCRP or another selected origin point VRMs are used to display a range ring initially centred on CCRP or another selected origin point Each VRM is a ring of long dashes The first and second VRMs have different mark space ratio of line dashes If an EBL is turned On while its associated VRM is turned Off then a small cross appears ...

Page 306: ...rigin moves the ERBL to a location anywhere on the chart window when the offset position is fixed the ERBL is in Carry mode Drop Origin drops the ERBL in a fixed location As own ship s course and speed progresses the ERBL remains stationary at a fixed point on the video circle Drop End Point drops the ERBL s intersection point at a fixed location but carries the origin with own ship The range and ...

Page 307: ...ff left click on the EBL button The EBL lettering and button return to normal the bearing value and the VRM range value are replaced by the Off caption and the EBL is removed from the video circle Changing the EBL Bearing The EBL bearing angles may be true or relative denoted by the letter T to indicate true bearing or the letter R for relative bearing There are two ways of changing the bearing of...

Page 308: ...1 is switched off but EBL2 is on then turning the rotary will adjust the EBL2 bearing Changing the EBL Position To change the origination of an EBL do the following There are two methods of moving an EBL to an off centre position 1 With the EBL switched on right click on the caption button A floating window appears with the options Offset Origin Drop Origin D and Drop End Point E For a description...

Page 309: ...s to a bidirectional arrow indicator 2 To move left click and hold on the EBL origin With the left button held down use the trackball to move the EBL to the required location and release the left button to drop the EBL The EBL remains stationary in the selected location To re position the EBL back to own ship s CCRP either right click on the EBL caption and select Centre Origin from the drop down ...

Page 310: ...caption Changing the VRM and EBL range There are a number of ways to change the VRM range Either enter the values in the VRM field or manually change the VRM diameter on the video circle The VRM range can also be changed in conjunction with the EBL bearing To change the range of a VRM do the following To manually change the VRM range 1 Position the screen cursor anywhere over the VRM circle line t...

Page 311: ...or right to change the VRM range and EBL bearing The bearing and range readout values automatically update as the VRM EBL is moved 3 Release the left key to fix the VRM range and EBL bearing location Changing the VRM and EBL position To change the position of a VRM and its EBL do the following There are two methods of moving a VRM and EBL to an off centre position these are 1 With the VRM switched...

Page 312: ...h the left button held down use the trackball to move the VRM to the required location and release the left button to drop the VRM The VRM remains stationary in the selected location To re position the VRM back to own ship s CCRP either right click on the VRM caption and select Centre Origin from the drop down window or right click on the VRM origin and select Centre EBL VRM from the semi transpar...

Page 313: ...quisition Zones Own Ship AIS Limits and Settings Test Targets PAD Predicted Area of Danger if configured This chapter also includes information on the tracking and monitoring of targets selecting a target for echo reference and target repair If your VisionMaster system is a stationary installation the option to select a target for anchor watch will also be included For information on this facility...

Page 314: ...e if acquisition is attempted over an area containing no radar video then the target is declared lost and the Lost Target icon red cross is displayed see Target Monitoring 2 When the target is established the broken line circle is replaced by a green dot and a motion trend vector indicating the target s estimated velocity originated from the target s position The length of the vector is determined...

Page 315: ... a Radar or Chart Radar node are displayed These tracked targets will not appear on other nodes unless the operator manually acquires the same target When a target previously acquired on another node is selected to be tracked the system may initially assign the latest target number to it depending on the proximity of the selection made to the targets actual position see Target Association values i...

Page 316: ... to acquire an additional target a local Tracks Full warning is raised and no further targets may be tracked on the node The warnings and cautions raised for tracked target capacity are independent of how targets are actually acquired whether manually through AIS activation or automatically via an acquisition zone Multi Node The maximum number of targets that can be tracked on a multi node system ...

Page 317: ...le as triangles unless the AIS is a scaled ship symbol and may be shown in one of the following states Sleeping A sleeping target is slightly smaller in size than an activated target and is not displayed with heading line or vectors Activated An activated target is displayed with heading and speed course vector The speed course vector is a dashed line originating from the centre of the triangle th...

Page 318: ...rget tote information the dashed square outline appears centred on the target origin and information on the target is shown in the AIS window An AIS ship s outline is NOT considered for CPA TCPA infringements These calculations will be taken from the AIS triangle symbol Not used in collision avoidance The AIS symbol is rendered as a dotted line with no vector when not used in collision avoidance c...

Page 319: ...t a target to sleeping do the following 1 Right click on the AIS target 2 A semi transparent window appears left click on Set to Sleeping 3 The target is deactivated and its heading speed course data and identification data is removed from the screen If the target was activated and selected the selection box remains around the target 4 To reactivate a sleeping target left click on the target again...

Page 320: ...ated AIS targets This is done by the system selecting the least navigationally significant target and automatically setting it to sleeping with any underlying tracked target being cancelled When a sleeping AIS target is selected for activation whilst at capacity the system will determine which active AIS target is least significant and automatically set that target to sleeping This will happen pro...

Page 321: ...eemed lost are rendered with a red cross through the AIS symbol The target maintains its last heading and COG SOG and will continue to be dead reckoned until the Lost Target alert is acknowledged The cross symbol flashes while the alert is unacknowledged Note that lost AIS targets do not generate CPA TCPA alerts AIS targets in an Acquisition Zone will remain flashing red until the AZ Entry alert i...

Page 322: ...ub menu For information on using the MKD to send safety messages see AIS Info Multi Node Support for AIS Targets In a multi node system one or more nodes may be responsible for interfacing with the device that provides AIS target and own ship AIS data The system will make one node with an interface to an AIS device responsible for distributing the AIS target and own ship data to all other nodes WA...

Page 323: ...B is intended for non SOLAS commercial and recreational vessels Base Station Base Stations enable the ship to shore shore to ship transmission of information to be provided Networked AIS Base Stations can assist in providing overall maritime domain awareness Aids to Navigation AtoN AtoN enables the position and status of buoys and lights to be transmitted In some cases such as marking a wreck unti...

Page 324: ... flashing when acknowledged but the alert symbol remains centred over the lost target s The alert symbol is automatically cleared if the target ceases to report itself as lost or the target is cancelled or dropped The Lost Target alert automatically clears when there are no lost targets CPA TCPA and BCR BCT Infringement Conditions The conditions for a target to generate an infringement are Both CP...

Page 325: ...ne Flashing red until Acquisition Zone infringement is established Acquisition Zone infringement established Small solid circle Unacknowledged alert flashing red AZ zone infringement established and acknowledged Small solid dot Acknowledged alert solid green Lost Target Crossed flashing red lines centred on the current target symbol Only one alert symbol appears on a target at any one time The ord...

Page 326: ...e a different CPA TCPA on each display depending on the results from the target tracker Each node evaluates the alert conditions on the targets that have been processed by that node Whenever a target alert is acknowledged on a node all targets of the same number on other nodes will have their alert condition acknowledged If other nodes have alerts for targets not present on the acknowledging node ...

Page 327: ...tion WARNING ECHO REFERENCE TARGETS MUST ONLY BE USED FOR THE CALCULATION OF TRUE SPEED USING REFERENCE TARGETS TO CALCULATE RELATIVE SPEED CAN BE DANGEROUS IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT AN ALTERNATIVE SPEED SENSOR IS SELECTED FOR COLLISION AVOIDANCE PURPOSES THE LOSS OF AN ECHO REFERENCE TARGET MAY HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON THE ACCURACY OF THE TRUE SPEED AND TRUE COURSE VALUES OF TRACKED TARGETS THE VALUES...

Page 328: ... SOG at the top left of the screen show the source as REF see Sensors Menu for information on sensor sources 3 To change the echo reference to another target right click on the target and highlight Select for Echo Reference again The echo reference is moved to the other target To cancel an echo referenced target 1 Right click on either the COG or SOG ground stabilised sensor indicator and select t...

Page 329: ...ton the echo reference data source is removed from the selected target The echo reference target velocity is set to unusable when the following apply the system is set to standby the target goes beyond the maximum tracking range the echo referenced target is lost The echo reference target will be dropped when the following apply the system is set to standby the target goes beyond the maximum track...

Page 330: ...AIS targets For details on acquiring and tracking targets see Tracking Targets For details on activating and tracking AIS targets see AIS Targets The Selected Target sub menu divides into the following tab folders Target Data AIS Info Targets are identified by number name or both depending on the identification parameters selected in Target Display A valid heading must be provided in order for the...

Page 331: ...e shown COG the true COG of target SOG the true SOG of target If a tracked target is not established only the target number or name range and true bearing are displayed If the target approach point has passed the CPA field continues to show the actual CPA value and the passing point is indicated by a TCPA with a minus value The BCR and BCT are only shown if both the crossing time and the distance ...

Page 332: ...et name field and if either Name or Both is selected in the Identification area of Target Display the name appears alongside the target or above the target number on the video circle Target Data AIS Where the selected target is AIS the Target Data folder includes the target s current heading as additional data An activated AIS target in the Target Data tab folder will also include a Show Tracked D...

Page 333: ... not shown received AIS transmissions continue to be stored so that known targets can be rendered quickly when conditions indicate rendering should proceed When an AIS target has been selected the tab folder includes the following information Target number assigned Name of target vessel if known Class A or B targets prioritised in order of importance see Classes and Types of AIS Vessel MMSI The bu...

Page 334: ...raught maximum draught of vessel in metres Haz Cargo information on any hazardous materials the vessel may be carrying Destination data not available for Class B targets ETA estimated time of arrival to destination Special Maneuver options are Not Available default Not engaged in Special Manoeuvre and Engaged in Special Manoeuvre Voyage data may initially be missing as it is transmitted less frequ...

Page 335: ...cation name data not available for Class B targets Length in metres Beam in metres Vessel Type e g Cargo or Tanker Location of antenna Bow configured offset distance from antenna to vessel bow in metres Location of antenna Centre Line configured offset distance from antenna to centre line of vessel in metres Static data may initially be missing as it is transmitted less frequently than dynamic inf...

Page 336: ...vessel MMSI above the message field 3 Move the screen cursor into the message field and left click the AIS Minimum Keyboard Display MKD appears below the field 4 Enter a message using the MKD note that the MKD only supports the input of uppercase format messages 5 The MKD will be removed from the screen after a short period of inactivity To re enable the MKD left click in the message field again 6...

Page 337: ...e target number The Multiple Targets menu is divided into three tab folders CPA Range User CPA tab folder displays only targets that have positive CPA TCPA values targets with negative CPA TCPA values are excluded from the sorted list The targets in the Range tab folder are sorted on the target range from own ship The User tab folder lists the targets manually acquired or AIS targets activated and...

Page 338: ...in the User folder including targets which are not established In this case the CPA and TCPA information displayed for the target is shown as dashed until a vector is established Targets are automatically removed from the list if they are dropped or cancelled by the operator Or to remove a target from the User list right click on the target line and select Remove from the window fly out Viewing Ta...

Page 339: ...ther Vector Timeout Number of Targets Target Display The Display Targets check box controls the viewing of all targets on the display Tick the check box to view all targets default or untick to remove the targets from the display The display priority between AIS targets and tracked targets may be selected The default selection is AIS Priority To change the display priority to tracked targets click...

Page 340: ...tion see Auto Drop Targets Other The Vector Timeout check box should be ticked to ensure that the vector True Relative setting matches the Trails mode after the vector timeout of 30 seconds see Vector Modes Cancel All Targets The Cancel All Targets button enables all tracked targets on a node to be cancelled for information see Cancelling Tracked Targets Number of Targets The Number of Targets are...

Page 341: ...AIS target is activated the past position data starts to build up The number of dots displayed up to a maximum of 4 is determined by the length of time the target has been tracked and the time interval selected Past position dots are available in all presentation and motion modes providing the system has a working compass Dots always match the trail mode not the motion mode To turn past position d...

Page 342: ...hich individual AIS or tracked targets deemed not to be a threat to own ship are automatically dropped by the tracker or set to sleeping for AIS without an alarm being raised The system default for auto drop mode is enabled and the setting stored when altered and restored at power on The auto drop range can also be adjusted between 3 NM and 99 NM Reducing the auto drop range from the default of 10...

Page 343: ...ed if they meet any of the following criteria The target s range is greater than the maximum tracking range No good video data has been extracted for the target for the last 60 scans The system has been switched to Standby Target Auto Drop on Dual Radar On dual radar targets are auto dropped if they meet the following criteria in addition to the criteria listed on the previous page The target is a...

Page 344: ...s next to the selected target with Cancel Target in highlight 2 Left click on Cancel Target The selected target is removed from the video circle and all details relating to the target in the Target Data window are removed To cancel all tracked targets do the following 1 From the Target Display window click on the Cancel All Targets button The screen prompts to confirm cancellation of all tracked t...

Page 345: ...rently in an acquisition zone on another node To repair a target do the following 1 Right click on the target to be repaired and select Repair Target from the semi transparent window The target s motion trend vector may be moved around the screen by moving the trackball The target s dot ID number and name if assigned remain in the original location 2 To abort the target repair operation right clic...

Page 346: ...ut check box AIS Input can only be enabled when valid sensor data is being transmitted Activate on CPA TCPA BCR When this check box is enabled default mode a sleeping AIS target is automatically activated when the target infringes its CPA TCPA or BCR limits shown in the Target Data tab folder If this setting is disabled all sleeping AIS targets are rendered as dotted lines see AIS Rendering Condit...

Page 347: ...s also enables the display of the following AIS Nav symbols if enabled in the system AtoN will display Aid to Navigation objects AtoN Virtual will display virtual AtoNs with GPS co ordinates SAR Craft will display Search and Rescue Craft Base Station will display Base Station objects For a more detailed description of the AIS types listed above refer to Classes and Types of AIS If the operator att...

Page 348: ...ndicator for all activated AIS targets are displayed This setting will apply to all nodes on a multi node system Set All AIS Targets to Sleeping The Set All to Sleeping button allows you to set all AIS targets to sleeping based on the following criteria 1 On a multi node system all AIS targets are set to sleeping on the Radar node that the command was made The same AIS targets that may be activate...

Page 349: ...ame manner as live targets although the system differentiates between test targets and tracked real targets Both fixed and moveable test targets are displayed on the screen as flashing green crosses When test targets are on a large stationary letter X is displayed near the bottom of the video circle The Test Targets window is divided into the following areas Fixed Test Targets Moveable Test Target...

Page 350: ... If your system only includes two test targets as defined in the table above the button will be greyed out when Test Target 2 is selected Before the Moveable Test Targets are activated initial position and velocity data may be defined for each test target When movable test targets are active the velocity and current position data may be defined The table below defines the Range True Bearing Speed ...

Page 351: ... Parameters When a moveable test target is inactive Target Active box unticked its initial position range and true bearing may be changed from the default parameters When a moveable test target is active Target Active box ticked its initial position remains the same while its current position updates When active the target s velocity and current position may be changed from the default parameters ...

Page 352: ...nticked 3 In Moveable Test Targets select Test Target 1and tick the Target Active check box 4 Adjust the speed and true course of Test Target 1 so that it is heading in an approximate direction towards own ship 5 Select the test target on the screen by clicking on the beginning of its video trail Click on the selected target again to display the Target Data tab for the selected test target 6 Note ...

Page 353: ...cific channel click the required Channel 1 or Channel 2 button and define the test target values as described previously When test targets are displayed on a specific channel the channel s number appears next to the large stationary X at the bottom of the video circle To enable test targets on both channels click the Both button the window enables all test targets fixed test targets and moveable t...

Page 354: ... Server 1 turning the display of moving test targets on at Client 1 will also turn the display on at Client 2 connected to Server 2 with the same settings If any Client node edits test target settings the changes are immediately applied to all Servers and all other Clients displaying test targets On a CSR system the radar interface board NFE card in the Server processes the same number of definabl...

Page 355: ...uisition zone is active the zone parameters are shown on the display as a solid green line When an acquisition zone is being edited its line colour changes from green to light purple Any targets found in an auto acquisition zone are marked by a flashing acquisition zone symbol see Target Monitoring Symbols in Target Monitoring or AIS Target Alarm States in AIS Targets and an AZ Entry warning is ra...

Page 356: ...its start bearing and end bearing within the limits defined below Acquisition Zone Limits Parameter Min Max End Range in long distance units 1 0 40 0 Start Depth in long distance units 0 4 2 0 Bearing 6 354 To create acquisition zone parameters from the Acquisition Zones window do the following With the Acquisition Zones window opened and the zone active On click on the Edit button of the zone to ...

Page 357: ...e numerical degree changes proportionally 3 To shorten or widen the zone range click in the End field and change the range as described above To create acquisition zone parameters directly on the video circle do the following 1 Click on the Edit button of the zone to be edited Zone 1 or Zone 2 2 Move the cursor into the display and left click to create the first start point of the acquisition zone...

Page 358: ...e joined with a straight purple line To create the polygonal shape continue the process the last zone point maximum of 10 must be entered at the first point When the last zone point has been entered the polygonal shape is created The zone point circles are removed the zone line changes to green and the zone is auto activated To edit a polygonal zone 1 Click the Edit Off button of the polygonal zon...

Page 359: ...g read only AIS data for own ship Name of vessel Class A or B Vessel MMSI Own Ship tab folder also includes the following tabs Dynamic Voyage Static All Own Ship AIS features shown in the tab folders will display read only data if the Enable AIS MKD Control is set to No default setting in the Configuration tool If Own Ship AIS features have been enabled for operator selection the features that can...

Page 360: ...yage The Voyage tab includes the following data for own ship Draught Cargo Destination POB ETA calculator for information on using the ETA calculator refer to ETA Calculator in the Routes menu Date Time UTC or Local All Voyage settings apart from Cargo are editable if AIS MKD Control is enabled Static The Static tab includes the following data for own ship IMO number Call i e name of own ship Type...

Page 361: ...ge recipient the time the message was sent and the full message content The following function buttons are included at the bottom of the tab folder Send Additional Message Send Broadcast Message Safety messages can also be created and sent in the AIS Info tab of Selected Target To send additional safety messages do the following 1 Click the Send Additional Message button A message popup window app...

Page 362: ...ted in the Sent Messages field When a message sent to a specific vessel is selected from the Sent messages list the following additional function buttons are enabled Select Target Delete 1 To select the recipient of a safety message highlight the message in the Sent messages list the Select Target button becomes enabled note that this button is disabled if the message selected is a broadcast messa...

Page 363: ... been received the Message icon is displayed in amber an audible indicator is given and the message is shown in the Message Rx tab Left click to view information on the message The MMSI number of the vessel that sent the message the time the message was received and the message detail are displayed in the Message Info window When all messages have been selected the message icon returns to the stan...

Page 364: ... when there are no targets infringing the defined limits To change the infringement limits do the following 1 Click inside the field to be changed The value changes from white to green editable 2 Move the trackball left to decrease the limit or right to increase When the limit has been correctly defined left click to enter value and exit edit mode Closest Point of Approach Bow Crossing Limits The ...

Page 365: ...below Target Association Parameter Distance Angle Speed Standard Setting 0 06 NM 1 0 5 0 kn Loose Setting 0 18 NM 2 0 5 0 kn Range of values 0 01 NM to 0 18 NM 0 1 to 3 6 1 5 kn to 10 kn If target association settings are changed the settings defined in the table above may be re applied by ticking the Standard Setting or Loose Setting check boxes Note that setting these values too high may result ...

Page 366: ... ground and sea stabilisation modes and presents individual target CPA TCPA data This same data is used when evaluating whether a target is infringing the operator selected CPA TCPA and bow crossing limits VisionMaster is designed in such a way as to minimise errors in the collision avoidance calculations which result from the sensors selected for stabilisation In practice however different sensor...

Page 367: ... when the system can calculate the CPA of that target If the CPA limit is changed the shapes of PADs adjust accordingly If own ship s CCRP crosses over a PAD boundary the display of the PAD is disabled until the CCRP is no longer within its boundaries To select display options for PADs do the following 1 Open the PAD sub menu The window displays the current CPA limit for targets to own ship and en...

Page 368: ...s into an alarm state i e the target and its vector flash red the PAD and intercept lines will also flash red in sequence with the target The shape of the PAD may also change as ownship and target approach each other see below If ownship speed is greater or equal to target speed then only one PAD is generated If ownship speed is less than the target speed then one of the following is generated Two...

Page 369: ...t Radar User Guide Targets 65900010 10 57 When a target is manually selected i e the target appears in the User tab of the Multiple Targets menu a cross hatch will appear within the boundaries of the target s PAD ...

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Page 371: ...dby and transmit mode pulse length selection and radar fine tuning to be made Video enables video processing controls and trails mode selection to be made Interswitch provides selection and information on transceivers connected to an Interswitch This chapter also describes the effect on the video display when a transceiver has been configured with blank sectors active see Sector Blanking ...

Page 372: ... be switched to Transmit if its associated master display is in Transmit mode If Transmit is selected on a slave display when its master is still in Standby NOT transmitting a prompt is displayed and the slave remains in Standby To switch between operational modes click the radio button adjacent to the mode When the system is switched to transmit the message Radar Standby disappears from the video...

Page 373: ...justment and tuning control selection in the Transceiver sub menu is reflected in the Tune field below the Video Processing Controls For information on adjusting the radar tuning see Radar Fine Tuning Dual Radar Transceiver On a dual radar system the Transceiver window includes separate tabs for Channel 1 and Channel 2 where specific selections of Standby Transmit mode Pulse Length and Tune adjust...

Page 374: ...mode Vector Mode Relative or True Trails selection of trail type For a description of setting the video processing levels see Video Processing Controls For a description of the vector modes see Vector Modes For a description of the trails mode see Trails Mode in Chapter 5 Dual Radar Video On a dual radar system the Video window includes separate tabs for Channel 1 and Channel 2 where specific sele...

Page 375: ...he number of transceivers that may be set up is dependent on the interswitch status as follows When no interswitch is fitted to the system the Master Slave selection is fixed at commissioning with the system defaulting to Master the transceiver identification is fixed at A When an interswitch is fitted to the system the master slave display display identifier and transceiver identification are det...

Page 376: ...ansceiver as the Master If different transceivers are selected for each channel e g TxRx A for Channel 1 and TxRx B for Channel 2 then both Transceivers may be set to Master If the same transceiver is selected for both channels then one channel must be set to Slave For example if Master is selected on TxRx B for Channel 2 where the same selection has been made for Channel 1 then Channel 1 will aut...

Page 377: ... connected to the transceiver Each Server can supply data to a maximum of eight Clients If a ninth Client requests a connection to the same transceiver an existing Client of the transceiver will be disconnected providing the Client is a Slave and in Standby If all eight Clients are in Transmit a ninth Client will not be permitted to connect to the transceiver until one of the other Clients is set ...

Page 378: ...m being updated If there is a detectable fault with the presentation of the radar video on the screen e g Texture Loss Video Failed is displayed in red in the video circle when this alert is active Communications Alerts Transceiver Communications A TX comms alert is raised if a valid message has not been received from the transceiver for more than 4 seconds The alert is raised regardless of the di...

Page 379: ...has not been received for more than 10 seconds If a heading marker has not been received for more than 30 seconds the Master Display automatically switches the connected transceiver to standby Pulse Length Error An error alert is raised if after a delay no greater than 4 seconds the display s requested pulse length does not match the pulse length of its connected transceiver Standby Transmit Error...

Page 380: ...e relevant angles around the outside of the video circle bearing scale indicating the arc that is being blanked Sector Blanking on Dual Radar On a dual radar system both top units may have different blanking sectors active Sector blanking for channel 1 top unit may have the same start and stop angles as channel 2 top unit or a different set of start stop angles When sector blanking is active on du...

Page 381: ...e used for rendering or disable configured chart engines see Chart Databases View detailed read only information about the chart currently displayed see Chart Legend Manage manual updates to charts see Manual Chart Update Highlight and view information on specific chart areas and geographic objects see Chart Query View and mark a list of potential chart dangers that own ship is headed towards on p...

Page 382: ...s When S57 charts are installed the ENC data undergoes a conversion process The result of this conversion is the creation of the System Electronic Nautical Chart SENC database It is this database that is accessed and displayed by ECDIS and Chart Radar For information on installing all chart types refer to Chart Tools Chart Data on a Radar Display Chart information uses the same reference and coord...

Page 383: ...ile WGS 84 is the present standard for accurate mapping and display of position information there are hundreds of data in use and each makes different assumptions about the exact size and shape of the earth This means that a given latitude and longitude can correspond to different locations when plotted on charts that are derived from different data It is therefore important to be aware of the dat...

Page 384: ...etail tab folder of the Chart Legend menu under Chart Usage Scale and Chart Index which shows the scale and other details of all charts in a selected chart database When the range scale is selected at a larger scale than the chart s compilation scale a permanent prompt appears with the message Chart Overscale see Chart Overscale Navigational Purpose In addition to the compilation scale the level o...

Page 385: ...s Overscale Pattern The overscale pattern is displayed over charts if the scale ratio of the display is more than double the compilation scale of any charts in the display The overscale pattern is a series of closely aligned dotted vertical lines across the whole of the chart display Larger Scale Available Prompt The Larger Scale Chart Available at Ship prompt is shown when the largest scale chart...

Page 386: ...rt databases can installed via the ChartHandler utility without requiring the VMFT to be shutdown Chart permit files and S 63 certificates can also be installed or removed via the Chart Installation window Chart Copy enables charts installed on one node to be copied to other nodes on a multi node system see Chart Copy Permissions User Permits displays chart license and permit expiration on install...

Page 387: ... selecting two points on the video circle To reposition the chart do the following 1 Click on the Select Points button in the Chart Match area The fields below prompt to click on a chart object and the Select Points button changes to Cancel Selection 2 To cancel the chart match click on the button or to proceed move the cursor into the video circle the cursor displays CM below the cross hair 3 Cli...

Page 388: ...es on the currently loaded chart database Click on the drop down list to select another database The information shown in the summary report for each of the update files is dependent on the chart database selected For example a SevenCs S 57 or C MAP database shows the following columns Reference for the chart Chart for C Map Name for SevenCs Issuing Authority Chart issue date Application date and ...

Page 389: ...ton to update the list to include in the list chart updates made on other nodes While updating the table shows the message Updates Data Loading Please Wait Viewing Manual Chart Updates To view a summary of chart updates made by the operator select Manual Chart Update from the drop down list The subsequent window shows the following columns Chart Name Chart Edition Update Date Update Type Update Ac...

Page 390: ...hart is delivered with a signature file that verifies the data was created by a proper authority official hydrographic office According to the IHO S 63 specification the ECDIS must reject the chart if a problem is encountered when verifying the signature This type of error can occur if the signature file was created incorrectly by the chart producer Also if the wrong certificate file IHO CRT or PR...

Page 391: ...r chart edition than the one currently installed When this occurs it usually indicates that a new Base CD has been released and should be installed prior to the latest Update CD 6 Update belongs to a newer edition This indicates that the update application failed because the update corresponds to an older chart edition than the one currently installed This usually occurs because an old Update CD i...

Page 392: ...ncludes S 57 S 64 and DirectENC and ARCS Both databases are installed from within the VisionMaster FT application without requiring the system to be shutdown CAUTION When charts are installed in this way the database that is being installed will be unavailable to the system The chart database will become available again once the chart installation has completed To install SevenC charts from the Ch...

Page 393: ...an be hidden on the screen by clicking the Hide ChartHandler button to return the window to the screen click the Show ChartHandler button The ChartHandler will initially search for installed SevenCs charts If there are any previously installed SevenCs charts these will be listed with the Chart Type and View Installed Mode radio buttons in highlight To install SevenCs charts 1 Install the external ...

Page 394: ...to install selected chart files from the list highlight the files and click the Install Charts button When charts are being installed a Converting Files window appears over the ChartHandler screen showing the progress of the installation as a percentage figure For further instructions on installing SevenCs charts and operating the ChartHandler either click the Help icons in various locations on th...

Page 395: ...ed exit the ChartHandler by clicking the Close ChartHandler button on the Chart Installation window The database for the installed charts will automatically index after you quit ChartHandler Deleting SevenCs Charts To delete SevenCs ENC charts 1 Select the chart database to delete and click the Delete Charts button An Action Required popup window appears prompting to confirm the deletion 2 To dele...

Page 396: ...ng your NAVTOR ENC Charts on CD DVD the ENC cell permits are included on the ENC PERMITS CD If you are using NAVTOR NavSync NavStick to update your ENC Charts over the internet the permit file s are located in NavStick INFO NAVTOR PERMITS Both the CD and NavStick include separate folders for each system you have ordered ENCs for These folders are named ECDIS 1 ECDIS 2 UNIT 3 UNIT 4 and UNIT 5 For ...

Page 397: ...nd If you are using NavSync both BASE and UPDATE charts are contained on the NavStick To install NAVTOR charts do the following The chart installation process described below is identical for BASE UPDATE and USB media 1 Insert the ENC chart CD DVD or NavStick into your ECDIS 1 PC 2 Verify that the required chart permits are installed and that the certificate file is correct from the Chart Permits ...

Page 398: ...tion might take a while depending on the amount of charts that require installation 6 If the system does not automatically start to list charts click the Browse button and select the root directory of the inserted NAVTOR ENC BASE CD DVD or NavStick and then click OK The chart files will appear in the chart list and the buttons in the Actions area of ChartHandler become active 7 Click the Install C...

Page 399: ...some charts may have the same reference name but are installed from different data servers Expiration Date the date when the chart permit expires The S 63 Permits window allows the following actions to be taken with regards to the selected chart Install a new permit file Remove selected permits Clear all permits Install an S 63 certificate To install a new S 63 permit file 1 Click the Install New ...

Page 400: ...llation screen enables selection of the certificate file for the installation operation The certificate file provides an authenticated public key for the S 63 scheme administrator which is required for decryption of charts The drop down box displays the certificates that are currently installed on the system PRIMAR CRT or IHO CRT The expiration date for the currently selected certificate is also d...

Page 401: ...l continue to be displayed during the copy process When a copy operation is performed the charts are placed in a staging area on the remote node separate from any charts already installed on that node After a copy operation has completed successfully the node needs to be restarted to activate the copied charts A C Map database must be initially installed and registered locally at each node before ...

Page 402: ...ancel chart copy operations for individual nodes The Copy Local Charts to All Nodes button allows you to copy the local charts to all nodes while the Cancel All Copy Operations cancels all active copy operations 2 To start a copy operation to specific nodes on the system i e the nodes displaying Does Not Match Local Charts click on the Copy Local Charts to this Node button in the Action column 3 O...

Page 403: ...s that the newly copied charts can be activated by restarting the remote node After the node is restarted the chart information displayed for that node will be automatically refreshed to match the newly activated charts When a C Map database is copied to a remote node any existing licenses installed on that node are automatically applied to the replacement charts when they are activated on reboot ...

Page 404: ...e files and or cell permits see Chapter 1 Chart Installation in Supplementary Features User Guide 65900014 Export S 63 Permit A SevenCs S 63 is a piece of information that is intended to provide additional system protection and authorization for the chart database The operator is required to send the permit file to UKHO in order to activate an S 63 account The permit number is based on the Securit...

Page 405: ...ory stick into a port at the rear of the VisionMaster PC 2 Click on the Export 7Cs Hardware ID button The subsequent window displays the external disk drive and prompts to choose the location to export the hardware ID file 3 Navigate to the location where you want the file exported to by clicking on the button to the left of the directory folder 4 To enter a name for the ID file click in the Filen...

Page 406: ...65900010 C Map Permissions When in Standby information on the C Map charts including product ENC region covered and permit expiration date can be viewed by clicking on the C Map Permissions button A tabular window appears over the video circle ...

Page 407: ...dow appears over the video circle when in Standby When the Chart Index table is first opened the charts are listed with the chart names based on their ENC alphanumeric code in alphabetical order How the data is displayed may be changed by clicking on the column headings For example clicking on the Scale heading will list charts starting from the lowest compilation scale see Chart Facility or click...

Page 408: ...charts assigned to that database Chart Outlines To display chart outlines tick the Draw Chart Outlines check box The display will show the coverage of the charts within the current display area as a series of coloured chart boundary rectangles the colour of the chart boundary is dependent on the chart usage level Chart Selection Individual charts may be located and identified on the video circle T...

Page 409: ...elected Chart function the following notes should be taken into consideration The function only changes the displayed location It will not necessarily display the selected chart if its database is not currently enabled If a different chart database is enabled the operator will need to select the desired chart from the Chart button drop down list The function does not change the range scales to ens...

Page 410: ...ase Chart Display or Standard Chart Display is shown as a permanent prompt see Prompts Chart Display Suppression The selection of chart sets and the application of custom features are governed by the current range scale and presentation mode The display of charts is suppressed if the presentation mode is Head Up either Stabilised or Unstabilised and the current range scale is greater than 3 nautic...

Page 411: ...isplay mode i e Base Chart Display or Standard Chart Display is shown as a permanent prompt see Prompts Base The Base display mode is the minimum chart content that cannot be removed from the display It is not intended to be sufficient for safe navigation Base display settings consist of Coastline high water Own ship s safety contour see Safety Checking Isolated underwater dangers of depths less t...

Page 412: ...r and Standard lists see below By default all the Standard settings are enabled for the Custom feature set Customizing Display Settings The custom display settings list allows chart settings to be enabled or disabled when the display mode is in Custom There are three buttons available for selection All None and Default All selects and displays all the chart settings in the Standard and Other lists...

Page 413: ...rt types and all other configured chart databases as listed in Chart Databases The All None and Default buttons work in the same way as described previously in the Features section Chart Symbology Display Settings The chart symbology display settings listed in the following pages are when selected displayed on all chart databases ...

Page 414: ...oys are only displayed over a certain period defined as IHO S 57 parameters PERSTA to PEREND Other objects such as a traffic separation scheme may have a date on which they are introduced DATSTA and or discontinued DATEND The system defaults to not displaying any ENC object with one of these attributes outside its effective date time To display all ENC objects outside their date time dependency ti...

Page 415: ...s the size of text displayed on the chart 2 0 43 The UKHO Admiralty Information Overlay AIO product provides Temporary and Preliminary Notice to Mariners T P NMs T P NMs contain information about recent changes to ENCs and paper chart changes that have not yet been incorporated into ENCs The AIO overlay comes in the form of a single ENC cell GB800001 that covers the whole world and is delivered in...

Page 416: ...angers in waters shallower than the safety contour On Lights Leg Lengths Real light leg lengths Off Lights Description Text Lights textual description Off Light Sector Areas Lights textual description None Low Accuracy Tags Tags marking low accuracy chart objects Off Plain Area Boundaries Plain non symbolized area boundaries Off Text Generic Generic textual information Off Text Important Text impo...

Page 417: ...the chart and all other synthetics If preferred projection is unavailable in the displayed region then the system will select an Active Projection from the available projections that are supported by the current chart engine For example if the preferred location is Mercator but the chart is displaying a high latitude region the Active Projection will automatically change to Polar Stereographic to ...

Page 418: ...is the minimum depth required by an underwater object for own ship to pass over safely The minimum depth is the distance from the water surface to bottom of own ship s keel plus a safety buffer against variations in the water level from the time the water was charted to the present time The defined safety depth value is reflected in the Chart Legend Detail tab folder The safety height is the minim...

Page 419: ...VERLAPPING CHARTS AND OTHER DATA ISSUES THE OPERATOR MUST TAKE THESE FACTORS INTO ACCOUNT AND USE ALL AVAILABLE SOURCES OF INFORMATION REGARDING DEPTH AS APPROPRIATE TO THE NAVIGATION AREA For an illustration of deep and shallow contour areas on a chart display refer to the Detail tab in Chart Legend sub menu The default value for shallow contour is 2 metres maximum value Safety Depth The default ...

Page 420: ...hange the chart database priority or to disable or enable a chart database do the following To change the chart database order of priority 1 Click on a chart database in the Enabled list if the database is neither at the top or bottom of the list then both the Up button and Down button to the right of the list become available 2 Click on the Up or Down button to move the position of the chart data...

Page 421: ...s converted to CMAP s proprietary chart database format 49 Professional is an extended version of CM93v3 charts supplied on DVD 50 The C Map JeppesenPrimar database consists of official ENC data from Primar and unofficial C Map chart data where official data is not present 51 Encrypted official chart format implementation is based on IMO S63 standard 52 Unencrypted official chart format implementa...

Page 422: ...l and the operator should refer to paper charts for unofficial data regions SevenCs supports both official and unofficial data The official boundary line is always displayed to distinguish official and unofficial data unless it has been explicitly disabled by the operator using the Official Boundary custom chart setting for the SevenCs engine see Settings Certain C Map chart databases include a co...

Page 423: ...n the screen To view available charts click on the button for each chart database All the listed charts include a numerical value in brackets This value is the ratio of the current display scale to the chart s compilation scale as shown on the Detail tab For example if a chart has a compilation scale of 7500 and the current range scale is 12 NM the ratio of these values is 7500 divided by 1200 equ...

Page 424: ...d all component fields show No Chart Available Chart Usage Scale The chart usage scale displays the navigational purpose e g Harbour and scale of the selected chart see Compilation Scale in Chart Facility Contours Depths The Contours Depths information includes depth and contour values for the selected chart based on the requested values from the Chart Depths Heights window The contours of the cha...

Page 425: ...low contour define where the shading on the chart image will change Safety Contour The safety contour value defines which of the depth contours available in the chart will be selected as the actual safety contour that is displayed in the chart legend This safety contour is displayed on the chart with a bold emphasized line this line defines the area that the ship can never safely cross For further...

Page 426: ...s reflected in the Safety Depth field The illustration below shows a typical chart annotated with contour areas and safety depth areas Format Date Provider The Format Date Provider displays data on the chart s data format data provider edition and update information Geodesy The Geodesy section provides datum information WGS84 and WGS84 shift Lat Long data Units Units show the chart depth and heigh...

Page 427: ...e action can be viewed by selecting it in the navigation tree The data listed above is displayed at the bottom of the window Panning to Update To view specific updates select the chart update from the navigation tree click and the Pan to Selected Update box The screen pans to the geographic position of the selected update see Off Centre Pan and Goto and the TM limits are switched off When the High...

Page 428: ...t object is shown below The Manual Chart Update sub menu includes the following tab folders Display enables the selection of chart update types and layers to be displayed Edit enables you to Create a Chart Update and Modify a Chart Update Layers enables the management of layers used for grouping manual chart updates I O import export enables importing or exporting of chart updates Multi node Suppo...

Page 429: ...keypad appears 2 Using the keypad enter a name for the layer and click the Add New Layer button The layer name appears in the Layers list If more than one layer is created the field lists the layers alpha numerically 3 To enter a description of the layer click in the Layer Description field and enter a description using the screen keypad To delete a layer 1 Select the layer from the list and click...

Page 430: ...t tab folder enables you to do the following Create New Object creates a new chart object on an existing chart Add Annotation Mark adds an annotation mark to an ENC chart object Add Deletion Mark adds a deletion mark to an ENC chart object Create New Object To create a new chart object onto an existing chart do the following 1 Click on the Create New Object button The following screen allows you t...

Page 431: ...cts with point geometry are highlighted with a white box line or area objects are highlighted with small white circles at their individual points When the object is created more editable fields will become available in the window such as Position and Notes 7 To change the object s parameters click in the respective fields 8 To create the same object or to add points to a line or area object move t...

Page 432: ...hart Update menu The list of chart objects in the Type drop down list is the same as the list of Radar Maps For details on creating mapping objects refer to Creating Radar Maps in the Navigation Tools chapter When an object has been created the window shows the object s Lat Lon position and includes the option to associate the object with the current chart by ticking the Associate with Chart check...

Page 433: ...K button The method of highlighting is dependent on the object selected a If the object is an area the background colour changes to a small dotted background with a dotted outline b If the object is a point a white box appears around the chart object with an i symbol next to the object c If the object is a line the red colour changes to a dotted line annotation mark The Chart Update View Edit wind...

Page 434: ...ubsequent window lists the selected object type symbol description and its current position To edit the object s attributes 1 To associate the chart update with the current chart tick the Associate with Chart check box 2 To move the object to another layer click on the Layer drop down arrow and select from the list of layers 3 To change the group type click on the Type drop down arrow and select f...

Page 435: ...omplete click on the Done button The chart object is updated Deleting a Chart Update To delete a chart update do the following 1 Click on the Delete Chart Update button The folder prompts to select the object you wish to delete with a Confirm on Delete check box To receive system prompts to confirm deletion before any object is deleted tick the check box If the box is unticked then objects are del...

Page 436: ...t were not associated with a created layer are automatically associated with the Default layer The Displayed Types lists all the object types that can be selected from the Type drop down list in the Chart Update Creation window see Create Chart Update All manual chart updates will be displayed when all check boxes are ticked To suppress the display of a manual chart update for a particular layer o...

Page 437: ...ing the chart updates into the PC If no external device has been inserted the window prompts to insert removable media 2 Navigate to the directory where the chart updates reside The field below the directory tree will show any valid object files in the selected folder 3 Click on the file to import The file identity appears in the Filename field 4 Click the Import button to import the selected file...

Page 438: ...created chart update objects on a specific layer 3 If Objects in Area is selected the LAT LON fields for Southwest corner and Northeast corner appear with all values defaulting to zero Define the geographic area you want to export from by clicking in the LAT LON position fields and entering values from the screen keypad 4 If Objects in Layer is selected a layer field with a drop down list appears ...

Page 439: ...r options see Query Options The Chart Query Results folder will automatically display the object information when Query Chart is activated When a query is activated the selected object line or area is highlighted with a suitable graphic For a description of the different object types see Query Results The Chart Query sub menu includes the following controls display the results of the query and nav...

Page 440: ... information area contains detailed read only information for the currently selected object This includes a description of the type of chart object selected its chart position and its Dataset reference number the chart displayed at the query position The information changes as other objects are selected from the Objects list Selecting an Object for Query To select a chart object for query do the f...

Page 441: ...ery objects directly on the screen After approximately 15 seconds of inactivity the Query On cursor times out and reverts to Query Off 4 To clear all query results from the query menu and also clear any highlighting from the video circle click the Clear Query button Query results and objects highlighted will be cleared automatically if the range scale is changed or another function is selected Sho...

Page 442: ...gy AIO objects that are associated with one or more AVCS ENC chart in the current display will be rendered when accessed from Chart Query Chart filtering modes will not affect the display of AIO objects AIO data is provided as temporary notices preliminary notices or No Information objects Details of AIO data may be displayed in either a secondary window either as text or pictorial representation ...

Page 443: ...art text viewer or where there is pictorial representation a chart picture viewer A Chart Picture Viewer displaying a graphic image will include a button to automatically scale the picture file to fit the viewer window 4 To scale the picture to fit the chart picture viewer window tick the Auto Size Image to Fit check box The graphic file is re sized ...

Page 444: ...hecking detects a dangerous object a red flashing Chart Dangers alarm appears in the Alert Status Indicator and the Dangers icon to the right of the Alert Status Indicator is displayed with a red background A list of dangerous objects is shown in the Dangers window which can be accessed by either left clicking on the Dangers icon in the upper toolbar or by clicking on Dangers in the Charts sub men...

Page 445: ...tom of the window gives detailed information on each dangerous object selected This information will include the following Object Type e g Depth Area Caution Area Latitude Longitude position of object Database the chart database e g SevenCs S 57 Chart the reference number of the nearest chart to the dangerous object Depth area information will additionally include the following data Depth Range Va...

Page 446: ... own ship will travel based on current SOG On a multi node system the look ahead range is distributed and persisted across all nodes CAUTION Profiles that adjust look ahead time but not look ahead distance will have no immediate effect on the size of the safety checking region if look ahead distance is currently selected Profiles created in versions before the look ahead distance parameter was ava...

Page 447: ...gerous objects for example underwater obstructions that are shallower than the Shallow Contour specified in Chart Depths Heights If no added breath is defined i e the value is set at 0 then safety checking is to the beam of the ship Unlike Look Ahead range no caution is generated when added breadth is at 0 2 To change the value click in the Added Breadth field and move the trackball left or right ...

Page 448: ...ormation such as names and descriptions about symbols on the chart To access the Chart 1 catalog do the following 1 Click on either the SevenCs Chart 1 Catalog button or C Map Chart 1 Catalog button The Chart 1 Catalog appears as a moveable window which can be resized to occupy as much of the screen as required 2 The catalog is alphabetically divided into symbol categories To access the categories...

Page 449: ...o the brightness and contrast settings on the VisionMaster monitor will enable the SENC data such as coastlines safety contour and other objects to be adequately displayed To access click on the Color Diagram button For a description and additional access to the color diagram see Chart Symbols in Chapter 13 Brilliance ...

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Page 451: ...C 1960 Africa 1960 adjustment of ARC 1950 datum ASC Ascension Island 1958 ASM Astro 1958 Montserrat ASQ Astronomical Station 1952 Marcus Island ASX Astro Secor 1966 Tarawa and Gilbert Islands ATB Athens Greece ATF Astro Beacon E 1945 IWO JIMA Bonin Islands AUA Australian Geodetic 1966 AUG Australian Geodetic 1984 AUS Australian National BAT Batavia Djakarta Java Indonesia BBE Bathurst Base East En...

Page 452: ... 66 CZX6 Santa Cruz DOS 1966 72 DAK Dakar Senegal DCL DCS 3 Astro 1973 adjustment St Lucia DJA Djakarta New Indonesia DOB DOS Astro Gux1 Guadalcanal Solomon Islands DOM M12 Astro 1983 adjustment Dominica Lesser Antilles EAS Easter Island 1967 EGT Egypt 1907 EGY Egypt 1930 ENW Eniwetok Wake 1960 Marshall Islands EUR European 1950 EUS European 1979 FAH Fahud Oman Also known as PD Oman FIN Final 1958...

Page 453: ...l Austria HIT HITO XVIII Astro Chile Also known as Provisional South Chilean 1963 HIU HITO XXV HJO Hjorsey 1955 Iceland HKD Hong Kong 1963 HKE Hong Kong 1980 HTN Hu Tzu Shan Taiwan IGB IGN North Block Bellevue IGN IGN72 Nouvelle Caledonie IND Indian Survey of India INF Indian 1954 INH Indian 1975 Thailand IRL Ireland 1965 IST ISTS 073 Astro 1969 Diego Garcia ITA Itarare N Base Itajuba Santa Catari...

Page 454: ...na Nigeria MOB Monte Mario 1875 Rome Also known as Rome 1875 MOD Monte Mario 1940 Rome Also known as Rome 1940 MOG Mogadishu Somalia MOZ Madzansua Zumbo Mozambique MVS Monavatu 1916 Viti Levu Island Fiji Islands NAG Revised Nahrwan NAH Nahrwan Iraq NAN Nanking 1960 China NAP Naparima 1955 Trinidad and Tobago NAR North American Datum 1983 NAD83 NAS North American Datum 1927 NAD27 NUM Vanua Levu Fij...

Page 455: ...o Greater Antilles QAT Qatar National QUO Qomoq Greenland REU Reunion REY Reykjavik Iceland SAG Sainte Anne Island IGN 1951 52 Guadeloupe Lesser Antilles SAN South American 1969 SAO Sao Braz Sao Miguel and Santa Maria Azores SAP Sapper Hill 1943 Falkland Islands SCK Schwarzeck Namibia SEG Segura Borneo SEI South East Island Seychelles SFO San Fernando Observatory Spain SGA ISTS 061 Astro 1968 S Ge...

Page 456: ...uay YED Astro Yendegaia XXX OSI OGB YYY IRL OGB These codes are used where a chart has been compiled by fitting information on more than one datum directly to the chart graticule without making adjustments for the shift between the datums They indicate that at the scale of the chart such differences are not plottable and the chart may be regarded as being on either datum UND Undetermined Code UND ...

Page 457: ...rt Radar User Guide Brilliance 65900010 13 1 Chapter 13 Brilliance Brilliance Menu The Brilliance menu provides access to the following functions Day Night Modes Brilliance Groups Chart Symbols Brightness Check ...

Page 458: ...ting When the colour setting is changed the Brightness Check window is activated prompting to adjust the monitor s brightness control for optimal setting If the colour setting is changed from Day Bright Black or Dusk to Night or Night Red the system displays a warning requesting confirmation of the change in setting To confirm click the Yes button on the Warning window or click the No button to ca...

Page 459: ...vidual group or all groups do the following 1 Position the screen cursor over the control you wish to change 2 Left click to make control bar active The bar colour will appear blue 3 Move the trackball left or right to move the bar to the level required 4 Left click to set the level and de activate the bar adjustment The bar will return to its previous shaded state and display the new level To res...

Page 460: ...ayed The Colour Diagram will only be available if the system is configured for Chart Radar and the system is in Standby 1 To adjust click on the Color Diagram button a window appears over the screen with 20 different background colour options and a coloured diagonal line across each background colour 2 While making any necessary brightness adjustments view the visibility of the diagonal line again...

Page 461: ...ng calibrated at system installation is marked on the brightness control To perform the brightness check do the following 1 Turn the brightness control so that the white index line is at the top position 2 Turn the brightness control down anti clockwise and observe the grey box in the centre of the window 3 If the box is not visible increase the brightness setting until it can be just distinguishe...

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Page 463: ...es User Profiles Standard Settings Options Diagnostics Commissioning Time Management Shutdown If selected in configuration the System menu will also include NAVTEX Weather Fax and Third Party Applications For a description of these optional features refer to Chapter 7 System Features in the Supplementary Features User Guide 65900014 ...

Page 464: ...eated either from the currently active display settings or from the default system settings A profile name must be entered in the Create New Profile field prior to creating a new profile Multi Node Functionality The collection of available user profiles is saved and retrieved in a database shared between all nodes within a multi node system When a profile is applied it is generally only applied to...

Page 465: ...ield The screen keypad appears 2 Enter a profile name use the trackball to navigate to the relevant alpha numeric keys and left click When a profile name has been entered click the OK button on the keypad The keypad is removed and the name entered in the Create New Profile field 3 To create the new profile from system default settings click the From Default Settings button The settings list appear...

Page 466: ...ly a user profile do the following 1 Select a previously created user profile from the Available Profiles list 2 Click the Apply button A temporary prompt appears confirming that the profile has been applied To delete a profile click the Delete button When a profile is to be deleted the system prompts to confirm select OK to confirm the profile deletion To restore all settings affected by a profil...

Page 467: ... Dangers enables selection of an alert on chart cautions to be generated and look ahead and proximity buffer size adjustments to be made Chart Settings enables Other as shown in the Other display mode of Chart Settings or Standard as shown in the Standard display mode of Chart Settings to be selected Charting Common defines depth height contour values and IMO display options see Chart Depth Height...

Page 468: ...ab To deselect profile features 1 To deselect individual profile features open the navigation tree by ticking the group sub menu check box and untick the check boxes of the individual features that are not required 2 To select all the features in the Selection list click the Select All button or to deselect all the features including the selected profile settings click the Deselect All button 3 Cl...

Page 469: ...2 To change a value for example distance or time a Click in the required field the text becomes green editable b Move the trackball left to decrease the value or right to increase the value with the required value entered left click to exit edit mode 3 To select from a number of feature options for example Distance and Time or Vector type select the radio button 4 When custom settings have been ma...

Page 470: ...r on Server nodes that are part of a Client Server Radar CSR system The collision avoidance settings their function standard value and applicability system wide or local node only are listed in the table below To apply the standard control settings click the Confirm button A temporary prompt will appear confirming that the standard collision avoidance settings have been successfully applied To hid...

Page 471: ...Activate when CPA TCPA BCR limits infringed On System wide AIS input Display and input of AIS targets On or Off On 57 Past positions Display past position dots On or Off Off Node Target Display View all targets On or Off On Acquisition Acquisition zones On or Off Off Lost target alerts Raise a Lost Target alert On or Off Off System wide TCPA Time of Closest Point of Approach limit to own ship 12 m...

Page 472: ...r Water based mode Ground 58 Chart Display Chart Filled Unfilled Radar Maps or Off Off 59 Tuning Radar tuning modes AFC or Manual AFC 60 Trails length Short Long Permanent or Off Long Trails type Video trails Relative True Relative Sea rain Anti clutter settings Auto or Manual Auto Gain Video gain settings Auto or Manual Auto 58 Ground referenced only applied if COG and SOG are usable 59 Applies t...

Page 473: ...lays a selection of common units which are displayed when the system is running e g metres knots degrees etc If the selection of units has not been enabled for the operator at commissioning which is the default mode then the Options window displays the units as read only information ...

Page 474: ... node system Buzzer enables the Alarm buzzer to be tested Database this tab appears on Multi Node and Client Server Radar systems only and enables synchronization to the node assigned to include the master copy of the database The following diagnostic functions contain read only information for the non logged on user For a description of these functions refer to Chapter 2 Diagnostics Commissioning...

Page 475: ...low or too high the four tuning arcs may not be visible Performance Monitor Operation A non logged on user can operate the PM and adjust the monitor mode Receiver or System tune levels to determine if there has been a drop in performance In a multi node system the PM monitor tuning settings are distributed and used by other nodes on the system To turn on the performance monitor PM tick the check b...

Page 476: ... trackball to the left to set the tune bar to minimum While adjustment is in progress the tuning bar colour changes to blue 3 Slowly move the trackball to the right to display maximum presentation of the four PM arcs that should be visible in the following video sectors 290 to 320 for S band and 155 to 185 for X band The number of arcs displayed shows the current performance 4 Select System monito...

Page 477: ...cise this option will generate a smaller report than verbose making it easier to transfer over slow internet connections Verbose this default option contains the same information as the concise report however more detail is included making the report file larger Complete this option contains all verbose information with the addition of log files over a 24 hour period 1 Minute Movie this option cre...

Page 478: ...avigation window this will typically be E If any previous report files are on the device they will be listed in the window below the device navigation tree as rpt files 3 To change the file name from the default of Report date click in the Filename field and using the on screen keypad enter a name for the report The name would typically be related to the fault i e track fault or video error 3 4 Se...

Page 479: ...port button changes to display Wait and is disabled When the report is successfully exported a temporary prompt will appear confirming the export DataLog The system automatically logs all voyage data to a single relational database management system RDBMS located on the ship s network The following voyage data is logged to the database at a periodic default rate of 5 seconds Sensor Information Own...

Page 480: ... select from the drop down list of xml files The Data Log Viewer window may include the following datalog types listed as tabs Announcement alarms or warnings generated CCRS AIS Tx Safety Messages Chart with the VMFT system name in brackets Position Sensor LOP fix Man overboard Man Overboard User Modified Data Node selection Own Ship History Log Prompt list of prompts relevant to the named VMFT sy...

Page 481: ... arrows to move the date time forward or back 4 Navigate to the external device sub directory where the datalog is to be exported to If any previous datalog or report files are on the device they will be listed in the field below the device navigation tree as zip files 5 Enter a name for the datalog file in the Filename field 6 Click the Export button The system exports the datalog as a zip file w...

Page 482: ... sampled a degraded state resulting in the Cursor and or Position displays showing this data in amber the Data State bar also displays as amber after approximately 15 seconds If the data associated with the sensor becomes not available an unusable state resulting in the displays showing this data in red the Data State bar also displays as red after approximately 50 seconds The data state is restor...

Page 483: ...s To use this feature click the Condition to explain drop down button and select a data state from the list The window parallel to the list gives an explanation of the selected data state The following table lists all data states and a description Data State Description Dead Reckoned A long period of time has passed since an actual measurement of the data was received Since that time the data has ...

Page 484: ...hich case it will be considered unusable When Nearly Invalid data is considered usable but degraded Nearly Unavailable The system has received fewer than the expected number of samples over a recent timespan If even fewer samples are received the data may become Unavailable in which case it will be considered unusable When Nearly Unavailable data is considered usable but degraded Over the FOM Limi...

Page 485: ...stem receives position data from a GPS the position applies to the position of the GPS antenna and must be adjusted to apply to the CCRP If the system has no heading data it cannot perform this adjustment Compensation can also apply to course over ground and speed over ground When data is Uncompensated it is considered usable but degraded Uncorroborated The data does not match the data received vi...

Page 486: ...jacent to the node If a node is switched off or disconnected from the network the Status bar adjacent to the node is displayed in red When the node is switched on or reconnected its status bar changes to green CAUTION The table shows the node connection status from the point of view of the node accessed and therefore may not be a true indication of the current status For example if Connection Stat...

Page 487: ...nfigured for Safe Mode When Safe Mode is entered the node will disconnect from the network and run as standalone a permanent Alarm Safe Mode Activated is generated and the button at the bottom of the tab changes to Leave Safe Mode To restore normal network communications click on the button The Safe Mode Activated alarm is removed from the list of Alerts Connection Status on a Client Server Radar ...

Page 488: ... maps manual chart updates and User profiles If a node has been switched off or disconnected from the system or you are getting inconsistencies across nodes then nodes should be synchronised to the master node holding the database This function should only be used providing the disconnected node is NOT the node that the database is assigned to The tab displays the identity of the master node to sy...

Page 489: ... functions contain read only data for each channel PM Performance Monitor TxRx Config TxRx Data TxRx BITE To view the data for each channel click on either Channel 1 or Channel 2 tab buttons In PM Performance Monitor the monitoring mode Receiver or System tune levels may be separately adjusted for each transceiver channel ...

Page 490: ...ion information and product type for the node Characteristics displays persistent static data relating to own ship that has been entered in system configuration Service displays Communications and PCIO service information on the system When a user has logged in by entering a user name and password the following additional commissioning features are available Security enables a logged on user to cr...

Page 491: ... commissioned The Sperry Security Block also contains the product type identifier for the node e g Total Watch or Chart Radar This is shown in the Product Type of This Node field For a multi node system in addition to the security block a security string is placed on all nodes in the system The security string contains an encryption of the following the System PIN the product types in the system a...

Page 492: ...mporary Authorisation Password field and click the Submit button The system verifies the password and if correct the node is temporarily authorized and a PIN is displayed When a password has been entered and its expiry date has not yet been reached the system will run as fully authorized When the node is running on a temporary password a warning is given repeated once per day indicating when the p...

Page 493: ...vice control Also a configuration from another VisionMaster system must NEVER be imported to your system Exporting a Configuration To export a configuration do the following 1 Connect a USB memory stick to a USB port at the front of the VisionMaster PC The device name appears in the Import Configuration File field 2 Select the device name and click the Export button A compressed file of the system...

Page 494: ...mport process is taking place Import Export and Eject are disabled and the Import button changes to Wait Note that the import process may take a long period of time 5 When the import is complete a temporary prompt appears confirming that the file has been copied to all nodes on the system and the Import Export and Eject buttons are re enabled 6 Click the Eject button and remove the memory stick fr...

Page 495: ...e bow in use menu has been selected in the Configuration tool the Alternate Bow in Use check box is enabled Note that this feature is disabled if an external discrete signal has been configured For information on the alternate bow in use feature see Alternate Bow in the Basic Operation chapter When the alternate bow in use is selected the following changes take place The system uses the alternate ...

Page 496: ...he Display Selected button at the bottom of the tab folder A Port Monitor communications window is displayed which can be moved and scaled to suit 2 The I O Port Type defaults to viewing diagnostic data on all configured ports To test the diagnostics on the control port only select PCIO Control Port from the drop down list To test the diagnostics on all the serial ports on the PCIO select PCIO Ser...

Page 497: ...Monitor window displays real time received and sent data for the selected port and the Start button changes to Stop 6 To halt the port monitor process click on the Stop button The port monitor stops its updating based on data being sent or received To clear the data from the Port Monitor window click on the Clear button ...

Page 498: ...ttom of the tab folder The Port Logging window is displayed which can be moved and scaled to suit 2 Click the radio button as appropriate for the data used on that port The options are data sent from the port to the display data received from the display to the port and combined data interweaved in both directions A timestamp is prepended to each data message 3 The data defaults to ASCII to change...

Page 499: ...CIO button highlight PCIO diagnostic form in the tree menu and click on the Display Selected button at the bottom of the tab folder A Serial Input Error Level Diagnostic Form is displayed The form is a table with each line representing the PCIO serial inputs listed above 2 The number of errors received in the default time of one second will appear on the serial input line To change the time period...

Page 500: ...the input of a local time offset from GMT in either an East direction offset before GMT or a West direction offset after GMT Time Sync Source shows the selected time sensor used by the system to synchronize the date and time of all nodes valid data is shown in green The Select Source button enables selection of other time sources if configured Local Offset To set a local time offset do the followi...

Page 501: ... down their particular node on the system for a prolonged period of time Other nodes on the system will not be affected Restart All Systems is selected if for whatever reason the operator requires to restart all the nodes on the system When Restart All Systems is selected an Action Required message appears prompting to enter CONFIRM in the box below To proceed enter CONFIRM not case dependent and ...

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Page 503: ...ept repetitively across the complete radar frequency band When interrogated it first sweeps rapidly 0 4 µsec through the band before beginning a relatively slow sweep 7 5 µsec through the band back to the starting frequency This process is repeated for a total of twelve complete cycles At some point in the sweep the SART frequency will match that of the interrogating radar and be within the pass b...

Page 504: ...e to use either the 6 or 12 NM range scale see Range Scales This is because the total displayed length of the SART response of 12 or 24 dots may extend approximately 9 5nm beyond the position of the SART and it is necessary to see a number of response dots to distinguish the SART from other responses SART Range Errors When responses from only 12 low frequency sweeps are visible when the SART is at...

Page 505: ...s approached side lobes from the radar antenna may show the SART responses as a series of arcs or concentric rings These can be removed by the use of the anti clutter sea control although it may be operationally useful to observe the side lobes as they may be easier to detect in clutter conditions and also they will confirm that the SART is near to own ship Detuning the Radar To increase the visib...

Page 506: ... dot back towards own ship Because of the way in which the automatic sea control functions it is advisable to use manual control initially until the SART has been detected The effect of the auto sea control on the SART response can then be compared with manual control For information on manually adjusting sea anti clutter control see Video Processing Controls Anti clutter Rain Control This should ...

Page 507: ...tions on inconspicuous coastlines 2 identification of aids to navigation both seaborne and land based 3 landfall identification 4 indicating centre and turning point in precautionary areas 5 marking hazards 6 indicating navigable spans under bridges Upon receiving a pulse signal from an X Band radar the RACON transmits back a Morse coded signal at the same transmission frequency of the X Band rada...

Page 508: ...same frequency The RTE is primarily intended for small vessels up to 25 metres in length with no radar fitted and typically should enhance the vessel s RCS radar cross section For small craft improvements will start to be seen at around 1 to 2 miles extending to 8 to 10 miles or more depending on prevailing conditions The response of the RTE will vary according to range RTE and radar height above ...

Page 509: ...without a live compass or position input Any alerts that are generated for non static site systems will not apply to Static Site systems The following topics are covered in this Annex Static Site Features includes a table of features specific to Static Sites and a table of features not available to Static Sites Static Heading how to manually enter a static heading bearing Static Position how to en...

Page 510: ...rt radar installation but not available to a Static Site facility Feature Additional details Motion Mode Motion mode is always RM True Trails Stabilisation Mode The stabilisation mode is fixed at Ground Stabilised Presentation Mode No unstabilised presentation mode North Up or a user defined Course Up presentation mode are available Sensor Data Display The only sensor data type available is Static...

Page 511: ...c position only Own ship dead reckoning and position offset unavailable Target Display Functions Target Autodrop or Echo Reference selection unavailable Target Limits and Settings Bow Crossing limits and settings unavailable Own Ship AIS Own ship AIS data unavailable Watch Modes Other watch modes ECDIS CID CAM Playback not available although CID pages are available on a wide screen static site dis...

Page 512: ... 1 Right click on the HDG Sensor Data Display in the top left of the screen and tick Select HDG Source The Heading Sensor Source window appears 2 Click on the Static heading button which shows the current value in white An Action Required window opens 3 The Action Required window prompts to enter a bearing Either move the trackball left or right to scroll to the correct value and then left click O...

Page 513: ... 1 Navigate to the Position Sensor Data Display in the Sensors menu The Position folder appears 2 To update the static site position to the values defined by a GPS sensor click the Update to GPS button The GPS LAT LON values are entered 3 To manually enter LAT LON values click in the Static fields The text becomes editable green and the numeric keypad appears 4 Enter the required LAT LON position ...

Page 514: ...circle radius defaults to 0 20 NM To change the radius for each target independently 1 Select the target and navigate to the Target Data folder of the Selected Target sub menu When Anchor Watch is enabled this folder shows additional Target Anchor Watch data at the bottom of the window 2 To change the radius left click in the Circle Radius field hold down the left key and move the trackball left t...

Page 515: ...rget s position is then taken as the ERBL origin To drop an ERBL on a target 1 Right click on the required target this may be a tracked target or an activated AIS target and select Adjust EBL VRM1 from the context menu An ERBL is created with its origin at the centre of the target 2 To adjust the range and bearing of the ERBL move the trackball left click to select the values The ERBL origin conti...

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Page 517: ...out other ships at sea using an automated transponder Antenna Slotted waveguide array for transmitting and receiving microwave signals 10cm S band 9 or 12ft aperture or 3cm X band 4 6 or 8 ft aperture Anti clutter Removal of unwanted reflections on the radar screen caused by rain sleet etc see Clutter ARCS Admiralty Raster Chart Service A service of British Admiralty suppliers of electronic charts...

Page 518: ...d Chart Database Structured collection of chart data sufficient for safe and efficient navigation on an ECDIS or Chart Radar system Chart Format The industry standard the defines the structure of a chart database e g the ENC chart database uses the S 57 format CID Conning Information Display watch mode CMAP CMap Cartographic Service Commercial supplier of vector format navigational charts which ar...

Page 519: ...ter Unwanted reflections on a radar screen commonly from rain snow or sleet CM93v3 CMAP s proprietary and unofficial chart format COG Course Over Ground COLREG Convention of the International Regulations for the Preventing of Collisions at Sea Course up C UP Stabilised display the ship s bearing is shown at the top of the chart display with the North arrow pointing in the direction of true north C...

Page 520: ... run on that computer The program is disabled or operates in a degraded mode if the device is not present DR Dead Reckoning A method of estimating the position of a ship without astronomical observations as by applying to a previously determined position the course and distance traveled since DTG Distance To Go Distance to next action such as a turn while running a Route Plan Dual Radar A dual rad...

Page 521: ...t of the system expressed in dB A gain of 10 would imply that the signal power had increased by a factor of 10 There are two general usages of the term in radar a antenna gain or gain factor is the ratio of the power transmitted along the beam axis to that of an isotropic radiator transmitting the same total power and b receiver gain or video gain is the amplification given a signal by the receive...

Page 522: ...ng marker is always shown vertically upwards indicating straight ahead movement Heading Line Line that projects forward showing where own ship is headed relative to the targets seen on the video circle Heading Marker A heading marker on the display provides an important reference to direction When the antenna is pointing ahead it sends a pulse to the radar display that causes a line to show on the...

Page 523: ...it I O Interface The collection of components that define the hardware protocols and formats used to communicate with an interfaced device This will include a set of I O Ports in most cases this will be a set of one I O Port A logical channel through which data is transferred which may handle protocols needed to pass the data but functions with no cognizance of the meaning of the data involved A c...

Page 524: ...ly have one Transceiver Mercator Default chart projection used to display geographic areas between 0 degrees and 80 degrees latitude north or south MMSI Maritime Mobile Service Identity MOB Man overboard Monitor The viewing unit a Flat Panel Monitor also known as FPD or LCD MP Medium Pulse available in range of 0 5 NM to 24 NM Multi node system A number of workstations linked by a LAN which have b...

Page 525: ... commonly referred to as simply NMEA 0183 The ECDIS is designed to use messages from any navigation weather or machinery sensor that conforms to this standard NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Agency of the US government supplying navigational charts NOAA charts are available in S 57 format North up N UP Stabilised display the bearing scale shows 000 at the top of the chart disp...

Page 526: ... s path that the system checks for dangerous objects PSU Power Supply Unit R RADAR Radio Detection and Ranging RAIM Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring RAM Random Access Memory Memory used in computer systems RAM is volatile memory which does not hold data when the power is turned off Range Rings A set of concentric circles labelled by distance from the central point useful for judging distan...

Page 527: ...ation No 57 Charts complying with this specification are available from various suppliers S57 PIN Is used to generate a 16 character string which represents the encrypted hardware ID portion of the S 57 User Permit S63 Chart permit file A file generated by the data manufacturer that is used in conjunction with an S63 permit code to decrypt chart data for a particular set of ARCS charts or S57 cell...

Page 528: ...itional information is presented until activated thus avoiding information overload SM Statute mile A mile as measured on land 5 280 feet or 1 6 kilometres Distances at sea are measured in nautical miles SOG Speed Over the Ground Actual measured speed of advance of a vessel over the surface of the earth SOLAS Safety of Life At Sea A set of conventions adopted by the IMO and all of its signatory co...

Page 529: ...ses by displaying the predicted future status of all tracked and AIS targets as a result of own ship s simulated manoeuvres Trigger PCB A control board housed in the Transceiver It controls the Modulator Magnetron and sends signals to the Display to indicate when the magnetron has fired a pulse TRP Temporary Route Plan TRServer Transceiver Server Client Server Radar True Motion Own ship moves acro...

Page 530: ...given set of coordinates True Vector or a point in a vector space defined by one set of coordinates relative to the origin of a coordinate system Relative Vector Vigilance Alarm A system alert generated when the operator fails to give evidence of fitness VPF Vector Product Format charts SevenCs chart format W Watch Alarm The purpose of a watch alarm system is to monitor bridge activity and detect ...

Page 531: ...dard Wheel over The geographic location represented by a line where rudder movement should be activated to accomplish a planned turn The wheel over line may be displayed perpendicular to the approaching track or parallel to the departing track of each turn Wobbulation Low frequency modulation of the Pulse Repetition Frequency PRF to help suppress interference X X band The X band 3 cm band of the m...

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