NautoPilot® 5000 Series
102-890.NG001-NG003
Operator Manual
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Edition: 003
2.3.5.4.1
Application hints for the Acceleration Monitor
The Acceleration Monitor supports the user adjusting RAD/RoT limits in a way for
that the acceleration limit will not be met. Additionally, if the calculated limits
(speed, RAD/ RoT) are about to reach the acceleration limit, an alert is generated
to inform the user. If the set limits do not fit the calculated limits, this will be
displayed in the Acceleration Monitor display. If function Warning is active (see
Figure 33/17), an additional alert is generated.
Referring to
Figure 33
General:
Positions 4 to 7 are the current values.
Positions 1 to 3 are the current calculated limits for the acceleration monitor.
An excess of such a limit leads to an alert (if this function is
enabled see position 17).
Position 20
displays the monitored limit value for alerts.
The cross-acceleration limit value (position 20) can be either adjusted or
calculated. The base of this value depends on ships speed and turn radius or
rate of turn.
If the maximum tolerable acceleration is known
(ask the ship‘s command), it can
be directly adjusted, by input/change (positions 14 and 20).
The values for rate of turn and speed are adapted accordingly.
If this value is unknown it can be calculated by the NautoPilot® Operator Unit
itself. This calculation is performed using rate of turn (position 19) and speed
(position 18).
For information only:
Radius (position 3) is calculated based on Acceleration
Limit (position 7) and Actual Speed (position 4).
RoT (position 2) is calculated based on Acceleration
Limit (position 7) and Actual Speed (position 4).
Speed (position 1) is calculated based on Acceleration
Limit and Radius (position 6) or RoT (position 5).
