Raytheon Anschütz SYNAPSIS ECDIS, Operator'S Manual

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Operator Manual
Table of Contents
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Term Description
MMSI MARITIME MOLILE SEVICE IDENTITY
MOUSE A REMOTE POINTING DEVICE. ALSO REFERRED TO AS A TRACKBALL.
MSG MESSAGE
NAV panel NAVIGATION PANEL
NAVIGATIONAL AID ANY INSTRUMENT, DEVICE, CHART, METHOD, ETC., USED ONBOARD, INTENDED TO ASSIST
IN THE NAVIGATION OF A CRAFT.
NLT NOT LESS THAN
NM NAUTICAL MILES
NMT NOT MORE THAN
NMEA TNATIONAL MARINE ELECTRONICS ASSOCIATION
NOAA NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
NORTH-UP DISPLAY WHEN THE INFORMATION IS SHOWN ON THE DISPLAY (RADAR OR ECDIS) ALWAYS WITH
THE NORTH DIRECTION AT THE TOP OF THE MONITOR. CORRESPONDS TO THE ORIENTA-
TION OF THE NAUTICAL CHARTS BUT DIFFER FROM THE VIEW FROM THE SHIP’S BRIDGE IN
THE DIRECTION OF THE SHIP’S HEADING.
NOTICE TO MARINERS A PERIODICAL OR CASUAL NOTICE ISSUED BY HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICES, OR OTHER COM-
PETENT AUTHORITIES, REGARDING CHANGES IN AIDS TO NAVIGATION, DANGERS TO NAV-
IGATION, IMPORTANT NEW SOUNDINGS, AND, IN GENERAL, ALL SUCH INFORMATION AS
AFFECTS NAUTICAL CHARTS, SAILING DIRECTIONS, LIGHT LISTS AND NAUTICAL PUBLICA-
TIONS.
OPTION BUTTONS THE SMALL CIRCULAR BUTTONS WITHIN A DIALOG BOX, WHICH ARE EITHER SELECTED OR
CLEARED. WHEN AN OPTION BUTTON IS SELECTED ITS CENTER IS DARKENED.
OSK ON SCREEN KEYBORD
OVERSCALE DISPLAYING DATA AT A LARGER SCALE THAN FOR WHICH IT WAS COMPILED.
PLANNED TRACK THE COURSE LINE BETWEEN THE WAYPOINTS; IS RED IN COLOR AND APPEARS AS A SOLID
LINE BETWEEN WAYPOINTS AND A DASHED LINE BETWEEN THE SHIP AND THE ACTIVE
WAYPOINT.
PLANNED TURNING ARC RED IN COLOR; THE TURNING ARC WHICH IS ESTABLISHED AS YOU ENTER A WAYPOINT.
PLOT A COLLECTION OF INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN NAMED, THEN SAVED ON THE HARD
DISK.
PLOT LAYER ONE OF THREE LAYERS OF INFORMATION THAT APPEAR IN THE DISPLAY. THE PLOT LAYER
CONTAINS RECORDED TRACKS, PLOT LINES, AND PLOT MARKERS. INFORMATION IN THIS
LAYER CAN BE STORED IN A PLOT. SEE ALSO “GLOBAL LAYER”.
PMT PROGRAM MAP TABLE
POINT AND CLICK A TRACKBALL TECHNIQUE IN WHICH YOU POINT TO AN ITEM OF CHOICE, THE QUICKLY
PRESS AND RELEASE THE [
Left
] TRACKBALL BUTTON.
Pos Position
PREDICTED TURNING ARC BLACK IN COLOR; THE TURNING ARC THE SHIP WILL TAKE GIVEN THE SHIP’S CURRENT
SPEED AND PLANNED RATE OF TURN (ENTERED IN THE AUTOPILOT DIALOG BOX).
RCDS RASTER CHART DISPLAY SYSTEM
RECORDED TRACK THE SHIP’S TRACK COMPOSED OF TRACK POINTS RECORDED AT A USER-DEFINED INTER-
VAL.
RENC REGIONAL ENC COORDINATING CENTER
RNCs RASTER NAUTICAL CHARTS
RPM REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE
RPN RAYTHEON PART NUMBER
ROUTE MONITORING THE OPERATIONAL NAVIGATIONAL ECDIS FUNCTION IN WHICH THE CHART INFORMATION IS
EITHER DISPLAYED, UNDER CONTROL OF THE POSITIONING SENSOR INPUT, ACCORDING
TO THE VESSEL’S PRESENT POSITION (EITHER IN TRUE MOTION)
ROUTES A COLLECTION OF WAYPOINTS THAT CAN BE NAMED AND SAVED.
RTE ROUTE
S--57 IHO EXCHANGE STANDARD FOR ENCs
S--63 IHO EXCHANGE STANDARD FOR ENCRYPTED ENCs