Raytheon Pathfinder ECDIS, Operator'S Manual

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Operator Manual
Table of Contents
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3655DOC020102 Edition: 30.MAR.2007
Term Description
POINT AND CLICK A TRACKBALL TECHNIQUE IN WHICH YOU POINT TO AN ITEM OF CHOICE, THE QUICKLY
PRESS AND RELEASE THE (ENTER KEY) TRACKBALL BUTTON.
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).
RECORDED TRACK THE SHIP’S TRACK COMPOSED OF TRACK POINTS RECORDED AT A USER-DEFINED INTER-
VAL.
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.
SAFETY CONTOUR THE CONTOUR RELATED TO THE OWN SHIP AND USED BY THE ECDIS TO DISTINGUISH ON
THE DISPLAY BETWEEN SAFE AND THE UNSAFE WATER, AND FOR GENERATING ANTI-
GROUNDING ALARMS. THE SAFETY CONTOUR INFORMATION IS ENTERED IN THE SHIP INFO
DIALOG BOX (INTEGRATION MENU).
SCALE THE RATIO BETWEEN THE LINEAR DIMENSIONS OF A CHART, MAP, DRAWING ETC., AND THE
ACTUAL DIMENSIONS REPRESENTED. IT MAY ALSO BE CALLED CHART SCALE OR MAP
SCALE WHEN APPLIED TO A CHART OR A MAP.
SCROLL BAR THE BAR AT THE RIGHT SIDE OF A LIST BOX WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO SCROLL THE CON-
TENTS.
SHIP AUTOCENTER WHEN ON, THIS FEATURE CAUSES PATHFINDER ® /ST MK2 ECDIS TO MOVE THE DISPLAY SO
THAT THE SHIP IS ALWAYS IN VIEW.
SHIP MARK AN “X” PLACED AT THE SHIP’S POSITION AND LABELED WITH THE TIME.
SOLAS INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA DEVELOPED BY IMO. THE
CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS UNDERTAKE TO PROMULGATE ALL LAWS, DECREES, OR-
DERS, AND REGULATION AND TO TAKE ALL OTHER STEPS WHICH MAY BE NECESSARY TO
GIVE THE PRESENT CONVENTION FULL AND COMPLETE EFFECT, SO AS TO ENSURE THAT,
FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF SAFETY OF LIFE, A SHIP IS FIT FOR THE SERVICE FOR
WHICH IT IS INTENDED (ARTICLE IB OF SOLAS).
TARGET THE CURSOR SHAPE FOR SELECTING ITEMS TO BE DELETED OR MODIFIED.
TEXT BOXES A BOX, WITHIN A DIALOG BOX, WHICH IS USED FOR ENTERING AND EDITING TEXT.
TITLE BAR THE BAR ACROSS THE TOP OF THE WINDOW THAT CONTAINS THE NAME OF THE PRO-
GRAM.
TFT DISPLAY THIN FILM TRANSISTOR DISPLAY.
TOGGLE COMMAND A COMMAND THAT ALTERNATES BETWEEN TWO STATES, ON OR OFF.
TOOL BAR LOCATED BENEATH THE MENU BAR, IT PROVIDES FAST AND EASY ACCESS TO MANY MENU
CHOICES.
TRACK THE ACTUAL PATH OR ROUTE OF A CRAFT OVER THE GROUND OR SEA BOTTOM (OR IT’S
GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION).
TRACK CONTROL ONE OF PATHFINDER/ST ECDIS’S MODES OF OPERATION. IT IS DEFINED BY AN OPEN
ROUTE WITH ESTABLISHED WAYPOINTS, A TURNING RADIUS. STEERING MAY BE DONE
MANUALLY OR BY THE AUTOPILOT.
TRACKBALL A DEVICE FOR CONTROLING THE POINTER.
TRUE MOTION THE VESSEL’S COURSE AND SPEED OVER GROUND.
UNDERSCALE THE SITUATION WHERE THE DATA DISPLAYED ARE NOT THE LARGEST SCALE DATA AVAIL-
ABLE FOR THAT AREA.
VERTICAL BAR THE CURSOR SHAPE FOR ENTERING AND EDITING TEXT.
WAYPOINT A SYMBOL USED TO MARK A LOCATION TO WHICH YOU WANT TO NAVIGATE. A GROUP OF
WAYPOINTS COMPRISE A ROUTE.
WAYPOINT ALARM THE ALARM THAT IS TRIGGERED AS YOU APPROACH THE ACTIVE WAYPOINT.
WGS THE ABBREVIATION FOR “WORLD GEODETIC SYSTEM”. THIS SYSTEM WAS DEVELOPED BY
THE USA FOR SATELLITE POSITION FIXING AND RECOMMENDED BY IHO FOR HYDRO-
GRAPHIC AND CARTOGRAPHIC USE. WGS84 IS THE CURRENT SYSTEM IN USE (84 REFERS
TO THE YEAR).