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Getting Star

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Front Panel Keys

Getting Started

Front Panel Keys

POWER

 Used for turning the R4 Display on and off. To turn the power off press and hold 

the key for 3 seconds.

MOB

 

Used to mark the spot of an event or when a person has fallen overboard. To mark 

an event, press the key momentarily. To activate the Man Over Board (MOB) function, 
press the key for at least 5 seconds.

DISPLAY

 Provides controls for fast configuration of backlight, contrast, LED illumina-

tion and button illumination. Two separate configurations are available, for day and night 
operation.

STATUS

 Not used in the R4 Navigation System.

MODE

 Used for changing mode of operation, which can be set to any of 

Navigate

Plan 

Voyage

Alarms & Msgs

 and 

Config

.

ALPHANUMERIC KEYS

 

These keys are used for entering text and numbers. To write a 

number in a numeric field press the key once. To write a character in a text field press once 
for the first character associated with the key, twice for the second character and so on.

PAGE

 

Provides access to additional pages of function keys in certain views. A small ar-

row in the bottom right corner of the display is used to indicate that more pages are avail-
able.

ENTER

 

Used to start editing a field and for confirming data entry. Also used to view or 

edit a highlighted route, leg or waypoint.

ESC

 

Returns display to previous page, or restores a data field's previous value.

 

 

(Up and down on 

ARROW KEYPAD

) Moves the field and list highlight up and down, 

and the cursor position when editing a field.

< >

 (Left and right on 

ARROW KEYPAD

) Jumps between pages in lists, moves the field 

highlight left and right and moves the cursor position when editing a field.

FUNCTION KEYS

 These keys have different functions depending on current view. The 

function is displayed above each key on the screen. In some views, additional pages of 
function keys may be accessed with the 

PAGE

 key.

Summary of Contents for R4

Page 1: ...Saab TransponderTech OPERATOR S MANUAL R4 Navigation System...

Page 2: ...for navigating a vessel The navigator is responsible for checking all aids available to confirm his posi tion Electronic aids are intended to assist not replace the navigator Software This manual refl...

Page 3: ...Position 18 Create Waypoints 18 Create New Waypoint 19 Sail To a Waypoint 20 Create a Route 22 Insert Waypoints Into the Route 23 Adjusting Navigation Algorithm and RAIM Accuracy Level 25 Finish Creat...

Page 4: ...ch 65 Route List 67 Plan Voyage Mode 69 Overview 69 Route List 71 Sail Route 73 Sail To 73 Edit Route 75 Create Route 78 Create Route From 79 View Route 79 Route Related Views 81 Select Waypoint 81 In...

Page 5: ...111 Redund Config 112 I O Config 114 Input Config 114 Compass Config 115 Depth Config 115 Wp Rte Input 116 Output Config 117 Port Rate Config 118 System Info 121 Appendix 123 Alarm Messages 123 Naviga...

Page 6: ...6...

Page 7: ...as supervise the systems status The R4 GPS Navigation Sensor features a high precision GPS receiver capable of receiv ing WAAS EGNOS and MSAS differential corrections The R4 DGPS Navigation Sen sor h...

Page 8: ...an Over Board MOB and Event Mark functionality Two trip log counters with indication of average speed and accumulated time during motion Anchor Watch position deviation alarm Scheduled Alerts user con...

Page 9: ...ng to sail a route a copy of the route is made into the active route Changes made to the active route does not affect the source route unless the active route is explicitly stored Only one route can b...

Page 10: ...d The waypoint pass criterion can be any of Manual Distance Bisector Line and Perpen dicular Line Manual Waypoint Pass Criterion Using this pass criterion the waypoint is only considered passed when t...

Page 11: ...press the key once To write a character in a text field press once for the first character associated with the key twice for the second character and so on PAGE Provides access to additional pages of...

Page 12: ...serve as switches e g toggling a parameter The status bar of the system is present in all views at the top of the screen and further described in section Status Bar on page 16 Change Settings Several...

Page 13: ...ions see Appendix section Alarm Messages on page 123 Turning On and Off the R4 Display To turn on the R4 Display press the POWER key The LEDs on the display will blink momentarily indicating that the...

Page 14: ...under normal ship operation It supports viewing bearing and distance to the next waypoint skipping waypoints plotting the active route editing the active route monitoring cross track error and viewing...

Page 15: ...gure the R4 Navigation Sys tem It includes functions for modifying visual and sound settings navigation settings disable and enable different alarms used units GPS and beacon settings serial port set...

Page 16: ...fig on page 103 Status Icons The status icons that can be displayed are Unread DGPS message Active alarms Redundant operation status being one of Redundant operation active Redundant operation active...

Page 17: ...e system is unable to safely determine if the position accuracy is better or worse than the set accuracy level The red LED indicates un safe state the calculated position accuracy is worse than the se...

Page 18: ...sed by pressing MODE followed by the func tion key NAVIGATE The view is then accessed by pressing function key Position Create Waypoints Waypoints are the basis for ship navigation A waypoint is a pos...

Page 19: ...r the waypoint you are creating using the alphanumeric key pad Use the Backspace function key to erase characters and the Capslock function key to change between upper and lower case letters Press ENT...

Page 20: ...key Route List The view is illustrated below The Route List view can also be accessed from the Navigate mode as follows Press the MODE key followed by the NAVIGATE function key Then press the PAGE ke...

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