Simrad ARGUS FMCW 3G, User Manual

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Tracking | Argus Radar Operator Manual
The route is immediately displayed after been received from the ECDIS/EPFS and disappears
automatically after a 40 seconds timeout. The route is presented according to own ship’s
geographic position and the range scale in use.
Inside the symbols window, the Waypoints Data button is visible when a route has been
received from EPFS. Press the button to show the “Waypoints Data Menu”.
The window will display all the visibile waypoints and their geographic coordinates.
Predictor
When pressing the Predictor button in the Graphic Symbols menu, it will give a graphical
presentation of the next 6 ship positions. The presentation will be based on current own ship’s
speed, course and rate of turn values.
Displaying target information
In this section of the system data area monitor all the temporary menus, which are not part
of the system data area, will be displayed. The most important function of this section is to
visualise all the information related to the selected target, radar target or AIS (“Monitor Display
- General view” on page 22 and “Target data window” on page 115).
Once a target has been selected, the target data window is visualised (“Target data window”
on page 115). Opening other menus, the target data window will automatically be closed
and the new menu will appear. To get back the target data window again, the opened menu
must be closed by means of the “X” button placed at the top right part of the menu. The infor-
mation in the target data window can only be removed by cancelling the selected targets.
The target data window can display up to 12 rows of data for 2 targets at a time (default) or 7
rows of data for 4 targets. AIS and radar target data:
•
Target ID number. In this row it is specified if the track is radar target or AIS, and if its status is
abnormal (Lost or Danger)
• Ship Name. Available only with AIS tracks. For radar target the field is indicated with “---“
• MMSI (Maritime Mobile Service Identity). Available only with AIS targets. For radar target the
field is indicated with “---“
• Call Sign. Available only with AIS targets. For radar target the field is labelled with “---“
•
Range. Distance in NM between the target and own ship
• Bearing. The angle in degrees between the direction of the target and own ship heading
(Relative) or North (True)
• Speed. Speed in knots of the target (True) or vectorial difference between own ship and the
target speed (Relative). Could be stabilised to ground or water, depending on the chosen
speed source
• Course. The course in degrees of the target referred to North (True) or to own ship course
(Relative). Could be stabilised to ground or water, depending on the chosen speed source
•
CPA (Closest Point of Approach). Indicates the minimum possible distance foreseen, ex-
pressed in NM, between own ship and the target, computed from the known speed and
course over the last minutes
• TCPA (Time to Closest Point of Approach). Indicates the time to reach the CPA, in minutes
• Geographic position of the target
• BCR (Bow Crossing Range). Indicates the distance in NM between own ship bow and the
target in the moment of the crossing through own ship heading
•
BCT (Bow Crossing Time). Indicates the time in minutes to reach the BCR
•
Destination. Indicates the actual destination of the target. The information is available only on
AIS targets and must be manually updated by the operator of the ship the target refers to
• ETA. Indicates the UTC when the target will arrive at destination. The information is available
only on AIS targets and must be manually updated by the operator
• ROT. Indicates the rate of turn in °/min of the target. The information is available only on AIS
targets and could be unavailable if no ROT sensor is connected to the AIS transponder of the
ship the target refers to
•
Ship Type. Indicates what kind of ship the selected target refers to. The information is available