Permits
To display charts in ECDIS900, it is necessary to enter a permit for each chart. Each ARCS chart
permit is encrypted and linked to the licensed users
User permit number
. Chart permits
can be delivered as a file containing the code for each chart or as a 40-digit text message
sent by email or fax. In both cases the first step towards installing new charts is to install the
chart permits.
The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has eleven ARCS area CDs (with about 300 charts on
each) available for users. Area chart CD’s are issued free to licensed users by the UKHO
distributors. These area CD’s are re-issued when a sufficient number of charts on the CD have
been re-issued as new editions or cancelled.
Until the area CD is re-issued, the new edition charts are provided for the user on the weekly
update CD.
In addition to new edition charts, each weekly Update CD contains the cumulative
correctional data for all ARCS charts.
The only type of ARCS license is available:
•
Navigator Service.
This service is designed for commercial ships that require a fully up to
date chart outfit. The user will be licensed to a specified chart holding for a defined period
of time. Within this period the user will be entitled to freely access all Notice to Mariners
and New Editions that relate to the licensed chart holding. At the end of the licensed
period the user will have to renew the license or will no longer be able to access any of
the charts.
Install permits by file
1.
Click the
Install permits by file
button
2.
Browse the computer to select the appropriate folder
CONTAINING
the permit files. The
Navigator files are named
gb.lcn
and gb.ncp and the Skipper files are named
gb.scp
. The
new files are automatically sent to the correct folders in the ECDIS software.
Users normally receive permit files in a folder sent by email, or on a memory stick sent by
post.
Warning:
Clicking the Install permits by file button installs permits. This
function deletes the existing chart permit file, overwriting it with the new
one and therefore should only be run the first time that permits are installed.
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Note:
When new permits are ordered or when the permits are reissued, the files received
from UKHO by email or memory stick contain all permits, the new and the old ones.
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