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All electronic navigation equipment is subject to external fac-

tors beyond the control of the manufacturer. Therefore such equip-
ment must be regarded as an aid to navigation. The prudent navigator
will, for that reason, never rely on a single source for position
fixing and navigation.

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Summary of Contents for Shipmate GN30 mkII

Page 1: ...xternal fac tors beyond the control of the manufacturer Therefore such equip ment must be regarded as an aid to navigation The prudent navigator will for that reason never rely on a single source for...

Page 2: ...e to the MOB position Elapsed time first in sec onds and then in minutes over 9999 minutes O TO GRAPHICAL DISPLAY The 24 display will provide a graphical impres sion of the MOB position a man waving h...

Page 3: ...10 Track navigation 45 4 2 Waypoint route menu 46 4 2 1 Marks and waypoints 46 4 2 2 Plot cursor position on chart 47 4 2 3 Plot mark or waypoint as ship s position 50 4 2 4 Plot mark or waypoint via...

Page 4: ...Table of contents 7 7 Troubleshooting procedure 87 7 8 Specifications of GN30 88 Appendix A Glossary of terms 89 Appendix B List of datums 93 Index 95 CE Declaration 100 International warranty 101 Lis...

Page 5: ...r maritime use but also for land based applications and aviation The satellite based system has been developed and is operated by the US Department of Defence in order to provide an accurate and relia...

Page 6: ...IMRAD dealer 0OWER SOURCE FUSE AND POWER CABLE Check that the DC power sup plied to the unit is within the range of 10 to 32 volts Note that the ap ropriate fuse must be employed see the fuse rating i...

Page 7: ...move around in the chart dis play and to place the cursor on the function you wish to change then select the data by using the alphanu meric keys or keys OW TO INTERPRET SPECIAL MARKED KEY SYMBOLS ETC...

Page 8: ...en in the appropriate menu Turns cursor on off in data displays Opens for con firms insertion and editing of data Calls up informa tion on marks waypoints etc in chart display Turns the menu bar on of...

Page 9: ...background light in keypad Turns the GN30 MKII off Not funcional in this version 4O TURN THE ON PRESS AND HOLD THE PWR KEY UNTIL THERE IS A PICTURE ON THE SCREEN 0RESS PWR AGAIN TO ADJUST LIGHT CONTRA...

Page 10: ...TO LEAF THROUGH THE WINDOWS CURRENTLY SELECTED FOR ROTATION The sequence of the 4 displays will be as they are se lected If you only need 3 or 2 displays in the rotation then you call up the same dis...

Page 11: ...e menu bar e g Main menus Sub menus Having selected e g 4 NAVIGATION from the menu bar its associated menus sub menus will drop down Key in the number next to the function you wish to call forward or...

Page 12: ...display 1 Echo display 1 Speed alarm units language 2 Navigation setup 2 Interface setup NMEA 3 Cursor 3 Interface setup remote 3 Waypoint 4 Interface setup alarm log 4 Route 5 Wind display 5 Track 6...

Page 13: ...ursor active the top line will show the cursor position in lat long bearing and distance from actual position to cursor position The ship symbol indicates the present position on the chart and the poi...

Page 14: ...e shown in form of a line under the active field or as a ruling box around OOM FUNCTION with CURSOR ON the zoom function will zoom around the cursor With CURSOR OFF the zoom function will zoom around...

Page 15: ...a warning will pop up on the screen Press 1 to advance to the next waypoint in the route Route navigation Press 2 if you for some reason have drifted off course and wish to con tinue to the approachin...

Page 16: ...ROUTE You can quickly make a route by plotting the cursor s position one after another i e place the cursor on the first position of the route you wish to make and press PLOT Move the cursor to the ne...

Page 17: ...ce cursor on the first position A and press PLOT then place cursor on second position B Bearing and distance will now be calculated from posi tion A to B and the data will be shown in a small info win...

Page 18: ...will add a small line to the chart display indicating that the length of the line equals a certain number of nautical miles km The rest of the features in Chart setup are described in Glossary of term...

Page 19: ...three deci mals in minutes Speed over ground Course magnetic or true Altitude or depth UTC or local time date 2 1 MENU 0 3 4 MENU 2 POS 0OSITION DISPLAY 2 Course and speed 3 Dual speed 4 Decca lanes 5...

Page 20: ...G OR SET TIME LOCAL 54 PEN FOR CHANGE 3HIFT BETWEEN OG AND 2ESET LOG INSERT ALTERNATIVE START FIGURE 4OGGLE BETWEEN LOCAL 54 TIME O TO AND INSERT LOCAL TIME AND DATE ONFIRM ENTRY 3TATUS INDICATOR AND...

Page 21: ...ong calculations to the paper charts you are using Refer to setup for NAV da tum section 5 1 1 OAD DISPLAY FOR OURSE AND SPEED OAD UAL SPEED 0OSITION DISPLAY see illustration next page The analogue di...

Page 22: ...alogue differential speed indicator scale Course over ground mag netic m or true Average speed with long filtering time Dynamic speed with short filtering time The average speed indicator with long fi...

Page 23: ...Lofoten Norway 3E 30 Hokkaido 9C 07 German 3F 31 Tohoku 6C 08 N Baltic 4B 32 Kyusyu 7C 09 NW Spanish 4C 33 Namaqua 4A 10 Trondelag N 4E 34 Cape chain 6A 11 English 5B 35 E Province 8A 12 N Bothnian 5F...

Page 24: ...NEGA TIVE TOGGLE WITH OFFSET TO THE TIME DELAY ONFIRM ENTRY ORAN KEYS TO PRESS 2 5 MENU IST OF ORAN CHAINS Central Pacific 4990 Commando Lion 5970 Gulf of Alaska 7960 North West Pacific 9970 Southeast...

Page 25: ...in case a particular satellite is disturbing the navigation PEN FOR CHANGE OVE CURSOR LEFT RIGHT TO LOCATE SATELLITE TO BE EXCLUDED 4HE MINUS KEY WILL EXCLUDE THE SATELLITE AND THE PLUS KEY WILL REIN...

Page 26: ...e preset DOP limit is exceeded indicated by in the position display it will cause the position updating to stop until it once again is within the limit F Press CLR to acknowledge a beeping alarm The D...

Page 27: ...T FORMAT can be set to 24 built in receiver plus standard receivers incl RS5660 RS5665 or 23 24 03 Data counts up slowly when correct DGPS data is received A break in the data flow will reset the coun...

Page 28: ...rough water S D Set and drift Speed and direction true or relative WIND Speed and direction ONNECTION TO EXTERNAL SENSORS IS REQUIRED 3PEED DIAGRAM KEYS TO PRESS MENU 2 8 3 kn 6 kn 7 kn kn 13 49 14 04...

Page 29: ...set in 8 intervals from 1 min ute to 3 hours freeze O TO THE FUNCTION YOU WISH TO CHANGE EY IN NEW FIGURE OR CHANGE SETTING ONFIRM ENTRY 0 9 ENT Setup speed diagram Scale for speed max 010kn Scale fo...

Page 30: ...be set ma nually if known but when left on AUTO the naviga tor will always search for the nearest one with a good signal strength A good signal strength is 20 and up Signal to noise ratio should be 8d...

Page 31: ...vigation setup To start the chart cursor navigation will require that the cursor is already activated in the chart display If you currently have a chart display on the screen all you do to activate th...

Page 32: ...ion and earing to ext WP 1 Ship s position in relation to intended track Does not indicate heading 2 Waypoint circle alarm you will re ceive an alarm when touching the circle 3 Ideal course line betwe...

Page 33: ...e PEN FOR CHANGE in route navigation the final destina tion point is automatically suggested F REQUIRED SELECT ALTERNATIVE EARLIER ROUTE POINT only in Route navigation O TO 4 MODE AND SELECT 54 OR 5 O...

Page 34: ...line will show cursor s position in lat long or decca lanes Lo ran TDs plus bearing and distance from position or last plot to cursor If you plot a wrong position by mistake ELETE THE LAST PLOTTED PO...

Page 35: ...AVIGATING Refer to section 4 1 2 Navigation display 4 1 3 ETA AVN display and 6 1 4 Set drift display 4O STOP NAVIGATING FROM CHART DISPLAY OR press MENU 4 and select Turn NAV OFF The system can hold...

Page 36: ...serted A waypoint can not be deleted from the waypoint list as long as it is part of a route or used for navigation OAD 2OUTE DISPLAY 2OUTE Indicates Route no 01 and Route Point no 01 which is the fir...

Page 37: ...Navigation setup NSERT WAYPOINT IN ROUTE EY IN LOCATE NEXT WAYPOINT NUMBER FROM THE LIST NSERT NEXT WAYPOINT ETC F DESIRED USE CURSOR TO GO TO COURSE LINE OR 84 AND TOGGLE THE FUNCTIONS O TO NAME FIE...

Page 38: ...AND MAYBE CHANGE START POINT ETC 3TART NAVIGATING You will now have the graphical steering display to navigate by see section 4 1 2 for interpretation 2OUTE NAVIGATION KEYS TO PRESS 3 GOTO 0 9 0 9 EN...

Page 39: ...navi gate from POS current position If you need to go back to the original course line B you will also select route no 01 and route point no 06 direction is forward but you say NO to navigate from POS...

Page 40: ...modify delete existing ones It is also possible to delete a total route There are two ways of performing the editing either by means of the cursor or through the route menu DIT ROUTE BY MEANS OF THE...

Page 41: ...and then press PLOT ENT to insert it in the route You can delete a total route with its waypoints if they are not used in other routes or you can delete just the route lines and keep all the waypoints...

Page 42: ...oute points are more than 9 if not then you will only have to press 9 once PEN FOR EDITING the last used WP from the WP list is suggested New WP if acceptable press ENT or KEY IN THE 70 NO DIGITS OR S...

Page 43: ...KEY IN NEW 84 VALUE 2EPLACE OLD 70 WITH EW 70 OR NEW 84 VALUE ONFIRM EDITING OW TO INSERT A WAYPOINT IN EXISTING ROUTE OAD THE 2OUTE DISPLAY EY IN THE 2OUTE NUMBER OR SELECT FROM LIST 7ITH CURSOR UNDE...

Page 44: ...LETE A TOTAL ROUTE OAD 2OUTE DISPLAY 3ELECT ROUTE NUMBER TO BE DELETED PEN FOR CHANGE ALL UP NEW DISPLAY WITH CHOICE OF WHAT TO DELETE To delete the route lines only press ENT To delete the route line...

Page 45: ...MENU 4 6 and select Track from menu Number indicates that the track s number is and the nearest track point to the cursor ship is number Auto trackpoint shift set to ON will when reaching the approach...

Page 46: ...or sailplans of max 99 waypoints in one route Waypoints can be entered as cursor plots directly on the chart or as coordinates via the keypad Waypoints can also be transferred from a digi tizer Yeoma...

Page 47: ...t If Chart display is not in current display press GOTO CTIVATE 3ELECT 0 4 MODE ONE OF THE OPTIONS see below where point 2 is selected as an example The first vacant waypoint starting from WP1999 is s...

Page 48: ...Y AND HOOSE POSITION COORDINATES 4 OR ORAN EY IN CORRECTION TO POSITION TOGGLE 3 OR 7 HANGE SYMBOL see Choice of 17 symbols below HANGE NAME OF WAYPOINT MAX CHARACTERS see Alphanumeric naming of point...

Page 49: ...ou make a mistake Depending on the selected language the zero key will hold special characters eg and the 9 key will hold empty space Press the CLR key to delete a character word OCATE WAYPOINT BY ITS...

Page 50: ...th the name PLOT 1 the next in 1998 with PLOT 2 etc ONFIRM ENTRY 0LOT POSITION AS SPECIFIC 70 NUMBER Can be applied from any display 0LOT ACTUAL POSITION ON CHART NSERT LOCATE DESIRED NUMBER WP number...

Page 51: ...BETWEEN THE TWO HORIZONTAL LINES OR GO TO THE FIRST VACANT 70 NO IN THE LIST PEN FOR ENTRY When selecting a vacant WP number the system will suggest to use the pre sent position as waypoint This posit...

Page 52: ...er to section 4 2 2 OMPLETE WAYPOINT ENTRY It will be possible to edit a mark waypoint after it was saved in the WP list There are two ways to approach the editing 1 Edit mark waypoint via chart 2 Edi...

Page 53: ...r editing of the waypoint Changing the position of a waypoint will also update the WPlist with the new position Deleting a waypoint from a route will not delete the waypoint from the WP list DIT MARK...

Page 54: ...NO DIGITS OR SCROLL THROUGH THE LIST BY MEANS OF THE KEYS PEN FOR EDITING AND DELETE WAYPOINT latitude and longitude will be replaced by ONFIRM EDIT OR EXIT FUNCTION WITHOUT DELETING THE WAY POINT EL...

Page 55: ...ints in each 3TART AND STOP TRACK FUNCTION OAD 4RACK SETUP Plot intervals can be set from 0 01 to 9 99nm The tracks will remain in the memory also when Display track is OFF F It is recommended that th...

Page 56: ...trail the ship and once the total of 2048 plots have been used up then the first trackpoints at the tip of the tail will start to fall off to extend the capacity needed to keep trailing the ship DITI...

Page 57: ...WISH TO START THE DRAWING 0LOT THE FIRST POINT OF THE DRAWING OVE CURSOR TO NEXT POINT TO DRAW A LINE SECTION FROM POINT TO POINT 0LOT THE SECOND POINT OF THE DRAWING ETC Continue to draw line section...

Page 58: ...WING ONFIRM EDITING OR 8 4 THE EDITING MENU WITHOUT MAKING ANY CHANGES AKE LINES INVISIBLE When you are not using a line it can be temporarily re moved from the chart without having to erase it com pl...

Page 59: ...sition or keyed in via the keypad 3ET UP TARGETS The plotted target position is automatically preset to ac tual position of ship or to cursor position when the chart display is active and the cursor i...

Page 60: ...by a circle and the target num ber e g T1 Refer to section 3 1 4 Chart setup DIT TARGETS OAD 4ARGET DISPLAY PEN FOR EDIT NSERT OR CHANGE NAME IF REQUIRED ONFIRM ENTRY 3WITCH TARGETS OAD 4ARGET DISPLA...

Page 61: ...INDOW Not available in software version 3 03 3 INK DATADUMP refer to section 5 1 5 ATADUMP OR 3END WAYPOINTS TO FROM COMPATIBLE UNIT Using the optional Remote cable 104 3000 002 or alter native cable...

Page 62: ...other ter minal suited for dumping data to a file The setup of the serial channel must be 4800 baud 8 data bit no parity 1 stop bit F Remember to stop the PC terminal after the transfer is completed T...

Page 63: ...N 0 00 000E Course bearing as MAGNETIC Navigation mode RHUMBLINE Auto waypoint shift WP line WP circle alarm OFF 0 50 nm XTE alarm distance OFF 0 50 nm Anchor alarm OFF 0 50 nm 3 450 5 4 2 AVIGATION S...

Page 64: ...POSITION some paper charts do not indicate a da tum but instead they have a notation to an offset or delta position to WGS84 OURSE AND BEARING readings of course and bearing can be made in either mag...

Page 65: ...e can be set to anywhere between 0 01 to 9 99nm This value may be overwritten if the legs in a route have been specified with different values NCHOR ALARM When setting the anchor it is possible to set...

Page 66: ...With Log speed sensor OFF and NMEA sentence VHW OFF the readout will show current date Calibrate log speed readout by increasing decreasing the number of pulses per nm see also Appendix A O TO THE FU...

Page 67: ...athoms fm Distances can be calculated in nautical miles nm kilo metres km or statute miles mi The speed can be shown in knots kn kilometres hour kh or miles hour mh The temperature can be shown in Cel...

Page 68: ...compass OAD DISPLAY True direction Relative direction Speed 3ET DRIFT TRIM DISPLAY 4HE SET DRIFT TRIM DISPLAY CAN BE CALLED FORWARD navigation must be active BY PRESSING MENU 4 4 It will provide info...

Page 69: ...other will re quire that the transmitting unit is set up to be the MASTER in this display and the receiving unit is set up to be the SLAVE Press ENT ENT F The new data will overwrite any existing data...

Page 70: ...HAPTER 3ETUP 70...

Page 71: ...etup remote 4 Interface setup alarm log 5 Wind display 6 Set drift 7 HSD Link setup NTERFACE SETUP KEYS TO PRESS Interface setup NMEA NMEA0183 Input pin 3 4 NMEA0183 Depth DBT ON Heading HDT OFF Water...

Page 72: ...0183 see listing below DATALINE IS11 REMOTE connection to dual station F NMEA output is available at all settings except when built in DGPS is in use External DGPS can be selected via the NMEA port NM...

Page 73: ...nt input WPL Waypoint data MTW Water temperature VHW Water speed and heading VWT True wind speed and angle VWR Relative wind speed and angle MWV Wind speed and angle DBS Depth below surface DBK Depth...

Page 74: ...a from installed transducer and con nected instruments 7IND DATA The wind instrument can provide both wind direction and wind speed and the readings can be shown in rela tive or true ALL THE WIND INST...

Page 75: ...angle offset can be from 0 to 360 The wind speed can be set to TRUE or RELATIVE and the wind speed unit can be either METERS SECOND KNOTS KILOMETRES HOUR or MILES HOUR O TO THE FUNCTION YOU WISH TO C...

Page 76: ...EXTERNAL EQUIPMENT in rela tion to time or distance OAD CHO DISPLAY Present water temperature Present depth Depth over time or distance Temperature over time or distance Depth alarm setting 5 ECHO SOU...

Page 77: ...set in 7 intervals from 0 5 nm to 90 nm in order to adjust to the boat s speed and you can also freeze the reading Time interval can be set in 6 intervals from 5 minutes to 3 hours freeze for refreshi...

Page 78: ...operation you can make a limited master reset A full reset will erase all data waypoints and settings and restore the basic settings from the factory ALL MASTER RESET DISPLAY To activate a MASTER RE S...

Page 79: ...GN30 MKII can be flat or bracket mounted overhead bulkhead or console VERHEAD ONSOLE LAT MOUNTED 3EE TEMPLATE FOR INSTRUCTIONS 2EMOVABLE CORNERS EX ULKHEAD NSTALLATION OF NSTALLATION AND SERVICE HAPTE...

Page 80: ...light in keypad via the PWR key A connection cable of 15 meters with two female plugs is supplied with the DC30 Push the female plug into the receptacle marked REMOTE on the back of the GN30 MKII and...

Page 81: ...down to 20 below the horizon EAM AREA Avoid installing the GPS antenna inside the beam area OUNTING OF 03 ANTENNA Mount the antenna on a standard US 1 14 thread pipe or optional standard antenna mount...

Page 82: ...the cable along with the antenna when screwing it onto the adaptor Mounting examples The universal antenna mount is for vertical and horizontal pipes of 20 40 mm The antenna adaptor from the mounting...

Page 83: ...TE DATA Pin 6 CLK REMOTE Ground screw Fuse 2 AF 072 Pin 1 10 32 V dc Brown Red Pin 2 Battery Blue Black Pin 1 TX A DATA OUT White Pin 2 TX B RETURN Brown Pin 3 RX A DATA IN Yellow Pin 4 RX B RETURN Gr...

Page 84: ...eli hood of increased interference and decreased performance Care must be taken when increasing the cable lengths to ensure that proper adequate and consistent shielding is maintained that cable of ad...

Page 85: ...LINE 2EPEATER 7AYPOINT GN30 MKII NMEA Waypoint 0IN 1 White TX A White 2 Brown TX B Green 3 Yellow RX A Brown Red 12V 4 Green RX B Black Battery ATALINE ATA BOX GN30 MKII NMEA Data Box 0IN 1 White TX A...

Page 86: ...equipment via NMEA 0180 0182 0183 NMEA Buffer RS5345 The GN30 MKII does not require any maintenance other than an occa tional external cleaning We recommend the use of a cloth with mild soap water F E...

Page 87: ...play in MENU 6 2 Replace antenna or cable Check antenna and cable Replace antenna or cable No normal operation or po sition update Turn unit off and on again Perform master reset refer to section 6 4...

Page 88: ...Routes 50 w max 99 WPs each Interfacing 2 ports in out NMEA 0183 0182 0180 dual station HSD transfer to second unit Alarm log Alarm or 200 pulses nm 03 NTENNA 23 Type Quadrifilar Helix Dimensions L 23...

Page 89: ...s Track nav Will automatically shift to the next waypoint in the route and provide new steering details Approximate Velocity Necessary to arrive at a spe cific waypoint at a specific time The directio...

Page 90: ...oss the chart RELATIVE the ship is locked to the center of the screen and the chart will move Orientation can be set to NORTH UP HEAD UP or NAV UP and the rotation resolution preset to 15 can be set t...

Page 91: ...indicating that the length of the line equals a certain number of nautical miles km 3PEED VER ROUND measured in knots km miles Right green Left red Speed towards approaching waypoint Continuous track...

Page 92: ...PPENDIX LOSSARY OF TERMS 92...

Page 93: ...023 Bermuda 1957 024 Bogota Observatory 025 Campo Inchauspe 026 Canton Astro 1966 027 Cape 028 Cape Canaveral 029 Carthage 030 Chatham 1971 031 Chua Astro 032 Corrego Allegre 033 Djakarta 034 DOS 1968...

Page 94: ...stem 1984 094 World Geodetic System 1984 095 World Geodetic System 1972 096 World Geodetic System 1984 097 World Geodetic System 1984 098 World Geodetic System 1984 099 Lisboa Datum 100 Pulkovo 1942 1...

Page 95: ...O function 15 information shown on chart 18 motion True or Relative 18 90 orientation 18 90 position on 19 Chart menu continued rubberband feature 41 setup 18 ship symbol 13 show scale 18 zoom 14 Cont...

Page 96: ...ible lines 58 Local time date 19 Log 19 Log speed calibration 66 90 Log speed sensor 66 Loran C 24 Magnetic course 22 64 Main menus 11 Maintenance 86 Master reset 78 Measurement units 66 67 Menu bar 1...

Page 97: ...status 26 Set drift 28 64 Setup menu 63 Software version 66 Specifications of GN30 MKII 88 Speed average 22 diagram 28 dual 21 Speed continued dynamic 22 filter level 25 27 indicator 22 over ground 19...

Page 98: ...ontinued plot by cursor 47 plot mark 16 plot pos as specific WP no 50 plot position in WP list 50 plot ship s position 50 symbols 48 used in routes 55 waypoint menu 46 WIN change interval 10 67 Wind i...

Page 99: ...claration of Conformity The EMC Directive Article 10 1 Undersigned are herewith declaring that Product SHIPMATE GN30 MKII DGPS Navigator is in accordance with the protection requirements in the EMC Di...

Page 100: ...e defective 2 3 26 can be arranged by authorised local service dealers or national distributors upon request Labour costs for the repair replacement of the defective mod ules parts will be free of cha...

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