Sperry Marine Visionmaster FT ECDIS, User Manual

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Basic Operation of ECDIS ECDIS User Guide
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Selecting Transmit Mode
When Transmit is selected, either from the Standby/Transmit button or the
Transceiver window (see Radar Settings, Transceiver), the system is
switched from Standby to Transmit mode. In Transmit mode the transceiver
starts transmitting radar pulses and the ECDIS can be enabled to show
video overlay, see Video Overlay Mode.
There are three ways of selecting Transmit mode:
1. Left click on the Standby/Transmit button.
The white diagonal line is removed from the
button and the system transfers to Transmit
mode.
2. Right click on the Standby/Transmit button
and select Transmit from the drop down list
3. Right click on the Standby/Transmit button
and select Transceiver Control , the
Transceiver window appears on the display. From this window click
on the
Transmit radio button in the Operational Mode area of the
window, see Transceiver.
In Transmit mode the transceiver starts transmitting radar pulses and the
display shows own ship's heading line to indicate ship's direction (see
Heading Line) and radar origin, centred on own ship symbol (unless
antenna offset locations have been configured).
The sensor devices that have been configured for the system will begin
acquiring navigation data to be made available to the operator, see Sensor
Data Display.
When Transmit is selected and the Transceiver is a Master (see
Interswitch) the pulse length buttons and tune modes (Manual and AFC)
become active in the Transceiver window.
In Transmit the default presentation mode is North Up, see Presentation
Modes.
Selecting Transmit Mode in an Interswitched System
In an Interswitched system switching to transmit is only possible at a
display selected as a Master, or if the display is a Slave and the Master
display that is connected to the same transceiver is in transmit.
If the Master display is in Standby the Slave display cannot switch to
transmit.