TMQ Bosun-AP9, Operation And Installation Manual

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TMQ Bosun - AP9 Rev1 (935) Page 10 16/06/2003
Auto Mode
Engaging Auto steering mode
When
in Standby Mode and the "AUTO" key is pressed, a beep
will sound and the adjacent yellow light will be turned on.
The autopilot will lock on to the current heading.
Disengaging the Autopilot
Press
the Standby button. A beep will sound and the vessel will
return to manual steering ( Standby Mode). The AUTO light will be
turned off and STANDBY light turned on.
Course Adjustment
Pressing the Port (red) or Stbd (green) arrow keys will cause a one
degree course change in that direction. The display will change to
indicate the new
course-to-steer .
Rotating the course-change knob will change the course-to-steer by
one degree for each "click".
Entering a course from the keypad, and pressing GOTO will change
the course-to-steer to the heading entered.
Rate of Turn Control
The rate-of-turn control on the front panel sets the maximum
number of degrees per second that the vessel will turn through. This
rate-of-turn control applies in AUTO and GPS modes ONLY. See
the separate section on
Rate-of-Turn for more information.