Tokyo Keiki TG-8000 Series, Operator'S Manual

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CHAPTER 1 GENERAL DESCRIPTIONS
WARNING
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Improper operations caused by failure of this system or malfunctions caused by
operator's misunderstanding may cause distress such as collision and grounding, and
may result in property damages and environmental pollution. Further, death or serious
injury may happen.
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Full attention should be paid on use of this system by understanding limitations in
performance or characteristics of this system and by familiarizing with operation
methods.
CAUTION
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This system displays gyrocompass heading and outputs the heading information to the
outside.
Although the safety design such as the alert function against failure, etc., is provided,
there is no perfect safety design at the present time.
In addition, as this system has many important functions, it is hard to say that any one
can use this system without failure.
Failures or malfunctions of this system may cause distress, and full attention should be
paid on use of this system.
User's responsibility and obligation in insuring safe navigation and the proper exercise
of navigational techniques is in no way reduced by the use of this equipment.
The following cautions should be observed.
1. Always perform daily check to maintain normal system condition.
2. When anomalies are detected in the result of daily check, investigate and repair at
once to recover to normal conditions and request advice of our service engineer.
3. When the alert system operates during use, always check to confirm the cause
and recover the troubled point.
1.1 General
The gyrocompass Series TG-8100/8600, based on the gyrocompass TG-5000 / 6000 that
has been actually used for many middle and large ships, provides increased rate of turn
and rich input / output signals and the following features.
(1) Function of automatic speed error correction
(2) Digital signal processing (Conformed to International Standards IEC61162)
(3) Long service life
(4) Conformance to IMO Standards (Series TG-8100/Series TG-8600 for high speed
ships)
This system is designed as a product line that enables to build up system configuration to
meet various requirements of installed ships.
TG-8100/8600-
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: One gyrocompass system (Minimum function, space saving)
-S: One gyrocompass system (Standard single gyrocompass)