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ECDIS User Manual 

 

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Overview   

 

In this chapter, an introduction is made to product appearances, accessories 
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Summary of Contents for HM-5818

Page 1: ...ECDIS Electronic Chart Display and Information System HM 5818 19 24 User Manual 1996 2020 Xinuo Information Technology Xiamen Corporation Limited ...

Page 2: ...ite of Xinuo Information Technology Xiamen Corporation Limited Warning Please read the notes of this manual carefully to know about safety statements and other important information of products Declaration All words like Xinuo and Xinuo Hangke mentioned here below refer to as Xinuo Information Technology Xiamen Corporation Limited Note This set of equipment shall not be directly used for navigatio...

Page 3: ...sun The machines shall be operated under dry conditions 6 The power supply shall be reliably grounded to avoid static electricity and lightning strike If the instrument is not used for the time being please switch the power supply off 7 When the vessel borne navigation equipment fails to position for a long while please check if the antenna is properly installed poorly connected sheltered or distu...

Page 4: ... 2 2 3 Deleting waypoints 19 2 2 4 Locking the route 19 2 2 5 Deleting a route 19 2 2 6 Display Settings 20 2 2 7 Route detection 20 2 2 8 Loading the route 21 2 2 9 Save the route 21 2 2 10 List of waypoints 22 2 2 11 Voyage schedule 23 2 2 12 Route Export Import 25 2 2 13 Interaction Log 25 2 2 14 Settings 26 2 3 Route monitoring 27 2 4 Electronic chart management 28 2 4 1 Chart unit 29 2 4 2 Un...

Page 5: ...2 1 OwnShip setting 39 2 12 2 System Settings 41 2 12 3 Chart setting 43 2 12 4 Sensor Settings 48 2 12 5 Alarm Settings 49 2 12 6 Network Settings 51 2 13 Alarm 51 2 13 1 Overview 51 2 13 2 Alarm prompts and responses 52 2 13 3 Alarm Record 52 2 14 LOP positioning 53 2 14 1 Overview 53 2 14 2 How to use 54 2 15 Distance and position calculation 56 2 15 1 Distance calculation 56 2 15 2 Position ca...

Page 6: ...ectronic chart 68 3 9 4 Update log 69 Chapter 4 70 4 1 Equipment maintenance 71 4 2 Operation Manual for HM 5818 Update Disk 72 4 2 1 Select boot device If the default boot device is USB flash disk you can skip this step 72 4 2 2 Function Options 73 4 2 3 Update application 73 4 3 Operation manual for HM 5818 system rescue 74 4 3 1 Select boot device 74 4 3 2 Function Options 75 4 3 3 General Reco...

Page 7: ...ECDIS User Manual 6 Chapter 1 Overview In this chapter an introduction is made to product appearances accessories and keyboards ...

Page 8: ...with different size to make it convenient to install the system and meet the needs for different display size Its software system is operated on an open platform known as Linux designed with functional modules Being stable and convenient for operation it has a simple and clear human machine interface that can meet users requirements 1 1 1 Hardware Components 1 1 2 Host Interfaces Model 1 ...

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Page 11: ...10 Chapter 2 Operation and Setting This chapter will guide you to gradually become familiar with system operation and setting ...

Page 12: ...he time You can switch between world time and local time by clicking the time display button 2 Data information and standard abbreviation HDG Heading of the vessel The COG to the right of the HDG can also display GYRO STW The speed of water COG Heading to the ground SOG Speed to ground Wind speed wind speed Direction Wind direction Wind A source of data for aerovane wind direction and wind speed D...

Page 13: ...l exceeds the safe distance and there is an alarm Yaw angle shows the course of the vessel Distance from the monitoring point the distance from the vessel to the monitoring point Current monitoring point The waypoint number and the waypoint name that the vessel is about to arrive Next monitoring point the next arriving waypoint number and the waypoint name of the vessel Safety distance According t...

Page 14: ...ion on the chart Up mode Click then North Up can be chosen Zoom up the chart click to zoom up the chart Zoom in the chart click to zoom in the chart Distance measurement By clicking distance and azimuth between any two or more points can be measured Measuring the distance from the mouse click you can measure the distance and orientation between any two or more points Each point position informatio...

Page 15: ...below You can edit and modify the electronic bearing line by clicking the button on the window The distance azimuth and reverse azimuth of the relative center point can be set manually Select the center point position is free to choose the other operations are the same as above The specific information is displayed in the function window as shown below ...

Page 16: ...he relative center point can be set manually Display mode Click display mode switches in day cloudy night mode AIS displays Click you can quickly switch on off to display the AIS vessel on the chart Display chart Click The chart shows a mouse click and you can quickly switch to the chart standard display Alarm list Click you can quickly view history alarm ...

Page 17: ...s green the signal is normal as shown in the figure When the signal status is yellow the signal is abnormal as shown in the figure System information Click check the system information including system version and chart version The date of the chart update should be sorted and viewed in the release date of the chart management ...

Page 18: ...nding point basing on the current position The radar switch Click you can quickly switch the radar icon display function Light means the radar icon is turned on Shortcut menu switch Click quickly open and close the shortcut menu Turn off the system Click turn off the system ...

Page 19: ...nge type range safety distance steering radius and other parameters can be edited In the route editing area select a waypoint and click the right mouse button to insert waypoints or delete waypoints Double click the route name to edit the name of the route 2 2 2 Editing waypoints Click the Edit Waypoint button the mouse will automatically jump to the chart center and enter the edit waypoint state ...

Page 20: ... waypoints Click the Delete Waypoint button the mouse will automatically jump to the chart center At this time enter the delete waypoint point select the waypoint to be deleted click the left button and the selected waypoint will be deleted The waypoint number following the deleted waypoint is changed and numbered sequentially Right click to exit the status to delete the waypoint and click the Sav...

Page 21: ... of display settings as shown The display settings include displaying the waypoint number the waypoint name the steering arc and the safe distance line Checked items are indicated to display unchecked items are indicated not to display 2 2 7 Route detection On the currently selected route click the route detection button the system will detect the current route and give a prompt as shown below Aft...

Page 22: ...d button to pop up a list of all saved routes that are not displayed Click one route in the list and the route information will be displayed in the route point list as shown 2 2 9 Save the route If the currently selected route has not been saved or saved but has been modified click the Save button to click Save ...

Page 23: ...ick on a column in the list to enter the editing state Cells with XX and gray areas are un editable Double click the waypoint name unit to enter the waypoint name edit enter the name of the waypoint via the keyboard and left click on the location outside the edit zone to exit the waypoint name edit Edit the latitude and longitude coordinates double click the latitude and longitude items as shown T...

Page 24: ...e distance is the distance from the previous waypoint Determine the latitude and longitude coordinates of the waypoint by adjusting the angle and distance The total distance is the distance from the first waypoint of the route to the current waypoint The part cannot be edited The safety distance data is used for route detection and yaw alarms You can double click to edit and input the values accor...

Page 25: ... enter the dwell time edit as shown The display time input is divided into three input parts day hour and minute The left mouse button clicks to switch the input part the right button pops up to confirm the cancel menu the upper shift increases 1 and the lower shift decreases 1 The expected edit of the arrival time is consistent with the edit of the expected departure time Double click on the spee...

Page 26: ...s follows Click on the left column to import the route from the USB flash drive to the ECDIS device Select the correct U disk address and select the route data to be imported The screen is as follows After clicking Open the route is imported to the ECDIS device 2 2 13 Interaction Log The interaction log is an interaction record between the host and the backup system When connecting to the backup s...

Page 27: ...f the route design is to set the default values of the safety distance and the steering radius during the design a route The default value of the safety distance and the steering radius when designing the route design is the value at the time of setting Check the route monitoring display comment When the route is monitored the route will cross the commented area or the object pop up comment box If...

Page 28: ...ing in the operation status bar as shown in the figure Among them the estimated arrival time the total remaining time and the planned speed need to be set in the voyage schedule Click the next monitoring point button to start monitoring the next waypoint and the current waypoint becomes the next monitoring point Click to view the current segment comment then the current segment comment pops up If ...

Page 29: ... As shown below Among them check the silence the alarm will not sound an alarm There is a corresponding alarm sound when the alarm is unchecked 2 4 Electronic chart management For the electronic chart loading the third chapter of this manual will focus on the introduction See Chapter 3 for more information on chart management The electronic chart management window is as follows ...

Page 30: ...orting methods As shown in the figure after selecting the unit name in descending order it is displayed as follows Click the Install Exchange Set button to install an encrypted license chart of type S 63 that has been licensed Click the Install Cell button to install a free chart S 57 Select a chart and click the Uninstall button to uninstall the chart Select a chart click the View button and the ...

Page 31: ...gement window you can select the chart data service provider to view the chart for the corresponding chart service provider As shown below 2 5 Manual update Manual update refers to the way the user manually adds the object to update the chart information Manually updated object objects in the route design and route monitoring operations will be correspondingly detected and alarmed The object that ...

Page 32: ...ect then select Properties on the right side of the window select the point line and area according to the Identity Type After selecting and clicking Add the cursor will automatically jump Go to the center of the chart screen Click the left mouse button to add the object to start Click the right mouse button to exit the add object status 2 5 2 Deleting objects When you want to delete a object clic...

Page 33: ...s as follows Click Yes to complete the deletion of the object 2 5 3 Moving objects When you want to move the object click the Move button to select the object to be moved on the chart At this time the object will pop up as follows Select Move move the cursor to the confirmed position and click the left mouse button ...

Page 34: ...owing window Edit the window based on the modified information After confirming the information click OK to save the modified object information 2 5 5 Manually updates The manual update log records all the object information added deleted and modified This log can only be viewed cannot be deleted and cannot be modified 2 6 Mariners feature Note When operating the Mariners feature confirm whether t...

Page 35: ...tion press OK and then it would be popped up the edit window edit the information and press OK As shown below Add Line Click Add Line and then go to the chart to select the specified position press OK on different area to add a line successfully press Cancel to pop up the edit window and after editing press OK As shown below Add Area Click Add Area and then go to the chart to select the specified ...

Page 36: ...be used to enter navigational notes and warnings information by the crew during the voyage Note When operating the Mariners feature confirm whether the Mariners Note display is selected firstly The operation is as follows enter the setting select Mariner obj in Chart and selected Mariners Note 2 8 Navigation record Click on the navigational record to bring up the navigation record list as shown be...

Page 37: ...it version number update number released date updated date and ENC source The 12 hour navigational record records one point every 1 minute and the last 3 months navigational recording record one point would not exceed 4 hours Select one of records and double click to preview the track The chart would jump to the area where the track is located we could zooms in and out to preview the track 2 9 AIS...

Page 38: ...vessel including vessel name equipment type channel call sign IMO spin rate bow heading vessel type draught location status destination estimated arrival Time GPS antenna position etc Double click on the selected AIS vessel and the chart will jump to the location of the AIS vessel 2 9 2 Messages Send a short message to the specified MMSI number 2 9 3 AIS Settings To set the AIS information Set the...

Page 39: ...face that can be updated to AIS navigation related data This operation should be ensured that the AIS device is in two way communication and the serial port is connected correctly 2 10 Radar target Click on Radar Target to open the received radar target list information As shown below Display information about the received radar target including radar number time CPA TCPA Distance Speed Course Cou...

Page 40: ...d Among them when the radar button is lit it indicates that the display is turned on 2 11 ECDIS chart 1 According to the symbols in ECDIS chart 1 it can be used to query the comparison of objects on the chart 2 12 Settings 2 12 1 OwnShip setting Click the Settings button on the right shortcut bar to pop up as shown below ...

Page 41: ... The time period interval indicates the tick mark of the vector line When OFF is selected it is not displayed 1 6 indicates a small scale every 1 minute and a large scale every 6 minutes 6 means that one scale is displayed every 6 minutes The display of the scale is limited by the reference frame and range The ship display style refers to the style displayed by the vessel on the chart and the symb...

Page 42: ...the anchor The ship display setting allows you to set whether to display the head line and the beam line and checked means display Initial latitude and longitude Manually adjust the position 2 12 2 System Settings Click the Settings button to enter the System Settings screen System settings include unit HDT language track and north reference and other settings 1 Unit settings including water depth...

Page 43: ...hinese and English as shown 6 Cursor style selection is solid or hollow 7 North Reference Settings including True North and Magnetic north as shown 8 Set the system a host or a backup system 9 The Primary screen and volume you can set the output to HDMI or VGA and adjust the volume output size 10 When the vessel is in the state of navigation detection the distance between the vessel icon and the e...

Page 44: ...ings of the system 13 Data backup applied to the backup system 14 All settings are restored to the factory settings and user data is not deleted Create the user settings click Apply a confirmation window will be popped up click Yes for confirmation 2 12 3 Chart setting The user can click the setting button and select the chart setting to make the relevant chart settings according to the navigation...

Page 45: ...ou can set the contour line Area boundary symbol Includes symbolized and simplifies Click the drop down list to bring up the selection Color scheme including day dusk night Click on the drop down list to bring up the selection The UI interface font color will be adjusted according to the color scheme selected As shown below ...

Page 46: ...al 45 Map language Set the language of the map including national language and English Click on the drop down list to bring up the selection Select the national language and the place names on the map are displayed in ...

Page 47: ...ables the display of the map border to be turned off When it is selected the map border is displayed You can see the overlay of the map block displayed on the current screen through the map border Text display According to the content displayed by the user setting text you can select the text display content according to your requirements Safety contour You can set the shallow water contour in 0 9...

Page 48: ... or delete information the information would be added or deleted by class For example the water depth is not displayed on the chart if you want to display the water depth you should select the water depth and click the left mouse button and then you can see the water depth display on the chart And when you click the left mouse button again you can see that the water depth on the chart is no longer...

Page 49: ...nclude GPS AIS compass depth sounder log serial port baud rate and master settings Each input signal type is connected according to the corresponding port After setting click the Apply button to set the parameters to take effect As Figure First Model Second Model ...

Page 50: ... As Figure The destination alarm indicates that when you are sailing the distance between the position of the vessel and a dangerous object or a dangerous area is less than the setting value it would be alarmed The safety distance indicates that the yaw alarm is effective when the distance between the position of the vessel and the route is more than the value of the set route offset the yaw alarm...

Page 51: ...s the selected area Alarm priority The alarm priority is setting the priority of the alarm Alert escalation The alert escalation is setting to change the warning to alarming After setting time the warming will be upgraded to an alarm and the alarm status bar will change Dragging alarm After the dragging alarm is turned on the vessel s current position coordinates would be used as the center point ...

Page 52: ...ast address and port number to match the VDR The VDR transmission picture format is divided into PNG and JPG formats and the time interval can be set from 1 second to 15 seconds 2 13 Alarm 2 13 1 Overview During the route monitoring process ECDIS will automatically issue a yaw alarm when the distance between the position of the vessel and the route is more than the value of the set route offset Du...

Page 53: ...2 Alarm prompts and responses After the alarm occurs the alarm information will be displayed at the alarm prompt and flash and an alarm sound will be sounded The alarm prompt window is as shown The alarm includes the alarm time the type of alarm and the content of the alarm If the user does not need the alarm sound you can select the silence When there are many alarms you can view the alarm conten...

Page 54: ...nd time will be updated when the current alarm is released If the alarm in the prompt box is not confirmed the alarm will be removed from the prompt box 2 14 LOP positioning 2 14 1 Overview When the GPS fails the LOP positioning function can be used to calculate the position of the vessel The positioning line is based on azimuth azimuth positioning line and range based range positioning line Two o...

Page 55: ...lue is 0 degrees and the range is 2 nm The range is the length of the azimuth line If the type is selected as the range it means the radius of the range bearing line as shown 4 Enter the time 5 click set the first azimuth positioning line At this time the bearing line becomes a solid line the observation point becomes a real point and the setting time hours is displayed in the middle of the line s...

Page 56: ...ocation and properties as shown in Figure Location Location of the intersection which can be modified Sensors Empty GPS G DGPS dG Decca D Loran L Radar R Astronomical A MFDF M Transit T GNSS GNSS Line Of position LOP Visual Bearing LOP s V Visual Range LOP s VR showing shorthand under the icon Time The icon is displayed directly above only the hour and minute are displayed OK Close the location pr...

Page 57: ...function window as shown in the figure and is not selected at this time to calculate the azimuth and distance of the two position points Enter the starting point and ending position click the calculation button the orientation and distance of the constant line RL and the big circle route GC will be calculated 2 15 2 Position calculation As shown in the figure select enter the starting point positi...

Page 58: ...plays the value of the safety contour setting in the chart settings Safe Water Depth Displays the value of the safe water depth setting in the chart setting Version number Displays the version number of the map where the vessel is located Update No Displays the update number of the map where the vessel is located Chart scale The maximum chart scale for the map where the vessel is located Data Qual...

Page 59: ...ECDIS User manual 58 Chapter 3 Chart Installation This chapter will guide you to be gradually familiar with chart installation ...

Page 60: ...pressing the left mouse button Related information of the current chosen chart is displayed in the chart information column If a chart to be viewed is not on current display the user can press up and down buttons or roll up down the right scroll bar until the chart information to be viewed is found 3 3 Chart Sequencing Click the chart number on the head to arrange the charts in an ascending or des...

Page 61: ...certificate has been installed on Xinuo ECDIS when it is released from the factory You can view detailed information of the SA certificate in its dialog box or you can log onto the official website of IHO to download and install the updated SA certificate by yourself 3 5 1 Installation of SA Certificate Click install certificate and open the file dialog box Only the certificates named as IHO CRT c...

Page 62: ...S Electronic Chart Display and Information System and ECS Electronic Chart System user permit can ensure that the ECDIS ECS produced by each manufacturer only has a sole identity marker on a global basis It is a hexadecimal text composed by a group of 28 characters Users can copy the user permit and submit it to a data service provider to buy licenses of electronic charts The data service provider...

Page 63: ...vice providers because following dialog boxes and pages exist for all electronic chart service providers Chart cell Cell permit Update log 3 8 Cell permit After you submit a user permit to a data service provider to apply for purchasing license of an electronic charts the service provider will issue the cell permit license of electronic charts and S 63 data packet of electronic charts including ba...

Page 64: ... given over again and the installation will continue The expired cell permit is still installed on the system but following alarm will be given if any electronic chart with any expired cell permit is displayed later SSE 25 the CN302307 license of electronic charts has expired so please don t use it for navigation If any cell permit can just remain valid for less than 30 days you will be reminded a...

Page 65: ...y on the page of cell permits 3 9 Electronic Chart Cells The dialog box of electronic chart cells displays the chart cells that have been installed on current system You can view the general information of each electronic chart cell on this dialog If updated or not Indicated by an exclamation mark The dialog box of electronic chart cells will be compared with installed product catalogue If there i...

Page 66: ...t cell will remain valid for less than 30 days please promptly renew the license of the electronic chart A prompt will be given when this electronic chart cell is browsed 4 Licensed for S 63 electronic chart cell with a cell permit that can be valid for over 30 days 3 9 1 Install Exchange Set The installation guide is used for installing data packets of electronic charts with S 63 catalog structur...

Page 67: ... with SA certificate If the verification fails you will get the following prompt SSE 06 SA signed data service certificates are invalid Perhaps SA has published a new public key or the electronic charts are from other service providers Click Yes and the installation is suspended 3 Verify Documents of Electronic Chart Cells The system verifies documents of electronic chart cells with SA signed data...

Page 68: ...art will remain valid for less than 30 days Please promptly contact your data service provider to renew the license of the electronic chart If you click Yes you will decrypt and install the electronic chart cell 7 Decrypt and install an electronic chart cell The system installs an electronic chart cell with corresponding cell permit If the electronic chart cell can t be decrypted you will get the ...

Page 69: ...is electronic chart cell in the future 3 9 2 Install Map S 57 Electronic Chart Some data packets of S 57 electronic charts are possibly not organized according to S 63 data protection solution so ways of manual installation shall be provided Notes the manual installation doesn t support data of S 63 electronic charts Click install map to enter the window of choose file to select the address to loa...

Page 70: ...pdate can t be applied unless its Update No Is consistent with that of the installed electronic chart cell or else it will be rejected Date of Issue The date of issue of basic documents or updated ones Time of Application Time and date of installing basic documents or updated ones for an electronic chart cell State Options include application reject lack uninstall Details For rejected electronic c...

Page 71: ...ECDIS User manual 70 Chapter 4 Equipment maintenance This chapter describes the maintenance and fault diagnosis equipment 4 ...

Page 72: ...ere are displays on the screen if it is connected to another one of the control panel the control panel is determined that the problem need to replace the control panel and contact the manufacturer 2 White screen When you find the display black and white there is no signal input The need to connect the monitor cable to the control on another host if the display still does not show this time it is ...

Page 73: ...stem can t normally enter the chart interface you need to contact the manufacturer to download the package again to update the system 4 2 Operation Manual for HM 5818 Update Disk The following steps would be for updating ECDIS application Before you re ready to update it please make sure that you have the USB flash disk with latest Update Package And then follow the steps one by one 4 2 1 Select b...

Page 74: ... of Update Package you can press ENTER key or wait for 8 seconds and it would start to update the application the process of updating would be automatic and you don t need to do anything and then you can see the progress information as follow After updated you can see the prompt as follow Please remove the live medium close the tray if any and press ENTER to continue ...

Page 75: ... Select boot device Insert System Rescue disk turn on the ECDIS and keep pressing F7 key on the keyboard and don t stop until you can see the menu of boot device as the following picture Select the USB flash disk For example TOSHIBA TransMemory 1 00 and then press Enter key to enter the function menu Chart 1 Description of options P0 SATA SSD Built in SSD TOSHIBA TransMemory 1 00 USB flash disk Th...

Page 76: ...scue Table 2 Description of options No options Description 1 General Recovery Recover application OS 2 Advanced Options Professional User Warning Advanced Options might make user data and installed ENC charts lost Select Advanced Options Professional User press Enter key and then it would enter the advanced options ...

Page 77: ...nu of system rescue the default options would be General Recovery you can press ENTER key or wait for 8 seconds to start general recovery When the general recovery is finished the software would be recovered to the factory state but the user data and ENC charts would not be cleared The process of recovery would be automatic and you don t need to do anything and then you can see the progress inform...

Page 78: ... be caused by broken data If you retried General Recovery and failed again you can try Advanced Options such as Clear User Data Clear Electrical Nautical Charts Factory Recovery Since these options would be cleared some data so if you want to perform these steps please be careful and referred to Table 3 Description of advanced options ...

Page 79: ...ECDIS User manual 78 Annex I Mounting Dimensions of Host Mounting Dimensions of Display 19inch Counter Mounting Flush Mounting ...

Page 80: ...ECDIS User manual 79 Mounting Dimensions of Display 24inch Counter Mounting Flush Mounting ...

Page 81: ...Required Test Results ed3 0 2008 IEC 62288 Maritime Navigation and Radio communication Equipment and Systems Presentation of Navigation related Information Displayed by Vessel borne Navigational System General Requirements Test Methods and Required Test Results ed2 0 2014 IMO A 694 17 General Requirements for Electronic Navigation Equipment and Vessel borne Radio communication Equipment Composed b...

Page 82: ...DIS User manual 81 CCS GDXXX_2012 Test Guideline for ECDIS No 266 Circular Memorandum of the IMO Maritime Safety Committee about Display of Electronic Charts and Software Maintenance of Information System ...

Page 83: ...ogy Xiamen Corporation Limited Address Unit 2001 1 Chengyi North Street B04 Software Park III Xiamen China TEL 86 592 3300300 FAX 86 592 3300310 Http www xinuo com Email info xinuo com Service Hotline 400 8868 592 190410 ECDIS ...

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