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Saab TransponderTech

OPERATOR’S MANUAL

R4 Navigation System

Summary of Contents for R4

Page 1: ...Saab TransponderTech OPERATOR S MANUAL R4 Navigation System...

Page 2: ...for navigating a vessel The navigator is responsible for checking all aids available to confirm his posi tion Electronic aids are intended to assist not replace the navigator Software This manual refl...

Page 3: ...Position 18 Create Waypoints 18 Create New Waypoint 19 Sail To a Waypoint 20 Create a Route 22 Insert Waypoints Into the Route 23 Adjusting Navigation Algorithm and RAIM Accuracy Level 25 Finish Creat...

Page 4: ...ch 65 Route List 67 Plan Voyage Mode 69 Overview 69 Route List 71 Sail Route 73 Sail To 73 Edit Route 75 Create Route 78 Create Route From 79 View Route 79 Route Related Views 81 Select Waypoint 81 In...

Page 5: ...111 Redund Config 112 I O Config 114 Input Config 114 Compass Config 115 Depth Config 115 Wp Rte Input 116 Output Config 117 Port Rate Config 118 System Info 121 Appendix 123 Alarm Messages 123 Naviga...

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Page 7: ...as supervise the systems status The R4 GPS Navigation Sensor features a high precision GPS receiver capable of receiv ing WAAS EGNOS and MSAS differential corrections The R4 DGPS Navigation Sen sor h...

Page 8: ...an Over Board MOB and Event Mark functionality Two trip log counters with indication of average speed and accumulated time during motion Anchor Watch position deviation alarm Scheduled Alerts user con...

Page 9: ...ng to sail a route a copy of the route is made into the active route Changes made to the active route does not affect the source route unless the active route is explicitly stored Only one route can b...

Page 10: ...d The waypoint pass criterion can be any of Manual Distance Bisector Line and Perpen dicular Line Manual Waypoint Pass Criterion Using this pass criterion the waypoint is only considered passed when t...

Page 11: ...press the key once To write a character in a text field press once for the first character associated with the key twice for the second character and so on PAGE Provides access to additional pages of...

Page 12: ...serve as switches e g toggling a parameter The status bar of the system is present in all views at the top of the screen and further described in section Status Bar on page 16 Change Settings Several...

Page 13: ...ions see Appendix section Alarm Messages on page 123 Turning On and Off the R4 Display To turn on the R4 Display press the POWER key The LEDs on the display will blink momentarily indicating that the...

Page 14: ...under normal ship operation It supports viewing bearing and distance to the next waypoint skipping waypoints plotting the active route editing the active route monitoring cross track error and viewing...

Page 15: ...gure the R4 Navigation Sys tem It includes functions for modifying visual and sound settings navigation settings disable and enable different alarms used units GPS and beacon settings serial port set...

Page 16: ...fig on page 103 Status Icons The status icons that can be displayed are Unread DGPS message Active alarms Redundant operation status being one of Redundant operation active Redundant operation active...

Page 17: ...e system is unable to safely determine if the position accuracy is better or worse than the set accuracy level The red LED indicates un safe state the calculated position accuracy is worse than the se...

Page 18: ...sed by pressing MODE followed by the func tion key NAVIGATE The view is then accessed by pressing function key Position Create Waypoints Waypoints are the basis for ship navigation A waypoint is a pos...

Page 19: ...r the waypoint you are creating using the alphanumeric key pad Use the Backspace function key to erase characters and the Capslock function key to change between upper and lower case letters Press ENT...

Page 20: ...key Route List The view is illustrated below The Route List view can also be accessed from the Navigate mode as follows Press the MODE key followed by the NAVIGATE function key Then press the PAGE ke...

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