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Weatherdock AG Sigmundstraße 180 90431 Nürnberg

Tel.:+49 911 376638-30 www.weatherdock.de

„easyRX”

Manual

easyRX

Two channel AIS Receiver

Product No.: A067

Revision 1.0

Weatherdock AG.

Sigmundstraße 180

D-90431 Nürnberg

Tel.: +49 (0)911-376638-30
Fax: +49 (0)911-376638-40

www.weatherdock.com

Email:

[email protected]

Summary of Contents for A067

Page 1: ... 180 90431 Nürnberg Tel 49 911 376638 30 www weatherdock de easyRX Manual easyRX Two channel AIS Receiver Product No A067 Revision 1 0 Weatherdock AG Sigmundstraße 180 D 90431 Nürnberg Tel 49 0 911 376638 30 Fax 49 0 911 376638 40 www weatherdock com Email support weatherdock de ...

Page 2: ... and should not be used as such LICENSING IMPORTANT In most countries the operation of an AIS unit is included under the vessels marine VHF license provisions The vessel on to which the AIS unit is to installed must therefore possess a current VHF radio telephone license which lists the AIS system and the vessel Call Sign and MMSI number Please contact the relevant authority in your country for mo...

Page 3: ...PROFITS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY WHETHER IN CONTRACT STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS IF YOU CHOOSE TO USE THE EASYRX OR THE EASYSPLIT OR BOTH IN A BOAT IT IS THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OWNER OPERAT...

Page 4: ...hers and the use or com munication of the contents thereof is forbidden without express au thority Offenders are liable to the payment of damages Sin nuestra expresa autorización queda terminantemente prohibida la reproducción total o parcial de este documento así como su uso indebido y o su exhibición o comunicación a terceros De los infractores se exigirá el correspondiente resarcimiento de daño...

Page 5: ...Quick Instruction Version 1 0 Page 5 of 43 pages Weatherdock AG Sigmundstraße 180 90431 Nürnberg Tel 49 911 376638 30 www weatherdock de Licence Number BSH BSH 46162 4320939 10 ...

Page 6: ...1 Class A 9 1 2 2 Class B 11 2 SCOPE OF DELIVERY 12 3 MOUNTING AND INSTALLATION 13 3 1 Programming Procedure 13 3 2 Diagnostics 15 3 3 AIS receiving data 17 3 4 SD Card Recorder 17 3 5 Software Update 19 3 6 Mechanic and electric installation 20 3 6 1 Mounting 24 3 6 2 VHF Antenna 25 3 6 3 GPS Antenna 25 3 6 4 Connection to a plotter 26 3 6 5 USB connection with PC Notebook 26 3 6 6 External Devic...

Page 7: ...E AGREEMENT 40 13 WARRANTY 40 14 INDEX 42 Congratulations Thanks to purchase a unit from the Weatherdock AG This testifies your high technical competence because you purchased the best available product on the market Thank you PREREQUISITES The easyRX programming application is designed to operate with Mi crosoft Windows 2000 SP 3 XP SP 2 and above Recommended min imum system requirements are Micr...

Page 8: ... AIS is defined as follows AIS is a broadcast Transponder system operating in the VHF maritime mobile band It is capable of sending ship information such as identifica tion position course speed and more to other ships and to shore It can handle multiple reports at rapid update rates and uses Carrier Sense Time Division Multiple Access CSTDMA technology to meet these high broadcast rates and ensur...

Page 9: ... stations may be employed by the Coastguard port authorities and other authorized bodies AIS units acting as Aids to Navigation A to N can also be fitted to fixed and floating navigation markers such as channel markers and buoys 1 2 1 Class A Class A units are a mandatory fit under the safety of life at sea SOLAS convention to vessels above 300 gross tons or which carry more than 11 passengers in ...

Page 10: ...eading HOG ship status rotational speed turn rate Static information call sign and name of the vessel length and width of the vessel IMO number of the vessel if existent type of vehicle position of the GPS sensor onboard Journey related information draught of the vessel type of cargo port of destination and estimated time of arrival ETA route plan optional The block of dynamic information is the m...

Page 11: ...t 14 23 kn fast maneuver 2 seconds vessels at 23kn 2 seconds vessels at 23 kn fast maneuver 2 seconds Static information as well as information belonging to the journey is dispersed every 6 minutes The reporting intervals correspond to both radio channels 161 975 MHz 162 025 MHz together 1 2 2Class B Class B EN62287 2005 class B operation is described in the standard EN62287 published in 2005 This...

Page 12: ...the ship listens to the traffic and the information containing in all other telegrams and defines its own raster of transmission timing which is then distributed to all other participants within the radio range the class B service is using a listen before talk method This means that before transmitting a ship has to observe the radio channel whether to be allowed to transmit if the channel is not ...

Page 13: ...tion of the easyRX by means of the supplied cable to the USB port of the PC o THEN connect the easyRX to the power not before To use this program for configuring your easyRX the easyRX Pro gramming tool must be installed to your PC Insert the installation CD When the installation does not start automatically locate the file setup exe on the CD ROM drive and double click on this file to start the i...

Page 14: ...ike a license plate at a car Misuse will be punished very hard in different countries Please be aware of that CAUTION For security reasons the MMSI of the vessel cannot be changed once it has been programmed Do not program the MMSI unless you are certain you have the correct information Please check the entered number carefully If the programmed MMSI is incorrect the AIS tran sponder will need to ...

Page 15: ...et to 4800 Baud transfer rate in high traffic areas it might be the possibility of missing some AIS position reports of other vessels The reason for that is the slower data throughput because of the data rate Weatherdock does not take any responsibility for a full and reliable re ception of all AIS data around if the RS422 baud rate is set to 4800 baud 3 2 Diagnostics If you select the tab Diagnos...

Page 16: ...s condition for transmitting data Receiver When the easyRX has received AIS data for the first time the status changes from standby to OK If there is any fault ERROR is signaled and the device has to be repaired Error LED is on Hardware status displays the power situation of the device If cables are too thin and very long the voltage may drop down below the Idle level If the drop down is more than...

Page 17: ...AIS receiving data On the tab Received Data you can see a list of current received AIS data By using the drop down menu data columns you can blank out columns Because the static data report is send every 6 min you have to wait for at least 15 min to see ship names referring to the listed AIS data If AIS targets are too far away it might take even more time of receiving the complete data or of rece...

Page 18: ...time without losing any data In case of power loss the latest received data will be kept on the SD Card With your easyRX you get the possibility of recording data to the SD Card All Data from the NMEA0183 and the USB will be recorded That means that all AIS Messages together with the GPS Information will be saved You can analyze this data with special software So you can see your ship and all othe...

Page 19: ...e more information The only thing you have to do is insert the SD Card into your TRX2 The device will start logging data automatically 3 5 Software Update With the menu button File Update you can do an update of the easyRX software The latest version is ready to download on our web page Before updating you have to check the version number which is installed in the device Therefore you have to Conn...

Page 20: ...chose the update file with key 1 The window looks like this The current as well as the latest version number is shown To start the update procedure press key 2 Please make sure that dur ing the update the operating voltage is still on and the PC does not run into stand by or will be shut down 3 6 Mechanic and electric installation The schematics of the mounting please take out of the following ske...

Page 21: ...Nürnberg Tel 49 911 376638 30 www weatherdock de Schematics for the easyRX connection GPS BNC 12 V DC External switch Function to be defined no contained in package USB for PC RS 422 NMEA diffferen tial NMEA To Chartplotter VHF Antenna GPS Antenna VHF Radio SO 239 CPA and RESCUE Signal box ...

Page 22: ...Version 1 0 Page 22 of 43 pages Weatherdock AG Sigmundstraße 180 90431 Nürnberg Tel 49 911 376638 30 www weatherdock de Power Input USB Data IN OUT Multip lexer SART Alarm VHF Antenna GPS Antenna not needed SD Card slot ...

Page 23: ...ected to the PC by means of an USB plug The USB cable is enclosed in the box If you want to connect the easyRX to a chart plotter please use the 6 pole cable marked with NMEA You need two cables The white one has to be connected to the NMEA data input of the chart plotter the green one to the NMEA ground of the input For the cable connection sche matics please look at following table ...

Page 24: ...hrough to the easyRX to the plotter or the PC The easyRX has got an internal multiplexer who is able to upgrade incoming NMEA data of 4800 38400 Baud transmission speed to 38400 Baud These data are then passed through with the higher speed to the output 3 6 1 Mounting Please mount under deck with all plugs at the bottom Make sure that there is no direct sunlight or spray water to the easyRX Please...

Page 25: ...pe i e it should incorpo rate an LNA and must be suitable for marine shipboard applications index of protection ruggedness means of mounting etc An antenna should be selected with a gain in dB depending on the length of cable between the antenna and the AIS unit after subtraction of cable and connector losses a minimum total gain of 20 dB should be available at the easyRX unit GPS antenna connecto...

Page 26: ... to connect the easyRX to a chart plotter please use the 6 pole cable marked with NMEA You need two cables The white one has to be connected to the NMEA data input of the chart plotter the green one to the NMEA ground of the input For the cable connection schematics please look at above table Pos 1 and Pos 2 If the plotter interface is configured to 38400 baud and the plotter is ready for AIS data...

Page 27: ...ons CPA AIS S A R T Alarm This LED will illuminate if a ship is inside the defined and activated CPA Alarm radius activated for default or an AIS SART message is received Error This LED will be illuminated the supply voltage is low the VSWR value is bad means bad antenna cable or connection Warning This LED will be illuminated if not all static data are pro grammed e g MMSI AIS RX This LED will be...

Page 28: ...mple setup Both channels are set to proprietary frequencies and the Closed User Group is turned on There is another special feature which should be mentioned here If the customer has got an AIS Class A or Class B on board it might be useful to have this and the easyRX also connected to the chart display Normally you have to disconnect the AIS Class A B from the chart display and to connect the eas...

Page 29: ...de You just connect the NMEA0183 output of the AIS Class A or B to the multiplexer input MUX of the easyRX Then in the figure above switch on the checkbox AIS con nected to MUX and press Program Now you will see all AIS targets received by the AIS Class A B and all POS n HOOK received by the easyRX on the chart display at the same time ...

Page 30: ...Quick Instruction Version 1 0 Page 30 of 43 pages Weatherdock AG Sigmundstraße 180 90431 Nürnberg Tel 49 911 376638 30 www weatherdock de ...

Page 31: ...ip with the MMSI equal to the Parent Ships MMSI programmed will display the easyPOS n HOOK It will pre vent foreign ships to see the own easyPOS n HOOKs With the dongle you have the possibility to disable the Closed Group Identification on the easyRX Devices where the Closed Group Identification have been disabled show all easyPOS n HOOK in the range So this could be in teresting for official auth...

Page 32: ...Quick Instruction Version 1 0 Page 32 of 43 pages Weatherdock AG Sigmundstraße 180 90431 Nürnberg Tel 49 911 376638 30 www weatherdock de For information only Programming of Pos n Hook device ...

Page 33: ... s ship Safe everything with a click on Save to easyPOSnHook Now we have following situation easyRX with MMSI called Parents ship POSnHOOK with the MMSI of the parents ship Now with your easyRX you receive all POSnHook with the own MMSI programmed in 6 DATA RECORDING SD CARD With the easyRX data recording on SD Card is possible All data put out on NMEA0183 and USB could be recorded on SD Card This...

Page 34: ...usage of SD Cards with 1GB or 2GB is possible Other SD Cards are not supported We recommend SanDisk for best quality and reliabil ity With a 2GB SD Card data recording for 100 days in high frequented are as is possible If there is a lower ship frequency the 2GB will last even longer The easyRX start data recording automatically if the SD Card is insert into the slot until the snap Data management ...

Page 35: ...nnection Not connected to network or cable Check if your computer and the EasyRX have connection to the net work IP connection or the same serial cable serial connection Changes made to config form not accepted Entries not valid Correct the entries and transmit again 8 MAINTENANCE Unauthorized opening of the easyRX system will invalidate the warran ty Avoid using chemical solvents to clean the eas...

Page 36: ...ethods of testing and required test results IEC61162 1 Maritime navigation and radio communication equipment and systems Digital interfaces Part 1 Single talker and multiple listeners IEC61108 1 GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS GNSS Part 1 Global positioning system GPS Receiver equipment Performance standards methods of testing and required test results EN 301 843 1 v2 1 Electromagnetic compati...

Page 37: ...l IEC 61108 1 compliant Electrical Interfaces RS422 NMEA 4 8 kBaud input RS422 NMEA 38 4kBaud bi directional USB Connectors VHF Antenna connector UHF female bulkhead connector GPS Antenna connector BNC female bulkhead connector Cable Data RS232 RS422 Data Power 15 pin Connector Typically 1 5 meter DSUB Power 2 pole plug connector External signal source possibility For easyCPA signal sounder 200mA ...

Page 38: ...is implemented on time sharing basis Output Power 33dBm 1 5 dB Channel Bandwidth 25kHz Channel Step 25kHz Modulation Modes 25kHz GMSK AIS TX and RX 25kHz AFSK DSC RX only Bit rate 9600 b s 50 ppm GMSK 1200 b s 30 ppm FSK RX Sensitivity Sensitivity 107dBm 25kHz Message Error Rate 20 Co Channel 10dB Adjacent Channel 70dB IMD 65dB Blocking 84dB Environmental IEC 60945 Operating Temperature 25ºC to 55...

Page 39: ...OCK shall not be made liable for any specif ic indirect incidental or consequential damages as a result of its use WEATHERDOCK components may only be used in safety of life devices or systems with the express written approval of WEATHERDOCK as the failure of such components could cause the failure of the WEATHERDOCK device or system If these fail it is reasonable to assume that the safety of the u...

Page 40: ...rce code remains a valuable trade secret of Weatherdock AG You agree not to decompile modify reverse assem ble reverse engineer or reduce to human readable form the Software or any part thereof or create any derivate works based on the software You agree not to export or re export the software to any country 13 WARRANTY This Weatherdock product is warranted to be free from defects in mate rials or...

Page 41: ...scre tion Such remedy shall be your sole and exclusive remedy for any breach of warranty If you choose to use the EasyRX and or or easySPLIT or both in a boat it is the sole responsibility of the owner operator of the EasyRX to secure the easyRX so that it will not cause damage or personal injury in the event of an accident It is the sole responsibility of the operator of the boat to operate the b...

Page 42: ...s 9 AIS receiving data 17 AIS RX 27 B baud rate 15 C Cable Colours 23 Cable Order 23 CAUTION 14 15 Class A 9 Class B 9 11 36 COG 10 Compass safe distance 39 Connection to a plotter 26 Contact 39 CPA Alarm 27 D designed to operate with 7 Diagnostics 15 dynamic information 10 E Error 27 38 External Devices 26 G GENERAL WARNINGS 2 GPS antenna 25 26 GPS Antenna 25 H HOG 10 Hole mounting template 24 I ...

Page 43: ...0 M MaintaEnance 35 MMSI 2 14 Mounting 13 24 mounting template 24 P Port 35 PREREQUISITES 7 Programming Procedure 13 S Schematics for the easyTRX22 connection 21 Scope of deliviery 12 SD Card Recorder 17 SOG 10 Spec 37 static information 10 system requirements 7 T TECHNICAL DATA 37 Think about 12 Troubleshooting 35 Turn ON 27 U USE 26 V vessel s information 14 VHF Antenna 25 W Warning 27 Warranty ...

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