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User Manual

Voyage Recorder YDVR-03

also covers models

YDVR-03R, YDVR-03N

Firmware version

1.20

2016

Summary of Contents for YDVR-03

Page 1: ...User Manual Voyage Recorder YDVR 03 also covers models YDVR 03R YDVR 03N Firmware version 1 20 2016 ...

Page 2: ...onal Marine Electronics Association SeaTalk NG is a registered trademark of Raymarine UK Limited Garmin is a registered trademark of Garmin Ltd Microsoft is the registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Mac and OS X are trademarks of Apple Inc registered in the U S and other countries ...

Page 3: ...ards 14 V Organization of Files on the Card 15 VI Configuration of the Device YDVR CFG File 17 VII Processing Data on Computer 19 VIII Firmware Updates 20 IX Player mode 22 Appendix А LED Signals of the Device 24 Appendix B Troubleshooting 26 Appendix C NMEA 2000 Messages 27 Appendix D Data File Format DAT Files 28 Package Contents Device 1 pc This Manual 1 pc MicroSD card with adapter optional ...

Page 4: ...der supports all message types broadcasted through the network by any other equipment present on the vessel s network The software that comes with the Recorder is installed on a desktop computer and allows GPX files to be generated with the vessel s track and extensive information about the sailing conditions including weather depth engine and even tracks of nearby vessels with AIS These files can...

Page 5: ...es Garmin uses the NMEA 2000 Micro connector that is compatible with the DeviceNet Micro connector Our Recorders are supplied with different types of connectors making it possible to connect them to networks of different manufacturers without any adapters The Device model is shown on the case The model YDVR 03R has a connector similar to Raymarine SeaTalk NG Female The model YDVR 03N has a connect...

Page 6: ...st of equipment installation and configuration as well as shipping the defective Device to the manufacturer 5 Responsibility of the manufacturer in case of any damage as a consequence of the Device operation or installation is limited to the Device cost 6 The manufacturer is not responsible for any errors and inaccuracies in guides and instructions of other companies 7 The Device requires no maint...

Page 7: ... 7 I Product Specification Figure 1 Drawing of YDVR 03R and YDVR 03N models of Recorder ...

Page 8: ...icroSD card 1 Unlimited Estimated recording capacity for 16 GB 2 100 200 days Automatic overwrite of old data 3 Yes by default Recording of data from bus not less than 4 99 5 Notes 1 The Device can work with cards of any size and class but there are requirements concerning the performance of the cards see III 6 III 8 2 This value is an estimate based on the real load on the data bus in modern crui...

Page 9: ... SeaTalk NG Reference Manual 81300 1 for Raymarine networks Technical Reference for Garmin NMEA 2000 Products 190 00891 00 for Garmin networks After connecting the Device close the lock on the connection to ensure its water resistance and reliability To operate properly the Device requires a MicroSD card with FAT or FAT32 formatting If you are not sure what file system your card uses reformat it o...

Page 10: ...he first message from the onboard network of the vessel This signal occurs once after the Device is powered on to indicate that it is properly installed 2 One green signal of a full second duration means that the Device has created a file on the MicroSD card and is ready to record data This signal shows one time after the Device is powered on or if the card is changed 3 Constant random flashing gr...

Page 11: ...ds made for industrial use 3 MicroSD card is a complex electronic device Keep cards away from static electrical fields and try not to handle the contacts of the card Do not deform or bend the cards or leave them exposed to sunlight We do not recommend removing the card when the Recorder is powered on this could result in a logic error in the file system 4 The internal controller of MicroSD cards h...

Page 12: ...an adequate for cruise sailing even 10 data loss is insignificant in most cases Cards from obscure manufacturers or of lower Class did occasionally show differing results Some cards demonstrated a very long response time as much as 500 milliseconds whereas Class 10 cards from well known manufacturers averaged response time of less than 5 milliseconds This delay could produce significant data loss ...

Page 13: ...of the file The Recorder s software can handle such corrections but it is not desirable 10 At the first sign of physical problems such as extended time needed for reading the data from the card or errors in reading do not try to fix the card but immediately replace it The probability is very high that such cards will soon stop functioning altogether resulting in loss of all data on the card In con...

Page 14: ...If a smaller cluster size is used the Recorder will have to create new files more often increasing the number of calls to the file system The FAT32 file system can be used on disks up to 2048 GB Microsoft Windows Linux and Mac OS X do not restrict work with files on memory cards of any size with the FAT32 file system However in Microsoft Windows there is an artificial restriction so you cannot sel...

Page 15: ...t fully utilize the available space on memory cards larger than 200 GB When cards of this size become commonly used we will test them with the Recorder and release updated firmware to support them If the number of the last file in the folder exceeds the maximum number of files in a folder for this card the Recorder creates a new folder with the next serial number The Recorder erases the folder wit...

Page 16: ...l automatically delete the oldest recordings when more space is needed see the description for the parameter DELETE NO at VI We recommend that you use a separate memory card for the Recorder and do not store other data on it ...

Page 17: ...in capital letters Each parameter must be placed on a separate line The symbol at the beginning of the line indicates that the line contains a comment Example file YDVR CFG This is a sample YDVR CFG file SILENT ON AIS OFF DELETE NO IGNOREPGN 130814 IGNOREPGN 129029 IGNOREPGN 129540 IGNOREADDR 5 IGNOREADDR 26 PLAYER ON Description of the settings SILENT ON This setting blocks the sending of Device ...

Page 18: ...n NMEA 2000 message In this way you can block up to five different types of messages from being recorded in the file IGNOREADDR yyy This setting can be used up to five times The yyy is a decimal number with the address of a device on the NMEA 2000 network Thus with this setting messages from up to five different devices can be ignored by the Recorder the data will not be written to the file PLAYER...

Page 19: ...d com and works on Microsoft Windows Linux and Mac OS X YDVR Converter software also known as PC Software for Voyage Recorder allows generation of tracks in GPX format with extended sailing data including tracks of other vessels with AIS weather conditions detailed data about engine operation etc and can export data to a spreadsheet application and convert files with recordings to other formats CA...

Page 20: ...y completed If the Recorder already is using the given version of the firmware or if the Device cannot open the file or the file is corrupted the boot loader immediately transfers control to the main program This is done without visual cues The Device information including the firmware version is displayed in the list of NMEA 2000 devices SeaTalk NG SimNet Furuno CAN or in the common list of exter...

Page 21: ... 21 Figure 1 Raymarine c125 MFD devices list with Recorder YDVR 03 ...

Page 22: ...or the Device produces three red flashes with 1 second period and returns to normal operation Otherwise the Device produces three green flashes with 1 second period and playback begins CAN files contain the internal time of the recording device In the case of a PLAYNOW CAN Voyage Recorder set its internal time to the time of the first file s record and actually begins playback of data immediately ...

Page 23: ... power and turn it on again to play the file another time To convert Voyage Recorder s DAT files to a CAN format use the YDVR Converter software see VII To edit messages in CAN files or filter messages use free the CAN Log Viewer application see VII CAN Log Viewer allows export of CAN files to and import from CSV Comma Separated Values format Files in this format may be opened in any spreadsheet a...

Page 24: ...ronized green flashing Normal regime for recording data Signal intensity depends on the load on the onboard network In the player mode see IX the green light is on when the Device is sending a message Red signals with a period of 0 5 seconds Device cannot create a file on the MicroSD card or there is no card in the Device Short red signal after powering off Indicates that the Device has successful...

Page 25: ... 25 3 red flashes with a period of 1 second after power on Player mode is turned on in configuration file but can t be activated see IX The red LED light is lit Player mode see IX playback is completed ...

Page 26: ... 1 Card is not formatted correctly Reformat card see IV 2 Card contains logic error It is possible for such errors to go unnoticed by scanning utilities recommendation to reformat card 3 No more free space on card Check the card and whether the value of the parameter DELETE NO in the YDVR CFG file see VI Card is inserted into the Device but only 1 single green signal is given when powered on 1 Loo...

Page 27: ...o 1 The Recorder sends a PGN 126996 Product Information request to all equipment present on the network once every 64 minutes These messages are divided up over that time to avoid excessive load on the bus 2 The Recorder stores all messages in the data file if they are not turned off in the configuration file YDVR CFG see VI No means that Recorder will not process this message during communication...

Page 28: ...Recorder Multi frame messages recognized by the Recorder see point 6 below are saved to the file in assembled form Records have the following structure each letter stands for a single byte d B means an array of d with B size mm PPPP ddd dddddddd sB d B Where 1 mm Internal time of the Device in milliseconds from the moment of powering on Resets after reaching 60000 2 PPPP Identifier of NMEA 2000 me...

Page 29: ...tity equal to B for a multi frame message Service records of the Recorder field PPPP is 0xffffffff contain 8 byte data and may be of three types a The text YDVR v04 is the mandatory first record in a file with the number of the data format version v04 in this case b E TT FFFF o last record in the file where E is the letter E TT length of the file in minutes unsigned integer FFFF time of the last r...

Page 30: ...he internal cache up to 512 bytes to the file Neither does it save the type b service record to the end of file So in a file whose size is an exact multiple of 512 bytes the last network message might not be complete and the record of type b may be absent The format of NMEA 2000 messages is available in documents which can be obtained on the site www nmea org ...

Page 31: ... 31 Appendix Е Device Connectors Figure 1 Connectors of the YDVR 03R left and YDVR 03N right models ...

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