4 System Warnings and Errors
4.1 Alarms
Alarms are raised in critical situations and require an immediate reaction of the skipper. Alarms are signaled using an
acoustic and optical signal. The optical signal is a blinking red symbol in the top left alarm area of the touchscreen. By
pressing the alarm symbol, more information will be displayed in the bottom area of the screen. If there is more than one
active alarms, the alarm text in the bottom area will switch between the
different
alarms.
Note Alarms can only be reset, by turning off the track control.
The following table lists all possible alarms and give some advice on how to react on a certain alarm.
Name
Description
Action
MaxROTChangeExceeded
Fast change in ROT command to
autopilot. The command has not
been sent to the autopilot to prevent
a dangerous maneuver. Could be
caused by an undetected error of the
GPS sensor.
•
Acknowledge alarm by switching
to manual steering.
Note There is no other
way to acknowledge the
alarm.
Note Track control
system can not be
switched on until problem
is fixed.
•
Wait until state of "Filter" led light
returns to green color.
•
Check in chart display if the ship's
position on the map and reality
match.
•
Switch on track control system.
•
Increased attention.
•
If the problem returns, switch to
manual steering.
VeryCloseToEndOfGuidingline
The ship is very close to the end
of the guiding line. After reaching
the end the track control system
cannot compute meaningful command
values.
•
Immediately switch to manual
steering.
•
Choose new guiding line.
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