Tresco Radar Overlay - Operator’s manual
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Glossary
AIS
Automatic Identification System
Authorized Companies
Companies authorized by Tresco Navigation
CCR or CCNR
Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine
COG
Course Over Ground
DGPS
Differential Global Positioning System
DVI
Digital Visual Interface
ECDIS
Electronic Chart Display and Information System
ECS
Electronic Chart System
EGNOS
European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (for GPS)
ENC
Electronic Navigational Chart
GPS
Global Positioning System
IALA
International Association of Lighthouse Authorities
IEC
International Electrotechnical Commission
IENC
Inland Electronic Navigational Chart
Information mode
ECS without radar overlay
Inland ECDIS
Inland Electronic Chart Display and Information System
Navigation mode
ECS or Inland ECDIS with radar overlay
NMEA
National Marine Electronics Association
PC
Personal Computer
PCI
Peripheral Component Interconnect (PC bus system)
PSU
Power Supply Unit
RIB
Radar Interface Board
ROT
Rate Of Turn (in degrees per minute)
RTCM
Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services
RX
Receive or Receiver
SENC
System ENC, or, manufacturer encrypted chart
SHM
“Ship’s Heading Marker” or “Bearing Zero” pulse
SOG
Speed Over Ground
TRESCO or Tresco
Tresco Engineering bvba, Antwerp
TX
Transmit or Transmitter
UTC
Universal Time Co-ordinated, or, Greenwich Mean Time
(GMT)
VGA
Video Graphics Array
WAAS
Wide Area Augmentation System (for GPS)
