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1. The information contained herein is proprietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Page 18 TECHNICAL REFERENCE 2 Switch to Programs page ax and use E Mail line to set the General Security Content Connections Programs Advanced program with the hel p of p Internet programs h h tt h dl SA You can specify which program Windows automatically uses which you expect to handle L for each Internet service the weather mail HTML editor Microsoft Word For Windows he E mail Microsoft Outlook bat Hotmail Newsgroups Outlook Express Internet cal NetMeeting i Calendar Microsoft Outlook E Contact list microsoft Outlook x Reset Web Settings You can reset Internet Explorer defaults For home and search pages IV Internet Explorer should check to see whether it is the default Cancel Apply Attention it is NOT ALLOWED to change the E Mail setting from one mail system to another or to switch mail systems from one profile or account to another with Weather Forecast Manager utility running 3 2 Software Installation Installation of Weather Wizard software consists of two stages instal lation of the software product itself and setting of mail parameters Installation of Installation of the software is made from TRANSAS Electron
2. See attached le REQUEST DAT ines urasi Sl woring ovine A If MS Outlook is used as a default mail program and Remote access type is set the order is sent automa tically by the Weather Forecast Ma nager utility The information contained herein is proprietary J TIRVANN SSNS to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever DESCRIPTION OF TYPE TASKS ACCOMPLISHED BY USING WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE Page 99 6 Upon expiry of the recommended See paragraph 5 1 3 time interval 30 minutes start the procedure of weather forecast re ception and processing Attention The exit from WFM utility before the end of the weather fore cast reception procedure is not re commended unless urgently re quired 5 1 3 Weather Forecast Reception and Processing This section consists of 3 parts 1 Reception of Weather Forecasts from a Local Mailbox which is a description of the general case of weather forecast reception 2 Reception of Weather Forecasts With the Use of Remote Access Connection Type 3 Reception of Weather Forecasts in Case of the WFM Re start which describes the reception of forecasts if the WFM utility was exited from after the despatch of the order Before the start of the ordered weather forecast reception procedure it is necessary to determine which of the subse
3. See item 5 1 5 Route Generation and Editing in the PA 9 3 Edit the route as required using the procedure detailed above 5 1 6 Route Generation and Editing by Using a Table 1 Start RE utility 2 Create the route File New Route A blank Route Table is displayed see also paragraph 4 3 3 Route See paragraph 4 3 2 This operation can also be performed Table by pressing button see also N Name Lat Lon RU GC Distance paragraph 4 3 4 of m O00 N 000 00 000 E 00 0 Foja 2 Use the keyboard to enter the data in Lat Lon Name and RL GC columns To enter each new WP use H New WP function of the context menu or Edit New WP function see also paragraph 4 3 3 Route Table and 4 3 4 FlEur_Pan L olx Belgium 51 17 165 N 002 30 904 E 1 48 45 267 N 00610107 RL 2 22 08 815 N 067 24 645 GC Jamaika 17 59 669 N 068 01 970 W RL 4 12 30 646 N O76 50 115 W RL 5 17 05 996 N 85 59 869 RL Eo z WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Page 116 USER WORK WITH THE WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE 3 Save the generated passage i ave As ae File Save or Save as ae SRE o werhatioue This operation can also be performed lt r J
4. The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever DESCRIPTION OF TYPE TASKS ACCOMPLISHED BY USING WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE Page 97 lt OK gt Depending on the communication type set in Settings window Re quest page displays e Local mailbox ras in the Information Panel At this stage the order is placed in the Outbox of the local mailbox It is then necessary to send it by using the set installed mail program see step 7 e Remote access Ef Active Timer of x Connection time 0 00 09 Delivering Messages Ei Conn Checking for new messages and sending outgoing messages Close Total time of previous connections 0 00 00 connection time display panel In this case the order is sent auto matically by the Weather Forecast Manager utility go on to step 8 Delivery page is automatically switched to Bia olslai Request Delivery Forecasts The information contained herein is proprietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Page 98 USER WORK WITH THE WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE Keep careful watch on all the notices Examples of some notices are pro and warnings provided by the WFM vided below
5. Description File converters and graphic fiters Selecting Features Instaling Office Size Selected Features 39MB Free DiskSpace 1784MB Hp ce e Select Microsoft Outlook for Windows option only Cancel installation of the rest of the components Press lt Install Now gt button i amp Installing Microsoft Office 2000 Be mA Please wait while Windows configures Microsoft Office 2000 Verifying installation tasks a Installing Microsoft Office 2000 LEOR mA Please wait while Windows configures Microsoft Office 2000 Installing Microsoft Office 2000 The process of Microsoft Outlook 2000 installation is underway Installer Information gt The installer must restart your system before configuration of i Microsoft Office 2000 SR 1 Premium can continue Click Yes to restart now or No if you plan to manually restart later Press lt Yes gt button The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide Page 138 ANNEX A Microsoft Outlook 98 2000 Configuration for the Correct Operation with the Weather Wizard Program During the installation Outlook 98 2000 mail program is required to be configured for operation in Corporate or Workgroup mode E mail Service Options E C Intemet Only
6. Position the cursor on the required reference point or use the keyboard for typing the first letters of its name as required for the search lt Enter gt lt Enter gt A Graphics cursor ap el a era The Menu area displays a list of all the reference points within the range of 30 miles from the cursor position if there are no reference points within the range of 30 miles the Menu area dis plays a Not found message which is acknowledged by Pressing any key The Menu area displays an input window containing the name and coordinates of the selected reference point as well as the default data cur rent date and water level above the datum equal to 2 m After the data input window has appeared in the Menu area use the following procedure to display the tide curve Enter the required date lt Enter gt Level line is activated group by group of digits mn nnn Enter the water level above lt Enter gt Information on tides is dis the datum you are interested played in the bottom part of in the PA screen Move the cursor to read off Procedure to work with the the required tide parameters tide curve is specified in the introductory part of this chap ter lt Esc gt To remove the tide curve from the PA screen The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever WEATHER WIZARD edition 2
7. Units e by the name of the country e by the cursor position in the 30 mile zone To display information on the port provided during the last access to the function To select the measurement units for depths and heights in the information provided on the selected port e in metres e in feet TIDE Load Unload By hour To provide access to the functions used for providing information on tides and performing the following ope rations on the database e loading into RAM e unloading To select search for the required reference point in the following ways e by the name of the point e by the cursor position in the 30 mile zone To display the information on tides supplied during the last access to the function To select measurement units for tidal rise in the provided information e in metres e in feet To select the time system which the tidal curve will be shown in e local time To view the dynamics of changes in the tidal rise in the reference points within the selected chart fragment with the change of time with 1 hour discretion The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever PLAY AHEAD Page 49 1 2 CURRENT To get access to the functions used for providing infor mation on tidal and surface currents and performing the following operations
8. change of time 2 To display the wave height contour lines on the PA screen and view the dynamics of their changed by months use the following procedure 1 2 3 CLIMATE Load lt Enter gt To load the database on wind and sea in RAM Obtaining Information on Currents J RAWNSS CLIMATE Wave height To turn on the display of a corresponding to the wave height CLIMATE Wave by month lt Enter gt The same line shows the names of calendar months which the displayed lines correspond to Set the required month of Any key The wind vectors on the dis the year by the successive except played electronic chart frag pressing of a key lt Esc gt ment are changing with the change of time Attention The following limitations are imposed on the used of databases on tides tidal currents and surface currents information cannot be displayed unless a weather forecast received from Transas Marine weather server is available upon the expiry of 14 day period after the receipt of the latest weather forecast supply of information is terminated PA database on tidal currents has been created on the basis of information presented on paper nautical charts where the tidal current vectors are calculated for each hour for individual points of navigation area covered by the given chart Information on the surface currents was created after the processing of the initial observed data of the US National Oceanography Centre N
9. matically selected for the work fore cast perform the procedure detailed in paragraph 5 1 3 Reception of Weather Forecasts in Case of the WEM Re start 5 Forecast date Request date Requesttime Selected 0 03 07 2000 12 07 2000 2000 03 07 2000 07 2000 03 07 2000 29 06 2000 29 06 2000 The work forecast is marked with an arrow 9 Display the received data See paragraph 5 1 4 1 The forecast reception procedure depends on the mode set on e Auto In this mode no additional steps are required for the reception of the forecast see Warning in paragraph 5 1 2 4 Go on to the next 2 item See paragraph 4 1 3 Delivery page 1 C Every minute 7 Manual The reception and processing of the weather forecast are performed automatically immediately after its delivery from Transas Marine wea ther server in the mailbox of the gi ven e mail addressee Check Mail Mode C Auto Every 20 minutes Manual The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide Page 102 J RAWNSS USER WORK WITH THE WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE Set the required time Interval after which connection with the provider will be established with search of weather forecast files in the mailbox r
10. CONFIG Sw VECTORS FIRED sorom RANGE 1851 40 ni FS eS 4 10 000 000 zoo doir Al e e Boon ako To change cursor node press right nouse button to use one press Teft nouse button DEPTHS TN HETRES Fig 4 3 The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide Page 40 Chart Area Information Area J RAWNSS UTILITIES This area may display the following information ownship symbol electronic charts outlines and ID numbers of all the charts available in the collection for the displayed charts the frames are shown in a bold line and numbers are in the bold type numbered coordinate grid additional information plotted by the user via ADD INF Graphic editor Add a new object function route plan s with numbered waypoints ownship track during the play ahead of the ship s passage along the route cursor and ERBL current vectors tide data climate data received weather forecast data In the right bottom corner of the electronic chart there is an accuracy indicator in the form of an angle made up of bold red lines This is a graphic presentation of the largest possible error of object plotting on the chart When the chart is displayed on the original scale the error line value is as
11. User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Page 134 USER WORK WITH THE WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE 6 Check if required the correctness f Calculation Table of speed loss calculations by Select table DriftT able in editor x using Test function f Wind For detailed information on the Direction E Speed 0 0 Units mz purpose of each of the window pa s jind wiave Direction nels see paragraph 4 4 3 Test Cal Absolute C Relative culations Window E Heading fo a Speed 0 0 kt y rSpeedLoss fo foo ke Resulting Speed p oo ke Close Perea The information contained herein is proprietary AIRNESS to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever ANNEX A Page 136 ANNEX A Installation of Microsoft Outlook 2000 ARANES SETUP Customer Information License and Support Infomation Ready to Instal Instaling Office Preparingto install Microsoft Office 2000 SR 1 Premium 1h a E Insert Microsoft Office 2000 disk in the CD drive The process of preparation for the installation of Microsoft Office 2000 is underway Welcome to Microsoft Office 2000 BEE setup Customer Information License and Support Information Ready to Install Instaling Office Please enter your customer info
12. on server speed loss table taken to be the working one for the use by RE utility by File Set as current function 2 Wind To set the wind true or relative parame Wind ters see panel 3 in the selected mea Direction E 2 Speed foo 4 Units m 7 surement units The change of values will be automatically taken into account during the display of calculation results on panels 5 and 6 The information contained herein is proprietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Page 88 UTILITIES Panel Purpose 3 Wind Wave Direction To set the wind type Wind Wave Direction e true f Absolute Relative e relative 4 Ship To enter the ownship direction in de Ship grees and speed in knots A i ir The change of values will be automatically Speed oo lke taken into account during the display of calculation results on panels 5 and 6 5 Speed Loss Speed Loss _ Jo foo k Display of absolute in knots and relative in per cent value of speed loss due to the effect of weather parameters 6 Resulting Speed Resulting S peed w foo ke Display of the resulting ship speed 7 Display panel T Graphic display of the entered parameters 4 4 4 Program s Main Menu J RAWNSS
13. Setup is ready to install Microsoft Office 2000 SR 1 Premium Cick Install Now to begin instaling Office fi Install Now E Install Office 2000 at D Program Files Microsoft Office or cick Customize to make more choices about your Office installation Customize f Choose the instalation location indicate whether or not to keep F previous versions of Office and specty which features to install now Heip Cancel lt lt Back ees Press lt Customize gt button The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever INSTALLATION OF MICROSOFT OUTLOOK 2000 Page 137 ig Microsoft Office 2000 Installation Location Install Office 2000 at c Program Fies Microsoft Office Browse pee Available space on local hard disks Cust Volume DiskSze Avalable Required Difference Bc 1984MB 1784MB 152M8 1631MB ie support Information AJD 4000B8 643M 118M8 524MB Ready to Install Installation Location Removi Updating Wir Selecting Features Instaling Office Heb Cancel 1G Microsoft Office 2000 Sele Specify the installation path for Microsoft Office 2000 Press lt Next gt button Microsoft FrontPage for Windows Office Tools support Information Ready to Install Installation Location
14. Type Connection Remove Mail option SEEE directory service Local Area Network S Bigfoot Intemet D directory service Local Area Network Properties S cards lanck net mail default DialUp Lanck Deut SB InfoSpace Busin directory service Local Area Network p aapa S lInfoSpace Inten directory service Local Area Network Import SZ Switchboard Inter directory service Local Area Network Seg VeriSign Intemet directory service Local Area Network Export S WhoWhere Inter directory service Local Area Network Yahoo People S directory service Local Area Network Set Order The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever MICROSOFT OUTLOOK EXPRESS ADJUSTMENT FOR HANDLING THE MAIL Page 145 Internet Connection Wizard E x Your Name When you send e mail your name will appear in the From field of the outgoing message Type your name as you would like it to appear Display name lLanck For example John Smith Back Cancel Enter the name of the account which is being created Press lt Next gt button Internet Connection Wizard x Internet E mail Address Your e mail address is the address other people use to send e mail messages to you already have an e mail address that I d like to use E mail address User s e mail addres For example someane micr
15. User Guide Page 60 Obtaining Climatic Data J RAWNSS UTILITIES Having once viewed information on the tide you will be able to use the PA facilities for referring to this information without having to repeat the above procedures in this case the database should be loaded in the RAM TIDE Screen ON OFF lt Enter gt To display hide a window with information provided during the latest access to the func tion To display the tidal condition in the reference points in the navigation area of interest over a certain time interval use the following procedure CO ae ay ae ee TIDE Load lt Enter gt To load the database on tides in RAM TIDE Wisible ON rise in reference points on the PA screen Use REVIEW and SCALE vectors of currents do not function to display the re appear on an electronic chart quired fragment in the unless its scale is larger than To turn on the display of tidal Chart area and set the 1 4 000 000 scale suitable for the display of currents vectors TIDE By hour lt Enter gt The Menu area displays an information window showing the number of hours counted from current moment and scales of visual estimates of __ the tidal rise By incrementing the time lt 1 gt lt gt Tide levels in the reference interval one hour at each points displayed on electronic press set the required mo chart fragment are changing ment of time with the change of time The climate database includes informa
16. and display of weather forecasts has been added J RAES The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Contents ABOUT THISIMAN UA Li motse fc oeteestas es reeaties eel faecal a 1 1 1 How to Use this Manual cccceeeeeeeceeceeeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeees 2 1 1 1 General REVIOW ccccccccceceeeeeeeeeeceeceeeeeeeeenaeeeeeeeeteees 2 1 1 2 Data Required for Work with the Manual 2 1 1 3 Abbreviations Used in the Manual eeeeeeeeeees 5 1 1 4 Terms Used in the Document c ccceesecteeeeeeeeees 6 1 2 Controls cctools en a dela 8 1 2 1 Trackerball or MOUSE cccceeeeeeeceeceeeeeeeeeetteeeeeeeeeeees 8 T22 IROYDOALG a a A Slated AT eee 8 GENERAL niiina a a a a a a t 9 2 1 Purpose and General Principles of Weather Wizard Program Operation seiner aaa r i 10 2 2 Software Component ccccccccceeceeceeeeeeeeeceecaeeeeeeeeeeeesaees 11 TECHNICAL REFERENCE Sea e E 15 3 1 Requirements to the Computer Capabilities and Software Environment ccccescceeceeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 16 3 1 1 Minimum Hardware Requirements eeeee 16 3 1 2 OS Requirement cccccceeseccececeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeeeessaees 16 3 1 3 Requirements to the Mail Programs s e 16 3 2 Software Installat
17. centreline plane 3 Ship Parameters Ship Parameters j To enter the ship dimensions Length m J100 e length Draught m e 4 e draft Side Windage 20 mi ESD 4 To enter windage in square metres It is worthwhile to leave the default value The information contained herein is proprietary J TIRVANN SSNS to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever DRIFT TABLE Page 87 Test Main menu command enables the play ahead test calcula tions of ship speed changes depending on different values of the two aforementioned weather parameters With the use of this function Test Calculations window is displayed DriftT able Test Calculations x Calculation Table Select table DriftT able in editor 7 gt Wind Direction E 2 Speed foo 4 Units m 7 gt Wind Wave Direction Test Calcula tions Window Absolute C Relative Ship gt Heading fo Speed oo Hkt y f Speed Loss p 2 foo ke Resulting Speed 0 0 kt Close The window contains the following panels Panel Purpose 1 2 1 Calculation Table To select the speed loss calculation table Calculation Table which will be used for the test Select table DriftT able in editor x e in editor the current table currently displayed in the utilitys Main win dow e
18. rents Weather Weather e weather factor from the data if the weather fore cast received via WFM facilities Calculation To turn on the mode for the Auto Com pare automatic display of calcu lation results for the newly generated voyage schedules The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide Page 82 UTILITIES Utility Main Auxiliary Name Purpose menu function Menu toolbar button on Comparison panel see paragraph 4 3 3 Tools Play 7 Play Ahead To start Play Ahead utility Ahead F9 for the playing ahead of the ships passage along route in accordance with the sche dule generated for this pas sage as well as for viewing the weather forecasts for the time of proceeding along the route see paragraph 5 1 8 Tools Compare Tait Calculation To turn on the display of PLE Comparison Comparison panel which serves for the compa rison of routes and their as sociated route schedules Tools Quick G Opens Quick To obtain results of calcula Information Information tions made for the range and Window time of passage from one WP to another Quick Information x Route Route3 Calculation Passage2 From fh IF To 3 F Distance 1940 6 Time 5d 1h 58m OK Tools Convert To start a dedic
19. routes from the RE as required by using File Close function 5 1 7 Generation of Route Passage Schedule ARANES Route Editor utility provides a facility for calculating the passage schedule based on the generated route There are three types of schedules With the set ETD Estimated Time of Departure and speed at each route segment from WP to WP With the set ETD and ETA Estimated Time of Arrival in the last selected WP Combined schedule with set speeds and ETA s in the intermediate WP s In addition route calculations can take into account the effect of three environmental factors Tidal currents from the database Surface currents from the database The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever DESCRIPTION OF TYPE TASKS ACCOMPLISHED BY USING WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE Page 119 Weather parameters wind and wind induced waves from the forecast received via WFM utility 1 Start RE utility See paragraph 4 3 2 2 Create or open a Route Table which you intend the passage schedule to be based on See paragraphs 5 1 5 and 5 1 6 3 Turn on the display of additional Route Table columns designed for the storage of data on the schedule of passage along the given route View As Calculation This operation can also be performed by using gE buttons in the l
20. while the connection is being estab information on the time it took lished to connect to the provide and Attention If the current Weather pass the information Wizard configuration is adjusted Bl Active Timer PIE to the network operation and ac cess to the Internet is provided via the server Local mailbox com munication type with Auto re ception of weather forecasts set on Check Mail Mode panel on Delivery page reception and pro cessing of the ordered data will start immediately after receipt of weather forecast files in the Timer state OFF Connect Disconnect Interval 19 54 26 19 55 50 Total connection time 0 02 39 mailbox of the given E mail ad a reminder that Manual mode dressee The time interval be is set see item 4 1 3 Delivery tween the dispatch of the order Page 1 and that therefore and reception of the weather fore the forecast is required to be cast may vary depending on the downloaded from the provider s network operation from 5 to 30 server OS For the further procedure to pro cess the weather forecast see pa You are in Manual data reception mode Do not forget to press reception button later ragraph 5 1 3 T Don t show this message box later 5 Send the order stored in the local mailbox by using the default mail program where Local mailbox communication type is set see paragraph 4 1 4
21. 03 07 2000 12 53 29 06 2000 29 06 2000 08 43 1 Start the WFM utility See paragraph 4 1 2 2 Open Forecasts page E o Eal 2 i Request Delivery Forecasts 3 On Adjustment of Forecast Num ber Stored in the Database panel press lt Change gt button C Store all forecasts Keep E last forecasts Change Cancel Apply lt Change gt button becomes inactive C Store all forecasts Keep p 4 last forecasts Apply Cancel 4 On Setting for Automatic Mana gement panel use the mo use trackerball cursor to move the data sufficiency criterion indica tor to the require level see item 4 1 3 Forecast Page 4 Settings for automatic management Select current forecast for general use when 90 of data are received and accepted a 5 On Adjustment of Forecast Num ber Stored in the Database panel press lt Apply gt button C Store all forecasts Keep p g last forecasts Apply Cancel change lt Apply gt button becomes inactive C Store all forecasts Keep WE last forecasts _hanae The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide Page 128 Manual Deleting of a Weather Forecast Storage of Forecast
22. 07 2000 03 07 2000 03 07 2000 29 06 2000 03 07 2000 12 56 03 07 2000 12 53 meas 29 06 2000 08 43 03 07 2000 03 07 2000 29 06 2000 03 07 2000 03 07 2000 12 53 29 06 2000 08 43 3 On Management panel set Auto matic mode of the work forecast selection Manual 4 Display the obtained data See paragraph 5 1 4 The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever DESCRIPTION OF TYPE TASKS ACCOMPLISHED BY USING WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE Page 105 5 1 4 Viewing Animation of Weather Forecasts 1 Perform the procedure of sending an order and receiving a weather forecast as described above See paragraphs 5 1 2 and 5 1 3 2 Start the PA utility See paragraph 4 2 2 utilitys Chart Area 3 Use ZOOM and SCALE functions or lt gt and lt gt hot keys to dis play the geographic area which the order was made for in the sure See paragraph 5 1 1 By default display of only two para meters is turned on Wind and Pres zofo PE aa SY A RI E 4 ORWEGIAN SEA La iene Ew ae RDO PLAY AHEAD TRANSAS MARINE utc 12 00 13 10 05 00 CHART 20040 ADD INFO 51 26 950N 2 25 707E cos 0 0 se 22 0k HOG LOG SET DRIFT DEPTH Sf CONT HEIGHT CURRENT L AHEAD Z00M CH
23. 27 06 2000 2357 1d13h51m AES E ses sma UNV eewo 28or cow01018 Tanen T wa 10 508 on0ow 12 07 2000 10 07 12023n5In Z Route Calculation Tidal Cur Surface Cur Weather Total Dist Cale Route3 NewCalc1 No No No 600 0 600 Eur_Pant NewCalc1 Yes Yes Yes 10350 6 1035 10 Save the generated schedule File Save Calc As or Rename context menu on Route explorer panel Enter edit the name lt OK gt Save calculation as x Enter new calculation s name Cancel The new name is displayed in the Voyage schedule table and on Route explorer panel 11 Compare several schedules as required on Comparison panel See also paragraph 4 3 3 Compari Tools Compare if Comparison panel was not turned on before This operation can also be performed by pressing ale auxiliary menu The bottom part of the utility s main window displays Comparison panel The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever DESCRIPTION OF TYPE TASKS ACCOMPLISHED BY USING WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE Page 123 7 04 07 00 ENTE EA o N _ Distance Total distance Time zond ETD ETA TTG nila OUO OLLUOW 12 06 2000 10 05 it 3675 367 5 00 00 13 06 2000 16 45 13 06 2000 1645 1d 6h 40m Z sede 9821
24. Auxiliary Menus eeeeeees 80 AA Dritt TADE ar a a Raid a ead Ghote dae 83 4 4 4 PUNPOSE ye iniri eee Hadid elidel eee RA de 83 4 4 2 Running of and Exiting from the Utility ee 84 4 4 3 Description of the Utility 0 eeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeeeees 84 4 4 4 Program s Main Menu cccccceeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeneeeeeenaees 88 5 USER WORK WITH THE WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE 91 5 1 Description of Type Tasks Accomplished by Using Weather Wizard Software ccceeesseeeeeseeeeeeenteeeeeeaas 92 5 1 1 Making up of a Weather Forecast Order 8 92 5 1 2 Sending of a Weather Forecast Order 0e 95 5 1 3 Weather Forecast Reception and Processing 99 5 1 4 Viewing Animation of Weather Forecasts 105 5 1 5 Route Generation and Editing by Using Graphics 108 5 1 6 Route Generation and Editing by Using a Table 115 5 1 7 Generation of Route Passage Schedule 0c 118 5 1 8 Playing Ahead of the Ship s Passage Schedule 124 The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever CONTENTS Page V 5 2 Description of Additional Capabilities of the Weather Wizard Software iva ae eee ela 126 5 2 1 Selection of Weather Forecasts for Further Work and Their Deleting from the Database 6 126 5 2 2 Converting of Rout
25. Described below are two procedures which can be implemented by using the aforementioned converter only e Converting of routes from rt2 format to rte e Deleting and copying of routes The information contained herein is proprietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Page 130 USER WORK WITH THE WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE Converting of 1 Start the RE utility See paragraph 4 3 2 Routes from rt2 2 Cail the converter mues 4 Source Route Directory c _WeatheROUTE zl E format to rte Tools Convert Destination Routes HEEE Eur_PanRT2 Eur_Pant 2 noname04 RT2 K Conver Routet 12 Route it2 K cory Route3 t2 Delete Convert gt Copy gt Routes Of Type n2 7 Routes Of Type rte 7 Note RTE type routes are created by NS ECDIS system RT2 type routes are used in WEATHER WIZARD applications 3 Set select a path for the storage of converted files C Press button to open a search Directory name window and set the path to ROUTE CALNS2500 route directory of NS software E CA amp _Ns2500 lt OK gt Source Route Directory panel dis plays the set path whilst Source Routes panel displays the available route files in rte format stored in ROUTE directory Source Route Directory C _NS2500 ROUTE a Destinati
26. Optimize Outlook to connect only to one or more Internet Service Providers or E mail Servers using Internet standards for e mail delivery POP3 SMTP or IMAP Configure Outlook to connect to Microsoft Exchange Microsoft Mail 3 x 3rd party e mail services or any combinations of the above plus Internet e mail C No E mail Do not setup Outlook to read e mail do not use e mail or use another program to read e mail lt Back Cancel Help e If Outlook 98 software was initially configured for operation in Internet Only or No E mail mode the program should be re installed e If Outlook 2000 program was initially configured for Internet Only or No E mail operation use the following procedure Run Outlook 2000 and select Tools Op Tools Actions Help tions main menu option Send Receive r Synchronize Address Book Ctrl Shift B ay Rules Wizard a Empty Deleted Items Folder Services Customize Options The information contained herein is proprietary J TIRVANN ISSN to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever ADJUSTMENT OF MICROSOFT OUTLOOK 98 2000 PROGRAM FOR HANDLING THE MAIL Page 139 Options 2 x Preferences Mail Services mail Format Speling Security Other Delegates Startup settings e Mail options 63 Check for new mail
27. PA nfor ation Area see item 4 2 3 Information area 2 The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever PLAY AHEAD Page 51 1 2 Cursor To select the type of the PA Graphics cursor see Precision To select the precision of the own vessel coordinates displayed in the PA Information area e 001 with a precision of up to three digits after the decimal point e HIGH with a precision of up to 5 digits after the To turn on off the mode of permanently displaying Help information on the PA Main menu functions when the cursor is positioned on them in the fol lowing form Help mode e window with information in the bottom part of the PA screen k Prompt mode _______ brief information in a utility s bottom bar Exit To turn the PA off 4 2 5 Additional Capabilities in the Use of PA Utility Obtaining Information on the ports is based on document PUB 150 World Port Information on Index published by the Defense Mapping Agency USA It should be Ports noted that this is only approximate information which does not neces sarily include all the navigational and other features affecting the safety at sea or the latest updates Information on the selected port is displayed in a window in the bottom part of the PA screen and contains the following groups of data The information c
28. and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever DESCRIPTION OF ADDITIONAL CAPABILITIES OF THE WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE Page 133 5 2 3 Ship Speed Loss Calculations This procedure is required for correcting the results of speed loss calculations by the value of wind and sea effect which is done in RE utility during the generation of route passage schedule see paragraph 5 1 7 1 Start the DT utility See paragraph 4 4 2 2 Enter the ship parameters re Parameters window is displayed quired for calculating Speed x p Rows Oss table Wind Speed Units Maximum value fie 4 Edit Parameters asean mis M Increase by ZZ For detailed information on the Degrees Column corresponds to 0 purpose of each of the window pa Ceme ee nels see paragraph 4 4 3 Speed loss bere Side Wedase oa mi H table Draught m fe 4 OK Apply 3 Calculate the speed loss table The data displayed in the table is Edit Calculate corrected 4 Save the calculated table under a z another name uae ae el fea File Save As Filename Drift able2 Save Saveastype Binayfies dat O H Cancel lt Save gt 5 Classify the currently displayed table as the working table to use it for further work on taking the wind and sea effect into account File Set As Current The information contained herein is proprietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2
29. from the ac tive route Set Calc Range To select several WP s for speci fying the route segment which the schedule is intended to be generated for To do this use the following pro cedure drag the cursor with the left mouse button pressed from the first to the last WP of the selected segment J RANSS The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever ROUTE EDITOR Page 75 Name of the Its Main menu Purpose function counterpart call the context menu by pressing the right mouse button and execute Set Calc Range command Reset Calc To cancel the selected WP s Range intended for the voyage schedule generation Set value To set one and the same value of a certain parameter for several WP s simultaneously To do this use the following procedure set the value in the top bottom cell drag the cursor with the left mouse button pressed through all the other cells in the column call the context menu by clicking the tight mouse button and execute Set value command Save Calc As File Save Calc As To save the generated schedule with a possibility to change the file name Calculate Calculation Calculate To start the route calculations process disabled if some of the parameters are entered inc
30. functional keyboard key The information contained herein is proprietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Page 4 J RAES ABOUT THIS MANUAL Expanded Italics is used for the names of the panels utility areas described in the appropriate sections of the document E g Speed loss table detailed in section 4 4 3 Request page detailed in section 4 1 3 means names of the panels windows and utilities themselves as well as subtitles in the documentation sections E g Management panel see item 4 1 3 Forecast Page 2 Italics is used to mark off notes E g x Cancel last request To send a notification to Transas Marine weather server cancelling all the previously made orders The use is recommended in case of a mistakenly send orders under which a considerable amount of weather information is expected which may bring about unplanned expenses in the way of payment for the communication session and receipt of services from Transas Marine see paragraph 4 1 4 to list the ways to perform a certain action to list versions and functions E g 4 Time steps To select fixed time value step which the forecast for the selected weather parameters will be provided for counting the number of hours from the beginning of the GMT day for the for
31. if not all the Standard display see paragraph 1 1 4 information layers are shown LOOK UP BETTER CHART if there is a larger scale chart avai lable for the vessel position than that loaded Menu Area The multi level Main menu is displayed in this EEE Review area of the utility 7 l ZOOM SCALE The following information and dialogue windows SHARE can be displayed in the Menu area during the PA operation ADD INF ERBL e data input window served for the input of required PORT Route numeric values names etc TIDE CURRENT e objects colours names selection window CLIMATE WEATHER aa HELP CONFIG 4 2 4 Brief Description of the Menu Functions Information set forth in this document is presented in the form of a table Play Ahead Main Brief statement of purpose menu function 1 2 When the menu functions are specified in the first column the following designations are used e capital letters designate the PA Main menu keys e V means that the function belongs to the submenu of the Main menu keys specified before e means that the function belongs to the submenu etc 1 2 AHEAD To re draw the screen with the vessel symbol shifting in the direction opposite to the current course ZOOM To display the selected chart fragment or the required sailing area on the PA screen The information contained herei
32. information win dow containing the list of all the ports available in the da tabase arranged in the al Use the keyboard for ty lt Enter gt The same window displays ping the first letters of the information on the selected port name as required for port in case of an incorrect the search input or when the required port is not available in the database a small question mark appears to the left of the cursor Repeat the procedure as lt Esc gt A window with the list of ports required appears again lt Esc gt To remove the information window from the screen E Note when a port has several known names the list contains all of them alternative names having references to the principal one The information contained herein is proprietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Page 54 UTILITIES e By the area PORT By region lt Enter gt The bottom part of the screen displays an information win dow with the list of all the areas arranged in the alpha betical order Position the cursor on the lt Enter gt The same window displays a required area or use the list of ports belonging to this keyboard for typing the area first letters of its name as Position the cursor on the lt Enter gt Information on the selected required port or use the port is displayed keyboard for typing the firs
33. mailbox communication J IpO ONY n 2 Semi automatically In this mode the WFM automatically holds communication sessions with In ternet provider for Remote access type or checks contents of the mailbox of the given E mail addressee for Lo cal mailbox type communication over the time intervals determined by the user The timer in the right hand part of the panel shows time until the next connection 3 Manually In this mode connection with the provi der for the reception of mail including weather forecast files is performed at an arbitrary moment of time at the user s request by pressing gt button on the Main menu toolbar of Deli very page This is recommended for Remote access communication time the cost of a communication sessions being quite high The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide Page 32 UTILITIES Panels Purpose 2 Official messages To display logs of weather forecast Official messages reception and processing as well as of Received 02 06 00 14 12 some other messages Your request sent 02 06 00 14 11 36 has been accepted successfully Received 02 06 00 14 18 Your request sent 02 06 00 14 16 48 has been accepted successfully Latest forecasts are not sen
34. not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Page 156 ANNEX C 2 Check that the WFM utility has received sufficient data for the display of a forecast in Play Ahead utility If it is not sufficient reduce the percentage of the received data to the suitable level BB olf es i Request Delivery Forecasts m Management Forecast date Request date Request time Selected 18 09 2001 18 09 2001 06 30 06 09 2001 06 09 2001 13 51 lt Manual Q Show forecast parameters st for General Use Settings for automatic management Select current forecast for general use when Not enough data for display in 75 of data are received and accepted Play Ahead utility SRI A i a Fa a a C Store all forecasts Keep fs 4 last forecasts Change Apply Cancel In this case the last received forecast will be displayed by Play Ahead utility 3 Check the geographic area where the weather data is displayed in Play Ahead utility SS eS rh information contained herein js OORT J IRNSS to Transas Marine Lid and shell not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever
35. of their automatic processing sets in The data processing is associated with e relevant indication on Forecast state panel see paragraph 4 1 3 Delivery Page 3 Pressure Wind Significant height SWnnrnrneEET Wind sea Direction mimir Period r L Height Swell Direction Period Height otal 38 at e display of records in the data pro cessing log on Official mes sages panel J RAWNSS The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever DESCRIPTION OF TYPE TASKS ACCOMPLISHED BY USING WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE Page 101 Reception of Wea ther Forecasts in case of Use of Remote Access Connection Type Official messages Received 11 06 00 01 31 Your request sent 10 08 00 23 29 45 has been accepted successfully Latest forecasts are not sent before 06 30 GMT Your request sent 10 06 00 23 35 13 has been accepted successfully Latest forecasts are not sent before 06 30 GMT 7 Open Forecasts page B Olf 8 i Request Delivery Forecasts 1343 54i 8 Ascertain that the last received forecast has been selected as the work forecast from the List of Received Weather Forecasts see paragraph 4 1 3 Forecasts page 1 If the received forecast is not auto
36. on E Microsoft Exchange Server fi ofile to be used Microsoft Outlook Intemet Settings All Folde 7 y nine Reconfigure Mail Support ee Outlook 2000 Startup x E mail Service Options Internet Only Optimize Outlook to connect only to one or more Internet Service Providers or E mail Servers using Internet standards for e mail delivery POP3 SMTP or IMAP nect to Microsoft Exchange d party e mail services or any Open Mail Service page and select Reconfigure Mail Support _Beconfigure Mail Support option Select Corporate or Workgroup option and confirm the selection by pressing lt OK gt Adjustment of Microsoft Outlook 98 2000 Program for Handling the Mail Mail Adjustment during the Operation via a Remote Access Modem Perform the modem installation and connect it to the telephone net See the relevant manual for this device Adjust the remote connection in accor lt OK gt dance with the directions of the Internet provider Start Microsoft Outlook 98 2000 lt OK gt The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide Page 140 ARNES ANNEX A Adjust Microsoft Outlook 98 2000 in Corporate or Workgroup mode See above Micros
37. on the database Load e loading into RAM L Unload Le unloading l Visible mnt turn on off the display of currents vectors By hour To view the dynamics of changes in the current acting Ce ee eee E in the selected chart fragment hour by hour ee By month To view the dynamics of changes in the current acting in the selected chart fragment month by month CLIMATE To enable access to the functions used for providing information on wind and waves and performing the following operations on the database Load e loading into RAM Unload e unloading Result wind Prevail wind Wave by month To turn on off the display of vectors e for the resulting wind e for the prevailing wind To view the dynamics of changes in the direction and value of wind vectors within the selected chart frag To view the dynamics of changes in wave height con tour lines with the change of time with 1 month discretion WEATHER The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever To enable access to the functions used for providing information on the received weather forecast To view changes in the weather forecast in dynamics with a set time step WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide Page 50 J RAWNSS UTILITIES 1 2 Wind Signif Height etc Color Length Contours Visible On Off Contou
38. or more schedules for the selection of the optimum one with regard to the following criteria Assessment criterion Meaning 1 2 Tidal Current Tidal current effect as the ship is proceeding under the given schedule Surface Current Surface current effect Weather Effect of weather conditions Total Distance Overall route length Calculated Distance Summary distance between the WPs constituting the calculated route segment Calculated Time Calculated time of passing the route segment selected for the calculations Average Speed Average travel speed on the selected segment The information contained herein is proprietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Page 78 Context Menu in Comparison Panel Motion Control Panel J RAWNSS UTILITIES Comparison panel can be removed from the display by pressing X button in its top left corner To display it again use Tools Compare Main menu function or toolbar button The calculated voyage schedules can be moved to the panel for comparison Automatically if Calculation Auto Compare Main menu function is enabled for the newly calculated schedules only Manually by dragging the route schedule file from Route Explorer panel to Comparison panel Some more functions for handling Comparison pane
39. shown in Fig 2 2 The information contained herein is proprietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Page 12 Weather Fore cast Manager WFM Play Ahead PA J RAWNSS GENERAL Message about newly received data Weather Forecast Manager utility Play Ahead INTERNET utility Drift Local database for Weather Forecasts Table on PC HDD utility Route Editor utility Fig 2 2 The purpose of each of the utilities is specified below Making up of weather forecast orders Processing of a weather forecast and saving to the database Selection of the weather forecast from the Weather Forecast data base for the further viewing and use in Play Ahead and Route Editor programs Among the specific features of this utility is the forecast order flexibility order for any of the weather parameters wind pressure wind induced waves etc for any area which the user may require with different resolution grids for each specific parameter E g it is possible to order pressure with the global coverage and with the finest resolution grid the highest available accuracy and wind induced waves for a small area with a larger resolution grid Visualisation and animation of the received weather forecasts Generation of route plans in a graphic form
40. size of the received data grows e manually by checking the ap significantly which affects the mail propriate checkbox v session duration 2 alltime steps e by using button see item 4 1 3 Request Page 4 7 Set the subscription time for the There are three ways to set the daily receipt of a weather forecast subscription time see item 4 1 3 Request Page 5 The information contained herein is proprietary J TIRVANN ISSN to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever DESCRIPTION OF TYPE TASKS ACCOMPLISHED BY USING WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE Page 95 Attention Check From date It e with the cursor on should not be earlier than the cur peen rent date Yorn ma panel e by manually setting the period From fi 0 02 00 on 7 14 03 00 gt panel e by entering the subscription dura Duration po y day s tion on Frequency Daily panel 8 Save the order See also item 4 1 3 Request Page 1 The order name input line is activa Enter the name of the order Request name Europe Save the order by pressing button 9 Check the order data EY The screen displays a table of wea Press button of the utility ther parameters listing all the data Main menu ordered for them At
41. using Secure Password Authentication Outgoing Mail Server JT My server requires authentication Cancel Apply a Wak Pronaret iI Select Connect using my phone General Servers Connection Advanced line option 25 Please specify the type of connection you use for e mail Select the previously a djus te d re Mes beat mote connection Connect using my local area network LAN Press lt Apply gt and lt OK gt buttons establish my Internet connection manually Modem Use the following Dial Up Networking connection pl hs Properties Add Cancel Apply Microsoft Outlook Setup Wizard Press lt Next gt button Internet E mail To setup an Internet E mail account click on the button The information contained herein is proprietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Page 142 ANNEX A Microsoft Outlook Setup Wizard Personal Folders Enter the path to your personal folder file PST file If you do not have a personal folder file cick Next and one will be created for you in the following location Microsoft Outlook mailbox ps Browse Press lt Next gt button You re now ready to use Microsoft Outlook with the following information services Internet E mail Work Outlook Address Book Personal Fol
42. 0h 8m 14d Oh Om 135 00 00W 27 06 2000 2357 27 06 20002357 1d13h51m 15d13h62m 15 3 00 00W 29 06 2000 10 15 29 06 2000 10 15 1d 10h1 7m 17d 0h10m 18 0 00 00W 12 07 2000 10 07 12d23h51m 30d Oh 1m 153 3 Turn on the mode for playing PA utility is run automatically its con ahead the ship s motion along the trol panel displayed on the screen route Tools Play Ahead or auxiliary menu button The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever DESCRIPTION OF TYPE TASKS ACCOMPLISHED BY USING WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE Page 125 76f00w MEET L Ex Ro PLAY AHEAD ji 13 06 00 16 45 21 4 UTS 18 88 85 m l a E O e poo eo T e we FERM SET DRIFT Calculation NewCalc1 Direction Forward e C Backward Interval 10 min z Timescale 1 4 12 E Total points Total Time 30d Oh im DEPTH Sf CONT HEIGHT CURRENT 23 06 2000 16 04 2 24 06 2000 13 57 2 26 06 2000 10 06 26 27 06 2000 23 57 2 panonnninis oat w 4 Load in the PA the route which the voyage schedule calculations were based on Select a route and press the left mo use trackerball button The Menu area displays a list of all the currently loaded routes Pan_Eur2 The selected route is displayed on the screen in the blue colour w
43. 67 N 006 10 107 W RL 367 5 2 22 08 815 N 067 24 645 W GC 3284 6 Jamaika 17 59 669 N 068 01 970 W RL 251 6 4 12 30 646 N O76 50 115 W RL 606 5 New WP 05 996 N 085 59 869 W RL 598 6 Cut WP 00 000 N O00 00 000 E PRL 52034 The information contained herein is proprietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Page 118 USER WORK WITH THE WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE e To delete a WP 17 59 669 N s 100 000 N 000 00 000 E RL 251 6 3 Jamaika 068 01 970 W RL 4 4 12 30 646 N O76 50115 W RL 606 5 17 05 996 N 085 59 869 W RL 598 6 5203 4 3 Jamaika 17 59 669 N 068 01 970 W RL 251 6 4 4 12 30 646 N O76 50 115 W RL 606 5 5 5 17 05 996 N 085 59 869 W RL 598 6 6 4 7 12 30 646 N 076 50 115 W RL 598 6 00 00 000 N 000 00 000 E RL 4643 4 WP6 is deleted In the example under consideration Edit Delete WP 3 Jamaika 17 59 669 N 068 01 970 W RL 251 6 via the Main menu Context menu or 4 4 1230 646 N 076 50115W PL 6065 5 5 17 05 996 N 085 59 869 W RL 598 6 by using x button 6 EERE 646 N 076 50 115 W RL 598 6 ez CWP O00 N 000 00 000 E RL 4643 4 Fl Ba Copy WP 5 Save the edited route See also item 3 of this paragraph File Save or Ej button 6 Unload the currently unused
44. AD Page 45 1 2 Chart boundaries e boundaries of all the charts in the ship s folio Rest information Marine facilities e other information not used To turn on off the display of Scale bar on the PA screen which gives a clear idea of scale for a visual To turn on the display of all chart objects of all classes and categories specified in Information layers To set the scale of the current displayed charts equal to the original paper chart scale Select next WP Enter next WP Load route Unload route Arrival circle To provide access to the functions used for work with To handle the route loaded for monitoring e to turn on off the mode of automatic or manual change of WPs e to manually set the monitored WP number e to load the route e to unload the route from the PA e to set the circle around the WP when this circle is crossed the route monitoring is switched from the current WP to the next WP To handle the route in planning mode New e to generate a new passage route Open e to load a previously generated route Save e to save a newly created or edited route Close e to unload the route from the PA screen Edit e to edit a passage route ADD INF To provide access to the function used for work with The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes what
45. ART SCALE ADD INF ERBL PORT ROUTE TIDE CURRENT CLIMATE are USE WEATHER HELP CONFIG lode ofr 0 c a hor The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever zofooy A 00 nial To change cursor mode press right mouse button to use one Fig 5 1 DEPTHS IN METRES WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide Page 106 J RAES USER WORK WITH THE WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE 4 Use ON OFF switch of the appro priate WEATHER menu function to turn ON OFF the display of a certain weather parameter Animation Auto mode ON By hour 1 Options gt Pressure ON gt Signif height OFF gt Wind sea dir OFF Wind sea period OFF gt Wind sea height OFF gt Swell dir OFF hd 5 View the change dynamics of weather parameters during the ordered time interval Time steps at a set discreteness Set the discreteness of changes in the weather parameters WEATHER By hour from 1 to 99 h Set the viewing mode WEATHER Auto mode automatic ON manual OFF Discreteness is a value of time inter val in hours over which the mo delled time will be changing along with the weather picture on the PA screen Animation Auto mode ON Options gt Wind OFF gt Pressure ON gt Signif height OFF gt Wind sea dir OFF gt Wind sea p
46. Check Mail Mode ut Every fi hour 10 minutes C Manual 20 minutes Official mes The weather forecast reception pro cedure which follows is similar to that in Auto mode Attention In the Remote Access mode communication sessions will take place over regular time inter vals set by the user Do not forget to switch to Manual mode after the reception of weather forecasts Go on to the next 2 item e Manual Upon the expiry of the recommended time 30 minutes after the order dis patch turn on the weather forecast reception mode by pressing main menu button Attention Thus operation is required to be performed on Delivery page only After the selection of Every mode a time is turned on which counts off time to the first next connection with the Internet provider Check Mail Mode C Auto Every Ee Time left 0 19 37 C Manual The reception and processing of the weather forecast are performed automatically immediately after the next check of the given e mail ad dressee s mailbox local or on the In ternet provider s server made upon the expiry of the time interval set on the timer shows that the forecast is available Check Mail Mode Auto C Every f1 hour v Delivery page displays EfActive Timer oh x Connection time Ko Close Total time of previous connections 0 00 00 indication panel of the tim
47. GGNOW 230620001504 230620001604 104 4h Gr 3 2515 39037 OO00W 24 06 2000 13 57 24 06 2000 1357 0d16h52m a eos 45102 OLN 26 06 2000 10 06 25 06 2000 10 06 1620 m S sss smeo anaow roeoozss7 270020002357 1413h51m AE e ses szora ow 2sos2oo01015 2906 0001015 1a10h17w 7 46434 10350 8 oo00Ww 12 07 2000 10 07 12 23h 51n frone Cacen Tacu swiece 0w wene Toaibis cee Route3 NewCalc1 No No No 600 0 500 0 EurPant NawCalet Yas Yes Yes nse 1035 Open and select the voyage sche Foute Explorer dule for comparison on Route P E Passage Explorer panel Passage3 ewCalc3 ute2 Passage_2 Passage_1 ute4 an1 ewCalc1 o R Sg gt Ss gt see Drag the selected schedule to Comparison panel keeping the left mouse button depressed Passage Passage3 ey E NewCalc3 Ri ay oute Passage_1 Routed Af Route Calculation Eur_Pan1 NewCalcl Route Calculation Tidal Cur Surface Cur Weather Eur_Pani NewCalcl Yes Yes Yes Routed Passage3 No No No Compare two or more schedules to select the optimum passage route Total Dist Calc Distan Calc Time Avg Speed For detailed information on handling 10350 8 10350 8 30d Oh Im 144 Comparison panel see para 600 0 600 0 1d 6h Om 200 graph 4 3 3 The information contained herein is proprietary WEATHER WI
48. Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever ANNEX C Page 154 ANNEX C Troubleshooting in the Despatch Reception of Weather Forecasts ARANES Weather order has been successfully sent but weather forecast has not been received Check you e mail Outbox Has the letter with the order been sent Send your order by pressing lt send and receive gt button on your e mail system Have you waited 30 min after sending the order Keep an interval of 30 min between sending of the order and reception of the weather forecasts Is your weather address correct The address in the Order form must be indentical to that in Settings Enter the correct address in WFM utility E mail address Jpop transas com or choose default e mail radio button C my default EMail address Check the date of the ordered forecast in the WFM utility Go to WFM utility On request page press E icon In the table which will appear check that the order has been compiled for the current date If your order has been sent for the past date the date in the table was displayed in the red colour send another order for the correct date current date or a date in the future Time Range jie Duration If your order has been sent for a future date date in the table was displaye
49. ODC and NOAA The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever PLAY AHEAD Page 63 The PA has a facility for displaying vectors and taking into account the effect of tidal and surface currents Vectors of tidal currents are shown on the PA screen in the blue colour whilst the surface currents are shown in the black colour in the daylight palette Vectors originate in the reference points for which the coordinates and parameters of cur rents were taken from the aforementioned sources For the point of the current vessel position the acting current is determined by interpolation between the closest reference points In addition to displaying vectors for the current moment of time the PA permits viewing the dynamics of changes in the currents with discretion of one hour for the tidal currents and a month for surface currents It should be noted that the viewing of changes in the tidal currents can be combined with a simultaneous display of dynamics of changes in the tidal rise in all the reference points available in the PA database To display vectors of currents on the PA screen use the following procedure The PA menu function Indicator of the PA display of the actions involved and or actions function and or performed and or notes required to be taken menu button keyboard key 2 CURRENT Load lt Enter gt T
50. Play ahead of the ship s motion along the route with a simultaneous visualisation of received weather forecast in dynamics The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever SOFTWARE COMPONENTS Page 13 Route Editor RE Drift Table DT Generation editing and deleting of routes Route calculations for the routes made both in the RE and in the PA taking into account the effect of weather conditions and tidal and surface currents Comparison of routes to select the optimum one with regard to the fol lowing criteria speed loss caused by the currents and weather condi tions time underway and overall length of the passage route Playing ahead of the route passage in conjunction with Play Ahead utility taking into account calculations made Calculations of the wind and sea induced losses in the ship s speed with regard to its own geometric parameters Input of the ownship parameters for their further use in the route calcu lations taking into account weather data in Route Editor program Making up by the user of own tables of ship speed losses with regard to the weather conditions The information contained herein is proprietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever 3 TECHNICAL REFERENCE Pag
51. RIFT not used DRIFT e DEPTH not used DEPTH e Sf CONT not used deal ee HEIGHT 1 2m e HEIGHT calculated tidal rise in the closest refe 18 1 CURRENT rence point as of the current time D kt CURRENT calculated direction and speed of cur rent in the vessel s position at the current time Display Route Mode data on the ship position relative to the moni tored route loaded by ROUTE Load route function e ROUTE route name ROUTE 22 e WP number and name of the currently monitored WP 1 waypoint course 156 5 xTE 0 59 maa e COURSE direction of the current ship leg or pry 156 5 GC value of the initial course when sailing DTW 182 0mm along the Great Circle an 05 aa me pci ons ETA XTE cross track error with the indication of NEw crs 188 3 direction e BTW bearing to the next waypoint or RL GC difference between the Rhumb Line and Great Circle in sailing along the Great Circle e DTW distance to the WP e TTG time to go to the next waypoint e ETA estimated date and time of arrival in the next waypoint e NEW CRS direction of the next route leg The information contained herein is proprietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Page 42 J RAWNSS UTILITIES Display Pilot Mode BTU NEXT BTW bearing to the cu
52. To select one of the five dis Position the cursor in the appropriate section play modes in the nfor and press the left trackerball button succes mation area sive To change scale Position the cursor on the line with the current electronic chart scale press the left tracker ball button and select the required scale The information contained herein is proprietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Page 68 UTILITIES 3 In the Chart area the Free cursor may have a shape of various tools switched by pressing the right trackerball button Free cursor s shape Functional capabilities implemented by pressing the left trackerball button 2 aie To activate REVIEW function View View when the cursor is To display a window with the parameters of positioned on a light bearing and range to this lighthouse house Chart View when the cursor is To load the selected chart positioned on the chart boundary View when the cursor is positioned on the route To select a route for editing Zoom N To activate ZOOM function ERBL mos To activate ERBL function If you position the Free cursor on the bottom edge of the Chart area and press the left button the CONFIG Prompt Mode information line will be enabl
53. Utility s Main Hot keys Purpose menu function 1 2 3 File New lt Ctrl gt lt N gt To open a blank table for making new calculations expected to be used in the RE utility File Open lt Ctrl gt lt O gt To open a table with previously made calculations The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever DRIFT TABLE Page 89 Utility s Main Hot keys Purpose menu function File Save lt Ctrl gt lt S gt To save an edited table under the pre vious name File Save As To save a newly created edited table with anew name File Set As To set the current speed loss table for Current the further use in RE program during the calculations of schedule taking into ac count weather parameters File Get Current To load the speed loss table currently used by RE utility in the utilityys Main window File Exit lt Ctrl gt lt X gt To exit from the program Edit Parameters lt Ctrl gt lt P gt To set the ownship parameters to select the type of calculations to adjust the table for the display and select the measure ment units see also paragraph 4 4 3 Edit Clear lt Ctrl gt lt C gt To clear the table from the current calculations Edit Calculate lt Ctrl gt lt A gt To perform the calculations of the ship speed losses Test To display Test Calculat
54. WEATHER WIZARD EDITION 2 USER GUIDE Transas is a registered trademark Transas Marine Ltd October 2001 of Transas Marine Ltd in Great Britain and other jurisdictions Updating List List of Weather Wizard software versions and their corresponding documentation Source of software Weather Wizard software Documentation version issue date issue date Transas Electronic Chart System amp World 2 00 0 Weather Wizard Chart Folio CD 2 2000 4 2000 23 05 2000 User Manual Transas Dataco Weather Wizard CD 2 00 1 June 2000 22 01 2001 Transas Electronic Chart System amp World 2 00 1 Chart Folio CD 1 2001 3 2001 06 03 2001 Transas Dataco Weather Wizard v 2 02 0 2 02 0 Weather Wizard CD 07 09 2001 User Manual edition 2 October 2001 Revisions made to the documentation for Weather Wizard ver 2 02 0 software as compared to the documentation for Weather Wizard ver 2 00 1 software No Brief description of revisions and additions in the documentation Where the revision was made How to find the des cription of the revision in the document 1 2 3 4 1 The list of operating systems ensuring the correct operation of the Weather Wizard program has been extended Windows Me Millennium Edition has been added Paragraph 3 1 Requirements on the computer and software environment capabilities Item 3 1 1 OS requirements 2 Ithas become possible to pr
55. WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Page 26 UTILITIES Request page is used for the formation of an order for the weather Request Panel 7 forecast and its despatch i Weather Forecast Manager j iol x Bi2 amp 9 b8 wh ea i Request Delivery Forecasts Request name North Atlantic All parameters bd v m Weather parameters Time range Year 2001 eee Eos Fe Te a ia Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Vv Pressure Hes ey Pos From snt2001 I Wind From fose ss o00w From soron To ent2001 HIY Significant height To 07311000E To ooon Duration day s gt Wind sea Resolution 0 63333 gt Resolution o sssss x Frequency Daily lV Synchronize changes JY Direction e Eee s ate LIV Period E i wi Fe wa IV Height IV 18 D 24 V 430 LIV Swell Vv 36 V 42 V 48 HY Direction iV 60 V 72 84 LIF Period VV 96 JV 108 V 120 erio IV Height a Set selected data for all parameters allTime steps Total packed data size is 1 06 M bytes 1 06 M bytes per day The page contains several panels where you should enter data re quired for the making up of an order Panel Purpose 1 2 1 Request name To save a formed order for the furt
56. ZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Page 124 USER WORK WITH THE WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE 12 Where brief information is re Quick Information Eg quired to be obtained on previ re Route3 ously generated voyage sche Calculation Passage2 dules use Tools Quick Informa Ir a tion function From fi 3 Tof 3 Distance 1940 6 Time 5d 1h 58m ok 5 1 8 Playing Ahead of the Ship s Passage Schedule J RAWNSS Route Editor and Play Ahead utilities allow viewing the modelled ship motion along the route in accordance with the calculated schedule with a simultaneous visualisation of change dynamics in some environ mental factors Tidal currents from the database Surface currents from the database Weather parameters wind and wind induced waves from a forecast received via WFM utility This paragraph describes the start procedure and control of the ship s motion in this operating mode 1 Start the RE utility See paragraph 4 3 2 Time zon ETD ETA TTG Toteltime Speed 2 Create or open a table of the vo A A i 00 00W 13 06 2000 16 45 13 06 2000 16 45 6h40m 1d6h40m 12 0 yage schedule generated in para 05 00w AAT peaeantn i ita aioe vain 135 graph 5 1 T 00 00W 24 06 2000 13 57 24 06 200013 57 Od 16h52m 12d 3h52m 15 0 00 00W 26 06 2000 10 06 26 06 2000 10 06 1d2
57. aa s z7z s5s 3 3 3 l2f2 1 0 9 6 4 3 3 2 1 1211 8 6 5 4 3 2 170 7 6 5 4 38 1 8 7 6 5 4 The information contained herein is proprietary J TIRVANN ISSN to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever DRIFT TABLE Page 85 Main Menu The Main menu is located in the utility s top panel and provides access to the utility control File Edit Test functions via drop down menus The functions and buttons of the program s Main menu are detailed in paragraph 4 4 4 Main Window The utility ss Main window is designed for the display of the main table containing results of calculations of losses in the ship speed in per cent caused by the effect of two weather parameters wind and sea see Fig 4 6 Speed Loss Table Vertical columns show the direction of the apparent relative wind or sea horizontal rows show the true wind speed or wave height At the intersection of the column containing the wind sea direction value and the row with the value of wind speed wave height the ship speed loss value in per cent is read off Parameters Parameters Selection of the calculation option wind or sea effect Window measurement units adjustment of the convenient table display in the window as well as the ownship parameter input are made in Para meters window called via Edit Parameters Main menu function Rows wind Speed Units Maxim
58. actions function and or performed and or notes required to be taken menu button keyboard key 1 3 CLIMATE Load lt Enter gt To load the wind and sea database in RAM CLIMATE Result wind 2 ON To turn on the display or re sulting wind vectors CLIMATE Prevail wind ON To turn on the display of pre vailing wind vectors Use REVIEW and SCALE function to display the re quired fragment in the Chart area and set the wind vectors and sea contour lines do not appear on an electronic chart unless its scale is larger than 1 75 000 000 scale suitable for the display of currents vectors CLIMATE Winds by month lt Enter gt The Menu area displays an information window with the indication of the calendar month which the displayed vectors correspond to and the scales of visual estimates of the wind speed in m sec shown by the vector The information contained herein is proprietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Page 62 UTILITIES The PA menu function Indicator of the PA display of the actions involved and or actions function and or performed and or notes required to be taken menu button keyboard key Set the required month of Any key The wind vectors on the dis the year by the successive except played electronic chart frag pressing of a key lt Esc gt ment are changing with the
59. ained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide Page 122 J RAES USER WORK WITH THE WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE When the calculations are comple ted the results are shown e in the Schedule Table Time zong ETD ETA __ 11s Totaltime Speed 00 00W 12 06 2000 10 05 00 00W 13 06 2000 16 45 13 06 2000 16 45 1d Bh40m 1d bh40m 12 0 05 00W 23 06 2000 16 04 23 06 2000 16 04 10d 4h19m 11d10h 9m 135 00 00W 24 06 2000 13 57 24 06 200013 57 Od 16h52m 12d 3h52m 15 0 00 00W 26 06 2000 10 06 26 06 2000 10 06 1d20h 8m 14d 0h Om 135 00 00 27 06 2000 2357 27 06 200023 57 1d13h51m 15d13h62m 15 3 00 00W 29 06 2000 10 15 29 06 2000 10 15 1d10h17m 17d 0h10m 18 0 00 00W 12 07 2000 10 07 12d23h51m 30d 0h im 153 Bold type is used for showing en tered values whilst the grey colour is used for the calculated values e on Comparison panel T 0407 00 BSE or N Oistnce Total distance Time cond ETD ETA TG A 0 00 0 00 0 00 00 12 06 2000 10 05 i 3675 367 5 00 00 13 06 2000 16 45 13 06 2000 16 45 1d 6h 40m Z seas asen GoW 22062000 S64 290620001804 104 shin Z esis z omw ganeenonias 240520001357 0dtehSem A 6065 45102 OOOO 26 06 2000 10 06 26 06 2000 10 06 1420h 8m 3 5985 51088 00 00 27 06 2000 23 57
60. alculation Rename Delete Functions included in the context menu perform the following actions Name of the Its Main menu Purpose function counterpart 1 2 3 New Route File New Route To generate a new route to open lt Ctrl gt lt N gt a clear Route Table New Calculation To generate a new voyage sche dule based on the given route a The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever ROUTE EDITOR Page 77 Name of the Its Main menu Purpose function counterpart new voyage schedule table is opened Save Calc As File Save Calc As To save the generated schedule with a possibility to change the file name Compare Calcu Tools Compare To load a schedule in the Com lation parison panel which serves for comparing several routes and or schedules with each other Rename File Save As To rename the schedule Delete To turn off the display of previ ously generated schedules in the utility s Main window Comparison 4 Bate Coteation TidalCu SufaceCu Weather TotalDist_ Calc Distance Cale Time Avg Speed _ Route3 Passage2 Yes Yes Yes 8931 8 5391 7 19d 22h 2m 11 3 Panel Route2 Passage_l Yes Yes Yes 5890 8 2007 4 8d 2h48m 10 3 Route3 NewCalc3 8931 8 7 This panel displays data for an easy comparison of two
61. any purposes whatsoever WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide Page 72 Route or Voyage Schedule Table J RAES UTILITIES Rows in the Route Table contain waypoints WP data columns con tain route parameters a a o Belgium 53 32 033 N 006 45 778 E 00 0 0 00 0 60 08 306 N 001 24 845 W 478 0 325 478 0 Ea Iceland 62 58 137N 019 20 443 W 539 3 288 1017 3 Cuba 17 59 708 N 068 05 314 W GC 3355 8 239 4373 1 Panama 09 49 084 N 078 46 898 W RL 792 7 231 5165 9 F ojal E The number of rows in the table is specified automatically from the last WP number There are several ways to set the number of displayed route parameters By using the Main menu functions View As route which turns on the display of geographic route parameters see above or View As Calcu lation which adds parameters of the route passage schedule calcula tions to the geographic parameters 0 00 00w 04 06 2000 23 08 B 0 00 00 07 06 2000 00 58 07 06 2000 00 58 2d 1h50m 2d 1h50m 03 6 7 3 00 00w 09 06 2000 09 12 09 06 2000 09 12 9 2d 8h13m 4d 10h 4m 09 6 3 1 00 00w 23 06 2000 23 08 14d 13h 55m 19d Oh Om 09 6 5 9 00 00 l By using 8 buttons in the left bottom corner of the Route Table which have the same functionality as View As route and View As Calculation functions accordingly By using View Select columns of Main menu function which enables the user to turn on off the displa
62. ated pro gram for converting route generated in Weather Wi zard software to a format compatible with Navi Sailor software and the other way round see paragraph 5 2 2 aE m To arrange the Route Tables Window Cas Cascade e in a cascade cade The information contained herein is proprietary J TIRVANN ISSN to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever DRIFT TABLE Page 83 Utility Main Auxiliary Name Purpose menu function Menu toolbar button Window Tile Tile vertically ina vertical column vertically Window Tile Tile e ina horizontal row horizontally horizontally Window Mi To minimise all the Route nimize all Tables iF Passage2 Sloj x Y Passage 1 ffe x Window Arran ge all Not used Help About To obtain brief information on the program Route Editor Ver Copyright c 2000 Transas Marine 4 4 Drift Table 4 4 1 Purpose To calculate wind and sea induced losses in the ship s speed with regard to its own geometric parameters To enter the ownship parameters for their further use in the route cal culations taking into account weather data in Route Editor program To enable the user to make up own tables of ship speed losses with re gard to the weather conditions The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marin
63. ations for the routes made both in the RE and in the PA taking into account the effect of weather conditions and tidal and surface currents Comparison of routes to select the optimum one with regard to the fol lowing criteria speed loss caused by the currents and weather condi tions time underway and overall length of the passage route Playing ahead of the route passage in conjunction with Play Ahead utility taking into account calculations made See also item 2 2 The information contained herein is proprietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Page 70 UTILITIES 4 3 2 Running and Exiting from the Utility To run RE utility use the procedure shown in fig S QuickBeam Suite S Startup SyncMaster f 5 F Drift Table gt E Play Ahead Microsoft Access R Route Editor a Hea OMe DEMEM 3 Microsoft Excel g Uninstall Microsoft FrontPage GE Weather Forecast Manager KE Microsoft Outlook Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft Word Windows NT Workstation CT Shut Down To exit from the utility use Exit function from File menu or x button in the top right corner of the utility window 4 3 3 Description of the Utility J RANSS The utility window consists of the Main menu bar Auxiliary Menu Toolbar and the utilitys Main window IF Route edi
64. cified below my default EMail address Connection type Remote access ce Current Profile MS Exchange Settings X 1 Send requested forecast to e my default Email address the ordered weather forecasts will be arriving to the e mail address of that mailbox which was used for the sending of the order The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever WEATHER FORECAST MANAGER Page 37 Outward appearance Name Purpose e address specified below the ordered weather forecasts will be arriving to the e mail address specified by the user It is therefore possible to send an order from one computer and to receive and display the weather forecast on another computer 2 Connection type Panel e Remote access connection type where by the despatch of orders and reception of forecasts are performed by the Weather Forecast Manager utility itself without use of the MS Outlook program e Local mailbox connection type whereby mail is handled via the local mailbox In this case orders are stored in the local Outbox and are sent by using the default mail pro gram e g MS Outlook The reception of forecasts is also by using the default mail program As this is done data is stored in the local Inbox and is extracted from it by using
65. ctions is applicable to your case and use this subsection only as a guideline Attention It is NOT ALLOWED to change the e mail setting from one mail system to another or to switch mail systems from one profile or account to another with the Weather Forecast Manager utility running Reception of 1 Receive the mail containing Forecasts from weather forecast in the local the Local mailbox mailbox by using the default mail program o LE working onine Aa nen messat A The information contained herein is proprietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever USER WORK WITH THE WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE 2 Start the WFM paragraph 4 1 2 utility see Request page is displayed 3 Open Delivery page Ber olls i Request Delivery Forecasts 4 Set Check mail Manual position mode to Check Mail Mode __ Auto Every i how z 5 Activate weather forecast recep tion mode by pressing main menu button Attention This operation is required to be performed on Delivery page only The WFM information line dis plays indication of the process of search for files containing weather forecast in the local mailbox H 6 After the pumping of files contai ning forecasts from the mailbox the process
66. d in the blue colour The forecast will arrive on the date you have ordered it for Reception of the Weather Forecast can be interrupted by pressing Q button Send another order The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever TROUBLESHOOTING IN THE WEATHER FORECAST DISPLAY Page 155 Troubleshooting in the Weather Forecast Display 1 The WFM utility is exited from between the order despatch and weather forecast reception Start the WFM utility switch to Forecasts page and perform the following procedure after the reception of a weather forecast f Weather Forecast Manager lolx Eolas i Request Delivery Forecasts m Management Automatic Forecast date Request date Requesttime Selected 2001 18 09 2001 2001 06 09 2001 13 51 Show forecast parameters HE Select forecast for general use 3 Delete forecast m Settings for automatic management Select current forecast for general use when 75 of data are received and accepted Store all forecasts Keep mE last forecasts Change Apply Cancel The information contained herein is proprietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall
67. database on tides in RAM Turn on the display of data on the tidal rise CONFIG Display SYSTEM Display System Mode is or press lt Tab gt hot key suc turned on the PA Informa cessively tion area where the tidal rise is specified If required determine the closest reference point which this information was provided for TIDE Nearest place lt Enter gt The Menu area displays an information window contai ning the reference point name its coordinates and distance from the vessel posi tion If there are no reference points within the range of 30 miles the Menu area dis plays a Not found message which is acknowledged by pressing any key 2 To obtain information on tides at the selected reference point use the following procedure TIDE Load lt Enter gt To load the database on tides in RAM The information contained herein is proprietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Page 58 UTILITIES Select the tidal rise mea surement units TIDE Units METRES To show tidal rise in meters FEET To show tidal rise in feet Select the time measure ment option which the tide curve will be referenced to TIDE Time TZONE To obtain information for the local time SHIP S To obtain information for the ship s time To select a reference point of interest use one of the following pr
68. de Generation of the route passage schedules and their comparison for selecting the optimum one Calculations of the ship s speed loss depending on three components tidal currents surface currents and weather conditions wind wind in duced waves and swell The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever SOFTWARE COMPONENTS Page 11 OFFICE CUSTOMERS eB a nos oe N N More than 1000 e mail messages every day containing y 7 all the data for on 9 weather AY me parameters worldwide N x at 5 days ahead AN yr 7 x INTERNET 4 At l Forecast nata Y 0000 K FORECAST DATA TRANSAS ieee a WEATHER SERVER SATELLITE communication r l l l l L a l L m l l l l L CUSTOMER S PC Fig 2 1 General layout of the weather forecast reception 2 2 Software Components Weather Wizard software Weather Wizard in what follows consists of the following principal components e Weather Forecast Manager e Play Ahead e Route Editor e Drift Table A general layout of the interaction of utilities is
69. ders Press lt Finish gt button Mail Adjustment during the Operation via the Corporate Network MS Exchange Server J RANSS Adjust Microsoft Outlook 98 2000 in See above Corporate or Workgroup mode Start Microsoft Outlook 98 2000 lt OK gt Microsoft Outlook Setup Wizard Select the information service s that you want to use with Microsoft Outlook Use the following information services IM Microsoft Exchange Server I Internet E mail f Cancel Select Microsoft Exchange Server option Press lt Next gt button The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever ADJUSTMENT OF MICROSOFT OUTLOOK 98 2000 PROGRAM FOR HANDLING THE MAIL Page 143 Microsoft Outlook Setup Wizard Enter a new profile name Type a name for this new profile The name will distinguish this profile from other profiles that you create Press lt Next gt button Profle Name MS Exchange Settings Specify the name of the Exchange Server in use and of the user mai Ibox where this information is not available contact the network admi nistrator Microsoft Exchange Server Please enter your Microsoft Exchange server and ailbox name Microsoft Exchange server Corporate Exchange Server Mailbox Use
70. e LAN Local Access Network see paragraph 1 1 4 OS Operating System PA Play Ahead The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide ABOUT THIS MANUAL Page 6 RE Route Editor RL Rhumb Line WFM Weather Forecast Manager WP WPs Way Point s WW Weather Wizard XTE cross track error Fig figure h hour m metre s second sq m square metre 1 1 4 Terms Used in the Document 2 Internet a global network consisting of thousands of smaller compu ter networks and millions of commercial educational governmental and personal computers Mail Configuration Current profile a group of settings of mail soft ware which determined for a specific user the configuration of the computer communication facilities and installed software for access to the Internet Mailbox a place allotted on the Microsoft Exchange Server for the de livery of the user s electronic mail The administrator sets an individual mailbox for each user Internet Service Provider ISP a company providing access to the Internet for a certain payment There are two ways to connect to the Internet network Via telephone network by using the modem Remote access In this case the ISP supplies the user with sof
71. e 16 TECHNICAL REFERENCE 3 1 Requirements to the Computer Capabilities and Software Environment 3 1 1 Minimum Hardware Requirements Components of the equipment Pentium166 32 Mb RAM 3 5 fl drive CD drive 2 Mb VRAM HDD gt 600 Monitor 14 800x600 3 1 2 OS Requirements Weather Wizard program is intended for operation with the following OS e Microsoft Windows 98 e Microsoft Windows ME e United States or Pan European version of Microsoft Windows NT 4 0 Service Pack 5 e Microsoft Windows 2000 3 1 3 Requirements to the Mail Programs To function the Weather Wizard program requires communication fa cilities and mail programs ensuring the despatch reception of electronic letters E mail via global Internet network For a guaranteed operation of the Weather Wizard program one of the following mail programs is required to be available e Microsoft Outlook Express version 5 50 and higher e Microsoft Outlook 98 e Microsoft Outlook 2000 The information contained herein is proprietary J TIRVANN ISSN to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever REQUIREMENTS TO THE COMPUTER CAPABILITIES AND SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENT Page 17 The installed mail software can be adjusted for handling mail either via the remote access by using a modem or via a corporate network de pending on the concrete user possibilities The samples of the
72. e Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide Page 84 UTILITIES Calculations of wind and sea induced losses in the ship s speed are based on Aertssen s formula which takes into account some characte ristics of the ship itself length breadth and windage 4 4 2 Running of and Exiting from the Utility To run DT utility use the procedure shown in Fig 4 5 LS Startup t Programs S Te4 S AN Documents gt Voyetra E 5 z na ae ld senngs E Tm Drt Tabe A La WinRAR F Play Ahead N Eind amp Microsoft Access D Route Editor 5 g Help Microsoft Binder Uninstall g eu 3S Microsoft Excel E Weather Forecast Manager 8 al Bun 2 Microsoft Outlook f F F E Microsoft Outlook Newsreader EJ eT Shut Down Microsoft PowerPoint WY Microsoft Word Fig 4 5 To exit from the utility use Exit function from File menu or x button in the top right corner of the utility window 4 4 3 Description of the Utility The utility screen contains the Main menu bar and the utility Main window displaying the speed loss table M DriftTable Drift Table Editor BEE Eile Edit Test Wind m sec 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 0 o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 o o 2 2 1 4 4 4 0 0 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 5 4 2 1 1 414 1 0 6 5 3 2 2 14 1 1 Teas kaa
73. e computer and to re ceive and display the weather fore cast on another computer Press lt OK gt button Attention In case of the WFM operation with the Outlook Express the dispatch of orders and reception of forecasts is via the local mailbox of the account which is set by default The information contained herein is proprietary J TIRVANN SSNS to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever 4 UTILITIES Page 24 UTILITIES 4 1 Weather Forecast Manager 4 1 1 Purpose e To compile orders for weather forecasts e To process a weather forecast and place it in the database e To select a weather forecast from the database for the use in Play Ahead and Route Editor utilities See also section 2 2 4 1 2 Start of and Exit from the Utility To start WFM utility use the procedure shown in Fig 4 1 a S Startup f Weather Wizard A i Drift Table Microsoft Access E Play Ahead mej New Office Document X Microsoft Excel M Route Editor gt Microsoft FrontPage 3 Uninstall a ax Open Office Document E Microsoft Outlook Microsoft PowerPoint T Programs Microsoft Word Ww Documents ld Weather Forecast Manager Eh Settings gt AJ Ena gt Help zl Bun Qp Shut Down Windows NT Workstation Windows NT Task M Fig 4 1 To exit from the utility use 0 button located in the Main menu toolbar on ev
74. e of con nection with the provider The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever DESCRIPTION OF TYPE TASKS ACCOMPLISHED BY USING WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE Page 103 2 After the pumping of files contai ning forecasts from the mailbox on the Internet provider server the process of their automatic pro cessing sets in The data processing is associated with e relevant indication on Forecast state panel see paragraph 4 1 3 Delivery Page 3 Forecast State m Pressure Wind Significant height Wind sea Direction CCC Period Height Swell Direction Period Height Tota 38 mE PEENE e display of records in the data pro cessing log on Official messa ges panel Official messages Received 02 06 00 14 12 El Your request sent 02 06 00 14 11 36 has been accepted successfully Your request sent 02 06 00 14 16 48 has been accepted successfully Latest forecasts are not sent before 06 30 GMT 3 Open Forecasts page E ofu Request Delivery Forecasts 4 Ascertain that the Automatic mode of the work forecast selection is set on Management panel Management C Manual For more detailed information on the adjustments and settings required to be made on Forecasts page s
75. e of interest on the displays an information win chart dow with the list of all the ports within the range of 30 miles from the cursor position Position the cursor on the lt Enter gt The same window displays required port or use the information on the selected keyboard for typing the port first letters of its name as required for the search Repeat the procedure as lt Esc gt A window with the list of ports required is displayed again lt Esc gt A window with the list of ports is displayed again Having once viewed information on the required port you will be able to use the PA facilities for referring to this information without having to repeat the above procedures in this case the database should be loaded in the RAM PORT Screen ON OFF lt Enter gt To display hide a window with information provided during the latest access to the function Attention The following limitations are imposed on the used of databases on tides tidal currents and surface currents information cannot be displayed unless a weather forecast received from Transas Marine weather server is available upon the expiry of 14 day period after the receipt of the latest weather forecast supply of information is terminated Tides are calculated in full compliance with the procedure and from the data described in the UK Admiralty Tables NP 158 and with accuracy commensurate with this procedure The information contained herein is propr
76. e range Time range Year 2000 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep From To Duration Frequency Oct Nov Dec J01 00 zj 3120 F ses day s g 2 Time range Year 2000 S5 Jan Feb Mar Apr Duration g day s Frequency Daily From fi 0 02 00 gt To 14 03 00 Selection of the subscription time for the daily reception of weather forecast The subscription time interval is set with the cursor on the graphics panel To do this position the cursor on the required subscrip tion start mark press the left mouse button and without relea sing it stretch the red indicator band to the required end point Such setting should be checked by From and To dates see by the manual input of start and end dates via the calendar after by the input of the subscription length The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide Page 30 UTILITIES Delivery Page Forecasts are received and processed on Delivery page ee Weather Forecast Manager z 5 x Biz Oo i Request Delivery Forecasts M Check Mail Mode m Forecast State Auto m Pressure Every 15 minute z Were Manual acm Significan
77. ecast receipt date E g 0 will mean that the weather forecast is provided for 00 h GMT only for the date of its receipt The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL Page 5 JV 36 IV 60 JV 96 Time steps M0 M6 M 12 JV 18 M 24 M 30 V 42 M 48 MV 72 M 84 Jv 108 M 120 All Time steps 12 the forecast corresponds to 12 00 GMT of the current date 36 the forecast is provided for 12 00 of the date following the forecast receipt date During the visualisation of the received weather forecast the data is considered to be original UKMO for the source for these selected time points only in the intervals between them Vi sualised weather parameters are interpolated see paragraph 4 1 3 Request page is used to show the number of operation in the procedure used for accomplishing a certain task E g 8 Ascertain that Calcula tion Auto Compare op tion is enabled see also paragraph 4 3 4 Rela ols Calculate Clear Options gt EA Auto Compare see paragraph 5 1 7 8 1 1 3 Abbreviations Used in the Manual DT Drift Table ETA Estimated Time of Arrival ETD Estimated Time of Departure GC Great Circle GMT Greenwich Mean Tim
78. ect forecast for g Delete forecast Settings for automatic management Select current forecast for general use when 75 of data are received and accepted S oN TA NTT NE Store all forecasts Keep E A last forecasts The page has 5 panels casts Forecast date Request date Request time Panel Purpose 1 2 1 List of received weather fore To display brief information on the re ceived forecasts where Forecast date is the date which the forecast is provided for Request date is the order des patch date Request time is the order des patch time Selected is an indicator of the order selected for the further use The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide UTILITIES 2 Management Management Manual To set the forecast selection mode for the further operation e Automatic whereby the last re ceived forecast is automatically se lected e Manual whereby the forecast is selected by the user 3 Function for the viewing of brief forecast contents and manual selection Q Show forecast parameters Select forecast for general use iif Delete forecast Select forecast for gene
79. ected with various aspects of using the Weather Wizard software hereinafter referred to as the WW in the process of its operation The Manual is so arranged that the user can promptly obtain informa tion on the procedures required for accomplishing certain tasks using the WW facilities The Manual consists of five parts About this manual containing some general notes and principles of using this Manual General This part describes the structure of the software purpose of all its components and operating principle the reception of weather forecasts is based on Technical reference Description of requirements to the computer and OS installation and adjustment procedures Utilities Detailed description of all the capabilities of the utilities included in the Weather Wizard software User Work with the Weather Wizard Software This is the principal part of the Manual which contains the list of tasks which can be per formed using the Weather Wizard and the procedures involved 1 1 2 Data Required for Work with the Manual Tables J RAES The document has predominantly a tabular structure If the table con sists of 2 columns the first is normally used for the indication of an ope ration which is required to be performed whilst the second column shows what happens in the Weather Wizard The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be d
80. ed or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever PLAY AHEAD Page 47 1 2 Unload active chart Information layers Symbols Depths Lights Buoys Racons Lines Guard zones Dangers Text Info Move to Active chart To unload user charts from the active layer of PA screen To provide access to the functions serving for turning on off the display of the following objects on the user chart e navigational symbols e soundings e lights e buoys e racons e lines and zones e guard zones e symbols of dangers to navigation e texts on the chart e i symbol storing the information e cross out symbols To re construct the objects deleted from the user chart by picking them up ERBL To turn on the PA ERBL Electronic Range and Bearing Line PORT To provide access to the functions used for providing brief information on ports and performing the follo wing operations on the database Load e loading into RAM L Unload eeehe e WAOA INJ To select search for the port of interest in the following ways By name e by the port name By region e by the area The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide Page 48 J RAES UTILITIES 1 2 By country By cursor
81. ed and saved route File Close To close an active Route Table File Save Li Save Ctrl S To save an edited route under its old name File Save To save a newly genera AS ted edited route under a new name File Save To save a generated route Calc As passage schedule under a new name Edit New WP To add a new WP after the end WP The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever ROUTE EDITOR Page 81 Utility Main Auxiliary Name Purpose menu function Menu toolbar button Edit Cut Me Cut Way Point To remove WP data from the Route Table placing it in the Clipboard Edit Copy Copy Way To copy WP data into the Point Clipboard Edit Paste B Paste Way To restore WP data from the Point Clipboard Edit Delete x Delete Way To delete a line with WP 5 Point data View As See paragraph 4 3 3 Route Route Table and Route Explorer View As Cal culation View Route explorer View Select columns Calculation To start the schedule calcu Calculate lations process Calculation To delete the results of vo Clear yage schedule calculations from the table Calculation AA A To calculate the voyage Options schedule taking into account the effect Surface cur Surface e of surface currents rents currents Tidal cur Tidal currents tidal currents
82. ed disabled Graphics Cursor Graphics cursor is used in the operation of some PA functions and has a shape of an intersection of lines corresponding to the latitude and longitude of the given point the shape of the cursor however can be changed as required The cursor is shown as an intersection of two lines corresponding to the latitude and lon gitude of the given point see Fig The cursor is shown as a small cross see Fig J RAWNSS The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever ROUTE EDITOR Page 69 a Information window which appears in the Menu area simultaneously with the Graphics cursor contains the following data this window s name reflecting the PA facility which the Graphics cursor is used within cursor position coordinates values of bearing reciprocal bearing and range to the cursor from the ownship position in miles and metres Acquisition marker is a modification of the Graphics cursor This auxiliary PA tool is a square box with a dot in the centre it is used in different functions for acquiring objects displayed on the PA screen To control the acquisition marker and obtain information on its position use the procedure similar to that used for controlling the Graphics Cursor 4 3 Route Editor 4 3 1 Purpose Generation editing and deleting of routes Route calcul
83. ee paragraph 4 1 3 Forecasts Page 5 Display the obtained data See paragraph 5 1 4 The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide Page 104 Reception of Weather Fore casts in Case of the WFM Re start J RAES USER WORK WITH THE WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE 1 Receive a weather forecast by using one of the procedures des cribed above from the local mail box or with the use of Remote Ac cess connection type Delivery page is displaying the fol lowing message during the data re ception Now processing Pressure for not actual request 2 Select the received and pro cessed forecast for the further handling Open Forecasts page Set Manual mode of the work fore cast selection on Management panel In the list of Received Weather Fore casts see paragraph 4 1 3 Fore casts Page 1 position the cursor on the top line with the date of the last received forecast On Management panel press si Select forecast for general use button Weather Forecast Manager E O a i Request Delivery Forecasts Manual For more detailed information on the adjustments be made on Forecasts page see paragraph 4 and settings required to 1 3 Forecasts Page Forecast date 03
84. eft bot tom corner of the Route Table Columns ETD ETA TTG Total time and Speed appears in the table E Eur Pa T N Distance Total distance Time zon d ETD ETA TTG Totaltime Speed 0 00 0 00 0 o0 00W 1 367 5 367 5 o0 00W 2 3284 6 3652 1 o0 00W af eto 39037 anoow 4 606 5 4510 2 o0 00W 5 598 6 5108 8 o0 00W BS 598 6 5707 4 o0 00W 7 4643 4 10350 8 o0 00W eal j a 4 Position the cursor in ETD column in the row of the WP which will be used as the route s first WP in the schedule which is being gene rated not necessarily WPO Double click the left mouse button to activate the cell for the ETD input Change the default value to the re quired date and time of the planned departure from the given WP via the keyboard lt Enter gt By default the current date is displayed in the cell a distance Time zone ETD ETA TTG Total time 0 00 0 00 00W 1 367 5 00 00 2 3652 1 oooow fe o6200009 45 e 3903 7 00 00W 4 4510 2 00 00W 5 Use a similar procedure to enter the time zone value for the given WP position area FlEur_Panl o owo 00 00W 367 5 00 00w 36521 fow 12 06 2000 09 45 39037 0000W 4510 2 00 00w 6 Depending on the type of the schedule see Introduction to this e Speed identical on all the route segments In this case ETA calculations will be The inf
85. eriod OFF gt Wind sea height OFF gt Swell dir OFF Auto mode ON The viewing is provided automatically over the time ordered time interval Time steps with a discreteness set in WEATHER By hour function Auto mode OFF In this mode it is necessary to set the viewing start date and time and in the process of viewing to ma nually change the time value with a set discreteness by pressing up down cursor control keys ea The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever DESCRIPTION OF TYPE TASKS ACCOMPLISHED BY USING WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE Page 107 mode WEATHER Animation Enter the viewing start date and time for the manual mode only Use Up and Down cursor control keys or a vertical motion of the tra ckerball mouse to view the forecast Turn on the weather forecast viewing In the automatic mode there is a dy namic display of weather parameters using special symbols in the PA Chart Area In the manual mode Auto mode OFF By hour 1 Forecast animation 83 07 2000 83 00 Time Tt 4 Exit Esc see also fig 5 1 1 6 Adjust a convenient display of symbols used for weather para WEATHER Options Select a submenu for the required weather parameter and adjust the Pressure Signif height Wind sea dir Wind sea period Wind sea height Swe
86. ery utility page The information contained herein is proprietary J TIRVANN ISSN to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever WEATHER FORECAST MANAGER Page 25 4 1 3 Description of the Utility Main menu Toolbar Information panel The utility consists of 3 main panel pages Request Delivery Forecast as well as Main menu toolbar and Auxiliary Information panel The Main menu toolbar is located in the top part of the utility screen and contains program control buttons Bis o BRahlsi The set of button varies from page to page Their complete set and purpose are described in paragraph 4 1 4 The Information panel is located in the bottom part of the utility screen and contains assessment of the received data size information of auxi liary nature and indicators of the processes underway feet ee peer eer M E a Fast time steps setting Total packed data size is 9 47 M bytes 27 K bytes per day Attention Information Panel presents the assessment of the com pressed data which will be received by the user The size of actually received data may differ from the data size specified on the Information panel being larger or smaller than the latter however calculations of payment for the supplied forecast is based exclusively on the data size assessment specified on the Information panel The information contained herein is proprietary
87. es from Weather Wizard Format to the Format Compatible with Navi Sailor Series Software and Deleting of Routes s 129 5 2 3 Ship Speed Loss Calculations cccceeeeeeees 133 ANNEX A eioen darts sad alinaladibt vars adavsd de aehadeet ie edaenh Aouad 135 Installation of Microsoft Outlook 2000 cccceeeeeeseeeeeeeettees 136 Microsoft Outlook 98 2000 Configuration for the Correct Operation with the Weather Wizard Program 138 Adjustment of Microsoft Outlook 98 2000 Program for Handling the Mailena craniene ia a a 139 Microsoft Outlook Express Adjustment for Handling the Mail 144 ANNEX Biere aaran a Aparear Aad O a EAO A ala ln ies 147 Compatibility of Weather Wizard Program with Different Versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer during the Operation under Different Operating SystemS eseeeeeeeeeeeee seernes 148 ANNEX G ececicdicc neriie a E A T A a aaia 153 Troubleshooting in the Despatch Reception of Weather Forecast onsi eorna T TT 154 Troubleshooting in the Weather Forecast Display c 155 The information contained herein is proprietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever 1 ABOUT THIS MANUAL Page 2 ABOUT THIS MANUAL 1 1 How to Use this Manual 1 1 1 General Review This User Manual hereinafter referred to as Manual deals with issues conn
88. ex J erl N m mema AT2 a r Network by pressing button see para Route Route graph 4 3 4 f Save file as type Drives Route files rt2 z d z Enter the route name 8 characters The name of the generated route is without spaces or punctuation marks displayed in the heading of the table in File name field and appears on Route explorer panel lt OK gt File Edit View Calculation cu cea H A Route3 Route amp Route4 amp Route5 EAE Pani 4 Edit the route as required Load the route required to be edited The screen displays a search panel File Open which contains a list of previously a generated routes or button of the auxiliary menu W BE File name Folders c _weather route noname RT E E c a mesi Pan Eur AT2 E _Weathe T antur ROUTE a P List files of type Drives Route files rt2 fd c x Select the required route and press The utilityss main window displays lt OK gt button the selected route s table 5 4 Routed N Nare Let ton RGC liana a 2000 000 N 132 00 000 E Bi Pessace 1 4 Routed i 67 00 000N 180 00 000 RL G4 Route z 3541 20N 07023400E RL aa 1 aai 13727800N 00754670 RL a 5359 999N 080 50 007 RL The information contained herein is proprietary J TIRVANNISSANS to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part f
89. g procedure will depend on the particular route editing action e To add a WP Position the cursor on the route leg where a WP is required to be added and attach the cursor to the route by pressing the left mouse trackerball button Li thie Inayua Great Inasua HAITI Fortau Prince 2 anang Ings t s 7 i N Turks Iss i y The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever DESCRIPTION OF TYPE TASKS ACCOMPLISHED BY USING WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE Page 113 Move the cursor to the point where a WP is required to be set and press the left mouse trackerball button e To move a WP to a new position Position the cursor on the WP which is required to be moved and Caic sis 6 attach the cursor to the route by 2 Turks Is pressing the left mouse trackerball 5 button Position the cursor to a new position and press the left mouse trackerball button lt Enter gt e To delete a WP Turks Is Apply the cursor attachment proce 3 ee dure described above to the WP en which is required to be deleted passes E Press the right mouse trackerball but ton lt Esc gt We Ss e To continue the plotting of the route from the first or the last WP Apply the cursor attach
90. he vector correspond to Surface currents section Set the required month of Vectors of currents in the dis the year by the incrementing played electronic chart area one month at each press are changing with the pas sage of time The information contained herein is proprietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Page 66 UTILITIES 4 2 6 Additional Controls Hot Keys PA function Brief statement of purpose of the other functions 1 2 3 HELP REVIEW SCALE Oo sr zoom S O re Jaleo lt Fi0 gt RouTewredtor ooo poses ro O ERB lt F12 gt ERBL lt Ctrl gt lt Print To make a graphic copy of Screen gt the PA screen CONF1G Display color set lt Alt gt lt F1 gt Daylight lt Alt gt lt F2 gt Twilight lt Alt gt lt F3 gt Dusk lt Alt gt lt F4 gt Night lt Alt gt lt F5 gt Dusk Inverted lt Alt gt lt F6 gt Night Inverted lt Alt gt lt F8 gt CHART Information layers Po lt Ai gt lt F10 gt ADDINF Graphiceditor Z O Z Oo lt Alt gt lt L gt To turn ON OFF the electro nic chart display of circles standing for the lighthouse sectors lt Alt gt lt R gt To have the screen regene rated re drawn lt Insert gt To attach the vessel s symbol to the chart The information contained herein is proprietary J IRANS AS to Transa
91. her ee N a Request name line 1 to enter the name of the order Request name North atlantic all parameters 2 to display the list of the previously Button generated orders W 3 to activate the line for the input of The information contained herein is proprietary J IRANS AS to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever WEATHER FORECAST MANAGER Page 27 Panel Purpose 4 to save the entered edited order name not activated until A button is 5 to cancel the input editing of the order name not activated until A button is pressed 2 Weather parameters m Weather parameters r Synchronize changes JV Pressure Iv Wind Y Significant height JIV Wind sea IV Direction HIV Period LIV Height V Swell Y Direction LIV Period JV Height Set selected data for all parameters Vv Synchronize changes option is enabled by default Set selected data for all parameters To select weather parameters which the sent weather forecast will contain data To activate one of the parameters whereupon e Geographic area e Resolution e Time step e subscription time will be selected for this parameter only E g in the drawing Pressure pa rameters is activated highlighted in red this will mean that the settings made on all the other panel of Re ques
92. hilst the rest of them inactive routes are shown in the brown colour Li ttie Inayua m Great Inagua 24 HAITI ri d Port au of __ Prince Ings tan 5 7 r 5 Start the play ahead by pressing Lal button on the mo tion control panel For a detailed description of the mo tion control panel see the relevant section of paragraph 4 3 3 The information contained herein is proprietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Page 126 USER WORK WITH THE WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE 5 2 Description of Additional Capabilities of the Weather Wizard Software 5 2 1 Selection of Weather Forecasts for Further Work and Their Deleting from the Database This paragraph describes two ways to select the working weather forecast which will further handled via Play Ahead for visualisation and Route Editor for the route passage calculations to take into account weather factors utilities e Manual selection of a weather forecast e Forecast selection by the sufficiency criterion which is only used in the automatic mode of selecting received weather forecasts It also details procedures to adjust their number in the database e Manual deleting of a weather forecast e Storage of forecasts in the database Manual Selection 1 Start the WFM
93. ht time and water rise corresponding to the cursor position To control the cursor when working with the tide curve use the tracker ball or cursor control keys on the keyboard Use the trackerball side ways motion or the appropriate keys on the keyboard to change the set calculations data which is in this case shown in the orange colour To determine the water rise at any set time move the trackerball up and down or use the appropriate keys on the keyboard thus moving the cursor from this moment of time and obtaining the water rise readout in the additional information section Information on tides can be obtained both for the nearest point to ves sel position and for the required reference point In addition the PA The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever PLAY AHEAD Page 57 allows viewing the dynamics of changes in the tidal rise in all the refe rence points available in the PA database with discretion of 1 hour 1 The tidal rise in the closest reference point to the current vessel position if there is any within the range of 30 miles To determine it use the following procedure The PA menu function Indicator of the PA display of the actions involved and or actions function and or performed and or notes required to be taken menu button keyboard key 2 TIDE Load lt Enter gt To load the
94. ic Chart Weather Wizard System amp World Chart Folio CD by using dedicated Transas CD Setup Software program which is run automatically after the CD is inserted in the drive or manually Setup exe file in the disk root directory Select Setup Weather Wizard line the line turns yellow and press the left trackerball button lt Enter gt The information contained herein is proprietary J TIRVANN SSNS to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Page 19 Welcome lt Next gt This Setup program will install Weather Wizard on your computer Full installation instructions provided To quit the Setup program at any time choose Cancel Setup button To continue Setup Weather Wizard choose Continue It strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running this Setup program ater Cancel pasar area HI Select a path to the directory where saclay afich tw rode i s ol ehosty eat on yur the product will be installed C _Wea yore Pee MD Ss ther by default The name should not EX Weather exceed 8 characters without spaces e or punctuation marks To specify a different location press the Backspace key to remove characters then type the drive and directory where you d like Weather Wizard installed lt Next gt Select P
95. ietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Page 56 UTILITIES Information on tides at the selected reference point is displayed in a window in the bottom part of the PA screen and contains the following data ABERDEEN Aberdaron 57 9 G0N 2 05 000W Aberdovey Aberporth Aberystwyth Ab DATE 12 12 95 TIME ZONE 00 Ab MAX HIGH WATER 4 0M Date gt MIN LOW WATER 1 1M Time TY LEVEL LINE 2 0M VECTORS FIXED TIME CURSOR 12 00 LEGER o meN HEIGHT CURSOR 2 1M J RAWNSS 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 HOURS tide curve showing the tidal rise in metres or feet in accordance with time local or ship s time critical water level value set by the navigator using the vessel s draft and the least depth of channel time intervals marked with vertical lines and highlighted with colour when the water level is higher than the set level additional information section reference point name and its coordinates Date the set date which the calculations were made for Time zone or Ship s time time shift with reference to GMT or an indication that the ship s time is used Max high water maximum high water Min low water minimum low water Level line set water level Cursor time heig
96. ion ccccccecseccececeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeseesenneeeeees 18 3 2 1 Setting of Mail Parameters cceeceeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeeaee 21 UTILITIES ere eer ne pera pert ieee reer T T 23 4 1 Weather Forecast Managel ecccceeseeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeenaeeeeeeaas 24 AMAA PULPOS 3 ve Asters aar eaaa a ener a a ae saan es 24 4 1 2 Start of and Exit from the Utility eres 24 4 1 3 Description of the Utility 0 000 eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 25 The information contained herein is proprietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Page IV J RAWNSS CONTENTS 4 1 4 Main Menu Buttons 000 ce eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenaees 35 4 2 Play Ahead sic ciicses eset ie dent tele andi a ia 38 AD PURPOSE 22 ieid seatadenatan ids tats oh acid sak Sete esd ee eta 38 4 2 2 Start of and Exit from the Utility eres 38 4 2 3 Description of the Utility 0 eeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeeeees 39 4 2 4 Brief Description of the Menu Functions 0 43 4 2 5 Additional Capabilities in the Use of PA Utility 51 4 2 6 Additional Controls 0 ec ceeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeseeeeeeseenaees 66 4 3 Route Editor onar aise iia ness 69 43 1 PUrpOS t g edz apa ete east etc a ei 69 4 3 2 Running and Exiting from the Utility ee 70 4 3 3 Description of the Utility 0 00 eeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeeeees 70 4 3 4 Program s Main and
97. ion with changes in the set of Item 4 1 4 Item 4 1 4 WFM utility mail menu buttons the con Main Menu Buttons Main Menu Buttons tents of the relevant item in the docu mentation has been changed The pur pose of lt Send current request gt and lt Settings gt buttons has also been changed 6 As the procedure for sending a weather Item 5 1 2 Item 5 1 2 forecast order has undergone conside Despatch of a Weather Despatch of a Weather rable modifications appropriate correc Forecast Order Forecast Order tions have been made in the documen tation 7 As the procedure for the reception of a Item 5 1 3 Item 5 1 3 weather forecast and its processing has Reception of a Weather Reception of a Weather undergone considerable modifications Forecast and Its Processing Forecast and Its appropriate corrections have been Processing made in the documentation 8 The description of MS Outlook 2000 Paragraph 3 2 Annex A program installation has been moved to Software Installation Installation of Microsoft Annex A and supplemented with the Installation of Microsoft Outlook 2000 description of Microsoft Outlook 98 2000 Outlook 2000 and Outlook Express programs adjust ment for the operation with the e mail 9 Tables of Weather Wizard program s Annex B compatibility with different versions of mail programs during the operation in different OS s have been added 10 Description of the troubleshooting pro Annex C cedure during the despatch reception
98. ions window for test calculations of the ship s resulting speed with the set ship speed direction wind and sea parameters see also para graph 4 4 3 The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide 5 USER WORK WITH THE WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE Page 92 USER WORK WITH THE WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE 5 1 Description of Type Tasks Accomplished by Using Weather Wizard Software Attention To display the weather forecast use the procedures detailed in paragraphs 5 1 1 5 1 4 5 1 1 Making up of a Weather Forecast Order 1 Run WFM utility see paragraph The Request page is displayed 4 1 2 2 Select the weather parameters re p Weather parameters quired to be ordered il preesune See also paragraph 4 1 3 Py Wind IV Significant height JV Wind sea I Direction V Period JV Height lV Swell M Direction HIV Period IV Height 3 Activate the parameters which is See also item 4 1 3 Request page 2 required to be determined checked e the geographic area e resolution e time step e subscription period for the daily If the aforementioned settings are planned to be identical for all the pa rameters it is necessary to check if Synchronize changes r Synchronize changes option is enabled The information contai
99. l are only accessible via the context menu l Route Calculation __ Tidal Cu Routes Passage2 Yes Yes 6672 3 21d 22h 1m 12 7 Passage2 Route2 Passage_1 Yes Yes 5400 3 18d Oh Om 12 5 v Stay On Top v Dockable Functions included in the context menu perform the following actions Name of the functions Purpose 1 2 Remove calculation To delete a selected voyage schedule from the panel Stay On Top To move a selected voyage schedule to the top line Dockable To activate the panel s capability to move from the bottom part of the screen and side with the left or right hand border of the utility window This panel appears during the interaction of Route Editor and Play Ahead utilities and serves for the control of the ownship s symbol motion when modelling the passage of the route segment which the schedule was calculated for see paragraph 5 1 8 The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever ROUTE EDITOR Page 79 Play ahead fo 12 05 00 15 01 00 4 m 44 o gt vor gt a olx Route is 68 Calculation NewCalc2 Direction Interval 10 min 7 Forward C Backward Time scale 1 4 7 Total points 8 Total Time 4d Oh Om Switches and buttons arranged on this panel perform the following functio
100. l terminal and at the principal anchorage e Pillage e Tugs e Formalities port formalities e Load OFF Load cargo handling operations e Communications available communications e Services provided port services e Supplies supplies e Medical facilities medical institutions e Repair repair facilities e Note comments To obtain information on the required port use the following procedure The PA menu function Indicator of the PA display of the actions involved and or actions function and or performed and or notes required to be taken menu button keyboard key 2 PORT Load lt Enter gt To load the database on ports in the RAM The information contained herein is proprietary J TIRVANN ISSN to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever PLAY AHEAD Page 53 The PA menu function Indicator of the PA display of the actions involved and or actions function and or performed and or notes required to be taken menu button keyboard key Select depth measurement units PORT Units METRES Soundings and heights in the port information are displayed in metres FEET Depths and heights are mea sured in feet To select or search for the port of interest use one of the following procedures e By the port name 1 2 3 PORT By name lt Enter gt The bottom part of the screen displays an
101. ll dir Swell period Swell height See paragraph 4 2 4 which illustrates some adjustment examples symbols The information contained herein is proprietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever USER WORK WITH THE WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE Page 108 2 Input of the wind force digital value 1 Change of the wind symbol length ON Length 20 ee ada e lve io y 8 Grid numbers bga lso p s PA Si e i tee Length 80 3 Input of the wind contour lines ea turned off by default Grid numbers ON 5 1 5 Route Generation and Editing by Using Graphics Route Generation 1 Start PA utility See paragraph 4 2 2 and Editing 2 ROUTE New The cursor appears in the Chart in the PA Area BELGIUM The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever J RAES DESCRIPTION OF TYPE TASKS ACCOMPLISHED BY USING WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE Page 109 3 Set the first WP Move the cursor to the required point Use lt gt and lt gt keys to set the scale convenient for the plotting of the route s start point Press the left mouse trackerball but ton The cursor can also be moved by entering coordinates of the route s first point manua
102. lly To do this press lt Tab gt key to switch the activity to the input window and enter the required coordinates The symbol of the first WP is set in the selected point MEDI tTeR RANE AN er as 1 DEPTH EN Sf CONT Pe ea by HEIGHT ii ees CURRENT bes p EP amta t anis oferia pantgitenia ru nfi s 1 9 d 2 E N _ 55 00 ER A bi nonane i uP 1 1 toy x 1 nn a d te Lat 37 46 291N Lon 16 19 486E Foe Pa D crs 353 10 k Dst 48 27m Et ao E ae de Djerba N VECTORS FIXED saa RANGE 545 44 nr ba 1 3008 889 10fo0E 4 Move the cursor and use a similar procedure to set the second WP The first route leg is plotted k mr prt RR AN E aN o f a Galite noname i WP 2 te 8 18nm Lat 38 25 599N Lon 8 24 041E aada 2 ite fikan Ak Fin SA PEON TE Golfe de Hanmanesi FENE 273 49 Dst 98 42nn z Route 172 5nm VECTORS FIXED RANGE 546 44 nn 1 3008 10 f00E 5 Use similar procedures to set all the other WP s The passage route is plotted in the blue colour planned route colour The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide Page 110 USER WORK WITH THE WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE 6 Exit from the route planning lt Esc gt The cursor i
103. mail program adjustment are provided in Annex A Where Microsoft Outlook 98 2000 programs are used it is necessary that this software should be configured for operation in Corporate or Workgroup mode see Annex A In case of a joint use of Microsoft Outlook Express and Microsoft Out look 98 2000 programs in the sending reception of weather mail it is necessary to taken into account the fact that Weather Wizard program operates with the mail program only which is set for handling the e mail by default There can be no despatch reception of weather mail via the mail program which is not a default setting of the e mail operation To determine which mail program which is a default setting for handling the e mail use the following procedure 1 Open the menu by pressing MScirsiz U mixi the right mouse button on In General security Content Connections Programs Advanced ternet Explorer icon and se p Home page lect Properties option A You can change which page to use For your home page Fy Address about blank e Current Use Default Use Blank Temporary Internet files Pages you view on the Internet are stored in a special folder Y For quick viewing later Delete Files Settings m History p The History Folder contains links to pages you ve visited for y quick access to recently viewed pages Days to keep pages in history 20 Clear History Colors Fonts Languages Accessibility
104. ment proce dure described above to the first last WP Continue the route plotting umn The information contained herein is proprietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Page 114 Display of Routes Generated in the RE J RAINS USER WORK WITH THE WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE e To change the type of a route leg line to switch from Rhumb Line to Great Circle Position the cursor on the route leg whose form is required to be changed Press lt Insert gt key 10 Save the edited route see item 7 of this paragraph 11 Unload the currently unused routes from the PA by using ROUTE Close function 1 Start PA utility See paragraph 4 2 2 2 ROUTE Open Select the route required to be edited and press the left mouse trackerball button The Menu area displays a list of all the currently loaded routes Pan_Eur2 The selected route is displayed on the screen in the blue colour whilst all the rest inactive routes are shown in the brown colour The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever DESCRIPTION OF TYPE TASKS ACCOMPLISHED BY USING WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE Page 115 HAITI Fort au Prince 22 Ings tae y
105. mputer now _w Re start the computer lt Yes gt The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Page 21 3 2 1 Setting of Mail Parameters Depending on which mail program Outlook Express or Outlook 98 2000 is set by default for the e mail operation see paragraph 3 1 3 different settings of Weather Forecast Manager utility are made WFM Adjustment for the Operation Start the WFM See paragraph 4 1 2 with Outlook CO xi i 98 2000 Press button Settings El 7 Send requested forecast to my default EMail address Connection type Current Profile MS Exchange Settings zj Ok Cancel Use Send requested forecast to e my default Email address field to specify the e mail address the ordered weather forecasts which the ordered weather forecasts will be arriving to the e mail ad should arrive to dress of that mailbox which was By default my default Email ad used for the sending of the 3 A order dress mode is activated e address specified below the ordered weather forecasts will be arriving to the e mail ad dress specified by the user It is therefore possible to send an order from one computer and to re ceive and display the weather fore cast on anothe
106. n DEPTH Sf CONT hetent al CURRENT aoa Jr 1a d ay nonane 4 uP 8 Lat 9046 708N Lon 78032 9514 Brg 238 19 OppBrg 58 10 Rng 4780 88nm Use the algorithm described above to E plot all the rest of the alternative gt Ineode Pgs route s WP s eee fond 9 Edit the generated route as MES eR Determine the route for editing The Menu area displays a list of all ROUTE Select the currently loaded routes Pan_Eur2 Select the route required to be edited The selected route is shown on the and press the left trackerball mouse screen in the blue colour the rest of button the route inactive are brown The information contained herein is proprietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Page 112 J RAES USER WORK WITH THE WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE This operation can also be performed by using a free cursor To do this use the following procedure Press successively the right mouse button to turn on View mode Position the cursor on the required route and press the left mouse trackerball button s gt po Roi l i t Route Eun Pan PUERTO RICO 7 Mona Double click the left mouse button to activate the route 7 The further editin
107. n is proprietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Page 44 UTILITIES 1 2 SCALE To set the screen scale in the PA Chart area INFO To obtain information on the electronic chart and objects plotted on it REVIEW To view other sailing areas by means of cursor shifting CHART To provide access to the functions used for work with ec a ee ae a eee Load Pos n To load any of the charts under the ownship symbol a ee POSitiON l Load List To load any chart from the collection by its number To turn on off the chart autoloading associated with the ship s motion J RAWNSS lsolated dangers Cables pipelines Ferry routes Names All depth contours Seabed Question mark M_Quality objs To set the scale of the automatically loaded chart e current PA screen scale To provide access to the functions used for turning on off the display of individual classes of chart To turn on off the display of the following information layers e isolated dangers to navigation e submerged cables and pipelines e ferry crossings e names e all depth contours larger than the safety depths e seabed not used not used The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever PLAY AHE
108. ned herein is proprietary J TIRVANN SSNS to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever DESCRIPTION OF TYPE TASKS ACCOMPLISHED BY USING WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE Page 93 If an individual area resolution time step and subscription time is required to be set for any of the selected wea ther parameters use the following procedure Turn off Synchronize changes op tion Position the cursor on the name of the parameter for which the afore mentioned settings are required to be made and press the left tracker ball mouse button Attention After the input of the area resolution time step and subscription time for the first pa rameter this procedure should be m Weather parameters bast Synchronize changes On the drawing below Wind para meter is selected highlighted in the red colour IV Pressure Lv Vind IV Significant height either of the procedures detailed in item 4 1 3 Request Page 3 Iv Wind sea repeated for each selected F Direct weather parameter one by one eV eae v Period Height y p m Area 4 Set the geographic area by using EIN Latitude From 1070 00 000 VY From j00 00 000 N To 010 00 000 E To 65 00 000 N Resolution 2 50000 Resolution Je 22220 5 Select accuracy of data presen tation resolution grid in degrees See al
109. ns Name of the Purpose button switch 2 To start the play ahead of the ship s passage along the route To stop the play ahead To pass to the start WP of the voyage schedule To pass to the end WP of the voyage schedule To pass to the previous WP of the voyage schedule To pass to the next WP of the voyage schedule m Direction Forward C Backward To set direction of the play ahead of the ship s passage along the route Interval fio min x To set the time interval for the display of the ship s position during the play ahead of the passage along the route The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide Page 80 UTILITIES Name of the Purpose button switch Time scale 1 4 To select the time scale for the play ahead of the ship s passage along the route Number of the current WP 12 05 00 15 01 00 4 Current modelled time 4 3 4 Program s Main and Auxiliary Menus J RAWNSSS Utility Main Auxiliary Name Purpose menu function Menu toolbar button 1 2 3 4 File New New Route To open a blank table for Route Ctrl N the generation of a new route File Open Open To open a table with the pre Ctrl O viously generat
110. nt To save these settings click Finish Press lt Finish gt button lt Back Cancel The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever ANNEX B Page 148 ANNEX B Compatibility of Weather Wizard Program with Different Versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer during the Operation under Different Operating Systems OS Windows 98 WW compatibility with E mail software ee a Pe te Vn Outlook Express 4 0 only No Yes Outlook Express 4 0 MS Outlook 98 No Yes No Outlook Express 4 0 MS Outlook 2000 No Yes No T MS Outlook 2000 only Yes No Fl MS Outlook 98 only Yes No Installed E mail sotorare OE ME Oee WW naan Outlook Express 5 0 only No Yes Outlook Express 5 0 MS Outlook 98 No Yes No Outlook Express 5 0 Outlook 2000 Yes Yes No Z MS Outlook 2000 only Yes No FL MS Outlook 98 only Yes No ised Eemi sotare OEE rates ame Outlook Express 5 5 only Yes No S Outlook Express 5 5 MS Outlook 98 Yes Yes No E Outlook Express 5 5 MS Outlook 2000 Yes Yes No MS Outlook 2000 only Yes No A MS Outlook 98 only Yes No aed macs ge SOM Wins Outlook Express 5 5 only Yes No Outlook Express 5 5 MS Outlook 98 Yes Yes No Outlook Express 5 5 MS Outlook 2000 Yes Yes No A MS O
111. nu and submenu functions and cor responds to the trackerball s left button lt Esc gt key serves for exiting from a function when its use is cancelled in case of erroneous data input and corresponds to the trackerball s right button The cursor control keys correspond to the trackerball s movement and perform same functions The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever 2 GENERAL Page 10 GENERAL 2 1 Purpose and General Principles of Weather Wizard Program Operation J RAWNSS Weather Wizard program is a unique module which enables the re ception of weather forecasts up to 5 days in advance for any area on the globe and the display of this forecast as an additional layer in the electronic chart system based on the world known Navi Sailor series videoplotters The following capabilities are implemented in this weather module Reception of weather forecasts 5 days ahead by using communication facilities satellite communication mobile communication modem with the aid of e mail Microsoft Outlook 98 2000 Outlook Express via In ternet global network see Fig 2 1 Display of weather parameters in a vector form against the electronic chart background Viewing of the weather forecast in dynamics Viewing of the ship s passage route weather parameters displayed at the same time Play Ahead mo
112. ny purposes whatsoever DESCRIPTION OF TYPE TASKS ACCOMPLISHED BY USING WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE Page 121 dure similar to that detailed above for the data input ma rece ef EE 7 Turn on the option for taking into account the effect of environmen tal factors on the ship s speed on the route Calculation Options Surface currents Calculation Options Tidal currents Calculation Options Weather This operation can also be performed by pressing Lal ala auxiliary buttons respectively E A Route3 B A Route Routed amp Routes a SIS P Surface Currents v Tidal Currents v Auto Compare 8 Ascertain that Calculation Auto Compare option is on see also paragraph 4 3 4 Calculation Calculate Clear Options gt iv Auto Compare 9 Make the voyage schedule calcu Calculation Calculate This operation can also be performed by selecting the relevant context menu function in the Route Table see also paragraph 4 3 3 Route Table Enter the name lt OK gt The screen displays a window for the input of the name of the voyage schedule intended to be generated Save calculation as Lx Enter new calculation s name Process indicator of voyage schedule calculations is displayed Calculating x Route Eur_Pant Calculating NewCalc2 Tidal ON Surface ON Weather ON The information cont
113. o cedures e By the reference point name TIDE By name lt Enter gt The Menu area displays a Use the keyboard to type the lt Enter gt If several beginning letters of reference point name or se the name were entered the veral beginning letters for Menu area displays a list of the search reference point names ar ranged in the alphabetical or der and starting with the typed letters if the database on the refe rence points contains the en tered name the Menu area displays a data input window see below if the database does not con tain the entered name the Menu area displays a Not found message which is acknowledged by pressing Position the cursor on the lt Enter gt The Menu area displays an required item or use the input window containing the keyboard to enter several name and coordinates of the starting letters from its name selected reference point as sufficient for its search well as the default data current date and water level above the datum equal to 2 m The information contained herein is proprietary J TIRVANN SSNS to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever PLAY AHEAD Page 59 By the cursor position TIDE By cursor lt Enter gt Position the cursor in the place of interest on the chart or use lt Tab gt key to switch a ctivity to the information win dow and enter the coordi nates manually
114. o load the databases on cur in both sections of CUR rents into RAM RENT submenu TASK CURRENTIVisible in ON To display vectors of currents both sections on the PA screen Turn on the display of data on the tidal status and the current acting in the vessel position CONF1G Display SYSTEM Display System Mode is or press successively switched on in the PA n lt Tab gt hot key formation area where the tidal rise direction and speed of current are displayed The information contained herein is proprietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Page 64 UTILITIES 2 To display the condition of the acting current in the navigation area of interest over a certain time interval use the following procedure CURRENT Load lt Enter gt To load the database on cur in both sections of rents into RAM CURRENT submenu CURRENTIVisible in both ON To display vectors of currents sections on the PA screen Use REVIEW and SCALE The vectors of currents are function to display the re not displayed on the electro quired fragment in the nic charts on scales larger Chart area and set the than 1 3 000 000 scale suitable for the display of currents vectors e For the tidal currents CURRENT By hour lt Enter gt The Menu area displays an in Tidal currents sections information window showing the number of hour
115. ocess wea ther mail by using Microsoft Outlook Express program To enable this how ever the version should not be inferior to 5 50 Requirements on Outlook 98 2000 mail program have remained unchanged Paragraph 3 1 Requirements on the computer and software environment capabilities Item 3 1 3 Mail program requirements 3 In connection with a newly implemented capability to process weather mail by using MS Outlook Express program the description of the procedure for set ting Weather Wizard mail parameters has been fully changed Paragraph 3 2 Software Installation Setting of Mail Parameters item Item 3 2 1 Setting of Mail Parameters The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide Page Il UPDATING LIST No Brief description of revisions and Where the revision was made How to find the des additions in the documentation cription of the revision in the document 4 As some buttons for a prompt selection Item 4 1 3 Item 4 1 3 of the fixed time values steps have Utility Description Utility Description been removed from the software the Request Page Request Page relevant section of the WFM utility des Item 4 Time Steps Item 4 Time Steps cription has been changed 5 In connect
116. oft Dutlook Setup Wizard Select the information service s that you want to use with Microsoft Outlook Use the following information services Microsoft Exchange Server IY internet E mail Select Internet E mail option Press lt Next gt button To setup an Internet E mail account click on the button below Press lt Setup Mail Account gt button Work Properties General Servers Connection Advanced Mail Account Type the name by which you would like to refer to these servers For example Work or Microsoft Mail Server Work User Information Name Joticeommer ss ss S Owners organization SSCS E mail address Users E mail addes Reply address O Organization Fill in the required fields on General page Switch to Servers page The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever ADJUSTMENT OF MICROSOFT OUTLOOK 98 2000 PROGRAM FOR HANDLING THE MAIL Page 141 E Wosk Propertio Ld Fill in the required fields General Servers Connection Advanced Switch to Connection page Server Information Incoming mail POP3 JPOP serveradiess oo Dutgoing mail SMTP SMTP server adress Incoming Mail Server Account name on sts lt SsS Password M r V Remember password T Log on
117. on Routes Source Routes Eur_Pan RT2 Inoname04 rte Paes conven Pore R lt Copy lt Delete The information contained herein is proprietary AIRNESS to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever DESCRIPTION OF ADDITIONAL CAPABILITIES OF THE WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE Page 131 4 On Destination Routes panel Destination Routes use the cursor to select a route Eur_Pan RT2 which is required to be converted button Source Routes panel displays the name of converted route 5 Press Source Routes Eur_Pan1 rte noname 4 rte Route3 rte 6 Check that the converting has See the documentation on the Navi been made correctly by loading Sailor software the route in the Navi Sailor A similar procedure is used for converting files in rte format to rt2 Deleting and 1 Start the RE utility See paragraph 4 3 2 Copying of ae 2 Call the converter Source Route Directory d _WeathenROUTE x El Destination Routes Source Routes Eur_Pan RT2 Eur_Pan1 rt2 noname04 RT2 Routet 112 Route n2 Kooy Route3 rt2 lt Delete Tools Convert lt Convert Convert gt Copy gt Routes Of Type n2 7 Routes Of Type rte 7 Note RTE type routes are created by NS ECDIS system RT2 type routes are used in WEATHER WIZARD applications 3 Use the file format switch Route
118. ontained herein is proprietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Page 52 UTILITIES Port ABERDEEN Country United Kingdom Region SCOTLAND EAST COAST Harbour river tide gate type medium with good shelter ETA message is required telephone navigation equip provisions ist port of entry telegraph electrical equip water radio longshore fuel oil Derat certificate radioteleph electricity diesel oil Pratique airport stream deck railway engine tide swell ice ovhd Its others Medical facilities Garbage disposal Anchorage 7 9 3 4m wharves beach moor Degauss Dirty ballast anchor ice moor 7 med moor Repair Small repair work Mean level of tide 3 2m aoak 4 4 past in independent machine shops or foundries na oora E iza Rt ete a Fou P rle aien E Dry dock up to 288m Marine railways up to 208t Pilotage advisable moveable 25 49t Tugs salvage Tugs assist floating B 24t Note Main channel 6 4 Tei 7 6m Cargo piers in 0il terminal e Name of the port country and area which the port belongs to in the top line of the information window e Harbour harbour type and size e Entrance restrictions list of natural factors restricting the vessels entrance e Depths depths in the main channel at the principal cargo berth and or at the oi
119. or rectly or missing Clear Calculation Clear To delete the results of voyage schedule calculations from the Route Table Route Explorer Route Explorer facility is designed for handling route files and voyage schedules based on these routes This data is stored in ROUTE subdirectory of the product directory C _Weather by default and is presented in Route Explorer file in the form of a file tree very similar to Windows Explorer program The information contained herein is proprietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Page 76 Context Menu in the Route Explorer J RNS UTILITIES E Route editor File Edt View Calculation Tools Window Help Deh sex BEN BHO za Route Explorer A Route MEST GF Route2 EN Passage_1 EN Eur_Pan NewCalet Route Explorer window can be removed from the screen by pressing XI button in its top right corner To display it again use View Route explorer Main menu function or lt F11 gt functional key The Route Explorer is handled ei REASTA ther via the menu see paragraph 4 3 4 ff Route or by using the context menu menu dis E Passage played by clicking the right mouse tra a C New Route Ctrl4N ckerball button ei NEA TON Save Calc As Compare C
120. or any purposes whatsoever DESCRIPTION OF TYPE TASKS ACCOMPLISHED BY USING WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE Page 117 Position the cursor on the row of the In the example under consideration WP whose data is required to be the WP to be edited is WP4 edited Ele Edit View Calculation Tools Window Help Oee Leex Zam MA 2 ar Name Let Lon RYGe 20 00 000 N 132 00 000 E 67 00 000N 180 00 000 E RL 35 41 200 N 078 23 400 E RL 1327 B00N 00754670E RL 5359 999N 089 59 999E RL ARARA The further editing procedure will de pend on thee particular route editing action Each of these actions can be per formed in any of the three ways de tailed below By using Main menu functions see paragraph 4 3 4 By using the auxiliary menu buttons see paragraph 4 3 4 g ae By using the context right nee mouse button menu functions fone see paragraph 4 3 3 Route X Delete wP e Table e ee ete ee e To continue the plotting of the A new row is added to the Route route from the last WP Table WP6 in this example Edit New WP M onon oome a wea via the Main or Context Menu e To duplicate a WP copy WP data In the example data on WP4 is co to another row pied to the row of WP6 Edit New WP via the Main menu Context menu or Ep by using button Name Belgium 51 17 165 N 002 30 904 E 00 0 1 48 45 2
121. orders See also paragraph 5 1 1 In the order name input line Request name Norin Atlantic All parameters press button to display the list of previously made orders Weather para v Synchroni Africa North Atlantic m Area Longitude Select the required order by positio ning the cursor on the line with its name and pressing the left mouse button Iv Wind IY Significant height IV Wind sea i The name of the order is displayed in Request name line whilst the cur sor moves to Area panel Request name Ceneda SSS Weather parameters Time range EH Synchronize changes Year 2000 Jan Fek PL i Pressure hai From a o0 000 w To 010 00 000 E Resolution 2 sooo0 pe 3 Check the subscription time for the daily receipt of weather fore casts Attention Check From date It should not be earlier than the current date See items 4 1 3 Request Page 5 and 5 1 1 7 Press button The page displays Confirm your re quest window where it is necessary confirm the correctness of the order and of the mail settings Please send the data listed belowto lt undefined gt Latitude Longitude From To To Time range Pressure 68 68N S60IN 2043E 402E 010600 01 06 00 Wind 68 68N S60IN 2043E 402E 00600 01 06 00 Connection ype Local Mailbox Profle MS Exchange Settings
122. orecast Manager Open Office Document Programs Documents d Settings r Find Help Run Shut Down CREEA AEE T ET Windows NT Workstation Fig 4 2 The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever PLAY AHEAD Page 39 To exit from the utility use the following procedure Press main menu item and execute lt Exit gt command Display color set Display SYSTEM Cursor SHORT Precision 001 Mon i tor 568mm Help mode OFF Prompt mode ON The screen displays a window asking to confirm exit from the utility Navi Sailor 2500 Are You Sure 4 2 3 Description of the Utility The PA screen includes three areas see Fig 4 3 The left hand part is the Chart area The right hand part is taken up by Information area and Menu area Sometimes when it is necessary to display some additional information command e g HELP text tide information window etc as required by operator a window opens up in the left bottom part of the screen At this time the chart is re displayed in the top part of the screen CHART AREA INFORMATION AREA PLAY AHEAD TRANSAS MARINE 51 26 950N 2 25 707E Q 806 22 0k MENU AREA zoom _ SCALE ADO_INF _ERBL Port _ _ROUTE rane current WEATHER HELP_
123. ormation contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever For the input of Speed parameter identical for all the WP s it is worth while to use a handy facility provided carried out for all the WP s involved by the context menu see also WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide Page 120 ARANES in the generation of the voyage schedule USER WORK WITH THE WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE Attention Ascertain that after this step cells in the column named N WP numbers are highlighted in the light blue colour in the interval between ETD and ETA This means that calculations will only be made for the route segment including these WP rime zone ETD eTa Tra Toaitime oooow oooow oooow ooouw ooanw oooow N a 1 2 3 000w 4 5 g 7 0500W 12 06 2000 09 45 olx e ETA in the last WP of the selected passage route In this case calculations of speed on the route the same for all the WP s will be made Use Set Calc Range context menu function to select a route segment in the Route Table for the calculation of a schedule see paragraph 4 3 3 Route Table F Eur_P l E3 N Time zone ETD ETA TTG Totaltime Speed 0 oo0
124. osoft com C I d lke to sign up for a new account from Hotmail lt Back Cancel Enter the user E Mail address Press lt Next gt button Internet Connection Wizard E x E mail Server Names My incoming mail server is a POP3 y server Incoming mail POP3 IMAP or HTTP server POP server address An SMTP server is the server that is used for your outgoing e mail Qutgoing mail SMTP server SMTP server address lt Back Next gt Cancel Fill in the required fields Press lt Next gt button The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide Page 146 J RANSS ANNEX A Internet Connes izard Internet Mail Logon Type the account name and password your Intenet service provider has given you Account name Login Password faa FZ Remember password If your Intemet service provider requires you to use Secure Password Authentication SPA to access your mail account select the Log On Using Secure Password Authentication SPA check box IT Log on using Secure Password Authentication SPA Fill in the required fields Press lt Next gt button lt Back Internet Connes d E x Congratulations You have successfully entered all of the information required to set up your accou
125. ossible to install IE 5 0 SR 1 until SP Outlook E 5 5 MS Outlook 2000 Q tiae Aa aa at 6a or later version for Win NT 4 0 is installed ni MS Outlook 2000 only A MS Outlook 98 only p Outlook MS Outlook WW installation Installed E mail software Express 5 5 98 2000 Ean Outlook Express 5 5 only Yes No Outlook Express 5 5 MS Outlook 98 Yes Yes No uA Outlook Express 5 5 MS Outlook 2000 Yes Yes No wi MS Outlook 2000 only Yes No E Ms Outlook 98 onl Yes No y i Outlook MS Outlook WW installation Installed E mail software Express 6 98 2000 caesarean Outlook Express 6 0 only Outlook Express 6 0 MS Outlook 98 Outlook Express 6 0 MS Outlook 2000 MS Outlook 2000 only MS Outlook 98 only It is not possible to install TE 6 0 until SP 6a or later version for Win NT 4 0 is installed The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide Page 150 OS Windows 2000 ANNEX B WW compatibility with E mail software stalled Email saare goes PR aeoe WW aa Outlook Express 5 0 only Yes Yes Outlook Express 5 0 MS Outlook 98 Yes Yes No y Yes Ne ni MS Outlook 2000 only Yes No e Insalied Email sotone picks a aa WW meat Outlook Express 5 5 only Yes No F Outlook Express 5 5 MS Outlook 98 Yes Yes No S Outlook E
126. ow T oo00w 2 osoow 12 06 2000 09 45 3 oo00w L wan 2 New We 5 oo0ow CW S oo 00w amp Cut WP Ba Copy WP 7 oooow B ro PEGE Gale Barge a es A e Combination of an arbitrary num ber of ETA s both in the last WP of the selected segment and in the intermediate WP s and of various speed values on different route legs Time zone ETA TTG Total time Speed 00 00 00 00W 00 00 W 00 00 W N 0 1 2 3 00 00Ww 4 5 6 00 00 7 00 00W O5 00W 12 06 2000 09 45 18 0 18 0 18 0 18 0 18 0 Time zone TK D Total time Speed 00 00W 00 00wW oo o0w 00 00wW 00 00wW 00 00wW N 0 1 2 3 oo 00w 4 5 6 7 WP s which will be involved in the generation of a schedule will be highlighted with light blue colour in N column WP number N ffimezon ETD ea A 00 00 05 00W 12 06 2000 09 45 fle 06 2000 09 54 12 06 2000 09 45 al Time zone ETD Total time Speed o0 00w 05 0w o0 00w o0 00w o0 00w o0 00w o0 00w Sele REE z j 00 00W 12 06 2000 10 05 26 06 2000 10 06 12 07 2000 10 07 aa 12 0 15 0 18 0 The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for a
127. r computer Were several adjusted mail profiles Curent Profle MS Exchange Settings a are available in the Outlook select MS Exchange Settings that profile in Current profile line fee which will be used for the sending of the orders and reception of forecasts Check that Connection type switch is Amei s Leodmeibor in Local mailbox position After making all the settings press lt OK gt button The information contained herein is proprietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Page 22 TECHNICAL REFERENCE WFM Adjustment for the Operation Start the WFM See paragraph 4 1 2 with Outlook B Sea x Express Press button Settings a T Send requested forecast to my default EMail address C address specified below Use Send requested forecast to e my default Email address field to specify the e mail address the ordered weather forecasts which the ordered weather forecasts will be arriving to the e mail ad should arrive to dress of that mailbox which was used for the sending of the By default my default Email ad F i order dress mode is activated e address specified below the ordered weather forecasts will be arriving to the e mail ad dress specified by the user It is therefore possible to send an order from on
128. r s Mailbox Press lt Next gt button Select No option Microsoft Exchange Server Do you travel with this computer Press lt Next gt button f Yes We Ifyou choose Yes you will be able to read and compose mail while not connected to a network Ifyou choose No you will only be able to read and compose mail when connected to the Microsoft Exchange Server via a network or modem Press lt Finish gt button Done You re now ready to use Microsoft Outlook with the following information services Microsoft Exchange Server Outlook Address Book The information contained herein is proprietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Page 144 ANNEX A Microsoft Outlook Express Adjustment for Handling the Mail Mail Adjustment during the Operation via the Remote Access Modem J RAWNSS Perform the modem installation and connect it to the telephone net See the relevant manual for this device Adjust the remote connection in accor dance with directions of the Internet provider lt OK gt Start Outlook Express Select Tools Accounts main menu function f Mr zix am T ax Press lt Add gt button and select All Mail News Directory Service Add gt m aay A Account
129. r step Contours number On Off Grid number On Off Base grid On Off Calculated grid On Off Wind Pressure Signif Height etc On Off Pressure To provide access to the functions used for changing the following visualisation parameters e colour for Wind parameter only e vector length for Wind parameter only e turning on off the display of contour lines e discreteness of contour lines e numbers on contour lines e turning on off the display of numeric values on the contour lines e turning on off the display of base values only for the given weather parameter e turning on off the display of calculated interpola ted values only To turn on off visualisation of the given weather para meter HELP To obtain information on the PA operation CONFIG Display color set Daylight Twilight Dusk Night Dusk Inverted Night Inverted Display To provide access to the functions used for making initial PA settings as well as for obtaining additional To select the screen colour palettes to suit the time of the day e Daytime e Twilight e Moonlit night PA Information area is shown against white background e Moonless night PA Information area is shown against white background e Moonlit night PA Information area is shown against black background e Moonless night PA nformation area is shown To select one of the 5 display types in the
130. ral use and Delete forecast functions are activated in Manual mode only see above e Show forecast parameters vie wing of the active cursor selected forecast parameters Parameters of Active Forecast x Forecast for 02 06 00 requested 05 06 00 12 46 22 Parameter Disk space occupied bytes Wind 66200 Wind Sea Period 3804 Total 10366 Disk size 1 19 G bytes free space 9 03 M bytes e Select forecast for general use manual selection of the highlighted forecast for further work e Delete forecast deleting of the selected forecast from the database 4 Setting for automatic manage ment Settings for automatic management Select current forecast for general use when 75 of data are received and accepted as ae Ste a acer Tene res ae teers The sufficiency criterion can only be changes in Automatic by using lt Change gt and lt Apply gt buttons lo cated on the panel below To set the data sufficiency criterion during the processing of the received weather forecast This criterion determines the comple teness level in per cent of the wea ther parameter processing whereby this forecast is considered to be capa ble of operation and is accepted for the further operation in PA and RE utilities 5 Panel for adjusting the number of forecasts stored in the data base e Store all forecasts to
131. rid This parameter represents a step of the coordinate grid in degrees over which the base values of the ordered para meters will be displayed Parameter va lues in other points of the set geogra phic area are calculated by interpolation 4 Time steps To select fixed time value step which the forecast for the selected weather parameters will be provided for coun ting the number of hours from the be ginning of the GMT day for the forecast receipt date E g Time steps 7 0 will mean that the weather M0 M M2 forecast is provided for 00 h GMT Wa 24 Iv 430 only for the date of its receipt IV 36 M 42 V 48 IV 60 V 72 Vv 84 IV 96 V 108 V 120 12 the forecast corresponds to 12 00 GMT of the current date 36 the forecast is provided for 12 00 of the date following the forecast receipt date 2 All Time steps The information contained herein is proprietary J TIRVANN ISSN to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever WEATHER FORECAST MANAGER Page 29 Panel Purpose 2 All Time steps During the visualisation of the received weather forecast the data is consi dered to be original UKMO for the source for these selected time points only in the intervals between them vi sualised weather parameters are inter Button for the prompt selection of all the fixed values 5 Tim
132. rmation User name office Owner Initials Organization fowner s Organization EE Enter the required user information Press lt Next gt button EEEIEE CE SETUP Customer Information License and Support Information Ready to Install Installing Office Microsoft Office 2000 License and Support Information Please write down your Product ID number IF you need to call Microsoft Technical Support you wil be asked for this number Name Office Owner Initials Owmer s Organization Product ID 50106 335 3504986 02647 End User License Agreement END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR MICROSOFT SOFTWARE IMPORTANT READ CAREFULLY This Microsoft End User License greemer is a legal agreement between you either an lindividual or a single entity and Microsoft Corporation for the Microsoft software product identified above which includes may include associated media printed Imaterials and online or electronic documentation SOFTWARE land supplements to the original SOFTWARE PRODI you by Microsoft Any software provided along with the SOFTWARE accept the terms in the License Agreement Ido not accept the License Agreement Exit Setup Accept the licensing agreement Press lt Next gt button we ccte 1 Microsoft Office 2000 Ready to Install BEE SETUP Customer Information License and Support Information Ready to Install Instaling Office
133. rogram Folder x 5 5 Leave the name of Weather Wizard This Setup program will add program icons to the Program 5 ie le Eo os eek ttt a Se group window without changes Create new Folder Weather Wizard Use existing Folders Administrative Tools Common lt Next gt MGA NT PowerDesk Microsoft Reference NaviSailor 2500_PROBL a lt Start gt Setup Information Product directory C _Weather Space required 28 551K Available on drive C 244 448K To start Weather Wizard installation choose Start lt Back Cancel The information contained herein is proprietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Page 20 J RAWNSS TECHNICAL REFERENCE The program performs the product installation Weather Wizard Setup x C3 Source Fie A DrvRNBO O01 Destination File C AWINNT System32 RNBOSENT SENTINEL VXxD 100 The program has performed the product installation Weather Wizard Setup x m Weather Wizard installation completed successfully Protocol of installation is saved in C _Weather Setup Hst file View Protocol Complete the product installation pro cedure lt Exit gt Weather Wizard Setup 2 You must restart your computer before using installed product Do you want to restart your co
134. rrent WP 157 188 NEXT direction of the next route leg Se WP not used a Sle STG not used ETA not used ETA TA not used a Display Weather Mode not used SET DRIFT WIND DIR SPD WAT TEMP DEPTH Display Weather Forecast Mode received fore Wind 318 9m s cast data in the ship position Pressure 1005 8 SHeisht 3 8m Wind true wind direction and speed WSDir 310 Pressure atmospheric pressure kPa WSPer iod 6s P erro WSHeisht 2 5m SHeight significant wave height pa sane WSDir direction of the wind induced waves SPeriod 11s WSpPeriod period of the wind induced waves SHeisht 1 8m WSHeight height of the wind induced waves SDir swell direction SPeriod swell period SHeight swell height The lower part of the Information area displays VECTORS FIXED length of speed vectors and the range in nautical payee 995 70nm miles across the electronic chart display 1 5000 000 selected scale of the chart display DEPTHS IN METRES The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever PLAY AHEAD Page 43 e and the following warnings NOT RECOMM SCALE or DANGEROUS SCALE if the scale of the chart displayed on PA screen is up to 5 or over 5 fixed points respectively larger than that of the paper original LAYERS LOST
135. rt Information Layer a sub layer relative to the layers des cribed above The layer containing chart information has in its turn one more sub layer structure where the sub layers are chart objects of a certain type e g e Objects included in Base Display layer coastline recommended routes aids to navigation etc make up layer 1 e Standard Display objects drying areas landmarks warnings etc forms layer 2 e etc User Chart a graphics information layer created by the user by means of PA graphics editor The information contained herein is proprietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Page 8 ABOUT THIS MANUAL 1 2 Controls 1 2 1 Trackerball or Mouse The only difference between the mouse and trackerball is the way the ball moves These units may have 2 or 3 pushbutton switches If your unit has 3 switches the centre button is not used LEFT BUTTON corresponds to lt Enter gt key on the keyboard RIGHT BUTTON corresponds to lt Esc gt key on the keyboard By rolling the ball you can control the cursor s position on the display and select menu options 1 2 2 Keyboard J RAWNSS The principal PA control is a mouse trackerball However all the control capabilities are duplicated on the keyboard lt Enter gt key serves for the input of parameters activating me
136. s detached from the chart mae se 22 Uxt a HDG LOG SET narri DRIFT F gt DEPTH Sanata 2 4 Beet _ Sf CONT ata J HEIGHT CURRENT E E a Cayman Brac 15 00N 1 vat 19 27 778N Lon 77 55 277W TEs 238 3 58 3 4720 26nm cloLomBra tool VECTORS FIXED RANGE 1092 88 nn 1 6800 BBB lt Esc gt The planning mode is exited from and Route sub menu is returned to ROUTE Save The Menu area displays the name input window Route monitoring Select next WP AUTO Enter next WP Load route Unload route Arrival circle 88nm Route planning VECTORS FIXED RANGE 1692 88 nm 1 6800 BBA DEPTHS IN METRES Enter the route name 8 characters without punctuation marks lt Enter gt The information contained herein is proprietary J TIRVANN ISSN to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever DESCRIPTION OF TYPE TASKS ACCOMPLISHED BY USING WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE Page 111 8 Use a similar procedure to gene The fundamental difference from rate an alternative route NS2400 videoplotter which the Play Ahead utility is based on is the simultaneous display of two and more routes ROUTE New A cursor appears in the Chart area the presentation of the previ ously generated route remains on the display but changes its colour be comes brow
137. s Df Type n2 x to set the required type for Source Routes and Destination Routes panels 4 Set select the path for Source For Destination Routes panel the Routes panel search of route files is always per formed in ROUTE directory by de fault lt C gt _Weather ROUTE The information contained herein is proprietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Page 132 USER WORK WITH THE WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE E Use button to open a search Directory name window and set the path to Navi CLNS2500 0ute Sailor or Weather Wizard software Bei directory amp _NS2500 lt OK gt Source Route Directory panel displays the set path whilst Source Routes panel displays the available files in the format set by Routes OF Type rt2 Y switch Source Route Directory C _NS2500 ROUTE x E Destination Routes Source Routes Eur_Pan RT2 Inoname 4 rte oa conven oere maa copy Kee 5 Copy delete files by using the following buttons 7 Delete cw _ copying of file s from Source Routes to ROUTE directory ROUTE directory of WW software e RE _ copying of file s from ROUTE directory to Source Routes panel The information contained herein is proprietary J TIRVANN SSNS to Transas Marine Ltd
138. s Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever PLAY AHEAD Page 67 Keys PA function Brief statement of purpose of the other functions lt Delete gt To detach the vessel s sym CONFIGIDisplay bol to the chart To increase the chart display scale To reduce the chart display scale CHART Original scale ooo Free Cursor This control facility is a cursor which is moved by the trackerball over the entire screen taking on different shapes and functional capabilities in different display areas Free cursor s functional capabilities listed below depend on its posi tion on the PA screen some of them are not duplicated by the key board 1 In the Menu area the Free cursor takes a shape of a box marking off the PA Main menu keys similar to the operation of an ordinary cursor 2 In the PA nformation area the Free cursor has a shape of an arrow which can be used for performing the following functions Functional capability Procedure required for implementing it 1 2 To attach the vessel s sym Position the cursor on Position Dropped war bol to the chart ning in the third line of the PA Information area and press the left trackerball button To change the accuracy of Position the cursor in the section containing coordinates obtained from the current vessel position coordinates and the positioning system press the left trackerball button
139. s in the Database ARANES USER WORK WITH THE WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE Start the WFM utility See paragraph 4 1 2 Open Forecasts page E Ol mlS i Request Delivery Forecasts On Management panel set the Manual mode of working fore cast selection Management Manual In the List of Received Weather Forecasts see item 4 1 3 Fore casts Page 1 position the cursor on the line with the date of the received forecast which is re quired to be deleted Forecast date Request date Requesttime Selected 02 06 2000 14 16 03 2000 02 06 2000 14 16 02 06 2000 02 06 2000 14 11 On Management panel press Delete forecast button The forecast is deleted from the database Forecast date Request date Requesttime Selected 02 06 2000 02 06 2000 14 11 Start the WFM utility See paragraph 4 1 2 Open Forecasts page Bi Ol min S i Request Delivery Forecasts On Adjustment of Forecast Num ber Stored in the Database panel press lt Change gt button Store all forecasts Keep f last forecasts Change Apply Sancel lt Change gt button becomes inactive C Store all forecasts Keep f last forecasts Apply Cancel Set the number of weather fore casts which will be stored in the da
140. s to be counted from the current mo ment and the scale of visual estimation of the current s speed represented by the Set the required time by in lt t gt lt gt Vectors of currents in the dis crementing one hour at played electronic chart area each press the time interval are changing with the pas sage of time see Fig 4 4 The information contained herein is proprietary J TIRVANN SSNS to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever PLAY AHEAD Page 65 TE TT ae zE afo a pT y y d PosrrIon DROPPED A utc 12 10 11 sod 4 d d d 12 06 00 bt CHART A3934 l ADD INFO 1 p aer enue ae J ace OD j d i soc ay Ba d HDG Loc 5200 a d SET BoP DRIFT y DEPTH ij d Sf CONT 1000 ee HEIGHT eg aX 49 0 Be 6 CURRENT arani cs d F A S a 4 io oo f s A e pss P Tidal currents Af Load P ai aw 3 Tide animation IR e lt Loa 12 06 00 Voy oe fs 13 10 eer 4 2 E 51 00N oF Bey F 2 ghee ed Time t 4 Pp pe R Exit Esc VECTORS FIXED 7 f RANGE 135 40 nn P Fa P Pa 1 750 000 1 fooe i 2 o0e i DEPTHS IN METRES Fig 4 4 e For the surface currents CURRENT By month in lt Enter gt The Menu area displays an information window showing the calendar month which the displayed vectors and scales of visual assessment of cur rents speed represented by t
141. server about the cancelling of all the previously made orders This is recommended for use in case of an er roneous despatch of an order under which the receipt of a considerable volume of data is ex pected which may cause unscheduled expen ses connected with the payments for the com munication session and services from Transas Marine The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide Page 36 J RAWNSS UTILITIES Outward Name Purpose appearance Add new To make up a new order request Save To save the current order without changing its ad current name request A Delete To delete the current order existing request View To display the current order data in the form of requestas a summary table table This is recommended for use every time before the despatch of the order to check its correctness and to avoid the incorrectly en tered data which may cause a considerable in crease of the communication session time and cost of the forecast Settings To adjust mail components operation required to be performed at the software installation stage Upon the press on this button Mail settings window is displayed it is intended for the input editing of settings LO x Mail f Send requested forecast to address spe
142. so item 4 1 3 Request Page 3 Of latitude and longitude The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide Page 94 USER WORK WITH THE WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE Area Use zl button to open the list of poue catas fixed accuracy values P From 050 46 000 Ww From frees 000 N To 056 02 000 E To fez 000 N Resolution 1 25000 x Resolution 0 83333 7 Select the required value and press Reselttion 2 s0000 m Resolution 2 22220 the left mouse trackerball button Attention The finer the selected resolution grid the higher will be the accuracy of the received para meter With the fine resolution grid however the size of the re ceived data grows significantly which affects the mail session duration 6 Select fixed time value step hi Sale which the forecast for the selec V D IV 12 ted weather parameters will be De M424 30 provided for counting the number of hours from the beginning of the a se Fd GMT day for the forecast receipt M 80 M 72 Iv 84 date see also item 4 1 3 iV 96 M 108 M 120 Request Page 4 Attention The smaller the set time step the more accurate the weather forecast dynamic model There are two ways to set the time will be In this case however the step
143. soever user charts see paragraph 1 1 4 WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide Page 46 J RAES UTILITIES 1 2 Graphic editor Add a new object Symbols Manual Correction External Symbols Depths Lights Buoys Racons Lines Guard zones Dangers Text Information Edit object Delete object Shift object To provide access to the functions used for work with To display a selection of objects for plotting on the user chart e navigational symbols e symbols complying with requirements of IHO ECDIS Presentation Library Special Publication No 52 e additional own symbols e soundings e lights e buoys e racons e lines and zones e guard zones e symbols of dangers to navigation e texts on the chart is l e texts stored under i symbol e cross out symbol To enter information stored on the user chart under a symbol of any objects plotted on it and to edit such in formation To edit objects plotted on the user charts in the following manner e to edit texts lines and zones e to remove objects with a reconstruction option e to shift an object e to shift all the objects on the user chart To duplicate data contained on a user chart onto another user chart from the inactive layer to the The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicat
144. store each received forecast in the database e Keep last forecasts to store the set number of the latest re ceived forecasts J RAES The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever WEATHER FORECAST MANAGER Page 35 C Store all forecasts G Keep p last forecasts To set the number of forecasts stored in the database lt Change gt and lt Apply gt buttons use 4 1 4 Main Menu Buttons Outward appearance Name Purpose 1 2 3 Close all and exit To exit from the program eS Send current request Dispatch of a weather forecast order formed on Request page Depending on the connection type the following operations are performed 1 Connection Type Local mailbox An electronic letter with an order is placed in Outbox folder of the local mailbox and can be sent by using the default mail software see the description of lt Settings gt button 2 Connection Type Remote Access in case of operation with Microsoft Outlook 98 2000 only In this case an electronic letter containing the order will be sent automatically with all the mail currently stored in Outbox folder of Outlook mail utility Cancel last request Despatch of a mail notification to Transas Ma rine weather
145. sumed to be 2 mm With the growth of scale line dimen sions of the indicator also change indicating how much chart informa tion can be trusted The data displayed continuously in the nformation area includes the following TRANSAS MARINE trademark displayed in the aoe absence of POSITION DROPPED indicator meaning TRANSAS MARINE that the vessel symbol is not shown on the screen utc 15 13 00 18 05 00 modelled time and date during the route passage chant 20040 play ahead when play ahead mode is disabled the aoo nro current computer time is displayed 59 33 957N loaded electronic chart number 15 28 418w co 156 5 SoG 19 6x HOG LOG The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever PLAY AHEAD Page 41 e current ship position coordinates during the route passage play ahead with the play ahead mode disabled it is the coordinates of the last ship position on the previous route which are displayed e current ship course and speed during the route passage play ahead with the play ahead mode disabled it is the course and speed in the last ship position on the previous route which are displayed e HDG not used e LOG not used 2 There are 5 types of changeable display in the PA nformation Area Display System Mode presents general data on the sailing conditions e SET not used SET e D
146. t page refer to this parameter only 3 To synchronise the selection of the geographic area resolution time step and subscription time for all the parameters at selected weather 4 To synchronise manually the se lection of the geographic area reso lution time step and subscription time for all the selected weather pa rameters when Synchronize chan ges option is disabled The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide Page 28 UTILITIES Panel Purpose 3 Area 1 To select a geographic area which p Area the weather forecast will be ordered m Longitude ___ Latitude _ From o7o 00 000 We From ooroo 000 N for To for 0 00 000 E To fes 00 000 N The area is set Resolution 2 50000 7 Resolution 2 22220 gt by the manual input of co ordi u nates with the cursor on the map of the world To do this use the left mouse trackerball button click to indicate the position of the top left corner and the right mouse click to indicate the bottom right corner of the required area whereupon it will be delineated in red and its coordinates will be displayed on ion 2 50000 Resolution 2 22220 neson 2 To select accuracy of the presented data resolution g
147. t before 06 30 GMT 3 Forecast State Data processing monitoring forecasts The status of each parameter is indi Pressure TO cated by the colour Blue for parameters which have been ordered and their receipt expected Ahad sen Red for the parameters whose lie See ae data is being processed ai Black for parameters whose data Period r has already been processed and placed in the database Wind TOO Significant height massasssssassaat Height Grey for the parameters which Swell have not been ordered fj Direction The bottom indication bar shows the Ean size of processed data on all the pa rameters in per cent Height i Tota 38 J ELLEELLE The information contained herein is proprietary J TIRVANN SSNS to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever WEATHER FORECAST MANAGER Page 33 Forecast Page Forecast page is used for the selection of weather forecast for its further use in Play Ahead and Route Editor utilities see paragraph 5 2 1 e Weather Forecast Manager ai S e x Bolma t Request Delivery Forecasts Forecast date Request date Request time 12 09 2001 12 09 2001 06 09 2001 06 09 2001 10 06 13 51 lt o Selected Manual Q Show forecast parameters General Use SE Sel
148. t height m Official messages Wind sea Received 12 09 01 10 08 Your request sent 12 09 01 10 06 05 has been accepted _ Direction successfully Period Latest forecasts are not sent before 06 30 GMT Height Swell Direction Period Height Total 100 PTET TT TTT Forecast for 12 09 01 requested 12 09 01 10 06 Attention The reception of the weather forecast order takes place on Delivery page only The recommended interval time between the des patch of the order and request for its delivery Remote access type communication is 30 minutes The information contained herein is proprietary J TIRVANN SSNS to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever WEATHER FORECAST MANAGER Page 31 The page contains 3 panels Panels Purpose 1 2 1 Check mail mode m Check Mail Mode Auto Every 410 minutes 7 Manual m Check Mail Mode C Auto Every AN Time left 10 19 37 Manual Check Mail Mode C Auto To set the way of receiving weather forecasts 1 Automatically In this case the WFM is permanently in the stand by mode The processing of mail containing weather forecast files starts immediately upon their reception the mailbox of the given user This way is available and recommen ded for Local
149. t letters of its name as required for the search Repeat the procedure as lt Esc gt A window with the list of ports required is displayed again lt Esc gt To remove the information window from the screen e By the country name 1 2 3 PORT By country lt Enter gt The bottom part of the screen displays an information win dow with the list of all the co untries arranged in the alpha betical order Position the cursor on the lt Enter gt The same window displays a required area or use the list of ports belonging to this keyboard for typing the country first letters of its name as required for the search Position the cursor on the lt Enter gt Information on the selected required port or use the port is displayed keyboard for typing the first letters of its name as required for the search Repeat the procedure as lt Esc gt A window with the list of ports required is displayed again lt Esc gt To remove the information window from the screen The information contained herein is proprietary J TIRVANN SSNS to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever PLAY AHEAD Page 55 Obtaining Information on Tides By the cursor position PORT By cursor lt Enter gt A Graphics cursor i ele leer eee eee erred ee re ee to ot ea TS Position the cursor in the lt Enter gt The bottom part of the screen plac
150. tabase lle The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever DESCRIPTION OF ADDITIONAL CAPABILITIES OF THE WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE Page 129 e A certain number of forecasts geese Select Keep option and set the re Keep mm last forecasts quired number of forecasts by using aj buttons e All the received and processed forecasts C Store all forecasts Keep E last forecasts Select Store all forecast option 5 On Adjustment of Forecast Num lt Apply gt button becomes inactive ber Stored in the Database panel gt press lt Apply gt button Store all forecasts C Store all forecasts Keep f last forecasts Keep p 4 last forecasts Change Apply ERGA at TA Apply Cancel 5 2 2 Converting of Routes from Weather Wizard Format to the Format Compatible with Navi Sailor Series Software and Deleting of Routes The Weather Wizard software uses rt2 route format whilst Navi Sailor series software 2400 and 2500 operates exclusively with rte format To convert route files from one format to the other and the other way round the RE utility has a dedicated converter This same converter incorporates a facility for the deleting of routes and their co pying onto the external memory and the other way round
151. ted time of staying in the given WP ETA Estimated time of arrival in the given WP TTG Travel time between two WP s Total Time Total time underway counting from the ETD from the first WP Speed Travel speed on the route leg Average Speed Average speed on the route The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide Page 74 UTILITIES Route Tables are handled either via the menu see paragraph 4 3 4 or by using the context menu menu displayed by clicking the right mouse trackerball button Context Menu in the Route Table DS Sc oe ct 00 0 00 0 0000W Y CuwP RL 478 0 478 0 oooow Ba CoppwP AL 539 3 1017 3 oo omw Eea X Delete WP GC 3355 8 4373 1 00 00 Set Wale Hange RAL 792 7 5165 9 00 00 ale Hang Reset Calc Range RAL 4746 1 9912 0 o0 00W Set Value 2fe Save Calc As Calculate Functions included in the context menu perform the following actions Name of the Its Main menu Purpose function counterpart 1 2 3 New WP Edit New WP To add a new waypoint Cut WP Edit Cut WP To cut out a point from the active route into the clipboard Copy WP Edit Copy WP To copy a point from the active route into the clipboard Paste WP Edit Paste WP To insert a waypoint from the clipboard Delete WP Edit Delete WP To delete a waypoint
152. tention This is a compulsory Emapa operation which is required for E checking the correctness of the ee saw raw sz raw Longitude To 12 51 E 12 51 E 12 51 E 12 51 E 12STE order It is necessary to ascertain Bee zs rs len leas len that the order does not contain any From 69 18N 69 18N 6918N 6F18N 69 18N n Latitude To 50 18N 50 18N 50 18N 50 18N 50 18N superfluous data which may con a ee ee siderably increase the mail com Gide pots 63 a a a a 1 H 1 From 02 03 00 02 03 00 02 03 00 02 03 00 02 03 00 munication session fake To 22 03 00 22 03 00 22 03 00 22 03 00 22 03 00 Duration 21 days 21 days 21 days 21 days 21 days n n n n 21 a 21 a a Time steps count Request Repetition Totatl data points 14553 14553 6930 6930 6930 This request is currently loaded to editor 5 1 2 Sending of a Weather Forecast Order Attention It is NOT ALLOWED to change e mail setting from one mail system to another or to switch mail systems from one profile or account to another with the Weather Forecast Manager The information contained herein is proprietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Page 96 J RAES USER WORK WITH THE WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE 1 Run WFM utility see paragraph 4 1 2 Request page is displayed 2 Select one of the previously com piled and saved
153. the Weather Forecast Manager utility 3 Current profile The selection of a profile which will be used for the dispatch of orders and reception of weather forecasts where my default Email address option is used The default setting if the profile set as a default in the MS Outlook operation Attention The mail settings described in items 2 and 3 are not available unless MS Outlook is used as a default mail program see item 3 1 3 e About this program Information on the utility The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User Guide Page 38 UTILITIES 4 2 Play Ahead 4 2 1 Purpose Visualisation and animation of the received weather forecasts Generation of route plans in a graphic form Play ahead of the ship s motion along the route with a simultaneous visualisation of received weather forecast in dynamics 4 2 2 Start of and Exit from the Utility J RAES To start Play Ahead utility use the procedure shown below Fig 4 2 QuickBeam Suite gt Startup r E SyncMaster gt jag Drift Table E WinRAR B Play Ahead Microsoft Access M Route Editor a New Difice Document 3 Microsoft Excel g Uninstall Microsoft FrontPage Microsoft Outlook Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft Word E Weather F
154. tion on wind and sea The source of this database of information obtained from NOAA CD Rom U S Navy Marine Climatic Atlas of the World Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command which contains processed data of meteoro logical observations accumulated over the period from 1854 until 1969 The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever PLAY AHEAD Page 61 The PA has a facility for showing vectors of prevailing and resulting wind which are displayed in the green colour and originate in the same reference points located in the corners of a 1x1 degree grid in latitude and longitude It is assumed that the resulting wind is the summary vector of the wind rose components whilst the prevailing wind is represented by the largest vector Information on sea is shown in the PA in the form of a line equal to the wave height in the green colour The wave height value which this contour line corresponds to is specified next to it Apart from the display of wind vectors and a line equal to the wave height for the current month the PA provides a facility for viewing the dynamics of their change with one month discretion 1 To display wind vectors on the PA screen and view the dynamics of their changes by months use the following procedure The PA menu function Indicator of the PA display of the actions involved and or
155. tor Biles Eile Edit View Cdculation Tools Window Help DW trex RSM MMe 7 a x 7 The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever ROUTE EDITOR Page 71 Main Menu Auxiliary Menu Toolbar Main Window The Main menu is located on s k the top panel in the utility win File Edit Venn Edain Tools Window Help dow and enables access to the utility s control functions via a number of pull down menus The buttons are ranged on the toolbar below the Main menu bar and contain pictograms of the most frequently used utility functions Oe sex SAM MRD 27 Aa4 The functions and buttons of the program s Main and Auxiliary Menus are detailed in paragraph 4 3 4 The Main window is intended for the display of Route Tables dedicated Route Explorer facility for handling route files as well as of the special Comparison panel IF Route editor File Edit View Calculation Tools Window Help DS BOEex SEM mo 272 olx NewCalc1 10 06 2000 19 55 14 06 2000 04 24 5d22h Im 5d 14 06 2000 04 24 3d 8h 29m Id 15 06 2000 21 54 1d 17h 23m 11d E Route2 Route3 NewCalc1 8777 7 Passage2 No No No 4200 2 4200 2 11d Oh Om 15 9 The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for
156. tware required for the connec tion telephone number via which access to the Internet will be ob tained user name and personal ID password Via local computer network LAN In this case the organisation pro vides the external access to the Internet via the computer connected to LAN The administrator of this network supplies the user with a name registration password and network protocol The information contained herein is proprietary J RAWNSSS to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL Page 7 In either case when working with the electronic mail it is necessary to know the name of mail servers processing the incoming and outgoing mail This information can be provided by the ISP or system admini strator Server computer within a local network running the administrator software enabling access to the resources of the given computer in cluding access to the Internet for all the other computers involved in this network Layer one out of several components on PA objects presentation on the chart Data of a certain type only can be loaded in each of the gra phics layers e g e Chart information layer 1 e Routes layer 2 e User chart A layer 3 A layer 4 e Cursor layer 5 Layers are displayed in a certain order and as a result each presen tation is formed by superimposing several graphic layers Cha
157. um value 16 4 Wave Height ms Increase by f 4 Columns Degrees Column corres ponds to 10 C Terms F Ship Parameters Length m 100 Side Windage sq m feoo Draught m fe 4 x Parameters window contains 3 panels Apply Panel Purpose 1 2 1 Rows RINS To select the speed loss calculation Wind Speed option C Wave Height e to take wind into account eee eet eto take sea into account mm to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever Page 86 UTILITIES Panel Purpose Units To set the measurement units used for speed loss calculations in the table mis e for wind speed m s km h knots ee efor wave height metres or feet r To set the range of wind speed or wave i 16 epii airs E height variation for the calculations and Increase by k4 display in the table e maximum value e discreteness of calculations Attention Aertssen formula used for the calculations operates at the maxi mum permissible wind speed value of 16 m s and wave or swell height of 6 m 2 Columns To select the type of wind sea direction nE presentation in the table Degrees e in degrees with a set discreteness Terms Column corresponds to fi 0 in head up semi circular measure ment system e in compass points Head Cheek bone Abeam Fair relative to the ship s
158. uplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL Page 3 E g 1 Start PA utility See paragraph 4 2 2 2 ROUTE New A cursor appears in the Chart Area BELGIUM 3 Set the first WP Position the cursor in the required The cursor can also be manipulated point by the manual input of the first way int coordinates To do this first Use lt gt and lt gt keys to set the pein a scale suitable for plotting the initial press Seb keyito activate the inp n wavpoiht window then enter the required e a coordinates Press the left trackerball mouse The symbol of the first waypoint is button plotted in the selected point nepr ren wpa NE AN EG at DEPTH kos Sf CONT HEIGHT CURRENT tae a A y F k e nonane i uP 1 x 1 nn S te j Lat 37045 291N Lon 18 19 406E J Abies terxenna P Crs 353 19 Ea Dst 48 27nn Golfe de Gabes saoon SERRA 48 3nn fp de Djerba FS L VECTORS FIXED N RANGE 545 44 nn i N aa 1 3000 88 Where 1 2 3 are operations whilst Move and Press are steps within a single operation For the rest of the tables the names of the columns are provided in the heading Conventional lt gt is a button on the panels in the utility windows or a keyboard key Symbols E g lt OK gt is OK button on the utility panel lt F11 gt is F11
159. utility See paragraph 4 1 2 ofa Working 2 Open Forecasts page Weather Forecast A Ol lta amp i Request Delivery Forecasts 3 On Management panel set Ma nual forecast selection mode Management f Manual For more detailed information related to the settings and adjustments which are required to be made on Forecasts page see paragraph 4 1 3 Forecasts Page 4 In the List of Received Weather Forecasts see item 4 1 3 Fore casts Page 1 position the cur sor on the line with the date of the received forecast which should be selected for the further work Forecast date Request date Requesttime Selected 03 07 2000 03 07 2000 03 07 2000 03 07 2000 12 58 03 07 2000 03 07 2000 12 56 03 07 2000 03 07 2000 12 53 Ea 29 06 2000 29 06 2000 08 43 J RAWNSSS The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever DESCRIPTION OF ADDITIONAL CAPABILITIES OF THE WEATHER WIZARD SOFTWARE Page 127 Forecast Selection by the Sufficiency Criterion 5 On Management panel press Select forecast for general use button This forecast is selected as the working one Forecast date Requestdate Requesttime Selected 03 07 2000 03 07 2000 03 07 2000 03 07 2000 12 56 03 07 2000
160. utlook 2000 only Yes No El MS Outlook 98 only Yes No isaled matvotvere game Mook WW mea Outlook Express 6 0 only Yes No Outlook Express 6 0 MS Outlook 98 Yes Yes No Outlook Express 6 0 MS Outlook 2000 Yes Yes No Z MS Outlook 2000 only Yes No E MS Outlook 98 only Yes No The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever ARANES COMPATIBILITY OF WEATHER WIZARD PROGRAM WITH DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF MICROSOFT Page 149 INTERNET EXPLORER DURING THE OPERATION UNDER DIFFERENT OPERATING SYSTEMS OS Windows NT 4 0 SP 5 IE 6 0 WW compatibility with E mail software p Outlook MS Outlook WW installation naca nie leain Express 4 0 98 2000 SERRE Outlook Express 4 0 only No Yes Outlook Express 4 0 MS Outlook 98 No Yes No 5 Outlook Express 4 0 MS Outlook 2000 No Yes No st MS Outlook 2000 only Yes No E as Outlook 98 only Yes No A Outlook MS Outlook WW installation a eian Express 5 0 98 2000 canis Outlook Express 5 0 only No Yes Outlook Express 5 0 MS Outlook 98 No Yes No Outlook Express 5 0 Outlook 2000 Yes No w MS Outlook 2000 only Yes No MS Outlook 98 only Yes No x Outlook MS Outlook WW installation elaire enne Express 5 5 98 2000 warning Outlook Express 5 5 only F Outlook Express 5 5 MS Outlook 98 N It is not p
161. xpress 5 5 MS Outlook 2000 Yes Yes No wi MS Outlook 2000 only Yes No Eo Installed E mail software ee e waning Outlook Express 5 5 only Yes No Outlook Express 5 5 MS Outlook 98 Yes No A Outlook Express 5 5 MS Outlook 2000 Yes No n MS Outlook 2000 only Yes No Yes Ne tsaedE masotare games P aa WW anion Outlook Express 6 0 only Yes No Outlook Express 6 0 MS Outlook 98 Yes Yes No S Outlook Express 6 0 MS Outlook 2000 Yes Yes No sS MS Outlook 2000 only Yes No E MS Outlook 98 only Yes No The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever J RNS COMPATIBILITY OF WEATHER WIZARD PROGRAM WITH DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF MICROSOFT Page 151 INTERNET EXPLORER DURING THE OPERATION UNDER DIFFERENT OPERATING SYSTEMS OS Windows ME WW compatibility with E mail software ae ee oe ae Outlook Express 5 5 only Yes Outlook Express 5 5 MS Outlook 98 in Outlook Express 5 5 MS Outlook 2000 w MS Outlook 2000 only Yes No MS Outlook 98 only Yes No Isao E mail sotorare gone SVE WW naan Outlook Express 6 0 only No Outlook Express 6 0 MS Outlook 98 Yes No S Outlook Express 6 0 MS Outlook 2000 Yes No MS Outlook 2000 only Yes No E MS Outlook 98 only Yes No The information contained herein is proprietary WEATHER WIZARD edition 2 User
162. y of any required parameters out of those listed below Route parameter Meaning 1 2 Route view Group of geographic parameters Name WP name may not be available The information contained herein is proprietary to Transas Marine Ltd and shall not be duplicated or used in whole or part for any purposes whatsoever ROUTE EDITOR Page 73 Route parameter Meaning Lat and Lon WP geographic coordinates RL GC Type of the line connecting two WP s Rhumb Line or Great Circle Distance Distance between two WP s Course Bearing from a WP to the next WP Total Distance The total distance from the start of the route to the given WP Port Stb Width XTE value to the port starboard of the current route leg Arrival circle Radius value of the circle described around the given WP when this circle is crossed the route monitoring is switched from this WP to the next WP on the ship s route Turn rate Rate of turn planned for the given WP Turn radius Radius of the turning circle planned for the given WP Calculation view The aforementioned geographic parameters are supplemented with a group of parameters required for the generation a schedule of the ship s progress along the given route Time zone Time zone for the geographic area which the given WP belongs to ETD Estimated time of departure from the given WP Stay Estima

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