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1. Red cross Target declared emergency SART Active status 9 AION sign Target is buoy or AtoN aid to navigation Helicopter Target with altitude bigger than 0 is a helicopter H yellow Wing in ground High speed craft A blue Passenger green Cargo A red Tanker A magenta Sailing A brown Pleasure Craft A Orange Search and Rescue ship SART not active A cyan Pilon Tug Port Tender A black Law enforcement vessel A light gray Unknown type A white Others default type A aes dI ACTIVE TARGET Target located within the Activation Range Target detected by CPA or TCPA Alarm n Dangerous Target is Active Target by definition Flashing SLEEPING TARGET Target located outside the Activation Range Ais info is not received from that vessel for 3 5 minutes Fig 3 7 1 AIS Symbols NOTES triangle icon color is selected according to declared ship type smaller triangle is displayed for anchored moored targets or when their speed less than 2 knots 3 7 2 To set the chart plotter for receiving AIS Make sure that the AIS receiver is properly connected to the chart plotter The chart plotter reads the AIS NMEA message VMD type 1 2 3 4 5 9 11 18 19 21 and 24 Select the used serial port and transmission speed by following the procedure MENU Advanced Options ENTER Input Output ENTER Input ENTER AIS 38400
2. DESCRIPTION FUNCTION POWER GND POWER SUPPLY GND POWER 10 35Vde POWER SUPPLY INPUT1 NMEA0183 C COM SIGNAL RETURN SIGNAL RETURN OUTPUT1 NMEA0183 180 180CDX C COM NC NC AUTOPILOT DEVICE INPUT3 NMEA0183 C COM FUNCTION OUTPUT3 NMEA0183 180 180CDX C COM NMEA0183 180 180CDX INPUT SIGNAL RETURN SIGNAL RETURN SIGNAL RETURN Autopilot Connection on Port 1 for SNS 700fe FUNCTION POWER SUPPLY GND POWER SUPPLY NMEA0183 C COM SIGNAL RETURN NMEA0183 180 180CDX C COM NMEA0183 180 180CDX INPUT SIGNAL RETURN SIGNAL RETURN SIGNAL RETURN Autopilot Connection on Port 1 for SNS 700fi User Manual 103 External NMEA Connection QUICK DISCONNECT BRACKET CABLE WIRE COLOR DESCRIPTION FUNCTION BLACK POWER GND POWER SUPPLY GND RED POWER 10 35Vdc POWER SUPPLY NMEA0183 WHITE INPUT1 NMEA0183 C COM DEVICE GREEN SIGNAL RETURN SIGNAL RETURN FUNCTION YELLOW OUTPUT1 NMEA0183 180 180CDXIC COM BROWN NC GRAY NC ORANGE INPUT3 83 OUTPUT3 NMEA0183 180 180CDX C COM BLUE SIGNAL RETURN SIGNAL RETURN External NMEA Connection on Port 1 for SNS 700fe DESCRIPTION FUNCTION POWER GND POWER SUPPLY GND POWER 10 35Vdc INPUT1 POWER SUPPLY NMEA0183 NMEA0183 C COM NC GREE
3. DIMENSIONS 112 User Manual Si Tex Marine Electronics 25 Enterprise Zone Drive Suite 2 Riverhead NY 11901 USA Phone 1 651 996 2690 Fax 1 631 996 2693 www si tex com
4. ENTER Fish Finder On Standby ENTER Autopilot Connection Connect the Autopilot to the serial Port n MENU Advanced Options ENTER Input Output ENTER Port n Output ENTER Then choose your preferred setting among the NMEA available settings NMEA 0183 4800 N81 N NMEA 0180 NMEA 0180 CDX and press ENTER to confirm 50 User Manual Where n 1 2 3 4 5 for SNS 700e SNS 700i SNS 1100 1 3 4 5 for SNS 700fe SNS 700fi External NMEA Connection Connect the External NMEA to the serial Port n MENU Advanced Options ENTER Input Output ENTER Port n Input ENTER Then choose your preferred setting among the NMEA available settings NMEA 1200 N81 N NMEA 4800 N81 N NMEA 4800 N82 N NMEA 9600 N81 N NMEA 38400 N81 N and press ENTER to confirm Where n 1 2 3 4 5 for SNS 700e SNS 700i SNS 1100 1 3 4 5 for SNS 700fe SNS 7008 C COM GSM Plus Connection To connect the modem C COM to the chart plotter follow the procedure MENU Advanced Options ENTER Input Output ENTER Port 1 Input ENTER C COM ENTER The modem C COM can be connected also to the Port 2 except for SNS 700fi SNS 700fe Port 3 and Port 4 5 in this case select the format on the used port NOTE The connection is valid for the C COM IR and C COM RS232 too Output Sentences The chart plotter allows customizing the NMEA 0183 sentence transmitt
5. Active Target Target located within the Activation Range Active Target is represented by oriented triangle with COG and Heading vectors Rate of turn may also be displayed Dangerous Target Target detected by CPA or TCPA Alarm Dangerous Target is Active Target by definition For better visibility Dangerous Target symbol is flashing Sleeping Target Target located outside the Activation Range Sleeping Target is represented by a small oriented triangle Lost Target When the AIS info is not received from that vessel for 3 5 minutes The presentation will be a flashing black triangle with a cross through Activation Range Range around your boat where Targets become active AIS Target become active within this range Activation Range should be greater than CPA Limit by definition SART Search and Rescue Target a target with active Search and Rescue status i e a declared emergency vessel man over board send my portable SART equipment etc NOTE A Target is removed from the screen if data is not received for 10 minutes The maximum number of tracked Targets is 200 54 User Manual Depending on the scale the presentation of the Targets change to remove clutter on the screen This information is updated every 3 seconds to 6 minutes depending on speed and rate of turn enabling the track of the vessels in range to be plotted 3 7 1 a Color Legend for AIS Targets Target color Description Ship Type Symbol
6. ENTER Radar FF ENTER Otherwise to display the Radar and Fish Finder Combo pages follow this procedure User Manual 75 41 06 2708 EE Fig 5 3 6a Radar FF Chart Nav page MENU Page ENTER Fish Finder ENTER Radar FF Chart Nav Data ENTER PICTURE VIDEO CAMERA on D om coo se u OST 7 amp 0 Me se 290 2 aros guisa aont Fig 5 3 6b Radar FF Chart Video page The other Fish Finder Combo page has the Video window instead of the Navigation window MENU Page ENTER Fish Finder ENTER Radar FF Chart Video ENTER When in Split Combo pages the active view is highlighted by a focus Yellow frame The keyboard commands are related to that focused view To move the focus press MENU twice 5 4 ZOOM MODES 5 4 1 The Bottom Lock Zoom The Bottom Lock Zoom mode is activated when the Fish Finder is in Auto Range or Bottom Lock mode see Par 5 6 3 and the Variable Depth Marker VDM is not displayed on the screen In Bottom Lock Zoom mode the Fish Finder Echogram is automatically moved up down as to keep the Bottom Line always visible in the lower half of the screen NOTE Moving the Cursor key up down displays the Variable Depth Marker VDM switching the Fish Finder in Marker Zoom mode 5 4 2 The Marker Zoom The Marker Zoom mode is activated either when the Fish Finder is in Manual Range mode see Par 5 6 3 or the De
7. SNS 1100 DATA DSC ENTER select the DSC Log page ENTER Selecting Log shows the Distress Call Log page or Position Request Log page it depends which of the two was selected The Log page allows to Locate to center the map on the selected DSC position press Locate Clear One to delete selected DSC position press Clr One e Clear to delete all entries press Clr All Hide Show to allow hiding showing the selected DSC position on the chart display press Hide 08 31 EM 118 18 298 i v 11 PM 118 864 0025244524 _ CNET LONE 7S MIER to change modefOGI TION LOCATE CLR ONE Fig 3 9 2 Example of DSC Log page To show Position Request Distress Call page press ENTER User Manual 61 3 9 3 DSC Directory page To select the DSC Directory page MENU ENTER DSC ENTER select the DSC Directory page ENTER SNS 1100 DATA DSC ENTER select the DSC Directory page ENTER From this page the user can assign the Vessel Name Contact Name and Phone number to any MMSI Maritime Mobile Service Identity so that when a DSC Distress Call or Position Request is received the name of the vessel is displayed in place of the MMSI number a unique number that is assigned to a DSC radio station for use in emergency situations The Directory page allows to Edit to edit the fields of any existing entry in the Dire
8. is not pressed for 2 seconds and the selected zoom factor will be used at the next zoom in out Fonts amp Symbols MENU Map Options ENTER Fonts amp Symbols ENTER It is possible to set the size of all names and symbols drawn on the charts selecting between Normal size the regular characters size and Large size Fig 3 2 Example of Normal size font on the left side and Large size font on the right side settings Perspective View MENU Map Options ENTER Perspective View ENTER Chart data may be projected in perspective mode during navigation This function allows setting the panoramic View of the chart As the upper side of the map is more compressed than the lower side a wider map area is visible The perspective view allows showing more chart information immediately ahead and around the cursor Fig 3 2a Perspective View User Manual 41 Dynamic Nav Aids MENU Map Options ENTER Dynamic Nav Aids ENTER This function allows settings blinking lights on Nav Aids The blinking period and color of each Nav aid is read from the Nav Aid attributes available on the data cartridge When the ship is inside the Nav Aid nominal range the light of the Nav Aid will start blinking NOTE When Dynamic Nav Aids option is set to On when the flashing light is Off or when fix position is out of the sector the light color is displayed by using a faint light color Map O
9. ADD VIDEOCAMERA ADD VIDEOCAMERA 1 ADD VIDEOCAMERA 2 VIDEOCAMERA VIDEOCAMERA VIDEOCAMERA 12 User Manual Chart Nav Data 3D Road Status WindData Gauges Depth 1 Depth 2 FF Std FF Dual FF Spit FF Map Rd Std Rd Map Rd FF Rd Data Combo 4 AddVid AddVid1 AddVid2 Video Video 1 Video 2 Chart Display page Navigation Data page 3D Road page GPS Status page Wind Data page Gauges page Depth Graph Full page Depth Graph page Fish Finder Full page Fish Finder Dual Frequency page Fish Finder Zoom page Fish Finder and Chart page Radar Full page Radar and Chart page Radar and Fish Finder page Radar and data page Radar Fish finder Chart and data page Add screen video image Add screen video image 1 Add screen video image 2 Full screen video image Full screen video image 1 Full screen video image 2 MARK Mark Mark place EVENT Event Event place WAYPOINT Waypoint Waypoint place TRACK Track Track storing activated deactivated NOTE Available For SNS 700e SNS 700i SNS 700fe SNS 700fi SNS 1100 NOTE Available For SNS 700e SNS 700i SNS 700fe SNS 700fi SNS 1100 NOTE Available For SNS 1100 NOTE4 SNS 700e SNS 700i SNS 700fe SNS 700fi 1 1 6 Alphanumeric Input Procedure When editing a Waypoint see the following picture or when entering menu information insert data by using the visual alpha
10. Deleting File from USER MEDIA To remove files MENU Save amp Load ENTER Delete NOTE Remember that this option permanently erases the file Reading USER MEDIA directory To show the list of the files present on the USER MEDIA inserted into the slot MENU Save amp Load ENTER Media Read Sorting USER MEDIA directory To order the file directory MENU Save amp Load ENTER Media Sort by This is possible in three different modes Name to order by the filename press Name e Time to order by the time of file creation press Time Type to order by the type of data press Type User Manual 39 3 User Setting Up 3 1 GENERAL OPTIONS MENU To set the general settings MENU General Options ENTER The possible selections are listed in the table below Language Chart Language Distance Unit Speed Unit Wind Unit Depth Unit Altitude Unit Temperature Unit Time Reference Daylight Saving Time Time Format Date Format Nav Aids Presentation Keypad Beep Cursor Speed 40 User Manual Selects the language for screen labels menus and options Selects a menu to set the language to display chart information and define how objects are translated Selects the unit for Distance among Nm Sm Km Selects the unit for Speed among Kts Mph Kph Selects the unit for Wind among Kts Kph Mph m s Bft Selects the unit among Ft FM and Mt Selec
11. ENTER Where n 1 2 3 4 5 for SNS 700e SNS 1100 n 1 2 4 5 for SNS 700i 1 3 4 5 for SNS 700fe n 1 4 5 for SNS 700fi 3 7 3 AIS Menu To configure the chart plotter to receive AIS data follow the procedure MENU AIS ENTER User Manual 55 Display Turns Off the display of AIS targets overlay on the cartography or defines the range from the fix within which the AIS Target becomes active The values allowed are from 0 1 to 50 Nm The default setting is 50 Nm Display targets Select types of targets to be displayed All default Class A Class B Dangerous targets causing CPA or TCPA alarm SART targets are always displayed CPA Alarm Turns Off the alarm or defines the CPA Limit the values allowed are from 0 1 to 10 Nm The default setting is 0 5 Nm TCPA Alarm Turns Off the alarm or defines the TCPA Limit The values allowed are from 1 to 30 min The default setting is 10 min AIS Report Shows the AIS List page which contains basic information of the Target ship with the ability to select a Target ship and locate it on the chart AIS Track List Opens full screen AIS Track List window AIS Legend Displays pop up window with AIS Targets color legend see par 3 7 1a NOTE The AIS menu could be selected only if the AIS has been selected as external device see the previous Par 3 7 2 3 7 4 Quick Info on AIS Target By placing the cursor over a AIS Target icon the following information is displayed Vessel
12. shows a wider less detailed area Only For SNS 1100 GOTO selects the Goto function instead of ENTER DATA selects preferred screen configuration INFO selects the Info function 10 User Manual 1 1 3 Software Keys The software keys soft keys have different functions according to the modes of operation their labels for the current functions located on the front panel are shown on the screen right above the keys Also they are used from the chart screen or from the data pages to select one of the data pages available to allow faster access to the page selection When the chart page is selected the soft key labels are not shown By pressing one of the soft keys their labels for the current functions are shown on the screen immediately above the soft keys When the soft key labels are shown by pressing the associated soft key the relative func tion is executed By pressing CLEAR the soft key labels disappear 1 1 4 Function Keys When the cursor is placed over any User Point or any cartographic object a window containing the information about the selected object is shown on a variable location of the screen not covering the cursor icon At the same time some Function Keys up to five are shown on the bottom of the page The Function Keys are associated to the function that can be applied to the selected object Each Function Key shows a number and the name of the function For example when the cursor is place
13. ENTER Input Output ENTER FF Transmission ENTER On ENTER NOTE Itis not possible to connect any external Fish Finder unit to the chart plotter 5 2 UNDERSTANDING THE FISH FINDER PAGE The display on chart plotters shows a history of time of the echoes received by the transducer The chart plotters have a menu that allows adjustments to receiver sensitivity depth range and scrolling speed of the Fish Finder display User Manual 69 DOO OVOOMHOWO Warning message Echogram window 40 69 583N 2912 42 086E Color Bar Digital Depth Water temperature Alarm Bar Depth ruler Variable Depth Marker VDM Zoom Bar A Scope Operating Frequency Fig 5 2 The Fish Finder page The following is a short description of terms listed in the previous Fig 5 2 Warning Message Flashing label Simulation when the echo sounder is in Simulation mode Echogram window Graphic presentation of sonar soundings recorded as a continuous profile scrolling across the screen from right to left Such recordings represent the image of the water beneath your boat items appear as they pass under your transducer the items on the right side of the screen are closer to you than those on the left The correct interpretation of the Echogram allows retrieving useful information about what is under the boat See the following Par 5 2 2 for more information Color Bar 70 Colored scale located on the
14. We will not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the performance or use of this material User Manual 9 1 Getting Started This chapter provides basic information to get you started using the chart plotter it will help you in becoming familiar with the chart display and the functions of the controls before you start using the chart plotter 1 1 THE KEYBOARD 1 1 1 Joystick Cursor key Moves the cursor on the display screen quickly and accurately and in the menu page s scrolls the desired option If in Navigate Home mode it allows to exit from navigate mode 1 1 2 Dedicated Keys Common POWER keep it pressed for one second to turn On the chart plotter keep it pressed for three seconds to turn Off the chart plotter press it to adjust the backlight and contrast of the display MOB inserts the MOB Man OverBoard on the ship s position CLEAR exits from menu or leaves a menu without making changes if you are not into a menu sets the Navigate Home mode the cursor is centered on ship s position ENTER places Marks Waypoints destination if a specific key is missed and selects many functions for example Find confirms selection MENU selects the main menu when in chart and data page keep it pressed for three seconds to customize data fields of the text area ZOOM IN shows more details of a smaller area ZOOM OUT
15. 3 10 3 11 3 12 4 4 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 5 5 1 5 2 5 2 1 5 3 5 3 1 5 3 2 5 3 3 5 3 4 5 3 5 5 3 6 5 4 5 4 1 5 4 2 5 5 5 6 5 6 1 5 6 2 5 6 3 5 6 4 5 6 5 5 6 6 5 6 7 5 6 8 5 6 9 service service menu 0 Distress call and position request DSC log page DSC directory page Quick info on dsc icons Fish finder Radar System information C link C link serial connection C link navigation data transfer Operations Quick info Fish finder Setting the internal fish finder on Understanding the fish finder page Understanding the echogram display Displaying the fish finder page How to select the fish finder page Fish finder full page Dual frequency page Zoom page Chart fish page Fish finder and radar pages Zoom modes The bottom lock zoom The marker zoom Sounder adjustments with soft keys Fish finder setup menu Preset mode Gain mode Range mode Depth Shift Bottom range Frequency Interference rejection Sensitivity menu 5 6 10Display setup menu 5 6 11 Transducer setup menu 5 6 12Alarms menu 5 6 13Save amp load menu 5 7 6 6 1 6 1 1 Transducers GPS How gps works Position fixing accuracy hdop 57 58 58 60 60 61 62 62 63 63 63 64 64 64 64 67 69 69 69 70 71 72 72 72 73 73 74 75 75 75 76 77 77 78 78 78 78 78 78 79 79 80 80 81 81 81 82 82 82 7 Maintenance 84 7 1 System test 84 7 1 1
16. C Lock red when the chart is zoomed in more than twice normal scale gray otherwise 2 Best Map Red when a more detailed chart is available under the cursor position 3 Data Off Red when at least one of the following objects or layers is turned off by the user Depths soundings Wrecks obstructions Tracks routes Attention areas Nav Aids 4 Declutter Displays red when clearing overlapping objects 5 Dangers Red when Guardian Technology detects one of the following objects Land Intertidal Depth Area Rocks Obstructions Shoreline Constructions Fishing Facility Wrecks Dragged area Diffusion area Mooring facilities Pingos and Production installations 6 Cautions Red when Guardian Technology detects cautionary or restricted area User Manual 43 Palette MENU Map Options ENTER Palette ENTER It is possible to set the palette used to enhance the visibility of the screen depending on the surrounding light condition The possible choices are listed in the table below Normal It is recommended when the chart plotter is not exposed to the direct sunlight When this mode is set the maps are displayed in order to use colors as similar as possible to the ones used in the original paper charts Sunlight It is designed to enhance the visibility of the screen when the chart plotter is exposed to the sunlight The maps are much brighter than in the other modes and the depth areas are filled with whit
17. CUSTOMIZATION ON CHART PAGE It is possible to customize the Text Area layout among OFF Text Area with a variable number of boxes the number depending on the chart plotter type MENU Display Options ENTER Data Window Mode ENTER It is also possible to edit fields shown in every screen configuration Edit mode is activated directly from the chart display pressing MENU hold for 3 seconds use the cursor key to select data window to customize ENTER use the cursor key to choose selection ENTER Once ENTER is pressed the data type is set The selection window is closed and the Text Area changes according to the selected data type Press CLEAR to exit the edit mode 2 6 INFO Placing the cursor on cartographic objects the information related to the object nearby is shown Fig 2 6 Example of Quick Info on objects with picture Setting Automatic Info Automatic Info allows you to get the information on any cartographic object just by placing the cursor on it You can select the type of it MENU Display Options ENTER Auto Info ENTER The possible settings are Off no automatic info shown at all On Points only on points e g Rocks Buoys Lights Tide Stations and On All on all objects points lines and areas NOTE Choosing On All the Automatic Info will be shown most of the times the cursor is moved Selecting Automatic Info Move the cursor on the object The pop up w
18. External SNS 700e SNS 700fe SNS 1100 INSTALLING Choose a location for the antenna that has a clear view of the sky Ensure there are no major obstructions or fixtures in the immediate proximity to the antenna The antenna relies on direct line of sight satellite reception If you are unsure that the chosen location is suitable it may be advisable to mount the antenna in a temporary manner to verify correct operation The thread used on the antenna 1 14 TPI is an industry standard thread used on a wide range of mounting brackets including the swivel joints commonly used for angled surfaces However due to the manufacturing process of these mounting brackets you may see that there is some slop when tightening down the antenna to the bracket This is of no concern however as the antenna must be tightened until the antenna stops rotating on the antenna mounting bracket The antenna design also allows an easy flush mounting 1 Apply the adhesive mounting template sheet in the area that was verified to receive satellite signal well 2 Then following template instruction drill a 1 25mm hole and three 0 13 3 2mm holes qm 033 25mm 1 PS OVERALL SHAPE 3 Remove the template and let the cable go through the central hole 4 Apply a small coat of RTV to the underside of the antenna 5 Place the antenna and then screw it with the three M3 screws User Manual 111 59 2 ro r 0 6 iod 1
19. Loran positions are determined by precise timing of the intervals between reception of pulses transmitted by pairs of stations in the selected chain Between any two stations a ship must be located somewhere along a line of possible positions where the measured Time Difference TD between arrival of pulses from those stations would be observed The TD is measured from the time of reception of the master station signal to the time of reception of the slave station signal see also Pair Tide Periodic rise and fall of the surface of oceans bays etc due principally to the gravitational interactions between the Moon and Earth Tide Info Calculates the tide heights for any past or future date and as a by product of this calculation will also display the Maximum and Minimum Tide height and time for the day selected plus the times of Sunrise and Sunset At some chart levels the chart plotter will display a new Tide Diamond Symbol for every Port or tide point in the database covered by that particular DATA MEDIA Tracks amp Routes Recommended and established routes for ships at sea including traffic separation schemes deep water routes TRN Turning Difference between COG and BRG If COG is 80 and BRG is 75 TRN is 5 Left TTG Time To Go Estimated time needed to reach your destination based on your current speed and the distance to destination TWD True Wind Direction Direction of the Wind relative to a fixed point on the ea
20. Press Accept to confirm Cancel otherwise 1 14 MAN OVERBOARD MOB If a person or object is lost overboard and you need to return to the location use the MOB Man OverBoard function To activate the MOB function a valid GPS fix must be available Inserting MOB MOB If MOB is already placed removes the existing MOB and places a new one Once inserted the system performs the following operations 1 places the MOB icon at ship s position 2 stops navigation to an existing destination if present 3 sets the MOB as destination Selecting Auto Info on MOB Place the cursor on MOB symbol An information window appears showing the bearing and distance to the MOB position Deleting MOB place cursor on existing MOB MOB Confirm User Manual 23 2 Operations 2 1 USER POINTS MARKS EVENTS AND WAYPOINTS A User Point is an object that you can place on the charts to mark a specific point The chart plotter features three types of User Points Marks Events and Waypoints A Waypoint is created entering a Route Mark can be created on cursor position while an Event is created on ship s position Creating Waypoint See Creating a Route Creating Mark ENTER Mark ENTER The new Mark appears on your cursor position if not in Home mode Creating Event ENTER Mark ENTER The new Event appears on your ship s position if in Home Mode Editing User Point To allow to modify name symbol color and pos
21. TEST If you have connected your position finding device according to the instructions and chosen the proper menu selection for your device and are still having problems with your chart plotter the extended auto test should help determine the problem Make sure the chart plotter is turned Off While pressing and holding any other key turn the chart plotter On A new menu will appear on the display Use the cursor key to select the desired test this will display in reverse video To choose the test press ENTER To exit from any submenu press CLEAR To exit from the System Test turn Off the chart plotter 7 1 4 RAM Menu RAM clear Clears internal memory If the chart plotter exhibits unusual behaviour or appears to be malfunctioning it may be possible to correct the problem by clearing RAM This operation will erase all Marks Routes stored Track plots and destinations It will also return all selections Input Data Format Autopilot selection etc to original default values Before this step you have the option of saving user Marks Track history and Routes to a User MEDIA this is an optional purchase from your dealer To confirm to clear RAM press ENTER again but if this time you do not wish to clear RAM press CLEAR 7 1 2 DIM Menu Contrast Each time you press the cursor key to right the screen will decrease contrast when you press the left key the contrast will increase Brightness Each time you press the cursor key to
22. cursor on location to navigate to GOTO 1 12 A B FUNCTION The A B function allows to measure the Lat Lon coordinates between two points on the Chart page Inserting A B ENTER ENTER The A point is positioned on the cursor position Use the cursor key to move the cursor in the desired place and then to place the B point press ENTER ENTER A straight line connects the two points A and B A window containing the distance and bearing values is shown Deleting A B 22 User Manual Place the cursor on existing A B Clear Deletes the A and B points and the line 1 13 RANGE BEARING FUNCTION The Range Bearing function allows to measure the Lat Lon coordinates between two points on the Chart page Inserting R B ENTER R B ENTER A dotted line and a circle appears on the screen A window containing the distance and bearing values is shown The origin of the line and the circle s centre is the cursor position use the cursor key to move the dotted line in any direction you choose in the same time the radius changes Press Accept to confirm Cancel otherwise Deleting R B Place the cursor on existing R B Delete Deletes the line and the circle Editing R B Place the cursor on existing R B Edit Modifies the line direction and the circle radius Use the cursor key to move the dotted line in any direction you choose in the same time the radius changes
23. first Waypoint of this Route is surrounded by a circle The Active Route sometimes called current is the working Route it can be edited by adding removing or moving Waypoints Selecting Active Route MENU Route ENTER Select ENTER use the cursor key to highlight the Route Select The Route shown by straight segments is centered on the screen with the cursor on the central Waypoint This will then allow you to quickly work out which Route you have selected When you want to create a new Route select an open Route position in the list using the above procedure Creating a Route To create a new Route Place the cursor ENTER Waypoint ENTER The following functions work on the Active Route Inserting notes on Route To insert a comment on the selected Route MENU Route ENTER Select ENTER use the cursor key to highlight the Route Notes Another window is shown use the cursor key to insert the notes this is possible only if you have already created a Route Press ENTER to confirm CLR otherwise Hiding or Showing Route To hide or show the selected Route on the screen MENU Route ENTER Select ENTER use the cursor key to highlight the Route Hide Show Selecting Route Color To select Route legs color among the eight available colors If in Route menu page MENU Route ENTER Color ENTER use
24. get back to the first page When the selected object is a Tide Station by pressing ENTER the Tide page is shown Quick Info on Lakes Upon viewing the chart of a lake you will click on to query the available information immediately displayed with many details For example see the following picture When the cursor is placed over the icon the icons of the available services are shown If you press Expand all available information about the cartographic point under the cursor will be shown See the next paragraph 32 User Manual Fig 2 6c Example of Lakes info Full Info on Lakes The following is an example of Full Info on Lakes To see the Fishing object press Picture when the Fishing object is highlighted On the screen appears r Walleye B Fig 2 6f Example of picture associated Fig 2 6e Example of Full Info page to the Fishing object 2 7 PORT amp TIDE INFO Getting Port Info The object Port Marina contains the information about the services available on the selected Port Marina and the area around it To get info on Port Marinas move the cursor on the Port Info icon 40 07 333N 012 39 267 Fig 27 E Port Info icon The available information is shown in the Automatic Info window where icons of the available services are shown To expand information about that object press Expand and to expand all available information and get the details on each service of the
25. left side of the screen that shows the colors used in the Echogram to represent the echoes strength The color on the top of the bar represents the maximum sonar strength while the color on the bottom of the bar represents the minimum sonar strength Digital Depth Readout of the current bottom depth Water Temperature Readout of the current water temperature returned by the TEMP 1 sensor included into specific transducers Alarm Bar Bar located on the right side of the Depth Ruler showing the shallow water and deep water alarm values The alarm is triggered when depth is outside the range Depth Ruler Vertical graduated bar located along the right side of the screen It is a scale which reflects the depth of the area being displayed Variable Depth Marker VDM Horizontal line on to the Echogram window with a depth label The up down cursor keys can move it up and down The label displays the depth of the cursor position It can be moved to any location pinpointing the depth of a target Zoom Bar Bar located on the left side of the Depth Ruler showing the portion of the Echogram User Manual i9 5 2 currently represented in the zoomed window on the left part of the screen It is turned On selecting the Echo Sounder Split page A Scope A real time representation of fish and bottom features passing through the beam of the transducer It is drawn as horizontal lines whose length and hue is proportional to the sonar streng
26. many species of game fish like to suspend in just above or just below the thermoclines White Line The White Line shows the difference between hard soft bottoms and even distinguishes between fishes and structures located near the bottom In this way it is easier to tell the difference between a hard and soft bottom and even to distinguish fishes and structures located nearby the bottom For example a soft muddy or weedy bottom returns a weaker echo that is shown with a narrow white line while a hard bottom returns a strong echo that causes a wide white bottom line Surface Clutter Appears like noise at the top of the screen extending many feet below the surface It s User Manual 71 caused by many things including air bubbles bait fish plankton and algae Structures Generally the term structure is used to identify objects like wrecks and weeds rising from the bottom Bottom Echo Profile Bottom profile recorded by the Fish Finder When the echo sounder is set in auto range mode it is automatically kept in the lower half of the screen Other Elements Large anchoring cables are returned by the echo sounder as very long and narrow arcs on the screen 5 3 DISPLAYING THE FISH FINDER PAGE This section will take you through the frequently used operations and assist you to customize the look of the chart plotter using the Fish Finder 5 3 1 to select the Fish Finder page The Page Selection menu allows you to change
27. message will be shown to notify that the Navigation is already active and to confirm whether Slave mode can be set User Manual 65 Inhibit Navigation operation As soon as Slave mode is set the Destination cannot be placed anymore either the C Link Navigation Data is received from the Master or not Also when the C Link Navigation Data is received from the Master it will not be allowed to deactivate the Navigation Inhibit Route following While navigating to the route received from the Master and the Destination is reached the Destination will be moved to the next Waypoint on the route MOB handling If the Navigation to the external Destination is active and MOB is pressed on the Slave chart plotter the MOB is placed but the navigation to the MOB is not activated Note While navigating to the external Destination the operating mode is switched to Master the navigation to the external Destination will be terminated C LINK NAVIGATION DATA ACQUISITION AND DISPLAY As soon as the C Link Navigation Data is received the Slave parses the information received and executes the relative actions depending on its current working status Note When the Navigation to the external Destination is activated the Slave Chart Plotter will show all relevant C Link Navigation Data exactly like when the Destination is not the external one Destination Name DST and BRG to Destination calculate XTE calculate TTG etc These values will be displayed al
28. multicolor shading The Spot Soundings and Depth Contours are displayed on the range only Depth Line Also called Bathymetric Line Imaginary line connecting points of equal water depth Destination In order to tag on the chart the point towards which the ship is Heading you can use a special mark called destination When the destination is placed all navigation data referred to this point DGPS Differential GPS Provides even greater positioning accuracy than standard GPS DPT Depth from Transducer Water Depth below the Transducer The Distance from the Depth Transducer to the ground DST Distance Geographical distance between two points on the map It is possible to select the unit among Nm Sm and Km ETA Estimated Time of Arrival Predicted time of reaching a destination or Waypoint File Collection of information of the same type stored on a USER MEDIA Each file must have a unique name ideally one that describes its contents Filenames are kept in a directory on each USER MEDIA Fix Current position of the vessel provided by the GPS connected to the chart plotter or built in or other positioning systems Fix Status Indicates the quality of the position fix signal Fuel Consumption Rate Estimated fuel consumption rate per hour of an engine boat referred to its relative estimated cruising speed GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System Any single or combined navigation system based on satellites The cur
29. new Waypoint he symbol moves to the new point Sets On icon label Off or Icon only icon the displaying of User Point Sets Normal or Small the icon of User Point Customizes the Text Area layout between Off and Text Area with a variable number of boxes Cursor Window Enables or disables the display of the cursor window on the screen Visual COG Bar Enables or disables the display of the COG Bar that shows the COG like a traditional compass 3 5 VIDEO MODE This function allows to see a video input picture on the chart plotter screen This is allowed only if an external video signal source is connected to the chart plotter NOTE Once the Video Mode is active use the following keys to adjust video settings press and immediately release POWER use the Contr Contr and Bright Bright soft keys to adjust contrast and backlight SNS 700e SNS 700i SNS 700fe SNS 700fi SNS 1100 3 5 1 Add Video menu MENU Add Video1 ENTER Video 1 Shows the image from the video camera 1 on a rectangular window by moving the cursor keys you could select where this window is placed Video 2 Shows the image from the video camera 2 on a rectangular window by moving the cursor keys you could select where this window is placed NOTE1 For SNS 700e SNS 700i SNS 700fe SNS 700fi it is available only one video camera so after selecting Add Video the screen shows the image from the video camera on a window SNS 700e SNS 7
30. on the boat s progress as well as giving an indication of the helmsman s performance When full storing capacity has been reached the oldest points are deleted and overwritten by the newest ones Setting up a Track Step Before you use the Track function it is important to specify the Track step unit if you select Distance the Track point is placed when the distance from its last stored position is greater than the defined distance if Time the Track point is placed after the defined time MENU Track ENTER Config ENTER Step Unit ENTER You can select the Track step Time 1 5 10 30 sec 1 min or distance 0 01 0 05 0 1 0 5 1 0 2 0 5 0 10 0 Nm Setting a short time distance interval between Track points is best suited to navigate within a close or complex environment a greater time distance interval is best suited to a long voyage To select the interval at which the Track points are placed If you have selected Distance MENU Track ENTER Config ENTER Distance Step ENTER If you have selected Time MENU Track ENTER Config ENTER Time Step ENTER Selecting Track Color User Manual 29 To select among 8 different line colors that you choose for the Track MENU Track ENTER Config ENTER Color ENTER Displaying Track To enable or disable the Track displaying on the map screen MENU
31. otherwise when it is Steady the Ship Icon and the heading line does not blink Selects the Coordinate System among ddd mm ss degrees minutes and seconds ddd mm mm degrees minutes and hundredths of minute ddd mm mmm degrees minutes and thousandths of minute UTM OSGB TD allows conversion from GPS coordinates in Loran C coordinates and vice versa If TD is selected as Coordinate System a new menu appears on the screen to set Chain Pair ASF 1 2 Alternate Solution Selects any Geodetic Datum reference from the over 100 available on the chart plotter Map Datum selection switches to the selected reference datum applying the datum offsets stored with the charts Sets the datum reference used by the GPS receiver connected to or integrated in the chart plotter so that the chart plotter converts the position received from the GPS to the Map Datum currently elected in the menu in order to match the position from the GPS with the position on the charts You must know what datum reference is used by the GPS and set it in the Fix Datum option The coordinates o a Waypoint received from a GPS connected to the chart plotter can be stored into the chart plotter if the GPS is NMEA 0183 protocol compatible and support the BWC sentence this symbol remains on the screen for 30 seconds You may save it by placing a Waypoint or a Mark onto that symbol As soon as the chart plotter receives another BWC sentence with the coordinates of a
32. situation a vessel that is equipped with a DSC VHF radio and connected to a GPS has the capability to transmit a DSC Distress Call with GPS Position When the VHF radio receives a DSC Distress Call the position information of the vessel in distress is transferred to the chart plotter The chart plotter logs the Distress Call into the DSC Log and also marks the position of the vessel in distress on the Chart page A pop up screen advises the user that a Distress Call has been received Within the pop up screen it asks the user if he would like to view the call on the Chart page or exit the pop up screen By selecting the item View on Chart and press ENTER two options are shown 60 User Manual GoTo Vessel Activates the navigation to the Distress Call or Position Request icon The chart plotter changes the map scale to allow showing the Distress Call or Position Request icon and the vessel s icon simultaneously on the screen The chart plotter then verifies if there are obstructions land or low water between the two positions If obstructions are found the chart plotter shows a pop up screen saying that the navigation to the Distress Call cannot be set automatically and the user must define a route to avoid the obstacles Stay on View Exits the pop up screen and remains on the selected map screen 3 9 2 DSC Log page To select the DSC Log page MENU Page ENTER DSC ENTER select the DSC Log page ENTER
33. the Master mode follow the procedure MENU Advanced Options ENTER C Link ENTER Primary Station ENTER Master mode is the default factory setting All regular chart plotters functions are allowed As soon as the Destination is placed the Master chart plotter will start transmitting all C Link Navigation Data In Master mode the C Link Navigation Data received from the NMEA port is ignored So if the two chart plotters are both operating in Master mode the C Link Navigation Data sent by the other chart plotter never processed Under such condition if the navigation is activated on one of the two chart plotters a warning message will be shown to notify that the C Link navigation data will be ignored by the other chart plotter SLAVE CHART PLOTTER Operating mode To select the Slave mode follow the procedure MENU Advanced Options ENTER C Link ENTER Secondary Station ENTER When Slave mode is set the chart plotter cannot manipulate the C Link Navigation Data anymore It is necessary to disable the Internal GPS on the Slave chart plotter before start to work with the C Link system MENU Advanced Options ENTER Input Output ENTER GPS Configuration ENTER GPS Antenna ENTER No ENTER Stop current navigation If the navigation was already active it will be disabled as soon as Slave mode is set An appropriate warning
34. the pin is switched from High Impedance to ground This signal can be used by an external device as a hooter or buzzer MENU Alarms ENTER External Alarm ENTER 2 10 USER MEDIA Save amp Load Menu The chart plotter allows to back up Marks Routes and Tracks to a USER MEDIA You can also restore the data to internal memory at a later time This allows virtually unlimited storage The USER MEDIA data storage is organized as a file system USER MEDIA page To display the content of a USER MEDIA inserted into the MEDIA slot of your chart plotter MENU Save amp Load ENTER Formatting USER MEDIA In order to be able to use a new USER MEDIA you must format it first This operation prepares the USER MEDIA to receive and store information MENU Save amp Load ENTER Media Format NOTE When a USER MEDIA is formatted all data saved on it will be deleted Name Date Tw tye puer Liu Cid Cow Fig 2 10 User MEDIA Menu Saving File on USER MEDIA MENU Save amp Load ENTER Save select the file type to be added by using related Soft key insert the file name and type ENTER When a certain type of data Mark Events Route Track is saved a new file is created on a USER MEDIA The file contains all points of the selected type currently stored in the internal memory Save Marks to create a new file containing all Marks stored i
35. time varying gain curve which attenuates the sonar receiver gain in shallow water increasing the gain gradually as the depth increases This is for the purpose of filtering out surface clutter STC Length If STC is Custom it is possible to change the Length of the Sensitivity Time Constant STC Strenth If STC is Custom it is possible to change the Strength of the Sensitivity Time Constant Surf Noise Filter This function implements an advanced time varying filter that allows suppressing the surface clutter efficiently while leaving fish targets visible NOTE The Frequency value is only displayed to select the desired frequency see the previous Par 5 6 7 User Manual 79 NOTE2 Thus imposing the capability of the Fish Finder to correctly detect the weakest echoes coming from a very deep bottom 5 6 10 Display Setup Menu The Display Setup Menu allows you to change the color scheme of the Fish Finder display adjusts the chart scrolling rate enables or disables the White Line and allows determining the graphical representation of fishes MENU Display Setup ENTER Color Settings Scrolling Speed White Line Fish Symbols Water Temperature Allows you to change the color scheme of the Fish Finder display The available colors are Blue Background White Background Black Background Gray Scale and Reversed Gray Scale Adjusts the chart scrolling rate Note that the scrolling rate is limited by the so
36. values MENU Advanced Options ENTER Simulation Mode ENTER Speed Heading Date Time ENTER enter values ENTER To select the Cursor Control in Chart page use the cursor up down to adjust the Speed and the cursor left right to adjust the Course MENU Advanced Options ENTER Simulation Mode ENTER Cursor Control ENTER ENTER 1 10 CONTROLLING THE DISPLAY This paragraph describes how to change the display mode and how to move around the chart by changing the chart scale Changing Display Mode MENU Page ENTER SNS 1100 DATA An icons menu appears on the screen it shows the available pages Move the cursor to select the page you want and the press ENTER the selected page or another icons menu1 appears In the following figures examples of pages are shown Please notice that for some chart plotters the boxes position may differ depending on the configuration chosen Fig 1 10 Example of Page Selection menu 18 User Manual Fix Coord Dest TTG DST BRG CST STR SOG COG Icon SCALE XTE VMG Depth fix is received Q 40 07 269N 012 39 267E Fix Coordinates HDG Destination ID Temp Time To Go Total Log Fix to Destination Distance To Go Trip Log Fix to Destination Bearing Log Spd Fix to Destination Course to steer Date Speed Over Ground SET Course Over Ground Drif
37. 00i SNS 700fe SNS 700fi SNS 1100 3 5 2 Video Input menu SNS 1100 DATA Video Input ENTER Full Screen Video 1 Shows the image from the video camera 1 at full screen Full Screen Video 2 Shows the image from the video camera 2 at full screen Full Screen Video 1 Shows the image from the video camera 1 at full screen and the Video 2 image from the video camera 2 on a window which can be moved up down and or left right using the cursor key to select where the window is placed Full Screen Video 2 Shows the image from the video camera 2 at full screen and the Video 1 image from the video camera 1 on a window which can be moved up down and or left right using the cursor key to select where the window is placed Radar FF Chart Shows the image from the video camera 1 on a rectangular window Video 1 in the left top corner with Radar Fish Finder and Chart Radar FF Chart Shows the image from the video camera 2 on a rectangular window Video 2 in the left top corner with Radar Fish Finder and Chart User Manual 49 SNS 700e SNS 700i SNS 700fe SNS 700fi MENU PAGE ENTER Video Input ENTER Full Screen Video Shows the image from the video camera at full screen Chart Video Shows the chart at full screen and the image from the video camera on a window which can be moved up down and or left right using the cursor key to select where the window is placed Radar FF Chart Video Shows th
38. 800 x 480 pixels MEDIA SD Card SNS 700e SNS 700i Cartography C MAP By Jeppesen DATA MEDIA Operating temperature range 32 to 131 F 0 to 55 Memory Non volatile Keyboard Silicon rubber backlight Weight 1 2 Kg When the package containing the chart plotter is first opened please check it for the following contents if any parts are missing contact the dealer the chart plotter was purchased from External quick disconnect bracket and I O cable 1 5 mt 5 9 feet AUXIN I O cable 1 5 mt 5 9 feet Chart plotter s protective cover Fuse 2 Amp fuseholder User Manual Flush mounting kit SNS 700e Cutting template SNS 7006 Smart DGPS WAAS Receiver with cable 15 mt 45 feet SNS 7006 MEDIA INSERTING REMOVING PROCEDURE Inserting the MEDIA Open the door hold the MEDIA by the short side so that you can see the C MAP By Jeppesen label gently push the MEDIA into the door slot and close the door User Manual 93 Removing the MEDIA To remove the MEDIA open the door then remove the MEDIA from the slot CHART PLOTTER DIMENSIONS 108 2mm 4 25 GRAY parts are present ONLY on chart plotter WITH INTERNAL GPS 253mm 9 96 L 162 6mm 6417 4 186 mm 7 327 GRAY parts are present ONLY on chart plotter WITH INTERNAL GPS It is possible to install this Sl Tex instrument in Flush Deck mode with space saving regard to th
39. America It is an international standard that enables equipment from many different manufactures to be connected together and share information 88 User Manual OSGB Ordinance Survey of Great Britain Coordinate system describing only Great Britain charts Generally used with GBR36 datum which also describes only Great Britain charts This coordinate system cannot be used in any other part of the world Pair The two selectable secondary stations of a Loran C chain which are used to calculate the TD Time Difference position of a point in the map area covered by the selected Loran C chain Pictures amp Diagrams The MAX data format allows assigning one or more image to any cartographic object These Pictures are typically used to facilitate the identification of cartographic objects or places around the map they can be the landscape layout nearby a harbour the shape of a bridge or of a buoy etc On some objects such as bridges the image associated can represent the Diagram representing the shape of the objects and the various characteristics length height type of bridge etc 50 0 atiae i ls d om etam ce rr Li T Port Info Port Info function is a combination of a Port Info database containing all the relevant Safety and Navigational information normally found in good pilot books and a presentation software which displays special Port Facility Symbols Ports
40. IRMAR X DUCER ID transducers for best performance Advanced Digital Signal Processing Speed amp Temperature Sensor if available on transducer Alarms shallow water depth Fish temp Trip Log Fish Symbols STC Interference Rejection Automatic noise reduction A scope White Line Zoom x2 x4 Auto range gain frequency shift ping rate When the package containing the chart plotter is first opened please check it for the following contents if any parts are missing contact the dealer the chart plotter was purchased from e External quick disconnect bracket and I O cable 1 5 mt 5 9 feet AUX IN I O cable 1 5 mt 5 9 feet Chart plotter s protective cover Fuse 3 15 Amp fuseholder User Manual Flush mounting kit Cutting template User Manual 99 Smart DGPS WAAS Receiver with cable 15 mt 45 feet SNS 700fe MEDIA INSERTING REMOVING PROCEDURE Inserting the MEDIA Open the door hold the MEDIA by the short side so that you can see the C MAP By Jeppesen label gently push the MEDIA into the door slot and close the door Removing the MEDIA To remove the MEDIA open the door then remove the CARD from the slot CHART PLOTTER DIMENSIONS 125mm 4 9 48mm 1 9 S UE UESTRE LU 4 199 5mm 7 9 162 5 6 4 37mm 1 5 100 User Manual INSTALLATION AND REMOVING It is p
41. LY 5Vdc 1A max f SENSE DEPTH SHIELD DEPTH SPEED QUICK DISCONNECT BRACKET CABLE WIRE COLOR DESCRIPTION FUNCTION 1 1 4 GND COMMON POWER SUPPLY GND POWER 10 35Vdc POWER SUPPLY NMEA0183 C COM SIGNAL RETURN SIGNAL RETURN OUTPUTI PEA SSN RC ror a eS Ne PINK BLUE RETURN SIGNAL RETURN AUX4N CABLE PIN WIRE COLOR FUNCTION GNO COMMON POWER OUTPUT 10 35 Vdc INPUT 4 YELLOW OUTPUT 4 EXT ALARM SIGNAL to GND when ON 102 User Manual TYPICAL CONNECTIONS GPS Connection SNS 700fe External GPS Receiver QUICK DISCONNECT BRACKET CABLE _ POWER SUPPLY BLACK GND COMMON POWER SUPPLY GND RED POWER 10 35Vde POWER SUPPLY WHITE INPUT1 NMEA0183 C COM GREEN SIGNAL RETURN SIGNAL RETURN YELLOW OUTPUTI NMEA0183 180 180CDX C COM BROWN NC GRAY NC ORANGE INPUTS NMEA0183 0 COM PINK OUTPUT3 NWMEA0183 180 180CDXIC COMI gt SIGNAL RETURN SIGNAL RETURN SMART GPS SENSOR CABLE GPS POWER 9 SWITCH SMART GPS SENSOR gt FUNCTION POWER 10 35 GPS NMEA0183 OUTPUT GPS Connection on Port 3 Autopilot Connection QUICK DISCONNECT BRACKET CABLE BLACK YELLOW SHIELD GND SIGNAL RETURN GPS NMEA0183 INPUT
42. N SIGNAL RETURN SIGNAL RETURN YELLOW OUTPUT1 NMEA0183 180 180CDX C COM BROWN NC GRAY NC N SIGNAL RETURN SIGNAL RETURN External NMEA Connection on Port 1 for SNS 700fi C COM Connection QUICK DISCONNECT BRACKET CABLE WIRE COLOR DESCRIPTION FUNCTION POWER GND POWER SUPPLY GND POWER 10 35Vdc POWER SUPPLY C COM GSM Plus CABLE GND C COM 104 User Manual C COM Connection on Port 1 SNS 1100 FEATURES amp FUNCTIONS Direct Sun Light Viewable Color 11 LCD Display Worldwide Built in Cartography showing C MAP By Jeppesen detail up to 2 0 NM C MAP By Jeppesen MAX electronic charts object oriented chart system with enhanced functionality including Guardian alarm Safety Status Bar Safe Route Checking Perspective View Satellite Image Coverage Turbo and Smooth Zoom Multilanguage Enhanced Port Information database Tides amp Currents data Photos amp Diagrams Automatic Information on all chart objects and User Points Find function for Ports Services Ports By Name Ports By Distance Tide Stations Wrecks Obstructions Lakes Information Lakes By Name Points Of Interest Cursor Coordinates and User Points Positional information from GPS Depth Graph pages Navigation Data page 3D Road page GPS Status page Wind Data page Gauges page DSC Log and DSC Directory pages AIS Report List page Fish Finder Radar Video Input pa
43. Name MMSI number Radio Call Sign e SOG COG CPA and TCPA values Vessel type and AIS target icon displayed with proper color and current orientation NOTE The selected AIS Target icon is surrounded by a square frame when user places the cursor over the icon 3 7 5 Soft key Controls for AIS Targets Go To Only available for SART targets sets navigation to SART position Legend Displays pop up window with AIS Targets color legend see par 3 7 1a List Opens AIS Report full screen window see par 3 7 6 Track Toggles saving track for selected AIS Target if saving track is now active for selected AIS target a black circle mark is displayed on soft key label Info Opens full screen window with full information about selected AIS targe 3 7 6 AIS Report AIS Report window lists all AIS Targets until they are considered Lost no update received within 10 min To simplify the use of AIS Report window all AIS targets are sorted in the following order SART Active targets colored orange Dangerous targets ones causing Range or Approach Time alarm colored red Active targets within Active range All other targets 56 User Manual AIS Report lists the following parameters of AIS targets in a table Vessel name or MMSI id Target Speed SOG Target Course COG Range for Closest Approach to a Target CPA Time for Closest Approach to a Target TCPA The following actions are available via soft keys
44. OLOR DESCRIPTION FUNCTION WIRE COLOR FUNCTION POWER GND POWER SUPPLY GND BLACK GND POWER 10 35 4 POWER SUPPLY RED POWER SUPPLY INPUT 1 C COM C COM TX SIGNAL RETURN SIGNAL RETURN C COM TX OUTPUT 1 C COM C COM RX Connection for the Port 1 User Manual 97 SNS 700fe amp SNS 700fi FEATURES amp FUNCTIONS Direct SunLight Viewable Color LCD 16 9 Display WVGA 800x480 resolution Worldwide Built in Cartography showing C MAP By Jeppesen detail up to 2 0 NM C MAP By Jeppesen MAX electronic charts object oriented chart system with enhanced functionality including Guardian alarm Safety Status Bar Safe Route Checking Perspective View Satellite Image Coverage Turbo and Smooth Zoom Multilanguage Enhanced Port Information database Tides amp Currents data Photos amp Diagrams Automatic Information on all chart objects and User Points Find function for Ports Services Ports By Name Ports By Distance Tide Stations Wrecks Obstructions Lakes Information Lakes By Name Points Of Interest Cursor Coordinates and User Points Positional information from GPS Depth Graph pages Navigation Data page 3D Road page GPS Status page Wind Data page Gauges page DSC Log and DSC Directory pages AIS Report List page Fish Finder Radar Video Input pages 10000 Waypoints Marks and 50 Routes 400 Waypoints max per Route 10000 Track Points Cre
45. OMMON 2 RED POWER INPUT 10 35 Vdc L3 INPUT 1 AUTOPILOT GREEN COMMON Ls 1 B R SS POWER amp 1 0 POWER amp CABLE PIN WIRE COLOR FUNCTION Black PWR GND COMMON 2 RED POWER INPUT 10 35 Vdc AUTOPILOT 5 Gray OUTPUT 2 L7 INPUT 24 Autopilot on Port 2 External NMEA Connection PWR GND COMMON COMMON EXTERNAL L2 POWER INPUT 10 35 NMEA L3 WHITE INPUT 1 4 GREEN COMMON Le ve amp tow output 1 EXTERNAL PIN WIRECOLOR FUNCTION 1 BLACK PWR GND COMMON COMMON NMEA 2 RED_ INPUT 10 35 Vdc DEVICE External NMEA on Port 2 User Manual 109 External Alarm Connection POWER amp I O POWER SUPPLY POWER amp I O CABLE CABLE COLOR FUNCTION 1 BLACK PWR GND COMMON PWR 10 35 Vdc OUTPUT EXTERNAL ALARM Open Collector Current MAX 300m _ External Alarm Connection POWER amp I O CONNECTOR CABLE 1 PWR GND COMMON 2 RED PWR 10 35 WHITE Used by C COM 4 GREEN Used by C COM 5 GRAY OUTPUT 2 6 YELLOW Used by C COM 7 BROWN INPUT 2 8 OUTPUT EXTERNAL ALARM C COM Connection 110 User Manual Installing the Smart GPS
46. Port Marina for that cartographic point press Exp All NOTE Info icon is visible only if the Ports Services option is On see Par 4 1 User Manual 33 Getting Tide Info By placing the cursor over the Tide Station icon 43 56 344N 10 08 732 4902 Nm Fig 2 7a Tide Info icon By placing the cursor over the Tide Station icon the chart plotter pops up the relative automatic info window and allows displaying a graphical page with the tides prediction of the selected object Press Expand Press ENTER to display the Tide Graph page It shows the Tide height variations during the 24 hours at any given day HEIGHT STATION Value Added Date m oem POCHE PROUT bo ng re rin Fig 2 7b Tide information page Fig 2 7 Tide Graph page This screen shows that day s Tide Height graph for the area where the Tidal symbol was located Using ZOOM IN and ZOOM OUT it is possible to display future or past tides If you wish to quickly display the tide for a specific date press ENTER and enter the required date To simplify reading the graph the chart plotter displays a moveable Vertical and Horizontal slider which can be moved using the cursor key Using the up down cursor key move the horizontal slider to correspond with the draft of your boat Using the Vertical slider you can then read the times at which the graph dips below the horizontal line i e the times when you
47. Ram menu 84 7 1 2 Dim menu 84 7 1 3 Media 85 7 1 4 Modem test 85 7 1 5 Serial ports 85 7 1 6 External alarm 86 Terms 87 SNS 700e amp SNS 700i 94 SNS 700fe amp SNS 700fi 100 SNS 1100 105 Installing the smart GPS external 111 About this User Manual INTRODUCTION The chart plotter is a state of the art computerized electronic chart system designed as a sophisticated navigation aid User friendly operations make the chart plotter easy to operate All calculations and information necessary for the navigation are performed and displayed on the screen quickly and accurately providing all of the facilities of a conventional GPS but with the added benefit of a powerful electronic chart display The cartographic information is obtained from C MAP By Jeppesen DATA MEDIA that are available through your local dealer For additional information on C MAP By Jeppesen Cartography visit web site at www jeppesen com CONVENTIONS USED Throughout this User Manual the labelled keys are shown in capital letters enclosed in square brackets for example ENTER the software and functions keys are shown in small letters enclosed in square brackets for example Edit Menu operations are in bold characters listed by keys sequence with the menu names enclosed between quotation marks for example MENU Alarms ENTER means press the MENU key using the cursor key select the Alarms menu and then press ENTER MANUAL LAYOUT Chapter 1 Getting S
48. SITEX GPS Chart Plotter USER MANUAL SNS 1100 SNS 1100 SNS 700 Contents About this user manual Introduction Conventions used Manual layout Important information 1 Getting started 1 1 The keyboard 1 1 1 Joystick cursor key 1 1 2 Dedicated keys 1 1 3 Software keys 1 1 4 Function keys 1 1 5 Software function keys customization 1 1 6 Alphanumeric input procedure 1 2 Switching on off 1 3 First setup page 1 4 Changing backlight and contrast 1 5 Selecting the language 1 6 Selecting the chart language 1 7 C map by jeppesen max cartography information 1 8 Using c map by jeppesen data media 1 9 Simulation mode 1 10 Controlling the display 1 11 Navigation to a single destination 1 12 A B function 1 13 Range bearing function 1 14 Man overboard mob 2 Operations 3 User setting up 3 1 General options menu 3 2 Map options menu 3 3 Other map configurations 3 5 Video mode 3 6 Advanced options menu 3 6 1 Input output menu 3 6 2 C link menu 3 6 3 Fix amp compass menu 3 7 AIS 3 7 1 AISs system definitions 3 7 2 To set the chart plotter for receiving ais 3 7 3 AIS menu 3 7 4 Quick info on AIS target 3 7 5 Soft key controls for AIS targets 3 7 6 AIS report 3 7 7 AIS tracks 3 7 8 AIS track list window 3 7 9 AIS track memory management 40 40 41 44 49 50 50 52 52 53 53 55 55 56 56 56 57 57 57 3 7 10Sart messages handling 3 8 3 8 1 3 9 3 9 1 3 9 2 3 9 3 3 9 4
49. SNS 700e SNS 700i SNS 700fe SNS 700fi SNS 1100 3 9 DSC WARNING The chart plotter must be interfaced with a DSC VHF radio The DSC Digital Selective Calling is a method of establishing a VHF radio call it is used to announce urgent maritime safety information broadcasts This system allows mariners to instantly send Distress Call or and Position Request to the other vessels equipped with a DSC transceiver within range of the transmission The Distress Call that allows to receive a position of the vessel in distress and the Position Request a great feature for anyone wanting to know the location of another vessel for example you buddy that is catching fish or finding the location of a person you are cruising with are performed by an external device the DSC VHF radio The chart plotter interfaced with a DSC VHF radio prompts the user to see the GPS position of the vessel in distress and also allows for easy navigation to the vessel The Distress Call and the Position Request icons that are displaying on the screen are shown in the following table NOTE The label can be the MMSI or the corresponding vessel s name If in the DSC Directory the MMSI has been associated to its relative vessel name the vessel s name is shown in the label instead of the MMSI DESCRIPTION Position Request icon Distress Call icon Fig 3 9 Distress Call and Position Request icons 3 9 1 Distress Call and Position Request During a distress
50. Sort AIS Targets can be sorted by Vessel Name MMSI id Radio Call Sign SOG COG CPA and TCPA in Ascending or Descending order default is CPA Ascending current sort mode is displayed by triangle in corresponding column title Locate also ENTER key centers the map on current AIS target puts cursor over it so AIS Quick Info is displayed Track Toggles saving track for selected AIS Target if saving track is now active for selected AIS target a black circle mark is displayed on soft key label Info Opens full screen window listing all properties of selected AIS Target Type of ship with colored icon Rate of Turn ROT Speed SOG Heading Draught MMSI IMO id Radio Call Sign Range for Closest Approach to a Target CPA Time for Closest Approach to a Target TCPA Vessel Length and Width Navigation Status Beam size Destination ETA to Destination AIS Target Class A B color of AIS Track if enabled Go To soft key is only active for SART targets 3 7 7 AIS Tracks A very useful feature of AIS is the ability to store and display exactly where certain AIS Target has been This feature referred to as AIS Tracking can provide invaluable visual information about past route of AIS target NOTE It is important to separate Own Track a line connecting past GPS positions of own vessel boat and AIS Track a line connecting positions of certain AIS target 3 7 8 AIS Track List window AIS Track List is full screen window sim
51. T2 NMEA0183 180 180CDXIC COM AUTOPILOT DEVICE ORANGE INPUT3 NMEA0183 C COM PINK OUTPUTS NMEA0183 180 180C0XIC COM NMEA0183 180180CDX INPUT SIGNAL RETURN SIGNAL RETURN Autopilot Connection on Port 2 FUNCTION POWER 10 35Vdc POWER SUPPLY GND POWER SUPPLY OUTPUT2 WHITE INPUT14 NMEA0183 C COM GREEN SIGNAL RETURN SIGNAL RETURN OUTPUT1 NMEA0183 180 180CDX C COM NMEA0183 180 180CDX C COM ORANGE INPUT3 NMEA0183 C COM PINK OUTPUT3 NMEA0183 180 180CDX C COM BLUE SIGNAL RETURN SIGNAL RETURN DEVICE NMEA0183 INPUT SIGNAL RETURN External NMEA Connection on Port 1 C COM Connection To connect the modem C COM to the chart plotter with quick disconnect bracket follow the procedure 1 Connect AUX IN I O as follows AUX IN YO Connection for the Port 4 AUX IN I O CONNECTOR CABLE PIN CABLE COLOR FUNCTION 1 BLACK GND COMMON 2 RED POWER OUTPUT 10 35 WHITE Used by C COM 6 YELLOW 7 BRowN 8 BLUE OUTPUT EXTERNAL ALARM If Port 4 of AUX IN I O connector is busy follow the procedure 1 Cut the C COM cable about 5 cm from the T connector 96 User Manual C COM cable cutting procedure 2 Connect the wires to the quick disconnect bracket cable as follows QUICK DISCONNECT BRACKET CABLE C COM GSM Plus CABLE WIRE C
52. Track ENTER Config ENTER Display Mode ENTER Visible Hidden ENTER Activating Deactivating Track Recording To activate or deactivate the Tracking of the vessel while the vessel is moving MENU Track ENTER Activate Deactivate ENTER Clearing Track All the Track or part of it can be cleared from the screen MENU Track ENTER Delete ENTER Begin End and Whole allow to identify the start or the end point of the segment to delete Selecting Track Number The chart plotter has the capability to store up to 5 Tracks To select a Track MENU Track ENTER Config ENTER Active Track ENTER use the cursor key to select the number ENTER TRACK TO ROUTE FUNCTION This function creates a Route from a pre recorded Track To select this menu MENU Track ENTER Track To Route ENTER Track To Route Executes the function that converts the given Track into a Route MENU Track ENTER Track To Route ENTER Track To Route ENTER Select Track Number Selects the Track input number MENU Track ENTER Track To Route ENTER Select Track No ENTER Select Route Number Selects the Route output number MENU Track ENTER Track To Route ENTER Select Route No ENTER 30 User Manual 2 5 DATA WINDOW
53. User Manual or Chapter 5 NOTE The Fish Finder display page is available only if the Fish Finder is connected internal and turned On SNS 700e SNS 700i SNS 700fe SNS 700fi SNS 1100 3 11 RADAR The Radar consists of a scanner unit which illuminates targets with microwave energy and then collects the echoes from those targets The scanner unit includes the Radar antenna transmitter receiver and necessary electronics The scanner unit is connected to a chart plotter equipped with software capable of displaying the Radar functions To select the Radar menu first select one of the pages related to the Radar MENU Page ENTER Radar ENTER select the desired page ENTER SNS 1100 DATA Radar ENTER select the desired page ENTER Once the Radar page is selected access the Radar menu by pressing MENU For more information see the specific User Manual NOTE The Radar display page is available only if the Radar is connected and powered On 3 12 SYSTEM INFORMATION To see details about the software and cartography data installed MENU About ENTER Opens the System Information page User Manual 63 4 C LINK C Link system is a feature which allows to sharing the same Navigation Data Route Name Destination ID amp Position Next Waypoint ID amp Position Total Route length Fuel Consumption Rate ETA TTG etc between two chart plotter units linked via serial I O por
54. ailable on chartplotter with GPS EXTERNAL TYPICAL CONNECTIONS GPS Connection SNS 700e External GPS Receiver QUICK DISCONNECT BRACKET CABLE _POWER WIRE COLOR DESCRIPTION FUNCTION SUPPLY BLACK GND COMMON POWER SUPPLY GND RED POWER 10 35Vde POWER SUPPLY WHITE INPUT1 NMEA0183 C COM GREEN SIGNAL RETURN SIGNAL RETURN YELLOW OUTPUT1 NMEA0183 180 180CDX C COM BROWN INPUT2 NMEA0183 C COM GPS POWER GRAY OUTPUT2 NMEA0183 180 1 80CDX C COM SWITCH ORANGE INPUT3 NMEA0183 C COM PINK OUTPUT3 NMEA0183 180 180CDX C COM 1 BLUE SIGNAL RETURN SIGNAL RETURN i SMART GPS SENSOR SMART GPS SENSOR CABLE DIFFERENTIAL WIRE COLOR FUNCTION BEACON RED POWER 410 35 Vide RECEIVER BROWN GPS 0183 OUTPUT GREEN GPS NMEA0183 INPUT RTCM 104 OUTPUT WHITE RTCM 104 INPUT BLACK YELLOWISHIELD GND SIGNAL RETURN GPS Connections on Port 3 SIGNAL RETURN User Manual 95 Autopilot Connection QUICK DISCONNECT BRACKET CABLE External NMEA Connection POWER GND WIRE COLOR DESCRIPTION FUNCTION BLACK POWER GND POWER SUPPLY GND RED POWER 10 35Vdc POWER SUPPLY WHITE INPUTT 183 GREEN SIGNAL RETURN SIGNAL RETURN YELLOW OUTPUTI NMEA0183 180 180CDXIC COM BROWN INPUT2 NMEA0183 C COM GRAY OUTPU
55. amp Services Areas along shore with facilities for mooring downloading and uploading of ships generally sheltered from waves and winds Port installations are piers wharves pontoons dry docks cranes Route Sequence of Waypoints connected by segments Route Legs Among the available Routes only one is the Active Route which is shown by a straight line and arrows to indicate the direction RTCM Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services Data format created by the Radio Technical Commission Maritime to transmit Differential GPS oorrections SCALE Allows the display of Map Scale magnitude of the reference scale expressed in the actual unit of measure and the current Map Datum SNR Signal to Noise Ratio Ratio between the magnitude of a radio signal and the magnitude of the noise that is the interferences The SRN is expressed in decibels and it is associated to the GPS satellites signal quality SOG Speed Over Ground Current velocity at which the vessel is travelling relative to a ground location The SOG is normally provided by the GPS sensor Spot Sounding Depth of the water in a specific and charted position It is represented on the map by its own User Manual 89 value expressed in the current depth unit STR Steering Difference between COG and CTS If COG is 25 and CTS is 30 then STR is 5 Right STW Speed Through Water Speed of the vessel relative to the water TD Time Difference
56. angles True or Magnetic the Magnetic Variation source and to enter Compass Calibration values MENU Advanced Options ENTER Fix amp Compass ENTER Fix Correction Turns On Off the Correction from the positioning system If the new Correction is calculated but the Correction is not enabled the ship s position is not changed 52 User Manual Compute Correction Corrects fixes from the positioning instrument By placing the cursor on the ship s real position and selecting this option the error is calculated and internally memorized for appropriate correction but not applied Correction Offset Manual correction of fix position Static Navigation Sets up a threshold for the speed When the speed received from the positioning device is under that threshold the chart plotter displays zero speed Position Filter Turns On Off the Position Filter In case of a jittering fix this option makes the ship s position more stable and the track smoother Speed Filter Turns On Off the Speed Filter When it is On you can filter the speed of the ship to optimize it Bearing Selects either degrees magnetic Auto Mag or True If magnetic readings are selected the variation is computed automatically for every zone as soon as the chart is displayed Magnetic Variation It is possible to calculate the Magnetic Variation in an automatic or manual mode by inserting the step for calculation of Magnetic Variation Cali
57. ant cartographic objects Enhanced Mixing Levels seamless data presentation Off line redraw cartography level transition without image construction Cartographic Data related Features Guardian Alarm automatic control and alarm over obstacles on charts in front of your boat Safety Toolbar interactive alarm system for situational awareness on screen Safety Route Check sophisticated function checking dangerous objects along your navigation route User Manual 17 1 8 USING C MAP By Jeppesen DATA MEDIA The chart plotter has a built in world map To use the chart plotter as a navigation aid DATA MEDIA with detailed information for the area you wish to navigate are required See the technical details of your chart plotter for inserting removing DATA MEDIA procedure NOTE During normal operations the DATA MEDIA should not be removed since the chart plotter may lock up 1 9 SIMULATION MODE The built in Simulator function allows you to become proficient in the use of the chart plotter It simulates the reception of the navigation data Lat Lon Course Speed date time The simulated ship s position is placed at the current cursor position by the time the simulation is activated To start the Simulator Place the cursor at your desired position MENU Advanced Options ENTER Simulation Mode ENTER Simulation Mode ENTER ENTER You might insert the Speed Heading date and time
58. arm condition disappears MENU Alarms ENTER Auto Off ENTER Arrival Alarm To set an acoustic alarm to sound when the vessel is approaching the destination MENU Alarms ENTER Arrival Alarm ENTER XTE Alarm To set an acoustic alarm to sound when the vessel is deviating from a defined course MENU Alarms ENTER XTE Alarm ENTER Anchor Alarm To set an alarm to sound when the ship moves off the current ship s position location MENU Alarms ENTER Anchor Alarm ENTER NOTE By the time the Anchor Alarm is set the current ship s position is saved as origin position The alarm goes off when the ship moves away from the origin position more than the entered alarm range Depth Alarm This function is used to set an acoustic alarm automatically triggered when the depth value read by the depth transducer is too shallow MENU Alarms ENTER Depth Alarm ENTER HDOP Alarm This function is used to show a warning when the received HDOP value exceeds the Alarm Limit for more than 2 seconds The default setting is 4 seconds To activate the HDOP Alarm MENU Alarms ENTER HDOP Alarm ENTER Heading Alarm This function is used to show a warning when the HDG sentence is not received from a magnetic sensor reading MENU Alarms ENTER Heading Alarm ENTER Grounding Alarm To verify potential danger to navigation such as shallow water depth area
59. ate Move Insert Edit Delete Send Receive Waypoint Create Move Edit Delete Send Receive Mark Event 98 User Manual Navigation to Goto Create Save Name Edit Delete Send Receive or Follow a Route Route Data Report and User Points Marks Waypoints List pages Display vessel s position direction and Track Alarms Handling Auto Off Arrival Alarm XTE Alarm Anchor Alarm Depth Alarm HDOP Alarm Heading Alarm Grounding Alarm Man OverBoard MOB to navigate back to a missing person or object e C Link and C Weather Service R B functions Simulation Mode with cursor control Video Input option Internal Fish Finder NOTE If Radar Video Camera connected TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Power consumption 12W average 27W max peak Interface NMEA 0183 Autopilot Interface NMEA 0180 NMEA 0180 CDX NMEA 0183 Video Input PAL or NTSC video signals automatically selected Display Sun Light Viewable Color LCD active area 7 wide Display Resolution 800 x 480 pixels MEDIA SD Card SNS 700fe SNS 700fi Cartography C MAP By Jeppesen DATA MEDIA Operating temperature range 32 to 131 F 0 to 55 Memory Non volatile Keyboard Silicon rubber backlight Weight 1 2 Kg FF MODULE 600W 50 200KHz TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Power Output 600W 4800Wpp 50 200KHz Dual Frequency Max Depth 213m 700Ft at 200kHz 457m 1500Ft at 50kHz Automatic Recognition of the A
60. avelled by the vessel Longitude Angular distance East or West of the prime meridian Greenwich meridian as measured by lines perpendicular to the parallels and converging at the poles from 0 to 180 Loran Positioning system which determines the current position of the vessel by measuring the difference in the times of reception of synchronized radio pulse signals transmitted by two or more fixed stations Magnetic Deviation Value expressed in degrees East or West that indicates the direction in which the north indicator on the compass card is offset from the magnetic north the difference expressed in degrees East or West between the compass north and the magnetic north Magnetic Variation Angle between the magnetic and geographic meridians at any place expressed in degrees West or East to indicate the direction of magnetic North from true North It changes from point to point and at the same point with time Mark Reference point related to cursor position Typically it represents by an icon and label under Mark Natural Features Any topographic feature formed by the action of natural processes coastlines relief glaciers Navigate mode Operating mode called also Home mode all operations refer to the ship s position Navigate or Navigation mode is also used to indicate that the destination is placed NMEA 0183 The NMEA 0183 Data Interface Standard was developed by the National Marine Electronics Association of
61. betical table shown The soft keys are now activated to Save to save when the entry is complete After pressing Save the Soft Keys disappear press Accept to end the input procedure Change to switch between numeric non numeric digits Previous to go back to previous page Next to move to next page 42 17 097N 010 36 782 User Manual 13 1 2 SWITCHING ON OFF Before powering On the chart plotter check for the correct voltage 10 35 volt dc and the correct connections with the positioning instrument Switching On POWER for 1 second In the opening page underneath the Techmarine logo you will find the software version and type The next page is the First Setup page see Par 1 3 which is activated only when the chart plotter is turned on for the first time and after a Master reset Then the chart plotter will automatically show the Jeppesen warning page and the GPS Status page Pressing CLEAR at this stage to activate the cartography page Switching Off POWER for 3 seconds A countdown timer appears on the screen if you release the key before the countdown timer reaches zero the chart plotter will remain On 1 3 FIRST SETUP PAGE This menu allows you to configure the chart plotter and the external devices the first time the chart plotter is powered On This information can be changed at any time either from the General Options menu see Par 3 1 or by resetting the chart plotter Select the c
62. ble before the navigation was started Liters Remaining Fuel Volume of Fuel available Liters Distance to Destination Distance from Ship to Destination calculated Distance to Next Wpt Distance to travel from ship to the Wpt after the Destination calculated Distance to Dest Next Route Leg length Distance to Last Wpt Distance to travel from ship to the End of the Route calculated Distance to Dest Distance From Dest to last Wpt received from PCMPN 1 e TTG To Destination Estimated Time to travel the Distance to Last Wpt calculated using Cruising Speed TTG To Next Wpt Estimated Time to travel the Distance to Next Waypoint calculated using Cruising Speed TTG to Last Wpt Estimated Time to travel the Distance to Last Wpt calculated using Cruising Speed ETA to Destination Estimate Time of Arrival to the Destination Point calculated Current Time TTG To Destination ETA to Next Waypoint Estimate Time of Arrival to the Waypoint after the Destination calculated Current Time TTG To Next Waypoint ETA to Last Wpt Estimate Time of Arrival to the End of the Route calculated Current Time TTG To Last Wpt 4 4 QUICK INFO Route Navigation Quick Info on the Destination EXTERNAL DESTINATION DST RG 7 41 082 M Fig 4 4 Quick Info on Single Destination User Manual 67 Quick info on Single Destination EXTERNAL Rte ROUTE0O1 1 OST TTG nm hhmm Lit D
63. brate Compass The variation table is used to match magnetic value readout on the chart plotter comparable with the value given by the compass of the boat In other words since the compass of the boat must be compensated due to the iron masses we use the same values given by the chart plotter This means that for example if the BRG to the next Waypoint readout in the chart plotter display is X Mag degree if you steer the boat reading X Mag degree from the compass you are driving well toward the next Waypoint NOTE Not Available SNS 700e SNS 700i SNS 700fe SNS 700fi 3 7 AIS AIS is anAutomatic Identification System Ithas been introduced to improve the safety of navigation by assisting in the efficient operation of ship to ship ship reporting and VTS applications The system should enable operators to obtain information from the ship automatically requiring a minimum of involvement of ship s personnel and should have a high level of availability AIS transponders installed on IMO vessels use VHF frequencies to Transmit details of their own vessel Receive details from other vessels or navigation aids within VHF range Information being transmitted from vessels over 300 tons that due to recent worldwide legislation are required to fit Class A AIS transponders Connecting to the chart plotter an AIS receiver please contact your local dealer vessels with AIS transponder within VHF range are displayed on s
64. cator Qui Nay Dete GO Rond Stone 20 User Manual Example of GPS Status page 40 07 479N 24 108 Simulate 012 39 267E 0044 41 U Used Satellite 2a e Bars to indicate Sg the S N ratio 9 a 1 P 06 19 ALT 14 voor 33 Gert Reed Example of Wind Data page Depth Value I TWS True Wind Direction TWS True Wind Speed Nav Data Distance To Go Fix to Destination NOTE The numbers of analogue instruments may be different Course over Ground Tracked but not used satellite Horizontal diluition of precision Vertical diluition of precision Depth Graph AWS Apparent Wind Direction AWS Apparent Wind Speed User Manual 21 Moving around the Chart and Changing Chart Scale Use the cursor key to move around the chart Also use ZOOM IN and ZOOM OUT to change the chart scale so that a smaller or larger area is shown on the chart Now it is possible to change smoothly the zoom level avoiding the big jump between levels Finding Your Boat Position The most common use of the chart plotter is to show your ship s current location You can home the cursor to the ship using CLEAR The Home function locks the cursor to the ship and updates the display as the ship moves To release the cursor from the Home Mode use the cursor key to move the cursor away from the s
65. chart object or the Depth of an Underwater chart object Available for Buoys Towers Beacons and Port Marinas Nav Aids amp Sets On Off No Sector the graphical presentation of Lights Signals Buoys Light Sectors and Beacons If No Sector is selected Nav Aids are shown Light Sectors are hidden User Manual 45 Attention Sets On Off the displaying of Attention Areas areas in which special attention Areas by the mariner is required because of natural or man made hazards or sailing regulations and restrictions Moreover a special symbol is placed inside the area selecting On option This is valid also for the categories FISHING FACILITY MARINE FARM CULTURE MILITARY PRACTICE AREA RESTRICTED AREA SEAPLANE LANDING AREA When the area is small it is identified only by the boundary Tides amp Sets On Off the displaying of the Tides and Currents When data time is Currents available Tidal stream arrows are shown on the charts indicating the direction and strength of the Tide If no data time is available from the GPS or the chart plotter is not in Simulation mode the icon on the map is generic one The color of the arrow denotes the strength of the current as follows 0 to 0 1 kn Yellow 0 2 to 1 0 kn Yellow 1 1 to 2 0 kn 2 1 to 3 0 kn Orange 3 1 to 9 9 kn Red When the chart plotter receives a valid position fix the Tide icons are shown on the charts on the basis of the current date and time the screen d
66. choices are listed in the table below On The Safety Status Bar is shown Off The Safety Status Bar is not shown Icon The Safety Status Bar is not shown but a Warning alarm Icon is shown on the corner of the map screen as soon as any item controlled by the DSI Data Safety Indicator function returns an alarm condition The Warning Icon remains displayed until the alarm condition persists Placing the cursor over this Icon a quick help message is shown next to the Icon allowing to show the Safety Status Bar In this case when the Safety Status Bar is opened via Warning alarm Icon it is allowed to obtain information about each active Safety Status box the red ones it is possible to select them by cursor movement left right and a list of active alarms is shown underneath the selected box By pressing CLEAR the Safety Status Bar is removed from the screen When Safety Status Bar is On a status bar with six boxes showing the status of certain functions 42 User Manual is displayed Any warning or alarm condition is identified by the red color to indicate possible 5 8 0 ZOOM Safety Status Bar Fig 3 2a Perspective View Boxes definition is as follows 1 Zoom Normal when the chart is displayed at normal scale U Zoom red when the chart is under zoomed out more than twice normal scale gray otherwise O Zoom red when the chart is over zoomed in more than twice normal scale gray otherwise
67. ckage containing the chart plotter is first opened please check it for the following contents if any parts are missing contact the dealer the chart plotter was purchased from External bracket and I O cable 1 5 mt 5 9 feet AUX IN I O cable 1 5 mt 5 9 feet Video Input cable 2 pcs Video Output cable Chart plotter s protective cover Fuse 2 Amp fuseholder User Manual Flush mounting kit Cutting template Smart DGPS WAAS Receiver with cable 15 mt 45 feet MEDIA INSERTING REMOVING PROCEDURE Inserting the MEDIA Open the door hold the MEDIA by the short side gently push the MEDIA into the door slot and close the door 106 User Manual Removing the MEDIA To remove the MEDIA open the door then remove the MEDIA from the slot CHART PLOTTER DIMENSIONS 125 95mm 4 96 95 9mm 3 78 342mm 13 46 E 130mm 1 18 pen 236mm 9 29 INSTALLATION AND REMOVING Example of left Flush deck installation and right Bracket installation It is possible to install this Si Tex instrument in Flush Deck mode with space saving regard to the instrument panel plan make the Flush Deck installation it is necessary to permanently remove the silicon gasket between rear and front placed around the chart plotter To remove the gasket lay the chart plotter on its front side to pay attention do not damage LCD and keyboard and use a sharpening blade Put t
68. creen giving the skipper or navigator a visual interpretation of the data of nearby vessels This improves safety and specifically for collision avoidance reasons User Manual 53 3 7 14 AIS System Definitions Target Itis a vessel equipped with AIS Information about the Targets is being received by AIS Receiver and displayed on the screen CPA Closest Point of Approach is the closest distance that will be achieved between your vessel and the tracked Target based on your vessel s speed and direction and the Target s speed and direction CPA Limit This is the distance from your vessel that a Target may reach before a Target is deemed a threat CPA Alarm Occurs if CPA is less or equal to CPA Limit This test is done for active Targets only TCPA Time to closest Point of Approach is the time remaining until the CPA will occur TCPA Limit This is the time remaining before the CPA is reached TCPA Alarm Occurs if TCPA is less or equal to TCPA Limit This test is done for active Targets only and if CPA value is less or equal to CPA Limit Radio Call Sign International call sign assigned to vessel often used on voice radio Name Name of ship 20 characters MMSI Maritime Mobile Service Identity MMSI number A unique 9 digit number that is assigned to a DSC radio station It primarily registers the boat information in the U S Coast Guard s national distress database for use in emergency situations
69. cted object forming a conspicuous vertical mark as a fixed aid to navigation Buoy Floating object moored to the sea bottom in a particular charted place as an aid to navigation Buoys and Beacons Buoys and Beacons are used to indicate to mariners recommended or established routes underwater dangers restrictions and regulations They can be lighted or not and are colored according to their international code BRG Bearing Angle between the North True or Magnetic and a destination The horizontal direction of one terrestrial point from another referring to the North True or Magnetic It is often used to indicate the direction to follow to reach the destination Chain Loran C GRI Groups of transmitting stations that use timed radio pulse transmissions In each of these chains there is a master station and two or more slave or secondary stations Stations belonging to a same chain transmit pulses in timing groups a different time base identifies each chain The time base of each chain is the Group Repetition Interval or GRI This GRI identifies the chain in unique mode For example the GRI 4990 identifies the chain of Central Pacific zone COG Course Over Ground Direction of the path over ground actually followed by a vessel Course Line Time Line Graphical indication of the direction in which the Vessel is heading The Course Line origin is the vessel s position so the time line movement is synchronized with the vesse
70. ctory Vessel Name MMSI number contact and phone number press Edit Add to add a new entry to the Directory press Add Delete to delete the selected entry press Delete Delete All to delete all entries in the page press Del AII STRIKE 99 0036612458 JIMMY PAGE 22832178345 JUPITER 0036612459 ROBERT PIO 22114433001 SCORPION 0046712433 ERICH SMITH 12372133456 0063412123 SUSANNE 44332211001 Fig 3 9 3 Example of Directory page 3 9 4 Quick Info on DSC Icons Placing the cursor on the Distress Call or Position Request icon the following information is displayed e Vessel Name MMSI Number Position Date and Time Distance and Bearing from current vessel s position Pressing ENTER it is possible by selecting DELETE deletes the DSC icon from the DSC Log 62 User Manual page otherwise by selecting DSC LOG the DSC Log page is shown 3 10 FISH FINDER The chart plotter combined with the sonar performance of the Fish Finder is one of the most advanced marine navigation system available To select the Fish Finder menu first select one of the pages related to the Fish Finder MENU Page ENTER Fish Finder ENTER select the desired page ENTER SNS 1100 DATA Fish Finder ENTER select the desired page ENTER Once the Fish Finder page is selected access the Fish Finder menu by pressing MENU For more information see the specific
71. d User Point If in User Points List page MENU User Points ENTER List ENTER use the cursor to select the row with the desired User Point ENTER Otherwise MENU User Points ENTER List ENTER Find insert name of the User Point to show on map Save The split displayed map is centered on the selected User Point Sending Receiving User Point To send all User Points to an external device through the serial port MENU User Points ENTER Send ENTER To read User Points from the NMEA input port MENU User Points ENTER Receive ENTER Selecting User Points List page To give information and allow the editing of all stored User Points MENU User Points ENTER List ENTER From this page it is possible the creation of a Route with User Points MENU User Points ENTER List ENTER Route use the cursor key to highlight the Route Select It is possible to link the User Point to the selected Route If the selected User Point is already linked to the Route the same procedure is used to disconnect it from Route MENU User Points ENTER List ENTER Route User Manual 25 2 2 ROUTES A Route is made by placing a series of Waypoints or by linking existing Marks Among the available Routes only one can be the Active Route that is shown on the screen by straight lines and arrows to indicate the direction the
72. d over a Mark the information window with Coordinates Name Icon and all other Mark information is shown The following Functions Keys are shown on the bottom of the map display Pressing any numerical keys from 1 to 5 the function associated to the selected number is executed Otherwise pressing any numerical key not active not associated to any function 3 beeps will be sounded and the Function Keys are kept shown Pressing CLEAR the Functions Keys are removed from the screen pressing any other key the Functions Keys will be closed and the function associated to the pressed key will be executed User Manual 11 1 1 5 Software Function Keys Customization When the soft keys labels are shown the user can customize them Pressing and holding down any of the soft key shows a pop up window on the top of the soft key pressed that contains all possible data pages assignable to the soft key pressed Move the cursor key up down to place the selector on the desired item move the cursor key to the right or press ENTER to set the selected item move the cursor key to the left or press CLEAR to close the pop up window 42 32 889N 010 17 895E uroon 42 32 669 0045 4146 Fig 1 1 4 Example of Function Keys The possible choices are CHART NAVIGATION 3D ROAD GPS STATUS WIND GAUGES DEPTH FULL DEPTH FISH FINDER FISH FINDER FISH FINDER FISH FINDER RADAR RADAR RADAR RADAR RADAR
73. d the area of coverage increase the availability of precision approaches increase signal redundancy and reduce operational restrictions Waypoint Any point to which one intends to navigate A sequence of Waypoints makes up a Route plan WGS 84 World Geodetic System 1984 Coordinates System or Datum developed by the Defence Mapping Agency DMA It is the default geodetic Datum used by the chart plotter and the GPS Zoom In Shows more detail in a smaller area Zoom Out Operates similarly to zoom in but in the reverse showing a wider but less detailed view XTE Cross Track Error Distance from the ship s present position to the closest point on a line between the origin and destinations Waypoints of the navigatio Flush mounting kit Cutting templ User Manual 91 SNS 700e amp SNS 700i FEATURES amp FUNCTIONS Direct SunLight Viewable Color LCD 16 9 Display WVGA 800x480 resolution Worldwide Built in Cartography showing C MAP By Jeppesen detail up to 2 0 NM C MAP By Jeppesen MAX electronic charts object oriented chart system with enhanced functionality including Guardian alarm Safety Status Bar Safe Route Checking Perspective View Satellite Image Coverage Turbo and Smooth Zoom Multilanguage Enhanced Port Information database Tides amp Currents data Photos amp Diagrams Automatic Information on all chart objects and User Points Find function for Ports Services Ports By Name Ports By Di
74. der screens Calibrate Aux Temperature Allows the calibration of the Aux Temperature sensor Using Restore Defaults Sonar Resolution 80 User Manual the readings from a precise temperature measuring device insert here a positive negative offset to display right value on FF screens Restores the default values 4 bit 8 bit 5 6 12 Alarms Menu The Alarms menu allows you to define additional sonar alarm settings for Fish Alarm Shallow Alarm Depth Alarm and Temperature Upper Lower Rate MENU Alarms ENTER Shallow Water Deep Water High Water Temp Low Water Temp Water Temp Rate Fish Alarm Triggers an alarm when depth becomes shallower than the value set Triggers an alarm when depth becomes deeper than the value set Triggers an alarm when the transducer reports a temperature from TEMP 1 sensor above the value set Triggers an alarm when the transducer reports a temperature from TEMP 1 sensor below the value set Triggers an alarm when the transducer reports a temperature from TEMP 1 sensor variation rate above the value set The options for Fish Alarm set the size of the fishes that if detected by the unit switches an alarm to sound These options are Off Small Medium Big and Huge The alarm sounds if the set size or bigger is detected 5 6 13 Save amp Load Menu Insert the USER MEDIA into the slot then follow the procedure MENU Save amp Load ENTER Load Settings
75. e color so different depth areas are not easily distinguishable Night Vision It is recommended when the environment is dark in order to reduce the glare of the display The chart plotter displays maps and screen in darker colors NOAA Allows setting NOAA paper chart colors presentation Satellite Imagery MENU Map Options ENTER Satellite Imagery ENTER It is possible to overlay the Satellite image for background map When it is set On the Palette is set to Normal to display the proper colors Currents Prediction MENU Map Options ENTER Currents Prediction ENTER A window is shown on the low left side of the chart It is possible to see the variation of the Tidal arrows on the selected area at any given time Press Set to set the date and time manually press Incr Decr to increase decrease time and Exit to exit 3 3 OTHER MAP CONFIGURATIONS MENU Map Options ENTER Other Map Configurations ENTER Allows the user to customize the following selections and is divided into Marine Settings Depth Settings Land Settings Underwater Objects Settings and Chart Settings Display Mode MENU Map Options ENTER Other Map Configurations ENTER Display Mode ENTER Selects from a predefined table what cartographic objects are displayed and which display options are set Pre programmed settings are user selectable from Full Medium Low Radar Tides C
76. e image from the video camera on a rectangular window in the left top corner with Radar Fish Finder and Chart 3 6 ADVANCED OPTIONS MENU MENU Advanced Options ENTER The Advanced options are arranged in sub menus 3 6 1 Input Output menu After every software upgrade the RAM is cleared and the chart plotter re starts with the usual default settings Please go to the Input output menu and set the proper input format once again SNS 700e SNS 700fe SNS 1100 GPS Connection Connects the GPS to the GPS Port serial Port 3 To choose your preferred setting follow the procedure MENU Advanced Options ENTER Input Output ENTER Port 3 Input ENTER NMEA 4800 N81 N ENTER GPS Setup Menu To set your preferred configuration for the connected GPS Internal GPS Enables or disables the Internal GPS Restart GPS Restarts all GPS processes Once executed the message Done is shown Diff Corr Source Sets what kind of Differential Correction will be used by the GPS between WAAS and RTCM beacon correction Navigation Speed Sets the Navigation Speed among Low Speed Medium Speed and High Speed NOTE Available For SNS 700i SNS 7001 SNS 700fe SNS 700fi Fish Finder Transmission The internal Fish Finder is connected directly to the Port 2 To switch the internal Fish Finder transmission On Off follow the procedure MENU Advanced Options ENTER Input Output
77. e instrument panel plan To make the Flush Deck installation it is necessary to permanently remove the silicon gasket between rear and front placed around the chart plotter To remove the gasket lay the chart plotter on its front side to pay attention do not damage LCD and keyboard and use a sharpening blade Put the blade between the gasket and the lateral side of the rear to turn the chart plotter Warning Do not pull the gasket during cut operation to avoid compromising the chart plotter watertight seal 94 User Manual EXTERNAL WIRING GRAY parts are present ONLY on chart plotter WITH GPS INTERNAL VIDEO INPUT CAM CONNECTORS PIN OUT ON UNIT x GND COMMON POWER 10 35Vdc SIGNAL gt E 1 2 2 3 AUX4N I O CABLE PIN WIRE COLOR FUNCTION 1 BLACK COMMON QUICK DISCONNECT BRACKET CABLE 2 RED POWER OUTPUT 10 35 Vdc WIRE COLOR DESCRIPTION FUNCTION INPUT 4 BLACK GND COMMON POWER SUPPLY GND a RED POWER 10 35Vdc POWER SUPPLY WHITE INPUTI NMEA0183 C COM E GREEN SIGNAL RETURN SIGNAL RETURN OUTPUTI NMEA0183 180 180CDX C COM L8 BLUE EXTERNAL OUTPUT to GND when ON INPUT2 NMEA0183 C COM OUTPUT2 NMEA0183 180 180CDX C COM INPUT3 amp F NMEA0183 C COM OUTPUT3 NMEA0183 180 180CDX C COM SIGNAL RETURN SIGNAL RETURN Av
78. e is Manual and it is disabled in Auto Range and Bottom Lock Mode MENU Depth ENTER 5 6 5 Shift This option is available only when Range Mode is Manual and it is disabled in Auto Range and Bottom Lock Mode MENU Shift ENTER NOTE The bottom Range Depth Shift will apply to the currently selected frequency 5 6 6 Bottom Range This option is available when Range Mode is Bottom Lock MENU Bottom Range ENTER 5 6 7 Frequency Allows you to choose the frequency between Auto 50 kHz or 200 kHz when single frequency page is selected MENU Frequency ENTER 5 6 8 Interference Rejection Selects a filter to remove interference from other Fish Finders MENU Interf Reject ENTER 5 6 9 Sensitivity Menu The Sensitivity menu is accessible both from the Fish Finder Setup menu and by pressing ENTER when in Fish Finder pages All settings in the Sensitivity menu are related to the Frequency selected MENU Sensitivity Menu ENTER Frequency ONLY in the Dual Frequency page Allows you to select the Frequency to which the Sensitivity parameters are applied Gain Allows you to control the Gain of the unit s receiver To see more details on the screen increase the receiver sensitivity by selecting a higher gain percentage If there is too much detail or if the screen is cluttered lowering the sensitivity may increase the clarity of the display STC Sensitivity Time Constant itis a
79. e used in conjunction with the Radar Junction box device and Off Cable Wiring pages This menu allows you select the Cable Wiring page MENU Advanced Options ENTER Input Output ENTER Cable Wiring ENTER Power I O Cable Wiring Shows a window containing the Power I O cable wiring Quick Disconnect Cable Wiring2 Shows a window containing the quick disconnect bracket cable wiring GPS Cable Wiring Shows a window containing the GPS cable wiring AUX In I O Cable Wiring4 Shows a window containing the AUX IN I O cable wiring NOTE Available For SNS 1100 NOTE2 Available For SNS 700e SNS 700i SNS 700fe SNS 700fi NOTE Available For SNS 700e SNS 700fe SNS 1100 NOTE4 Available For SNS 700e SNS 700i SNS 700fe SNS 700fi SNS 1100 Send Receive Routes amp Marks Sets the desired port used for transferring User Points and Routes functions MENU Advanced Options ENTER Input Output ENTER Send Rec Rts amp Mrks ENTER Port n ENTER Where n 1 2 3 4 5 for SNS 700e SNS 700i SNS 1100 1 3 4 5 for SNS 700fe SNS 700fi 3 6 2 C Link menu Select the Primary or Secondary Station see the dedicated Chapter MENU Advanced Options ENTER C Link ENTER Secondary Station Primary Station ENTER 3 6 8 Fix amp Compass menu To handle the functions related to navigation and to set the reference heading information such as bearing
80. easure 3 8 1 C WEATHER SERVICE Menu To select the menu MENU C Weather ENTER Datatype HUMIDITY EL oem IB wewmen wee Fog 8 WEATHER Pary Cloudy EX WEATHER TYPE Thunderstorm Fig 3 8 Weather data package It opens a sub menu with the following options Copy from USER MEDIA Download Forecast Real Time View Type of Data 58 User Manual Copy from USER MEDIA MENU C Weather ENTER Copy from USER MEDIA ENTER Allows the whole data package C Weather loading from the USER MEDIA Download MENU C Weather ENTER Download ENTER Allows to connect the software to the Jeppesen Marine weather server and to download Jeppesen Marine weather data directly via C COM It activates the following sub menu Select Country to Call Allows the selection of the country to call Telephone Number Allows the insertion of the number SIM Pin Allows inserting of the PIN of the SIM Download Area Allows the weather download a squared grey area where the weather data will be downloaded is centered on cursor position See the following picture Press Load to activate the C Weather Download the whole data package see the previous Weather data package table are downloaded At the end of the operation press Exit 1 to close the window Area of coverage of downloaded data is located by default with its ce
81. ed on each port Each port can transmit a different set of sentences among GLL VTG BOD XTE BWC RMA RMB RMC APB WCV GGA HSC HDG MWV MENU Advanced Options ENTER Input Output ENTER n Output Sentences ENTER Where n 1 2 3 4 5 for SNS 700e SNS 700i SNS 1100 1 3 4 5 for SNS 700fe SNS 700fi7Ci NMEA 0183 Output Talker ID The Talker Id is the 2 characters following the char Start of sentence in a NMEA 0183 sentence that identifies the type of instrument that sends the string The chart plotter allows selecting one of the following Talker identifier II Integrated Instrument GP GPS EC Electronic Chart System ECS RA Radar and or Radar Plotting SD Sounder Depth The selected Talker ID is applied to all sentences sent by the chart plotter from all Ports To select the Talker ID follow the procedure MENU Advanced Options ENTER Input Output ENTER NMEA 0183 Output Talker ID ENTER Il GP EC RA SD ENTER SNS 700e SNS 700i SNS 700fe SNS 700fi SNS 1100 External Signal Sets the External Output MENU Advanced Options ENTER Input Output ENTER External Signal ENTER User Manual 51 Then choose your preferred setting among External Alarm when activated this pin goes to GND level It is used to command an external buzzer External Power it is command switch for the Radar It must b
82. eir own precise orbital data and the GPS receiver computes their locations by receiving this data 2 In this receiving process the GPS receiver measures very accurate distances to the satellites using the Spread Spectrum Modulation method Excellence in GPS s position fixing 82 User Manual accuracy is mainly due to this technology 3 When the satellite locations and their distances are known the GPS receiver fixes its own position by triangulation Fig 6 1a The GPS position calculation As illustrated in the previous figure the position is calculated as the meeting point of three spheres which are drawn around the three satellites with diameters d1 d2 and d3 6 1 1 Position Fixing Accuracy HDOP The GPS fix accuracy is due to the locations of 3 satellites in the sky High accuracy is obtainable when the satellites are widely scattered in the sky on the contrary accuracy is reduced when the satellites have gathered in a narrow space In the following figure in both cases it is possible to obtain the GPS fix but in the left case the accuracy will be higher than the right Fig 6 1 1 HDOP The index for position fixing accuracy is called HDOP Horizontal Dilution Of Precision The smaller the HDOP value the more accurately the position can be fixed User Manual 83 7 Maintenance This chapter gives information on routine maintenance and problem solving associated with the chart plotter 7 1 SYSTEM
83. emark once more that this function does not transfer the whole route but just the information relative to the navigation Such information will be removed from the Slave chart plotter as soon as the navigation is terminated C Link navigation data is exchanged by using two NMEA 0183 C MAP proprietary sentences PCMPN 1 and PCMPN 2 When the navigation is activated on the Master it starts outputting the C Link Navigation Data If the Slave is connected all C Link Navigation Data received are stored in its memory and the navigation is started The information sent by the Master consists of the following values 64 User Manual Navigation mode To Single Destination to a Route Route Name Destination ID Destination Position Next Waypoint ID Range from Destination to next Waypoint Bearing from Destination to next Waypoint Route Length Distance from Destination to Last Route Waypoint Remaining Route Legs Planned Cruising Speed Average Fuel Consumption Initial Fuel Load Values identified by are sent only for Route Following navigation The Destination Icon Navigation leg Fix Position to Destination the Next Waypoint Icon and all other relevant C Link Navigation Data will be shown on the Slave chart plotter Any variation of the C Link Navigation Data on the Master will be communicated to the Slave so to keep data aligned on both devices MASTER CHART PLOTTER Operating mode To select
84. ent of Defense was conceived for military purposes but now it is used in a host of civilian applications GPS navigation uses satellite signals to determine your position in relation to a set of satellites orbiting the earth The GPS constellation of satellites continuously send radio signals containing the precise position for each satellite back to earth By knowing the position of 3 or 4 satellites and calculating various time differences between transmitted signals the GPS receiver can determine its present position anywhere on earth and thanks to continuous updates calculate speed and course information 6 1 HOW GPS WORKS Currently the GPS constellation consists of 26 orbiting satellites including 3 spares but this number will increase in the future The GPS receiver computes an accurate position by calculating the distance to the GPS satellites that orbit the earth Signals are required from 3 satellites for two dimensional 2D position calculation whilst 4 satellites are required for three dimensional 3D position calculation As mentioned earlier GPS satellites are not geostationary but they are orbiting the earth as illustrated on the following figure Fig 6 1 The GPS constellation Note that position is repeatedly fixed through the following three steps while any 3 satellites are in line of sight The position calculation procedure is indicated in the following three steps 1 GPS satellites continuously transmit th
85. est 1193 00 67 741 544 Last 83 12 05 41 Route Length 71 19 Nm 68 User Manual Route Name DESTINATION ID Wpt1 4 Distance TTG and Consumption from Ship to Dest Distance TTG and Consumption from Ship to Last Wpt Fig 4 4 Quick Info on Destination 5 FISH FINDER SNS 700fe SNS 700fi The Fish Finder consists of a high power transmitter sensitive receiver and a transducer The Fish Finder sends an electrical pulse to the transducer which contains an element that converts the pulse into acoustic sound wave which is sent through the water As this wave travels from the transducer to the bottom it may strike fish structures thermoclines temperature changes in the water When the wave strikes an object s a certain amount of the wave is reflected back to the transducer depending on the composition and shape of the object When the reflected wave is returned to the transducer it is converted into a voltage and is amplified by the receiver processed and sent to the display The speed of sound in water is roughly 4800 ft sec so the time lapse between the transmitted signal and the received echo can be measured and the distance to the object determined Fig 5 Fish Finder working principle 5 1 SETTING THE INTERNAL FISH FINDER ON The internal Fish Finder driver is connected directly to the dedicated serial Port2 To switch the internal Fish Finder transmission On follow the procedure MENU Advanced Options
86. f of the screen follow this procedure MENU Page ENTER Fish Finder ENTER Zoom ENTER The Depth Cursor is shown only on the unzoomed Fish Finder Echogram The ZOOM IN and ZOOM OUT keys 74 User Manual When in this page pressing ZOOM IN changes to Zoom 4X pressing ZOOM OUT changes to Zoom 2X 5 3 5 Chart Fish page To display the Chart page on the left half of the screen and the Fish Finder Echogram on the 41 06 191N 011 44 496E Fig 5 3 5 Fish Finder Chart Fish page right half of the screen follow this procedure MENU Page ENTER Fish Finder ENTER Chart Fish ENTER The MENU key to change the active window When in Chart Fish mode pressing MENU if the focus the active window in on the Chart the Functions menu is shown Pressing again MENU opens the Fish Finder Setup menu and moves the focus to the Fish Finder if the focus the active window in on the Fish Finder the Fish Finder Setup menu is shown Pressing again MENU opens the Functions menu and moves the focus to the Chart NOTE When focus is on the Chart page all keys work in cartography standard mode SNS 700fe SNS 700fi 5 3 6 Fish Finder and Radar pages To display the Radar page on the left half of the screen and the Fish Finder Echogram on the Fig 5 3 6 Radar FF page right half of the screen follow this procedure MENU Page ENTER Fish Finder
87. from USER MEDIA Load the complete settings from the USER MEDIA and changes the active menu settings Save Settings to USER MEDIA This is useful to avoid the user having to retune up Fish Finder after a Clear RAM operation or a software update Restore Current Preset Defaults Restores the default values only for the current presets see Par 5 6 1 Preset Mode and does not affect the other presets 5 7 TRANSDUCERS The transducer is a device that transmits and receives sound waves into the water The active component inside the transducer is commonly referred to as an element but actually is a piezoelectric ceramic material Please refer to your dealer and or installer to choose your transducer Si Tex suggest AIRMAR transducer User Manual 81 6 GPS For centuries sailors have been searching for a reliable and precise method of travelling the world s waterways From celestial navigating to the modern navigation techniques as Loran Decca Navigator Omega or Transit Satnav each system has had its problems with weather range and reliability Without doubt the Global Positioning System or GPS for short is the most significant advance in navigation it gives the navigator a position 24 hours a day 365 days a year in any weather condition GPS is a satellite based navigation system which provides suitably equipped users with accurate position velocity and time data Originally the GPS developed by the U S Departm
88. ges 10000 Waypoints Marks and 50 Routes 400 Waypoints max per Route 10000 Track Points Create Move Insert Edit Delete Send Receive Waypoint Create Move Edit Delete Send Receive Mark Event User Manual 105 Navigation to Goto Create Save Name Edit Delete Send Receive or Follow a Route Route Data Report and User Points Marks Waypoints List pages Display vessel s position direction and Track Alarms Handling Auto Off Arrival Alarm XTE Alarm Anchor Alarm Depth Alarm HDOP Alarm Heading Alarm Grounding Alarm External Alarm Man OverBoard MOB to navigate back to a missing person or object C Link and C Weather Service R B function Simulation Mode with cursor control Video Input option Video Output option NOTE If Fish Finder Radar Video Camera connected TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Power consumption 1500 mA max 12V with camera connected Interface NMEA 0183 Autopilot Interface NMEA 0180 NMEA 0180 CDX NMEA 0183 Video Input PAL or NTSC video signals automatically selected Video Output VGA compatible adapter cable Display Sun Light Viewable Color Transflective LCD active area 10 4 Display Resolution 800 x 600 pixels MEDIA SD Card SNS 1100 Cartography C MAP By Jeppesen DATA MEDIA Operating temperature range 32 to 131 F 0 to 55 C Memory Non volatile Keyboard Silicon rubber backlight Weight 1 6 Kg When the pa
89. he blade between the gasket and the lateral side of the rear to turn the chart plotter User Manual 107 Warning Do not pull the gasket during cut operation to avoid compromising the chart plotter watertight seal EXTERNAL WIRING POWER amp I O CONNECTOR CABLE PIN WIRE COLOR FUNCTION GND COMMON POWER INPUT 10 35 Vdc INPUT 1 COMMON AUX IN I O CONNECTOR CABLE PIN WIRE COLOR FUNCTION 1 BLACK IGND COMMON 2 RED POWER OUTPUT 1035 Vde 3 WHITE INPUT 4 4 GREEN COMMON 5 GRAY OUTPUT 5 6 YELLOW OUTPUT 4 7 BROWN INPUT 5 8 BLUE EXTERNAL ALARM OUTPUT OUTPUT 2 ELLOW Mini B VIDEO OUTPUT CONNECTOR PIN FUNCTION C CONNECTOR i GND PIN FUNCTION GPS CONNECTOR CABLE vec CAM CONNECTORS WIRE COLOR R 1 POWER OUTPUT 10 35 Vdc G PIN OUT ON UNIT 2 OUTPUT 3 B 7 3 INPUT 3 HSYNC ww 4 VSYNC 5 N C Ls BLACK VELLOW SHIELD GND SIGNAL RETURN BRIGHT CONTROL 5 J TYPICAL CONNECTIONS GPS Connection SMART OPS C GPS SENSOR CABLE SENSOR PIN WIRE LOR FUNCTION POWER OUTPUT 10 35 Vdc 108 User Manual GPS on Port 3 Autopilot Connection POWER SUPPLY POWER amp I O CABLE WIRE COLOR FUNCTION 1 PWR GND COMMON C
90. he wrong input parameters for your particular receiver Check your receiver manual to be sure that you have selected the proper interface format If the screen is blank the connection may be interrupted and no data is being received Use MENU to stop or continue after pause data displaying ENTER to show data in hex or ASCII mode normal or small and CLEAR to exit SNS 700e SNS 700i SNS 700fe SNS 700fi SNS 1100 7 1 6 External Alarm To check if the External Alarm has been transmitted User Manual 85 Terms ALT Altitude Altitude of GPS Antenna on the medium sea level Alter Alternate Solution TD Coordinates System Parameter selected by the user that is applied in the conversion of TD values to geographical coordinates Lat Lon It defines which of the two possible solutions can be used Arrival Time Estimated time of day you will reach your destination based on your current Speed and Track from GPS e ASF Additional Secondary phase Factor TD Coordinates System Correction to TD values which can be inserted by the user Azimuth Angular measurement from the horizon to a satellite or another object AWD Apparent Wind Direction Direction from which the Wind appears to blow relative to a moving point also called Relative Wind Direction AWS Apparent Wind Speed Speed at which the Wind appears to blow relative to a moving point also called Relative Wind Speed Beacon Prominent specially constru
91. hese are Cruise sets the Fish Finder in full auto mode with the sensitivity settings optimized for displaying at best the bottom and Fish sets the Fish Finder in full auto mode with the sensitivity setting optimized for target searching See the following table MENU Preset Mode ENTER Fish Gain Mode Auto Range Mode Auto Frequency do not change Shift 0 STC Short if Freq 200kHz and Mid if Freq 50kHz Scrolling Speed 10 Fish Symbols Echo A Scope On Surface Noise Filter Off Cruise Gain Mode Auto Range Mode Auto Frequency do not change Shift 0 STC Short if Freq 200kHz and Mid if Freq 50kHz Scrolling Speed 10 Fish Symbols Echo A Scope On Surface Noise Filter 4 5 6 2 Gain Mode Selects Auto or Manual MENU Gain Mode ENTER 5 6 3 Range Mode Selects among Manual Auto Range and Bottom Lock When in Manual Range Mode it is possible to set Shift the offset from the surface see Par 5 6 5 and Depth see Par 5 6 4 on which the Fish Finder shall operate When in Auto Range Mode the Fish Finder determines automatically the range as to keep the bottom visible in the lower left of the screen In this mode Shift is always set to 0 In Bottom Lock Mode the Fish Finder automatically tracks the range around the bottom specified by the Bottom Range value MENU Range ENTER 78 User Manual 5 6 4 Depth This option is available only when Range Mod
92. hip s current position Selecting Screen Amplifier In Home mode the Screen Amplifier function sets up the charts on the navigation direction course in order to display more map details in front of the vessel s position CLEAR MENU Display Options ENTER Screen Amplifier ENTER On ENTER Selecting Map Orientation To select the orientation of your chart according to MENU Map Options ENTER Map Orientation ENTER The available choices are North Up the map is shown with North upwards Head Up the map is shown with the ship s current heading upwards and Track Up the map is shown with the currently selected course leg upwards MENU Map Options ENTER Map Orientation ENTER Head Up or Track Up ENTER use cursor to insert values ENTER The Resolution angle which may be selected in the range 5 60 degrees defines the maximum variation of the reference angle after which the map changes its orientation 1 11 NAVIGATION TO A SINGLE DESTINATION To place the destination at cursor coordinates and activates navigation to it Place the cursor on location to navigate to ENTER GOTO ENTER You are now navigating to the destination drawn as a Mark with a circle around it labelled DEST A straight line is shown on the screen connecting the destination with the ship s position All navigation data is referred to this destination SNS 1100 Place the
93. ilar to Track List window but AIS Track List contains tracks for AIS Targets selected by the user and not track data for own vessel Here in the table user can see a list of 10 most recent AIS Targets for which user enabled Track function number of track AIS vessel name or MMSI callsign if name was not available track type default recorded by distance step is 0 05 Nm and color default color of AIS Target refer to par 3 7 1a Track configuration is available via Config Function bound to Soft key 1 Config Menu allows to edit AIS Track Description text by default it is initialized with AIS Target Vessel Name or MMSI id show hide AIS track Mode Visible Hidden change color tack recording mode Distance or Time edit track recording step Delete old track points for selected AIS Target or all AIS targets Free Points indicates how many more AIS Track points can be recorded before AIS Track memory is full and old data will be deleted see par 3 7 9 3 7 9 AIS Track Memory Management Software manages memory allocated to store Tracks for AIS Targets user involvement is not required Old track data is automatically deleted first for Lost targets starting with the older recorded positions This ensures all recent data for tracked AIS targets is recorded and displayed on screen Used can also delete AIS Target s Track data via context menu in AIS Track List window Select required AIS Target Config Delete This Track
94. indow with the basic info of the objects is displayed To get full details of the object press Expand User Manual 31 Displaying Expanded Info page Full Info To show the Expanded Info page Place the cursor on objects ENTER Info ENTER SNS 1100 Place the cursor on objects INFO Info on objects with Pictures To get the information on objects with pictures move the cursor on the object On the Quick Info if at least one of the objects found has one or more pictures associated there is a camera icon Press Expand to see the Full Info page there is the small camera icon on a corner of the square containing the object icon or a big photo icon centered on the square for the object without icon LI Pee Fig 2 6a Example of Full Info Fig 2 6b Example of picture on objects window with picture icon To see pictures Press Picture when the object with a picture is highlighted To change picture size Press ENTER when the picture is shown Info Tree and Expanded Info page The upper side of the page contains the Info Tree and the Lower side contains the expanded information While moving the cursor through the Info Tree all the relevant information of the selected object is shown on the lower part of the page By pressing CLEAR the page is closed If the information shown on the Lower part of the page exceeds the page size you may scroll the page using Page Dn Use Home to
95. ing one If in Route Data Report page MENU Route ENTER Report ENTER Reverse The Route is then followed in reverse order with Waypoints renumbered accordingly If the destination is placed on the Route that Route cannot be reversed Selecting Route Report page To give information on Waypoints belonging to the selected Route MENU Route ENTER Report ENTER In this page it is possible to modify the Speed and Fuel consumption values MENU Route ENTER Report ENTER Speed Fuel use the cursor to insert values ENTER Sending Route To transmit the Active Route information onto the NMEA output port MENU Route ENTER Send ENTER The NMEA WPL amp RTE messages are sent to the output port Receiving Route To save Route information received from the NMEA input port MENU Route ENTER Receive ENTER The received route is saved on the Active route overwriting it The NUEA WPL amp RTE messages are sent to the input port Safe Route Checking This function checks the presence of particular cartographic objects see the list below on a range set by the user for all Route legs Land Areas Shallow Water Intertidal Areas Rocks Wrecks Obstructions Shoreline Constructions User Manual 27 Fishing Facility Dredged Areas Diffusers Mooring Warping Facility Production I
96. inimum Low Medium High and Maximum MENU Route ENTER Route Check Accuracy ENTER 28 User Manual 2 3 GOTO FUNCTION This functions allows you to place the destination point and immediately start navigating to it Navigation to Waypoint Place the cursor on the desired Waypoint ENTER Go To ENTER or simply Place the cursor on the desired Waypoint Go To SNS 1100 Place the cursor on the desired Waypoint GOTO A circle surrounds the Waypoint symbol A dotted line is shown connecting the destination with the ship s position When the destination is placed all navigation data are referred to it Deleting destination If the destination has been placed to stop the navigation to the Waypoint Place the cursor on destination icon Stop NOTE Ifyou press Next Prev the destination icon is moved on the next previous Waypoint in the Route Otherwise when the cursor is placed on a generic position on the chart ENTER ENTER Stop NOTE Ifyou press Start the destination icon is moved on the new cursor position The symbol that identifies the destination disappears from the screen but the Waypoint remains 2 4 USING TRACK A very useful feature of the chart plotter is the ability to store and display exactly where the boat has been This feature referred to as Tracking can provide invaluable information about the effect of tide and wind influence
97. isplays and changes arrows as date time changes Seabed Type Sets On Off the displaying of the Seabed Type Ports amp Sets On Off the displaying of the Ports and Services areas along shore with Services facilities for mooring downloading and uploading of ships generally sheltered from waves and winds Port installations are piers wharves pontoons dry docks cranes Tracks amp Sets On Off the displaying of the Tracks and Routes recommended and Routes established routes for ships at sea including traffic separation schemes deep water routes Depth Settings To control the display on the map of the depth informations Depth Range Min Sets a minimum reference for the Depth Areas Depth Range Max Sets a maximum reference for the Depth Areas Land Settings To control the display on the map of the terrestrial features Land Elevation Sets On Off the Land Elevation display Land Elevation values Sets On Off the displaying of the Land Elevations values Roads Sets On Off the displaying of the Roads POl Sets On Off the displaying of Points Of Interest Chart Settings To control the display on the map of the chart features 46 User Manual Lat Lon Grid Chart Boundaries Value Added Data Chart Lock Sets On Off the displaying of the grid of parallels of Latitude and meridians of Longitude drawn on the map Sets On Off the displaying of the Chart Boundaries which represents the boundaries of the cha
98. ition of the User Point If in Chart page Place the cursor on the desired User Point Edit use the cursor key to modify Name Symbol Lat Lon not for Event Color Accept The User Point appears on the selected position with the new symbol and color NOTE To select the User Point presentation MENU Display Options ENTER User Points ENTER There are three possible choices by selecting Off the User Point is not shown on the screen otherwise by selecting On it is shown on the Chart page shown with symbol and name by selecting Icon only the User Point symbol is shown Deleting User Point If in Chart page Place the cursor on the desired User Point Delete Accept If in User Points List page MENU User Points ENTER List ENTER use the cursor to select the row with the desired User Point Delete YES The User Point is deleted It is also possible to delete all stored User Points If in User Points List page MENU User Points ENTER List ENTER Delete Del All YES Moving User Point Place the cursor on the desired User Point Move move the cursor to the desired position Accept The User Point is placed on the screen at the new position Locating User Point on Map If in Chart page 24 User Manual ENTER Find ENTER User Points ENTER insert name of the User Point to show on map Save The map is centered on the selecte
99. ivates the Sensitivity menu see Par 5 6 9 that allows tuning the Gain the Surface Noise Filter and the STC Gain 0 STC Off STC Length 0 Mt STC Strength 0 Surf Noise Filter Off Fig 5 3 2a Sensitivity sub menu Pressing CLEAR turns off the Sensitivity menu The CLEAR key User Manual 73 By pressing CLEAR the Variable Depth Marker VDM is hidden The ZOOM IN and ZOOM OUT keys From this page pressing ZOOM IN once changes to Zoom 2X pressing ZOOM IN twice changes to Zoom 4X while pressing ZOOM OUT reverts to Zoom 2X and no zoom 5 3 3 Dual Frequency page Fig 5 3 3 Fish Finder Dual Frequency mode To display the Fish Finder Dual Echogram follow this procedure MENU ENTER Fish Finder ENTER Dual Frequency ENTER The Cursor key Moving the cursor to the right or the left moves the Variable Depth Marker VDM between the 50 and 200kHz displays Moving the cursor up or down will move the VDM up and down Press CLEAR to hide the VDM The ZOOM IN and ZOOM OUT keys From this page pressing ZOOM IN once changes to Zoom 2X pressing ZOOM IN twice changes to Zoom 4X while pressing ZOOM OUT reverts to Zoom 2X and no zoom 5 3 4 Zoom To display the zoomed Fish Finder page the left half of the screen and the unzoomed Fish 41 06 178N per i 011 44 496E Fig 5 3 4 Fish Finder Zoom Page Finder Echogram on the right hal
100. l places where required and they will be used to format NMEA 0183 output data GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION ON MAP DISPLAY DESCRIPTION SYMBOL External Destination RED Icon WPT002 Navigation Leg RED Line Next Waypoint GREEN Icon WPTO003 Fig 4 3 Graphical Displaying ROUTE DATA REPORT On the Slave chart plotter when the navigation to the External route is received it is possible to display the information related to the External route by entering the Route Data Report MENU Route ENTER Report ENTER External Route Name of the External Route from PCMPN 0 66 User Manual External Route ROUTE001 Cruising Speed 12 5 kn Fuel Consumption Rate 8 0 l h Total Route length 71 19 Nm Total Fuel Consumption 45 51 Waypoints in Route 4 Initial Fuel Load 2551 Remaining Waypoints 4 Remaining Fuel 2091 DST TTG ETA Cons nm hh mm hh mm Lit To Dest To Next Wet To Last Wpt Fig 4 3a External route on Route Data Report Cruising Speed Planned Cruising Speed from PCMPN 1 Total Route length Length from First to Last Wpt from PCMPN 1 Waypoints in Route No of Wpts in the Route from PCMPN 1 Remaining Waypoints No of Wpts from Dest to Last Wpt from PCMPN 1 Fuel Consumption Rate Planned Fuel Consumption Rate from PCMPN 1 Total Fuel Consumption Calculated Fuel consumption to navigate the whole Route Initial Fuel Load Volume of Fuel availa
101. liquid crystals used in your plotter This limitation is due to the current technology of the LCD displays Avoid overheating which may cause loss of contrast and in extreme cases a darkening of the Screen Problems which occur from overheating are reversible when temperature decreases WARNING ON SERIAL PORTS CONNECTION Please be aware that the serial ports are not opto isolated and then the external device is electrically connected to the chart plotter This allows the connection of high speed devices like Radar or Fish Finder If you are connecting a 183 device and you would like to isolate it from the chart plotter you have to add the opto isolator externally CLEANING PROCEDURE FOR THE PLOTTER SCREEN Cleaning your chart plotter screen is a very important operation and must be done carefully as the window s surface is covered with and antireflective coating The following is the cleaning procedure you use a tissue or lens tissue and a cleaning spray containing Isopropanol a normal spray cleaner sold for the PC screen for example PolaClear by Polaroid Fold the tissue or lens tissue into a triangular shape moisten the tip and use the index finger behind a corner to move the tissue across the surface in overlapping side to side strokes If the tissue is too wet a noticeable wet film will be left in its path and you will need to repeat the process If too dry the tissue won t glide easily and may damage the surface NOTE
102. lish Always uses English Local Uses the first Local language present on data If no Local language is available English is used instead 16 User Manual NOTE a When User Interface Language is changed Chart Language settings are set as follows MODE is set to Off and Chart Language is set as the User Interface Language selection if available on the chart data otherwise is set to English b If the cartographic data is changed for example the DATA MEDIA is removed or replaced Chart Language settings should be verified and if necessary changed 1 7 C MAP by Jeppesen MAX CARTOGRAPHY INFORMATION MAX is a major evolution of the product technology Key points are Data Features ISO Certification electronic chart production process with quality certification Extra Large Coverage all the C MAP By Jeppesen electronic chart detail and a huge coverage without having to change data media Official data source data based on use of official data sources Detailed World Background worldwide background chart with details Depths amp Land Elevation color shading of sea depth and land altitude for improved chart reading Bathymetric amp Spot Soundings additional Data Base with depth and bathy information for an extraordinary view of the seabed depth Detailed Port Plan complete port and marina charts with detail Search amp Find quickly locates chart contents and objects Tides Preview dynamic simulation of tide
103. ls Icon Course Line course is given by the value of COG Course Over Ground and its length is proportional to the SOG Speed Over Ground CTS Course To Steer Optimum direction the boat should be steered in order to efficiently make headway back to the courseline while also proceeding toward the destination Waypoint 86 User Manual Cultural Features Any man made topographic feature as built up area buildings roads Datum The Latitude and Longitude lines printed on any map are based on certain models of the shape of the earth these models are called Datum or Coordinate Systems There are many different Datum in use each one gives different Lat Lon positions for an identical point on the surface of the earth see also Map Datum and Fix Datum Dead Reckoning Procedure to determine the current position of a vessel by applying to the last known position the way that has been made since the last known position was received This procedure is normally based on the last received GPS position Speed and Course or to the last received GPS position Log Speed and Heading Default Original factory setting for any menu selection The default values are set after a Master Reset RAM Clear Depth Area Sea areas included in the user selectable range of minimum and maximum depth limits The sea area that is beyond the selected range is filled by an uniform white color the sea area that is inside the selected range is filled by ordinary
104. n the chart plotter Save Events to create a new file containing all Events stored in the chart plotter Save Routes to create a new file containing all Waypoints belonging to the selected 38 User Manual Route Route number is required Also it is possible to save all Routes not only the selected Route Save Tracks to create a new file containing all Track points belonging to the selected Track Track number is required NOTE When naming a file you may have trouble finding a name that uniquely identifies the file s contents Dates for example are often used in filenames however they take up several characters leaving you with little flexibility The secret is to find a compromise a point where you can combine a date with a word creating a unique filename The maximum length of the filename is 8 characters The characters may be numbers 0 9 letters A Z and spaces for example legal identifiers are ABC AA 12121212 AB C 1A 1 and so on Loading File from USER MEDIA MENU Save amp Load ENTER Select the file name in the list Load The Load function copies the content of the selected file from USER MEDIA to the internal memory of the chart plotter If the selected file contains Marks Events already present in the chart plotter memory they are non duplicated It is required to insert the number of the Route Track on which loading data if the Route Track is not empty it is overwritten
105. nguage to display menus data pages warning alarm messages full quick info list of objects found by find nearest function and on charts such as place s names buoy s names and so on To select the language you want MENU General Options ENTER Language ENTER select the language you want ENTER NOTE If the selected language is not available on cartographic data English language is used instead CAUTION If you have accidentaly selected an unknown language and you are not able to select your preferred language please see Chapter 7 Maintenance for a RAM Clear operation the chart plotter will also return all selections in particular language to original default values RAM Clear operation will also cancel all the saved data like ROUTE WAYPOINTS MARKS etc 1 6 SELECTING THE CHART LANGUAGE MENU General Options ENTER Chart Language ENTER select the language you want ENTER The possible choices are listed in the table below Language Allows setting the language to display chart information The language is chosen among the list of languages available on the cartographic data DATA MEDIA or embedded charts Mode Defines how objects are translated It is possible to choose between the three following options Off Uses the same Language used for LANGUAGE If the selected language is not present on the objects information English is used instead Eng
106. nstallation Pingos No Data Available If any of these alarm conditions is detected then the chart plotter highlights the list of dangerous objects and the correspondant dangerous Route leg The Route leg is then drawn in a different color It is possible to make the Safe Route Check from menu following the procedure MENU Route ENTER Route Check Report ENTER or Place the cursor on the desired Route leg Check The list of the dangerous objects found on the charts crossed by the Route is shown in the Route check report It is also possible to activate this function in automatic mode MENU Route ENTER Automatic Route Check ENTER ENTER If Automatic Route Check is activated the modified Route legs are checked everytime a Waypoint is added inserted edited or moved Before activating the function you could change the function parameters as the width and the depth of the detected area and the research accuracy To select the width of the detected area aside the Route MENU Route ENTER Route Width ENTER insert the desired value ENTER NOTE Safe Route width value represents half the total width checked by the function To select the depth of the detected area aside the Route MENU Route ENTER Route Depth ENTER insert the desired value ENTER It also possible to select the accuracy for the Route check among M
107. ntre on the cursor position Cursor 15 locked to the gray area Moving the cursor also moves the gray area allowing locating it over the area where the user wants to download the Meteo forecast Indicates the LAT LON position of the cursor Soft Keys to manage the download procedure Fig 3 8 1 Download Area Forecast MENU C Weather ENTER Forecast ENTER Allows selecting the Layer of specific weather data to be displayed on the screen and to change date and time of the forecast preview The following functions are available Panning default usage of the cursor key is the normal panning function Zoom in out zoom in out functions are allowed as usual by using ZOOM IN ZOOM OUT Set of date and time Date Time to modify date and time values Layer selection Type to cycle of the weather layers Exit Exit or CLEAR to close the weather prediction page Real Time View MENU C Weather ENTER Real Time View ENTER The following selections are available Real Time View On the data is shown the area of the download at the current date and time User Manual 59 received from the GPS Real Time View Off the Weather data is not displayed The layer displayed is the one selected into the previous menu item Type of Data MENU C Weather ENTER Type od Data ENTER Allows selecting the type of data see the previous Fig 3 8
108. nts Symbol Size Data Window Mode 48 User Manual Displays information on cartographic object when the cursor is placed on it Automatic Info On Points shows information when the cursor is placed on points as Port Services Tides Lights Wrecks Rocks Buoys Beacons Obstructions Land markers etc Automatic Info On All shows information when the cursor is placed on points on lines as Depth Contours Traffic Separation Territorial Sea Cartographic Lines etc on areas Depth Built up Sea Attention Restricted etc and on names on the beginning of the text hot spot or on any of the characters of the name name message box The details on Land Source of Data Cartographic Area and Spot Soundings are not shown In Home mode the Screen Amplifier Look Ahead function sets up the charts on the navigation direction course in order to display more map details in front of the vessel s position Selects the value among Off 2 10 30 Min 1 2 hours Infinite The Course Line is a graphical indication of the direction in which the Vessel is heading The Course Line origin is the vessel s position so the time lie movement is synchronized with the vessels Icon Course Line course is given by the value of COG Course Over Ground and its length is proportional to the SOG Speed Over Ground Sets the Ship Icon Mode between Steady or Blinking When Ship Icon Mode is Blinking the Ship Icon and the heading line blinks every 1 second
109. or Select any AIS Target Config Delete All TracksTrack data for own vessel is not affected by any of these operations User Manual 57 3 7 10 SART Messages Handling SART Search and Rescue Transponder technology was developed to send emergency messages using AIS protocol Such messages should be handled in a special was by AIS receivers Plotter software has some SART specific features which would help user to easily identify SART events and react accordingly An alarm appears on AIS SART Target activation regardless other AIS Alarm settings SART icon is red cross in red circle very different from other ship icons SART targets are always displayed on top of AIS Report window highlighted with orange color SART targets have Go To feature enabled Once activated Go To SART function follows SART event position even if its position changes 3 8 C Weather Service C Weather Service is an innovative meteorological forecasting system with the ability to visualize the weather forecast overlaying it on cartography The weather data is held on Jeppesen Marine s weather server which can be accessed via a C COM modem connected to the chart plotter or by using the PC Planner or the DPS Dealer Programming System saving the weather data on a USER MEDIA The weather data are overlaid on a map page as layers The Weather format data available are NOTE Refer to Par 3 1 General Options menu for selecting the desired unit of m
110. orrect setup option and press ENTER when complete press OK 1 to exit Language English Chart Language Distance Units Nm Speed Units Kts Wind Units Kts Depth Unit Mt Altitude Units Mt Temperature Units Time Reference UTC Daylight Saving Time Off Time Format 24 hour Date Format DD MM Y Y Nav Aids Presentation INT Keypad Beep Off Cursor Speed Devices Simulation Mode 14 User Manual The possible selections are listed in the table below Language Chart Language Distance Unit Speed Unit Wind Unit Depth Unit Altitude Unit Temperature Unit Time Reference Daylight Saving Time Time Format Date Format Nav Aids Presentation Keypad Beep Cursor Speed Devices Simulation Mode NOTE The map information will still be displayed in the language of the official digitalized paper chart Selects a sub menu with two items Language to set the language to display chart information and Mode to define how objects are translated Selects the unit for Distance among Nm Sm Km Selects the unit for Speed among Kts Mph Kph Selects the unit for Wind among Kts Kph Mph m s Bft Selects the unit among Ft FM and Mt Selects the unit among Ft FL and Mt Selects the unit among C and F Allows switching between UTC or local time by entering the Local Time offset Sets On Off the Daylight Saving Time Selects the format for the time between 12 and 24 hours Selec
111. ossible to install this Si Tex instrument in Flush Deck mode with space saving regard to the instrument panel plan To make the Flush Deck installation it is necessary to permanently remove the silicon gasket between rear and front placed around the chart plotter To remove the gasket lay the chart plotter on its front side to pay attention do not damage LCD and keyboard and use a sharpening blade Put the blade between the gasket and the lateral side of the rear to turn the chart plotter Warning Do not pull the gasket during cut operation to avoid compromising the chart plotter watertight seal User Manual 101 EXTERNAL WIRING External Wiring SNS 700fe External GPS Receiver VIDEO INPUT CAM CONNECTORS GND COMMON PIN OUT Ek 10 35Vdc ON UNIT 3 SIGNAI m m POWER SUPPLY 5Vdc 1A max SENSE DEPTH SHIELD AUX N I O CABLE PIN WIRE COLOR FUNCTION GND COMMON 2 RED POWER OUTPUT 10 35 3 WHITE JiNPUT49 5 GRAY OUTPUT 5 6 YELLOW OUTPUT 4 NMEA0183 C COM 8 BLUE EXT ALARM SIGNAL to GND when ON SIGNAL RETURN INPUTI SIGNAL RETURN INPUT3 NMEA0183 C COM OUTPUT3 NMEA0183 180 180CDX C COM VIDEO INPUT CAM CONNECTORS 1 GND COMMON PIN OUT WER 10 35Vdc ON UNIT IGNAL SS HET POWER SUPP
112. phic coverage is shown on a window in a corner of the map display The warning message is always displayed as long as the current zoom has no data coverage Underwater Objects Settings To control the display on the Underwater Objects Underwater Objects Limit Rocks Obstructions Diffusers Wrecks Selects the max depth value to display Underwater Objects If value is set to 0 Mt the Underwater Objects are not shown on the charts If value is more than 0 Mt i e 10 Mt in the Range from 0 Mt to the selected value the Underwater Objects are displayed according to their setting below Sets Off lcon Icon Depth the displaying of the Rocks Sets Off Icon Icon Depth the displaying of the Obstructions Sets Off Icon Icon Depth the displaying of Diffusers Sets Off lcon Icon Depth the displaying of Wrecks NOTE Choose the options OFF the object is not visible independently of the selected Underwater Object Depth Value ICON the object icon is visible without tags in the range selected from Underwater Object Depth Value option ICON DEPTH the object icon and tag is visible in the range selected from Underwater Object Depth Value option User Manual 47 3 4 DISPLAY OPTIONS MENU To allow you to change how the chart plotter displays information MENU Display Options ENTER Auto Info Screen Amplifier Course Line Ship Icon Mode Coordinate System Map Datum Fix Datum External WPT User Poi
113. properly please refer to Chapter 7 Most common operating difficulties can be diagnosed using these tests If you still need assistance call your local dealer reporting the information available in the System Information page 8 User Manual Important Information WARNING Electronic charts displayed by the chart plotter are believed to be accurate and reliable but they are not intended to replace official charts which should remain your main reference for all the matters related to the execution of a safe navigation For this reason we would like to remind you that you are required to carry on board and use the officially published and approved nautical charts CAUTION Please read through this manual before the first operation If you have any questions please contact the Company s customer service or your local dealer The chart plotter is not built water proof Please give attention to avoid water intrusion into the chart plotter Water damage is not covered by the warranty Extensive exposure to heat may result in damage to the chart plotter Connection to the power source with reversed polarity will damage the chart plotter severely This damage is not covered by the warranty The chart plotter contains dangerous high voltage circuits which only experienced technicians MUST handle The C MAP By Jeppesen DATA MEDIA are available from your local dealer Exposure of the display to UV rays may shorten the life of the
114. pth Cursor is displayed on the screen In Marker Zoom mode the Fish Finder Echogram position is controlled by moving the Variable Depth Marker VDM and pressing and holding ENTER for 1 second on the selected position Moving the Variable Depth Marker VDM over the top or below the bottom of the screen automatically moves up down the current zoomed Echogram view and re position the Variable Depth Marker VDM at the center of the screen 76 User Manual NOTE Pressing CLEAR hides the Depth Cursor and if the Fish Finder is in Auto Range or Bottom Lock mode switches into Bottom Lock Zoom mode 5 5 SOUNDER ADJUSTMENTS WITH SOFT KEYS When the Fish Finder page is active by pressing one of the soft keys the main functions to adjust the Fish Finder are shown on the soft keys labels on the screen The soft keys labels disappear by pressing CLEAR The Gain Soft Key By pressing Gain the Gain changes between Auto Gain and Manual Gain If Manual Gain use the cursor left right to adjust it a bar with the symbol is displayed on the Screen above the Gain label If Auto Gain use the cursor left right to adjust the Gain Offset a bar with the symbol is displayed on the screen above the Gain label The STC Soft Key The STC changes the STC value between Off Short Mid Long Custom The current value of STC is shown on a window right over the STC label The Range Soft Key By pressing Range the window switches to the next Range s
115. r key to select any objects and press ENTER The list of the nearest lakes containing the facility will be shown on the screen see the right side of the following Fig 2 8 Then choose the lake you want and press ENTER the Full Info page is shown Fig 2 8 Outdoor Recreational Area objects left and nearest Lakes list right Finding Nearest Lakes By Name To select the lakes By Name function ENTER Find ENTER Lakes by Name ENTER Shows the list of all lakes stored on the DATA MEDIA in alphabetic order Pressing MENU to insert the Lake name Finding Nearest Points Of Interest Searches for nearest Points Of Interest ENTER Find ENTER Points Of Interest ENTER A sub menu is opened to find different categories of Points Of Interest Finding Cursor To center the cursor on the screen ENTER Find ENTER Cursor ENTER Finding Coordinates To center the map at given coordinates ENTER Find ENTER Coordinates ENTER use the cursor to insert coordinates CLEAR Finding User Points To search the User Point by name ENTER Find ENTER User Points ENTER use the cursor to insert name of the Waypoint to show on map ENTER 36 User Manual 2 9 ALARMS The chart plotter provides alarms for various functions You can enter the desired alarm range for each function Auto Off To set the automatic shutdown of the alarms when the al
116. rent available satellites systems are GPS GLONASS and the combined GPS and GLONASS Goto Function that defines the destination point and activates the navigation to it The destination User Manual 87 can be placed on any location of the map an existing Mark point or on a predefined Route GPS Global Positioning System Satellite based navigation system operated by the US Department of Defence It gives the navigator a position 24 hours a day 365 days a year under any weather conditions HDG Heading Horizontal direction in which a ship actually points or heads in any moment see also COG HDOP Horizontal Dilution Of Precision Precision of the positioning system GPS The smaller HDOP value indicates higher position accurately Home mode All operations refer to the ship s position Landmarks Landmarks are any prominent object such as monument building silo tower mast on land which can be used in determining a location or a direction Latitude Angular distance North or South of the equator measured by lines encircling the earth parallel to the equator in degrees from 0 to 90 LAT LON Coordinate system using Latitude and Longitude coordinates to define a position on earth Lat Lon Grid Grid of parallels of Latitude and meridians of Longitude drawn on the map LOG Speed Speed of the vessel relative to the water provided by an instrument with a submerged transducer for measuring the distance speed tr
117. rientation MENU Map Options ENTER Map Orientation ENTER The possible choices are listed in the table below North Up The map is shown with North upwards Head Up The map is shown with the ship s current heading upwards If Head Up is selected insert the Map Orientation Resolution angle in the range 5 60 degrees Track Up The map is shown with the currently selected course leg upwards If Track Up is selected insert the Map Orientation Resolution angle in the range 5 60 degrees Mixing Levels MENU Map Options ENTER Mixing Levels ENTER When the map coverage at the current zoom level does not fill the entire screen the chart plotter draws the rest of the map expanding the cartographic information read from at most two zoom levels above the current zoom level For this reason the map is drawn three times firstly it draws the two levels before the current level and then the current level The area covered by the cartographic data read from the previous levels is identified by a dotted pattern When the cursor is moved on an area not covered by data of the current level the chart plotter zooms out to the first level covered by cartographic data NOTE The Mixing Levels function affects the speed of the redraw of the screen If this function is not used it may be disabled Safety Status Bar DSI Data Safety Indicator MENU Map Options ENTER Safety Status Bar ENTER The possible
118. right the screen will decrease brightness when you press the left key the brightness will increase 7 1 3 Media Data Base Test Tests the Worldwide Background MEDIA Test Tests the MEDIA There are four possible situations If there is a MEDIA inserted in the slot and there is not a malfunction the name of the MEDIA zone and the message OK are shown If there is a MEDIA inserted in the slot but it is damaged MEDIA the name of the MEDIA zone and or the message Faulty are shown If there is not any MEDIA inserted in the slot the message not present is shown If there is a User MEDIA inserted in the slot the message USER MEDIA is shown MEDIA Connector While a MEDIA is inserted in the slot if the counter increases there is a malfunction reading it 7 1 4 Modem test Checks the Modem connections Press ENTER to select the desired Port related to the connections made to which the Modem C COM is connected 84 User Manual 7 1 5 Serial Ports Change parameters Changes the parameters of the serial interface This menu allows to select the Port Signal Source the Baud Rate between 300 or 115200 the Data Bits Word Length between 7 or 8 the Parity between even odd or none the Stop Bits between 1 or 2 Input data display Allows the chart plotter to act as a computer terminal and display the incoming data exactly as it is received If the data displayed on the screen is unrecognizable you may have selected t
119. rth TWS True Wind Speed Velocity of the Wind relative to a fixed point on the earth Underwater Objects Objects like obstruction wreck cable User Point Object you place on the chart identified by its coordinates and displayed on the screen with a reference symbol see Mark Waypoint UTC Universal Time Coordinated Time scale based on the rotation of the earth that is used by most broadcast time services UTM Universal Transverse Mercator Metric Grid system used on most large and intermediate scale land topographic charts and maps Variation Angle between the magnetic and geographic meridians at any place expressed in degrees West or East to indicate the direction of magnetic North from true North It changes from point to point and at the same point with time VMG Velocity Made Good Destination closing Velocity The VMG is calculated using the current speed of the vessel SOG and the difference between the current vessel course and the bearing to the destination 90 User Manual WAAS Wide Area Augmentation System The Federal Aviation Administration FAA in cooperation with other DOT organizations and DOD is augmenting the GPS SPS with a satellite based augmentation system the WAAS It will provide a signal in space to WAAS users to support en route through precision approach navigation After achieving initial operational capability the WAAS will then be incrementally improved over the next years to expan
120. rts available on the chart plotter Selecting Auto instead if we are in background charts only the first chart levels contained in the DATA MEDIA are displayed if we are in a charts level contained in the DATA MEDIA the next four charts level are displayed Sets On Off the displaying of the Value Added Data a collection of additional cartographic objects which are not present on the original paper chart from which the electronic chart derives These objects have been obtained from other sources and then merged to the electronic charts in order to provide more information useful for the navigation VAD object can be any cartographic objects and it can be distinguished from the official chart objects from the Quick Info A dedicated icon is shown on the Quick Info window to indicate that the object queried is a VAD The same icon is also shown on the Full Info page and in addition the extended text Value Added Data is shown on the details of the VAD object Sets On Off the Chart Lock option When Chart Lock is On the available zoom scales are only the ones containing cartographic data Instead when Chart Lock is Off it is possible to zoom down into zoom scales not covered by cartographic data after the last available zoom scale covered by cartographic data The DSI window if present will show NO CHART when an empty level is entered in the location of map expansion mode NOTE When an empty level is entered the message No cartogra
121. rts by name to locate the ports on the map Finding Nearest Port By Distance To select the Port By Distance function following the procedure ENTER Find ENTER Port by Distance ENTER Shows the list of all ports stored on the DATA MEDIA in closest distance order and allows to locate the ports on the map Finding Nearest Tide Station To show the nearest Tide Stations to the boat position or to the cursor position if the position fix is not received ENTER Find ENTER Tide Stations ENTER After a few seconds a window appears Choose the Tide Station you want and press ENTER or Find to display the Tide Graph page Press CLEAR to display the Tide Station chosen Finding Nearest Wrecks To show the Nearest Wrecks loaded in the DATA MEDIA ENTER Find ENTER Wrecks ENTER Choose the Wrecks you prefer and press ENTER or Find to locate the selected Wreck on the map Finding Nearest Obstructions To show the Nearest Obstructions loaded in the DATA MEDIA ENTER Find ENTER Obstructions ENTER Choose the Obstructions you prefer and press ENTER or Find to locate the selected Obstruction on the map User Manual 35 Finding Nearest Lakes Information Searches for Nearest Lakes Info ENTER Find ENTER Lakes Info ENTER This function is used to found the Outdoor Recreational Area objects see the left side of the following Fig 2 8 Use the curso
122. s Dynamic Currents current arrows dynamically display direction and speed Dynamic Nav Aids displays Nav Aids in true color and with real interval lighting Port Info all the information of the available services in the ports and how to contact them Enhanced Port Info amp Roads details of the available facilities and services in ports and surrounding areas Object Info indicates restricted area details and related information Quick Info full information on objects buoys wrecks shoals and Nav Aids Photos amp Diagrams high definition pictures of ports piers bridge diagrams and nav aids Multilanguage Support displays charts in the local character set True Type Font improves text on chart for optimal reading Presentation Features Clear View advanced legibility techniques providing more chart data on the screen Clear Info sophisticated Human Dictionary to translate Nav Aid abbreviations found on paper charts Dynamic Nav Aids an innovative and dynamic presentation mode Flexi Zoom increased Under and Over Zoom between chart levels resulting in optimal scale display for any situation Dynamic Elevation Data optimized palettes including the NOAA color palette Perspective View Real World perspective view of the chart updated real time during navigation Smooth Zoom smooth transition of cartographic levels Enhanced Turbo Zoom extra fast cartography level change displaying the most import
123. s intertidal areas land rocks obstructions and shoreline constructions The maps are scanned every 10 seconds If any of the above objects are found the chart plotter notifies the danger on a dedicated warning message box The active Grounding Alarms are shown in the Grounding Alarm Report page To activate the Grounding Alarm MENU Alarms ENTER Grounding Alarm ENTER The chart plotter scans a sector in front of the boat The direction is determined by the current boat heading You can select the length and its angle is 30 degrees The Grounding Alarm is switched Off by default after a Master Reset Grounding Alarm Range To set the length of the sector to be detected among 0 25 0 5 1 0 Nm MENU Alarms ENTER Grounding Alarm Range ENTER User Manual 37 Grounding Alarm Report To display the report of the dangerous objects currently detected MENU Alarms ENTER Grounding Alarm Report ENTER When any of the searched objects is found in the scanned area a tick marker is printed on the relative box to identify which dangerous objects have been currently detected Once the alarm condition is no longer present the relative tick marker is removed NOTE alarm No data available is shown when no specific cartographic data are found on the DATA MEDIA or when no DATA MEDIA is inserted SNS 700e SNS 700i SNS 700fe SNS 700fi SNS 1100 External Alarm When any alarm condition occurs
124. stance Tide Stations Wrecks Obstructions Lakes Information Lakes By Name Points Of Interest Cursor Coordinates and User Points Positional information from GPS Depth Graph pages Navigation Data page 3D Road page GPS Status page Wind Data page Gauges page DSC Log and DSC Directory pages AIS Report List page e Fish Finder Radar Video Input pages 10000 Waypoints Marks and 50 Routes 400 Waypoints max per Route 10000 Track Points Create Move Insert Edit Delete Send Receive Waypoint Create Move Edit Delete Send Receive Mark Event Navigation to Goto 92 User Manual Create Save Name Edit Delete Send Receive or Follow a Route Route Data Report and User Points Marks Waypoints List pages Display vessel s position direction and Track Alarms Handling Auto Off Arrival Alarm XTE Alarm Anchor Alarm Depth Alarm HDOP Alarm Heading Alarm Grounding Alarm Man OverBoard MOB to navigate back to a missing person or object C Link and C Weather Service R B functions Simulation Mode with cursor control Video Input option NOTE If Fish Finder Radar Video Camera connected TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Power consumption 900mA max 12V Interface NMEA 0183 Autopilot Interface NMEA 0180 NMEA 0180 CDX NMEA 0183 Video Input PAL or NTSC video signals automatically selected Display Sun Light Viewable Color LCD active area 7 wide Display Resolution
125. t 4 1 C LINK SERIAL CONNECTION The two chart plotters should be connected via serial ports Any of the available ports can be used the software will recognize automatically the serial ports used A typical connection is as follows Chart Plotter 1 Chart Plotter 2 TX RX RX 1 TX GND 1 4 GND 4 2 C LINK NAVIGATION DATA TRANSFER The chart plotters can be set to operate in two modes MASTER mode Primary Chart Plotter SLAVE mode Secondary Chart Plotter When the navigation is activated on the Master chart plotter the C Link navigation data will be continuously sent to the Slave until the navigation is active If the Master is navigating to a Single Destination the Slave will show the Destination position and activate the navigation to it If the Master is navigating to a Route the Slave will show the Route Leg composed by the Destination and the Waypoint after the Destination Next Waypoint and activate the navigation to it Any variation to the current C Link Navigation Data will be transferred from the Master to the Slave The Slave will be provided with a dedicated page to show the C Link Navigation Data received from the Master selected from the Route menu MENU Route ENTER Report ENTER A data page different from the Route Data Report page appears on the screen that shows the C Link Navigation Data sent from the Master 4 3 OPERATIONS INTRODUCTIVE ELEMENTS It is important r
126. t Show icons Navigation EBL amp VRM Charting and GPS receiver status Chart Scale Tracks Cross Track Error Aux Temp Velocity Made Good STW Depth from Transducer Range Mode a Differential GPS signal is received Visual COG Bar Compass Heading Water Temperature Total distance the vessel has travelled Distance the vessel has travelled since the trip log was reset Ship Speed relative to the water Date and Time Drift direction Drift speed Electronic bearing line amp Variable Range Maker Track status free memory Auxiliary Temperature Speed Through Water Radar gt fix is not received WAAS WAAS correction is received User Manual 19 Example of Depth Graph page Example of Depth Graph Full page 40 07 395N 40 08 568N ner 012 39 267 012 39 267E aang 27 40 35 2004 010 S0 4956 Depth Value Depht Graph Depth Value Example of Navigation Data page Fix Coordinates 010 07 422N 2411108 Date and UTC U 267E or Local L Time Fix Status e phanumeric ToDEST o identifier of the ost 9546 TARGET if set Distance Cross 268 Track Error COG CDI Course Bearing Deviation Identicator Example of 3D Road page 306 10 358 ost 95 46 268 Alphanumeric R022 2d L090 identifier of the E TARGET if set CDI Course Deviation a9 Identi
127. tarted Overview of the controls and how to start using the chart plotter Chapter 2 Operations Description of the operation procedures of the chart plotter in detail Chapter 3 User Setting Up Set up of the chart plotter the charting preferences and the GPS options Chapter 4 C LINK C Link system is a feature used to share the same navigation data between two chart plotter units linked via serial I O port Chapter 5 FISH FINDER SNS 700fe SNS 700fi Introduction to the basic information on the internal Fish Finder its features and use Chapter 6 GPS GPS antenna and set up of the hardware configuration Chapter 7 Maintenance User maintenance guidelines Terms List of the terms and abbreviations used in the User Manual SNS 700e SNS 700i Introduction to the basic information on SNS 700e SNS 700i 7 WVGA chart plotter its features and use Installation of the chart plotter SNS 700fe SNS 700fi Introduction to the basic information on SNS 700fe SNS 700fi 7 WVGA chart plotter with internal Fish Finder its features and use Installation of the chart plotter SNS 1100 Introduction to the basic information on SNS 1100 11 chart plotter its features and use Installation of the chart plotter Installing the external smart GPS Introduction to the basic information on External Smart GPS Antenna and its installation User Manual 7 IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE If your chart plotter does not operate
128. tatus Manual Bottom Lock and Auto If Manual use the cursor up down to adjust the Depth value by 10Ft time and use the cursor left right to adjust the Shift When in meters the step is 2m and it increases to 10m when the key is pressed for more than 1 second If Bottom Lock use the cursor up down to adjust the Bottom Range value by 10Ft at a time If Auto Range the range value is set automatically and it cannot be changed by the user The Freq Soft Key Pressing Freq selects the Frequency to which the Sensitivity parameters are applied This option is available in all Fish Finder pages except the Dual Frequency page The Int Rej Soft Key Pressing Int Rej selects a filter to remove interference from other Fish Finders This option is available only in the Dual Frequency page 5 6 FISH FINDER SETUP MENU The Fish Finder Setup menu provides access to additional functions setup and layout data field options From the Fish Finder page access this menu by pressing MENU User Manual 77 Preset Mode Fish Gain Mode Manual Range Mode Manual Depth 0 0 Mt Shift 0 0 Mt Bottom Range 0 0 Mt Frequency 200 kHz Interf Reject Off Sensitivity Menu Display Setup Transducer Setup Alarms Save amp Load Fig 5 6 Fish Finder Setup menu 5 6 1 Preset Mode Preset modes are pre defined settings of the Fish Finder operating parameters You can use them to quickly set the Fish Finder in the most commonly used operating modes T
129. th returned When the default palette is selected the strongest sonar returns will be shown as the color displayed of the top of Color Bar while the weakest as the bottom color Operating Frequency Readout of the selected operating frequency 1 Understanding the Echogram display The main elements that can be easily distinguished into an Echogram are VO amp 8 amp Fishes Thermoclines White Line Surface Clutter Structures Bottom Echo Profile Fig 5 2 1 The Fish Finder Echogram Fishes Fish are represented as arcs because of the cone angle of the transducer In fact as the boat passes over the fish the leading edge of the cone strikes the fish causing a display pixel to be turned on As the boat passes over the fish the distance to the fish decreases turning each pixel on at a shallower depth on the display When the boat is directly over the fish the first half of the arch is formed and since the fish is closer to the boat the signal is stronger and the arch is thicker As the boat moves away from the fish the distance increases and the pixels appear at progressively deeper depths forming the remaining half of the arch Thermoclines Are the zones where two layers of different water temperatures meet The greater the temperature differential the thicker the thermocline is shown on the screen Thermoclines are represented as horizontal stripes of noise They are very important for fishing since often
130. the Fish Finder page displayed To access this menu MENU ENTER Fish Finder ENTER Radar FF Chart Nav Radar FF Chart Video Fig 5 3 1 Fish Finder page selection on SNS 700fe amp SNS 700fi The menu now shows the selections related to the Fish Finder Move the cursor to select the desired item and then press ENTER Selection by Soft Key Any soft key can be assigned any of the Fish Finder pages see Par 1 1 In the picture below the four soft keys are customized to select any Fish Finder pages 41 06 015N oest 011 44 496E 7874 290 _ TEF Fig 5 3 1a Example of Fish Finder page selection using Soft Keys 72 User Manual 5 3 2 Fish Finder Full page To display the Fish Finder Full Page Echogram follow this procedure MENU ENTER Fish Finder ENTER Full ENTER 41 06 057N 5 011 44 496E 290 Fig 5 3 2 Example of 200kHz Fish Finder Full page NOTE _ The frequency displayed depends on the selection done in the Frequency item see Par 5 6 7 The MENU key Pressing MENU activates the Fish Finder Setup menu see Par 5 6 Pressing MENU subsequent times toggles between the Fish Finder Setup menu and the Functions menu The Cursor key Moving the Cursor key up down adjusts the Variable Depth Marker VDM up or down on the screen The ENTER key Pressing ENTER act
131. the cursor key to select color ENTER If in Select Route menu MENU Route ENTER Select ENTER use the cursor key to highlight the Route Color use the cursor key to select color ENTER The Route is drawn on the screen in the selected color It is possible to select a different color for any Route Deleting Route If in Route menu MENU Route ENTER Delete ENTER Confirm The Route legs and Waypoints are deleted The Marks linked to the Route are not deleted If the destination is placed on the Route that Route cannot be deleted Following a Route Activate the Navigation 26 User Manual With the Route shown on the Chart page move the cursor to the starting Waypoint in the Route and press ENTER select GOTO and press ENTER again SNS 1100 move the cursor to the starting Waypoint in the Route and press GOTO The destination is placed on the Waypoint of the selected Route and you are now navigating to it Press softkwys Forward or Backward to select direction of following the Route Inserting Waypoint To insert a new Waypoint between two existing ones Place the cursor on the desired Route leg Insert move the cursor to the new position ENTER The new Waypoint is placed To add a new Waypoint to the last Waypoint of the Route Place the cursor ENTER WAYPOINT ENTER Reversing Route To generate a new route reversing an exist
132. ts the Date Format between MM DD YY month day year and DD MM YY day month year Allows to set the Nav Aids presentation as US Draw Nav Aids using NOAA symbology or INTERNATIONAL Draws Nav Aids using international symbology When selected it affects Lights Signals Buoys amp Beacons display Enables or disables the single audio beeps emitted any time the chart plotter keypad is pressed If the incorrect key is pressed or the function required cannot be executed the chart plotter emits three beeps Selects the Cursor Speed among Low Medium or High in Chart page or into menu Allows to setup the devices that needs a dedicated port as C Com BBFF 50 200 Radar and AIS 38400 Allows to setup the simulation data before use the Simulation function Available For SNS 700e SNS 700i SNS 700fe SNS 700fi SNS 1100 User Manual 15 1 4 CHANGING BACKLIGHT AND CONTRAST You can modify the intensity of the backlight and contrast to make reading easy and comfortable Press and immediately release POWER do not press and hold the key or the power off message will be displayed Two sliders appear on the screen showing the current settings for backlight and contrast POWER use Bright Bright to adjust backlight levels and or use Contr Contr to adjust contrast levels ENTER Now you return to the chart screen with the new backlight and contrast levels retained 1 5 SELECTING THE LANGUAGE It is possible to set the la
133. ts the unit among Ft FL and Mt Selects the unit among C and F Allows switching between UTC or local time by entering the Local Time offset Sets On Off the Daylight Saving Time Selects the format for the time between 12 and 24 hours Selects the Date Format between MM DD YY month day year and DD MM YY day month year Allows to set the Nav Aids presentation as US Draw Nav Aids using NOAA symbology or INTERNATIONAL Draws Nav Aids using international symbology When selected it affects Lights Signals Buoys amp Beacons display Enables or disables the single audio beeps emitted any time the chart plotter keypad is pressed If the incorrect key is pressed or the function required cannot be executed the chart plotter emits three beeps Selects the Cursor Speed among Low Medium or High in Chart page or into menu 3 2 MAP OPTIONS MENU Zoom Type MENU Map Options ENTER Zoom Type ENTER Allows larger expansion or compression of the chart scale while zooming in or out Zoom Type has two options Standard default or Flexi Zoom When in Flexi Zoom mode a short ZOOM push causes a change of chart whilst a long ZOOM push press and hold causes a pop up window to be displayed on a corner of the screen The window shows the current Zoom Factor By pressing ZOOM IN ZOOM OUT the map is expanded or compressed according to the zoom factor selected The Window is automatically closed if ZOOM
134. und speed and the depth according with the following relation the deeper the setting the slower the scrolling rate 100 is the maximum possible Controls how the chart plotter displays information about the bottom type hard or soft Allows determining the graphical representation of underwater suspended targets Echo Echo lcon Echo lcon Depth Echo Depth Icon Icon Depth The Fish icons displayed are among four different shapes depending on the size of the Target Small Med Big Huge Allows you to choose the Water Temperature label displayed over the echogram between Primary and External 5 6 11 Transducer Setup Menu The Transducer Setup menu contains settings that does not require frequent changes MENU Transducer Setup ENTER Keel Offset It is the transducer depth offset from the surface This makes it possible to measure depth from the surface instead of from the transducer s location Calibrate Sound Speed Allows calibrating the value of Sound Speed in the water depending on the water temperature and salinity Calibrate Water Speed Allows calibrating the value of Water Speed sensor The calibration value in the range between 10 to 10 will be applied to the water speed from the transducer Calibrate Water Temperature Allows the calibration on the Water Temperature sensor Using the readings from a precise temperature measuring device insert here a positive negative offset to display right value on Fish Fin
135. ustom The table below shows the selections for each mode 44 User Manual Setting Place Names Name Tags Nav Aids amp Light Sectors Attention Areas Tides amp Currents Seabed Type Ports amp Services Tracks amp Routes Depth Range Min Depth Range Max Land Elevation Land Elevation values Roads POI Lat Lon Grid Chart Boundaries Value Added Data Chart Lock Underwater Objects Limit Rocks Obstructions Diffusers Wrecks Marine Settings OMt 9999 Mt 304 Mt Icon Depth Icon Depth Icon Depth Icon Depth Medium On Off No Sector On Off Off On Off 9999 Mt Off Off Off Off Auto Off On 10 Mt Icon Icon Icon Icon Low On Off No Sector Off Off Off Off Off OMt 9999 Mt Off Off Off Off Off Off Off On 10 Mt Icon Icon Icon Icon To control the display on the map of the marine features Radar On Off No Sector Off Off Off On Off OMt 9999 Mt Off Off Off Off Off Off Off On 10 Mt Icon Icon Icon Icon Custom Default Tides values On On Off Off Off On Off On On On Off On Off On Off On 9999 Mt 10 Mt Off Off Off Off Off Off Off Off Off Off Off Auto On On On On 10 Mt 10 Mt Icon Icon Icon Icon Icon Icon Icon Icon Place Names Sets On Off the displaying of the Names local area names Name Tags Sets On Off the displaying of a tag for particular chart objects that either includes the Name of the
136. will be in danger of grounding NOTE Tide graph is an approximation of the tide and they should be used in conjunction with traditional tide tables and navigational methods The Tide height value represents the variation relative to the Mean Lower Water value 34 User Manual 2 8 FIND FUNCTION The Find function allows searching for the nearest Port Port Services Tide Stations Wrecks Obstructions Points Of Interest and Lakes loaded on the DATA MEDIA When the Find function is activated a list of available objects to search is shown Also the Find function allows to center the screen over a selected User Point on the Cursor position or at desired Coordinates NOTE Activating the Find function a Warning message is shown if there is no DATA MEDIA inserted Finding Nearest Port Services To show the nearest port services of a particular type i e the nearest Hospital sailmaker bank etc ENTER Find ENTER Port Services ENTER The icons list of the available services is shown Use the cursor key to select any facility and press ENTER or Find By selecting one of the facilities the list of the nearest ports up to 10 in which this port facility is present will be shown Finding Nearest Port By Name To select the Port By Name function following the procedure ENTER Find ENTER Port by Name ENTER Shows the list of all ports stored on the DATA MEDIA in alphabetical order and allows to search po

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