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1. o ooo o L Cancel In this area it 1s also possible to get a list of licenses that are expired and no longer valid Get expired licenses to see a list of all valid licenses Licenses list and to generate an order file for new licenses License order 7 5 3 Dynamic Licensing For information regarding dynamic chart licensing refer to TECDIS 4 7 1 New Features Guide TECDIS Manual Page 99 7 6 Track Control TECDIS TELchart ECS Setup local Ip 192 168 0 150 E x etarting requirements b min speed Default values new route speed kn lane x 0 07 NM turn radius x 0 1 NM 20 a max course deviation X2 max lane deviation Anschutz AP 2026 PLUS at port i 0 none ho 2 allowed turn radius 0 01 amp max allowed WOL distance x 0 01 NM 0 min max Remote Control ROT Warning 1min Alarm 90 sec WP warning and alarm time ho Alarm limit difference primary and secondary heading 20 E Alarm limit difference primary and secondary position x 0 01 Use common heading and log sensors for TEGDIS primary input and autopilot On this tab settings for connection to Raytheon Ansch tz AP2025 PLUS autopilot and Track Control can be set Refer to Raytheon Ansch tz AP2025 PLUS Installation Manual for installation and configuration of the autopilot NB The autopilot and TECDIS must
2. 70 3 3 ALARM MESSAGE TEX DS atero d ua a tsa 71 WARNING MESSAGE TEX TS venta i ue vote oen REAA ETENE 72 5 9 9 CAUTION MESSAGE TE CES hs tet ch onesie cece 73 MINUET GROUNDING 74 S PAST TRACK HISTORY 5 iiec 75 5 7 1 SELECTING OR DELETING INDIVIDUAL TRACKS cscscecececececccccccccccecececececsescscseseseneeees 75 TECDIS Manual Page 4 5 8 MARITIME CALCULATIONS AND LINES OF POSITION cccccssccssccscscccscccccccccccsccccccccscceees 76 deerat bu pM PM EMI tu S NAM dU EE EE 76 MINES OF POSITION EG P oers e tto buie 78 CHAPTER 6 OTHER FEATURES osa Sosa sos Ce a oae Eo na e e 80 Gls CHART OBJEC LE INSPECTOR erscsccccccssscssselocvecsscevssacsuectssecensssach tence ssesoasecoucceevassoaccendusceeeesets 80 6 1 1 INSPECTING TRACKS ROUTES MARINER OBJECTS ETC c cccccssscssccssccssceuscesscesscesseesens SO 6 2 DOCKING CONNING DISPLAY tui E 81 6 5 TIDAL INFORMA TION iic se cox a sire doi e verbu 82 6 4 RADAR TRACKED TARGETS oe e Opes CU
3. min The selected target may be activated by selecting Activate Additionally CPA information for the target may be shown in the chart display by selecting CPA The target track may be saved by pressing Save or cleared by pressing Clear The Message button provides access to the AIS message history for the selected vessel and allows for sending new messages see below Activate Track Save Clear M Message AIS HDG 262 ROT 0 CALL IMO 008317942 MMSI 259278000 Sec Ch 52 Type 60 Passenger ship Status Under way using engine Destination SFJ STO ETA 30 01 15 30 1 142 B 30 0 5 5m The A S button extends the target information window to include target details such as destination status vessel type etc The target information window may be removed from the display by clicking Close Hzd cargo ohip size TECDIS Manual Page 85 6 5 1 Own ship AIS information Own ship Ais data REGINA MARIS Own vessel AIS information may be accessed by clicking the vessel in the chart display This will bring up the target information window for the vessel with some differences from the normal target window Instead of activation CPA and track options the text Own ship AIS data is shown BRG 000 0 Pos 00 00 000 N DIST O0NM 000 00 000 E COG 000 07 0 00 NM SOG 0 kn TPA 0 0
4. In the area immediately above the bottom row of controls 3 user settings can be stored Select wanted feature by placing a tick in the Active lead sectors box or remove to disable hide feature Base 1 2 5 3 the bottom row of controls settings for S52 presentation 952 INTI standard colors and symbols INT 1 presentation and text symbol size can be performed See chapter 4 7 for detailed information 3 3 1 Chart Features Settings When activated it allows the display of text that has the category generic It can be names of countries cities islands etc Displays hazards inside the safety contour and isolated dangers outside the safety contour that are deeper than the safety depth Deep soundings Displays soundings deeper than safety depth All depth contours Displays all depth contours also inside the safety contour Danger symbol When activated it applies the rule that all obstructions that are shallower than the safety contour should be displayed by a special UNDER WATER HAZARD symbol Lights character Displays light character information in the chart NB for some lights for example lights with periods that are longer than 15 seconds text is shown instead of active blinking Light cursor info Displays light character information in a textbox when the cursor 1s moved over a light Active lights Displays lights blinking with right sequence and color as seen from own ship
5. L hs The route selection button is used to select a route for use or modification When pressed all saved routes are displayed in the chart display and a list of routes 15 available in the upper left corner of the chart display To select a route in the chart display place the cursor over it and press the left mouse button To select a route for use in the direction opposite of the arrows shown on the route place the cursor over it and press the right mouse button Routes can be selected by name id using the drop down route list Select a route from the list then press to select the route The route can be selected for use in the opposite direction by pressing Retour instead of OK TECDIS Manual Page 58 5 2 4 Merging routes Different stored routes can be combined into a new route by following this procedure 1 Select route that 1s to be extended with the route selection button as described above see chapter 5 2 3 3 Next press the add route button This button functions in the same way as the route selection button When the second route is selected the two routes will be combined as shown in the three examples below To plan for merging routes the operator should be mindful of the existing routes that are displayed in grey in the chart display while the new route is being drawn All existing routes are shown in gray while drawing new routes Waypoints in the new route can be pla
6. OK In any of the three modes detailed above this button will exit the active mode If none of these modes are active this button will close the symbol menu 17 symbol appearance buttons These buttons indicate the available symbol appearances The currently selected appearance 1s marked as pressed down Note The top four symbols appearances are fixed and can only be displayed in orange color A Select symbol appearance This button allows the operator to change any of the 13 lowermost available symbol appearances The full list of available symbol appearances is displayed When any of these are selected the currently selected symbol appearance in the symbol menu bar will be replaced with the new selected symbol appearance Press the select symbol appearance button again to close the symbol list 2 b D Bb Qo 0r m 6 color selection buttons These buttons indicate the available symbol colors The currently selected color 1s marked as pressed down ie I e lO OK g i E amp amp e x E EJ E E E T 24 i ff TECDIS Manual Page 50 4 8 3 Add new modify or delete lines areas A P OK w I A E im By pressing Edit line Area in the Mariner Objects dialog the following vertical menu bar will be displayed on the left edge of the chart di
7. Press save 5 Modified by enter name of person who executed Modified By Pa K Hanseni the correction Select from the drop down menu Cancel or enter new and press OK to complete the manual chart update TECDIS Manual Page 26 3 2 8 C Map chart update NB When two ECDIS machines are connected make sure to make the same chart updates in the second ECDIS C Map 99 9 update Auto Updating Download SemiAuto AL Size Updating 5 1 LESA Updating Log Review Updates Auto updating makes it possible for all subscribers to download updates from databases from the C MAP internet server All updates are registered in a log File size can be checked prior to download by pressing size C Map CM93 3 update Lokal disk C Lokal disk D Lokal disk E 2 DD stasjon F lt ER_disk pa Rserver RJ FS disk pa Rserver Kontrollpanel 5 Delte dokumenter 2 Mino imantan i Get updates from directory Save order NN Get updates from Malls Send order Review Updates Maximum return email size L44 MB Floppy SemiAuto updating is an alternative to auto updating where download requests and download are done by e mail Select chart database to be updated e g World where the files are to be saved and enter maximum file size The update order must then be sent by email to updates c map no This is an automatic ser
8. m 21 desember 2008 object inspector cursor see 6 1 1 dates and timemarks at a selected time interval can be selected for display as well After 1 2009 d e two days d The second area allows the operator to toggle visibility of the secondary position sensor track and select either the last hour or Tota 2 tracks 6 8 NM for the past 12 hours of secondary track These tracks may be Select X shown with timemarks at a selected time interval as well econdary pos source Show Visible fh 12h r Timemark n min Once Show button 15 pressed the selected tracks are displayed in the chart display Tracks from the primary position sensor are shown in black and tracks from the secondary position sensor are shown in grey The track dialog button will appear pressed down until the track dialog is displayed again and Hide is pressed to hide all displayed tracks After a track selection 1s performed and shown the track dialog can be displayed again to observe the number of displayed tracks and the total distance in the Total area 5 7 1 Selecting or deleting individual tracks Individual tracks can be selected for display using the boat hook button When this button is pressed all tracks are displayed temporarily and a track can be selected either graphically in the chart display by clicking it with the boat hook cursor or from the track list displayed towards the to
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10. ALARMS Shown when there are 2 or more active alarms and all alarms and warnings have been acknowledged TECDIS Manual Page 72 5 5 4 Warning message texts Warning Description new CAUTION The vessel is entering a new area with special conditions By clicking on the text new Caution in the alarm list it is marked with red color in the chart Lost Sensor TECDIS 1s no longer receiving data from sensor for COG SOG 1 COG SOG 1 Lost Sensor TECDIS 1s no longer receiving data from sensor for COG SOG 2 COG SOG 2 Lost Sensor TECDIS 1s no longer receiving data from sensor for Heading 1 Heading 1 Lost Sensor TECDIS 1s no longer receiving data from sensor for Heading 2 Heading 2 Lost Sensor TECDIS 1s no longer receiving data from sensor Water Water Speed Speed Lost Sensor TECDIS 1s no longer receiving data from sensor Radar Arpa 1 Radar Arpa 1 LOST SENSOR TECDIS 1s no longer receiving data from sensor for Radar Arpa 2 Radar Arpa 2 Lost Sensor TECDIS 1s no longer receiving data from sensor for Radar Radar Cursor 1 Cursor Lost Sensor TECDIS 15 no longer receiving data from sensor for Radar Radar Cursor 2 Cursor 2 AIS Lost Sensor TECDIS 15 no longer receiving data from sensor for Depth Depth Lost Sensor TECDIS 1s no longer receiving data from sensor for Relative Wind Relative Wind Lost Sensor TECDIS 15 no longer receiving data from sensor for Route Route Possible Danger Antigrounding possib
11. Page Down Zoom in fixed chart level Zoom out auto level Zoom in auto level Home Auto activated vessel displayed on chart in best scale Ins Cursor and chart to inserted position Del S52 chart pres auto pos Enter work as left mouse button in cursor pos or lt Darker screen colors or gt Brighter screen colors Esc spacebar Reset Alarm Ctrl PrtScr Save present display on disk Shift control alt T Screen calibration test TECDIS Manual Page 11 2 3 2 RCU 018 Control unit operation If a Furuno RCU 018 control unit is connected this can be used for operation of the system The trackball may be used for cursor control and general operations Note double clicking and dragging is not implemented Additionally the trackball scroll wheel may be used to modify value fields with up down buttons as well as speed lane radius and stop time in the route planner RCU 018 buttons perform the following functions Power Turns the system on off This control does not switch the display on off VRM rotary Adjusts active VRM encoder Activates and displays if none is displayed or VRM2 is active Activates and displays VRM2 if VRM1 is active Inactivates and erases VRMI if both VRMs are displayed Inactivates and erases VRM2 if VRM1 is active encoder Activates and displays EBL I if none is displayed or EBL2 is active Activates and displays EBL2 if EBL is active Inactivates and
12. See 3 3 1 3 8 3 and 4 7 3 Until the anti grounding alarm is inspected the dangerous chart objects inside the safety zone will be highlighted in the main chart display as well By showing the alarm list and clicking on the antigrounding alarm or possible danger alarm anew window listing the dangerous objects will be displayed The individual dangerous objects can be clicked to highlight these objects in the main chart display Antigrounding alerts Alert object type Depth Chart 0 5 to 10 Alerts E 2 0 Show TECDIS Manual Page 75 5 7 Past Track Histor providing access to the tracks of previous vessel voyages The dialog 15 divided into three main parts Control of track selection from the primary position sensor control of track display from the secondary position source and the Show and Hide buttons that show and hide the selected tracks respectively The track dialog button on the top menu bar displays the Past Tracks dialog Past Tracks The first area allows the operator to select a subset of the stored rimary pos source tracks through one of two means The first option is showing all Show Name Date tracks between a From anda To date as well as all tracks After a given date The second is selecting a number of days z weeks or months of track history going back from the current From 1 januar 2008 date Track names if previously entered with the help of the
13. Ue dese a 83 WORKING WITHAIS em 84 INFORMATION 85 6 5 2 ATIS BROADCAST MESSAGES 85 0 5 9 WRITE AMESSAGE TOV VESSE bcann che E oh tete tem hc cci ess 85 CHAPTER 7 THE SETUP PROGRAM NMEA SELECTION e 96 TIS SERVICE MODE WINDOWS 2 isisesseedo event esesost ee ovs esas usq ee eo eve EUR E ES e Ve 86 7 2 NMEA DATA SETUDS 86 y IN ERREUR EE 67 87 mene DU MM EE DM EDU 88 DORT ACTIVITY eas bo ences 88 Be has SG ENG EDDA ys Ld e C M 88 7 2 6 OTHER COM PORT CONNECTIONS edet cats ecco a opui Satish ck tes eo Cep aces qup eee 88 72 7 SUPPORTED NMEA SENTENCES s uates talent saluti deir fees 89 SPECIFICATION ete 91 7 3 1 SAVE AND RESTORE SETUP DEFAULT VALUES t bee aree o eee awed 92 Tar CHART INSTALLATION MISO eea e a eE EEA EEES 93 7 4 1 INSTALL UPDATE OR REMOVE CHART DATABASES 93 7 4 2 ENTER VESSEL INFORMATION a e eere re ee eee e EE crucis 94 4 9 SENDREBGISTICATPIONL ora a ae sented A EE te AO 95 7 4 4 START C MAP CHART MANAGER dede ERI RU vete
14. Active lead sectors When this feature is selected light lead sectors white covering the vessels current position will be extended out from the light Small craft info Displays leisure small craft info such as information about small craft harbor hotels bunker stations etc TECDIS Manual Page 31 S52 presentation only National language Displays location names in the language the chart was produced in More info sign Marks chart objects with when extra information is available All time limited Displays all temporary periodical or otherwise time limited chart objects regardless of current time date Chart legend preslib ver 8 4 3 3 2 Chart legend N0561412 software ver 4 7 1 1 70 080 0 Pressing the question mark at the bottom left corner in the Dataset NO561412 000 ERE Norwegian Hydrographic Service chart menu folder opens a chart information window For Quality Map centered in zone of confideneB each chart that is currently presented on screen a folder Rating Official for each chart is available Compilation scale _ 1 12000 Depth units Metres Height units Meters The area of the current chart display where the currently Sounding datum Lowest astronomical tide Selected chart is visible is marked with a red pattern in the Projection MERCATOR cart Vertical datum Mean sea level Horizontal datum WGS 84 Edition dat
15. Danger Symbol ON Dangerous objects outside the safety contour are displayed with danger symbol Dangerous objects inside the safety contour are not displayed Hazards deeper than the safety depth are not displayed Safe hazards ON Danger symbol ON Dangerous objects outside the safety contour are displayed with danger symbol Dangerous objects inside the safety contour are displayed with danger symbol Hazards deeper than the safety depth are displayed normally Safe hazards ON Danger symbol OFF Dangerous objects outside the safety contour are displayed normally with black text Dangerous objects inside the safety contour are displayed normally Hazards deeper than the safety depth are displayed normally with grey text NB In STD mode hazards deeper than the safety depth are not displayed regardless of Safe Hazards setting TECDIS Manual Page 48 4 8 Symbols Mariners objects Pressing the symbol button on the top toolbar keyboard shortcut F7 the Mariner Objects interface is displayed Here new symbols lines and areas can be added to the chart display and previously entered objects can be filtered for view 4 8 1 Selecting and displaying objects Mariner objects are made visible in the chart display by pressing the Show button Accordingly all mariner objects are hidden from display by pressing the Hide button When mariner objects are visible the toolbar symb
16. SIS OEC RR T 37 3 8 SAFETY MENU SAFETY SETTINGS csscesceicctesencbduseesteceetecdacasadsesdevasseeceuasbccnabeasiocsoadenesdevensts 38 3 8 1 SAFETY DEPTH CHART DEPTH roe 38 3 8 2 ANTI GROUNDING PARAMETERS CHECK TIME 38 9 9 AU TO SAPE HAZARDS lutem e cete ne Ue iets M E UAE Load cm qu 38 5 0 4 LUSER SEEBCTABEB ALARMS edes brem E n ud e be rcge 38 3 9 THO PRESENTATION LIBRARY INDEX cccccscsscccscccccscccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccsccccccccsccoees 39 5 0 1 MONITOR CALIBRATION iiiter iat enel ancien tle wren tale ten lila Ed 40 CHAPTER 4 CHART DISPLAY AREA i oaccoseeoes chi seaceeseereutaeit uec dondsoccteetevesscuceceoseeeeves 41 JqI CHART CENTERING cenwedeasozdcscucecasuesueccesacdscessasbendcsdesoccecasecsdesousdesasecseucsaeses 41 4 1 1 SETTING CHART CENTER TO A SPECIFIC POSITION ccccceccssccssccssccusccsccesccesccesseesseuscencs 4 4 2 CHANGING CHART DISPLAY SCALE Due deua va p vec Deve sae eB es 42 4 2 1 ZOOMING WITH AUTOMATIC CHART LEVEL SELECTION 42 4 2 2 MANUADCIARTIEBVBLSBLEECTION bier etn uM ORB tob 42 4 2 3 ZOOMING WITHOUT CHANGING CHART cccsscssccssccssccsscesscesscesccescescesscesscesscesscescesscenss 42 ANB VOVER S COATE Ut MED mM LE E 43 4 2 EXTRA MARKING OF OVER SCALE de
17. TEGDIS TELehart ECS Setup local 1 172 81 8 61 EN X Monitor ctrl 10 11 12 IE B 789 poe com jo 2 LEN Inputs Select sensor oentence Port sensor describtion Position 1 Gps 1 C pestin2 voo com4 ais RCU 018 cesi a c eog sop2 ais Pere ee ee eee C Heading 1 Hor Ityro Activate conning server port 2000 i C Heading2 0 Ais pr Port activity pel Radar arpa 1 COM 7 Rari l C Radar arpa 2 8 R2 9 Received data on selected port Clear C Radar cursor 1 RSD coMm7 Radari oo M Mud UD MIDS T 2 RSD UMS DE Mt 4 C MIS COM 4 Ais C Depth per 9 Did C Rewind fomio lind C Route WPLRTE f Speed4800 Port ca f oo Save to file Use this tab of the setup program to configure input and output signals This 15 done by selecting the type of NMEA messages for each sensor type and the COM port where the signal is connected There are four main areas of this tab Inputs Outputs Port Activity and Received data on selected port TECDIS Manual Page 87 7 2 1 Inputs Note All position inputs to TECDIS from all external sensors must be in WGS 84 format In the first area Inputs you can configure the message type and source of the different possib
18. remove the service dongle and reboot the system TECDIS Manual Page 36 Setup Chart Ship Data Log Safe Ais og text TECDIS saves important data position course speed for own ate date can be displayed in different ways m jan 2009 20 min Noon 20 min shows a list with position course and speed every 20 00 00 Details 3 7 Log Menu ship ARPA and AIS targets every minute Logs from a certain minute for a selected 24 hour period Noon shows a list with position course and speed for every hour 12 hr ENG OA fx from 12 00 the previous day until 12 00 current day Sailed distance 1s shown after every 4 hours and the total sailed distance Visual repla is shown at the bottom Replay voyage By entering a time directly and press Details a detailed log from Ais ship data the selected hour will appear The log list will contain details updated every minute Additional to information regarding vessels Query ais database position course and speed info about used charts at the present time is displayed Scale and chart center is listed and if auto mode Delete old log data was activated it is marked with a cross Other info is ENC S52 primary position sensor and GPS status Manual position offset activated will also show See picture 12 hr ENC shows a log of the chart data that was shown on the screen for every minute during the last 12 hours DR fix If the L O P functionality has
19. 2 lenglish d 2 Nmea input status Nav position offset chart utilities 2 ENC Professional Alarm volume AAAA X NA Auxilar y Shaw help hints Aalesund Aberdeen wp end current spd DTG 5 05 NM ETA 01 21 50 To W P 2 CTS 240 9 2746 DTE 1 40 NM TTG 10 min 28 s Alerts Show TECDIS Manual 2 4 2 Top menu bar Page 17 At the top of the screen the top menu bar provides quick access to system functions which must be available for immediate action This section contains a brief description of the various functions Numbers in parenthesis are chapters where detailed information can be found 4 2 5 Hide top menu bar and or side menu On the right side upper corner Hide can selected on the menu bar and the side menu The menus will only be visible when mouse marker is moved over 9g E EI E 8 B r 4 Exit TECDIS Palette 4 3 and 3 9 1 Chart orientation 4 4 S52 standard chart presentation 4 7 1 User selected chart presentation 4 7 2 Docking conning display 6 2 Radar Overlay 4 9 Weather Overlay 4 10 Zoom in 4 2 Chart scale 4 2 Zoom out 4 2 respective fields To the top or to the right v er b A 18 eee Auto chart reposition 4 6 Chart query info 6 1 Bearing EBL VRM 5 1 Show ARPA targets 6 4 Show AIS targets 6 5 M O B symbol in vessels pos 4 8 4
20. 630 press chart centre to centre chart and mark position This is very handy when adding new objects as symbols lines and waypoints When adding new symbol a second click on Chart center will add the symbol WP in entered position TECDIS Manual Page 42 4 2 Changing chart display scale 4 2 1 Zooming with automatic chart level selection Use left mouse button to zoom in and right to zoom out Optional use keyboard and Marker position will be new chart centre The system automatically selects suitable chart depending of selected scale 4 2 2 Manual chart level selection From the menu bar chart levels can be selected directly The numbers present scale x 1000 Select chart and scale by pressing one of the buttons Optional keyboard can be used to give direct commands by pressing the wanted scale level letter W A B C D E F G A E e _ o0 M ol e ea When letters on the scale buttons are emphasized with yellow text and green background official charts are available in this scale Official charts always have priority If the vessel is present on the current chart display the scale buttons indicates the scale values of the own vessel position When own vessel is located outside the current chart display they indicate scale for chart center The button representing the currently displayed chart scale level is marked as selected Text warnings are also displayed in the following situations
21. Route planning toolbar 5 2 Track dialog Past track 5 5 Symbols mariners objects 4 8 Maritime calculations L O P 5 6 Open menu folders 3 Chart level type 4 2 14 17 Hide TECDIS Manual Page 18 Chapter 3 System settings 3 1 Menu folders System settings 3 1 1 Show menu folders the lower part of the vertical side menu There are 7 different menu folders Data Log Safe Setup Chart Ship and AIS The menus are separated in a folder system where of the folders is displayed at a time Select the desired folder by pressing a folder title ri When pressing the menu folder button 1n the top menu bar menu folders will open in 2 Hide menu folders Press the menu folder button again in the top menu bar and the menu folders disappear from the vertical side menu Log Safe Ais 32 Setup Setup Chart Ship Data This folders contains Ship draught fom lenglish Nmea input status Nav position offset Ship draught Language selection Time zone selection Nmea input status Nav Position offset Chart utilities Chart library installed chart databases Alarm volume only shown when alarm sound is set to PC speaker or Keyboard in the Setup program 9 Auxiliary Chart utilities 10 Hide unhide tool tip see chapter 2 1 m chart tities 7 F Alarm volume Auxilary Show h
22. This 1s done via the chart object inspector button on the top menu see chapter 6 1 To enter a critical point in the route select the chart object inspector tool and click on the waypoint where the warning alert 1s to be placed This will bring up a window in the bottom of the chart display area that provides details on the selected object Activate Warning before point in this window and specify either the time or distance before the point when the alert should be shown The waypoint marked as a critical point will be marked with 4 red exclamation marks When the critical point is reached a Point Info alarm will be raised and the information window for the waypoint will be shown Any text entered previously for the point will be shown Note that the critical point will be triggered when the vessel moves within the specified range from any heading not just along the route When the alert has been raised the marking of the critical point in the chart will switch to 4 green exclamation marks To deactivate the critical point unselect Warning before point for the relevant waypoint following the same procedure as outlined for activating it TECDIS Manual Page 65 5 3 4 Route dangers and warnings Whenever a new route is created or an existing route is selected the system will perform a route safety check and generate a list of dangers and warnings for the route on the route menu bar This button may be shown either a ques
23. This can be edited if needed difference between vessel course over ground and planned heading must be less than the limit specified by the max course deviation parameter in Setup See 7 6 1 e The vessel speed must be larger than the limit specified by the Min speed parameter in Setup See 7 6 1 If any of these preconditions are not met the problem will be communicated to the operator 5 4 6 External Remote mode Heading When the autopilot is set to External remote mode a dialog is 00 displayed in TECDIS showing the current heading the current Set Course and the current Set RoT Rate of Turn oet Course 354 oc x roo The current Set Course can be adjusted by either dragging on the rotational control immediately below the Set Course value display with the left mouse button depressed The current Set Course can also be adjusted by clicking on the red and green arrows below the rotational control x s The Set RoT can be adjusted by dragging the slider immediately below ee the Set RoT value display with the left mouse button depressed ES i l 4 Set RoT TECDIS Manual Page 69 5 5 Alarms Warnings and Caution messages A number of situations will cause the system to raise alarms warnings Hvaler Sandefjord or caution messages These notifications are displayed in the lower wn end current snd right corner of the display T
24. been used to provide a position fix for the selected day this option shows the log of performed fixes with all corresponding observation data Log files can be saved or printed out Ecdis log REGIHA MARIS mmsi 257869150 6 Januar 2005 Lat Lon Crs Spd Lat Lon Scale Auto EWC 552 Pri 59702 037 H D10 728 948 E 150 0 150 6 59 00 654 H 010 30 990 E 1 30000 X x 00 00 046 H 000 00 173 W 59 01 900 H 010 29 101 E 150 0 150 6 59 00 654 H 010 30 990 E 1 30000 00 00 046 H O00 00 173 59 01 763 H 010729 255 E 150 0 59703 058 H 010722 925 E 1 15000 00 00 046 H 000 00 173 W 59 01 626 H 010 29 409 E 150 0 58 45 495 H 009752 371 E 1 300000 00 00 046 000 00 173 99 01 442 010 29 737 150 0 59 00 120 H 010 31 460 E 1 30000 59 01 305 H 010 29 891 E 150 0 xl ane ot TECDIS Manual Page 37 Visual playback Previous voyage Log data can be played back m visually by pressing voyage replay Enter time Januar 2005 14 00 00 and date in the window which opens At the bottom line replay speed can be entered By selecting Use Show Positions Use DR DR Dead reckoning may be used between each minute logged Vessels will be displayed with a estimated position every second Press STD to stop the playback and return to current situation COLOR VIKING Query AIS database opens a ship database where all received MMSI 125927
25. bottom of the calculator allows the operator to translate the From and To positions between position datums or enter positions in other datums The calculator assumes that all positions entered are in the datums specified here When datum 15 changed for either the corresponding position will be translated to the new datum selection Some examples of how the calculator may be used e Calculate a new unknown position using bearing and distance from a given position Reposition the chart to the desired origin position and click the Chart center button in the From area or enter it manually Select RL or GC in the distance bearing area and enter the corresponding distance and bearing values Now click the Calculate button in the position area to compute the new position e Calculate the bearing and distance between two positions Enter the two positions either manually or by repositioning the chart and clicking the Center buttons Now press the Calculate button in the distance bearing area to calculate both rhumb line and great circle bearings and ranges e Calculate time required to move between two positions at a given speed Enter the two positions and enter a speed value in the middle Time area The time required to move between the positions is specified below the speed field e Convert a position to WGS 84 from another datum Select the datum of the position to be entered in the datum selection field
26. brat ee a eee es 95 Tu S MONITOR CALIBRATION AND o Neate ee oS des duum 96 Ted PIS Dh fci eim 97 LS Jd VEC DIS VICE NS 22 m 9 0 97 FESSA IER Qo PNE m 98 ECEN N Osea r EM ee 98 LRACk CONTRO P RUE EIU R 99 7 6 1 STARTING REQUIREMENTS ccccsccsccecceccecceccecceccecceccsccsccsccsccsscsccssssscssssssssosceessscesceeces 99 1 0 2 DEFAULT VALUES NEW ROUTE ecce cot oe es cusan edd EE 100 TO THER SETTING Sorian OTENE race e AR 100 CHAPTERS OTHER Aeree in aaa Cepes couteau a ce eso sued ees eo cap eau ek ou aa a aai 101 Selo DI IBI DOSE Cel Deed aa 101 Bi Zo REVISION HISTORY 2 tesa cob ote es ee esee es peo eet cuis etde a R EE 102 TECDIS Manual Page 5 Disclaimer Notice warning and disclaimer NOTICE WARNING AND DISCLAIMER THE TECDIS SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED NAVIGATION PRODUCTS INCLUDING THE ELECTRONIC CHARTDISPLAY AND AUTOMATIC NAVIGATION AND TRACK KEEPING SYSTEM ARE AIDS TO SAFE MARINE NAVIGATION ALL SUCH NAVIGATION AIDS ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN INACCURACIES AND DISCREPANCIES THAT IF UNCONSIDERED MAY RESULT IN A MARINE ACCIDENT OR INCIDENT AND CONSEQUENT LOSS OF LIFE VESSEL CARGO AND ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE ACCORDINGLY THE MARINER WILL NOT RELY ON A SOLE NAVIGATION AID INCLUDING THE TECDIS SYSTEM FOR THE SAF
27. erases EBL I if both EBLs are displayed Inactivates and erases EBL2 if is active Activates user defined function or menu See 3 2 16 ALARM ACK Alarm acknowledgment for alarms generated by TECDIS SYSTEM The red lamp behind the key lights and the buzzer sounds when FAILURE system failure is found Hit the ALARM ACK key to silence the buzzer The key remains lit until the reason for the problem is removed Displays Radar Overlay and Radar Overlay dialog box which provides functions for adjustment of the radar picture color and Page 12 transparency Displays the Nav Marks menu buttons which provides maintenance STD DSP 1 MARK Activates standard display presentation on TECDIS of various markers Toggles day dusk night display mode Choose presentation mode NU HU CU Radar Off center last selected VRM EBL If none off centers chart 2 ABC P BRILL 3 DEF MODE 4 GHI OFF S JKL SCROLL Show Scroll Chart box select direction with one of the neighboring number keys or by selecting with mouse If pressed while scroll chart box 15 visible activates auto mode 6 MNO RECORD 7 PQRS PLAN 8 TUV MONITOR 9 WXYZ NEXT CANCEL SENSOR 0 space CU TU Saves time stamp record on track Opens Route planning menu buttons Show hide docking conning display Enter keyboard button emulate left mouse button at cursor position Open sensors dialog box Closes open dialog box or window Return chart dis
28. for either the From or To position fields Next enter the position in the corresponding position field Finally select WGS 84 in the same datum selection field as the first step The position 1s now converted to WGS 84 TECDIS Manual Page 78 5 8 2 Lines of Position LOP If it is determined that both the primary and secondary position sensors fail or provide incorrect positions it may be preferable to use a position based on manual observations and dead reckoning The LOP folder of the maritime calculations window allows the operator to enter bearing and or range observations and to use these observations to enter a position fix The majority of this window is dedicated to x the entering of bearing and range Calculations LOP observations Up to three of each may be entered Each observation line includes the Set Show Vale Time Age Text following controls and information from Bearing left to right M 0040 2204 8 05 Brgi e A button for setting the t2a0 22 05 228 872 observation gt Brg e Checkbox for selecting the observation T for display and use for position fixes 05 22 05 1 37 R The observed bearing range value EN The of the observation The age of the observation gt Rng 3 A description of the observation for Mark Select EP for DR AutoDR OR off example observation me
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30. number of routes lines areas symbols etc present in the backup file will be reported Use selection to select what to be copied from to TECDIS If all 1s selected everything is copied If limited area is ticked selection of data must be done Press Execute at the bottom to start copying NB Backup of own data as tracks symbols routes info etc 1s very important Make sure important data is backed up to a floppy disk or other media for safe storage TECDIS Manual Page 34 3 6 2 Route Synchronization TECDIS provides two alternative ways of transferring routes between the primary and secondary TECDIS units Both solutions allow the operator to retrieve the planned route for the current voyage on the secondary TECDIS unit if the primary unit fails For this function to work correctly the following must be observed 1 The Setup field Data export IP must contain the correct address to the other TECDIS unit See chapter 7 3 2 The TECDIS units must be connected using the specified LAN adapter ports 3 The LAN adapter port used for connection between the TECDIS units should not be reconfigured to use an IP address outside the subnet 172 31 3 4 Replication The TECDIS units must use unique license dongles Telko eToken ID numbers must be different NOTE The automatic method is activated by default in all TECDIS units produced after 1 November 2008 Basic Method When the basic route synchronization me
31. popup menu opens Choose reject update and close the updates window in order for the changes to take effect 3 2 9 Chart licenses A list of all the chart licenses is opened in a pop up window Licenses that are valid for more than 14 days are marked with a green background Licenses that will expire within 14 days are marked with a yellow background Expired licenses are marked with a red background TECDIS Manual Page 28 INT 1 Dictionary 3 2 10 INT 1 dictionary INT 1 pDesribon 0 ADMARE Administration area Named Opens a list of all INT 1 chart object abbreviations AIRARE Airport area ACHBRT Anchor berth ADHARE Anchorage area Beacon cardinal BCNISD Beacon isolated danger BDNLAT Beacon lateral BGNSAW Beacon safe water Beacon special purpose general Berth Bridge Building single E Built up area Buoy cardinal BOYINB Buoy installation BOYISD Buoy isolated danger BOYLAT Buoy lateral 3 2 11 Charts installed on the system At the bottom of the Setup menu folder there is a view showing which charts are installed on the system Mark the charts to be used NB This field is not displayed if only one chart database is installed ENC official ENC in C Map SENC format World non official C Map chart CD Professional non official C Map chart DVD S57 official charts from S57 S63 official charts from S63 3 2 12 Re
32. publisher Highlight a chart in the list to display further information middle field When double clicking on a chart in the list it will appear if license is present When vessel is sailing vessel is automatically centered if not auto function 1s disabled NB Chart library only displays databases selected in setup menu folder Chart Catalogue F Overview 40 000 000 5 000 000 F World 5 000 000 1500 000 T General 1500 000 500 000 F Coastal 500 000 150 000 F Coastal Approach 150 000 50 000 50 000 15 000 15 000 5 000 Mark All Clear All Chart boundaries graphically presents coverage of all charts in the database at present level Levels comply with scale selected on the top menu bar Licensed charts are displayed with magenta non licensed charts are marked with black boundary Chart names are presented in the bottom left hand corner of the square 5 000 000 1500 000 1500 000 500 000 500 000 150 000 T Coastal Approach 150 000 50 000 V Approach 50 000 15 000 instr M Harbor 15 000 5 000 Hydrographic Service Royal Netherlands Navy Plan Fi Import 557 Remove Dataset Mark All TECDIS Manual Page 21 Remove dataset If a database contains imported S57 data is selected in the drop down menu the button Remove Dataset will delete selected chart WARNING This will remove the dataset GBoXOTSW and all associated updates Do you want to do this
33. sailed in a loop repeated Chapter 5 5 In the track dialogue the checkbox for track width has been removed Chapter 6 5 Updated AIS symbols Revision 1 4 24 05 2005 Updated illustrations Chapter 3 2 1 Changed keyboard commands Chapter 3 2 New setting for ship draught and for alarm volume TECDIS version nr has been moved to the chart menu folder chart information Chapter 3 3 New chart settings Chapter 3 5 Revised text about backup and copy to second TECDIS Chapter 3 6 View screenshots has been removed new logs noon and 12h ENC use Chapter 3 7 3 Revised text about CPA Chapter 3 7 4 New optional alarm possible danger Chapter 3 8 1 NB added remember to test colors for evening and night presentation Chapter 4 2 New text warnings regarding chart type Chapter 4 7 Text about safe hazards has been revised Chapter 5 2 When a route 1s drawn or edited all other existing routes are shown in gray color in the background Chapter 5 3 Critical point can now also be entered on a route leg revised text Chapter 5 4 New chapter Warnings and Alarms Chapter 5 5 Minimum alarm speed has been removed Chapter 6 1 Infofile for own objects has been removed Chapter 7 2 Nmea sentence DBS has been removed Chapter 7 3 Size and sensors new function arpa is conning referenced NB The previous chapters 5 4 5 6 has changed numbers to 5 5 5 7 Revision 1 5 05 01 2006 Chapter 3 2 New function in setup
34. the C Remove database is installed new licenses must be Delete this Database from the harddrive acquired Subscription licenses remain valid when newer chart database editions are installed TECDIS Manual Copy Chart Database to Harddisk Page 94 If a CD 1s not available for the chart Insert the chart CD and follow the instructions database As would be the case for that appear select a Database Select an installed chart database Selected 6897010 This Database has already been installed Alternatives Remove Delete this Database from the harddrive Sgt as Default this Database as default databases containing imported S57 data these databases can be selected for modification by choosing a drive other than the CD ROM drive from the drive drop down menu For example D When Setup is unable to find a chart database on the selected drive you get the option to manually select an installed database by pressing the button Select an Installed DB You will get two options for the database you select from the list of installed databases Remove and Set as Default We recommend that the World database should be set as default 1f installed Important Some chart databases are protected and cannot be removed unless you have a CD for the database available The option Remove Licenses will also be displayed in some instances Selecting this option and press
35. the screen The new route can now be modified as desired and the template remains unchanged in the route storage 5 2 6 Deleting a route Press the delete route button to delete a route If a route 1s currently selected it 1s deleted immediately after the operator confirms the operation If no route 15 selected all routes are displayed and a route can be picked for deletion in the same manner as selecting a route see chapter 5 2 3 The operator 15 asked to confirm the deletion before it is performed 5 2 7 Activating a selected route If a route has been selected but not activated previously 1 can be activated by pressing the activate route button Activating the route starts route navigation For details on this see chapter 5 3 5 2 8 Generating a waypoint list route report When a route 1s selected and the make edit and print waypoint list button 15 pressed a window containing a text report of all waypoints details and total distance time is displayed The report may be saved or printed to a connected printer Comments can be added if needed 5 2 9 C Routes automatic route drafts For details on C Routes automatic route draft generation refer to TECDIS 4 7 1 New Features Guide TECDIS Manual Page 60 5 2 10 SAR Search and rescue san The search and rescue button provides access to the systems Search and Rescue functionality Here different SAR patterns can be generated either as
36. type and color Delete symbols Press this button to enter symbol deletion mode The button will appear pressed down while the mode 15 active Using the cursor click on symbols in the chart display with the left mouse button to delete them Press the right mouse button or the button when finished to exit the mode Change Move symbols Press this button to enter symbol modification mode The button will appear pressed down while the mode 15 active In this mode symbols in the chart display clicked with the left mouse button will be changed to the currently selected symbol appearance and color and the symbol will move with the cursor until placed in a new position by clicking the left mouse button again The previous position and appearance of the symbol will be marked with a deleted mark Press the right mouse button or the OK button when finished to exit the mode Add new symbol Press this button to enter symbol addition mode The button will appear pressed down while the mode 1s active In this mode clicking the left mouse button in the chart display will place a new symbol with the currently selected appearance and color in the specified position A window will appear in the lower part of the display that allows the operator to enter both a short text visible in the chart and more detailed information not visible in the chart See 6 1 1 Press the right mouse button or the OK button when finished to exit the mode
37. values are Alarm colored blue dark blue for shallow lighter blue for deep Standby Mode New WP CTS Non ENC dangers 3 8 2 Anti grounding parameters Check time Angle Restricted areas Caution area These values specifies the safety sector guard zone ahead of the Possible danger vessel where dangerous chart objects will generate alarms See chapter 5 6 for details 3 8 3 Auto Safe Hazards This setting controls whether the system should automatically display hazards inside the safety contour during anti grounding alarms When activated this feature turns the Safe Hazards and Shallow Soundings chart features on see chapter 3 3 1 when an anti grounding alarm is triggered Available settings are No Safe Haz Auto Safe Hazards and Shallow Soundings chart features are not modified automatically e Safe Haz Auto on Safe Hazards and Shallow Soundings chart features are automatically enabled when an anti grounding alarm is triggered e Safe Haz Auto on off Safe Hazards and Shallow Soundings chart features are automatically enabled when an anti grounding alarm is triggered and are in addition automatically disabled when the anti grounding alarm is removed 3 8 4 User selectable alarms Some alarms and controls can be set by user See chapter 5 3 4 and 5 5 for more details regarding the alarm system Option Name Standby mode This mode is only available i
38. 0 characters Objects containing additional information are marked with an exclamation mark TEXT DISPLAYED ON CHART DISPLAYED ON CHART ADDITIONAL INFORMATION NOT DISPLAYED ON THE 1 2 8 4 5 7 8 8 0 Bksp CHART DISPLAY 09 05 096 010 39 308 E a w e e t vu took al s a f nf j kJ 1 Enter ift 2 x e v t nm 7 snr LLLA CY Query chart Picture file tri Det 7 TECDIS Manual Page 81 If a chart query was intended but the system object window is displayed instead clicking the Query chart button switches to the chart object query window see above JPEG picture files may be optionally be attached to some objects Note that the picture must be physically located on the system storage To do this press the Picture file button and select the picture The additional information text will now include the picture file name in brackets and pressing the Picture file button again will display the image 6 2 Docking Conning display The docking conning display button on the top menu bar displays a small conning display in the lower left corner of the screen This conning display provides prominent display of movement heading and wind information central when maneuvering By placing the cursor on any part of the conning display outside of the value displays clicking the left mouse button and holding it down the conning displa
39. 147 T1565 border of Indare 322934 94 60 57 49 81 Import 857 Remove Dataset Error 90147 11565 open border of Indare 3229 35 42 8 80 57 50 01 E amp m amp m B gm 2 CE If errors are discovered a 557 Import ERROR report is shown The error report contains name of import file and whether the error are critical or non critical Files including critical errors are not imported If non critical errors occurs files can be imported or excluded by pressing continue or skip If stop is pressed the import process is terminated Disable error report If this option is selected prior to data import the process will run automatically 57 import files including critical errors will be excluded and files with non critical errors are imported NB When using disable error report it is impossible to view detailed information about the data import Also errors reasoning ENC cells not to be imported due to critical errors are not displayed Chant Catalogue amp Bundesamt f r Seeschiffahrt und Hydrographie Geri amp Kort Matrikelstyrelsen Denmark C PROGRA 1 CMS3V3 1 DATABA 1 S57 GBSXO1SW OK amp Estonian Maritime Administration 1 CM93V3 1 DATABA 1 S57 GB5XOISE OK ae ne Campd _ y PROGRA ACMS3V3 NDATABA 1 S571 GBEXOINW WARNING see LOG Hellenic Navy Hydrographic Service er C PROGRA 1 CM93V3 1 DATABA 1 S57 GB5XOINE WARNING see LO
40. 38T12MMDAATAAAA Copy Chart Database to Harddisk di Install a new Database remove a Database Copy Identify Monitor and Load Automatic Calibration or update an existing base with new EMI Manual Calibration Load Calibration File Enter information about the vessel required Enter for warranty and chart licensing Monitor Connection Tests Send Registration Generate registration file for transfer to Create Furuno Norway Telko AS iscellaneous Start C Map Chart Manager Copy Chart Database to Harddisk 7 4 1 Install update or remove chart Insert the chart GD and follow the instructions databases that appear Installed Databases 577 1 a By clicking Copy a new area with an CHART SUPPLEMENTARY INFORM overview of installed chart databases 1s ChartletsBase 1 1 opened Insert the CD for the chart database that 1s to be operated on and select the CD Read Ghart Database ROM drive from the drop down menu Select the CD ROM drive below the database list The Setup program will read the CD and display the available Found 0 10 198 actions for the chart database Install This Database is a newer edition of an installed DB Update Remove and Set as Default Alternatives Start Important Purchase chart licenses are Update locked to a specific edition of the chart Update existing Database with new database If a different edition of
41. 5 oa The next information area displays Course to steer CTS to the XTE Dev next wheel over point WOP the first heading displayed here 15 Fa the current CTS the second heading 1s the next CTS Distance 5 0 018 6 8 to go DTG and Time to go TTG to the next wheel over point The bottom information area displays Cross track error XTE and deviation of current course to the current CTS Dev The unit for XTE is the same as specified for the cursor range see chapter 5 1 1 This information 1s also displayed graphically The horizontal bar displays XTE to port as a red bar and XTE to starboard as a green bar A full bar indicates that the vessel is located at the limit or outside of the current leg lane The vessel graphic below the horizontal bar illustrates the current heading deviation graphically 5 3 1 Calculate voyage time The information area for ETA and DTG can display this ETA DTG to the end of the current route or to any waypoint using either the current speed or the planned speed as specified in the voyage planner The text on the wp end button shown in the illustration above indicates which waypoint the currently displayed ETA DTG information refers to Click on any waypoint in the chart display to switch ETA waypoint The selected ETA waypoint is marked graphically in the chart display and its number 15 reflected in the text of this button To switch back to showing ETA to the route endpoint click this button Th
42. 78 N Pos 006 12 171 E BRGT OSALT 0 76 NM DPTH 260 m ride 0 9 m s 298 Wind Alerts Milo Show 2 4 1 Vertical Menu The vertical menu on the right side of the display includes various fields l 2 3 Date and time top line Navigational sensor data GPS gyro log Cursor info position of cursor bearing and range values from own ship to marker By pressing Pos charts can be centered in a specified position By pressing BRG T the bearing values can be switched between TRUE BRG T and RELATIVE BRG R By pressing anywhere else in this area the size of the cursor bearing and range values can be increased Units can be changed by between Nm meters by pressing NM Depth tidal info button Tide see chapter 6 3 True wind Anti grounding chart display see chapter 5 5 When pressing tool menu folder button in the top menu bar menu folders will open up in the lower part of the side menu see chapter 3 1 When a route is active information is shown in a separate field Alarm field see chapter 5 4 Page 16 01 01 09 2112 Hide ds 622 496 Asats 006 10 546 E COG 200 0 HDG 290 6 SOG 8 0 kn STW 8 5 kn Cursor 62 29 075 N pos 006 10 382 E BRG 1 857 2 158 DPTH 280 Wind 0 9 m s 256 t i a m Safe Ais Setup chart Ship Data Ship draught
43. 797 EI 168 A fully Chart and Y i Pu gm 109 ha CDIS ic fus System n type approved Electron on Display Informatic certified by DnV TECDIS Manual Page 1 ES CAA RT Hc e 5 STANDARDS CONIPLIAINGC essence coe sa eoa ata eiki 6 CHAPTER 1 GENERAL INFORMATION cccccccsscscsssccscccscccccsccscccsccccscccscsccsccoees 7 LICINERODUCTION ee oio Eco epo ER ea ee e Ete LEN Oo Eaa 7 7 1 2 1 CHART DATABASES AND SIMPLIFIED ENC DISTRIBUTION eene nennen 7 1 3 POSETHION CHART DATUM oscssesscsccteuscessecctcdusudsGaxccascesacgeslscecaaceecceuceusevonscasJascesdessesossecdoealereee 8 CHAPTER Z OVERVIEW cise Glee es 9 2 T TOOELLEID 9 D ees XCTIVATE OR DEACTIVATE TOOLTIP iecore edet vem am deua ems Dr E Lcd 9 2 2 BLN eYCIUME re aa 9 Ze Ds 8 19 EORR IER 9 EY BOARD OPERATION tise sacle wack ee athe secu LH ance pd 10 2 3 2 CONTROGUNIT OPERA TION poo debet NEREA NEEN RG 11 2 93 95 5ET CHART CENTER ZOOM IN OUT ein vu ENTER ET ete E IS oA DU 12 2 9 4 MENUS AND COMMANDS ut best dace ta Oo 13 2 3 Se DROP TONN NENU sre DIC
44. 8000 AIS targets are saved with MMSI IMO call sign and date for last reception from the vessel By pressing the date IMO 008317942 button the situation will be played back in last tracked CALL position 19 desember 2004 14 09 Delete old log data Deletes log data older than one year The system will ask for confirmation before deleting 3 7 1 Screenshots Anytime screenshots pictures from TECDIS can be saved by pressing Control Ctrl Print Screen Prt Scr The picture is automatically saved with filename year month date time second They will be saved and accessible in the folder C Program Files TECDIS Screen TECDIS Manual Page 38 Setup Chart Ship Data 3 8 Safety Menu Safety settings Lag Safe his 3 8 1 Safety Depth Chart depth levels afe dpt Shallow Deep The Safe dpt specifies the Safety Depth and the minimum qw depth for the Safety Contour which is emphasized in the chart 10 10 20 Where the chart does not contain a depth contour for the specified value the next deeper one is selected Any chart heck time Angle elements shallower than the specified value will generate an anti 5min 7 i o7 grounding alarm when present in the area ahead of the vessel specified by Check time and Angle Safe Haz Auto on oft Z The values Shallow and Deep control the coloring of shallow waters Areas shallower than the specified
45. 9NM 0532 1200 005NM O 80NM 38 22 2t10 Om ISSUE 5 5628715 N 008 52741E 17NM 0587 12001 005NM 020NM 57 22 21 15 Om VHF Tjome radio for pilot B 58 30583 N 008 55 422E 0 8NM 0620 12 0kt 005 76 m 22 2 28 0m Zone 2 7 58 30 963 N 008 5879 E 18NM 0586 12 0kt O 05NM 020NM 57 m 22 2127 Om Speed lane turn rate of turn ROT time delay and text for each waypoint can be modified also during a voyage If 0 1s used as the new value the default value is used The value will then be shown in grey If a new value 1s specified for a given waypoint this will override the default value and the value text will be shown in black As an example a waypoint delay at a port can be entered This can be very useful for vessels operating in a regular route In the column for text comments or names for each waypoint can be filled in For insertion of further comments and or pictures documents presentations etc use waypoint object information To modify the route itself the edit waypoint checkbox must be ticked or the route edit button on the route toolbar must be active see chapter 5 2 2 When waypoint editing is complete the route safety check will be activated automatically The Lane checkbox toggles display of route lanes in the chart display The Info checkbox toggles display of planned course and speed on route legs The Zone fiel
46. CDIS Manual Page 41 Chapter 4 Chart display area The following elements are always visible in the chart area North arrow indicating direction of north when the chart is rotated The vertical scale bar along the left edge of the chart area The scale bar changes color according to the distance between each line unit Scale Interval Colors Unit AAG lf generation of a new chart display takes 6 seconds or more an indicator appears in the upper left corner of the chart area showing how long in seconds the system has been working on the new chart display This indicator will only appear when using charts with extremely high information density 4 1 Chart centerin Move marker to desired chart centre and press middle mouse button press scroll wheel down if no middle button Use left mouse button to zoom in and right to zoom out When the cursor is moved to the edges of the map it changes to an arrow Every click will then move the charts Keyboard arrows can also be used to move charts set chart center Use home key to center own ship 4 1 1 Setting chart center to a specific position Chart centre can be moved to a specific dialed in position In the marker data field in the side menu there is located a button Pos Allan i It opens a pop up box where position can be entered manually 8 2 25 801 5 N 7 Keyboard Ins also opens this box Enter selected position and
47. Control mode or Offline if e Track Control stopped alarm is communication with Autopilot is triggered lost 5 4 3 Track Control operation In order for Track Control mode to be activated a pre planned route must be selected and activated In addition the current position heading and speed of the vessel 1n relation to the route must fall within the limits specified 1n TECDIS Setup See 5 4 5 and 7 6 While in Track Control mode TECDIS and the Raytheon Ansch tz AP2025 PLUS will work together to keep the ship travelling over the pre planned track over ground Before each waypoint the following sequence of events will occur Evn Description When Indication Change Course This indication is activated in TECDIS 1 5 min early warning between 1 and 5 minutes before Course before change WOL as configured in TECDIS WOL Setup See 7 6 Change Course If Change Course early indication 1 was 30 60 sec LAST warning acknowledged this indication is activated before in TECDIS between 30 and 60 seconds WOL before Course change WOL as configured in TECDIS Setup See 7 6 If Change Course early indication 1 was 30 60 sec not acknowledged this alarm is activated before in TECDIS between 30 and 60 seconds WOL before Course change WOL as configured in TECDIS Setup See 7 6 If Change Course LAST indication 2a was not acknowledged this alarm is activated in TECDIS at the start of the course cha
48. E NAVIGATION OF THE VESSEL THE PRUDENT MARINER WILL OBTAIN NAVIGATION INFORMATION FROM ADDITIONAL SOURCES CROSS CHECKING ALL INFORMATION FOR ANY INACCURACIES OR DISCREPANCIES WHILE DETERMINING THE VESSEL S POSITION COURSE SPEED AND INTENDED TRACK TECDIS Manual Page 6 Standards Compliance TECDIS conforms to the following standard s or other normative documents Version 4 7 1 and higher Marine Equipment Directive Module B MED B IMO Resolution MSC 232 82 IMO Resolution MSC 191 79 IMO Resolution MSC 74 69 Annex 2 IMO Resolution A 694 17 Version 4 6 0 to 4 7 0 e Marine Equipment Directive Module B MED B e IMO Resolution MSC 74 69 Annex 2 e IMO Resolution A 817 19 as amended by MSC 64 67 Annex 5 and by MSC 86 70 Annex 4 e IMO Resolution A 694 17 For a current overview of software versions standards compliance and instructions for updating TECDIS software to comply with new standards and regulations refer to the following web site http www telko no site support tecdis compliance TECDIS Manual Page 7 Chapter 1 General Information 1 1 Introduction TECDIS electronic chart and navigation system 15 an ECDIS Electronic Chart and Display Information System for safe navigation voyage planning and voyage monitoring TECDIS is designed and developed according to IMO specifications weighting easy and user friendly operation High performance and a wide range of features are maintained at the sa
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50. G amp Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department Japan amp Hydrographic Service Maritime Administration of La 5 Hydrograohia Service Royal Nethertands Navy j Find Import 857 Remove Dataset A import log will be created This log can be viewed selecting actual dataset in the chart library by scrolling down to S57 import log in the information field If import of chart corrections are done in S57 format those can be viewed in C Map chart update see chapter 3 2 8 By pressing the right mouse button in the message field log files with information history about file verifying and compilation are displayed This 15 a overview not a detailed report log not displaying any deleted datasets 3 2 6 Import of S 63 chart data For import of chart data in the S 63 format refer to S63 Loader User Guide available for download from http www telko no TECDIS Manual Page 23 3 2 7 Manual chart updates NB When two ECDIS machines are connected make sure to make the same manual chart updates in the second ECDIS One of the main features of the CM 93 3 Chart Database technology is the automatic updating of electronic charts TECDIS fully supports this feature but manual updating 15 still important as local reports about navigational aid changes may not be included in the Notice to Mariners that are used in updating the Chart database For example the SOLAS convention requires that all charts must be updated for the i
51. HER OVEREAY ees 52 CHAPTER S NAVIGATION 0 dca 53 SJ BEASRINGEBL ZZ esas ca Sepe ea 53 3 1 VRNLOPBRATION 53 2 TEMPORARY ROUTE 2 WAYPOINTS i 53 5 1 9 TEMPORARY BEARING LINES 54 5 2 ROUTE VOYAGE PLANNING sepa o esee cesar Linie ae asa 55 s ROUTE 55 9 2 2 MODIFYING AN EXIS FING ROU TB lema iu Else erii IU A C MEE 56 5 Piss EE ad ROLD TE 57 3 2 MERGINGROUTE Sa 58 5 2 5 USING AN EXISTING ROUTE AS A TEMPLATE FOR NEW ROUTE 59 9226 DELETING OIN m 59 S22 T ACTIVATING A SBBECTBED ROUTE vehi bless opem AO 59 5 2 8 GENERATING A WAYPOINT LIST ROUTE REPORT csccseccsscsscescesscsccsscsscescessesscesseeceuse 59 52 9 C ROUTES AUTOMATIC ROUTE DRAFTS em oes eu sve uet bag deed tia meat etes uomen 59 3 2 10 S AR SEARCH AND RESCUE orason ed pui dendi utum 60 Sd bb VOY AGE PLANIN G SQ cede eee Mt d d M 61 5 2 12 USING THE KEYBOARD IN THE VOYAGE PLANNER c
52. IS unit TECDIS Manual Page 92 e Radar use true EBL reference When this checkbox is marked it is assumed that bearings lines received from the radar s are true referenced If this option is not marked TECDIS will perform the necessary adjustments Arpa is conning referenced When this checkbox is marked it is assumed that target information from Arpa radar 15 already adjusted to the navigator position If 1t 1s not marked TECDIS will perform the necessary adjustments e Monitor inch diagonal Specify the diagonal size of the monitor here e Backward gyro 180 Checking this box turns the heading value from gyro 180 degrees e Inthe Alarm area you can select whether sound alarms should sound through the PC speaker in the chart plotter through the monitor buzzer or through the RCU 018 Control Unit e Allow Standby Mode When this option is activated it will be possible to set TECDIS in Standby Mode In this mode no audible alarms will be generated Activating this option also allows CPA alarms to be disabled in TECDIS NOTE A prominent warning is displayed whenever the Standby Mode 1s active See 3 8 4 3 5 6 and 5 5 e Alarm if HDTI HDT2 gt 2 5 When this box is checked an alarm will be given if the heading from the two sensors Heading 1 and Heading 2 deviates with more than 2 5 degrees e If two positioning methods are in use the button Erase Secondary past track all
53. No Find import 567 Remove Dataset 3 2 5 Import of 557 data NB When two ECDIS machines are connected make sure to make the same updates in the second ECDIS Import of S57 data is done trough the chart library Select database in the drop down menu and press Import S57 A database contains of datasets charts ENC data 15 sold as ENC cells in S57 format Trough import to a database every ENC cell is converted to a dataset This is a two step process verification of data and conversion compilation to a dataset To import data select drive in the field Import S57 data from Data 1s imported to a database which name begins with S57 However there are none S57 databases present a new one S57 1s created Optional an own database can be created by Enter a name for the new Database 15 pressing create new database S57 database is added automatically and can be highlighted for viewing in setup menu folder Chart Catalogue x enc Import S57 Data From to the NEW Database S57 Start Create new Database Cose Coast Hydrographic Office Belgium 3 5 tommers diskett A Progress Messages Disable error report amp Bundesamt f r Seeschiffahrt und Hydrographie Geri m amp Kort amp Matrikelstyrelsen Denmark Lokal disk 0 Estonian Maritime Administration Lokal disk 0 amp Instituto Hidrogr fico de la Marina Spain lt Lokal dis
54. and provides access to other AIS features AIS targets are presented in the chart display as green triangles For deactivated sleeping targets the triangle is smaller and is pointed up For activated targets the triangle is pointed in the current target heading with track and heading and course vectors Track points are placed at one minute intervals If Show ship outline is selected in the Ship menu folder See 3 4 the true target vessel outline will also be shown in the chart display A sleeping AIS target may be temporarily activated by placing the cursor on it This will also display the vessel name or MMSI number if the name has not yet been received in the chart display When the cursor is moved away from the target it will return to the sleeping state All targets may be activated by selecting All targets active in the Ais menu folder see 3 5 4 N 1 gt RA u V y 00 i j 9 oN dE A WO 2 2 0 l e 5 g 4 n B ikke offisielt kart vist konsulter papirkart 5 VT Ike kart vist oy an a y 7 Clicking AIS target will select it the target is marked in the chart display with a black rectangle and display a window showing detailed information about the target AIS target COLOR VIKING 124 Pos 59 00 707 N DIST 010 35 139 E COG 262 0 2 94 NM 806 1
55. ation features OD H E Place checkmarks in the boxes to add info or remove checkmarks Cl Bottom type to reduce info not to be displayed See chapter 3 3 1 for details L mall craft info L Grid lines Lights character i Lighs cursor info Active lights C Acti Active lead sectors the bottom line 552 or INT 1 presentation is selectable See C Bae 10203 pictures above Selecting INT 1 a warning saying not official presentation select 552 will appear The up and down buttons to 2 e5 INT1 controls text and symbol size By pressing STD text is set TECDIS Manual 4 7 3 Safe hazards Page 47 Safe hazards displays hazards inside the safety contour and isolated dangers outside the safety contour that are deeper than the safety depth In STD standard presentation this function 1s deactivated but it can also be switched on manually from the chart menu The system can optionally automatically enable display of safe hazards and shallow soundings during anti grounding alarms See chapter 3 8 3 for details The setting Danger symbols marks dangers with a danger symbol This setting is active by default in STD mode When Safe hazards 1s switched on in combination with Danger symbols all dangers also inside the safety contours are marked with danger symbols When the Danger symbols setting is deactivated no chart objects will be marked with danger symbols Safe hazards OFF
56. ations New ROT Chapter 6 1 1 Updated text and illustrations New function screen keyboard case 22 07 03 06 Chapter 7 2 1 Updated text Port collision warning case 69 19 04 06 Chapter 7 3 Updated text and illustrations New function shiphandle mode case 53 30 03 06 Revision 1 7 22 10 2006 Added Chapter 2 3 2 RCU 018 Control unit operation Chapter 5 2 8 Updated illustration and added ROT column description Chapter 7 Updated to correspond with installation manual rev 1 5 Added new chapter 5 4 Track Control Chapters following Chapter 5 4 renumbered Chapter 2 4 Updated illustration Chapter 2 4 2 Added radar overlay button description Added Chapter 4 9 Radar Overlay Chapter 3 1 2 Updated illustrations Added Chapters 3 2 13 Radar overlay setup and 3 2 14 F1 F2 button setup Revision 1 8 10 05 2007 Chapter 5 5 2 Updated alarm and warning lists Revision 1 9 15 11 2007 Chapter 5 5 2 Description of New WP alarm expanded to describe Track Control function Chapter 5 4 Expanded with functionality description overview of monitoring functions and fall back arrangements and WP alarm indication sequence for Track Control Revision 2 0 23 01 2009 Guide updated to reflect changes and new features in TECDIS version 4 7 1 Head Office Aalesund Furuno Norge AS Visitor address Shipment address Sjomannsveien 19 N 6008 Aalesund Postal address Servicebox 11 N 6025 Aalesund Telephone
57. ave been acknowledged they are still displayed in the alarm list as long as they are active iot 13 22 52 Refer to paper charts 18 22 52 Caution area Some events provide more detailed information when clicked in the alarm list The events Antigrounding and Possible danger will display a separate list of dangerous objects when clicked Entries in the new list can then be clicked to highlight the dangerous object in the chart display The alarm Ship CPA will display the target AIS Tracked Target details window when clicked TECDIS Manual Page 71 5 5 3 Alarm message texts Alarm Description DANGER Anti grounding Click to open a separate list Danger of collision see chapter 3 5 6 By clicking on Ship CPA in the alarm list AIS ARPA target information is shown Lost AIS Lost signals for an AIS target within the range specified in the AIS menu folder see 3 5 5 Point Info The vessel has reached a route critical point OFF TRACK The vessel has moved outside the active route lanes The vessel has reached a new waypoint when this has been defined to be alerted with an alarm see chapter 3 8 4 Track Control Course Change alarm given when course change indications are not acknowledged See 5 4 Last WP The vessel has reached the last waypoint in the active route Low Speed The vessel speed is below minimum allowed threshold Track Control only Lost Sensor TECDIS 15 no longer re
58. be supplied with the same heading and log sensor inputs 7 6 1 Starting Requirements The values in this area specify the conditions needed before Track Control mode can be activated Max course deviation Max lane deviation Min speed The maximum number of degrees the course over ground COG of the vessel can differ from the planned course The maximum distance of the vessel position from the planned route leg expressed as a multiplier of the planned route leg lane width For example if the lane setting for the initial planned route leg is 100m and max lane deviation is set to x2 the vessel position can be up to 200m from the planned route leg when Track Control 1s activated The minimum speed of the vessel in knots TECDIS Manual Page 100 7 6 2 Default values new route The values in this area will be used as the default values for the parameters specified when planning a new route Speed kn The default planned speed in knots for new route legs Lane x 0 01 NM The default planned lane width for new route legs expressed as hundredths of a nautical mile For example if the value specified here is 10 the default lane width would be 0 1 NM Turn radius x 0 1 NM The default planned turn radius for new route legs expressed as tenths of a nautical mile For example if the value specified here is 5 the default turn radius would be 0 5 NM 7 6 3 Other settings Ansch tz AP 20205 PLUS at COM Specify
59. calibrate screen Restores display to correct calibrated settings 3 2 13 Conning harbor mode and conning aft for Controls conning maneuvering display 3 2 14 Export DB Status This option is only used in some custom chart database configurations 3 2 15 Radar overlay setup This selection will activate the radar overlay and bring up the radar overlay setup dialog Note The TECDIS Radar Overlay is designed to work with the Furuno FAR 2107 2807 radar series The primary TECDIS system the backup TECDIS system if connected and analog adapter if connected should be configured to the 172 31 3 xxx IP address range in order to receive data from the radar TECDIS Manual Page 29 Radar overlay correction Radar 1 Heading 16 E Radar This value specifies the radar number the system should connect to This should correspond with the RADAR NO value in the INSTALLATION menu of the Furuno radar Heading This control should be used to adjust the orientation of the radar overlay so that it corresponds with the chart display Range This control should be used to adjust the radar echo range so that the radar overlay corresponds with the chart display 3 2 16 F1 F2 butto
60. ccordance with the IHO amendment to paragraph 3 3 of S 52 and a new Technical Resolution A3 11 adopted at IHO s 16th International Hydrographic Conference The C MAP CM 93 3 SENC distribution system was also successfully type approved by Det Norske Veritas DNV in March 2003 as required by the IHO The distribution system is supported with a Real Time Updating infrastructure which allows users to access chart corrections directly online The ENC data from countries that have not yet approved SENC distribution 15 available in S 63 format 1 3 Position Chart datum The chart datum is the mathematical model used by a chart maker to map the earth s surface In the TECDIS system the Mercator grid is always displayed using the datum known as World Geodetic System 1984 WGS 84 This is considered to be the latest and most accurate datum available The electronic charts and all chart objects are also displayed using the WGS 84 datum Datum conversion can be done by using Maritime calculations Chapter 5 6 All position inputs to TECDIS must be in WGS 84 format TECDIS Manual Page 9 Chapter 2 Overview 2 1 Tooltip If you are not familiar with TECDIS the tooltip function can be useful Moving the mouse marker over the buttons on the menu bars will make a brief description in a yellow frame to appear 2 1 1 Activate or deactivate tooltip Press button for menu folders on the top menu bar r Menu folders will appear on yo
61. ced at locations where they will merge with waypoints from existing routes Example 1 Route extension The last waypoint joins with first on the new route or a connection is made Example 2 One joining waypoint lt 0 1 Nm In the case where there is one joining waypoint a combination of the routes will be created The grey route parts will be discarded Example 3 Two joining waypoints lt 0 1 Nm When the first and the last waypoint on part of a route join with waypoints on the first route selected intermediate parts of the first route will be replaced by waypoints from the extension new route TECDIS Manual Page 59 The merged joined route will be presented as a new route and TECDIS will automatically renumber the waypoints The joined merged route can be saved as new route by pressing the copy active route to new route button 5 2 5 Using an existing route as a template for a new route Use the copy active route to new route button to save the currently selected route as a new route Save as To create a new route based on an existing route a copy of the existing route can be created First the existing route should be selected see chapter 5 2 3 Now by pressing the copy active route to new route button and confirming the operation by pressing in the query window that is shown the existing route 1s copied The operator can now give the new route a name in the window that 1s shown in the lower part of
62. ceiving data from sensor for position 1 Position Lost Sensor TECDIS is no longer receiving data from sensor for position 2 Position 2 Lost Sensor TECDIS is no longer receiving data from sensor for heading 1 Heading Track Control only Lost Sensor TECDIS is no longer receiving data from sensor for heading 2 Heading 2 Track Control only Lost Sensor TECDIS is no longer receiving data from sensor for water Water Speed speed Track Control only Sensor Error Sensor for position is sending in a different datum than Pos 1 Wrong Datum WGS8 amp 4 Sensor Error Sensor for position 2 is sending in a different datum than Pos 2 Wrong Datum WGS84 Gyros difference Heading difference between sensors Heading 1 and Heading 2 is limit exceeded larger than allowed threshold Track Control only Pos sensors difference Position difference between sensors Position and Position 2 1s limit exceeded larger than allowed threshold Track Control only AUTOPILOT TECDIS has lost communication with the autopilot Track Control only Danger OBJ Own object with danger marks within the safety zone Chart license expired One or more chart licenses have expired Check license status Check license status See 3 2 and contact chart supplier Dynamic licensing Refer to TECDIS 4 7 1 New Features Guide update deadline Dynamic licensing only Dynamic licensing Refer to TECDIS 4 7 1 New Features Guide out of credits Dynamic licensing only
63. configured to display a radar overlay supplied by the Furuno FAR 2107 2807 radar series If configured and enabled the radar overlay can be activated from the toolbar See 2 4 2 When activated the chart display will include a radar image overlay NE 21 2 jum e A MW Wo n EN um a rna i a P ia satin ll Petler EM is avakabte Configuration and adjustment of the radar overlay is accessed though the Chart Utilities dropdown in the Setup menu See 3 2 15 The radar overlay display is controlled with the radar overlay control dialog in the lower left corner of the chart display The first slider on this control counting from top to bottom allows the operator to select the color that should be used to draw the radar overlay In 552 chart display mode two colors are available Light or dark green In INTI display mode a additional multicolor mode is available with overlay color varying from green faint echo through yellow intermediate echo to red strong echo The radar overlay transparency can be adjusted with the second slider with transparency levels ranging from 10 relatively opaque to 4 relatively transparent TECDIS Manual Page 52 4 10 Weather Overlay For instructions on use of the Weather Overlay functionality refer to TECDIS 4 7 1 New Features Guide TECDIS Manual Page 53 Chapter 5 Navigation 5 1 Bearing EBL VRM The EBL VRM button on the
64. ctivated by adding or removing the tick in the check boxes Past Tracks Primary pos source Show Name Date Wide Timemark ho m From 14 april 2004 To After select 9 april 2004 E on to fr lg sp b 3 4 o B 7 8 8 UO fl d 411171 19 20 21 22 238 24 25 28 29 90 Snow 8m JI dag 22 02 2005 When opening a under menu bar on the left hand side on the chart display area press OK to end last used function command For instance if a route has been edited OK has to be pressed to end the edit function To close the under menu bar press OK or press the main function button on the top menu bar The route menu bar will automatically hide after one minute 1f not used 2 3 5 Drop down menus Drop down menus are opened by pressing the arrow on the right side of the window where values desired changed In drop down menus where a date is to be changed automatically a calendar appears as illustrated over Press year and adjust with appearing arrows TECDIS Manual Page 14 Change of month is done by pressing the two arrows in the blue top header or by pressing on the text A list will then appear and changes can be done directly By pressing the bottom line today s date is selected 2 3 6 Pop up windows All windows which is opened in the chart display area are moveable Place the marker in the header field keep the left mouse button dow
65. d back to the vessel by clicking the vessel with the left mouse button By pressing the right mouse button at a point in the chart the target of the EBL VRM can be locked in place The EBL VRM will no longer follow the cursor movements To return to normal EBL VRM operation turn the EBL VRM off by clicking the top menu bar button then turn it back on 5 1 2 Temporary route 2 Waypoints The EBL VRM function can also be used to quickly generate a temporary route First place the origin of the EBL VRM at a point in the chart This will become the first waypoint Now press the right mouse button in the desired second waypoint position If the operator confirms that the temporary route should be activated the temporary route will be generated This route now functions as a normal route but cannot be saved TECDIS Manual Page 54 5 1 3 Temporary bearing lines When the origin of the EBL VRM is anchored to the chart up to 3 additional temporary bearing lines can be placed in the chart display When the EBL VRM shows desired bearing line press the middle mouse button to place the temporary bearing line The EBL VRM can now be moved or even switched off and the temporary bearing line will remain This can be repeated as many times are required but only the last 3 temporary bearing lines entered will be displayed These bearing lines are not stored and are removed from the chart display the next time the chart origin is moved or the scal
66. d specifies the time zone used for the route NB When voyage planning is in edit waypoint mode the route monitoring function is OFF No track commands to auto pilot are sent TECDIS Manual Page 62 By clicking a waypoint in the list which is not displayed on the present chart display the chart will be centered at chosen waypoint Note This function is disabled if auto mode is activated the chart display is then following the vessel 5 2 12 Using the keyboard in the voyage planner In edit waypoint mode waypoint positions can be modified entered using the keyboard Click on a waypoint coordinate with the left mouse button two times and modify the coordinate value using the keyboard When done press enter or click another part of the waypoint list with the left mouse button Waypoints can be inserted before the currently selected waypoint using the keyboard by pressing the ns key The new waypoint is placed at the midpoint between the previous and the currently selected waypoint The selected waypoint can be deleted using the keyboard by pressing the Del key 5 2 13 Great circle routes Great circle or rhumb can be selected for each leg in the voyage plan A route leg can be toggled between great circle and rhumb line by clicking in GC field for the actual leg If great circle is selected the line displayed in this field will be curved The color of the line in the field will as well indicate safety status us
67. de Longitude Receive GNS GNSS Fix Data Receive HDT Heading True Receive MIW Water temperature Receive MWV Wind Speed and Angle Receive OSD Own Ship Data Receive RMB Recommended Minimum Navigation Information Send RMC Recommended Minimum Specific GNSS Data Send Receive ROT Rate of Turn Receive RSA Rudder Sensor Angle Receive RSD Radar System Data Receive RTE Routes Send Receive HS True Heading and Status Receive TTM Tracked Target Message Receive VDM AIS AIS VHF Data link Message Receive VDO AIS AIS VHF Data link Own vessel Report Receive VBW Dual Ground Water Speed Receive VHW Water Speed and Heading Receive VSD AIS AIS voyage static data Send VTG Course Over Ground and Ground Speed Receive VWR Relative Apparent Wind Speed and Angle Receive WPL Waypoint Location Send Receive ZDA Time and date Receive L NOTE TECDIS also supports a number of proprietary protocols for specific application areas Contact your TECDIS supplier for details TECDIS Manual Page 90 When a given sensor provides more than one of the supported NMEA sentences the highest ranking option from the following lists as applicable should be used Position 1 GNS GNSS fix data 2 GGA GPS fix data 3 GLL Geographic position lat long 4 RMC Recommended minimum specific GNSS data 5 IAIVDO AIS own ship position UAIS VHF Data link own vessel report Course amp Speed 1 VTG Course and speed over grou
68. dow title bar The left part of this window will provide a list of all chart objects that are present at or close to the clicked position The first entry in this list provides details about the chart cell containing the chart objects Each entry is marked with a symbol indicating if the chart object 1s of point line or area geometry The symbol for entries that have been added or modified through chart updates is marked with a yellow background Chart Object Inspector DataSet NOAGOB21 ENC Attributes Lights Navigational system of marks Underwater awash rock c Pile Ohject name Veslekaly Scale minimum 90000 Coastline 27 Nenth Clicking on the various entries in the list will bring up detailed information about the selected chart object in the right part of the window and the chart object is highlighted in red in the chart display 6 1 1 Inspecting tracks routes mariner objects etc The object inspector may also be used to inspect other data the system adds to the chart display such as tracks routes mariner objects et cetera When such objects are clicked a different window will be shown at the bottom of the screen Unlike the chart object information values in this window such as text displayed in the chart and additional text information may be modified if desired The text displayed in the chart may contain up to 30 characters The additional information text may contain up to 480
69. e 15 06 2008 The IHO presentation library version number is shown in the Update date 05 08 2007 title bar of the window Edition number 9 Update number 5 Safety depth 10 Safety contour 10 3 4 Ship Menu 3 4 1 Own ship offcenter Location of own ship on the screen High value Vessel is placed more offcenter Low value vessel is placed closer to screen centre This function is only active when auto function is enabled Log Safe Ais Own ship offcenter L E E E m 3 4 2 Auto sensitivity m How often chart to be centered shifted in Auto mode Auto sensitivity 3 4 3 Show double circle Show double dnde The boat symbol can be displayed with or without circles T Show ship outline 3 4 4 Show ship outline ourse vectors This option allows the true vessel outline to be displayed in the chart Length S min 3 4 5 Course vectors Sets vector length on own ship and targets One cross line on vector is one minute 3 4 6 Wheelover Wheelover 0 05 NM m Wheel over line forward distance from Waypoint Used for autopilot track control and route monitoring TECDIS Manual Page 32 3 5 AIS Menu Sat t Shi Dat 3 5 1 Display filter Range and Track and idi n ata AIS targets outside specified range are filtered from display Track Log Safe Als specifies length of AIS target tracks in minutes isplay filter 3 5 2 Display filter All targets acti
70. e arrow a list will appear Press a number or a letter on the keyboard to move to desired chart Show Centers selected chart Press Continue 3 Modify metrics enter lat lon for the object or highlight a row in the list and place it in the chart by pressing left button Point is entered by one position lines two and areas 3 or more inputs TECDIS Manual Page 25 w e Underwater awash rook e Buoy 5080131 purpose Caution ares amp Q Caution area Buoy speolal purpose Coastguard station Tab and shift tab Move marker between Lat and to insert pos Arrow up and down Move marker up or down to select positions Enter new pos after the marked pos Insert new pos before marked pos Delete delete marked pos Press Continue World rua A Ertrag a M barrier Underwater awesh rook H Buoy special purpose Caution area 4 Modify attribute enter add info regarding chosen object Select item in the list and enter settings in the value field Use period as decimal symbol for numeric inputs Scale maximum and minimum is used to select highest scale lowest number and the lowest scale highest number for the correction object to be displayed 9 9 For some objects the chosen attributes 1s selected from a drop down window For some objects the value can be one or more selected from a list Press Edit to select among these values
71. e 1s changed TECDIS Manual Page 55 5 2 Route Voyage Plannin The route voyage planning top menu button activates the route toolbar which is located on the left side of the screen While a route 1s displayed or activated this toolbar is automatically displayed by moving the cursor to the upper left edge of the screen The toolbar is hidden if it is not used for minute The following pages will detail how the various buttons on the toolbar and route planning in general function 5 2 1 Creating a new route The new route button starts the process of creating a new route The route waypoints can be entered graphically in the chart display Place the cursor in the first waypoint position and press the left mouse button to place the first waypoint marked W1 in the chart When the first waypoint is placed a window is displayed in the lower part of the screen In this window the route name and additional information if needed can be entered Press OK in this window when finished Now place the cursor in where the second waypoint is to be located and press the left mouse button again The first route leg is now displayed Continue placing waypoints using the left mouse button until the route is complete Note The default lane width specified in the voyage planner described in chapter 5 2 11 1s used for the displayed lane When finished press the right mouse button or on the route toolbar to exit the rou
72. e ALL routes on this TECDIS and activate replication r3 status this TECDIS woke Retain routes on this TECDIS and activate replication Execute Activating Replication Follow these steps to activate Replication l as d Verify that the requirements for this feature listed above are met If routes are present on the TECDIS units select one unit where all routes will be kept and one TECDIS unit where all routes will be removed On both TECDIS units insert the Service Key and exit to Windows On both TECDIS units run C Program FilesNI ECDISNReplication On the TECDIS unit where all routes should be kept select Retain routes on this TECDIS and activate replication and press Execute On the TECDIS unit where all routes should be removed select Delete ALL routes on this TECDIS and activate replication and press Execute On both TECDIS units remove the service dongle and reboot the system After both TECDIS units are again operational all routes from the unit where routes were kept will be automatically transmitted to the other TECDIS All further route changes are automatically reflected on the other TECDIS Deactivating Replication If the replication feature needs to be deactivated follow these steps l 2 On both TECDIS units insert the Service Key and exit to Windows On both TECDIS units delete the file C Program Files TECDIS SetRtReplicateActive txt On both TECDIS units
73. e ETA information can be calculated based on the current vessel speed or the planned speed To switch between these modes press the button shown in the illustration above with the text current spd The text on this button reflects the current ETA calculation mode TECDIS Manual Page 64 5 3 2 Primary and secondary alternative route The top three buttons in the route menu allows the operator to select and display two routes simultaneously The and 2 buttons indicates the currently selected route position and allows for switching between the positions All route menu operations affect the currently selected route position Note that only the route in the first position can be activated The 72 exchanges the routes in the two positions If route navigation is active the operator is asked to confirm termination of active route and 15 asked if the new primary route should be activated The primary route is displayed in red and the secondary in orange as shown in the illustration to the left Transfer of primary and secondary route to second TECDIS When two TECDIS units are present in the installation and an IP address for the second unit has been configured in the Setup program routes will automatically be transferred to the second TECDIS unit See chapter 3 6 for details 5 3 3 Critical point route warnings It is possible to enter custom warnings or alerts for any given point of the route
74. e No ENC available refer to paper chart e Not official presentation refer to paper charts or S52 presentation e Better ENC is available e Nochart available refer to paper charts 4 2 3 Zooming without changing chart Using these buttons zooming in and out in the same chart is possible 1800000 The left button decreases the scale more details the right button increases the scale The number in the middle displays present scale For keyboard operation use Page up to zoom out in the same chart and Page Down to zoom in the same chart When moving the marker over the middle field a yellow tool tip line where the charts original scale 1s shown By pressing the middle field the chart is automatically scaled to this NB This function can be overruled by charts from another database TECDIS uses several chart types but gives priority to official charts TECDIS Manual Page 43 4 2 4 NB Over scale KA 1100000 E When lowest scale available in the chart is reached it is still possible to z zoom in However be aware that this is only a graphic enlargement and no further details in chart will be available Possible errors in the charts will be enhanced along with the chart The middle field will turn orange when working on overscale 4 2 5 Extra marking of over scale Over scale warning can additionally be marked with vertical lines in the chart This is an automatic function When parts of the chart 1s over scaled t
75. e selection field will turn red to indicate the conflict situation This means that the port selection is invalid and that another COM port must be selected either for the sensor or the conflicting equipment Monitor Ctrl Select the COM port that the monitor is connected to in this field This connection will control the monitor background light and calibration settings as well as the alarm sounder in the screen unit 1f used 018 ctrl Select the COM port that the Furuno RCU 018 keyboard and trackball control unit 1s connected to 1f used Alarm ctrl Select the COM port that should be used for the alarm central interface if used Watchman Not yet in use This feature will be released in a future update TECDIS Manual Page 89 7 2 7 Supported NMEA Sentences TECDIS supports communication with external equipment using the following NMEA sentences as specified by the NMEA standard and IEC 61162 1 Ed 3 0 NMEA Description Send Receive sentence ABK AIS AIS addressed and binary broadcast acknowledgment Receive ABM AIS AIS Addressed Binary and Safety Related Message Send ACK AIS Acknowledge Alarm Send ALR AIS Set Alarm State Receive APB Heading Track Controller Autopilot Sentence B Send BBM AIS AIS Broadcast binary message Send DBT Depth Below Transducer Receive DPT Depth Receive DTM Datum reference Receive GGA Global Positioning System GPS Fix Data Receive GLL Geographic Position Latitu
76. elover line distance from Waypoint New command to track pilot and route monitoring Wheelover 005 4 6 Automatic chart centerin Press auto on the top menu bar to activate or home on the keyboard or by MTA pressing anywhere in the nav data field in the side menu The system will then automatically ensure that the charts are moved according to the vessel How often chart to be centered shifted in Auto mode can be selected in the ship menu folder Select chart scale on the menu bar this will not abort auto mode TECDIS Manual Page 46 4 7 Chart presentation By using STD and USER it 1s easy to select chart presentation or STO SER switch between ECDIS standard or user defined 4 7 1 STD mode STD is the official standard ECDIS presentation S52 This standard is set by IMO with certain colors symbols and content see illustration to the left The right hand picture shows user selected INT 1 chart presentation By pressing STD the auto mode is also activated 4 7 2 User mode Data Log Safety User mode displays a user defined chart presentation Settings Setup Chart are performed in the menu folder Chart Press the menu folder button the top menu bar and select Chart folder C Base 4 29 In this line second from the bottom 3 user defined information standards can be stored and selected Base uses minimum chart denth contours inform
77. elp hints Chart library Manual chart update Recalibrate screen Conning harbour mode Conning backward mode Export DB Status C Map chart update Chart lisences INT 1 dictionary TECDIS Manual Page 19 Ship draught minimum and maximum ship draught is defined in the setup program see chapter 7 When TECDIS starts the maximum draught is used as default but this can then be changed in the setup menu folder iNmea data inputs x 3 2 1 Nmea data inputs Displaying a list describing which sensor port id deswb on status status ports the various sensor information Position 1 IP GGA K is received from Also displaying Position Position2 1 Aiso o which Nmea sentences used and 006 506 1 1 VI amp Gps 1 OK the data communication status This 506 2 Ais data is only a information window P p HOT Gyro i Changes have to be made in the Ais OK separate setup program see NHW Log chapter 7 1 Radar modata RI Mam c Radar Apnd Position fixing Displays 2 sources Rd Rios 1 P1 RSD Radar 1 OK for positioning Primary and Rd curs 2 COM TI RSD Radar 2 Aro secondary can be selected Primary AS O P O Axx Ai OK and secondary can be displayed De
78. er and the Received data area will show any data that 1s received Example In order to receive position data from a GPS you need to 1 Select Position 1 or Position 2 from the Select sensor column 2 Select the COM port the GPS is connected to in the Port field 3 Select the NMEA sentence type to be used 4 Optionally but recommended enter a description identifying the sensor as a GPS in the Sensor Description field If the sensor signal is lost while the TECDIS 15 in operation an alarm will be sounded The alarm message will indicate the type of sensor lost as well as what port it is connected to and the sensor description you enter in this field This way you can quickly identify the failing instrument instead of having to refer to the configuration in the Setup program NMEA Sensor inputs and their status can also be displayed in TECDIS See chapter 3 2 1 7 2 2 Speed In this field you select the data speed to be used for the COM port of the currently selected sensor The NMEA standard is 4800 low speed Be aware though that some instruments require a different data speed selection There is also a NMEA high speed standard 38400 TECDIS Manual Page 88 AIS units typically use high speed in order to transmit as much data as possible Select AIS in the Selected sensor column and check that the Speed field indicates the high speed setting The speed is changed by selecting the speed from the d
79. es the signal from a ship that has an active CPA alarm a NEW alarm is given Lost CPA alarm a dangerous vessel has disappeared from the system If Allow Standby Mode is selected in TECDIS Setup See chapter 7 3 it is possible to disable CPA alarms by unselecting Raise CPA alarm A prominent warning 15 displayed when CPA alarms are disabled For further description of ARPA and AIS functionality see chapters 6 4 and 6 5 TECDIS Manual Page 33 3 6 Data Menu Log safe Ais Setup Chart Ship Data 3 6 1 Backup unction Settings for backup restore of additional data to from floppy hard C Copy OUT to file drive or CD DVD is done here Copy IN file To second TECDIS transfers selected objects to the second ji To second TECDIS TECDIS unit 1f connected and configured in Setup The objects Delete are automatically imported on the second TECDIS NB In order File Info to copy to second TECDIS IP address must be specified in the TECDIS Setup program see chapter 7 estrict selection u All Display selection l Limited area Eilnavn Mapper Ist d telehart v4 data FrimarvHiaute gt g HecereedPrimarngR aute wA Hecereedsecondar RHo B Dat pe SecandarRoute st zd L Lines Areas Execute Filtype Stasjoner Import data E d TELchart data The File Info button allows inspection of a backup file The
80. f Allow standby mode has been selected in TECDIS Setup See chapter 7 3 When this option is activated no alarms will be audible A strong warning to this effect is displayed in the chart area TECDIS Manual Page 39 New WP CTS When approaching a new waypoint WP in the present navigation route an alarm can be triggered on wheelover line Non ENC dangers The antigrounding system and route checking always checks ENC data where ENC charts are available Enabling this check box will activate checking of unofficial chart data where ENC charts are not available in an area that 1s checked Route checking will report alarms from both ENC and non official chart data when this option 15 activated Caution area Select whether approaching and entering caution areas e g Traffic Separation Systems should result in an audible alarm Possible danger Generates an alarm for other possible dangers such as Ferry routes 3 9 IHO Presentation library index IHO presentation library provides comprehensive information about vector chart symbols ECDIS test images Press Control alt shift T to open library By pressing numbers 0 9 on the keyboard the pages with symbols appears For info about the symbols use chart query info function on the menu bar Menu bar is hidden during library presentation but it will appear moving the marker to the top Press Esc on the keyboard to close the library The IHO Presentation library ver
81. fer to paper charts or The chart is not displayed in 552 presentation S52 presentation Ais range 15 limited Ais targets outside a specified range are not displayed See 3 5 Sleeping Ais class B Sleeping Ais class B targets are not displayed See 3 5 vessels are hidden No alarm raised for lost Alarm for lost Ais targets has been disabled See 3 5 close targets All time limited chart All time limited chart objects are displayed See 3 3 1 objects shown TECDIS Manual Page 74 5 6 Anti grounding Whenever the vessel speed over ground SOG 15 above 1 0 kn the system will constantly monitor a safety zone ahead of the vessel for dangerous chart objects The angle and extent of the safety zone is specified in the Safe menu folder See chapter 3 8 The vertical menu area includes an anti ground chart display that displays this safety zone at all times This chart display area is fixed to course up mode If any dangers are detected the following actions will occur An anti grounding alarm will be raised The anti grounding chart will highlight dangerous chart objects within the safety zone The safety zone will be displayed on the main chart display If the main chart display has been repositioned away from the vessel the chart display is moved back to the vessel If Auto Safe Hazards 1s set to Auto On or Auto On Off the Safe Hazards and Shallow Depths chart menu folder settings will be turned on
82. hese parts will be marked 4 2 6 Under scale When zooming the chart out the chart can be displayed in under 75000 E scale Details can merge not be visible The middle field is marked green when chart is under scaled TECDIS Manual Page 44 4 3 Lighting set palettes The colors on the chart can be adjusted to different light conditions The button controlling the palettes is on the left side of the top menu bar By pressing the text or the arrow a drop down menu will appear Select wanted palette Selected setting will be visible in the field and it is easy to recognize which mode is chosen NB To optimize light settings brightness and contrast adjustment must be done on the ECDIS monitor If the screen is too dark this can limit the visibility of important information particularly when using dusk and night palettes See chapter 3 9 1 Brightness control on the screen has a marking for calibrated value Day Dusk Night 4 4 Chart orientation Click on the chart orientation button on the top menu bar A drop down menu on the top menu bar appears where the desired orientation can be selected NORTH means north up and means north is always to the top of the screen independent of your own course COURSE means course up and means that your own course at the selection time will be towards the top of the screen It will not be changed even if the vessel later changes course HEAD means head up and mean
83. his area contains a large text notification DTC 19 0 NM area with counters for alarms warnings and caution messages In the ETA 28 18 99 lower right corner of the area the Show button provides access to the er B 0971 full list of active events DI 1858NM TTG 2 min 29 s The text notification area will display the next event if any that requires acknowledgement If no events require acknowledgement but 4p m an alarm 1s active the alarm will be displayed If multiple acknowledged alarms are active the text ALARMS 1s displayed When no alarms are active and no events require acknowledgment this area 1s blank Alerts Fils 1 sw When several unacknowledged events are present they are presented for acknowledgment in the following order 1 Alarms in chronological order 2 Warnings with audible alarm selected in chronological order 3 Warnings without audible alarm selected 1n chronological order Alarms warnings and caution messages are signaled as follows i i sl GN Alarm Text flashing yellow black Yellow text Acknowledged Red background Red text Warning Black text Black text See 3 8 4 Warning For unacknowledged alarms and optionally for selected unacknowledged warnings see chapter 3 8 4 an audible alarm is generated through the sound source specified in the Setup program see chapter 7 3 Note that it 1s possible to activate Standby mode if this has bee
84. hown in gray color in the background When active lead sectors is checked in the chart folder lead sectors will be shown by the cursor position NB when the last way point is within a distance of 0 1 Nm from the first way point the route will be sailed in a loop repeated Continue drawing a route Ifa route has only been partially finished previously the route can be extended by first selecting it then pressing this route toolbar button to continue drawing the route 5 2 2 Modifying an existing route To modify an existing route first select the route that is to be modified then press this button on the route toolbar While route edit mode is active the following actions are available Procedure Move waypoint Click on the waypoint with the left mouse button place the cursor in the new waypoint position and press the left mouse button again Delete waypoint Place cursor over the waypoint and press the right mouse button Insert waypoint Click on the leg between two waypoints with the left mouse button A new waypoint is inserted Move the waypoint to the desired position and press the left mouse button to place it Exit edit mode Press on the route toolbar Note An active route can also be edited while it is being used When an active route is edited it is not possible to edit the waypoints that are immediately before and after the ship TECDIS Manual Page 57 5 2 3 Selecting a route
85. immediately initiated using the calculated position as the origin point DR off After dead reckoning has been initiated in this window using either the Select EP for DR or Auto DR buttons this button may be used to deactivate dead reckoning mode and return to using the position sensor data to position the vessel Note that this button will be unavailable 1f both position sensors are lost Clear This button clears all observations from the LOP window removing any selected observations from the chart display Note that when dead reckoning has been initiated in the LOP window all input from the primary and secondary position sensors is ignored until dead reckoning is deactivated again in this window Use of the LOP window to generate estimated positions and position fixes is logged in detail To access these logs use the DR fix button in the Log menu folder See 3 7 TECDIS Manual Page 80 Chapter 6 Other features 6 1 Chart object inspector he Detailed information about object in the chart display may be accessed using the query chart data button on the top menu bar Pressing this button activates the object inspector cursor To deactivate this cursor press this button again or click the right mouse button While the object inspector cursor is active clicking a location in the chart display area will bring up a window at the bottom of the screen The position that was selected for inspection 1s shown in the win
86. ing Start will allow you to remove all chart licenses for the specified database Make sure you have new valid chart licenses available before starting this option eb Enter Registration Information Vessel Name and Installed By is mandatory Owner information is required for chart subscriptions Vessel Name Endeavor M S Installed By Furuno Norway IMO MMSI Callsign Vessel Type NN Address City Area Country Notes x Cancel Save 7 4 2 Enter vessel information In this area information about the vessel and owner should be entered This information is needed for chart licensing and warranty purposes TECDIS Manual Page 95 7 4 3 Send registration Send Registration When the vessel information has been entered Complete the registration by sending the registration and stored the option to send registration will file to Telko AS or Furuno be enabled on the main area of this part of the Setup program If Send on Diskette is selected the registration file will be saved to C Send on Diskette an inserted diskette If Send Manually is Save registration information on a selected the registration file will be saved on diskette the hard drive and a message informing you C Send manually about the file name and location of the file Save registration information to a file on Send this file to the specified email address the root
87. ing the same colors as lane corridors in the chart display see chapter 5 2 1 When great circle is selected extra waypoints are added in the list They are the intermediate waypoint on the great circle The great circle voyage consist of numerous rhumb line legs These intermediate waypoints cannot be modified and are automatically removed if the leg is switched back to rhumb line TECDIS Manual Page 63 5 3 Route navigation See chapter 5 2 3 and 5 2 7 for information on how to select and activate a route When you activate a selected route and the vessel is located more than twice the lane width away from the route a message will appear upon activation requesting that you choose which waypoint to use as the starting point for the route navigation After confirming this message select the desired waypoint by clicking on it When the last waypoint has been passed the route will automatically be deactivated The route navigation information area is displayed towards the SLO NEW YORK GITY bottom of the right side vertical menu This area contains all wend current 00 relevant information about the current route navigation state DTG 3 86 NM ETA 11 07 23 At the top of this area the name of the current route is shown if entered To WOP 33 018 198 2 228 7 Below this Distance to go DTG and estimated time of arrival DIG 0 33 NM is Shown See chapter 5 3 4 for more details regarding this area 1min 58
88. ion and Test Calibration Name JH28T12MMDA A14 A44 00016 P650 8oct chart colors and symbols Monitor Type JH28T12MMDAA1AAAA To calibrate the monitor first attempt Identify Monitor and Load Automatic Calibration automatic calibration by pressing the Manual Calibration Load Calibration File Calibration button If this is not successful calibrate manually by pressing the Manual EEE TE Calibration Load Calibration F ile button and selecting the correct calibration file matching the monitor If such a file cannot be located this can be obtained from your TECDIS support provider Monitor Calibration Status Indicates the current status of monitor calibration The possible values seen here and steps to rectify any problems are as follows Status Message No serial line to monitor Connect the monitor to a serial port in accordance with chapter 2 and 3 2 Calibration not performed Perform automatic or manual calibration as outlined below Wrong manual calibration file loaded The manual calibration file loaded does not match the connected monitor Obtain the correct calibration file from your TECDIS support provider and repeat manual calibration files Contact your TECDIS support provider Calibration has been successfully performed Verify correct calibration by comparing the monitor model specified in Calibration Name to the monitor model label Calibration Name Indicates the na
89. k E amp Hydrographic Office UK Le ia due mige CD RW stasjon F amp Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department Japan M amp Hydrographic Service Maritime Administration of La Uwe disk Veggpc2 E Hydrographic Service Royal Netherlands Navy portable pa pkstue Q Find Import 857 Remove Dataset 1 ER disk Rserver When drive is selected the start button is activated Press the button to commence import Data 1s automatically verified TECDIS Manual Page 22 boast Hydrographic Office Belgium Chart S kopi PL2 1 57 GO0DB1 ENC_ROOT GBSXOINW 000 Bundesamt f r Seeschiffahrt und Hydrographie Ger Non eritical errors Kort amp Matrikelstyrelsen Denmark Estonian Maritime Administration ue Instituto Hidrogn fico de la Marina Spain Error 1 60147 T1565 open border of Indare 32 23 08 27 8 60 54 43 48 E Hydrographic Office UK Error L60147 71565 open border of Indare 32729 02 73 54 45 29 E eret As hi ear aire N Error 160147 T1565 open border of Indare 32 29 85 24 5 60 57 48 18 yero age and anno Vegan viel 3077 1601471 11565 open border of Indare 82 29795 07 5 60 57 48 70 E Hydrographic Service Maritime Administration of La Hydrographic Service Royal Netherlands Navy Error L60147 ain border al indare ET 80 07 49 26 Error 160
90. le sensor inputs In the first column Select sensor you can select which sensor you want to configure The sensor name will turn green when valid NMEA sentences of the type specified is received on the specified port In the box next to Sentence you can select the type of NMEA sentence this input should be read from on a drop down menu For more information about the different NMEA sentences see the table below In the third box Port you can select the COM port the selected sensor data type should be read from by using the two arrow buttons at the bottom of the column to the right of the drop down menu for speed port The COM port field will turn red if the specified COM port is already in use by monitor alarm control or RCU 018 This means that the port selection is invalid and that another COM port must be selected either for the sensor or the conflicting equipment In the fourth column Sensor Description you can manually enter a text description that identifies the source instrument of the sensor data NB When there is a port collision when there is an attempt to use the same port for multiple conflicting functions the affected ports are marked with red color aj IP ports TECDIS has 12 COM ports and Ip 182 16 9118 Port IP port 2001 11 4 IP ports For each IP port the IP address and port number must be entered The Test button establishes a connection to the IP server with the selected address port numb
91. ly dangerous object within the safety zone Lost backup link Lost communication with other TECDIS Error when to other TECDIS transferring routes Change Course First warning of upcoming course change early warning Track Control only Change Course Last warning of upcoming course change LAST warning Track Control only Chart license expiring One or more chart licenses will expire in less than 14 days check license status Check license status See 3 2 and contact chart supplier Dynamic licensing Refer to TECDIS 4 7 1 New Features Guide update deadline Dynamic licensing only Dynamic licensing Refer to TECDIS 4 7 1 New Features Guide credits low Dynamic licensing only Missing netw connection The physical network connection to the other TECDIS unit TECDIS Setup Export IP is not operational Check the connection TECDIS Manual Page 73 Warning cont Description Target buffer use gt 95 TECDIS is receiving too many AIS targets reduce the AIS Reduce Ais range range in AIS menu folder See 3 5 Target buffer full TECDIS is receiving too many AIS targets reduce the AIS Reduce Ais range range in AIS menu folder See 3 5 Danger of collision see chapter 3 5 6 When CPA alarms are disabled warnings are provided instead WARNING Other warning check alarm list 5 5 5 Caution message texts Caution message Description Refer to paper charts Unofficial charts are present on the chart display Re
92. mariner object lines Line button or as routes that can be used for route navigation Route button Pressing the search and rescue button opens a new window Here search pattern type start position and further settings be done tart from wn position Sector Extended Square Parallell First select the search pattern The most common SAR patterns are available Sector Extended Square and Parallel Start course f E Next select the search pattern origin Own vessel position or chart center Leg distance 05 NM m C Chart centre i Now adjust the search pattern parameters to Iterations b E match the actual scenario Search direction length of lines number of lines and distance Field between lines are adjustable using the window settings The parameters that are not Route Line vancel applicable to the selected search pattern are disabled By pressing the Route button the specified SAR pattern is generated as a route and 1s automatically activated for route navigation By pressing the Line button the specified SAR pattern 1s generated as a red mariner objects line This line is displayed regardless of mariner object visibility settings To delete it use the mariner object lines areas delete function see chapter 4 8 3 The SAR pattern type QRS 15 different from the other selections This option displays a numbered grid in the chart To dis
93. me of the currently loaded manual or automatic calibration Monitor Type Indicates the monitor model name as reported by the monitor during the last automatic calibration process Identify Monitor and Load Automatic Calibration Initiates automatic identification of monitor type and attempts to load automatic calibration data from the monitor Manual Calibration Load Calibration File Allows the operator to manually load a monitor calibration file Monitor Connection Tests Provides access to tests to verify correct monitor serial connection buzzer test backlighting adjustment tests and monitor identification test TECDIS Manual Page 97 7 5 Licensing TECDIS TELohart ECS Setup local Ip 192 168 0 150 x Nmea Data Specification Chart Installation Misc Licensing Track Coontrol TELohart License show edit license License system ID Databases Telko eT 00006 ENC Add License manually Data Set or Area Name IN Hydrographic Office UK Get expired licenses Hydrographic Office South Africa Instituto Hidrografico de la Marina Spain a iydrographio Office UK License string Add License Licenses list Add Licenses from file License order 7 5 1 TECDIS license By clicking Show edit license information about the current system license is shown as illustrated below This information includes the license number and version informatio
94. me time The system is connected to the ships navigation sensors which provide information as Position course heading speed wind depth AIS radar ARPA EBL ROT Own ship and other ships position are shown in real time on the chart display which is officially approved ENC Danger query and Validation check provides that the displayed voyage plans are safe The voyage 15 monitored by controlling position according to plan antigrounding and anti collision 1 2 Charts TECDIS uses simultaneously seamless chart material from various vector chart databases C Map CM93 3 Professional World charts are usually used as base as it provides global coverage in all scales Officially approved charts ENC are compulsory for ECDIS when not using paper charts ENC charts are loaded into the system directly as decrypted C Map SENC or as S57 standard format and must be generated onboard Using ECDIS as a substitute for paper charts following conditions must be fulfilled 1 The system must display official ENC Electronic Nautical Chart published by an approved national hydrographic office Norway Primar 2 Charts must be updated according to SOLAS TECDIS displays automatically best available chart ENC SENC 15 priority and 1s displayed where available otherwise charts from C Map CM93 3 Professional World are used 1 2 1 Chart databases and Simplified ENC distribution It must be noted that when ENCs are distributed they are not
95. menu chart utilities updated illustration Chapter 3 2 8 New function Chart licenses Chapter 3 6 Updated text STD stops replay Chapter 3 7 New choice in safety menu No LostCPA alarm Chapter 4 6 Updated text When AUTO is pressed the scale 1s not changed Chapter 5 2 1 Updated text Improved route drawing when turn radius 1s invalid Chapter 5 2 2 Updated text Editing an active route Chapter 5 3 Updated text Choose with waypoint to aim for when ship position is more than 2x corridor width from the chosen route Chapter 5 5 Updated text Chart centers on specified antigrounding alerts Chapter 6 2 Updated text and illustration Conning display now with both true and relative wind and different types of wind speed Chapter 7 3 Updated text and illustration New choices backward gyro 180 and Raise alarm if HDT1 HDT2 gt 2 5 NB The previous chapters 3 2 8 3 2 11 has changed numbers to 3 2 9 3 2 12 Revision 1 6 04 08 2006 Chapter 2 3 2 New function cursor changes to an arrow in the edges case 67 19 94 06 TECDIS Manual Page 104 Chapter 3 2 New function time zone selection case 98 22 05 06 Chapter 3 7 Updated text and illustrations new function suppress CPA alarm case 53 30 03 06 Chapter 4 1 New function cursor changes to an arrow in the edges case 67 19 94 06 Chapter 5 2 1 Updated text Lead sectors are displayed by cursor position Chapter 5 2 8 Updated text and illustr
96. min Own ship AIS data Change ee ov kine Additionally information such as status and destination may be changed by pressing the Change button To modify information make the desired changes and press Set Values that will be modified from their current values are marked in red Type an Other type of ship Status Moored Destination ETA 02108 12 34 Hzd cargo Draught 00 Persons LN Cancel oet ej af 3 4 v o o Jaw eel vjv v Jas v r o w v t tna zpx e v of nu fe tone ne ue upon Note that previously entered Destination values are available for quick selection Draught values deeper than 25 5 meters will be reset to 25 5 meters The on screen keyboard provided may optionally be used to enter values To exit without making changes press Cancel 6 5 2 AIS broadcast messages To send an AIS broadcast message or to review received broadcast messages open the Own ship AIS data window see above and press the Message button This will display the broadcast message interface where received messages may be selected for display in the drop down list at the top of the interface To write a new message press the New button Once the message text has been entered press Send to transmit the message To acknowledge a received message press the Ack button 6 5 3 Write a message to a vessel T
97. n and a list of installed optional components in blue in the right part of the area In order to activate additional optional components a password for this should be entered in the Password field and the Program button should be clicked TEGDIS License 9 TELeodes v1 0 eT 6 TELKO A S Standard version Name seek Codeplug 5 5 4 6F hohel License Ver Subver Featurel Feature J Enter password for licensetype and click Program Radar overlay Weather display and routing TECDIS Manual Page 98 7 5 2 C MAP License Add licenses manually Select the zone or area you have received a license for in the window to the right under Data set or Area name The 16 character license code is entered in the License string field Finally click on Add License to activate the license Map License system ID Databases Telko eT 00005 World Add License manually Data Set or Area Name Get expired licenses Zone 0 Zone 1 Add Licenses from file Zone 2 si License order License string Add License Licenses list Add license from file Use this option if you want to use a supplied password usr file to activate chart licenses browse to the location of this file and select it and press OK The licenses contained in the file will be automatically activated Map License oyster ID Databases Telko eT 00005 ENG Local Disk 02 password usr BHO ATI E aD Documents and Settings
98. n dragging the window to desired location Windows with TECDIS icon ahead of header are also Chart Object Inspector resizable pulling the edges using marker placed on TECDIS Manual 2 4 Display Page 15 TECDIS display has three main areas 1 The Vertical Menu right side 2 The Horizontal Menu Bar top 3 The Chart display area covers most of the display Charts symbols routes past track etc is displayed here The Vessel Position is indicated graphically in the chart according to the settings made in the Ship menu See chapter 3 4 Beam Line Heading Line Course Vector COG SOG a The heading line indicates the current vessel heading The beam line is perpendicular to the heading line The course vector indicates the current vessel course over ground COG The endpoint is where the vessel would be 1f the present course was followed for a number of minutes as set in the Ship menu If Show double circle is selected in the Ship menu a double circle centered at the conning position will be shown If Show ship outline is selected in the Ship menu the vessel outline in true scale will be shown If both are selected the system will automatically switch between the two modes in accordance with chart scale TECDIS Manual 01 01 09 21 02 Hide Gs 02 27 95 4sats 006 10 948 E COG 23 0 HDG 297 9 SOG 8 0 kn STW 8 0 kn Cursor 62 275
99. n marked as allowed in the Setup program In this mode no audible alarms will be generated A prominent and flashing standby mode warning 15 shown in the chart display area whenever this mode 15 active See chapter 3 8 4 and 7 3 for details TECDIS Manual Page 70 5 5 1 Acknowledging alarms and warnings Alarms and warnings will remain unacknowledged until they are acknowledged by the operator and will remain visible as long as the alarm warning condition is present Caution messages require no acknowledgement Events can be individually acknowledged by clicking the text notification area by pressing spacebar on the keyboard or by pressing ALARM ACK on the Furuno RCU 018 control unit When more than one unacknowledged event is present all unacknowledged events can be acknowledged at once by clicking in the chart display area or by pressing ESC on the keyboard three times The first click will bring up the full alarm list the next click will acknowledge all events and the final event will hide the alarm list again Events can also be acknowledged from an external alarm central if connected 5 5 2 Alarm list plarmist The number of active alarms warnings and caution messages are indicated below the alarm field and by pressing the Show button a complete alarm list 1s displayed This list includes information about alarm type time triggered and status 13 22 02 Refer to paper charts Active When alarms and warnings h
100. n setup This option will display the F1 F2 button setup dialog If a Furuno 018 control unit is connected to the system this option allows the operator to specify the functions the and F2 keys on the control unit should activate The F1 and F2 buttons can be used for the following functions Configures the chart display to base mode See 3 3 Chart selection 1 Configures the chart display to mode 1 See 3 3 Chart selection 2 Configures the chart display to mode 2 See 3 3 Chart selection 3 Configures the chart display to mode 3 See 3 3 ESCAPE function Emulates the ESCAPE keyboard key Enter Manual Position Allows the operator to move the chart display to a specified position See 4 1 1 Next menu page Switches to the next menu or folder TECDIS Manual Page 30 3 3 Chart Menu Log Safe Ais Setup Chart ship Data This folder is described in detail in chapter 4 5 and 4 7 Settings for chart features is performed in this window xj Some chart databases contain additional i a selectable chart layers When such a a a alas database is present and selected for view SAR regions the Layers button appears in this Improved background and overview charts Terrain data gridded menu Pressing this button brings up a window where such chart layers can be displayed L All depth contours L Danger symbol L Cables and pipes L Bottom type
101. nd 2 RMC Recommended minimum specific GNSS data 3 0SD Own ship data 4 AIVDO AIS own ship position UAIS VHF Data link own vessel report Heading 1 THS True heading and status 2 HDT Heading true 3 0SD Own ship data 4 VHW Water Speed and Heading 5 AIVDO AIS own ship position UAIS VHF Data link own vessel report Radar ARPA TTM Tracked Target Message Radar Cursor RSD Radar System Data AIS AI AIS UAIS VHF Data Link Depth 1 DPT Depth 2 DBT Depth below transducer Position AIVDO may be used as a secondary position source whenever primary source 15 missing TECDIS Manual Page 91 7 3 Specification On this tab the dimensions of the vessel and the placement of sensors on the vessel are specified Specifying the position of the sensors is important in order to get the highest possible accuracy in position GPS antenna and other data as possible TEGDIS TELchart EGS Setup local ip 132 168 1 143 l x ver 1 7 0 Data export Ip 172 313 62 Position sensor 1 5 2 m from bow Ship size Iri ho 2 Length a address to second Ecdis unit o i Beam m center gt starird r Radar use true EBL reference 2 Draught min conning referenced b 4 Draught max 4 Height Monitor bo 2 inch diagonal backward gyro 180 Position sensor 2 ys 3 m from bow Hi m center gt starb
102. nge 4 Turn is performed At WOL Back up navigator alarm from If Change Course LAST indication 2a the separate alarm system or New WP alarm 3 was not acknowledged a back up navigator alarm WOL is activated on the separate alarm system As long as Track Control remains active the system will at all times continue to keep the ship following the pre planned track over ground regardless of which alarms and indications that are acknowledged TECDIS Manual Page 68 5 4 4 Activating Heading control mode The Heading button will set the autopilot to heading control mode 5 4 5 Activating Track Control mode AP mode Track control rath Headin The Track button will initiate Track Control mode In order for this mode to be available to the operator a number of preconditions must be satisfied e A route must be selected and activated for route monitoring The Track button is disabled if no route is selected and activated The distance from the vessel position to the activated route leg must be within the distance limit specified by the max lane deviation parameter in Setup See 7 6 1 If the distance from the vessel position to the route is larger than this limit when the route is activated the system will request the operator to specify the starting waypoint for route monitoring When a waypoint is selected the system will set up a temporary route leg from the vessel position to the starting point
103. nication with license dongle 200 Unknown error Important With errors relating to license dongle try removing then reinserting the license dongle or try moving it to another USB port Then try restarting the ECDIS 8 2 Revision history Revision 1 0 18 02 2005 e First edition Revision 1 1 23 02 2005 Most illustrations updated Chapter 3 5 New function Ship menu To Second TECDIS Chapter 3 7 4 Revised text for Include World check Chapter 4 0 Revised text Chapter 5 2 New function Extend route Chapter 5 3 1 New function Transfer of primary and secondary route to second TECDIS Chapter 7 3 Revised text new function Data export IP e Chapter 7 3 1 Revised text Chapter 7 5 2 Revised text Revision 1 2 24 02 2005 e Front and Back Cover Page added Revision 1 3 09 04 2005 e Updated illustrations Chapter 3 2 7 Text addition to C map chart updates manual rejection Chapter 3 3 2 Description of new setting safe hazards Chapter 3 4 New checkbox show the boat symbol with double circles Define AIS track settings Chapter 3 7 4 New alarm restricted area Chapter 4 5 Text and illustration of boat symbol with and without circles Chapter 4 7 3 New paragraph safe hazards illustrated Chapter 4 8 3 New function for areas filling is now optional TECDIS Manual Page 103 Chapter 5 2 1 Added text when the last wp 15 within a distance of 0 1 Nm from the first wp the route will be
104. ntended voyage Before planning a new route or prior to updating an existing voyage it 1s strongly recommended that TECDIS be automatically updated and subsequently that any required manual updates have been added There are a wide variety of navigational objects listed within the Add New Object function under the menu Features are sorted in an orderly manner and within each feature object properties may be chosen Once the desired object and type is selected press OK The object may now be placed onto the screen by clicking the left mouse button At this time it may be moved modified deleted cancelled or saved from the Manual Update menu Once the object has been saved a graphical presentation of the object will be visible on the screen Extrasal a Uil Underwater awash rock Added 16 12 2004 17 07 27 Updated by Pal Modified 16 12 2004 21 19 22 Updated by Pal K Hansen Highlight Reject Remove chart corrections If Reject is pressed the entire update history for a selected object or all objects on the dataset is deleted This function is only available in service mode Edit modify chart corrections marker the actual object in the left hand list and press Modify metrics change position or Modify attributes edit properties See under for detailed information on adding new corrections objects Own objects All manual corrections are displayed in the chart with orange marking see ill
105. o write a message to a specific vessel first select the target to bring up the target information window Press 09 01 2005 18 86 298535000 Bd Safe the Message button to display the message interface YOURE HEADINGCOURSE IS FIXED AT 211 Previous messages are available for review through the DEGREES AT THE AIS BON VOYAGE MV drop down list at the top of the interface To write a new MIDNATSOL message press the New button Enter the message text optionally using the on screen keyboard provided and press Send to transmit the message Channel i Type C ACRO Normal Safety Note that messages older than 3 months Ww s Aek automatically deleted TECDIS Manual Page 86 Chapter 7 The Setup Program NMEA selection When you exit TECDIS using the button at the upper left corner the chart plotter will automatically be turned off after you confirm that you want to exit In order to exit TECDIS without turning the chart plotter off you must insert the USB service key memory dongle before you exit TECDIS When this service key is connected to the chart plotter the chart plotter will not be turned off when you exit TECDIS and you will be able to work in Windows service mode and open the Setup program by double clicking on the Setup icon on the desktop When service mode is available a text indication 1s shown in the lower right corner of the chart 7 2 NMEA data setup
106. ode and the autopilot remote Control dialog is shown in TECDIS See below Override Refer to autopilot manual 5 4 2 Sensor monitoring and fall back arrangements The Track Control system must be connected to two independent position sensors two independent heading sensors and a speed sensor The data from these sensors is continually monitored by the system and alarms are raised if the data 1s lost or deemed invalid Positions and headings from the independent sensor are also compared raising alarms if the position heading difference exceeds the limits specified 1n TECDIS Setup See 7 6 and 5 5 When a sensor data or other failure is detected the system will if possible switch to Heading Control with parameters set for the best possible keeping with the pre planned track over ground Values for Set course and Rate of Turn for next waypoint is set to the values active when track control was terminated On failure of both heading sensors or on loss of power to the autopilot the rudder angle will not be changed by the system from the rudder angle at the time of failure TECDIS Manual Page 67 The following events and indications will take place when Track Control is stopped by the system Autopilot TECDIS e Track Control mode indication light e Alarm is raised indicating reason for goes dark termination of Track Control Mode e Heading control mode indication light e AP mode display changes to Heading is lit 1f possible
107. of the D drive whenever the Vessel information data is changed Back Alternatives 7 4 4 Start C Map Chart Manager The Start C Map Chart Manager button provides access to the C Map chart database licensing and diagnostics interface C MAP Chart Manager Databases Licenses Updates Dynamic Licensing Network Config System Info About Common actions Registered databases Search automatically Released 7 S63 PM 19 01 2004 CUDOCLIHME 1 VAL Register manually ChartletsBase C iDocuments an EMC 15 06 2007 C CERT TEST Update database Professional 11 11 2008 C Documents an TestBase 13 01 2005 C Documents an Selected database Unregister database heck signature Check integrity Set as Default This can be useful when Jeppesen Marine support needs to make adjustments to the system By selecting a chart database and clicking Check Signature it is possible to verify that the database has not been corrupted and is in the same state as when provided by C Map TECDIS Manual Page 96 7 4 5 Monitor Calibration and Test This area provides information on the current monitor calibration status means to update the Monitor Calibration Status monitor calibration and diagnostics for testing Automat catration loaded and verified the serial connection to the monitor Proper _ monitor calibration is needed to ensure correct onitor Calibrat
108. ol button appears pressed down The upper area of this dialog provides control of which mariner objects should be shown e Pressing All displays all objects Pressing Selection only displays objects o created after the From date but before the To date o created after the After date Note that both of the two first date conditions From or the third condition After must be satisfied for an object to be displayed For example if the operator wishes to only display symbols created in a previous time period and no recent symbols the period can be selected using From and To dates while After is set to a future date In addition the boat hook selection button can be used to select a single line or area object by name or by clicking on it in the chart The object 1s emphasized in the chart display and the printer button in this dialog can now be used to produce a position waypoint list for the selected object This report can be saved to external media or printed if a printer is connected TECDIS Manual Page 49 4 8 2 Adding new modifying or deleting objects By pressing Edit Symbol anew vertical menu bar will be displayed on the left edge of the chart display The 3 top buttons of this menu bar controls following from top to bottom Delete symbols Change Move symbols and Add new symbol The rest of the buttons in the menu bar allow the selection of symbol line area
109. ons will show the tracked targets from the specified radar on the chart display The radar tracked targets are shown as green rings with course vectors Deactivated sleeping targets are shown without track and course vectors The ID of the target or name if provided from the radar 1s shown in the chart display by placing the cursor on the target Shown ID numbers are ID numbers from the radar plus 1000 or 3000 for targets from radar 1 or plus 2000 or 4000 for targets from radar 2 By clicking a radar tracked target a detailed target information window 15 displayed This window includes all received information about the target as well as CPA information The target track may be saved Save BRG 087 0 Pos od 02 329 N DST 1 1Nm 010 30 070 E button or cleared Clear button The target may also COC 0000 CPA 120 Nm be individually activated deactivated Activate 500 210 J A min checkbox Finally CPA points for the target may be Activate Track Save Clear shown in the chart display CPA checkbox Press the M CPA tase Close button to close the window The behavior of radar tracked targets are influenced by the settings in the Ais menu folder see chapter 3 5 for details TECDIS Manual Page 84 6 5 Working with AIS 4 The A S button on the top menu bar displays AIS targets in the chart display RIS according to the settings 1n the Ais menu folder see 3 5
110. ows you to remove the past track line from the secondary position sensor NAME and MMSI The name of the vessel and the MMSI number should be specified in these fields 7 3 1 Save and restore setup default values By clicking the button Save setup default values all settings in the Nmea data and Size and sensors tabs are saved as default settings If temporary changes to the settings are made later the default values can be restored by clicking the button Restore saved default values For future use and to be certain that no misunderstandings may occur regarding the installation we recommend that the service engineer saves the default setup file to floppy disk or other media He can then keep this file in his personal register of TECDIS installations The following files should be copied C Program files TECDIS dtad setup e C Program files TECDIS Telchart ini NOTE When a Service Key is present when TECDIS Setup 1s closed a backup copy of the files specified above are automatically copied to the Service Key TECDIS Manual Page 93 7 4 Chart Installation Misc TEGDIS TELchart EGS Setup 101921600148 onitor Calibration and Test status Monitor Calibration Status TEGDIS is now ready for use Please enter registration information and send this to Telko AS or Furuno for warranty and licensing purposes Calibration Name JH23T12MMDA 1444 00016 50 80 Monitor Type JH2
111. p of the screen Individual tracks can also be deleted using the delete track button After pressing this button select one of the previously displayed tracks to delete by clicking it using the cross cursor Note that only tracks older than 3 months may be deleted TECDIS Manual Page 76 5 8 Maritime calculations and Lines of Position Pressing the maritime calculations button on the top menu bar displays a window in the lower left corner of the display This window provides two functions A maritime calculator and an interface for entering manual position fixes using bearing and or range observations Lines of Position or L O P These features are provided on separate folders in the window Calculations and Maritime Calculations X Calculations LOP Maritime Calculations rom 0 04 791 N 007 41 110 E Pan to pos Chart center Time 29 01 2009 Speed 210 kn 30 01 2009 210758 S hr 59 min 03 07 41 ist brg RL 125 90 NM 055 9 C 125 89 NM 054 5 meter ret 2853 Calculate To 03 05 229 N 010 59 888 E Calculate 5 8 1 Calculations The maritime calculations window allows for a number of position distance bearing time speed and datum operations The window includes a several value fields that may be specified manually The position areas in the top left and right corners may also be set to
112. pe of line is placed in the chart a small window will be displayed next to this point A specified IF heading can be entered here locking the heading of the line being entered to this heading A window will appear in the lower part of the display that allows the operator to enter additional information about the object Mariner object POSITION LINE Cid 10001 21 01 2009 22 49 x 4 2 3 4 5 6 7 a 9 o Bien e t vj uj t 1 look s d f o nm j k 1 2 x o t njm 7 shit Str bet rt uno Rot Bearing 128 4 808 4 Time Multi point lines Areas The next buttons below position line allows for adding multipoint lines and multipoint rectangular and circular areas Additional information can in the same manner as for position line In addition fill of areas can be toggled by the Fill checkbox in this window 6 color selection buttons The red color option allows the operator to add chart objects that will trigger alarms when the anti grounding check zone intersects the object see chapter 5 4 Red objects are also displayed regardless of symbol visibility status and filtering TECDIS Manual Page 51 4 8 4 M O B Event mark Man over board This top menu button keyboard shortcut F12 will add an orange event mark at the current vessel position including the time of the event 4 9 Radar Overla TECDIS can be
113. play this grid according to the specified parameters press Show To hide it again return to this window and press Hide or select another SAR type Sector Extended Square Parallel TECDIS Manual Page 61 5 2 11 Voyage plannin The voyage planning and calculation Column Explanation button provides access to detailed Wp Waypoint number information and control of the selected GC Great circle Lat Waypoint latitude When pressed a table with detailed a cp om eu l waypoint information is displayed in the b pies OMe AMA 5 om lower part of the screen Course Course to next waypoint Spd Planned speed Description of the different columns can Lane Lane corridor width be found in the table to the right Turn Turn radius ROT Rate Of Turn Default values for Speed Lane and Turn Time ETA waypoint are specified in the left part of this Delay Waypoint delay window These are used for the entire Text Waypoint name and additional route except for waypoints containing information override values Stavanger Oslo AA wr 19 4Nm Sh 56m M Edit wayD 66 Lon Dist pDefadt 58 27 612N 008 45788 E 15 o64 4 f20kt D 05NM _ 22 20 56 Spi 12 0 2 2 58 28 265 008 49 888 E 11 047 4 v0kt 005NM 020NM 57 m 22 208 Om Lane 005 2 8 58 29 007 N 008 50 982 E 03 05307 12001 O 05NM 0 20NM 57 22 2t09 Tum 020 58 29 170 N 008 51345 E O
114. play to own ship position and activate auto mode SHIFT HELP SHIFT Shifts between lower case and upper case alphabets HELP Displays information for object of interest at cursor position Displays the main menu MENU RANGE MOB Inscribes MOB mark on the screen at own ship position EVENT TARGET DATA GAIN A C RAIN A C SEA z A 2 e z c 5 Adjusts chart scale Records event mark at own ship position Shows target data for selected ARPA or AIS target Adjusts radar overlay transparency 2 3 3 Set chart center zoom in out Place the mouse marker at desired chart center and press middle mouse button New center will be the position where middle button was pressed Use left button to zoom in and right button to zoom out When the cursor is moved to the edges of the map it changes to arrow Every click will then move the charts TECDIS Manual 2 3 4 Menus and commands Page 13 TECDIS operation and menu presentation complies with standard windows applications Activate functions and commands use left mouse button or use keyboard This will activate the function directly change scale or zooming whilst other buttons on the menus will open a under menu or a pop up window Functions can be deactivated by pressing the same button as used for activation Grey colored function button Function not available or active Check boxes in some of the menus functions are activated dea
115. pth I P1 DPT Dybde UK simultaneously on the chart display Rel wind IP 1 MWY Vind OK If primary position fixing system Route COM 10 RTE DP no data falls out the system automatically Use Position 1 as primary position z uses secondary If both positioning systems drops out change over to Display both primary and secondary position dead reckoning is executed Log Gyro 3 2 2 Nav position offset This button opens a pop up window in the upper right corner on the chart display area Certain position sensor devices may have good F T e Pos 0 178 N repeatable accuracy but can have a fixed error for a given geographic offs 0 129 area It is possible to compensate for this type of error at the TECDIS system entering a position offset To turn this off press Nav position offset again 3 2 3 Dead reckoning mode If both the secondary and primary positioning systems drops out dead reckoning mode 15 activated automatically Dead reckoning can also be activated by manually entering Lines of Position LOP See Chapter 5 6 Input data from log and gyro are used when available if not data must be entered manually Use keyboard S to set position to chart center TECDIS Manual Page 20 3 2 4 Chart library Chart library provides an overview of all chart in a database Selecting a database from the drop down menu a list with all charts in the database appears sorted by
116. r with the warning text When an item in the list is clicked and auto Rute varsler Depth E mode is not enabled the chart will be repositioned to show the danger object which will be marked with red in the chart display 18 Depth contour 10 World TECDIS Manual Page 66 5 4 Track Control Refer to Raytheon Ansch tz AP2025 PLUS User Manual for operation of this autopilot The Track Control feature in conjunction with the sources of position heading and speed information is intended to keep a ship automatically on a pre planned track over ground under various conditions and within the limits related to the ship s maneuverability 5 4 1 Autopilot mode information AP mode offline rack Headin When the system is connected to a Raytheon Ansch tz AP 2025 Plus autopilot and configured for Track Control an additional field is displayed above the alarm display area in the lower right corner of the display In this field the current operation mode of the autopilot is displayed Alerts Show The possible values for AP mode are Offline No data is being received from the autopilot Manual The autopilot is currently 1n manual steering mode Heading ctrl The autopilot is currently 1n Heading control mode ROT control The autopilot is currently in Rate of Turn control mode Track Control The autopilot is currently in Track Control mode External The autopilot is in External Remote m
117. rd Conning position 7 0 m from bow m center gt starbrd m height Alarm PG speaker Monitor buzzer Keyboard alarm Radar antenna 1 60 z m from bow m center gt starbrd Allow Standby Mode Alarm if HDT1 HDT2 gt 2 5 Depth transducer 85 2 m from bow 4 4 m above keel Name OWN SHIP NAME Radar antenna 2 20 2 m from bow m center gt starbrd MMSI 1257000000 Erase Secondary past track Save setup default values Restore saved default values In the Ship Size area enter the length beam draught and height of the vessel in meters For length and beam the largest extent of vessel length and beam should be used For draught and height you enter the largest possible height and draught taking load conditions into consideration When a second TECDIS unit is present in the installation for example backup unit The IP address of the second TECDIS unit should be entered in the Data export IP field This will activate automatic transfer of active routes to the second TECDIS and it will be possible to transfer data objects tracks routes to the second unit See chapter 3 8 Route Synchronization for details NOTE If the TECDIS unit 1s not to be connected to a second TECDIS unit this value should be set to 0 0 0 0 For any other value in this field TECDIS will generate an alarm 1f unable to connect to the other TECD
118. rks as follows Mark EP Press this button to place an estimated position mark in the chart display manually After pressing the button place the cursor in the chart display where the operator estimates the vessel 1s located and click the left mouse button This will place an EP mark at the specified position labeled with the time of entry A window will appear at the bottom of the screen allowing the operator to enter both text visible in the chart display and supplementary information only shown on object inspection The EP mark is stored in the system as a symbol and may be deleted later using the symbol editing interface See 4 8 2 Select EP for DR After one or more EP marks have been placed press this button to use one of the estimated positions as the origin for dead reckoning After pressing the button place the cursor on one of the previously entered EP marks in the chart display and press the left mouse button Dead Reckoning will now be initiated and the vessel symbol will move to the selected position Auto DR This button is only available after two or more observations have been made and are selected for display When this button is pressed the system will use the first two from top to bottom of the selected observations to automatically calculate and place an estimated position mark As for the Mark EP button a window 15 displayed allowing the operator to enter supplementary information for this EP mark Dead reckoning is
119. rop down menu 7 2 3 Outputs In this area you can select which NMEA sentences you want TECDIS to output In order to send a NMEA sentence type on a COM port put a check mark in the box at the intersection of the desired sentence type row and COM port column You can find descriptions of the different NMEA sentence types in the table above Regarding the RTE route sentence note that TECDIS will send up to 10 of the next waypoints of the currently active route By selecting Activate conning IP server port 2001 you activate a TCP IP server in TECDIS for data transfer to the TECDIS Conning program This option should only be selected when a connected TECDIS Conning unit should use data from TECDIS 7 2 4 Port Activity In this area you can see which ports that are receiving data Whenever data is received on a COM port the corresponding indicator in this area will flash green The indicators are for COM ports 1 12 in increasing order from left to right 7 2 5 Received data In this area you can see the data that are being received from the COM port that 1s marked with green in the Input area By clicking on one of the other COM ports in the Input area the data shown in the Received Data area will change correspondingly 7 2 6 Other COM port connections The units available in this area all require dedicated COM ports if used If not used these settings should be set to 0 If the specified COM port is in use by a sensor th
120. ror detection in most functions If it is possible corrective measures will be taken without requiring operator intervention In case of critical errors the operator is notified In addition to the possible error situations listed here both the Windows operating system and support routines may in some instances display error messages not listed Common to these error messages is that corrective measures if possible are initiated by restarting the ECDIS In the case of a system failure any error messages should therefore be noted If the ECDIS is not responding or appear to be malfunctioning try restarting the ECDIS If this does not correct the error situation notify your support contact 10 Init required too much space Memory full or error Try restarting ECDIS 11 init parameters System error should not normally occur 12 Data files not found Old data file has been erased or destroyed New empty data file is automatically generated 14 Data files appear to be corrupted Try restarting ECDIS to generate new data file 0 82 TECDIS Manual Page 102 190 Read of file length failed Error in license dongle 191 File number out of bounds Error in license dongle 192 CMap init error License dongle not C Map approved 193 Init has not been called Error in communication with license dongle 195 CMap registry error Error in communication with license dongle 199 Init has not been called Error in commu
121. s that the vessels heading always will be towards the top of the screen The vessel will have a fixed position on the screen while the chart is changing relative motion RADAR means that orientation always will follow a connected radar If range or orientation on the radar 1s changed the orientation and scale will be changed on the TECDIS system TECDIS Manual Page 45 4 5 Own ship symbol The Vessel Position is indicated graphically in the chart according to the settings made in the Ship menu See chapter 3 4 See chapter 2 4 for illustrations In all chart orientations except head the chart is fixed to the screen while the vessel 1s moving true motion By head orientation the vessel will have a fixed position on the screen while the chart 1s changing relative motion Own ship offcenter Location of own ship on the screen High value Vessel is placed more offcenter Low value vessel is placed closer to screen centre This function is only active when auto function is Own ship offcenter enabled I L L l I Auto sensitivity Show double circle draws the boat symbol with two circles See illustrations to the right v Show double circle Show ship outline This option allows the true vessel outline to be Show ship outline displayed in the chart ourse vectors Course vectors Sets vector length on own ship and targets Length 9 min H cross line on vector is one minute Whe
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123. sion number 15 found under the menu folder chart see chapter 3 3 v 0 ea STO B A TECDIS Manual Page 40 3 9 1 Monitor Calibration All information in electronic chart displays must be highly visible To ensure this monitor must be calibrated to display correct colors This is very important specially for night palettes when monitor is dimmed NB Make sure to test the colors at evening and night colors as well as for day colors ECDIS color test for monitor calibration 15 also placed in IHO presentation library Open library by pressing Control alt shift T and select test diagram by pressing A B C D E or T on the keyboard Brightness check Open test diagram E and verify that the grey box is clearly visible Check colors Open test diagram T All diagonal lines to clearly separate from background 3 Yellow diagonal lines 4 orange diagonal lines 3 magenta diagonal lines 4 green diagonal lines 3 blue diagonal lines 3 grey diagonal lines Check visibility of each color in the diagrams A E If the monitor fails the test 1t no longer meets the minimum requirements for display performance It should be evaluated by a qualified engineer and be repaired or replaced it as necessary NB If monitor settings has been changed manually in the monitor menu or to make sure correct settings are used go to Setup menu folder press Auxiliary and select recalibrate screen TE
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125. splay This menu bar allows addition modification and deletion of lines and areas in the chart and 1s similar in functionality to the symbol menu bar described in the previous section Delete line area This button works in the same way as the corresponding function for symbols Note that the first point of the line area must be clicked to delete it where the text 1f any is displayed Change line area This button is only available for multi point lines and areas First select the multi point line or area that 1s to be modified In this mode the following operations can be performed e Click with left mouse button on a corner to start moving it Move the cursor to its new location and press again to fix it there e Click with left mouse button on a straight leg to add a corner Move the cursor to the location of the new corner and press again to fix it there e Click with right mouse button on a corner to delete it e Press OK to exit the mode Add new line area button allows the operator to add the currently selected line area type in the currently selected color to the chart by clicking the left mouse button in the chart display For simple lines circular areas and rectangular areas a second left mouse click in the chart display specifies the extent of the line area For multi point lines areas points will be added until the right mouse button is pressed and the mode is deactivated Position line When the first point of this ty
126. te drawing mode and complete the route The maximum number of waypoints in the route 1s 500 If a turn radius on the route is invalid for example too big the turn will not be drawn and a warning will be given every time the route 1s selected Waypoints coordinates can also be entered using the keyboard See chapter 5 2 11 Voyage planning for details To reposition the chart during route planning use middle mouse button to set chart centre or move the marker towards the limit edges of the chart display and press the left mouse button when an arrow cursor is shown Use the top menu bar to change scale Keyboard shortcuts can also be used to move centre change scale during voyage planning see chapter 2 3 1 The route is displayed as a dashed red line with direction arrows and the waypoints are displayed as circles labeled with the waypoint number The route leg 1s optionally marked with planned course and speed TECDIS Manual Page 56 When last waypoint is inserted a safety check is performed automatically The lane borders are colored according to safety status of the given leg turn Explanation No warnings or dangerous chart objects are present in the leg turn lane Yellow Chart objects with warnings are present in the leg turn lane Dangerous objects are present in the leg turn lane The safety check has failed for the leg turn Split the leg into two legs When a route is drawn or edited all other existing routes are s
127. the COM port that the Raytheon Ansch tz AP 2025 PLUS autopilot is connected to Min allowed turn radius x 0 01 NM This setting specifies the minimum turn radius allowed expressed as hundredths of a nautical mile This value should be determined during vessel sea trials Max allowed WOL distance x 0 01 NM This setting specifies the maximum value allowed for operator selected Wheelover Line WOL distance expressed as hundredths of a nautical mile Max Remote Control ROT This setting specifies the maximum rate of turn ROT value allowed in the autopilot remote control panel in TECDIS expressed as degrees per minute WP warning and alarm time This setting controls how long before a waypoint warnings and alarms are generated Alarm limit difference primary and secondary heading This setting controls the number of degrees the primary and secondary heading sensor values can differ before an alarm is generated If the two heading sensors differ by more than this value an alarm is generated in TECDIS Alarm limit difference primary and secondary position x 0 01 NM This setting controls the distance allowed between the two position sensors before an alarm 15 generated expressed in hundredths of a nautical mile If the distance between the positions reported by the two position sensors 15 larger than this value an alarm is generated in TECDIS TECDIS Manual Page 101 Chapter 8 Other 8 1 Error Messages TECDIS includes automatic er
128. the center position of the current chart display Chart Center and Center buttons The chart display may be repositioned to the positions and the position marked in the chart display by pressing either the Pan to pos or Pan buttons respectively The upper middle bearing range area allows for both rhumb line and great circle based calculations RL selections and the ranges may be specified in meters by selecting meter When calculated the return bearing is provided to the right of the meter selection The Calculate buttons in the distance bearing and To position areas may be used to calculate the respective values based on the other information specified For example if TECDIS Manual Page 77 From position and distance bearing is entered the resulting position is calculated by pressing the Calculate button in the To field The middle area focuses on time and speed The time and date values are initialized with the current time and date when the calculator 15 opened By entering a speed value the duration of moving between the positions in the upper area at the specified speed is provided below the speed field and the rightmost time and date reflects the arrival time given departure at the leftmost time and date These time date fields may be adjusted and the other will be adjusted correspondingly to correctly reflect the voyage duration The Datum area at the
129. thod Entering observations 1 Press the button on the desired observation line 2 Click the target of the observation the chart feature to which a bearing range has been measured in the chart display 3 A EBL VRM is now active anchored at the observation target position 4 The observed value may now optionally be entered in the small entry field near the anchor point ranges should be entered in nautical miles 5 If not adjust the EBL VRM so that the correct observation value is shown on the observation line For bearings the line should extend through the entire area where the vessel may be situated Press the left mouse button to finish placing the observation in the chart 7 If the observation was made more than minute ago enter the time of the observation on the observation line 8 Optionally enter a short description of the observation ON Once an observation has been entered it will be displayed in the chart display and marked with the name and time of the observation Two versions of the observation will be visible in the chart display The first version remains as the observation was entered The second emphasized version 1s shifted 1n real time according to the current dead reckoning parameters course speed This ensures that observations made at different points 1n time may be used together to provide a position fix TECDIS Manual Page 79 The buttons along the bottom of the LOP window wo
130. thod 15 in use and a route 15 activated on either of the TECDIS units a backup copy of the route is transferred to the other TECDIS This backup is not automatically included in the route list on the receiving TECDIS unit but it can be imported when needed The route 15 available for import from the following files in the Data subdirectory of the TECIDS directory C Program Files TECDIS Data Primary Route ReceivedPrimaryRoute st Secondary Route ReceivedSecondaryRoute st In order to import the route select Copy IN from file select import data in the file type menu and then select ReceivedPrimaryRoute or ReceivedSecondaryRoute from the list of files TECDIS Manual Page 35 Automatic Method Replication When Replication is activated all new routes entered changes to existing routes and removal of routes is automatically reflected at the other TECDIS unit In effect the two TECDIS units will contain identical route databases IMPORTANT ACTIVATION NOTE 1 Make backup copy of all important routes Two TECDIS computers in network 2 See to that the route library is updated on Both accessing the other by IP Setup ONE TECDIS Replication activated on both TECDIS 3 Delete all routes on the OTHER TECDIS using this application All new routes and changes made on existing 4 Then activate replication on TEGDIS with routes are automatically copied to the other ECDIS updated route library Delet
131. tion mark or an exclamation mark An exclamation mark indicates that the route safety check needs to be performed again Press the button to start this and the check will be performed in the background While the check is in progress a notification about this will be displayed at the top of the anti grounding chart display Means to access this list is provided through the list route dangers and cautions button When this button is shown with a question mark the route safety check has been completed and the dangers and cautions list can be displayed by clicking the button Rute varsler The route dangers and cautions list is composed Alert object type Depth Chart of several columns The first number indicates the waypoint number the warning danger relates to The next symbol can either be a mark which indicates that the warning danger relates to a leg between waypoints or a mark which indicates that the warning danger relates to the turn radius at a waypoint The next column provide a short description of the object followed by the depth of the object 1f available The final column names the chart database where the object is located Warnings are shown with yellow background and are listed first Immediately following the warnings are the dangers which are shown with red background and yellow text All warnings and dangers can be inspected by clicking them in the list For warnings an additional window will appea
132. tom of the window While this window 1s shown other tidal prediction points available are shown in the chart display with a yellow symbol By clicking these symbols the tide window will show prediction data for the selected point Additionally while the tide prediction window 15 displayed the chart display will include yellow tidal stream arrows that reflect the present tidal stream directions and speed Example These may also be clicked bringing up a tidal C Local Date gt Type Time Direction Speed stream prediction window that E Close Git 80 2009 Food 0057 20 405kn wor e tidal window Some tidal stream prediction points may be shown using an ebb flood type graph To switch to this graph type press the Flood button 1f available Note that display of tidal information requires the Professional chart database C Local H Date RI Type Time Direction Speed pM Close to be selected for display GM 30 2009 Flood 0058 201 105kn pray TECDIS Manual Page 83 6 4 Radar tracked targets The top menu bar may include up to two radar tracked target buttons one for each 19 of the radars connected These buttons shown if targets being received from the radar s The hint text for these buttons will show the name of the two radar sensors allowing them to be differentiated Pressing one of these butt
133. top menu bar activates an EBL VRM centered at the current vessel position As the vessel moves the origin of the EBL will follow the vessel movements it 1s locked to the vessel 5 1 1 General EBL VRM operation AA 85 Hej Bearing and range information is 7 09 8 08 displayed in the cursor information area m rs B in the right part of the screen The COG 0 current unit of the range value is indicated on a button immediately to the right of the range value This button can cursor 5901678 N be clicked to switch between meters 59094 E and nautical miles NM DPTH 8 Wind The bearing can be locked to a specific heading by entering the desired heading in the small box next to the EBL VRM origin The current bearing mode true relative 1s indicated by the text of the button preceding the bearing value EBL T indicates that the true bearing is displayed and EBL R indicates that the relative bearing is displayed The operator can switch between these modes by pressing the button By clicking on any text excluding the buttons in the cursor EBL VRM information area the size of the bearing and range values can be increased Note that in this mode switching between true and relative bearing 1s not available By pressing the left mouse button at a point in the chart the origin of the EBL VRM can be moved to a different location It can be move
134. ur right hand side on the display Press Setup Tick on or off Show Tooltip at the bottom 2 2 Language Language can be set in setup menu folder Available languages can be selected from the drop down folder 2 3 Operation All features functions expect text input can be done with a trackball mouse which controls a screen marker Functions features can be activated deactivated charts zoomed 1n out and off centered Various functions can be operated by mouse or keyboard as it suits user TECDIS Manual 2 3 1 Keyboard operation Page 10 Keyboard can be used for system operation For text input and own object info keyboard is needed F1 Info about keyboard functions F2 Chart query at cursor F3 Geographical name database Option F4 Chart Legend F5 Menu folders F6 Route planning F7 Symbol bar ready to insert new symbol F8 Symbol bar ready to insert new line area F9 Timestamp on track F10 Man over board MOB F11 Mark own ship position last color selected F12 Mark event last color selected Brightness settings Display orientation STD S52 AUTO presentation USER presentation Conning display Weather display option Radar overlay option Bearing Arpa AIS W A B C D E F G Chart levels S simulated position and dead reckoning when nav data is missing Arrow keys Set chart center move chart Page Up Zoom out in fixed chart level
135. used directly in the ECDIS system ENC files are compiled into a seamless database known as the SENC System Electronic Navigational Chart which incorporates all the required ENC s and is ready for use on board All charts used by TECDIS are saved in C Map SENC System Electronic Navigational Chart format Charts can either be received in this format from the chart supplier or it will be generated onboard TECDIS Manual Page 8 The SENC can be generated onshore in a controlled environment or offshore in the ECDIS It is preferable that this process takes place onshore as the S 57 data format specifications can be interpreted differently and therefore there is a risk of using non compliant data This data should not be accepted into the ECDIS as it could cause malfunctions incorrect information or in the extreme case cause the ECDIS to crash Therefore it is better 1f all ENCs are compiled into the SENC in a controlled office environment A further advantage of SENC distribution 1s that the navigator on board does not have to spend considerable time and patience required to convert the ENC s to the SENC a process that requires the ENC to be 100 compliant The distribution of ENC in SENC format has been approved during the Athens CHRIS meeting in April 2002 Many HO s admit that it simplifies access to official digital cartography and this does not have any effect on IMO performance C MAP deliver official ENC data in SENC format in a
136. ustration When using chart query info function manual updates are marked yellow TECDIS Manual Page 24 New correction new object 1 Press Add new Select type from the list or use search function in the right bottom corner If the search have multiple hits those can be scrolled trough by pressing find several times Manual Update Pont Une Area nian Extrasol amp e barrier E nderwater awash rook Added 15 122004 17 07 27 Updated by Pal Modified 18 12 2004 21 18 22 Undated by Pal Ki Hansen Highlight Hejent From Notice tn Mariners Select if the object is to be drawn as a point line or area From notice to mariners This means that this new object will only be displayed when this particular chart is on the screen All corrections are saved under extrascl if not the correction is locked to a specific chart selecting from notice to mariners All updates which is not locked to specific chart are displayed as long as the database is highlighted for viewing in setup menu folder This despite no charts from the actual database is on the present screen Press Continue 74174 Database ed Fy tras Notice Source identification code NOZBO412 000 peent Shw 2 New object from Notice to Mariners Select database producing agency and note the new update is to be linked to Source identification is also to be entered By pressing th
137. ve is 50 NM Allows all AIS targets to be shown with heading COG vectors Track 12 min and tracks In INT1 chart display mode target names are displayed l All targets active Hide class B e e Relative COG vectors 3 5 3 Display filter Hide class B Allows filtering display of class B AIS targets ost active targets Dist limit f off 3 5 4 Display filter Relative COG vectors Allows display of COG vectors relative to own ship movement Vectors are true if this option is not selected anger GPA all targets time distance 3 5 5 Lost active targets 2 min 50 m d AIS targets inside the specified range will be indicated with a Baise GHA alarm black X over the target when it 1s lost If Alarm when lost 1s v Show danger Cha activated an alarm will be raised 3 5 6 Danger CPA all targets Specify time and distance limits for CPA alarms from all targets Show danger CPA allows display of the CPA graphically in the chart When a CPA situation arises an alarm will be raised the target is colored in red and flashes until the alarm has been turned acknowledged Dangerous targets are displayed regardless of whether the AIS ARPA functions are enabled and they are shown in red until the danger situation is over By ticking the box Show danger Cpa the cpa is marked in the charts with a green circle on own course vector and a green square on the target s course vector If TECDIS los
138. vice and C MAP will answer within 5 minutes Answering files must be transferred to the chart system Select where the files are stored and press get updates from directory TECDIS Manual Page 27 C Map CM93 9 update ENC Auto Updates log Review Updating i iam A Clear Highlight Name Status Number Date SemiAuto Updating Updating log Review updates the list on the left side updates log displaying a complete list of updates which has been received Status number and date for update are displayed The Status column will either show Accepted or Rejected Rejected updates have been rejected or deleted If the Remark button is activated a note about the updates can be displayed by pressing this The right part of the windows displays a branch presentation of all the updates sorted by publisher of the update chart number and NTM number where the correction 15 issued Information about the modified objects can be found under each book number By double clicking an object in the list the chart will center on the object and object is marked with a red circle Point objects are marked with a red circle lines are displayed red and areas are filled in red When installing a new CD ROM DVD from C MAP all previous updates will be deleted Manual rejection of updates choose the update you want to reject by left clicking the update in the review section By right clicking the same update a small
139. y may be moved to other parts of the screen The wind direction may be toggled between true and relative mode by clicking the wind arrow When true wind direction is shown this is marked with T next to the wind speed display Relative wind direction display is marked with an R The wind speed may be toggled between meters per second m s knots kn and beaufort B by clicking the wind speed display TECDIS Manual Page 82 6 3 Tidal information cursor 6T 30 427 The Tide button next to the depth sensor display on the vertical side Pps 000 01596 menu displays a window showing tide predictions from the prediction BRG 1 295 5 346 NM point closest to the vessel or closest to the chart center if the vessel is positioned outside the currently displayed chart area This window provides a graph of the tide for the next 24 hours The name of the tide prediction point is indicated in the window title Time and tidal level for highest and lowest tide during the period as well as current tidal level 15 shown along the bottom of the window Local I Date Highest Lowest Time Tide C GMT 2008 0604028m t410 2m 0552 O18m Times may be shown either in GMT or in the local standard time for the prediction station Tide of other dates may also be selected for display By placing the cursor on the graph the corresponding time and tidal level 1s shown in green text on the bot

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