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1. cn FILR 3s9m 3M No6 75 11 Set Alarm Display linked document Properties Objects under the point gt 177 User defined alarm The object outline changes to red to underline that it has become an alarm object One pixel wide and no filling for area When the object triggers an alarm the display changes the lines are drawn in red 2 pixels wide MONITORING USER ALARM When the ship s guard zone intercepts an alarmed object an alarm is triggered The alarm is displayed as long as the alarmed object remains inside the ships guard zone REMARK 178 User defined anchor alarm The guard zone depends on time and speed For more details see Ship RELEASE ALARM To release the alarm on one object right click and activate the item Delete alarm or select all alarm object using the item menu Select all alarm object in the menu Edit in the editor panel and press the Delete selected objects button USER DEFINED ANCHOR ALARM An anchor alarm or several anchor alarms may be set in the ECDIS To define anchor alarms proceed as follow e Press F10 hot key and several circle anchor zones are created e Plotan area a circle or an arc with the ship inside the area Then right click on the object and select the item Set Anchorage alarm Coecdlrotaz Malara ierg CO der Get anchorage alarm Dizol pe ec deieren To define the anchor circles F10 creates around the ship press
2. DEPTH PANEL The depth panel displays either the depth below transducer below the keel or below the surface To switch between the values right click in the panel and activate the appropriate item menu See the Sensor Monitor manual to set the correct parameter for depth calculation WAYPOINT PANELS For a complete description of the different panel related to waypoint and route monitoring see Route monitoring TARGET PANEL The target panel displays information regarding the selected target To select a target ARPA or AIS click once on the target and a dotted line rectangle highlights the target LEGEND PANEL The Legend panel displays information about the loaded ENC cells or Raster chart under the ship s position and gives different warnings It also displays e The vector type True Relative e Warning Better chart exists e The last applied ENC update Edition number and cell name under ship position e Quality of the data e The depth and height units 41 Colour table and Backlight control e The safety contour information e The magnetic variation e The sounding datum e Warning if non ENC data is displayed QUALITY OF THE ENC DATA e A11 Chart of 5m accuracy with sea floor coverage e A21 Chart of 20m accuracy with sea floor coverage e B01 Chart of 50m accuracy from standard survey e C01 Low accuracy or incomplete chart e D01 Unreliable chart e U01 Chart with quality not asses
3. Modify turning radius for the leg O50 NM rc OPA When the Turning radius is changed the ROT is also changed according to the selected speed and vice versa JS elt To change the turning radius value for all legs click in the title Radius SET XTD Use the same procedure as for Set new turning radius By default the XTD value is entered in the Option dialogue panel Route Modify XTD limit for the leg 185 r Wee WAN EEC lick in the title XTD to modify XTD for all legs SET SOG Use the same procedure as for Set new turning radius By default the SOG value is entered in the Route Properties dialogue box Wel awe Click the title SOG to modify SOG for all legs 146 Set ETA SETETA Click on the ETA value of the leg and enter a new ETA Then the leg SOG will be re calculated OL awe Click on the title ETA to enter a new ETA for the last waypoint In this case the SOG will be recalculated and constant for all legs NEW WAYPOINT BY COORDINATES Press the New WP by coordinates button New WP by coordinates The dialogue box appears Net waypoint WP O08 Amend the latitude and longitude if necessary then click OK to enter the new waypoint Click OK and New to enter more than one new waypoint The waypoint s will be added after the previously selected one and the details for the route will be updated accordingly It is not possible to enter a new waypoint before the first waypoint with this meth
4. Deactivate For each target track can be display same menu option Show track display TENDER APPROACH ALARM FOR TENDERX Alarm if Range lt PRR Tenders Inactive Active She Tenders Inactive Active Deactivate Seege alarm d V d A ee Tender Activate Towing alarm a S RALER NE RARCARNE show track display TENDER OUT OF RANGE ALARM FOR TENDER3 AND D alarm if Range gt Distance oes Status n TenderD ane SE g a PS Tenders Inactive Acte lt RES Ee B Tender Inactive ol Active od ae Tenders ace mz Fi z Alarms T nderx Sr ae a E Tender approach alarm individual ae en SE e EE E Tender out of range call tenders NM TENDER TOWING ALARM FOR TENDER3 Alarm if Range gt Distance coe Display ter C TenderD Inactive Activ Tenders Inactiv ve 2 Tende Activate SEN alat Tende f 194 Radar Overview Radar RADAR OVERVIEW INTERFACE There are two ways for the ECDIS900 to interface with radar e Connection to the ARPA radar via serial line e Connection directly to the radar transceiver with the MARIS radar kit that delivers the radar target table and the radar video All acquired targets are displayed on the electronic chart and the ECDIS900 manages the CPA TCPA alarms TARGETS The targets are displayed on the chart with spedal symbols On request the name of the target and the past track can be displayed the t
5. H GE SES ss e S ch Se SS Co SE a ES she E dr p ES as E Bb GE as ES zs F E ES oa r dr as tat ist Si H es H es ER a 3 dr ES VK SS H Ca is a SH Di EE ch si m r as E i z SES gt dr d is fe FH gt Ge E p gt ear Sears ei Si E L SESE SESE E ENEE SUSERESE SCRE SESE SESERESES DEES EE Approaching turning point The tool is designed to help the user to decide when to start turning to be able to follow exactly the active route It takes into account the distance the ship makes from the time navigator activates a turn till time the ship actually starts to turn Those values can be adjusted in the dialog Distance to start turn To access the settings push the button Turning in ship properties page shape If ship is for some reason away from the active route the decision to start turn should be done using the criteria of crossing the line passing through WOP and parallel to next route leg E Distance to start turn x 250 SAR module Overview SAR module SAR MODULE OVERVIEW GENERAL The purpose of the module is to help navigator to create SAR routes using selected options meaning help to plan SAR operation Depending on the user needs it is possible to create three types of routes
6. In the picture the layer General is visible when the chart scale is comprised between 1 100 000 000 and 1 8 000 000 and the layer Harbour when the scale is bigger than 1 500 000 Minscale 2000000 zl Clear Max scale 100 000000 Clase REMARK When the chart scale is not within the scale limits of the active layer it is impossible to plot any object on the chart For instance if the current chart scale is 1 1 000 plotting a point in the layer Harbour is impossible Therefore to be able to plot a point change the chart scale or the active layer Copy PASTE To copy objects from one layer to other one make a selection of objects hide eventually other layers to make the selection easier as done in the picture below activate the item Copy from the menu Edit activate the destination layer and Paste item aja Gi Approaches GI stoe gl AS Layer 4 Minscale 8000000 sl Clear Max seale 100 000 000 sl Clase CLEAR Select a layer and push the button Clear all object of that layer will be deleted DISPLAY ATTRIBUTES Choose different default display settings by clicking on the appropriate button Line type or width for the lines or icon type for the isolated point 235 Display priority In the same way change the display characteristics of a selected object by choosing different display attributes after the object has been selected Control the display priority amidst the objects of a
7. Manual update for GBSXO1NW 000 32 29 3935 060 55 308E IMS Beacon cardinal South cardinal beacon with toprniark Ge INSERT LINE AREA OBJECTS Click right button on the chart at the appropriate position and activate the menu Manual update e Select the object type Line area objects e Select the type of line or area object you want to insert e Insert the list of coordinates of the line or area points or make the area by cursor 242 Insert object a ra o y J 1 3 g I d T Micklefith Sound i H clr 9 0 Se Ze i Zo Manual update for GESXOINW 000 32 29 3935 06055 ell Annotation Point objects Line and area objecte Delt Objects under the CELL Administration Area Named _ Delete LELLJHarbour area administrative T CELL Sea area named water area Pee Annotate Date History Done by a Select object Define object coordinates l A Traffic Separation Scheme Boundary By cursor Add point Restricted area Caution area y Offshore production area 39993515 OBO 55 04 Area to be avoided l E Military practise area Se GE SE 3 Seaplane landing area Get 4 Submarine transit area 24 3513 O60 54 93 ee area 32 29 3515 O60 55 04 F i e and press Insert H s 7349 E eg 7 35 3 a f d S Micklefirh Sound 2 H ei T clr 20 Do A e 5 er AEF Ze Manual update for GBSX01NW 00t 9 3515 Point objects Line and area objects E Objects under
8. Not valid for used HW ID AR202140 350000 amp d 1 Upd 1 d Not valid for used HW_ID AR 201140 350000 Ed 1 Upd 13 Not valid for used HW ID 5 GBSX01ISW 25000 Ed Upd 5 Chart is not protected a ARZ03100 350000 Ed 1 Upd 7 Not upto date Edt1 Upd8is available Not valid for used HW ID NL400116 45000 60 16 Upd 0 d Not valid for used HW_ID ZS Gp4xon00 52000 Ed3 Upd 0 Chart is not protected GBSX0iINW 25000 OH Ed Upd 0 Chat is not protected AR201130 350000 d Ed 2 Upd 8 d Not valid for used HW_ID BE3VLENK N A Not installed Not valid for used HW_ID BE4VLENK N A Not installed d Not valid for used HW_ID BESANTWN NVA Not installed Not valid for used HW_ID BESANTWZ NVA d Not installed d Not valid for used HW_ID BESKGETE N A Not installed Not valid for used HW_ID D E ee KI Ep Me siao om Me si rar aoe fw Charts have the following statuses e installed up to date displayed as e installed not protected ie ZB e installed out of date displayed as ij e not installed displayed as E Permits statuses are the following 70 AlO Layer e Valid displayed as green e Expired not more than 1 month displayed as yellow e Not valid or expired more than one month displayed as i The statuses correspond the current product txt that displayed as the title of window AOLayer is available in areas covered by ENC Cells issued by UKHO AIO LAYER A specific Information
9. e Ifthe Auto Loading mode is ON the chart scale will be changed if the system can load a chart with a scale more suitable for navigation USING RASTER CHARTS e Ifthe Auto Loading mode is OFF the system will load a chart with the same scale as the current one If no chart of the same scale is available the system will load a chart with a scale smaller than the current one Zoom out e Ifthe Auto Loading mode is ON the system will load a chart with a higher scale when available Zoom in If no such a chart is available the loading process will continue as described above Deactivating the Follow Ship mode automatically deactivates the Auto Loading mode The Follow the ship mode is deactivated if the chart is scrolled using any available function NOTES CHART SETTINGS SETTINGS To select different chart settings click right on the chart and select the item Chart settings 49 Chart settings Otter ferline Several display parameters can be adjusted depending on the type of charts o settings CO Pi eh ES gie t e E FU ett E e For more detailed information about the different chart settings refer to the next chapters PROPERTIES To view the cell s properties or to display information about an object on the chart right click on the chart or on that object and select Properties 50 Chart handling Otter Jeozelire HOT KEY Locate the mouse on the object of interest and press F4 Press a
10. Here 1 line and 1 arc are used lope 101 00 14 49 10004432 a n Care Seen ee Estimated meliar Fam LOP s OPTION SET DR Create the Fix point and select D R mode at the same time Selecting a bearing line 224 Arc e Either click left button on the line e Either select the tool Selection with the left button of the mouse click on the chart and drag the mouse all NE objects included inside the rectangle are selected Deleting a bearing line e Click right button on the line and activate the menu Delete All Selected e Select the line and press the key Del e Select the line and press the Delete button ARC PLOTTING AN ARC e Press the Arc button the cursor on the chart changes e Click to plot the centre of the arc drag the mouse and click one time the origin point of the arc is plotted Move the mouse in the appropriate direction and click a second time to define the arc extremity MODIFYING AN ARC e Select the arc click on the centre and drag the mouse the centre and the arc are translated e Select the arc click on one of the arc points and drag the mouse the arc is modified in range and angle e Click right button on the arc access the menu Properties and modify position radius start or end angle SB 01035190E 0 67 rm 223 4 e Click right button on the centre access the menu Absolute Coord and change the position of the point GE Point Coordinates Del
11. IMPORTANT The grounding alarm function is available only when S57 vector chart are used e The largest scale data available for the area given is always used by ECDIS900 to generate the grounding alarm e ECDIS is also capable of sensing indications and alarms related to manual update objects 175 Danger alarms in the safety zone DANGER ALARMS IN THE SAFETY ZONE GUARD ZONE The ECDIS900 checks the planned position prior to the start of the voyage as well as the ship s position during the voyage in relation to the planned route and the surrounding dangers The system checks the dangers in a guard zone defined in front of the ship SETTING THE GUARD ZONE To activate the guard zone alarm function toggle the Check safety zone function ON on the Alarm tab of the Ship Properties The safety zone is portion of circle centred on the ship s position and defined by an angle and a distance in front of the ship The distance is calculated according to the speed of the ship and a specified time set by the mariner DISPLAY When a danger alarm is triggered in the guard zone the danger is highlighted in the chart After the alarm has been acknowledged the alarm message will be displayed in yellow and remain displayed in the alarm area for as long as the danger exists However the danger is still highlighted on the chart If another danger is triggered in the guard zone a new red flashing message will be displayed in the alarm box
12. Save in the ship library STENA Display in a window EBL VRM tool Link with route Properties STENA SAGA Target is linked to the route The route plan can be displayed as it is for the own ship The same values are given Bearing Range TTG and ETA are indicated for planned speed The route is unlinked by Target menu Deactivate linked route or when target arrived to the last Way Point Nayar Route plan can not be used as activated route for Own ship 3 windows are dedicated to target route information 167 Target in console TARGET IN CONSOLE Target windows in console 3 windows are dedicated to selected target Target when target selected Target Waypoint Target Waypoint ETA when selected target linked to a route ne nw AI VTC STAR BA 060 4 34 29 nm CPA 34 26 TCPA 00 14 59 SC 12 8 kts 1070 Wer WP_002 VTC STAR Aff 0 01 Starboard D i 105 4 47 nm 7 7G 00 00 20 EE ETA 06 19 12 47 38 0 eee 104 7 31 nm Properties Objects under the poink ETA 06 19 13 31 27 0 p Dist 11 78 719 70 Target VTC STAR selected Target Waypoint Activated WP_002 Target Waypoint ETA Selected WP_003 ROUTE PLANNING AND TURNING RADIUS The turning radius of a ship depends upon design loading and environmental characteristics The user must carefully select the appropriate turning radius taking into account these parameters The ECDIS can be link
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14. 60 Switching to ARCS CHECKING THE UPDATED OBJECTS ON THE CHART e Select the option Display updated tiles borders in Chart settings dialogue to display the borders of updated tiles e Press and hold B to display the base chart before updating e Release the key to display the updated chart EXAMPLE OF PRINTING SWITCHING TO ARCS It is possible to switch between chart types available in ECDIS by using a menu and dialogue ora hot key BY MENU AND DIALOGUE Right click on the chart and select Other charts and then ARCS in the menu Other charts dire feelin ECDIS lists all available ARCS charts that contain the position on the chart where the cursor was located when starting to switch charts 61 Zooming The colour of the icon displayed in front of each chart indicates the chart permit status e the chart permit is valid e permit warning The chart permit must be updated Red the chart permit is not valid To select a chart to be loaded either e Click on the chart number and click Load Chart e Double click on the chart number To list all available ARCS charts Toggle off the check box Select chart including current point In order to facilitate the soeedy selection of charts the contents of the columns in the Chart Handling window may be sorted either in ascending or descending NOTE ee l i order by clicking on the column heading Alternate clicks will change the sort sequence
15. By HOT KEY Press F9 to select another type of chart If ARCS is selected the chart with the best scale and centred in the middle of the current screen will be loaded automatically REMARK To customize the way chart types are switched press the keys Ctrl F9 to access to the set up dialogue and select the chart to be used Settings for quick switch between chart types SWITCHING FROM CHART HANDLING DIALOGUE Double click on the chart number to load the ARCS chart directly from the Chart Handling dialogue ZOOMING ARCS charts are produced in their original scale such as 1 50 000 The ECDIS900 will always open a chart at its surveyed scale Original scale 62 Zooming Clean Chart Highest resolution High resolution w Original scale Medium scale Charts with higher scale Charts with smaller scale Plans Other charts WW Fr F F Low r solution e The user can zoom out to show half the chart area on the screen medium scale and out again to show the whole chart in overview low resolution e The user can also zoom in to display the chart at High resolution Original scale 2 Highest resolution Original scale 4 e A warning will appear on the screen when the chart is displayed at any scale other than the original scale Only the original scale should be used for navigation Q Q Zooming can be achieved by using the two buttons or hot key F1 to zoom in and F2 to zoom out
16. DANGERS ECDIS shall give an alarm or indication if the ship is going to cross the safety contour or cross the boundary of areas for which special conditions exist within the specified time 176 User defined alarm IMPORTANT The Safety zone function is available only when S57 vector chart or C MAP are used e The largest scale data available for the area given is always used by ECDIS900 to generate the danger alarm e ECDIS is also capable of sensing indications and alarms related to manual update objects USER DEFINED ALARM Each user defined object plotted using Object Editor may be defined as a danger and therefore may trigger an alarm e Anisolated object when the point is inside the ship s guard zone or inside the safety corridor of a route e Aline when the line intercepts the guard zone or the safety corridor of a route e An area when the area intercepts the guard zone or the safety corridor of a route cross the line e User defined alarmed areas will be considered as No go area in VDS module ASSIGN ALARM ALARM OBJECT The object editor OE is used to plot user data on the charts simple point lines or areas For more details see the chapter Editors An alarm object is a geographical area which triggers an alarm when the ship sails into it or when a planned route crosses it DEFINE ALARM OBJECT Right click on the object outline plotted on the chart and click Set alarm in the pop up menu
17. General Techrical North Mafia Chanrel to Kika Poit ne Original scale fr 1500000 North E 206525 weg UE ant S South oe 501445 EE oa o 00 0226 Genera 4035 00 Genera 4 37 00 ne The General page gives general information about the paper chart used to compile the loaded ARCS chart TEMPORARY AND PRELIMINARY NOTICES The Temporary and Preliminary Notices to Mariners still in force are issued every week by the British Admiralty and are copied from the ARCS update CD to the hard disk each time ARCS charts are updated in ECDIS900 There are two types of T amp P notices e General applying to an area e Specific linked to one specific ARCS chart To access after update the list of T amp P still in force right click on the ARCS chart and select Properties Select the T amp P in the pop up menu located at the bottom of the window Error Reference source not found and a text window displays the text of the NtM REMARK For each chart the list includes the specific notices that apply to the selected chart only plus all general T amp P Notices The Technical page displays additional information about the chart and provides direct access to the chart notes ARCS Chart properties 65 Chart collection status The notes belonging to the current charts are listed in the ARCS notes menu Selecting one of the notes opens a window and shows the notes AALS mre CHART COLLECTION STATU
18. HM Minimum radius MM F Distance Alarm settings Course difference limit for starting degr Low speed limit kr Heading montonna threshold deg Postion monitoring threshold i AT D calculation while turing M TD from ROT curve TD from straight line ee _ TCS OPTIONS STEERING PARAMETERS VELOCITY TO COME BACK TO THE TRACK The parameter controls how fast the ship comes back to the track The yellow point displayed on the route is the point the ship tries to reach Bigger is the value faster the ship will try to get back on the route but more intensive will be the rudder usage when the ship is sailing along the track CTS SPEED LIMIT It is the maximum of course change per second that the TCS can accept Is not used anymore for TCS but can be used as reference to control ROT limit and in simulation mode STEERING ACCURACY DEGR The parameter has influence on the rudder usage The meaning is the minimum deviation from the current leg course which is ignored Used only on straight part of the route MAXIMUM RADIUS NM It is the limit for maximum turning radius that used to check planned route against the ship dynamics 170 F Distance MINIMUM RADIUS NM It is the limit for maximum turning radius that used to check planned route against the ship dynamics F DISTANCE Press the F Distance button to set or adjust distances to start turn for the ship The Distance to start turn table of distances depen
19. Only Bearthing and Coastal cells are used in the example below S57 settings When Usage range is selected the scan of the cells is limited by the two usages selected by the user From coastal to berthing in the example below 82 Examples Aagi anal eera ONT a E EN EXAMPLES Two chart display with different values of depth settings CHART PROPERTIES To view the chart cell s properties or to display information about an object of the chart click right somewhere on the chart or on that particular object and select Properties Alternatively press F4 when the cursor is on the chart ECDIS scans ENC database to find all objects present under the clicked point highlights these objects on the chart and displays information concerning them and the cell the objects belong to The properties of other points on the chart can be viewed without closing the ICINE properties window by clicking on selected points 83 Chart properties CELL Pick report at 32 31 1425 and 060 54 523E The Cell tab displays information about the Cell and in particular the Compilation scale the edition number the version and Issue the Issue and last update dates etc AREAS Pick report at 32 29 2305 and 060 54 681E wl Navigation More Lights sectorlines History d updates DI Gel Seed al The Areas tab displays administrative information and area object data To copy entire list of area properties press th
20. SEATRAC TENDER ele 193 SEA TRAC CONFIGURATION eetecasete webinars tans teva orninan ENNE bres SENE ENEE ECEE VENETE EEEN EREE E NEETU E EREDETET NEE EENEN EEEE 193 ATRAG TAR GET OIO PLA ee 193 SEATRAC EXTERNAL Geet Ee 194 DEA FRAC INTERNAL EE 194 RADAR ee 195 RADAT TE 195 TARG T OKP A r E saaseeaorenstaaneuacaneceaerceenaes 195 AOD ANE E 196 SHOW FIDE EE 196 A TAERA elastase EE E E A A E AE O 196 DELETE TAN WE 197 TARCE PROP TIE a e AE E E OE AT AE E EEN E E A AEE 197 MANUAL TARGET EE 198 TARGET REEDICION earen EAN AEAEE E E E E AEA A AEA EAA EAA TAAA S E 198 TR ET EE 199 TARGET Eeer 199 MARGRADAR EE 200 DPA ER le 202 TARGET e EE 202 TARGETS AND RADAR VIDEO EEN 203 TOO KEE 205 Idee 206 BON GE 208 Beieiielei gei 208 Beieieiet ep Te 208 DISPLAYING THE LOGBOOK EE 209 DC E 210 Beieleit 210 DER dee 211 PPI EEN 212 PI CID PEAT eiei EA E OE A EAEE E AA AAEE 213 VOR REPEAT eoon eee E ATEAN EE IEEE EIEEE EEEE E AEO AEA AE EA EE 214 HAV TE N coirn Ee EEE E O E EE EE E 215 6 General VKUAIAN RE 215 GRAPHICAL OS PLA EE 215 ACCESS TO NAVTEX MESSAGE cists ca ratecrssteave tmzaaaelcanniaean a EEE SE EE AEAEE EAE EE NE R REER AEREE 216 EDITOR EE 217 EDITOR TE 217 ERR EE 217 Pe MIO EE 217 EDD MEN eege 219 NAVIGATON EDITOR EE 220 MUTI UES PING MODE E 221 Beitevhicle el 221 e 225 Ken 226 RESEARCH 227 RANGE AND BEARING CALCULATION ege eet ege EE EE 227 Sek TE 227 PPP IINE eege 228 CARE INIT ECH 229 BIS e RK ta 229 SI 231 e EEN 231
21. UTC LAT LON Eventtype Commet COG SOG HDG STW Range Bearn Each entry in the logbook is defined by the following attributes e Time e Position Latitude and Longitude e Event type e Comment e Other parameters depending on the event type e COG Course over ground e SOG Speed over ground e HDG Heading e STW Speed through water e Range e Bearing 209 Event The entries are not editable however the operator can sort the list by Time or Event type by clicking on the relative column headings Alternative clicks will sort ascending then descending The comment field contains information about the event Together with the position of the ship the chart in use and the position offset is available To aie display the full text move the cursor onto the comment field and a small window will display the information VOYAGE RECORD To display the voyage record press the button Load and select the file called MM_DD_YYYYV3 laf Log files IU Ui 20144 EVENT In case of a special event the operator can record the event in the logbook manually To enter a new record in the logbook press the New Logbook record button SS Enter details via the keyboard and click OK LOADING A LOGBOOK The current logbook is closed every day at 24 00 hours and stored in the logbook database A logbook is defined by a name which is by default the date and can be loaded from the database to be displayed and rep
22. When the D R mode is active the values Ship Position can be adjusted at any time on top of the page SIMULATION MODE Simulation must be toggled ON before Heading and Speed can be changed Adjust Headings STW Drift Speed and direction by entering new values using the keyboard or toggling the up and down arrows From these values the COG and SOG are calculated 114 Track In simulation mode the ship icon is displayed with a red cross on top of the icon to underline the simulated position and the ship position is no more displayed in the position panel EE ae TRACK Click on the Track tab to bring the Track page to the front Adjust Interval the time between recordings via the keyboard or pressing up and down arrows 115 alarms ps Ea eros ADDITIONAL CRITERIA Tick Add a point when the ship s course changes more than ON and enter a value in degree an angle in order to control more efficiently the track recording as and when the course changes In the example ECDIS records one point every 15 seconds plus a point each time the ship s course changes by more than 5 degrees Selecting a small time interval will generate a very big track file containing lots NOTE of points that are time consuming to display The above example avoids making such a big file without losing important ship track information ALARMS Click on the Alarms tab to bring the Alarms page to the fron
23. Wiel awe if the Shift key is pushed down when the route name is dragged to the destination the route is duplicated CHECK A ROUTE The Check route function checks the routes against dangers of the chart and against user defined objects when vector charts are in use but only against user defined objects when raster charts are used To activate the Check route function locate the cursor on a route leg right click and select Check route from the pop up menu 155 Check a route Higol limesema The function checks the route against all charted dangers that may be present along the route legs It scans the vector database including manually updated objects and user data objects loaded on the chart and calculates the dangers inside the safety passage defined by the XTD values and according to the settings Safety contour and height A list of dangers is then displayed in the window 156 Check a route Route is sate Special Area ar i FAT dangers Kleer sll ciieile The top right frame contains two lists of ENC alarm objects the Safety Contour Alarms are ticked on by default and can not be off by user The Special Area Alarms list is configured by the user The second frame on the right side of the window contains entire list of danger object types and the user can filter the object type to alarm Route can be checked leg by leg The user can select the leg to check in the Filter list by Route Leg drop down lis
24. scale of the cell is 1 50 000 the grey pattern will be used for the scale bigger than 1 25 000 75 Zooming ZOOM IN FROM CHART Locate the cursor anywhere on the chart Click and drag the cursor in any direction drawing a rectangle Release the button and the chart will be re drawn with the area inside the rectangle filling the screen CHANGE THE SCALE Click the right mouse button anywhere within the chart and a pop up menu will appear Select the item Scale and a list box will appear with a list of scales The current scale is indicated with a check mark Click on the desired scale The chart will now be re drawn to the chosen scale which will also be displayed in the static information console Aire leede ZOOM IN ZOOM OUT Use the tool Zoom In or Zoom out to change the scale of the chart Alternatively use the hot key F1 or F2 USAGE Each chart is allocated to a navigational purpose depending on its scale During production official ENCs are assigned a compilation scale based upon the nature of the source data they are based on and are allocated to a navigational purpose band related to this 76 Chart settings Table 1 lists the 6 navigational purpose bands scale ranges are indicative only Data are extracted from the Compendium Facts about charts and carriage requirements by Primar IC ENC November 2004 NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSE SCALE RANGE Table 1 S57 charts usage and scale 4
25. 168 3 200 Timestamp 23 10 2014 14 43 05 0 Resolution 11 30 PO 4 00kts 2 40 kts 14 43 oe E 11 30 P0 4 00 kts 2 40 kts 14 43 Audio channels 192 168 3 200 11 50 PO 4 00 kts 2 45 kts 11 50 PO 4 00 kts 2 45 kts 14 42 11 50 PO 4 00 kts 2 45 kts 14 42 11 30 P0 4 00 kts 2 42 kts 14 42 11 30 P0 4 00 kts 2 42 kts 14 42 11 30 PO 4 00 kts 2 34 kts 14 42 11 30 PO 4 00 kts 2 34 kts 14 42 11 30 PO 4 00 kts 2 27 kts 14 42 11 30 PO 4 00 kts 2 27 kts 14 42 11 30 PO 4 00 kts 2 25 kts 14 42 11 30 P0 4 00 kts 2 25 kts 14 42 11 30 P0 4 00 kts 2 33 kts 14 42 11 30 PO 4 00 kts 2 40 kts 14 42 11 30 PO 4 00 kts 2 40 kts 14 42 11 50 PO 4 00 kts 2 41 kts 14 42 11 50 PO 4 00 kts 2 41 kts 14 42 11 50 PO 4 00 kts 2 41 kts 14 42 11 50 PO 4 00 kts 2 41 kts 14 42 11 70 PO 4 00 kts 2 33 kts 14 42 Connected NUM VDR REPLAY First Run VDRCDDisplay application e either from VDR replay from Memory Stick e either from an external hard drive e either from an Network drive In ECDIS HERE EE ENER window apuia button VDR EE EE eel l ZPS GE T 067 3 0 000 oY 10 9 Kts el Ti COG 0750 Se GPs DR alam PA AM e aiea to SE A fb da Gre Di 000 0 ooo NAVTEX Overview NAVTEX NAVTEX OVERVIEW ECDIS900 can manage data received from different Navtex receivers On
26. 2 are active GPS1 is lost alarm Lost gps sensor Switch to GPS2 GPS2 is lost alarm GPS D R alarm Indicator GPS switched to D R POSITION MONITORING ALARM If Position values given by the 2 different active GPS source are different alarm is generated if difference is more than threshold 100m by default defined in TCS Options HEADING ALARMS If Gyro1 and Gyro2 are active Gyro is lost alarm master GYRO changed alarm is generated Gyro2 is lost alarm Heading Alarm is generated HEADING MONITORING ALARM If Heading values given by the 2 different active Gyro source are different alarm is generated if difference is more than threshold 20degres by default defined in TCS Options STW ALARM When STW data are lost STW alarm is generated ROUTE ALARMS XTD OUT OF LIMITS SETTINGS To get a warning when the XTD exceeds the limit toggle the XTD ON located in the Alarms tab from the Ship Properties or in the Route tab from the Option dialogue The XTD limit for each leg can be adjusted either in the Waypoint properties dialogue or in the Route plan window After acknowledgement the message XTD out limits will remain displayed for as long as the XTD exceeds the XTD limit value defined in the system or until the route is deactivated COURSE CHANGE ALARM The alarm message is generated when the ship is arriving to the active Waypoint of activated route 181 End of track alarm END OF
27. Add a point by clicking right button at the desired location on the line and activating the item Insert a point Other method select the line move the mouse at the desired location on the line and press the keyboard key I Delete a point by selecting the line clicking right button on the point of the line and activating the item Delete point Other method select the line move the cursor on the desired point of the line and press the keyboard key D Split the line in two lines by selecting the line clicking right button on the point of the line and activating the item Cut point Other method select the line move the cursor on the desired point of the line and press the keyboard key C DELETING A POLYLINE See paragraph Delete an ARC PARALLEL LINE Press the Parallel line button Select a bearing line the button Parallel line is then activated Select the tool click and drag the mouse to define the length of the parallel line control the distance from the selected line with the distance information drawn on the chart 228 Chart annotation 08 42 870N 094 54 910 Ww 08 42 303 N 094 55 411 O62nm 225 7 To modify or delete the line see paragraph Bearing line Press the Perpendicular line button Same procedure as for the parallel line CHART ANNOTATION Chart annotation Allow inserting text annotations on the chart Hi VHF Channel 15 REMARK to show the text on the chart toggle on the bu
28. CMAP ENC and either C MAP Professional or Professional ECDIS is delivered together with a dungle which is unique and defined by a public ID displayed on top of the dungle ATTENTION During installation of ECDIS be careful to enter the proper the public dungle ID The ID is essential when CMAP license is ordered CHART DATABASE INSTALLATION The C MAP database is delivered on a CD called CM93 Edition 3 To install the C MAP database proceed as follow e Insert the CD in the PC e Press the button ChartHandling and select the panel CMAP e Press the button Install new database e Select the file called CM93 3 located on the C MAP CD ROM e The version number of the database is displayed on the top of the window e Press Install e Then the charts are copied on the hard disk and the copy process takes 5 10 minutes CHART PERMITS C MAP permits are available for a limited period One year in general and give access to one or several areas and zones or to the complete database At any time it is possible to extend the permits by ordering permits for another zone A single C MAP CD contains all world charts and is defined by a version number of the database 103 Chart permits IMPORTANT The permits are valid for a dongle installed on the PC If several ECDIS use C MAP on board several permits are required One set per PC even the user has only to pay for one C MAP license IMPORTANT When the installed C MA
29. Definition Cylindrical Monitoring Battery 100 CHANGING THE WORKSTATION MODE PLANNING OR MONITORING Right double click in the title bar and activate the menu Set as Planning station or Set as Monitoring station To access to the module called System Protection that allows a password protection of ECDIS900 operating right double click in the window title SYSTEM PROTECTION Right double click in the title of the main window and activate the menu System Protection PRINCIPLES The user password is used to protect the most sensitive settings of ECDIS and Sensor Monitor against any changes When ECDIS900 is installed no password is predefined and the system is not protected To protect the system a user shall enter the appropriate password via the dialogue Change user password Security and system protection TYPE APPROVED MODE In Operational type approved mode the Windows file system is not accessible the system function keys are disabled When the administrator protection is activated via Application Manager the change of ECDIS mode requires entering the proper password 19 Chart Area After the mode is switched on and the password is confirmed it is required to restart the system ECDIS SETTINGS AND USER PASSWORD When the user password is not empty locked ECDIS settings and Sensor Monitor Settings can be changed only if the proper password is entered When ECDIS settings are locked it is impossible to
30. F5 to Show Hide the targets e Alternatively press the button Hide target in the target list REMARK The target on CPA TCPA alarm are always displayed on the chart SHOW HIDE NAME To display or hide a target s name click right on the target icon and select Show name or Hide name on the pop up menu Hide name 4105 SHOW HIDE PAST TRACK The target s track is continuously recorded in memory To display or hide a track click right on the target icon and select Show past track or Hide past track on the pop up menu Hide name 4105 SAVE THE TRACK To store a target s track in the route database on hard disk click right on the target icon and select Save track from the pop up menu 196 Delete Target Hide name 4105 To load unload a recorded target track see chapter Tracks DELETE TARGET To delete a target click right on the target icon and select Delete on the pop up menu Hide name 4105 NOTE Only manually created targets can be deleted TARGET PROPERTIES To view a target s properties click right on the targets and select Properties from the pop up menu Target properties e Target ID Unique identity of the target e Target name Target name e Latitude Latitudinal position e Longitude Longitudinal position e Bearing Bearing of the target from the ship e Range Range of the target from the ship e Vessel type Type of target 197 Manual target e CPA Closest point of
31. Ps Pre a i ae SRE sec ar E a nei Ne ema eee eesti POR ai a ge E Mec enn E meager a aR Oe A SEE Deeg E S d T VM i EE e DEE KEE Ge Centre the chart display on the waypoint location CENTRE THE CHART DISPLAY ON THE WAYPOINT LOCATION Double click on a waypoint s name to centre the chart on the waypoint location This function allows a graphical checking of the positions of the waypoints and legs 152 Load Unload Delete routes LOAD UNLOAD DELETE ROUTES To load unload routes or tracks click on the Load Unload objects button E in the toolbar Click on the Routes tab to display the list of routes Load Unload Sa eae oe ay eat ean on cea In The list of routes may be sorted either ascending or descending by name by clicking on the column headings Alternate clicks will sort ascending and then descending The routes can be arranged in different folders which can be created with the Create a New Folder button e To load a route tick on the box located in front of the route name and click OK or Apply e To unload a route highlight the name and click OK or Apply Press the Unload All button to unload all routes from the chart Another way to unload a route is right click on a route then click on the NOTE Unload item in the popup menu e To duplicate a route select it by clicking on the name and press Save As button e To Bportaroute highlight the name press the Export butt
32. Tracker to send the Radar video to a particular IP address The IP address of the Monitoring station Then the traffic on the LAN does not increase but the other PCs of the LAN cannot use anymore the Radar video 2 Use asub network as ECDIS sub network This requires the network administrator of the ship to set up the network with appropriate configuration and routers 3 Install a separate network for the PCs using ECDIS900 and ARPA2000 This requires to install Network cables and eventually additional Network cards to link of the Monitoring Station and the NetPC but also other PCs using ECDIS900 and ARPA2000 in the instrument room or elsewhere 259 Weather forecast Weather WEATHER FORECAST GENERAL The Weather module is for displaying weather forecasts overlaying navigation charts The data can be ordered with MBA see MBA User Manual chapter 18 Also you can find the Weather service management on the http Aww chartservice no The following file formats are supported e grib amp grib2 for waves current temperature wind force and direction pressure swell etc e additional data tyohoon amp ice proprietary formats of providers NOTE Local area forecasts are 5 7 days only The 9 days forecasts are for ocean areas MARIS disclaims responsibility for grib amp grib2 files supplied by the non recommended providers if these data is not displayed correctly A weather file includes several layers with data of defined period
33. When operating ARCS in seamless mode zooming is achieved by selecting a new chart from the catalogue CHOOSING A NEW ARCS CHART BY MENU To select another ARCS chart or a plan included on the current chart move the cursor to an appropriate point on the chart and right click to bring up the menu Locate the cursor on either Charts with higher scale or Charts with lower scale to display the list of available charts ECDIS scans the chart catalogue to find all available charts containing the point where the cursor was located and displays these charts Clean Chart Scale d Charts with higher scale F FO DUU Approaches to Haugesund 3019 Charts with smaller scale 201 200 Karmo to Berger 2304 Flans V 209 218 Lindesnes to Karmo 2281 Other charts V 50 000 North Sea Northen Sheet 2182C 2r 000 000 4 planning chart for the Atlantic and Indian Oceans 4007 45 000 000 The World West of 180 degrees 4000 Follow the ship Auto loading ec sesch zeck wesch wc sch To move to a plan click Plans and a menu of available plans relating to the current chart appears Select a plan and the system displays it 63 Chart settings BY DIALOGUE To load any other ARCS chart not containing the point clicked on locate the cursor anywhere on the chart click right locate the cursor on Other Charts select ARCS and toggle off the check box Select chart including current point as described in the previ
34. a datum selected by the user e When the GPS sends the NMEA message DTM including information about the datum used by the GPS ECDIS converts automatically the GPS positions to the datum used in the current chart e When the GPS does not send datum information ECDIS assumes that the GPS uses the WGS84 Datum and converts the ship s position to the datum used in the chart S 57 charts are displayed in a Datum Projection selected by the operator and ECDIS ensures the consistency between the datum used by the chart and the position system within the limits described above To modify the datum or the projection of the S 57 chart see chapter S57 ARCS charts are displayed in the Datum Projection of the paper source charts and ECDIS automatically converts the ship s position to the current Datum Projection POSITION OFFSETS The position of the ship is monitored in the ship s position panel To adjust the position manually click right button in the panel and activate the appropriate menu and enter the latitude and longitude shifting Negative values for South and West GPS GPS WW Ni 34 210 N 0 100 003 21 897 E 0 123 Clean position offset Enter GPS position offset When offsets are entered the ship s position panel is displayed in yellow and the latitude and longitude offsets are clearly indicated 110 Dead reconing To cancel the position offset activate the menu Clean position offset Mur GPS ECDIS ma
35. a precise scale and the ship at her correct scale IMPORTANT 121 Shape In case of two GPS connected to ECDIS the selected GPS offset applies only to the master GPS To enter an offset for the second GPS first select the second GPS as a master and then enter the offset ECDIS will automatically use the appropriate offset when the master GPS is selected NOTE This operation is available in the Monitoring station mode only RADAR ANTENNA The Radar antenna is displayed as a white square Its position changes the same way as the GPS antenna s one CONNING POSITION The conning position is used as origin for VRM EBL tool origin of ship vectors The conning antenna s symbol is triangle Its position changes the same way as the GPS antenna s one AIS TRANSPONDER The AIS transponder symbol is cross TURNING Click on the F Distance button to enter the value of the distances the ship makes before turning Dittance to start turn This table is used in the Predictor module to calculate the future position of the ship when it turns For more details see the chapter Predictor 122 AlS AIS If AIS is connected to the ECDIS workstation ECDIS900 receives from the transponder the own ship s parameters set up in the AIS transponder The information is displayed in the AIS panel and the green icon displayed in front of the parameter means that ECDIS900 setting is the same than AIS setting for the selected parameter If t
36. angle in order to control more efficiently the track recording as and when the course changes A track is a set of points recorded from the ship s positions at regular interval The tracks canbe saved on the hard disk and historical tracks can be loaded and displayed on the chart on request Recording additional information with the track is possible with Track Properties facilities and a route canbe ceated from an historical track SAVING TRACKS To save the selected track right click on the track and select the Properties item from the menu Then select the Save tab 126 Load Unload Delete tracks By default the saved track has the name of the route last used by the ship Change the name and correct the dates if needed Then press Save The track is saved and available to download from the Loaddialogue LOAD UNLOAD DELETE TRACKS Zen Ki Wir To load unload routes or tracks click on the Load Unload objects icon The list of tracks may be sorted either ascending or descending by name or date by clicking on the column headings Alternate clicks will sort ascending and then descending Load Unload The tracks can be arranged in different folders which can be created with the button Create Folders A track can be copied from one folder to another one See Route Folder paragraph LOAD A TRACK To load a track s select one or more tracks from the list displayed by either clicking on the name or in the chec
37. been done in accordance with IHO regulations colours and symbols used are compliant with IHO Special Publication 52 Appendix 2 V3 4 and IEC publication 61174 Annex E COURSE UP DISPLAY MODE ENC may be displayed in two different modes Course up or North up To select the display mode right click on the chart and check on or off the item menu Course up North up symbol is shown in the top left corner of the chart area CELLS BORDERS The cell boundaries are displayed on request using the dialogue Chart Properties A plain grey line or a dashed line is displayed inside the chart boundary it is the border of the Administration Area When the display is set to Display Base or Standard the area border is plain ECDIS draws the boundary between navigational purposes also called Usages For example a boundary is shown around the total outline of all cells that belong to usage Approach CHART BORDERS Chart borders display the chart status and permit status for the particular chart MPORTANT In case the chart is out of date or not installed its border is displayed as dashed line The colour of line corresponds to the permit status The chart borders have colour that corresponds to their status as follows solid red line permit is expired or invalid for current HWID solid yellow line permit will be expired in less than one month nine solid green line permitis valid Zooming solid black line chart
38. button Acquisition and click on a radar echo If a target is tracked the system will immediately display the target icon and the speed and heading vector e Automatically when an automatic acquisition zone in front of the ship is defined Press the button Zone and enter the different parameters defining the zone Apply the Guard Aone Start and end ranges of the to the Extractor Tracker Guard Zone in NM CCC PO WITT E Ee Ars and bearings from aooo S ze Start and end bearings of the Guard one in degre es The targets automatically detected by the system inside the zone will be displayed as long as they are inside the acquisition area REMARK When an automatic acquisition zone is defined it s also possible to track at the same time target outside of the zone To delete a target click right button of the mouse on the target and activate the item Delete TARGETS AND RADAR VIDEO ECDIS900 acquires targets from one or two radars connected by serial line to ECDIS900 It triggers alarm when a target enters the safety zone MARIS Radar kits have been installed on board The Radar kit connected to the transceiver allows displaying the Radar video on top of the chart 203 Targets and Radar video oe 2 RB 1 03 nm 34 4 CPA 0 37 TCPA 00 03 29 i 15 4 kts 267 37 F g H E tse i Overlaying the radar video on the chart gives the operator the possibility to
39. case of a network connection problem please see the RadarKit Manual THE COLOURS OF VIDEO OVERLAY ARE NOT SATISFACTORY Use the ARPASettings dialogue to modify the colours In case if the video overlay is too dark in the raster charts try to increase the Low color value This will decrease the transparency of the radar overlay but the brilliance of radar video layer over the dark parts of the chart will be increased THE RADAR OVERLAY DOESN T CORRESPOND TO THE CHART It s necessary to check if the system gets proper information from all necessary sensors The Gyro is most important Compare the information displayed on the ECDIS with information available on the sensor displays e If ECDIS doesn t have this information check the data in Sensor Monitor e If ECDIS gets proper navigational information but the radar overlay is not properly arranged proceed as follow Run the ARPA 2000 application usually it s available in Start gt Programs gt Maris gt ARPA 2000 Check if Own Ship parameters is displayed correctly mainly heading and speed o If there are zero values for all navigational parameters and referenced alarms are displayed in ARPA 2000 Alarm Box it means that the Extractor Tracker doesn t receive the navigational information Check that at least one of Sensor Monitors in the system is in MASTER mode If not set one Sensor Monitor as master Check that the proper IP port is specified
40. click left to fix the point 28 Ship to Anchoring point range and bearing REMARK Use the object menu for removing a single VRM EBL To remove all VRM EBL use the Del key or the Clean chat function from the chart menu SHIP TO ANCHORING POINT RANGE AND BEARING Right click on the Ship to point range and bearing icon Ki and plot an anchoring point on the chart The information window displays the Range and Bearing from the bow of the ship to the Anchoring point and the ETA The position of the pop window of the VRM EBL is user adjustable Left click and drag to reposition the prompt window 29 Point to point range and bearing POINT TO POINT RANGE AND BEARING To set two points at a fixed range and bearing from each other click on the Point to point range and bearingicon The cursor appears as a cross Move it to the first desired position and click left to fix the point When the cursor is in motion it has a circle attached to it plus the actual range and bearing data measured from the first point Move the cursor to the desired second position range and bearing and click left to fix the second point REMARK Use the Object menu for removing a single VRM EBL To remove all VRM EBL press the Del key or select the Clean chart function from the chart menu TARGET TO POINT RANGE AND BEARING To set a point at a fixed range and bearing from the target e Select the target with Right Click e Se
41. doesn t need a permit In the picture below the following charts are represented o solid border up to date chart with the valid permit dashed border out of date chart with the valid permit or chart is not installed but the permit is valid e solid yellow border up to date chart with the permit that will be expired in less than a month e dashed yellow border out of date chart with the almost expired permit the permit will be expired in less than a month or chart is not installed at all and the permit is almost expired ZA t bd LU dEr 7034 Pope s bom Ka H 635560 S SI sa mee 166 28h PEN E EET i e KUER ER Neat gvi z KEN E sel ges as re Shite i g lt ZOOMING ENC cell contains geographical data to be used between a minimal scale and a maximum scale Vector data in an ENC is sorted both by data types chart layers and by scale thus the more precise the selected chart scale the more details are displayed ECDIS includes a very important safety feature called Over zoom Notification If at any time a chart or portion of a chart is displayed on the screen at a resolution greater than its maximum scale Over zoom the user will be visually notified by the chart scale indicator being displayed with a yellow background In addition a grey pattern will overlap the cell when the scale of the display is two times the compilation scale of the cell Example if the compilation
42. e Expanding square e Secor e Parallel line ACCESS TO THE SAR MODULE Right click in the button Create Route activate the following dialogue SAR route Iw Bn WW Peete trayey D ara pel as salante SFI SC r E SC EXPANDING SQUARE OPTION e The start point of the route is either the position of the ship or selected manually by pressing the button By Cursor and plotting the starting point directly on the chart e Select the direction of search with the parameter Direction in the Drift panel e Select the speed to proceed the route in the Drift panel e Select the search area with the parameter Radius of search e Select the space between leg with the parameter Route spacing 251 Sector option SECTOR OPTION e The start point of the route is either the position of the ship or selected manually by pressing the button By Cursor and plotting the starting point directly on the chart e Select the direction of search with the parameter Direction in the Drift panel e Select the speed to proceed the route in the Drift panel e Select the search area with the parameter Radius of search PARALLEL LINE OPTION e Plot an area with Object Editor tools e Select the area e Right click on the button Create Route e The start point of the route is either the closest point located on the edge of the area from the ship either selected manually by pressing the button By Cursor and plotting the Starting point direct
43. fanew rectangle meets the rectangle that defines the limits of dynamic zones a dynamic centring zone is defined After the new rectangle is defined the Auto centring function is off So press the Auto centring button again NOTE CENTRE ON SHIP To centre the chart on the ship click on the Centre on ship icon I The chart will automatically be centred on the ship NOTE Centre on ship is a one time action For scrolling the chart automatically according to the ship s movements e Right click anywhere on the chart to display the pop up menu 27 Ship properties e Tick on Follow the ship HOTKEY Press the F3 hot key to centre the chart on the ship s position and activate the Follow the ship function SHIP PROPERTIES To view or change ship s properties click on the Ship properties icon Alternatively click right on the ship s icon and select Properties from the pop up menu The Ship parameter window appears For detailed overview of the ship s parameters see Ship Ships Properties SHIP TO POINT RANGE AND BEARING To set a point at a fixed range and bearing from the ship click on the Ship to point range and bearing icon e The cursor will appear as a cross with a circle attached to it plus the actual range and bearing data measured from the Conning Position defined in ship parameter Shape GPS and radar Conning position Move the cursor to the desired position range and bearing then
44. for sending the data to Extractor Tracker Menu Options gt Settings then Send Data To IP Port parameter on the Extractor Tracker Settings property page This port must be the same as specified in LAN NavigationInPort parameter of VarpPCl ini file situated in C Program Files Maris PC Radar Kit on the computer with the PC Radar Kit hardware installed 206 Typical problems o If ARPA 2000 shows proper navigational parameters but the radar overlay is not correctly arranged Activate System dialog in the ARPA 2000 see the ARPA 2000 user manual Click the gt or lt 4 buttons until the Extractor parameters page is displayed Modify the Headup parameter to adjust the orientation of the radar overlay check it in ECDIS after each modification Modify Sync Delay parameter to adjust the distances to objects the distance to certain radar echo is back proportional to the Sync Delay value REMARK after modification The Extractor Tracker will automatically store the new specified parameters 207 Logbook Overview Logbook LOGBOOK OVERVIEW During the process of its operation ECDIS automatically maintains two different electronic logbooks e Voyage record e Twenty four hours logbook The voyage record stores every two hours the position speed and course of the ship for half a year REMARK This logbook is copy protected and cannot be deleted The twenty four ho
45. four months During one subscription cycle i e one year the user receives three CD ROM from C MAP The user shall perform the installation of the database and use the same permits all along the year for each new CD LICENSE STATUS In ChartHandling dialogue the status of the installed license is displayed including e Zone or area ID e Permits e Expiry date for the permits To renew the chart permits before expiry date send to MARIS an order for license renewal A renewal code will be sent back and entered using the button Renew All Licenses CHART UPDATE There are different possibilities to update C MAP chart database e Update y D e Update by Internet http connection e Update by Email Copy Database function allows update other ECDIS station by LAN after Update is completed 105 Update by CD DVD COMMUNICATION CHANNELS The channel used for the communication depends on the communication system architecture The updating service has been tested by using e Satellite systems Iridium or Inmarsat e GSM communication e High speed Internet connection UPDATE BY CD DVD A new C MAP CD containing all updated C MAP charts is automatically sent to each C MAP subscriber Proceed as described in Chart update REMARK The chart permits are still valid and must not be re installed UPDATE VIA THE INTERNET HTTP Proceed as follow e Establish the communication to your Internet provider e Press the button Get up
46. modify the following parameters e Ship parameters e GPS and radar antenna positions e Alarm settings e Ship display parameters e Safety settings safety contour safety depth safety height deep contour e Console options When Sensor Monitor settings are locked it is impossible to change settings of the sensors to create or delete any sensor FORGOT YOUR PASSWORD If one of the password is lost it is required to contact MARIS to get access to a meta password allowing to unlock the system CHART AREA Charts are displayed in the chart area of the screen According to IEC standard the screen size must be larger than 270 270 mm ECDIS900 supports two chart formats Vector and Raster The system operates the vector cartography under a seamless mode whereas the raster cartography such as ARCS from the British Admiralty is operated under the chart by chart mode The following seamless modes are available e ARGseamless mode in this case the system displays the available charts of the closest scale e ENG ARG combinedseamless mode SCALE BARS lf chart scale is smaller than 1 80 000 the latitude bar is shown on the left side of the chart area Length 10 nm For scales bigger than 1 80 000 the scale bar is shown in different colours on the left side of the chart area Length 1 nm NORTH UP SYMBOL 20 Toolbar panel North up symbol is shown in the top left corner of the chart area TOOLBAR PANEL The toolbar
47. more details see Ship ROUTE PLANNING USER ALARM In RCDS mode route checking against chart data is not possible but the function Check route checks the planned route against user defined alarms and notifies the user if an alarmed area is violated ROUTE OPTIONS The user sets and stores the default values for route and waypoint parameters in the Route Options dialogue box To view or effect changes to the route parameters click on the Options icon on the main toolbar and then select the Route tab 160 Route options Options e Default type of legline Select either Great circle or Rhumbline e Turning radius NM default value for route creation e Speed kn default speed value for route creation ROUTE ALARMS e Cross Track error m Toggle up or down to set the appropriate value or input it via the keyboard e Waypoint arrival distance NM Toggle up or down for the appropriate value or input it via the keyboard e Early CC indication mn when approaching the active waypoint an indication is triggered when the ship arrives at between 1 and 6 minutes from the waypoint at the current speed The time is set by the user NO ALARM generated e CCindication s The second indication is given between 30 and 60 seconds before arrival to the active waypoint WOP For a complete description of waypoint arrival criteria see paragraph Waypoint Arrival in the chapter Route Monitoring 161 Route monitoring Overview Rou
48. motion ZOOMING SCALE The current scale is displayed in the static information console The ECDIS offers several ways of zooming in and out e Click on the Zoom in out icon on the toolbar to zoom in or out one step 46 Switching between charts e Hot keys F1 and F2 keys allow zooming in and out when the focus is on the chart window e Click the right mouse button anywhere within the chart and a pop up menu will appear The scale menu depends on the type of chart VECTOR CHARTS 1 45000 t1 30000 i l i The list of scales includes the current scale in use displayed with a 1 22 000 check mark 15000 The mark placed in front of certain scales indicates that an ENC cells LI 12000 with this compilation scale is available under the click 1 H O00 RASTER CHARTS Highest resolution High resolution Original scale Medium scale The list of scales includes the current scale in use displayed with a check mark Low resolution MAGNIFYING GLASS refer to hot keys list CTRL Space Zoom In Out Mouse wheel or CTRL Space Shift SWITCHING BETWEEN CHARTS Locate the cursor anywhere on the chart and click right When the pop up menu appears select Other Charts and the appropriate chart type 47 Automatic chart selection Clean Chart ENC GE e P ENCPM Charts with higher scale ENC Chart Charts with smaller scale CMap database Plans gt ARCS Besse BSB Maptech HOT KEY Press
49. of the radar video on top of the chart proceed as follow e Press F5 e Select the item No overlay in the Radar pop up menu REMARK When using the two first methods the targets will also be hidden The Radar panel contains buttons and menus allowing to e Select radar source e Activate radar overlay option e Adjust the radar parameters e Initiate and stop the trackingof targets e Define an automaticaqquisition zone in front of the ship e Adjust the ship s position and compensate eventual gyro drifting 201 Display settings Typical problems with the Radar overlay are described at the end of the chapter DISPLAY SETTINGS To show the Radar picture on top of the chart activate the menu Overlay The Radar picture does not hide any chart information and is displayed in transparency mode According to the regulations the Radar picture is displayed between two chart layers and essential chart information Land contours lights and buoys etc are displayed on the top of the Radar picture To adjust the radar parameter and display options press the button Settings Color to show radar GE in Day Mode l The brilliance of the radar overlay covering the black Vides ebe H EECH areas on the raster charts in hereon color leschteg Day Mode in percents t rz Lew cole vakaa 1 Bi iL KRISS ERE fi dc ol pice en SEATS ll ee cisco or Night Colors Color to show radar overlay in Night M
50. on the target e A double click on the CPA title sorts out the targets by CPA values Same with TCPA values ECDIS900 acquires targets via serial line from ARPA radar connected to the system or using MARIS radar interface kit In addition ECDIS receives by serial line the targets from AIS when AIS is interfaced to ECDIS CENTRE THE CHART AND ACCESS PROPERTIES e Double click on the target name centres the chart on the target e Right click on the target s name to access to target s properties SHOW HIDE TARGETS Press Hide target to hide the targets All targets are hidden except the target on CPA TCPA alarms which will always been displayed RELATIVE VECTOR Press Draw relative vector button to display the targets with relative vector The relative vector is displayed with a dotted line to make a difference with the absolute vector AIS MESSAGE See AIS chapter paragraph Messages AIS SERVER This function is dedicated Norwegian Pilots and allows connecting to AIS server providing the AIS traffic around Scandinavia In Sensor Monitor aeate a sensor called Client AIS Server start and stop the display of AIS data in ECDIS using the button Start or Stop AIS server TARGET WINDOW Right click on the target ARPA or AIS and select the menu Display in a window A floating window centred on the target and following automatically the target is displayed 199 MARIS Radar Kit It is possible to drag the window and differ
51. outside the chart in direction of the waypoint and click once the raster chart below the cursor will automatically load and be displayed The plotting can then continue on the newly loaded chart To display another raster chart with a smaller scale press the key and the chart will load automatically To display another raster chart with a larger scale press the key and the chart will load automatically ECDIS searches the database to find a chart with a larger scale displaying the screen area of the current chart If no chart is available on the hard disk the system does nothing LOAD ANOTHER TYPE OF CHART Press F9 to switch from ARCS to ENC or to CMAP when plotting the route MODIFYING A ROUTE A route may be modified in several ways but cannot be modified whilst locked or active 137 Modifying a route MOVE A WAYPOINT e To move a waypoint on the chart locate the cursor over the waypoint click and hold and then drag the waypoint to the new position e To move a waypoint via the keyboard see Waypoint properties or Route Plan IMPORTANT In case of a mistake it is possible to go back a step Right click on the route and select the menu item Undo The waypoint is put back at the original position MOVE A SELECTION e Tomovea selection of waypoints locate the cursor on one of the selected waypoints click and hold and then drag the selection to the new position INSERT A WAYPOINT e Locate the
52. panel contains buttons that allow affecting changes to the chart controlling navigation and customising the ECDIS application according to OOW officer on watch needs If Toolbar is not visible on the screen right click on the chart and select the item menu Show ToolBar The various options are A Standard Display mode BD ste Area E Load Unload objects e w Tide information d l l Zen Ship properties Weather sf Shipto point range and bearing Port Database Je Point topoint range endearing ECD1S900 options 9 Print e r e Is Route dan Mj Sensor Monitor switch to Sch m In the case of a man over board MOB click on the Man Over Board icon kel NOTE This function is available in the Monitoring mode only Man over board MAN OVER BOARD A MOB waypoint is created showing the time the incident was originated The MOB waypoint e The chart is automatically centred on the MOB point e Anew entry is stored in the logbook with the MOB position and navigation parameters e The current route if any is deactivated e The autopilot function is cancelled SES Settings Log book Recording ON Starting date time 10 19 2014 14 11 44 Settings Load Pme YOR replay Replay 15 sec recording frequency Bor 163644 3231 2415 O6055 178E Ship watch Cel Gw 0 00 0 00 16 36 59 3231 2415 O8055 178E Ship watch Cel IB Di 0 00 U UU A 16 3714 3231 2415 O6055 17
53. speed and direction time active waypoint targets cursor position alarms and other important data The Navigation Mode Indicator shows the current navigation mode the time indicator displays the local time and gives access to the time dialogue The saale indicator displays the current scale of the chart and indicates whether the chart is overscaled or not The wind indicator displays the alohanumeric values of the wind True or Relative The Depth indicator displays either the Depth under the keel the Transducer or surface according to user s selection Alarmpanel displays the alarms and warning and includes the alarm acknowledge function 38 Time indicator Legend panel displays a legend and information about the loaded S57 cells under the ship s position and provides indication for Better chart exists and NON ENC dataon display Editors panel gives access to edition tools to work on the electronic chart and with a user defined data Route monitoring panels Active Waypoint Fixed ETA and Waypoint ETA are described in the Chapter Route Monitoring TIME INDICATOR Time information is displayed in the panel Time ECDIS900 operates and displays the local time which is calculated from UTC time and time zone information The ECDIS900 time format is encoded and is not linked with the Windows settings The operator can adjust the UTC time manually or choose UTC time to be automatically adjusted from the GPS The ope
54. the inputs For instance the following strings for the latitude are compliant 12 12 23N or 12 12 23N or 12 12 13N or 12 12 13n CREATING A ROUTE BY MOUSE A route can be created graphically using the New Route tool on the toolbar or directly by keyboard entry of the waypoint co ordinates in the Route Plan window CREATE A ROUTE GRAPHICALLY Click the New Route tool on the toolbar and then click on the chart at the point where the route should begin A waypoint WP 001 indicated by an orange circle is placed at this point Double click to set the end point of the route The Route name dialogue appears 131 Creating a route by mouse Route name 110 26 2014 19 54 58 Route Type the route name and destination or leave it as is and click OK The new route is added to the list and can be unload download edited etc at any moment DISPLAYED INFORMATION Click on the chart at the first turning point along the route A waypoint WP 002 is placed at this point To set the information that should be displayed for the route right click the route and open the Display tab Route K Then tick on the necessary parameters to display 132 Selecting waypoints The screen covers a limited part of the chart When a new waypoint has to be plotted outside of the screen area in view ECDIS gives the user the possibility to scroll and zoom without deactivating the New Route tool e With S57 or C MAP charts click right
55. the key Ctrl and the button F10 together Select the appropriate parameters 179 Target alarms Anchorage zone To release the anchor circle alarms press a second time F10 To release other anchor alarm right click on the alarm and select Delete alarm TARGET ALARMS CPA TCPA ALARM The CPA closest point of approach and TCPA time to the closest point of approach limits are editable in the panel Alarm of the Ship Properties dialogue If both limits are exceeded an alarm will be triggered and the target in question will be marked and its icon set to flash white After the alarm is acknowledged the alarm message will be disappear the icon will continue flashing for as long as the CPA TCPA limits are exceeded or until the target is lost If another target triggers a CPA TCPA alarm a new flashing message will be displayed in the alarm box LOST TARGET ALARM ECDIS manages both ARPA and AIS lost targets If no position is received within 3 minutes a target is considered as lost and ECDIS displays the lost target on the chart with a special icon triangle with a cross line and no vector Lost Target Alarm is raised 1 targets in the table ATS 1 mm x Iess Sg CPA REES Eocene Eem clea Then if no data is received within the next 30 seconds the target is deleted from the target table 180 GPS failure SENSORS ALARMS GPS FAILURE No settings If the only one If GPS1 and GPS
56. the main station window U Custom Ports These ports are ones that are defined by the user by manual input of a set of harmonic constants The chart date is displayed in local time It can be adjusted in the time setting dialogue or synchronise with ECDIS time using the button Time Synchronisation located in the weather panel Select the different view SEES of 15 2006 1 32 PM 1 2m Zone 0100 Daylight saving 0 0 Hous se i Tidal Height Metres 0 6 0 4 2 0 2 d 1200 1500 1800 21 00 ooo om 12 00 5 16 2006 E d Leirvik No clearance heights or depths hawe been set Durati Predicted heights are in metres above Chart Datum ice Annuler Appliquer Haugesund 59 20 N 02 47 E 0 9m 59 20 N 04 31 EOZ Ui dm 267 General VDS GENERAL The Voyage Optimization is a software module which calculates the optimal route in term of sailing time and fuel consumption to go from departure point to arrival point The ship model used for the calculation is defined during the set up of the system from a library delivered by MARIS and adjusted with the ship trial data The ship model describes the fuel and power consumption for the different soeeds but also how much the wind and waves affect the performances of the ship From weather and current forecasts received on daily basis and from the ship model the module evaluates different options and proposes the most economical safe route The Voyage Op
57. the update name as it is done on the picture ICONS DISPLAYED IN FRONT OF THE CELL NAME e Deleted cells are marked by red circle with a cross e New cell editions which are installed are marked with the sign for example NO2A0404 Ed 3 e Old cells edition are marked with red circle e Current cell editions are marked with green circle 94 Update history ICONS DISPLAYED IN FRONT OF THE UPDATE NAME e Gem circle in front of the update shows that information about this update is available making possible to review this update PB icon is used when update are not available UPDATE HISTORY UPDATE HISTORY OF A COLLECTION To display the update history of entire collection press the History of updates button in the Chart Handling dialogue An individual cell update history is available in the ENC properties dialog The following list appears FI 9GFWP 001 001 applied FI 9GFWP 002 001 applied FI2Z9GFWP 003 001 applied QGFWwP 004 oO applied EIADGEwp 005 001 applied FI EIIRL OO1 001 applied FISEIIRL 002 001 applied FISEIIRG 001 oO applied FI EIIQZ 001 001 applied on Tue Jun LO 14 09 07 2003 on Tue Jun LO 14 09 19 z003 on Tue Jun LO 14 09 30 2003 on Tue Jun LO 14 09 43 2003 Tue Jun 10 14 09 55 2003 on Tue Jun LO 14 09 55 2003 on Tue Jun LO 14 09 55 2003 on Tue Jun LO 14 09 55 200s on Tue Jun LO 14 09 55 2003 Pot tr t WE E C J Display the update history with informa
58. the values of the shifting are displayed in the position panel To release the shifting values click right button in the position panel and activate the menu Clean position offset GYRO DRIFT When the radar picture is slightly rotated compared to the chart the drifting of the gyro is probably the cause of the problem To adjust the gyro in ECDIS900 enter the corrective value of the heading with the small arrows Then the radar picture will be rotated accordingly and the gyro shifting value displayed in the Heading panel 205 Typical problems ZOOMING TOOL e Press the referenced button the cursor is changed to prompt for the zoomed area selection e The square zooming window appears after the left mouse button click over the chart area e The window represents the zoomed area below the central point e The zooming rate could be specified in ARPASettings dialogue in range 2 6 The zooming window could be dragged using the mouse and zoomed content will be updated after fixing the window on certain position for a while The radar video in zooming window is updated synchronously with the radar antenna rotation The zooming window disappears automatically if not moved in 15 seconds Also it could be closed manually with pressing the referenced button on the Radar property page second time TYPICAL PROBLEMS The most of problems with the radar overlay are somehow related to the network connection but not only In
59. tide prediction in Norwegian waters Option available with Pilot installation only Only Astronomical tide is displayed when no data downloaded Real tide is computed from Astronomical prediction and loaded data example The difference between Astronomical and Real tide can be more than 1 meter and be really usefull for many areas Observations are updated on server each hour 24 hours of historical data are downloaded back and 36 hours prediction are downloaded Therefore Meteo prediction is available for 24 h 36 hours All this data is saved on HD and will be restored later after access to the function TOTAL TIDE This module should be installed and requires licence key and activation key Different kind of ports are defined E Standard Ports These are ports where the tidal predictions are calculated from a set of harmonic constants Secondary Ports same as Standard port however the observations made to collect this information generally were not as extensive as with standard ports and so the tidal predictions are of secondary quality 266 Total Tide a Secondary Ports non harmonic These ports do not have any harmonic constants instead their tidal predictions are calculated by taking the prediction for a reference port and applying time and height differences Main tide stations are represented by a red square icon and secondary stations by a yellow one In this case click the link to open
60. 150 Rename waypoints To cancel this waypoint property select the No pilot action item RENAME WAYPOINTS By default ECDIS numbers waypoints consecutively WP_001 WP_002 etc If anew waypoint is inserted between two existing waypoints or a waypoint is deleted it is useful to re number the waypoints from WP_001 again To re number the waypoints shown in the route plan dialogue box click the column title Name Alternatively it is possible to re number the waypoints in the Route Properties dialogue box by pushing the button Rename the waypoints Route a the function Rename the waypoints is applicable only to the waypoints with a number given by default WP_001 WP_002 etc Any waypoint number changed to another name by the user is ignored during the renaming process Where the user wishes to name the waypoints this is best done once the route has been approved PARALLEL INDEX To create a route parallel index right click on the route and select the Parallel Index item from the menu It s possible to draw line parallel to the selected route leg Distance from the leg in NM and time of creation are clearly displayed in the label of the line This line is part of navigational editor and therefore it s possible to edit it at any time change position and length Parallel index is recorded in the logbook 151 Ae i es tb Ee D e 71 meee m Le a kr F Be Ba S EI a Wl gel SS ar E Lo Te ej zl Vi Tse
61. 3 CNAE ONE TVEN oero EE EAE EEEN E E EAE 103 RE OT EE 103 C MAP SUBSCRIPTIONS AND UPDATE SERVICE E 105 Pa E 105 UPDA EDY CODY D EE 106 UPDATE VIA THE INTERNET HTTP genee 106 COPY ER 106 USING CMAP CHARTS E 108 Ki 109 Cal 110 SEENEN ee 110 DEAD REC CONN Specie ee ase eta cts es pte arc E E A dota aati 111 EE 112 SHIP PROPERTIES ee 112 EES 113 tere 113 ee elect foe et clot ee etcetera EE EE 114 e EEN 115 EE 116 PS PUA ee EE 118 KE 120 EE 123 SHIP PARAMETERS SYNCHRONIZATION sscivsnesisssnpsienswavisarsaieneunessmainansdansamnabamedannebnsedansuasiumsncaeisenmadeadsbersdinbanassdensiantiwmeiaccoums 123 SHIP PROFILE MANAGEMENT E 123 dg EH 126 He ET 126 UNG e 126 EREECHEN 127 TRACI el EE 128 GREATE ROUTE FROM TRACK eebe 129 BOUTE ornen E caweneouseanessenseesnesuesauers 130 ROUTE OVERVIEW rrarena E E cay ONE EE OE E AE EE E O E O asec E AE EER 130 CREATE A ROUTE ET KEE 130 CREATING A ROUTE BY e 131 SFEECGTING WAYPOINTS EE 133 POWNLOAD FROM OIP rrini a EEE EE EER 135 PLOTTING A WAYPOINT OUTSIDE THE SCREEN E 136 DVO IGP ROUTE ssecesrprintiror ainainen EETA EENT AEAEE ERINA REENE 137 WAYPOINT PROPERTIES ge 139 ROUTE PROPERTIE aerae E AEE E AA A AEA EAA A AAAA 140 ROUTE PLA EEN 144 General EI a E E A ENE AEE EEN A N E A E E AEE N ES AE A 144 SET ANEW WAYPOINT LATITUDE LONGITUDE ege eegen 145 CHANGE PEO LE aa E N E E AAA 146 SET ANEW TURNING RADIUS esscssr tee senses iier ent ESAE EENE ENE EE EENES AEE EEEN EEE EEEE NEEESE EEEE 146 K
62. 52 ECDIS900 is Wheelmark Type approved but is used as ECS system when non official charts are displayed Data settings and ECDIS mode are protected by passwords Each ECDIS900 system includes e MARIS User Interface e Themainwindowdisplaying the chart sensor information and SW tools e Sensors Interface and Integration Sensor Monitor application e Chart manager e Route planning and safety checking e Edition of Search And Resaue module e Route Monitoring e Alarmmanager e Logbook management e User data edition fadlities e Tidecalalation e Weather forecast e Navtex modules e Radar overlay facilities e ASinterface e ARPA When the computer is started ECDIS900 and the application Sensor Monitor are launched automatically To start manually ECDIS900 double click on the icon called ECDIS900 or select the start up menu ECDIS900 General Technical manual contains more details about installation architecture and troubleshooting Customer support is provided via MCP Maris Customer Portal or via e mail or phone See the Support section for details 10 General Application Manager Application Manager is a software application which works as a Shell on MARIS computers and restricts the access to the computer in order to protect the PC and to run ECDIS900 in Approval mode In Approval mode the PC is protected against any changes which may affect the Operating system and it is impossible to install any third par
63. 80_ tr m XName 72 S57 Overview S57 S57 OVERVIEW Official vector charts produced by National Hydrographic Offices are called ENC Electronic Navigation Charts and delivered in S 57 format For more details about S57 charts see ENCS57 charts technical features at the end of the chapter S 57 is a public format used for data exchange and transfer but the charts in this format cannot be used directly in ECDIS Therefore ECDIS converts ENC data with S 57 format to proprietary format The converted charts are called SENC There are several sources providing ENC data Primar in Stavanger distributes ENC data for North European countries and France UKHO for other European countries Japan HO for Japanese areas MPA for Singapore harbour etc MARIS chart service includes several services to help the user including e Delivering charts from different sources e Information on ENC availability e Quotation and ordering facilities for specific areas or for charts along ship s routes e Handling and sending updates from several sources ENC data from one source are delivered on 2 CDs e One base CD containing the charts issued at a certain data e Anupdate CD containing updates for the charts new charts and new edition of charts ENC are in general encrypted and chart permits are required to be able to use them The permits are ordered directly to MARIS ECDIS operates ENC under a seamless mode and automatically loads new cell
64. 9E Ship watch Cel GBSs015 0 00 UU 0 00 UU gt 16 37 29 3231 2415 O60 55 178 Ship watch Cel GBS015 0 00 UU 0 00 UU s 6 3744 3231 2415 O60 55 178 Ship watch Cel GBSs015 0 00 UU 0 00 UU or 16 37 59 3231 2415 O6055 178E Ship watch Celt GESxHO15 0 00 UU 0 00 0 0 or 16 3814 3231 2415 O60 55 178 Ship watch Cell Gw 0 00 UU 0 00 0 0 Ga 16 39 29 DEI hip watch all GESI TANI Hp 1 00 hr ME 16 38 31 3231 245 6055 17 Man over Board 16 38 44 3231 2415 060551785E Ship watch Cel Gw 0 00 UU U UU UU or 16 38 59 3231 2415 O6055 178E Ship watch Cell Gw 0 00 UU 0 00 UU or 16 3914 3231 2415 O6055 178E Ship watch Cell Gw 0 00 UU 0 00 UU gt 16 39 29 3231 2415 O8055 178E Ship watch Cel GEEX015 0 00 UU U UU UU s 6 39 44 3231 2415 06055 178E Ship watch a GBSxO1S 0 00 UU 0 00 UU E d Ee A dea d A ai e nan ee ase ma SR ose oo Je e oo oo 22 The MOB Logbook entry Event A route defined by the waypoint and plotted from the MOB point is created and the information required to return to the MOB point bearing and distance from the ship to the MOB point is immediately displayed in the static information console To view and amend the properties of the waypoint locate the cursor on the waypoint right click and select Properties from the pop up menu DEACTIVATE MOB Locate the cursor on the MOB waypoint and click right Select Deactivate on the pop up menu DELETE MOB Locate the cursor on the MOB waypoint and cli
65. A 21 01 16 56 30 01 WA DIST 4 27 25 01 Vectors TRUE Gre L7 OFF D H units metresvmetres Cat of data quality B 50 m cl SD Mean sea level Satoty depth 7 00 Safety contour 10 00 10 00 Magn var M Cat DK2FEMON Ed 23 Update 2015 01 07 N 1 KOR ENC date on dieplay Dyesscate and beties chast est mmm Mr mm ep wm WINDOW TITLE The window title shows the application name The following information is also displayed in the title e ECDIS mode S57 HO ENC RCDS or CMAP depending on which chart database is in use e When S57 ENC or C MAP mode is active Type of display Base Standard or All Display By default Standard is selected To change the display mode see Chart Settings Datum in use WGS 1984 is by default in use Type of projection to change the projection see the Chart Depth section Battery charge e When raster charts are in use The name of the active chart 18 System Protection The chart number The datum of the chart The datum shift with WGS84 Battery charge e The type of ECDIS workstation Planning or Monitoring To select the type of the ECDIS workstation right double click in the menu bar and select the type of workstation Monitoring or Planning For more details see Route Monitoring RCOS mode Oslofjorden Southern Part 3159 European 1950 0 03 0 08 Monitoring ECDIS mode HO ENC vector chart full information display WGS 1984 Global
66. AND RESPONSE sees iesse esetehee eeechteegu e ee edu ee Sveeibedeksanelelsudacbwaenscedsasdenveilbvetbuesdeshacwuteete 53 ARCS EE 54 ARCS OVE TEN Ee 54 CHART HANDLING testen 54 EE 56 IER e ET EE 56 er 58 OPT che 59 ARCS THE HELP FOR PAPER CHART CORRECTION wsciisexinanchdeanoscnecanasdannsivaeensnsaceeasseusdnieisienatdadecdwanceixmnscumnaeweicamativaeinaneacidescins 60 CIA My E 61 deier 62 REESEN 64 EE RIP PG E 64 CART OLEE EE EE 66 e E 66 Det 67 PMG E 70 PEFR YY eeh 70 EE ee 71 EE 73 KE E 73 CHART DIC E E 74 FPR PIO is Fy 5 ces crerraesuena aces cizaricena ccersiennccote ne ceauatdcsticten ro aedcadignd citesitcrarscoeenn danas oaearad tiaarleeaceeatiaiea tees enteubeedaatnncend oveetwaaamen qeeeebeaieueadansaeonieart 74 SEENEN 75 SE RR 77 CAPT RT EE 80 SPE GIA eebe 81 DT S EEEE E A EOE eines atest EEE erste EE comnts sn E EA E E A 83 BEER 83 FPA UD IG am canna dies ca centers A cna ste A E A 86 PNC SEC UIP eV EE 87 DEER 87 ORETTE PERN RE 88 TU ER UE 88 GET SA CERTIFICATE eebe 88 TACAS ae E N E AEEA E EE EEE EEE AAE AE AAEE AAA E 89 General CHART SEE e ats rennt rere eE EEA E A AEAEE EET 91 BI el E 91 ERRORS WHILE UPDATE IS IN PROGRESS ergeet eeneg Seet 91 UPDATE DI PLA E 92 Bien We STORY E 95 CANCFLLA TON UPDATE acetates steeper erence cs E ete c vedios oats natn vanes ett EE E EE O EE 95 MULT ECDIS WORKSTATION SINE EE 95 Sei 96 ENG 557 CHARIS TECHNICAL FEATURE S cinendi TE EA ENS 97 SEAMLESS EE 101 CNA EE 10
67. Approach 1 22 000 1 89 999 CHART SETTINGS When a S57 chart is first displayed the cell is displayed at the largest scale available in the SENC for the displayed area and the standard display provided When several cells appear on the display the boundaries between cells are displayed NOTE Itis not possible to remove information contained in the display base The tab Presentation allows customizing the chart display according and the tab Safety allows selecting the chart projection but also entering several safety depths values dependant on the ship characteristics These values are extremely important because they will change the chart display and be used for the anti grounding calculation The tab Special Effects allows to select the options ENC ARCS AVCS seamless mode flashing lights and manual chart band usage The Supplementary Layers tab is described in the AVCS section Right click anywhere on the chart and select Chart settings 77 Chart settings Aire ferline PRESENTATION With the Simplified presentation symbols are displayed in a synthetic way In Paper like presentation the presentations of floating buoys are presented in their actual colours Buoys and beacons shall have a shape that corresponds to INT 1 Chapter IQ S57 settings oe Bl es St ah ey sl Ge kale lee et la ebe bake A5 GE Points Areas Line options are the following e Paper like e Traditional e Simplified 78 Chart
68. CDIS NOTE configuration the Editors panel is always present the Radar panel is available only when the optional Radar Kit is installed GENERAL TOOLS General tools refers to both NE and OE objects while specific tools refers to either NE those accessible in user s data panel area and dedicated NE or OE y k KS Edit gt e The tool Select OE objects allows selecting OE objects e The tool Select NE objects allows selecting NE objects e Then the selection can be moved or deleted The tool Delete selected object delete the selection of NE or OE objects The tool Show Hide objects list displays the list of objects currently loaded Double click on the object to centre the chart on the object Select the object and push the key Del to delete the object SELECTION A selection is a collection of selected objects of the same type NE or OE To make a selection of NE objects press the button Select NE object LA click on the chart and drag the mouse to define a rectangle 217 Selection Use the tool Select OE objects Ka to select OE objects OTHER METHODS TO SELECT OBJECTS e Selecta single object click on the object e Select two or more objects Selection containing several objects click on each object whilst keeping the lt Shift gt key pressed e Activate the menu Select All Object Editor from the menu Edit e Activate the menu Select All Navigation Editor from the menu Edit e Activate th
69. Depth GRID AND BORDERS To make the grid and borders visible tick on the Grid and Chart borders check boxes in the Display group LAYERS In compliance with the requirements of International standards for ECDIS class systems the display is divided into three categories e Base Includes those classes of information which must not be turned off under any circumstances coastline Safety contour isolated danger aid to navigation recommended routes and traffic separation schemes e Standard Includes classes of objects important for navigation and route planning areas limits of fairways and channels landmarks warnings e All Additional information including classes of other information depth spots cables and pipelines ferry crossing names depth contours deeper than the safety contour Extended Standard In addition a new category called Extended Standard is available This category includes the same basic layers than the Standard category with in addition e All shoals e All cables pipelines fish farms and nature of seabed The pink circle symbol with a white X inside that supersedes the shoal digits of dangerous pronounced shoals when the Safety Contour exceeds the depth of the shoal is deactivated in Norwegian Pilots Category and the shoal depth is always shown All soundings are presented with italic digits with an inclination of 17 degrees All rocks awash between chart datum and 0 5 m below chart datum shall be prese
70. E After few minutes the user receives an answer by email ECDIS900 detects automatically answer from the chart server and applies the update to the database after informing the user 53 ARCS Overview ARCS ARCS OVERVIEW By default ECDIS displays charts in a chart by chart mode However the option ARG in seamless mode is available making it possible to display the active ARCS chart together with adjacent charts in a seamless way ARCS charts are scanned copies of paper charts A displayed ARCS chart includes the same information as appears on the copied paper chart Source information about each chart is accessible from the dialogue ARCS Properties COPY PROTECTION ARCS charts are copy protected with a dongle In order to use and display ARCS charts in ECDIS it is necessary to e Enter a valid ARCS PIN code when required e Install ARCS chart permits e Install the charts from the Cds and update them ARCS AND MULTI ECDIS WORKSTATIONS Where several ECDIS workstations are installed on board a ship duplicate dungles can be provided using the same ARCS license The chart licenses and updates have to be installed and updated locally on each workstation USING ARCS CHARTS In this chapter the user will learn how to e Access to the Chart handling dialogue to get all information about the chart database to install delete or update charts e Install chart permits e Install newcharts e Update the charts Update the data
71. E REPLAY STARTING TIME Three different methods are available e Use of the Backward and Forward buttons allows scrolling the logbook to adjust the Start time e One click of a button will adjust the time by one Jump step e Click in the text box time select the appropriate field and enter the desired value e Inthe Logbook window before starting the display double click on the line you want the logbook to start JUMP STEP The size of the Jump step the amount of time to move for each click of the Backward and Forward buttons can be adjusted by use of the Up and Down arrows If the recording track function is active when rewinding or jumping the track NOTE recording will be stopped To restart recording the track during the replay it is necessary to activate the track recording function again ACCELERATION Acceleration allows the operator to choose the acceleration rate for the display the rate being adjusted with the Up and Down arrows An acceleration value of 5 replay in real time multiplied to 5 PRINT Click the Print log button on the Log dialogue box and the Notepad will be displayed showing the content of the logbook 212 Run VDRCDDisplay 10_30_2014V4 Notepad The Notepad application gives the user all possibilities to save the file change the NOTE document presentation and to search in RUN VDRCDDISPLAY From memory stick Run application di
72. E WEE 169 DL an e 170 FUG TAN GE 171 Ee eene FUNCTION EE 172 ARA NEE 174 ALARM MANAGEMENT EE 174 HIST OF E EE 174 DANGER ALARMS IN THE ENEE 176 USER DEFINED ALARM eege 177 KEE 179 TGR ALARN EE 180 IP oF 5 UR ioc terpsecccatacesaceanesinaceuicsssseeaanassasaccenansanaacaneeacstasntiwevacaanaousaisoicegannenonssecnasnasacnassacacssacetacetntedemantaontuenacssasesas 181 Fe ING TEE 181 BU A TE 181 POS OUT OE EE 181 COURSE CHANGE ALARM EE 181 ENEE eege 182 POP BCL CONTR ege 182 General LOW Ie ALARM conire eiA AAEE AEAEE EEA EEA EEEE ATEA RAEN 182 BACK UP NAVIGATOR ALARM EE 182 CHANGE TO MANUAL STEERING ssarinrissrsreriiniiinr ienei ninkun nn N sate AR nwa ean IE EEEE AEAEE ERRE ENEE EER sae 182 RARD UR MODE E 182 ER ee 183 AIS AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM sasicsscssccsnecsassciusaveccasanoessuesvionsecsesbesesbespnesunessusennncsaeddsadowencdbsesbadsbassensdouessessebe 183 BEE 184 RE 185 LO Te GD DEPA E 186 SEE PUG TARG E niona oiei tty setae A EAE ease age osetia ones atiansaepassousaadtaseasmakaapdteoseetastorseneiqmeeimonan gasaoraaeetas 187 TARGET ASSOCIA MON acters cose satseetcine sateen AEAEE EAA NES E TE EEA EEAO TAEAE 187 LO T EARE ALARN ara ENEE EEE E EE 188 SHOW HIDE AIS TARGET S NAME aerate cto ii ariin nA A A AEE EN EN EA AERA tae aE EEN EAAS S IENA 189 HON FIDE PA TIRA E 189 SAVE THE TRACK ee 189 AIS TARGET PROPERTIES Eeer 189 ME A EO eiee niei e AE EE EE E E E ENE E 190 AL DATA ERV R eeh 191 SEA TRAC rrine Ea a a eE 193
73. F9 to select another type of chart The choice of alternative chart types displayed is configured in the dialogue box activated by pressing the Ctrl and F9 keys together Settings for quick switch between chart types In the setting given as example pressing F9 will switch from ENC to ARCS and vice versa AUTOMATIC CHART SELECTION SET FOLLOW SHIP To activate the Follow Ship mode right click anywhere on the chart and select the menu item Follow the ship Clean Chart Scale Charts with higher scale Charts with smaller scale Flans Other charts WW Fr F F Follow the ship Auto loading Operating in the Follow Ship mode the ECDIS900 automatically moves the current chart or loads new cells according to the ship s movements 48 Chart settings AUTO LOADING MODE When the Auto Loading mode is ON ECDIS900 automatically loads and displays the chart with the best scale at the ships current position To activate the Auto loading mode right click anywhere on the chart and select the menu item Auto loading Auto Loading can only be activated after the Follow Ship mode has been pete activated HoT KEY The key F3 activates Follow Ship and Auto loading when the focus is on the chart window If the key is not active click once inside the chart area to change the focus USING S 57 VECTOR CHARTS e Ifthe Auto Loading mode is OFF the system moves the chart under the ship without changing the scale
74. FORMATION An object can be linked with a file containing text picture video but also pdf file In object properties dialogue select the file linked with the object 237 Modifying objects The information contained in the file is be presented in the application used to create the file For example a pdf file will require Acrobate Reader to be installed on the hard disk to be able to display the information The file can be displayed in two different ways e Manual by Right clicking on the object and selecting the item menu Display linked document name of the document e Automatically if the attribute Show on alarm is set on and the object triggers a user alarm MODIFYING OBJECTS Each OE object loaded in the memory can be selected deleted and moved to other position e Anew point can be added to a line or to an area e A point of a line or surface can be deleted or moved e Aline can be closed and transformed in an area or cut in two pieces e Two lines can be connected IMPORTANT All modifications applied on objects as described below can be cancelled with the item Undo from the menu Edit See paragraph Edit Menu SELECTING OBJECTS A selection is a group of selected OE objects Select one object click on time on the object or on one of its edge Select two or more objects Selection containing several objects click on each object maintaining the keyboard key Ctrl down Activate the menu Select All OE objec
75. For instance 5 days forecasts for wind and pressure situations with weather data every 12 hours The ECDIS interpolates the data in time and position making possible to display continuously over a period of time and a geographical area all data included in the file RECOMMENDED WEATHER PROVIDERS e Sat Ocean e Meteo Consult e SMHI e Epson Meteo WEATHER TAB The Weather module options are displayed on the Weather tab on the console 260 Weather files management Play animation Autoloading Load file Date and hour Layer is on Layer is off i The following controls are available e Load file calls the Weather file management window for loading files e Unload file unload the loaded weather file e Autoloading select the files with current data and load it automatically e Play stop animation plays the downloaded forecast in fast play mode e Date and hour fields for selecting date of the forecast and hour inside the selected day e Current date set the current dateandhour in case of historical data the slider jumps to the end of the period e Layers buttons make the layers visible or invisible e Settings calls the Wether layers settings dialogue WEATHER FILES MANAGEMENT All weather files are stored in the sub folder called Weather in the folder ECDIS_Userdata and are automatically listed in the file management window 261 Weather Layer settings Select GRIB file and loa
76. LOAD UNLOAD FILE Scarce erro rai teers saree vt EEEE EEA EEA EPN 232 EE E EEN 233 CREARE ANEN E 233 BACK UP IEN 234 AKS a E E eters EE E seen E EE A AN Sete aire ENEA EAE EENE E EEEE AA N EN ONET 234 AE 234 ES PU A TIRE EE 235 PAS PU VP Le Ce GE 236 Beien 237 leie YIN GOB ECTS cineri orisun ineine ina AE RAE EE EAE A strata qepcneedanadinanutinos deuntnedapaunesdeqsadegaasordansees 238 DELETE ee VE 238 MODIFI POSTON EE 239 OTERO GR TION EE 239 337 MANUAL UPDATE EDITOR E 240 DELETE AND ANNOTATE OBJECTS eegene 241 RER 242 MOVE OBJECT REMOVE UPDATES EE 244 PREDICTOR E 246 Meileren 246 Fe aoc E 246 ae il 247 KIRICH 248 ACTIVE LEG WINDOW EE 249 SAR MODULE EE 251 SEENEN 251 EXPANDING SOUARE OPTIO EE 251 KN LEI ele EN 252 PARALLELCINE OPTION RE 252 SEISMIC rn E EE E E 253 SPISMICMODULE OYER VIEW ee 253 SEMIC RE 253 AF NE EE 257 General SYSTEM CONFIGURA TION E 258 WERTHER EE 260 WEATER FORECA Toia eege EA AOA 260 WEATHER FILES MANAGEMENT 261 WEATHER LAYER SETTINGS EE 262 AIS ETS A UE 263 MY AER ANI TOD EE 263 BAS Ee e ME 264 LA D EE 265 Gabi H TIO oeoa 265 REAL tie GE 266 ant Eu Ne EE 266 NS scree coca EEEE EE 268 C EA E A PE E NE E PE E EE N ES AEO T 268 ED S EE 269 HOT OE CPTO ENEE 269 PREPARING NEXT VOYAGE ascites setae ceitac tres EENET EN SEEE EAEE EET TEE ETENEE E OEE REE EAE EEEE E 271 dek ee KEN 272 OPTIA O EE 272 EVALUATING CALCULATED ee 273 COMMERCQAL SETTINGS Stee 275 PTZ ele Ep TE 276 WAVE AND WIND RE Eeer b
77. Layer AlO Admiralty Information Overlay is available in areas covered by ENC cells present in AVCS collection INSTALLATION This cell GB800001 is worldwide and data will be displayed in areas covered by ENC cells present in AVCS collection A permit is necessary to install it and it is displayed in Chart Handling as others cells ACTIVATION AlO Data Display is activated from S57 Settings menu tab Supplementary Layers 71 AlO Layer y d Do d SE r F Yy 5 a Ge ES a CG ew Je d 13 SC 2 LZ SES Cee Ti Ge 7 l Ty S de E wk E sag E ei fp 5g nm 7 INFORMATION a AEA Right click on red area and display T amp P notice information in Areas tab Ty 12 ae eee Ze J IA A a F kel S be BM Pick report at 60 01 539N and 029 32 991E e ons E 6 oe Next fh A e ee a Mf WPT N A Notes N A Pictures GBOE7E08 TIF 4 o 6 DIST N A Ee Preliminary Notice i ENC Affected BUANTKOD Pictorial representation GB0E8008 TIF LG Information GB chart 2395 shows west cardinal buoy which is not shown on ENC RU4NTKQO The source of the bua h Source indication 2395 E CPA TCRA Specified 10 ke A STW alam EL Preliminary Notice Gi Heading ala H Caution area GPS Dn E Caution area H Restricted area al E Depth contour LAF 600 SS d LON 029 CURS 5
78. Maris ECDIS900 System Operator Manual ENGLISH SIMRAD Fj GG iw EE me os We a OEE www navico com commercial General Table of Contents GENERALECDIS S00 BEE 9 APPLICATION MANAGER eessesesesssssssosseossssssossesssssosossssssosososcssseseossesssssosososcssssososossssssosossseososososossososssossssos 11 BASIC OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES sessesssesessssssecssesssososossssssosoecssssssosososessososossssssosssososessosossssssosososssssssss 12 SERA 12 Eeer he E 13 Bizet ON WE 13 HIE ee 13 DS we EE 14 INFORMATION DOS arriero rien Enana ie steer dees auecatauetisotdnsannmsadeedtasetamiteusdaatdasanosdeccedactcneseusesandavacnaseiaenaassanetexsdiness 14 EEan e 14 ewe 15 PROP IIS ge E 15 PPS Fy BU FON E 15 lte 16 MAIN WINDOW ee 18 Let RECHT ee E 18 WINDOW TITE eaaa E E 18 ENPRE ON ae ne cee EE E E EE E A E E E E E AE EE 19 E EN 20 TOE E 21 DR OR PD ccc sed sepa se iets cecere deeds cesciset E A E EAE AA AAE 22 lh WEE 23 Eier 23 STANDARD DISPLAY E 23 EE 24 PUTO e SCT 26 BS Ch Se KO E nse cents etcetera ence TE este ede sett ct caste tee EEEE EEEE E E AAEE ETE 27 SHAIP PROPER UE 28 SHIP TO POINT RANGE REEL c va iette moh ccs tettet ttet tettet t vere e gasses ae oitama actin nanaateysasebeenacnt 28 SHIP TO ANCHORING POINT RANGE AND BEARING ssccccsscccsscccscccccsececscseeescusescesssceeeseceecseescseuscsceseeseecseseencseescseuseeeeues 29 POINT TO POINT RANGE AND BEARING yascciccssscvacadessnaeiicacadossa
79. P database is updated or a new version of the database reinstalled the permits are still valid and can be used with the new version of C MAP database ORDERING THE PERMITS Prior to the order of the permits the CMAP database has to be installed in ECDIS To order the chart permits send an email with the vessel needs descriptions to chartservice navico com The chart permits are sent back to the ship either by email by fax or directly by phone EXAMPLE OF CHART PERMITS EFD0CC87C2071FDO It is the permit for the zone 0 for a unique installation and a C MAP database version INSTALLING THE PERMITS MANUALLY To install the permits proceed as follow e In ChartHandling select the panel CMAP e Press the button Add license manually e Select the zone or area related to the permits e Enter the permits 16 characters e Press Add license REMARKS If several zones or areas have been ordered several codes have been received then repeat the operation for each zone The code contained 16 characters and the application activates the button Add License only if the entered code contains 16 characters INSTALLING THE PERMITS BY FILE To install the permits received by file select the file xx usr and the installation is automatic 104 C MAP subscriptions and update service C MAP SUBSCRIPTIONS AND UPDATE SERVICE COVERAGE AND ZONES Zone 0 is the world wide coverage User subscribing to CM 93 3 database receives a new CD ROM every
80. Pipeline subm 1379 MODIFY appled d IT DUUUD al IW e REMARK The list of cells can be sorted by name by clicking on the column title 4 Select History to display the list of applied update sessions 93 Update display ekal Ti F Session 10 Tue Jun 21 E Hi 5 es ST Ee ai Session 9 Fri Jun D 10 A mae Jegen Si SE Ki mu op KW BEER 95 Session 8 Thu Jun 02 12 1 NO261620 UN 011 00 000E Es Session H Thu Jun 02 A NO25 ble HUN OO HIE ee Se Es Session 6 Thu Jun 02 10 ea J NO2B 212 0 000N 007 00 000E Nno281204 coon mom Ur Session 5 Wed Jun 01 15 NO281200 0 000N mm eat H Session 4 Fri Apr 291828207 ba Fe NOZB0800 0000M 001 48 377E f aff SC Peston Se Monn M 2pmn NO2BO80R NOBBOBOR SCH 0250808 E NOZBOBDE lt o NO2B1208 Ly RA B sch 618 INSERT 32 applied ni J Difshore piatto Ba 6 MODIFY applied 2 Light DEE opp MODIFY applied SE Light EEN O MODIFY appied o jUight F869 MODIFY applied oa Ligt 7870 MODIF applied Fega 7398 MODIFY applied enr Py VE E EE EE ie NE o 2B GE 7 mp vm m 100 oo See NO2B161 E NO261212 0 000N O07 00 000E M0261204 DOEN 003 00 000E 0281200 0 000N 001 15 812E o NO2B0800 0 000N 001 48 n SI When all updates for one chart or one session are reviewed the name of the chart or the session is no more bold To review an update select
81. REMARK In the case of the GC leg several courses are provided at intervals along the leg to allow the Navigator to closely follow the GC leg TURNING RADIUS To activate the display toggle appropriate checkbox in the route display panel It is also possible to change the turning radius of WP by clicking hot keys when mouse cursor is on top of waypoint RENAME THE WAYPOINTS Re numbers the waypoints after a waypoint has been added to or deleted from the route The bookmark Information allows entering additional information about the route INFORMATION TAB This is an information panel Route LINK WITH OE FILE Create a file with Object Editor tools including points line areas or text Link the file with the Route LOADING A ROUTE When the route is loaded and activated the OE file linked with the route is automatically displayed When the OE file is loaded with the route all objects of the file are defined as user alarm For example if the ship enters an area defined in the OE file loaded with the route an entering zone alarm is triggered 142 Route properties See more details in Properties of objects UNLOADING THE ROUTE The OE file is automatically unloaded when the route is unloaded 143 General Route Plan GENERAL Locate the cursor on any segment leg of the route right click and select Route Plan from the por uP menu Kloe Higol pe ac eonia Alternatively press F6 to get t
82. ROUTE LEG The displayed value of bearing to the active waypoint is changed in line with the position of the vessel and the ECDIS900 calculation to follow a great circle to the active waypoint WAYPOINT ETA INFORMATION The panel WP ETA displays the ETA value for any waypoint selected by the user The required waypoint is selected by clicking the small arrows on the RHS of the panel Select between Ship Speed and Planned speed by clicking the two buttons located under the arrows If the panel is not displayed the user can make it visible by clicking the button Option and checking on the box WP ETA in the console configuration panel NOTE ETA for an active waypoint is always calculated using the ship speed FIXED ETA FUNCTION The panel Fixed ETA displays the Waypoint number the ETA required by the user and the speed to be maintained to reach the selected waypoint on time The fixed ETA function can be used for any waypoint after the active waypoint There are two ways to select the waypoint and enter the ETA Click right button on the waypoint select Properties check on the box Fixed ETA and enter the ETA value te AT te EO Son In the route plan click on ETA of the selected waypoint and enter the ETA value 164 Waypoint arrival indication and alarm Enter fixed ETA for the WP 107 297201 WAYPOINT ARRIVAL INDICATION AND ALARM When the ship arrives at a certain point close to the waypoint t
83. S In Chart Handling dialogue click the button Print collection status to get the current chart collection status The two files are displayed in Notepad e The file ARCS _status txt contains the state of the chart collection The first part contains licence details hardware ID User Permit and PIN code The second part contains all installed charts description chart number chart title permit diagnostic chart original scale source CD update CD date permit expiry date permit and chart encryption number The third part contains the all installed permits descriptions expiry date and encryption number e The file ARCS _Hndl log records all chart handling operations operation type date and time of the operation the CD identification for chart installation and updating the chart list with successful result the chart list with failure result IMPORTANT Both the above files are saved in the folder ECDIS_UserData Chart_log If a problem occurs with chart handling send these files to the MARIS Technical Support team ARCS SEAMLESS MODE When ARCS seamless mode is active ECDIS displays the current active chart together with adjacent charts where possible as detailed below Only ONE chart is active at a time the surrounding charts are shown in the same datum and at the same scale as active one but are shadowed Whilst the surrounding charts are displayed at the same scale this may not be their natural scale The surrounding
84. SEAPLANES WARNING SWEPTAREA DANGER HEIGHT DANGER OBSTRUCTION DANGER WIRLNE WIRE WARNING WRECK DANGER JJ U 100 Seamless ENC ARCS TIME DEPENDENT WARNING Each ENC object may have a time dependent behavior Indeed a specific object can be dangerous during a limited period of time starting and ending at times specified by the data producers ACCURACY The accuracy of calculations performed by ECDIS is independent of the characteristics of the display and the calculation error is always less than the data accuracy of the most accurate SENC The resolution of the screen gives the limits of the accuracy of the displayed bearings and distances SEAMLESS ENC ARCS It is possible to display the best chart coverage for the area using all available chart collections In general the ENC AVCS and ARCS can be displayed at the same time if ENC AVCS and with ARCS are ticked on 65 7 settings G serkan c Mirigi I p e SEIT y riser Peta aT iets Poasa TENEN H y Sei 28 ei Wi Ea eel jarnal bei SPECI Seyar viet If ARCS charts are installed together with ENC the chart on the screen can be displayed in seamless mode meaning that for the area of the screen not covered by ENC charts ARCS charts is used to complete the pictures 101 Seamless ENC ARCS Eis mode Other ENC vector chart full information display WGS 1964 Global Definition Cyindncal Mondoring e E eis
85. TEAS ajaja elata al gn leien ales 2 ed F 7 S SS hee 13 g Weg f 5 4 ge i pee SC sanc SE i Ge 3 La Feu GE e SEN A Aad fc Ge p D EE E L H P N E p DISPLAY STRATEGY When ENC cells do not cover all the screen ECDIS900 looks for an ARCS chart with the closest scale within the limits of 4 times the current scale ARCS chart is then eventually shifted according to its datum and zoomed according to the scale in use If no ARCS chart is found the general ENC background chart is used to complete the coverage NOTE See the ARG Seamless mode for more details 102 C MAP Overview C MAP C MAP OVERVIEW Other charts not official charts have not been tested by DNV during ECDIS900 ROLE Type Approval ECDIS is compatible with the C MAP charts version CM 93 Edition 3 Professional Professional and C MAP ENC C MAP database is vector based charts and the use of C MAP charts in ECDIS is very similar to the use of ENC data C MAP database covers a large part of the world and is divided in 9 different zones covering a limited geographical area each of them being divided in smaller areas The charts are copy protected and the user has to order and install the permits for the charts before using them For a detailed description of the C MAP chart coverage and services access C MAP web site http www c map no cm93_3 asp and read the chapters C MAP subscription and chart updates Seamless mode can be activated between
86. TO TRACK FUNCTION This function allows to create a new route including new way points to go back on a activated route after the ship has to deviate from original route This original route is not deleted Right click on the route and select Back to track menu insane is eerie DISDEID HEIN EI Bisel lineal leegen The warning message is displayed 172 Back to track function ECDIS900 The more appropriate Waypoint is selected as the Start Waypoint When route is finished double click to finish the route creating the first waypoint at the ship position A new route is created name is suffixed by _BACK Right click to activate The new route is activated 173 Alarm management Alarms ALARM MANAGEMENT DISPLAY When an alarm is triggered an alarm message is displayed in the alarm area located in the console and the danger is highlighted on the chart or in the console area By default a sound signal accompanies an alarm message that does not acknowledged and the pulse frequency of the flashing of the alarm button is 1 Hz IMPORTANT Switching the audible signal off by clicking the Sound Off button is possible for warnings but it is not possible to turn off the alarm sound in case of alarm See the List of alarms for details To avoid Alarm in harbour and berthing condition activate Harbour mode ACKNOWLEDGEMENT To acknowledge an alarm double click on the alarm message or click the Ackn
87. TRACK ALARM The alarm message is generated when the ship is arriving to the last waypoint of the active route TCS ALARMS STOP TRACK CONTROL The alarm message is generated when the Track steering function is stopped due to the reasons which make impossible to control ship by autopilot It can be sensor failure or loosing connection with autopilot LOW SPEED ALARM The alarm message is generated when the ship speed is less than the user defined limit value TCS Options BACK UP NAVIGATOR ALARM Navigator does not acknowledge course change alarm or End of Track alarm or Stop Track Control alarm CHANGE TO MANUAL STEERING With failure of heading sensor user is advised to switch autopilot mode to manual steering HARBOUR MODE To suppress alarms buzzer and external BAS when vessel is in the harbour berthing or whatever ecdis can be switched in so called Harbour mode Alarms are disabled and chart area is hidden by big panel indicating that ECDIS is OUT of navigation mode CTRL H hot key is used to activate the function Pressing the button on the harbour panel revert system in the navigation mode 182 AIS Automatic Identification System AlS AIS AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM INTERFACE The AIS transponder communicates with the ECDIS via a serial cable NMEA 422 protocol The duplex link between the AIS and ECDIS allows two way communication e The ECDIS receives dynamic data targets positions and inform
88. The markers are automatically adjusted according to the chart scale e Colours set the day colour and the night colour 128 Create route from track INFORMATION The bookmark Information allows entering free text and displays the ship s soeed and course at the recorded point of the track which is the closest one from the clicked point SAVE The tab Save allows saving the current track or its specified part See the Savingtracks section for details CREATE ROUTE FROM TRACK The ECDIS900 gives the ability to create a route from any track This feature makes it possible to re navigate a path already followed before Select the track from which a route is to be created and select Create route from track from the pop up menu To minimize the number of waypoints key in the following dialogue the minimum distance between two waypoints Create route from track For more details about routes see chapter Route 129 Route Overview Route ROUTE OVERVIEW A route is defined as the chosen path between two ports A route consists of a start waypoint an end waypoint and a number of turning waypoints between The segments between waypoints can be either Great circle or Rhumb line legs There are several ways to create a route e Directly on the chart using graphictools e Bykeyboard using the route plan window e Fromaselection of existing waypoints e By importingroute from different ECDIS systems e Bydownloadingf
89. W ROUTE Click on the New Route icon amp with the mouse to create a new route and to plot waypoints on the chart The waypoints can be plotted on the chart with the mouse or entered by keyboard in the route plan window which is activated by clicking the button Route Plan For a detailed overview of the route management see Chapter Route Planning 2 Route plan ROUTE PLAN Click on the Active Route plan button MY to display the Route planning window of the active route REMARKS If the uploaded route is not active the route plan is opened in the Create new route mode HOT KEY Press the F6 hot key to access the route plan of loaded routes Press several times to change the selected route For a detailed overview of the Route planning window see Chapter Route NEW LOG BOOK RECORD To enter a new record in the log book click on the New Logbook record icon Er For a detailed overview of this procedure see Chapter Logbook Event LOGBOOK Click on the Log Book Window button S to display the logbook window and list the entries of the active logbook It will now be possible to change the settings print the logbook load an historical book and replay it For a detailed overview of the Log book window see Chapter Logbook SET TARGET Zex To plot a manual target click on the Set target icon 7 For further details about manual targets see Chapter Radar Manual Target TARGET LIST To display t
90. activate the item Insert Point Another method 239 S57 Manual update Editor Select the line area move the mouse at the desired location on the line area and press the keyboard key I DELETE A POINT IN A LINE OR AN AREA Click right button on the line area on the point and activate the item Delete Point Another method Select the line or the area move the cursor on the point and press the keyboard key D CUT A LINE IN TWO Click right button on the line area on the point and activate the item Cut Point Another method Select the line or the area move the cursor on the point and press the keyboard key C CLOSE A LINE Activating the item Close Polyline from the menu Edit on a selected line transforms the polyline in a surface CONNECT TWO POLYLINES Select two polylines and activate the item Connect two polylines from the menu Edit to join the two lines S57 MANUAL UPDATE EDITOR The ECDIS supports the automatic updating of S 57 data as described above but also allows the data to be manually corrected The change can be visualised and do not restrict the ability of automatic updating There are three different ways of changing objects by manual updating e Deletingandannotating objects e Modifyingobjects e Inserting objects All manual updates applied in the cell are stored in a log file and can be review on request In ECDIS the modification of objects is limited to adding text information or
91. aendsbeincous DEER E edd 30 TARGET TO POINT RANGE AND BEARING aseiconccdcechcivncieadesdontenciwsaciacosabeweanonianedunacanaauxaserhatencaisicepatiensiusinedeeneaiedeeivenorarcee 30 VRM EBL OBJECT MANAGEMENT ett 31 NEAR OUTE scree sree en EE AE E E beet E EEE E A EEEE E E N E 31 ROTE PEA EE 32 NEWLOG BOOK RECORD EE 32 EOG OI aeree ana a E E AE E A NEE AA E AA AAA A 32 TIAR E 32 TARGET US E 32 TARGET PREDIC HON r A E A E T A E A 33 CHART RANDON orrei e EEA 33 LOAD ONLOAD ODIE E 34 TIDE AND CURRENT INFORMATION E 34 PORTE ATABA S E areara AE AA EA AEAEE AAEE AEEA EE AA 34 EDIO TON annA E E E eens 35 OPTOG ON OE EE 35 OR TE I EE 37 OPTION BAT UP e a A sapeeesooenastaeaabensaneaeaanSeemiasaimeaneoaaiasassoemounbennees 37 Elte 38 PLP EE 38 NS EE 38 TIME INDICATOR eege 39 General SCALE INDICATOR oerrinnende rrine En iTA EEEN EAA EARTE EAT EEEE EEEE 39 NAVIGATION MODEINDICATORS nerurrieraineidtr irr ine ETE AAEE sires ovr acento eso sev NEE tans 40 OTER EE 41 E ENO PANE aeaaee EEr E EEE ederim A E EEE EEE EE OEEO E EEEE 41 COLOUR TABLE ANO DBACKHGHT CONTRO EEN 42 WAER a EE E E AE E E E O A AE NEES 43 CHARTS eriin na E E E EEE nore a A EEE EAEE E E E 44 EN RA E EE A EEEE A EE E E A AEEA E N 44 REDNIO KEE 44 MOVINGAROGUND THE CHART WEE 45 L ONIN e 46 SWITCHING BETWEEN CHARTS ee 47 AUTOMA MC CHART SELECTION EE 48 IESSE 49 BE E e BEE 51 BUI TIN PAPE E E E E ny sae sea EEA E A E EE E AA AEE TS 52 CHART UPDATE VIA INTERNET E 52 UPDATE REQUEST
92. age in the application MARIS Navtex inbox Alternatively select the message and push Show message button From the chart right click on the icon and activate the menu MESSAGE STATUS A message is either read either unread Closed envelop icon displayed in front of the message and bold characters shows unread messages The icon Navtex in ECDIS900 is either opened either closed Closed icon means that unread Navtex messages exist on the screen Opened icon means that all messages from the area have been read 216 Editors Overview Editors EDITORS OVERVIEW THE ECDIS has been designed by navigators and for navigators to help the user in his everyday tasks in order to increase safety of navigation The ECDIS therefore provides in addition to the standard ECDIS functions described in this document powerful tools allowing the user to work on electronic charts in the same way as on paper charts The user may e Draw bearing lines parallel or perpendicular lines and range circles just as he did with pencil compass and a ruler on the paper chart e Add temporary text information to the chart e Maintain the dead reckoning in case of GPS failure by manually plotting DR or Radar positions e Add user data information to the chart such as wrecks survey areas marks etc e Manually update the S57 chart database by deleting moving or adding chart objects The Tools Panel contains different panels depending on the the E
93. alculated TZ e Display name Toggle to display or not display the name on the chart e Display description Toggle to display or not display the description on the chart e Lock Toggle to lock or unlock the details of the waypoint The Information tab contains information of the nearest forecast station and linked files ROUTE PROPERTIES For route properties locate the cursor on any leg of the route right click and select Properties from the pop up menu Alternatively move the mouse on top of the route and press F4 several times to access the route Properties dialogue 140 Route properties GENERAL TAB e Name name of the route that can be edited e Departure name of the departure port e Arrival name of the arrival port e Waypoints number of waypoints e Length the overall length of the route e Lock toggle to lock or unlock the route Locking the route will protect it from unauthorized editing Entering the port names is important as this information will be transferred to iia the AIS for use as part of the static data broadcast by VHF DISPLAY TAB The tab contains settings of the information displayed on the chart 141 Route properties e Display waypoint name Toggle on off to display the waypoint name e Display turning radius Toggle on off to display the turning radius along with the WP symbol e Display range bearing Toggle on off to display the range and bearing on the segments e Draw METOC layer
94. ame Position Ia Se 38 Session 9 Fri Jun 03 10 42 4 ML300110 51 45 0806 O03 32 7 IT600059 Edi NL21037PF 54 49 624 O04 22 5 ITE00Z26 1 1 12 467H 00S 25 4 44 05 834 009 50 3 IT502596 4055 951H 00S 13 3 IT500317 3911 691N 009 06 8 IT500271 37 11 575N 015 13 3 IT500225 4526 7HH O12 16 5 Floating dock INSERT ITBO0059 Floating dock 10 DELETE applied IT 600089 Depth area 1748 DELETE applied ITBOO05S Depth area Zeil DELETE applied 2 ITBOO059 Depth area ZA DELETE applied d IT 600059 Shoreline cons 177 MODIFY applied 2 ITBOO089 Pipeline sub 1379 MODIFY applied d IT BOO08 4 al IW a Press the button Before x update to see the original chart before update has been applied x Minimize dialog Highlight selected objects Before 1 update After update Name Position Ia Se 8 Session 9 Fri Jun 03 10 42 4 ML300110 51 45 0806 O03 32 7 IT600059 Edi ML21037P 54 49 624 004 22 5 ITE0026 1 1 12 46 N O09 25 4 44 05 834 009 50 3 IT502596 4055 951H 00S 13 3 IT500317 3911 691N O09 06 8 IT500271 37 17 875N 015 13 3 IT500225 4526 7418 O12 16 5 Floating dock INSERT ITBO0059 Floating dock 10 DELETE applied IT 600089 Depth area 1748 DELETE applied d ITBOO05S Depth area Zeil DELETE applied 2 IT GUUUDO Depth area 2311 DELETE applied IT 600089 Shoreline cons 177 MODIFY applied 2 IT00055
95. ape e AS GENERAL Enter the name and select the type of the ship with the pop up menu Type the ship s parameters Length Width Draught and Air Draught The two fields Call Sign and IMO number can be edited but they are protected by password See Systemprotecton for details The ship parameters are transferred to AIS if ECDIS is interfaced to an AIS VOYAGE Select the current Navigation Status and the Type of cargo with the pop up menus Enter the number of persons on board The two fields Destination and ETA are editable when the option Manual entry is activated When Manual entry option is OFF the Destination and ETA are automatically filled in when a route is activated The destination is the destination entered in the Route Properties and the ETA is continuously updated by ECDIS 113 DR This information is transferred to AIS if ECDIS is interfaced to AIS device and if the option Send data to the transponder is activated in Sensor Monitor sensor AIS Transponder DR Click on the D R bookmark to bring the D R page to the front Toggle Enable Dead Reckoning to switch D R ON or OFF nal esata aeg z Hutt dreet oegi In the D R mode the ship s position is calculated from the last position acquired from the GPS and from the current values of heading and speed When the heading and speed values are no longer available the D R mode is no more available and ECDIS switches to Simulation mode
96. approach of the target to the ship e TCPA Time of closest point of approach of the target to the ship e Course Course of the target e Speed Speed of the target MANUAL TARGET The ECDIS900 offers the possibility of creating manual targets and maintaining their dead reckoning These manual targets are managed the same as normal targets acquired from the ARPA To plot a manual target click on the Set target button E on the toolbar Place the cursor at the desired position and click Targets will be drawn to the same colour code as described above The Target properties dialogue box allows to adjust Latitude and Longitude if necessary and enter a Course and Speed for the target if applicable TARGET PREDICTION To predict the position of the ship and any targets press the Target prediction button ZS z on the toolbar The Target prediction window will appear with a time slide bar in minutes Target prediction min Moving the slide bar will move the ship along its scheduled course by the corresponding time Margin USE OWN VECTOR PREDICTOR Linear predictor calculates future positions according to current course and speed The screen shows the predicted positions Press the Settings button to adjust the values if needed 198 Target List Vector predictor settings TARGET LIST To display the list of the tracked targets click on the Target List button e A double click on the target name will centre the chart
97. art installation and update is completed on one station ECDIS gives the possibility to copy the updated database over the network from this station to other stations This transfer is optimized Proceed as follow e Install and or update ARCS database on the planning station e In Chart handling dialogue press the button Copy database e The list of remote PC running ECDIS and connected to the LAN is listed in the dialogue e Select the PC s on which the ARCS should be copied and press Copy Database On the remote station ARCS are deactivated in case ARCS charts are used 59 ARCS the help for paper chart correction Co py chart database to remote PC midi Ee Heeler eter After transfer is completed popup window is displayed ECDIS900 i ARCS THE HELP FOR PAPER CHART CORRECTION In order to facilitate the correction of paper charts updated tiles NM corrections for a chosen chart can be printed on a black white or colour printer These tiles may be stuck on the chart in the appropriate place or used to augment the relevant NM chart correction by showing the user how the correction should be applied by hand Click the Print Chart Updates to print the paper copy of the chart updated tiles Print Chart Updates Select the tiles to be printed Print Chart Updates WE All tiles that have been updated since the base chart was issued The tiles have been updated only in the latest update procedure
98. ata as object editor data The ECDIS is compatible with Statoil data stored in files with extension xy pipelines dat Platforms and txt Fixtar LAYERS Each file contains 8 layers and the user selects the layer to store its data in Each layer has a display priority and the layer list control in which order the layers are displayed the first layer of the list is displayed the first Hi arale fo D per Max scale 100000000 Each layer s name can be changed and the order the layers are displayed can be adjusted Moreover each layer can be made locked or unlocked shown or hidden and minimum maximum scales can be edited meaning that the layer is displayed only when the chart scale is comprised between these two scales User s data can be copied and pasted from one layer to another LAYER S NAME Changing name of the layer is done by clicking on the name once and entering the new name LAYER DISPLAY PRIORITY In the list the layer General is displayed first Approaches in second etc To modify the display priority select a layer name and drag it up or down the list Lock UNLOCK Click on the locker on the left side of the list to make the layer locked Thus objects belonging to that layer are no more editable 234 Display attributes SHOW HIDE Click on the eye button on the left side of the list to hide the layer locked Then the layer is made invisible and locked MINIMUM MAXIMUM SCALES
99. ate a safe route against the weather forecasts VDS optimizes the fuel consumption thanks to accurate current forecasts and powerful wave impact algorithm 7 VDS is not only an optimization module it is an ECDIS with voyage optimization module which used together with Log4000 provides efficient performance monitoring and report tool accessible by the ship owners on the WEB using MCP MARIS CUSTOVER PORTAL 268 Glossary GLOSSARY o ECDIS900 ECDIS system developed by MARIS e MBA Master Bridge Assistant Software application installed on board allowing the navigator ordering and updating paper and electronic charts and publications and ordering weather and current forecasts e MDS Maritime Digital Service Same application and services than MBA which is the new version of MDS o Voyage Optimization module This module is an ECDIS900 module This module is integrated in ECDIS900 and gives the possibility to calculate the optimal route from the ship model weather and current forecasts and ECDIS electronic charts o VDS4000 VDS4000 designates ECDIS900 with the Voyage Optimization module activated Note that ECDIS900 is delivered by default with the Voyage Optimization module deactivated The activation is done remotely e NAS Network Attached Storage high capacity storage device installed on the LAN e Log4000 long term storage system installed on board It consists of a NAS and a software called Log4000 The Log4000 includ
100. ated from CD ROM provided from HOs or C MAP To get the latest ENC or ARCS updates via Internet with HTTPS connection the MBA software must be installed 52 Update request and response UPDATE REQUEST AND RESPONSE The online update is possible when the PC is connected to Internet This can be done in different ways e The ECDIS PC is connected to the LAN and a PC on the LAN is the Internet access server with the MBA software installed e The ECDIS PC has the MBA software installed and uses a modem and the connection with the Internet provider is established manually e AGSM is connected to the PC with the MBA software installed and the connection with the Internet provider is established manually REMARK It is also possible to use ARCS and ENC update services even when the ECDIS900 PC is not connected to Internet Then it is necessary to use either a removable drive When the connection is established the user activates the dialogue Chart Handling in ECDIS900 and presses the button Update by email The user can select to update e Only selected charts e All charts necessary for a specific voyage e All charts included inside the screen area e All charts installed on board Automatically the ECDIS90Ochecks the status of all installed charts and the last applied updates for each chart A file containing all information concerning the status of all charts and updates is created and sent by email to the chart server RESPONS
101. ation and messages from AIS e The ECDIS transfers own ship s static and voyage data to the AIS e The ECDIS may also be used to send messages to selected recipients IMPORTANT Ship s static data including Ship s name length etc are used in both AIS transponder and ECDIS900 and can be entered either in AIS device either in ECDIS900 The AIS transponder sends regularly ship s static data to ECDIS900 and vice versa ECDIS900 may send ship s static data to the AIS device If the user decides to use in ECDIS900 the static data entered in the AIS transponder ECDIS900 should not send the static data to the AIS Therefore when setting up the communication in Sensor Monitor tick off the flag Send data to the transponder Two kinds of filters can be applied to the sensor data AIS Sensor can be switched to the Native Heading mode but the AIS heading could be unreliable or not precise enough So the proper warning appears if the Use heading as 183 Broadcasted Data native item is ticked on Press Yes to switch on the mode or No to back to the previous state pz To optimise the number of displayed targets press the AIS filtering button and set the filter criteria in the dialogue ATS Filtering Settings BROADCASTED DATA The AIS transponder broadcasts three different types of data to other AIS installations or base statio
102. b ncp The new files are automatically sent to the correct folders in the ECDIS software Users normally receive permit files in a folder sent by email or on a memory stick sent by post Clicking the Install permits by file button installs permits This function deletes the existing chart permit file overwriting it with the new one and therefore should only be run the first time that permits are installed IMPORTANT When new permits are ordered or when the permits are reissued the files received from UKHO by email or memory stick contain all permits the new and the old ones INSTALL CHARTS ARCS charts are delivered on 11 Area CD s RC1 to RC11 Each Area CD covers a defined geographic area See ARCS Area diagram New Edition charts for all areas are initially placed on the Weekly Update CD When a sufficient number of charts on an area CD have been replaced by New Editions a new Area CD is released with all the New Editions included 56 Install charts IMPORTANT At any time up to ten per cent of the charts on an area CD may have been replaced by New Editions contained on the latest Update CD Users should always install relevant New Edition charts from the Update CD before applying the Updates The update CD contains the latest ARCS chart catalogue plus cumulative updates for all charts in the catalogue Each Area CD and Update CD has the date on the label Only the latest CD of either type should
103. base manually or use real time MARIS email service e Interpret errors that may occur during insulation or update e SwitchtoARG charts e Zoomandchangesales e Modify the layout of the chart with the chart settings e Access to the chart properties e Update paper charts with the aid of ARG updates e Check the chart cllection status including all applied updates references and dates of updating CHART HANDLING The ECDIS900 software is copy protected with a dongle Additionally ARCS are PIN protected Personal Identification Number Each ARCS chart permit has a unique 40 digit code linked to a UKHO User Permit Number 54 Chart handling The PIN number must be entered when asked on the first occasion ARCS charts are installed The ARCS User License Number 6 digits is required when ordering charts ENTERING PIN CODE If the PIN is invalid a warning appears and the mariner has to re type the PIN code If after the three attempts the user has still failed to enter the correct PIN the system does not allow the user to enter the PIN again for a certain time ARCS checking PIN UKHO MARIS Richard Coombes Admiralty Way Taunton User Permit C 1A188642924856 This license ts only valid if the chart permits on this system are licensed to the person or company named above IF jou are not the named person or do not represent the named company you may be in breach of the license conditions relating to the use of these cha
104. be retained on board and used with the system INSTALL SELECTED CHARTS Click the Install selected charts button and the system will list all charts on the CD ROM along with the parameters Number Scale Permits Status and Name Make a selection using standard windows procedures and press Install Click CTRL Install selected charts button to select CD in a shared drive in the LAN The charts with a valid installed permit are displayed with a green spot in the left hand column If the permit is not valid the spot is red Select the chart or charts to be installed and then click the button Install charts The charts are copied onto the hard disk The list of charts can be sorted either ascending or descending by each parameter By default charts with a valid permit are displayed on the top of the list To perform a sort click on the column headings Alternative clicks will sort ascending and then descending IMPORTANT The user may install charts with without permits or with invalid permits and then install permits later It is recommended that if sufficient disk space is available the user installs all the charts in the trading area and only purchases the chart permits needed Chart permits for charts not normally used or covering routes to ports of refuge or diversion can be ordered by phone fax or email with immediate response in an emergency 57 Updates INSTALL ALL CHARTS FROM THE CD In order to speed
105. button on the chart to select another scale from the drop down menu Move the cursor outside of the chart area to scroll the chart in that direction e With raster charts click right button on the chart to load another chart located under the cursor Move the cursor outside the chart area or click outside of the chart borders to load another chart located under the click To zoom and scroll the chart during waypoint plotting it is easier to use the hot keys F1 and F2 to zoom in and out and the keyboard arrows to move the chart NEW WAYPOINT AND LOCAL TIME ECDIS automatically calculates time zone for each waypoint The tine zone for a selected waypoint can be changed in the Waypoint Properties SELECTING WAYPOINTS e Click once on a waypoint to select it The waypoint is then highlighted e To add a waypoint to a selection click on the waypoint with the Ctrl key held down e To de select a waypoint from a selection click the selected waypoint with the Ctrl key held down e Toaddacomplete route to a selection click on one waypoint of the route with the Ctrl and Shift keys held down e Click once on a waypoint to select it With Shift key down click on another waypoint all waypoints of the located between the 2 clicks are selected e Using together with Ctrl the selection with the Shift key allows to build complex select of waypoint from existing routes 133 Selecting waypoints Press the Delete key to delete a selection Move a sel
106. c AIS target data shall be automatically selected and displayed with the provision of an alternative priority in below The user has the option to change the default condition to the display of tracked radar targets and shall be permitted to select either radar tracking or AIS alphanumeric data Once a TT target and AIS target have become associated hysteresis shall be applied to the criteria to set the new criteria or disassociation For practical applications it shall be permitted to vary the association and disassociation criteria by up to 300 of the default values Association for Class A and Class B AIS targets are permitted but the lower update rate on Class B AIS targets may limit or prevent association Select option in the Target association settings list It s possible to choose one of 3 options AIS sleeping and association e No association e AS priority association e ARPA priority association it s possible to change it at any time but only operating in the Monitoring station mode Option selected by user is distributed by LAN among planning Stations NO assodaton AIS priority assocation e Selected option is displayed in target console SLP ASC e Display of associated targets is done according IEC 62288 Name of associated target displayed on the chart in brackets after the name of main target This makes possible to get access to appropriate target properties in the target table In the target table no a
107. c or dynamic according to the ship s heading STATIC CENTRING ZONE The Auto Centring button allows the user to define the centring zone according to the ship s heading For example when a ship is heading north the operator will define a rectangle located at the bottom of the window in order to display a chart area as large as possible in front of the ship This zone is defined by default as a rectangle located in the middle of the screen DYNAMIC CENTRING ZONE Using a dynamic centring zone guaranties that the navigator always has the largest chart displayed in front of his ship even when the heading changes Indeed after the zone is defined the ECDIS900 will dynamically position the centring zone according to the heading For instance if the ship sails North East the ECDIS900 will move the centring zone to the bottom left of the screen and if the ship changes course to South the zone will be moved to the centre top of the screen Click the Auto Centring button to display the current centring rectangle e Two red dotted line rectangles are drawn on the chart the current centring zone the smaller rectangle and the rectangle defining the limits of the dynamic zones e Toleave the centring rectangle unchanged and to erase it click on the Auto Centring button again e Todefine anew centring rectangle locate the cursor at one corner of the desired zone then hold and drag to draw the appropriate zone 26 Centre on Ship e
108. change the colours for the night mode repeat these actions pressing the Night color button Keep in mind that the changes will be visible when the night mode is on 119 Shape SHAPE GPS ANTENNA POSITION Click on the Shape tab to bring the Shape page to the front Set number of nodes manually B To change a node location click on the node on the shape plot and drag it The node coordinates will change Click Default to set values to the default values Click Scale to reset the scale of the window to enable the ship to fit inside GPS ANTENNA The GPS antenna is displayed as a circle with a cross inside it There are two ways to change the antenna position 120 Shape 1 Double click on the antenna s name in the list I gps sensor antenna Set the position and click OK 2 Click on the antenna s name in the list selecting it ladar antenna When the item is selected double click on the desired position within the shape plot The antenna s symbol changes its position The position of the antenna can be monitored within the box located at top right hand corner of the window Where e Ais the distance from the portside e Bis the distance from the starboard e Cis the distance from the bow e Dis the distance from the stern Fixing a precise GPS antenna position is very important with regard to displaying the ship in her correct position particularly when the chart is displayed with
109. charters COA voyages CARGO VOYAGE i Time charter Start laydays given 1 24 2013 h 5 End laydays given 1 25 2013 1 52 00 PM STW required kn 15 0 Bunker cost ton 650 00 The user enters the Estimated Time of Departure and lay days for loading VDS calculates the required speed to achieve this voyage within these limits and lowest consumption Voyage or spot charters COA voyage CARGO VOYAGE The planned speed is fixed the user enters the Estimated Time of Departure and VDS calculates the best ETA and lowest consumptions Time charter The planned speed is fixed the user defines the Estimated Time of Departure and VDS calculates the best ETA and lowest consumptions Cargo heating This option is applicable only for some tankers when the cargo requires to be heated In this case the total consumption is calculated as sum of propulsion and cargo heating consumptions OPTIMIZATION SETTINGS WAVES CONSTRAINS The optimized route can be controlled to avoid areas where the wave heights exceed certain limits set by the captain in the Constrains table 276 Optimization settings In the example the calculated route will never cross areas with waves higher than 6 meters Be aware that in some weather situations the VDS is not able to calculate a route within the waves constrains In this case the VDS will advise the user to change the constrains values or to change ETA or the speed set
110. charts shown could be built from several different scale charts zoomed to the scale of the chart in use In some cases the charts will not merge exactly It should be understood that the surrounding shadowed charts are displayed for information only and should not be used for navigation NOTE When ECDIS needs to fill in a part of the screen with another chart the search starts with charts of the same scale and then if no chart with the same scale is available the search is extended to charts with higher and lower scale The system stops searching if there is no chart available at a scale between 1 4 and 4 times the active chart scale 66 Errors The user should click on a shadowed chart to get all information about the chart and double click on a shadowed chart to activate it To switch on the seamless mode tick the with ARCS check box in the Seamless Chart display group The default state is Simple scale To get the best scaled ARCS displaying for the chart area tick on the Full scale 55 7 settings ed oll ate eiai PLETE ir OG Tate Fiala aed Lae Pasta Ezeerzi H K VI ol Lt ee eat es oh del a dE e GET eDEIdEIe Szeen Chesil ERRORS The following is a list of errors that can occur during ARCS chart management ECDIS ERROR MESSAGE License is invalid and a checksum error is detected while reading the GB LCN file Invalid altered Chart permit corrupted Please reload from the
111. check the accuracy of the positioning system and moreover in case of bad weather improves the security of the navigation It also gives the possibility to use the application ARPA2000 on any remote PC connected to the LAN For example ARPS2000 installed on the PC in the captain s cabin gives him the possibility to check the navigation from his cabin 204 Tools SELECTION OF THE RADAR SOURCE In the panel radar select the source by clicking in the menu Overlay TOOLS Several tools activate the functionality connected with the cursor MANUAL ACQUISITION After pressing the Aq button with left mouse button the next left mouse button click over the chart area will be assumed as Manual acquisition command for the Extractor Tracker If the Aq button was pressed with right mouse button all next left mouse button clicks over the chart area will be assumed as Manual Acquisition commands until the Aq button will be released MANUAL POSITION OFFSET GPS adjustments Overlapping the radar picture on the chart allows controlling the accuracy of the GPS position Indeed when for example a buoy displayed on the chart and its radar echo do not match this is probably due to the ship s position calculation accuracy To adjust the position of the ship use the tool Ship position offset Click on the radar echo on the chart then drag the mouse and click on the corresponding chart object Then GPS is shifted and
112. ck right Select Delete on the pop up menu EVENT el in To plot a new point on the chart at the ships location click on the Event icon The geographical point is displayed on the chart with a special icon and stored in the user data active layer A detailed overview of user data can be found under Cher Editor ZOOM Click on the Zoomin icon to zoom in one step HoT KEY Press Hot Key F1 to zoom in IMPORTANT In RCDS mode Raster charts clicking with the right button of the mouse in the Zoom in button loads and displays another raster chart with a better scale under if it exists Other methods of zooming can be found in Charts Zooming Click on the Zoom out icon to zoom out one step HoT KEY Press Hot Key F2 to zoom out STANDARD DISPLAY A e Click on the Standard Display icon to set the ENC or C MAP display to standard mode e Click on the Standard Display icon to display ARCS chart at the original scale 23 Select Area NORWEGIAN PILOT Right click on the icon to select Extended Standard and Norwegian presentation HoT KEY Press Hot Key F7 to select the standard mode SELECT AREA The Select area function allows the user to define chart areas and to select an area to be displayed To select an area click on the Select area icon S A chart area is defined by e Name e Lat latitude e Lon longitude e Scale Select chart area Madlsland CHANGE SELECTED AREA To chang
113. cle e When the MOB button is pushed an AIS SRM message is automatically broadcast AIS DATA SERVER Scandinavian AIS traffic is accessible via Internet To connect to the dedicated WEB site login name and password are required SET UP In Sensor Monitor create a sensor norm Internet AIS Client 191 AIS data server Sensor Configuration e Internet AlS Client START STOP AIS DATA RECEIVING In ECDIS900 access to the target list window and activate or de activate the reception Enter the login name and password when required After few seconds AIS targets are displayed on the chart 192 SeaTrac Tender Tracking Seatrac SEATRAC TENDER TRACKING The SeaTrac Tender Tracking System is a stand alone Radio Frequency Transmission System designed specifically for tracking watercraft as they operate around a Superyacht The SeaTrac System operates without the requirement for land based infrastructure SeaTrac transmissions are without cost and operate on either US or European license free frequency bands Dedicated NMEA sentence allows close Target or Tenders to be tracked around the own ship Different alarm can be setup target per target e SeaTrac configuration in ECDIS e SeaTrac Display in ECDIS ALARMS There are 2 types of SeaTrac targets alarms SeaTrac external alarms and SeaTrac internal alarm SEATRAC CONFIGURATION Create dedicated special sensor SeaTrac is created in Sensor Monitor SCH SES SENSOR WE
114. consumption for each route In the example the LTR_02_ Atlantic is the most economical route of the calculation as the ship may spend 35 Tons less fuel than with the great circle route e Fuel cost gives indication of the cost of each option S Evaluating calculated routes REPLAY VDS offers an efficient tool to evaluate the different calculated routes and to check the forecasted weather conditions the ship will face according to the planned speed and the selected route Use the slider in the panel Replay trip conditions to display the ship positions according to the selected time displayed on the right of the slider Please note that the weather and current situation is changing according to the selected time When several routes are calculated the VDS displays the calculated ship positions on all the routes a a ei KE d Kaf 8 d ryad eo SOLA Cl Passage planned STW kn 15 0 Replay trip conditions SE Ehl LEE Charter laydays TTG range el DM 3 3 12 28 19 470 3704 370 LTR 02 Atlantic 17373 12 23 09 2 0 OSdays02h 15 00 0 73 12 28 11 080 3455 345 It is possible to have an immediate view on the forecasted weather and current conditions on the latest calculated route When the weather display is hidden Option accessible from the weather panel the VDS will show the latest route with the weather and current condition on each intermediate waypoints together with the calculated SOG for each leg e Wind i
115. ct in ECDIS900 and can be displayed on request The survey lines are stored as routes in ECDIS900 route database and have the same name than in the internal system TRINAV One survey line is in fact a route defined by two waypoints PLANNING MODE The survey area is displayed in black in the picture 256 Safety zone Several survey lines downloaded from the TRINAV system are displayed as planned route Note that a survey area can include up to 1000 different survey lines MONITORING MODE During survey operation one survey line is selected as active in the TRINAV system i e for the seismic calculation department It is important to display the same active route in ECDIS900 The active survey line has to be manually selected by the navigator in ECDIS900 In the dialogue Load Unload objects and then becomes the active route for ECDIS The application calculates displays the XTE Cross Track Error and the ETA to the end of the survey line SAFETY ZONE The safety zone is an area defined around the streamers in which special alarms functions apply ECDIS900 calculates in dynamic the safety area from e the position of the external cables e the safety distance entered by the user in the text box Safety passage Zod System Configuration DISPLAY ECDIS900 displays on request the safety zone in the following dialogue GROUNDING AND DANGER ALARMS In addition to the standard ECDIS alarms ECDIS900 manages th
116. cts IMPORTANT The function Order is applicable only on the active layer To change the display priority of objects belonging to other layer the user must first activate the layer See Chapter OE paragraph Layer SWITCHING TO THE RHUMBLINE MODE OR SWITCHING TO THE GREAT CIRCLE MODE Display all lines either in Rhumline mode either in Great Circle NAVIGATION EDITOR NAVIGATION EDITOR The Navigation Editor gives the user the possibility of working with the electronic chart in the Same way as with the paper chart e Preparation of a harbour arrival or a passage through a dangerous area by adding temporary information on the chart e Planning the route more safely by drawing restricted or dangerous zones e Manually plotting the position of the ship tiS TRAAN Information and objects plotted with the NE Navigation Editor are stored and presented in a special layer called NE layer that is displayed on the top of the electronic chart 220 Multi plotting mode NE layer contains objects lines arcs chart annotations current information that are temporary objects displayed on the chart until such time as they are deleted The ECDIS does not allow the possibility of storing these objects to file and reloading them in the system on request The different objects available are e LO Function e NG e Paints e Current Information e Crmpass e Pdlylines e Parallel and Perpendicular Lines e hart annotation andaaut
117. cursor on a segment where a new waypoint is desired and click right e Select Insert new mark on the pop up menu To insert a waypoint via the keyboard see Route Plan APPEND A WAYPOINT e Locate the cursor on the last leg Right click and select Append new waypoint from the drop down menu A new waypoint will be appended to the end of the route Move the cursor to the desired position The new segment will display the appropriate length and heading e To stop adding new waypoints double click on the last waypoint entered DELETE A WAYPOINT e Locate the cursor on a waypoint that is to be deleted right click and select the menu item Delete e Alternatively select the waypoint by clicking once on it and press the Delete key e To delete a waypoint via the keyboard see Route Plan Ile an Undo can be used to recover a route SPLIT A ROUTE e Locate the cursor on a leg right click and select Split on the pop up menu The leg disappears and two independent routes are created Note that the two new routes are given different names REVERSE A ROUTE e Locate the cursor on any route leg right click and select Reverse in the pop up menu 138 Waypoint properties e The direction of the route will now be reversed and an arrow displayed on each leg shows the direction of the route NOTE The Reverse function also re numbers the waypoints Lock UNLOCK A ROUTE e Locate the cursor on a route leg right click right and select L
118. d Keep in mind that the selected waypoint will be deleted immediately but in case of none mistake press Undo button to recover the deleted waypoint PRINT Press the Print route plan button _Print route plan The route plan is transferred to the text file opened immediately RouteNorge Notepad 148 Move a waypoint in the list Modifications are possible before printing REMARK The Notepad document can be stored in file MOVE A WAYPOINT IN THE LIST Right click on the waypoint s name and select the menu Move after Then select the destination waypoint and the waypoint will be moved after the selected waypoint Sam oe be at lifted tea pall Gl Eer milar serie MODIFY TIME ZONE To modify the time zone to the selected waypoint press the Modify TZ button Then set the value Modify time zone ADD A ROUTE Press the Add route button dd route The list of routes appears 149 Set Date Time Select route Select the route and press OK The selected route will be added to the current route NOTE No more than one route in one time can be selected for this operation SET DATE TIME To change the date and time of start just input the value into the proper fields SET A WAYPOINT AS A PILOT WAYPOINT To set waypoints of embarking disembarking a pilot right click on the waypoint name and select the proper item let mlae erien The waypoint name becomes red coloured
119. d NOTE fate i i dragging it to any suitable location on the screen Hot keylist Several hot keys allow access to basic functions of ECDIS and makes possible operating the ECDIS directly from a keyboard BOOKMARKS TABS To define multiple pages for the same area of the dialogue box the tab controls are used Switching between the pages is performed by clicking on the tab OPTION BUTTON An option button radio button selects one and just one option from a set of alternatives Option buttons may be switched on or off but only one button from the group may be on at any one time When an option button is activated by either clicking the text or the round indicator the corresponding text is highlighted and a filled circle appears in the round indicator CHECK BOX A Check Box control allows selection of the multiple options from the set To toggle change state click on the check box and its value will change from on to off or vice versa Status on checked is indicated by a check mark in the left square window In case the option is disable the check box looks like the picture below Adda OIA WHEN tne smp caute changes mare timari 13 Input box INPUT BOX Humber of Circles 1 An Input Box also known as Spinner consists from an increment button a decrement button and an edit control The box is used to enter alphanumeric values To activate the input box click on it Click on the up button
120. date from Internet in Chart Handling e Then the procedure is automatic and several messages displayed in the Messages part of the dialogue give information about the process Copy Database function allows updating other ECDIS station by LAN after Update is completed COPY DATABASE After Internet or Email update is completed in case of dual ECDIS configuration Copy database function allows synchronising remote ECDIS by LAN e Select Accessible path and press Copy database 106 Copy database Copy chart database to remote PC a x Below the list of remote ECDIS PCs Select the PCs to be updated and press Copy Database button Attention The process can take several minutes During updating do nat use ECDIS chat handling on remote PCs Network path o o WMKZ MK15 e Press OK when finished L PR le JI 1 bs HI Khan k Kill 1 kl l bet SP bei X kel kl III ee ki n it b kal pH kl t O T a r a T ee ed CN Chal 2m p kn i e Acknowledge Database transferred on the remote ECDIS ECDIS900 BS x A C Map database updating has been finished successfully REMARK On Remote ECDIS after Copy Chart Database is used Updated Objects of Database can be displayed History of Updates is not available 107 Using C MAP charts USING C MAP CHARTS Select C MAP by either right click menu Other charts and selection of CMAP or by using the hot key F9 properly pre programmed or by double click
121. dent from the ship speed which is used to calculate WOL position Parameter is very important to setup properly to reach precise steering ALARM SETTINGS COURSE DIFFERENCE LIMIT FOR STARTING DEGREE It is the limit of difference between ship heading and active leg course which makes impossible to activate TCS Use the Back on track function to build temporary route which makes possible to join the planned route using TCS function LOW SPEED LIMIT KN The parameter is used to trigger alarm in case TCS is active and vessel speed is less then specified threshold Meaning that autopilot is not able to provide proper steering quality under specified conditions HEADING MONITORING THRESHOLD DEGR The parameter is used to monitor two GYRO values difference Alarm is triggered in case difference exceed the specified threshold POSITION MONITORING THRESHOLD M The parameter is used to monitor two GPS positions difference Alarm is triggered in case difference exceed the specified threshold XTD CALCULATION WHILE TURNING e Select XTD from ROT curve when using new autopilot type which need XTD calculation during turning not from turning curve e Select XTD from straight line using old autopilot type which need calculation from Straight line F DISTANCE The settings of turning distances 171 Back to track function Distance to start turn NOTE The function is also available from the Ship properties Shape tab BACK
122. ding mode wl OX bass A swell direction Swell wave period Se Sf 12012061812 wx5 12 grb Swell waves height 2012061812 wx5_13 grb Total waves height 2012061812 wx5 14 grb Wave direction 2012061812 wx5_15 grb Wave d period P 2012061812 wech 16 grb Wind direction F Wind Speed 9 2012061812 wx5_17 grb 3 201206181 2 wx5 21 grb 9 2012061812 wb 22 grb 6 201206181 2 wh 23 grb 9 2012061812 wx5 24 grb 201206181 2 wx5 245 grb 3 2012061812 _wx5 26 grb 2012061812 wx5_ 31 grb Latitude o 0 D0N 75 0 00N z 2012061812 wech 32 grb z 2012061812 web 23 orb Longitude 100 0 00 040 0 00E 2012061812 wb 34 grb S 2012061812_wx5_35 grb Time 19706 00 00 23 06 12 00 12 Sf 2012061812 wx5 36 grb gt 012061812 wx5_41 grb Resolution Lat Geer 2012061812 web 42 grb 9 2012061812 wx5_43 grb Bullitens E 6 201206181 2 wx5 44 grb SS 2012061812 web Ab orb Load file Unload all Cancel When a file is selected the content of the file is described in the right File preview panel with the different parameters recorded in the file Wind wawes height The toolbar gives fast access to the main file management functions refresh folders content create delete folder delete copy paste files WEATHER LAYER SETTINGS The following layers can be available E b current pressure EI waves D wind aS swell sg 262 Weather time temperature visibi
123. e Copy button 84 Chart properties NAVIGATION Pick report at 32 29 2305 and 060 54 681E h Undenvater awash rock The Navigation tab displays information about Navigation aids Lights Beacons Buoys etc In addition when notes or pictures containing text or drawing information are associated with the cell two pop up menus display the list of available notes or drawings Select the note or the picture in the menus to display it To copy the entire information of the tab press the Copy button MORE Pick report at 32 29 2305 and 060 54 681E a NA x Pictwesfha z Cony Espana al Presentation Library Version 3 4 The More tab shows additional information about objects found under the clicked point and displays the S 52 Presentation Library version To copy the entire list press the Copy button LIGHT SECTOR LINES The Light sector lines tab allows the user to expand one or several sector lines of interest The display of extended sector lines allows the user to control very precisely the navigation 85 Chart handling when sailing towards a light or within selected chart sectors REMARK These lines are displayed on the screen even the light is not visible on the screen HISTORY OF UPDATES The History of updates tab displays the list of updates for the cell or cells if there are more than one cell is under the cursor When moving the mouse on top of a buoy displays when it exists the name of noe
124. e When the current scale is smaller than the original scale the scale indicator is displayed in yellow together with the warning Underscale This warning is also displayed in the Legend panel e lf own ship s position is covered by an chart with a larger scale than the scale in use the warning BC is displayed in the scale indicator and Better chart exists in the Legend panel NAVIGATION MODE INDICATORS GPS INDICATOR The GPS or D R Dead Reckoning indicator shows the current navigation mode The GPS mode is the normal mode the ship s position being acquired from the GPS however when no more data is received the system automatically warns the navigator and switches to the D R Dead Reckoning mode Once communication with the GPS is restored the system reverts to the GPS mode GPS QUALITY When the GPS sends the information about quality of the positioning the quality is displayed in the GPS indicator as a red bar graph MULTI GPS ECDIS900 can receive information from several different GPS sensors and the master GPS may be selected by clicking right button in the Navigation mode indicator MASTER GPS AND QUALITY CONTROL When the slave GPS has a better position quality than the master one the ECDIS900 warns the navigator by displaying a yellow rectangle around the GPS indicator Then the master GPS can manually be selected as described above DEAD RECKONING MODE When the GPS fails ECDIS900 switches aut
125. e active layer With NE objects the selection is simply copied in the NE layer For OE objects the functions Cut Copy Paste are used to copy objects from one layer or one file to other one See Chapter OE Layers PASTE TO POSITION Select Paste to Position the cursor changes and the selection will be pasted at the mouse click location This function is equivalent to the move selection action performed with the mouse DELETE ALL SELECTED Delete the Selection SELECT ALL OBJECT EDITOR Empty the selection and select all OE loaded objects that do not belong to a locked layer 219 Navigation Editor SELECT ALL ALARM OBJECTS Empty the selection and select all alarm objects defined by the user SELECT ALL NAVIGATION EDITOR Empty the selection and select all NE loaded objects CONNECT POLYLINES Select two polylines activate the item Connect Polylines the two lines are then connected ORDER User s data objects loaded in the ECDIS are displayed with a priority controlled in two different and complementary ways Layers order the files and the layers are displayed in an order defined by the user See chapter OE paragraph Layers Inside each OE layer the user can control the order the objects are displayed The item menu Order allows changing the priority of the display of the selected object by sending it to back to front or moving it one step forward or backward in the layer s list of obje
126. e alarms of the dangers against the chart objects located inside the safety zone The user can select the parameters used to determine the different alarms e the safety distance e the safety depth Then ECDIS900 checks grounding and danger alarms inside the safety area and triggers alarms when necessary REMARK the alarms are very clearly displayed on the chart with red colours star around the isolated dangers and wide line SYSTEM CONFIGURATION ARCHITECTURE The MARIS system installed onboard seismic ship is based on two workstations installed in the bridge called ECDIS900 Monitoring station and NetPC The ECDIS900 station is used to display the electronic chart or the Radar video and the NetPC is used as Radar Video server Then it has no monitor and no keyboard The two workstations acquire navigation data from different sensors connected by serial lines and the NetPC acquires the raw Radar video from the two Radar transceivers with MARIS PC Radar Kit The two PCs share and exchange data using TCP IP messages on LAN 258 System Configuration Other workstations connected to the ship s LAN can run ECDIS900 or ARPA2000 applications and share and display the same data than the workstations installed in the bridge NAVIGATION DATA Navigation data are acquired by serial lines connected either to the Monitoring station or to the NetPc Two applications called Sensor Monitor running on the two workstations are in charg
127. e bearing point and drag the mouse as far as is necessary The time Stamp is saved and displayed Select Line of position range NM for an arc e Enter range in NM e Enter LOP label displayed on the map ZAA LOP Function Bearing HUTH TE Wie line Line of position bearing degr JD h Line of position range NM 10 0 W LOP label St OK Cancel The cursor will change to a cross Move the cross on the point centre of arc and Click on the position Arclin 0 042 of 15 91 3h 011 04 1466 aut aon 10 00 NM Light ra ear HIR 153 5 OBJECT MODIFICATION It is possible to adjust Lines or Arcs after creation e Use Mouse cursor by drag or extend e Right click and open Properties dialog box and adjust parameters Object Information Range LOP E E General Information Location Layer Layer U File Det Position Latitude 57 21 682H Longitude jor 33 187E Radius Nh 10 00 x Angle begin deg 185 4 7 Angle end deg 425 CG Apply del Ier i ES CALCULATE POSITION Select 3 objects or more to get a FIX position from LOP Use CTRL for multiple selection Here 3 lines are used 223 LOP Function ELE SEH pan Ze Bi EE SE E order EE E E gaer ae EE The FIX point is added Use Right click and Properties to get details i SE L Select 2 objects or more to get a FIX position from LOP
128. e first option of the installation wizard 89 Install charts The second option allows the user to make a selection of charts to be installed and the source of the data CD or HD Makea selection of charts in the second dialogue and press Next to start with the installation z IMPORTANT European ENC charts and Updates distributed by Primar and UK HO are delivered on two CDs a Base CD containing the chart database issued at the time indicated on the label and an update CDs containing the updates for those charts The update CDs contain also new chart edition issued since the Base CD was printed The new charts and the new editions of chart stored on the update CD are automatically installed and updated during the update process INSTALLATION AND UPDATE After the charts are installed ECDIS tries to find updates of the charts on the same media If the updates are found and have a correct sequence ECDIS automatically applies the update to the charts For a complete installation and update of European ENCs proceed as follow 1 Insert Base CD 2 Press Install select the charts to be installed and press Install 3 Insert the Update CD 90 Chart selection 4 Press Update DELETE CHARTS After confirmation the selected charts are definitively deleted from the chart database The possible errors which may occur during installation are listed below CHART SELECTION Select the chart one by one by double clicking on
129. e menu Select All Alarms objects from the menu Edit Weare selection and locked layer When an OE object resides in a locked OE layer that particular object is not selectable For more information about layers see chapter OE Layers MOVE THE SELECTION Move the cursor over one of the selected points and when the cursor changes to the hand shape drag the whole selection to the desired position h o Ai When the cursor changes to the large arrow only the selected point will be moved DELETE THE SELECTION Select the object s and push the delete button OTHER METHODS OF DELETING THE SELECTION e Press the Delete key e Select Cut from the Edit menu e Select Delete all selected from the Edit menu 218 Edit menu EDIT MENU Undo Delete Object Ctrlt z ut trt Copy Chl G Paste trl Paste to Position Shieh Delete all selected De Select all Object Editor Select all Alarm Objects Select all Navigation Editor Connect two polelines Order Change to Rhumbline mode UNDO Allows the most of the actions performed on NE or User s data objects to be undone When Undo is not possible the menu is disabled There are up to ten levels of undo meaning that the ten last functions applied on objects can be cancelled NOTE The Undo function is applicable only on NE and OE functions CUT COPY Delete or Copy the selection and copy it to the clipboard PASTE Copy the selection added to the clipboard to th
130. e of analysing and transmitting the analysed data All analysed data Position time Course and speed Depth Targets etc are sent on the LAN in broadcasting mode and all computers of the Network running ECDIS900 can use them SET UP The set up of the serial input to the Monitoring station is done by the installer and can be modified at any time using SMonitor application The set up of serial input to the NetPC is done when the system is set up Because there is no monitor and keyboard the set up cannot be modified easily There are two ways to change it e Connect a monitor and mouse keyboard and access the application SMonitor e Use the application WinVNC on the Monitoring station and access to the NetPC remotely This requires that WinVNC is installed as server on the NetPC and as client on the Monitoring station RADAR VIDEO DATA Radar video is acquired on the NetPC using the PC Radar Kit and the application Extractor Tracker E T The video is digitised on the NetPC and sent on the LAN In normal mode the video is sent on the ship s LAN in braodcasting mode and all PCs of the LAN can use and display the Radar video picture using the application ARPA2000 or overlay the Radar video on top of the electronic chart in ECDIS900 However the traffic on the LAN increases significantly and in some cases the traffic increase is not acceptable Then there are three different solutions to reduce the traffic 1 Configure Extractor
131. e slider along the bar to the desired time point in minutes Target prediction min Linear predictor 24 J Vector predictor M Use own vector predictor Settings Docking function Docking mode History shape time step E Use own vector predictor Linear predictor to calculate future positions according to current course and speed The displayed positions on the screen are predicted CHART HANDLING To manage chart catalogues click on the Chart Handling icon VS This function allows the user to list the charts installed in the chart catalogue to install new charts and to delete charts from the catalogue For a detailed overview of the Chart Handling see Chapter Charts Chart Handing SE Load Unload objects LOAD UNLOAD OBJECTS Routes and tracks are stored in a database The following actions are available e Load displays routes or tracks on the chart e Unload erases routes or tracks from the chart To load unload routes or tracks click on the Load Unload objects icon EC For full details on Load Unload see chapters e Routes Load Unload Delete routes e Lock Unlocka route e Localize a route e Import Export Routes e Tracks Load Unload Delete tracks TIDE AND CURRENT INFORMATION ei Push the button Show Hide tide stations and ocean current w and icons showing the tide level are displayed at the tide stations locations More than 2000 main tide stations are avai
132. e the selected chart area either e Double click on the area name or e Click on the name and then click on the Set area button e The chartis displayed at the selected scale and centred on the defined point SET NEW DISPLAY AREA e Move the chart to the desired position and select a scale e Click on the Select area icon 24 Select Area e Click on the New display area button a new area named Unknown is created with the geographical centre and scale automatically stored e Tochange the name click on the name Unknown and enter a new name via the keyboard e Close the window Select chart area Unknowre SET NEW AREA BY KEYBOARD e Press the button New Area by keyboard e Enter the name the latitude and longitude of the point centre of the screen and the scale Select chart area DELETE CHART AREA e Click on the Select area icon e Click onthe name of the area to be deleted e Click on the Remove display area button IMPORTANT 29 Auto centring A list of chart areas is created for one type of chart the list created for S57 chart is valid only for this type of charts and cannot be used with ARCS charts AUTO CENTRING Click on the Auto centring icon to define a centring zone When the chart auto scrolling mode is selected Follow Ship Ticked ON the chart will automatically move following to the ship motion when it out of the centring zone There are two types of centring zones stati
133. e used for each installation and Chart1 for test set Select ENC panel provider tab GB or PM to install permits or charts and update the database The last updates can be highlighted on the chart and the history of all applied updates is stored in a log file 86 ENC security The possible errors which may occur during installation or update are listed below ENC SECURITY Security frame give access to the 4 following possibilities e Add permit by file e Delete selected permits e Get User Permit e D Certificate ENC cells are in general copy protected and therefore require permits Some Data providers deliver S 57 cells without copy protection and therefore NOTE l l permits are not required PERMITS ENC cells are in general copy protected and therefore require permits Some HOs deliver S 57 cells without copy protection and therefore permits are not NOTE required ORDERING THE PERMITS To order permits send to MARIS the list of ENC cells of interest or a precise description of the area to be covered by ENC or a description of the routes you would like to be covered by ENC Then MARIS chart service can establish the list of necessary charts and after confirmation the charts are purchased and the permits sent on board ADD PERMIT BY FILE The permits are delivered as 2 files e Ifthe permit was received on a memory stick plug in the memory stick and select the directory containing permits files e Ifthe permi
134. ection as described in Modifyinga route or create a new route from the selection CREATE A ROUTE FROM A SELECTION OF EXISTING WAYPOINTS e Load one or several routes e Make a selection of waypoints e Press the New Route and OK buttons in the confirmation dialogue e Enter a name for the new route e The newly created route is displayed and selected e To continue plotting waypoints right click on the route and activate the menu item Append waypoint ECDIS9O0 EXAMPLE Creation of a new route from three existing routes e The first route describes the way out of a harbour the second one a sea passage and the third a harbour entrance e Press the Crtl and Shift keys down and click on one waypoint from the first route the first route is added to the selection e Press Ctrl and click on one waypoint from the second route as shown in the picture e Press Ctrl and click on the next waypoint from the second route e Press the Crtl and Shift keys down and click on one waypoint from the last route the last route is added to the selection 134 Download from GPS e The selection is complete Press the button New Route and answer YES e Enter the name of the new route DOWNLOAD FROM GPS A route can be downloaded from a GPS The downloading process is controlled in the Sensor Monitor program To be able to download routes from GPS it is necessary to set up the communication parameters correctly For more detail
135. ed from AIS device are used in ECDIS900 it is displayed in the Ship s properties AlStab A green icon displayed in front of the parameter means that ECDIS900 setting is the same than AIS setting for the selected parameter If the icon is red the parameter in AIS is different from the parameter in ECDIS900 If any discrepancies ECDIS900 proposes to synchronize the data by using in ECDIS900 the data received from AIS transponder Voyage data has to be entered in the AIS transponder for each voyage When a route is activated in ECDIS900 the voyage data are calculated by the ECDIS These data can be sent automatically to the AIS transponder but the user can decide to manually enter and send the data to the AIS The voyage information is displayed and entered in the Voyage tab in the Ship Properties dialogue and the option Manual Entry must be checked to be able to enter manually the voyage data Ship and voyage data is automatically sent via the serial link to the AIS 185 AIS target display AIS TARGET DISPLAY The AIS Target symbol is a blue triangle with a speed vector dotted line and the COG vector continuous line The speed vector length depends on the speed of the target true vector or on both own ship and target speed relative vector Keep in mind that according to standards the AIS target must display the ship scaled icon True vector Relative vector When a target is lost the vector is no longer displayed and a
136. ed to the ships autopilot to automatically alter course at each waypoint The amount of helm ordered by the ECDIS900 will vary according to turning parameters set in the system The helm ordered and rate of turn value NEVER exceed the limits defined by the user To complete a prescribed turn at a waypoint it is essential for the turning radius to be set into the system accurately 168 Autopilot Track pilot First picture the Turning radius is good and ECDIS900 is able to follow the planned route during the turn Second picture the Turning Radius is wrong and ECDIS900 is not able to follow the planned route AUTOPILOT TRACK PILOT The data sentences to be sent to the auto pilot Track pilot are selected in the application Sensor Monitor paragraph Autopilot When a route is active and the option Track Steering or Autopilot is activated the ECDIS sends regularly the selected sentences to the autopilot or trackpilot CHECKOUT BEFORE THE TCS ACTIVATION e valid GPS GYRO and LOG e difference between HDG and active leg course e ship should be within XTD limit and some distance in front of wheel over line TRACKPILOT OPTION Right click in the panel Auto Pilot in the console area and select the item TCS Options to display the TGoptions dialogue 169 TCS options TCS options Steering parameters Velocity to come back to the track CTS speed limit degr sec Steering accuracy degr Mavmmum radius
137. eed acquired by ECDIS IMPORTANT Dead Reckoning is possible only when ECDIS receives course and speed information from the gyro log sensor 111 Ship symbols When ECDIS does not receive any course and speed information the Dead Reckoning mode is deactivated and the Simulation mode can be used to plot the position of the ship ECDIS automatically switches back to the GPS mode when communications with the GPS are restored For additional information about Dead Reckoning see the paragraph Ship Properties DR and for complete information about the ship see Ships Properties SHIP SYMBOLS The ship s symbol is displayed either with a scaled icon or with ECDIS symbol The length of the vector is six minutes and each circle indicates one minute The GPS antenna is located at the lines cross When a second GPS is connected it is possible to select which GPS is the master Then the ship s icon is displayed at the Master GPS position The second position given by the other GPS is displayed on the chart using a small cross SHIP PROPERTIES SHIP PROPERTIES To view or amend ship s properties either e Click on the Ship properties icon on the toolbar e Orclick right on the ship s icon and select Properties from the pop up menu e Or locate the cursor and top of the ship and press F4 twice The Ship parameter window has the following tabs e General Voyage e TR e Track e Alarms e Display 112 General Sh
138. een 279 SPEED POWER FUEL widcsincicvcassusinedennoacudedeesehussnssaduwsieedebnebevevowedsbuncieuentwusine donde dedicveseianusensdadeweenneeurdedveensdobunsendetedwekwuensdetiws 279 NEW WEATHER Ee 280 ACIN ER OUTE E 280 CHECKING THE OPTIMIZED ROUTE E 283 General General ECDIS900 ECDIS900 is designed to display vessel information received from on board sensors such as GPS Gyro Log radar and AIS together with geographical information retrieved from Electronic Charts ECDIS900 is a core navigation tool that satisfies the marine standards ECDIS Electronic Chart Display Information System and RCDS Raster Chart Display System ECDIS900 is designed to run under Microsoft Windows Operating Systems XP or Windows 1 ECDIS900 is designed to secure navigation at sea by combining the vessel information from several sensors information from Electronic Charts in the area and the use of powerful navigation functions The system has the ability to display and use both official and unofficial raster andvector charts Official charts types supported are e Electronic Navigation Charts ENC provided by Primar AVCS provided by UKHO C MAP ENC DB in the SENC format which are official Vector Charts e ARCS Raster Charts from British Admiralty ENC data does not contain any information concerning symbolizing The presentation of charts on the screen and it is implemented via the presentation library PRESLIB published in the Publication No 52 S
139. ent scale may be selected by right clicking inside the window The window is closed by double clicking inside or selecting the menu Close REMARK This feature is available on vector charts only Ser eaa besse Hi on ee foam EG Ft ob rs TET SEI Fer HIE Hee r MARIS RADAR KIT COLOR FESTIVAL o GENERAL MARIS PC Radar Kit consists of two parts hardware and software Hardware software and set up are described in document RadarKit MK6 Installation manual delivered together with the PC Radar Kit Software part includes the following applications e Extractor Tracker VarpPCl exe e Sensor Monitor Sensor Monitor exe e ETS Agent ETSAgent exe e PCI Board Adjustment SetupETS exe e Remote PCI Board Adjustment RemoteSetupETS exe e Oscilloscope Oscilloscope exe e MARIS ARPA 2000 ARPA2000 exe MARIS PC Radar Kit provides the ability of combining Radar NOTE operations with the ECDIS and is fully approved to IEC 61174 for overlay function The Radar function ARPA2000 has not been tested The Sensor Monitor processes the navigational information from ship s sensors and sends it to Extractor Tracker In case if Extractor Tracker does not react on change of heading check SMonitor ini file 200 MARIS Radar Kit RADAR OVERLAY The PC Radar kit allows the radar picture to be shown on top of the chart but also to automatically track Radar targets IMPORTANT To suppress the overlay
140. es The redraw of the chart including scales change or scroll of the chart takes never more than 5 seconds During the re generation of the data the display is maintained until the new display is ready for re draw DANGERS AND WARNINGS The Route Checking function Route Planning and Route Monitoring checks all dangers inside the safety zone against the ship s draught and air draught ECDIS senses alarms related to both ENC cells and manual updates The list is of object classes to be warned about by ECDIS is displayed below ACHPNT ANCHOR WARNING BCNSAW BEACON WARNING BCNSPP BEACON WARNING BERTHING DANGER BOYCAR BUCY WARNING BOYING BUCY WARNING BOYISD BUCY WARNING BOYLAT BUCY WARNING BOYSAW BUCY WARNING BoYspP_ BUCY WARNING DANGER BRTFAC BERTHING WARNING CAUSWY CAUSEWAY WARNING DANGER CHNWIR CHAIN WARNING COALNE COAST WARNING DANGER CTNARE CAUTION WARNING CTSARE CARGO WARNING 98 ENC s57 charts Technical features DEPTHAREA DANGER DEPCNT DEPTH DEPTHCONTOUR IDANGER VALDCO DIFFUSOR DANGER DREDGEDAREA DANGER FAIRWAY DANGER FLODOC DOCK WARNING FSHFAC FISHING WARNING FISHING DANGER GATE DANGER OBSTRUCTION DANGER 99 ENC s57 charts Technical features DEPTH VALSOU PIPOHD HEIGHT PIPELINE DANGER VERCLR PIPELINE DANGER PONTON PONTON PRDINS INSTALLATION PYLONS PYLON RESARE RESTRICTION RSCSTA RESCUESTATION DEPTH DANGER SPLARE I
141. es a report module sending data to shore e MCP MARIS CUSTOMER PORTAL MCP is the MARIS WEB site available for all MARIS customers ship and ship owners and providing access to all data related to the ship including charts services and installation reports and Log4000 MCP is also an efficient performance monitoring and report tool accessible by the ship owners e VDS Voyage Decision System VDS designates the complete system including VDS4000 and Log4000 installed on board and MCP services on shore VDS is addressing the needs of energy saving for the ship and also for the ship owner SHORT DESCRIPTION VDS4000 is installed on a PC on board the ship with the proper ship model Weather and current forecasts are received every day The navigator plots the route to be optimized in VDS4000 Alternatively the navigator may import in VDS4000 the route from existing ECDIS VDS4000 calculates the optimal route from the ship model the forecasts and the ENC charts used on board After the navigator has confirmed the calculation the route is exported to ECDIS and used as active route 269 Short Description lat alal adi wile A9 mt vie eo A Ae s12 Scale 1 6 958 731 wee Ge Speed power fuel Get ol eg Charter Iepdays TTG range CHART The management of electronic charts is an essential part of the ECDIS and is described in details in ECDIS900 user manual ECDIS900 is compatible all types of official electr
142. ete all selected Display linked document Froperties Objects under the point e Click right button on one of the arc point access the menu Absolute Coord and change the radius start or end angle Deleting an ARC Click right button on the arc and activate the menu Delete All Selected Select the arc and press the key Del Select the arc and press the Delete button Tips Double click on the tool ARC deletes all displayed ARCS POINT The Point tool allows plotting isolated points on the chart in particular the positions of the ship calculated manually from bearing lines Radar Dead reckoning or Astronomical calculations IMPORTANT The plotted points are stored in the logbook and therefore displayed hidden in real time on the chart during the replay of the logbook PLOTTING A POINT e Select the tool Point and click on the chart e The ECDIS first tries to find an intersection point under the click between two lines or a line and an arc Then the co ordinates of the plotted point are made equal to the co ordinates of the intersection point e fno intersection is found under the click the co ordinates are not adjusted e Inthe Properties dialogue select the type of point and enter time and log information 226 Current information MODIFYING A POINT e Select the point click on the point and drag the mouse to the new location e Click right button on that point open the dialogue Properties and modify posit
143. ety contour as well as any no go areas defined by the master However it is strongly recommended e Tocheck the optimized route against the weather forecasts to make sure that the sea conditions are acceptable and to evaluate any risks which might be present as for example ice conditions and tropical storms e To check the route against the electronic charts by using the function Check route e To check visually the route in order to verify the safe water depth the distance to shore safety fairway crossing and any other potential dangers for navigation 283 Checking the optimized route SE SA Femyland Hd X IW 10658m 151 Sech i Ge gaten feed n 2 WR a Geelen ee PAWE m22 r ah A AOW 7s tar o E Example optimized route outside of New Foundland o Active route is displayed in RED the calculated optimized route displayed in violet is passing outside of safety contour Grey bold line but inside the 12 NM Canadian coast guard reporting area which forces the Captain to send report This situation can be avoided by adding a user defined no go area out of 12 NM from shore anf PE EN SI re L No Go area defining the 12 NM limits 284 8 001 5 x988 10 9 Wwww navico com commercial Lei C
144. ew version of the chart is stored on the successfully installed but the chart from the update CD CD cannot be installed invalid permit 69 AVCS Overview AVCS AVCS OVERVIEW The Admiralty Vector Chart Service AVCS brings together Electronic Navigational Charts ENCs from national Hydrographic offices around the world and new ENC coverage produced by UKHO in co operation with Foreign Governments to provide comprehensive official worldwide coverage AVCS contains only ENC data that meets SOLAS Carriage Requirements for use within Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems ECDIS Electronic Navigational Charts ENCs are digital vector charts produced to the International Hydrographic Organization s IHO s standards S57 Version 3 1 and ENC Product Specification They are referred to World Geodetic System 1984 Datum WGS84 and are regularly updated with official update information distributed digitally Hydrographic offices do not take any responsibility for the accuracy or reliability of privately produced unofficial charts AVCS are present in ECDIS GB tab Chart handling Collection status according catalogue week 35 2014 Ei ENC C Map ARCS m GB5X01NE Ed 1 Upd 0 Chart is not protected GB5X01SE 25000 Ed 1 Upd 0 Chart is not protected GB5X025E 25000 Ed 1 Upd 0 Chart is not protected AR202100 350000 Ed 1 Upd 0 Not upto date Edt1 Upd7 is available
145. f the OE area By default the user data are saved in a layer called Layer 0 in a file called Untitled but the user can select at any time other active file and layer with the files and layers management dialogues activated by the buttons E and The file management system allows selecting the active file to load or unload a file or a set of files to save or save as the files to create a new file and to back up loaded files on floppy disk Import allows converting files with specific format ACTIVE FILE There are three ways of selecting a new active file e To make active a file that is already loaded in the system use the small arrows next to the file name until the right file s name is displayed e To make active a file that is not loaded press the button EI access to the file selection dialogue press the load button and select the file to be loaded the selected file read from the hard disk will become the active file e To make active a file that is already loaded in the system press the button E access to the file selection dialogue and double click on the file s name 231 Load Unload files DE files LOAD UNLOAD FILES e Toload a file push the button Load and select the file name in the appropriate folder Open e CE Cats e ES z A T eri ebd Fie ebd Tracks ed Filed ebd T rackaz sind Fies abd wihecls ei Lach obe al a abd e To load simultaneously several files stored in the
146. ferences and task at hand 35 Option Console It is possible to predefine several configurations of the console layout in order to use an appropriate layout according to the current type of work For example a configuration can be defined for route monitoring displaying only active waypoint drift and target information and another one for docking including Ship s parameters drift and cursor position CREATE A CONFIGURATION Two configurations called Default and Approval are installed by default To create a new one proceed as follow e Press the New button e Enteraname e Select in the list on the left side the panels to be displayed e Adjust the size type and colours of the font e Click OK e Adjust eventually the position of the panels directly in the console area by clicking and dragging them at the proper place REMARK If the panel is dragged outside of the console area it is displayed as a floating window TRANSPARENCY FLOATING CONTROL OPTION Select the option to display the panel with transparency on the chart LOCK A CONFIGURATION Once the configuration is properly defined check on the box Freeze Configuration to avoid unwanted changes LOAD A CONFIGURATION The configuration pop up menu gives access to the different configuration defined in the system 36 Option Time IMPORTANT The console configuration cannot be modified if the ECDIS user data is password protected For more information abo
147. figuration Three levels of backlight corresponding to the three color tables have been defined during the color calibration process MANUAL ADJUSTMENT The monitor Pot meter is disabled To adjust the backlight level press the key combination Ctrl or Ctrl to increase or decrease the backlight level from the pre defined backlight value It is also possible to use Sensor Monitor a g Sensor NEW SENSOR 3 Maris MKG wl Ctl I Master Use for Extractor Tracker Change ON Haris MEG Smartlne Status Sensor S4GP5Sec NMEA 0183 Sensor l E ch cenzor NBE N OF Router Brightness 49 1 26 of 255 Press Change and use pop up window SG Hatteland Properties Backlight brightness Increase brightness Decrease brightness ect Any time it is possible to go back to 1 of 3 standard colour scheme pressing F8 Changing manually the backlight level may alter the colours used in ECDIS WEATHER To access to the weather module on top of the chart click on the Weather Module icon Weather module displays different weather layers including Wind force and direction pressure swell waves typhoon history and forecasts and temperature Weather forecasts may cover several days depending on the source of the data For a detailed overview of the weather module see Chapter Weather Management 43 General Charts GENERAL ECDIS900 supports two chart formats Vector and Raster The system di
148. gain F4 to get the properties of other objects located under the mouse location Pick report at 32 30 5025 and 060 54 172E Press Ecs key to close the dialogue For vector charts the ECDIS900 scans the chart database to find all objects present under the clicked point highlights these objects on the chart and displays information concerning them With raster charts ECDIS900 gives information about the loaded chart CHART HANDLING The Chart Handling facility within ECDIS900 allows the user to list the charts installed in the chart catalogue to install new charts or new permits to update charts and to delete charts from the catalogue To load the Chart Handling facility click on the Chart handling icon located in the Toolbar Printing The chart handling windows contains several tabs e ENC e ARG e CMap Chart handling products bct catalog is absent Charts status can not be calculated Weft pet PRINCIPLE To select a chart database click the tab and access the functions dedicated to this chart database ERRORS The possible errors that might occur during installation of permits or charts or during the update procedure are listed in the paragraph Errors and Troubleshooting PRINTING To print the active window click on the Print icon on the toolbar SCH CHART UPDATE VIA INTERNET ECDIS900 uses ENC and ARCS charts delivered by the Hydrographic Offices and weekly updated The charts can be upd
149. hand corner of the screen RCDS mode Oslofjorden Southern Part 3159 European 1950 0 03 0 08 Monitoring In addition to the name and ID of the charts ECDIS900 displays the datum of the chart and the datum shift between this datum and WGS84 REMARK When no datum information is available for the chart the system displays a message Undetermined in the window title 44 Moving around the chart ENC DATA AVAILABLE INDICATOR When a route is checked for danger an indication is given when the route crosses an area covered by ENC data When a route is being monitored See Route Monitoring an alarm is generated when the ship enters into area covered by ENC data MOVING AROUND THE CHART MANUAL SCROLLING e Locate the cursor near the chart edge area and a pan pointer will appear she pointing in one of eight directions depending on where the cursor is located along the chart edge Click the left mouse button to scroll the chart in the direction of the pointer e Double click the left mouse button while pointing at the chart and the chart will be centred in that position 6L0E Cables 10 Feet 1000 CLLI When displaying raster charts place the cursor outside of the active raster chart and double click the left button to automatically load the chart located under the cursor If several charts are available under the cursor the system will load the chart with the most precise scale e Hot
150. he icon is red the parameter in AIS is different from the parameter in ECDIS900 If any discrepancy occurs ECDIS900 proposes to synchronize the data by using in ECDIS900 the data setup in AIS SHIP PARAMETERS SYNCHRONIZATION When several ECDIS workstations are connected in a network ship s parameters and chart settings are synchronize regularly The following list of parameters is broadcasted from the monitoring station to planning Stations e Ship identification ship name call sign IMO number e GPS name and GPS position offset e Ship dimensions and shape e GPS and radar position e Alarm settings e Safety settings Draught and Air Draught SHIP PROFILE MANAGEMENT This module is specially designed to suit the Pilot needs The Pilot builds his own Ship s profile database and can select the proper profile when entering a ship A ship s profile contains all ship s and safety parameters settings including e Ship s name call sign length width draught etc e Position of GPS and Radar antennas e Alarms settings e Safety contour depth height 123 Ship profile management CREATING A SHIP S PROFILE Each profile is defined by the ship s name To create manually a new profile e Enter in the ship s parameters dialogue panel General all information related to the ship Name Call sign Draught e Inthe panel Alarm select the appropriate Alarm settings e Inthe panel Display select t
151. he route plan If several routes are loaded press F6 several times until the route plan dialogue box for the selected route is displayed Route plan Fixed ETA function is not active 60 24 100N 005 14 430 1 54 NM 242 11 RL 0 20 NM SI 185m 185m 11 00 kr cost 28 10 08 0030 The Route plan dialogue box displays information concerning the waypoints the legs and the route Several buttons and tools allow working within the Route plan dialogue box The user may edit waypoints or route information simulate the voyage print a document or access a Passage Plan function 144 Set a new waypoint latitude longitude Double clicking on a waypoint name centres the chart on that waypoint Right clicking on the waypoint name allows the user to Move that waypoint in the list or to set the waypoint as Waypoint pilot Several values are editable Waypoint s position type of leg XTD Port XTD Starboard ROT etc Other values are calculated and therefore not modifiable Distance to go TTG Range and bearing There are three ways to modify editable values e Press Waypoint properties button to access editing dialogue e Click on a value in the list and edit that value in the pop up box e Click the column title of an editable value to change all values in the column at the same time SOG Turning radius XTD IMPORTANT When the route is locked the buttons are disabled and fields cannot be edited Unlock the route to make the co
152. he system automatically makes the next waypoint active When the ship reaches the WOP Wheel Over Point the current waypoint is de activated and the ship commences a turn onto the new course When the ship reaches the End Of Turn point the turn is finished and the next waypoint is activated Early CC Indication no alarm default value 3 mn Specified 30 Selected 200 T 6m PER 4 Acknowledge E 8 We be Early CC Indication 3 min CC Indication no alarm default value 30 s Lira HIE Pu uy Not 179 2 06 NM Specified 30 Selected 200 T Bag ee E WRG cc SE EI Sr Course Change Alarm Alarm is triggered Specified 30 Selected 200 T amp m oer Acknowledge eI Back up navigator In case Alarm is not acknowledged Back up navigator alarm is generated after 30 seconds it s a suspicion that something has happened with him and ship is out of control Then alarm is triggered to make sound in other rooms of the ship to inform navigators out watch that something is wrong on the bridge refer to TCS regulation End of Track alarm this alarm is triggered when last Waypoint is reached The route is deactivated then 165 Change active waypoint di oss P Si l e End of track Al Oo STW alarm He Heading alarm CHANGE ACTIVE WAYPOINT The active waypoint is selected automatically when the ship arrives at the waypoint But at any time the current waypoint ca
153. he target list click on Target List button e Double clicking on the target name centres the chart on the target e Clicking on the title sorts out the targets ECDIS900 acquires targets via serial line from ARPA radar connected to the system or using MARIS radar interface kit In addition ECDIS receives by serial line the targets from AIS when AIS is interfaced to ECDIS CENTRE THE CHART AND ACCESS PROPERTIES e Double click on the target name to centre the chart on the target e Right click on the target s name to access to the properties 3A Target prediction SHOW HIDE TARGETS Press Hide target to hide targets All targets are hidden except the target on CPA TCPA alarms which are displayed anyway RELATIVE VECTOR Press the Draw relative vector button to display targets with relative vector A relative vector is displayed ins dotted line to distinguish from an absolute vector Relative vectors are displayed in dotted lines while True vectors are displayed in solid line HOT KEY Press V to switch from True vector to Relative vector and vice versa AIS MESSAGE AND START STOP AIS SERVER See AS chapter paragraph Message CUSTOMIZE TABLE Press Customize Table to select parameters to be displayed in the table TARGET PREDICTION To predict the position of the ship and any ARPA targets click on the Target prediction icon The display the ship and targets positions according to their current course and speed move th
154. he way the ship will be displayed e Inthe panel Shape define the GPS antenna and radar antenna position the shape and colour of the ship e Inthe Chart Setting dialogue panel Technical enter the values for the safety parameters When a new ship s name is entered in the system ECDIS900 creates automatically a new record with is accessible by ship s name It is possible to create automatically a new profile from AIS target data when ECDIS900 is interfaced with AIS transponder Right click on the AIS icon and select the item menu Save in the ship library General Voyage D R Track Alarms Display Shape AIS Name MTOVIT Type of the ship Other type cason ROSS Length m D i H Width m Di H Ship Delete Cancel Import E sport General Voyage D R Track Alarms Display Shape als AB 81 281 CD 357 643 Mods H Select antenna and 124 Ship profile management SHIP S PROFILE EDITION To check the ship parameters of each ship stored in the ship s profile database move the cursor on top of each name and a window will displays the main parameters To edit the ship s profile double click on the name or select the name and press Load to edit the ship in the ship s properties dialogue SHIPS PROFILE SELECTION Right click on the button Ship s parameters gives access to a list of ship s profiles To select a ship select its name in the list and press
155. height At 16 Kn the ship loses 10 knots with 7 meters waves Adjust wave resistance 0 5 1 5 the wave resistance made from sea trial may not be completely correct and the navigator can adjust the curves according to his experience by changing the calibration coefficient called Wave resistance It is recommended to start with a value of 1 0 for this coefficient and adjust it as required by experience REMARK the wind impact curve cannot be adjusted SPEED POWER FUEL ADJUST HULL ROUGHNESS During sea trail the speed power and the fuel consumption have been measured and during installation of VDS the proper ship model has been installed LL93 New weather forecasts Draught value is 15 0m Pls ENTER corect value in ship properties Adjust hull roughness from Oto 30 Calm water speed power curve en kW for the draught Fuel consumption tons per hour St ERC ERC ER ECKER i i CT ET EE zm em zl e ss L we vm sl es e ss La ss sn sl ss e e Lk we sn sl es ss zs d ss vm les e ss db e sm les ss em db e ss ssles e e db zl e ss ss bk ss e sl es e ss bk ss zs sl zs e vm bk ss zm sl es ss zs db ss vm les vn ss db en sn les zs i E e TA Spied hie Deed WOU igh 44 SH water aa b E 7 8 B 10 1 12 13 14 15 When the hull is clean and newly painted the hull roughness parameter should be 0 and the ship performing according to the curves With increase of roughness the performances of the s
156. hip decline and the consumption increases The navigator controls the effect of the roughness by entering a coefficient in hull roughness Around 5 per year for example OPTIMIZING ACTIVE VOYAGE NEW WEATHER FORECASTS The weather data updates are received automatically on board thanks to MBA MDS on a daily basis The data includes the wind wave sea swell pressure for 10 to 14 days The current forecasts are either sent daily for medium resolution data or must be manually ordered for high resolution current forecasts ACTIVE ROUTE When the ship is on active route the navigator should optimize the route each time when new weather or current forecasts have been received Proceed as follow e Make sure that the flag Monitoring mode is checked on e Press Least time Optimization button e Check the new optimized route to make sure that the route is correct e Press the button Create route plan to create new waypoints e Activate the new route 280 Active route Passage planned STW kn Bee oe Charternliapdaye TG range LN D D L Monitoring mode flag is checked ON Least time optimization has been run and a new optimized route calculated by VDS Intermediate calculation points are displayed in white dots The calculation is made from the current position of the ship the current ECDIS time and with the planned speed decided by the Captain and displayed in the ETA calculator panel 281 Acti
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158. ial settings set up of departure time and commercial issues linked with the type of voyage 3 Optimization settings parameters to control the optimization 4 Wave and Wind resistance describe the ship model 5 Speed Power fuel describe the ship model Passage planned STW kn Heplay iip omii Charter laydays TTG range zean Tr Route optimization done in 44 sec f Delete record RL ETA calculati r 12 25 201 10 095 53 Route Monitoring mode Reports Create route plan Performance report Export track for Uichopus New VOYAGE PREPARING NEXT VOYAGE PLOTTING THE ROUTE Plot the route on ENC charts as described in ECDIS900 manual It is recommended not to use too many waypoints for ocean crossing The VDS calculates the optimized route passing the waypoints defined by the master ORDERING CHARTS ALONG THE ROUTE There are several ways of ordering charts but the most efficient way is to use MBA MDS function and server See MBA user manual Sch Voyage Parameters ORDERING NEW WEATHER FORECAST MBA MDS is used to order the weather forecasts The weather forecasts will automatically be sent on board on a daily basis For complete description of the service see MBA User manual ROUTE OPTIMIZATION VOYAGE PARAMETERS ENTERING CORRECT SHIP DRAUGHT Right click on the ship icon or press the button Ship Properties to enter the correct draught in the dialogue called Ship When the draught is entered
159. iate Plotting tool Ge O V i A place the cursor on the chart at the required position and click To end a line or close an area double click when plotting the last point or select another tool To plot a circle or an arc click and drag the cursor with the mouse button down NEW OBJECT BY KEYBOARD To create an object by keyboard e Select the object type Polyline area e Move the mouse on the chart area e Press the key O e Enter the co ordinates of the point s and object parameters Radius MULTI PLOTTING MODE In a normal plotting mode the plotting tool is deselected after the object is plotted on the chart To be able to plot several objects of the same type without having to activate the same tool each time select the tool with the right mouse button Then deselect the tool by selecting another tool or pressing again on the tool button OBJECT PROPERTIES Choose different default display settings by clicking on the appropriate button Line type or width for the lines or icon type for the isolated point In the same way change the display characteristics of a selected object by choosing different display attributes after the object has been selected Control the display priority amidst the objects of a same layer with the Order menu 230 Files FILES Data that are plotted on the chart are stored in the active layer of the active file the active layer and file names are displayed on the top o
160. ill WARNING_SUBS_WILL_EXPIRE 2 expire in less than 30 days ENC s57 CHARTS TECHNICAL FEATURES STANDARDS ECDIS comprises several hundred software components that are compliant to the IMO Performance Standard for ECDIS the IHO Standards S 52 S 57 and the IEC standard 61174 All high level functions developed by MARIS on top of the chart kernel are also compliant with the regulations listed above ENC It is impossible to alter the contents of the ENC If an ENC cell is modified the ECDIS detects the modification and rejects the cell during installation procedure Official ENC are converted and stored with a proprietary format The conversion maintains the precision of the data and does not alter the accuracy of the data UPDATE Updates are stored independently from ENC See User Guide Ch 14 paragraph 3 for the complete description of the folders used to store cells and updates CHART AREA AND RESOLUTION The chart area size in ECDIS is bigger than 270 270 mm The pixel size of the screen is about 0 28 mm PRESENTATION The ECDIS chart information has been designed to be clearly visible for more than one observer in different light conditions The symbols are always drawn with the size described in the presentation library All superimposed windows are temporary and can be moved and hidden at any time The 64 colours used for chart and MMI displays are compliant with 52 Publications 97 ENC s57 charts Technical featur
161. ing on the world database name in the ChartHandling dialogue panel CMAP C MAP database is used in the same way than official ENC data with very little difference For more information about vector chart in ECDIS refer to the chapter S 57 charts CHART SETTINGS Select S52 view to display the vector char using official Presentation Library or C MAP view to display with C MAP presentation fice settings M Chart borders Local names W Sa F Iso Sh e En HISTORY OF UPDATES Press the button History of updates to get all information regarding the updates applied to the database DISPLAY UPDATED OBJECTS Press the button Display updated object in Chart Handling to see the changes on the chart Select the update ID to be displayed by choosing the HO and the ID of the update 108 Seamless SS ds g ton RIES Toe Gare ia Fot pT be be i g A g EE E o S E G d Ste mow EI KE E BE er LES Be A en La i LEE e ERER ul L EE Ka SC Ges Fie od GC oS ea G F H ai i i Se ae Cf On ZZ KK op a Be d r E J P d De at A ka g St Sora al Geht e IG Ir FE B Se cor as EE SLEG Care e d ee os SE SS ir Ge EE UG Sa LE E TU we E ee GE Meret Be at E 3 a Up x DS HN Pee TE Lge uT een 3 SE Bier Ro ee eens ENEAN The selected update is highlighted with pink circle and color SEAMLESS It is possible to display two C MAP databases with
162. ion The Multi plotting mode allows plotting several objects without having to select the plotting tool for each object MULTI PLOTTING MODE e Toplot an object requires e Select the appropriate tool Bearing line Arc Point e Enter eventually additional information e Click on the chart In the current plotting mode the plotting tool is deactivated when the object is defined To plot other objects of the same type requires selecting the same tool for each object When the tool is selected with the right button of the mouse it remains active after the object is plotted and other object of the same type can be plotted on the chart without tool selection This facility is available for the Arc Point Polyline and Chart annotation To de select the tool click again on the tool button or select another tool LOP FUNCTION This function is implemented according to IEC 61174 edition 3 and it allows using Line and Arcs in order to calculate a Fix Position Using 3 or more Line or Arcs or a Estimated Position using 2 Lines or Arcs Press the button LOP Clearing line bl in the Console Tools Editor tab 221 LOP Function Bearing line Clearing line Select Line of position bearing degr for a Line e Enter bearing in degrees e Enter LOP label displayed on the map Bearing line Clearing line Display radar cursat Greate LOE hram radar cursar The cursor will change to a cross Click on th
163. ion type of point time or log values E amp gt pop 09 33 m 455 vllt DELETING A POINT e Click right button on the point and activate the menu Delete All Selected e Select the point and press the key Del e Select the point and press the Delete button TIPS Double click on the tool Point deletes all displayed points CURRENT INFORMATION e Select the Current tool e Click on the chart and insert manually on the chart information about force and direction of the current at the time the ship will pass that point DELETE CURRENT INFORMATION e Click right button on the current arrow and activate the menu Delete All Selected e Select the current and press the key Del e Select the current and press the Delete button RANGE AND BEARING CALCULATION Select the Compass tool to measure distance and bearing between two points To erase the information on the chart double click on the button POLYLINE PLOT ALINE e Select the Polyline tool e A double click ends the line LAI Parallel line DD 00 310 N 094 46 809 1 DD IPoA N O94 S782 Ww edn 236 3 MODIFYING A LINE Select the line and either move the entire line or a point of that line e when the cursor has a hand shape the line is selected and moved according to the mouse movements e otherwise the point is dragged Change by keyboard the co ordinates of one point of the line by clicking right button on the point and selecting Absolute Coord
164. ion defined text label an icon or a bitmap that indicates the action that will be performed after the button has been pressed pushed The following kinds of buttons are used in the ECDIS900 Control buttons e OK save changes and close a dialogue e Cancel close a dialogue without saving SE Apply changes e Apply save changes without closing a dialogue Action buttons call dialogue box or perform other Add route Modify T Undo action when pressed Add rote Mel BZ Toggle button defines one of two values of the corresponding parameter There are two kinds of the toggle buttons Lock route Activate route e buttons that change the text depending on the Unlock route value 15 Hot key list e buttons that change the state pressed vs normal The second ones usually used with buddy buttons Toolbar buttons provide access to the main functionality of the ECDIS application Note that some buttons have right click function F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 Ctrl F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 Arrows Esc escape aL Delete Shift V Shift R Ctrl A Ctrl H Ctrl D Ctrl N Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl space 16 HOT KEY LIST Zoom in Zoom out Follow the ship and Autoloading Properties access Show Hide targets Hide radar overlay Route plan access ENC Standard mode or Raster chart Original scale Switch the color scheme Other chart type Ctrl F9 Settings Anchor Ctrl F10 Settings Chart sc
165. k box and then click either OK or Apply 127 Track properties To centre the chart on the selected track select the track by clicking once on the name and press Localize UNLOAD A TRACK To unload a track s select one or more tracks from the list displayed by either clicking on the name or in the check box and then click either OK or Apply Unload can also be performed by clicking right on the actual track line and nore clicking Unload in the pop up menu DELETE A TRACK To delete one or more tracks from the database select the track s from the list displayed by either clicking on the name or in the check box Click Delete to delete the track s and to leave the Load Unload window on the screen Unloading the current track is not possible The current track must first be MEE disabled from track recording before it can be unloaded TRACK PROPERTIES To view or amend the properties of a track click right on a track and select Properties from the pop up menu A panel containing three bookmarks will be displayed GENERAL e Name identifying the track including the date and time the track was recorded e Length NM the length of the track e Duration the time to sail the length of the track e Number of points the number of points recorded along the track DISPLAY e Thickness toggle the up and down arrows to set the thickness of the line e Draw time labels set the marker on to display time markers along the track
166. keys the four Arrows keys allow scrolling of the chart to the North East South or West e Hot keys are active when the focus is on the chart window If the keys are not active click once inside the chart area to change the focus e Localize in Load Unload dialogue centres the chart on the selected object e Double click on target in the target table centres the chart on the target e Double click on WP in route plan centres the chart on the waypoint AUTOMATIC SCROLLING ECDIS900 automatically scrolls the chart in the following cases ROUTE OR USER OBJECT PLOTTING To plot a waypoint or a user defined object outside the current S57 chart area move the cursor in the desired direction and the chart scrolls in that direction automatically With a raster chart move the cursor in the desired direction and the chart scrolls automatically in that direction until it moves outside the current chart Clicking on the black screen area outside of the chart border loads automatically the chart with the most precise scale 45 Zooming DISTANCE MEASURING To measure the distance from one point to another point located outside of the chart move the cursor in the required direction outside of the chart area clicking on the black screen area outside of the chart border loads automatically the chart with the most precise scale WAYPOINT MOVE To move a waypoint outside of the chart area proceed in the same way as automatically scrolling the char
167. lable in ECDIS900 The icons are visible when the chart scale is bigger than 1 2 000 000 Select the Tide type by Right clicking on the Tide button when it is activated Select the mode e Eais mode optional e Real Tide Norwegian HO e Total tide UKHO TIDE DATA FOR SHIP SAILING IN NORWEGIAN WATER Tide is calculated in real time under the ship s position and tide data displayed in the Drift panel in the console area PORT DATABASE To display the port icons on top of the chart click on the Port database icon D Access to the port information is possible only if the user has subscribed to Fairplay database Right click on the port icon to access to all information stored in Fairplay database 34 ECDIS Options ECDIS OPTIONS ECDIS OPTIONS To effect changes to the settings of the console the time the route parameters or the security click on the Options icon Options The Options dialogue box has with 4 tabs e Console to customize the console layout e Time to adjust ECDIS local time and chart time e Route to select the route parameters by default For more details see Chapter Route paragraph Route Options e Backup to back up and restore user data OPTION CONSOLE Data acquired from sensors connected to ECDIS is displayed in the console area together with additional ECDIS tools The layout of the console area can be adjusted according to available sensors and selected tools according to OOW pre
168. lay the full message in the upper part of the dialogue e Double click on the message to acknowledge it or push the Acknowledge button to acknowledge all messages The messages that have not been acknowledged are displayed as bold e Right click on the message to delete it from the list or click Clear to delete all messages e Select how long you want to keep the messages in the log with the Save last parameter e Print all messages with the button Print History e Display Incoming messages from only the active recipients i e the current received AIS Signals When a received message is not acknowledged the message is displayed on the NGHE chart next to the target name of the AIS sender TIP Right double click on the message centres the chart on the AIS target SENDING MESSAGES Click on the blue envelop icon located in the Alarm panel or use the keys Ctrl A or click the button AIS messaging in the target list or right click on the target and select the menu Send text message to bring the AIS messaging window in front e Select Outgoing message The list of sent messages is displayed in the lower part of the window e Type anew message in the new message text box or select a pre formatted message with SRM pop up e Select a recipient or check on the Broadcast box and click Send button It is also possible to send broadcast message within a circle defined by the radius Inside the cir
169. layed 210 Log files IU Ui 240144 The loaded logbook will be shown in the logbook window replacing the current logbook When unloaded the current logbook is re displayed in the window BACKUP A LOGBOOK Select the logbook name push the button Backup and select the folder in which the logbook will be stored REPLAY This function allows replaying exactly the main events which occurred during the navigation in particular ECDIS loads and scales automatically the charts as they were and triggers and acknowledges alarms as it has been done during the voyage To initiate replay click on the Replay button in the Log window The replay function must be used carefully preferably only when the ship is in harbour During replay all navigation functions are deactivated the ship is no longer monitored and the logbook recording is suspended The Log replay window allows the user to control the replay Log replay bt 211 Print START REPLAY e To start the replay click on the Start Replay button e By default the start time for replay is the time of the first logbook entry e To suspend replay click the Suspend button During replay most of the navigation functions are available however the route planning monitoring functions are not enabled During the replay the chart is automatically loaded scaled and scrolled and the logbook window scrolls automatically to display the replayed data NOTE ADJUSTING TH
170. lect EBL VRM tool with left click The cursor appears as a cross with a circle attached to it plus the actual range and bearing data measured from the target position e Move the cursor to the desired position range and bearing e Left click to fix the point A new position can be defined e Select the crossing line with circle e Left click and drag 30 VRM EBL Object management REMARK 1 VRM EBL is available per target VRM EBL OBJECT MANAGEMENT This is available for Ship Anchoring Point Targets To Point VRM EBL facilities The range and bearing will now be updated according to the ship s movement To set the point to a position outside of the current viewing window e move the cursor outside of the window in the desired direction and the chart will move automatically in that direction The fonts of the prompt window values size window transparency VRM EBLs and the anchoring facility are user defined e Right click on the prompt window e Select Properties and use the dialogue box and different adjustments EBL VRM properties To delete one VRM EBL point and the associated prompt window e Right click on the prompt window to be deleted e Select Delete The same action can be used for all VRM EBL displayed points To delete all the VRM EBL points and the range and bearing values e Right click anywhere on the screen to display the pop up menu e Click on Clean Chart e Alternatively press the key Del NE
171. lity ice typhoon Use the settings dialogue to define colours and other layer parameters A Weather Layer Settings WEATHER TIME When file is loaded the date and hour are displayed at the time bar The slider position set the exact point within the forecast period The clock button sets the current time The date and hour can be set with calendar and slider WEATHER ANIMATION Use the switch button el to play and M to stop animation To precise the time use the time bar 263 Layers Illustration LAYERS ILLUSTRATION It is possible to display one or more forecast layers Each layer has four parameters to display that can be switched on or off e Fill e lsoline e Direction e Textinfo e Nomore than one layer can be filled in NOTE e Some layers have the Direction parameter unavailable EXAMPLE The wind display with all parameters switched on looks like that IMPORTANT To see the entire text information put the cursor on the selected location and wait about several seconds The tip with information appears 264 ECDIS Tide Tide ECDIS TIDE Push the button Show Hide tide stations and ocean current v and icons showing the tide level are displayed at the tide stations locations More than 2000 main tide stations are available in ECDIS900 IS elt ET The icons are visible when the chart scale is bigger than 1 2 000 000 The small Tide icon displays in red the tide level at the c
172. load Then all settings are changed and the chart is displayed accordingly to the safety parameters UPDATE OF OWN SHIP S DATA It will be possible to update ship data in the ship library by own ship data received from the pilot plug of the ship s AIS transponder When receiving own ship data from the pilot plug for the first time after connecting to an AIS transponder the software checks whether there are any discrepancies between these data and the data if any of the same ship stored in the ship library If there are any discrepancies or if the ship is not already present in the ship library the software presents data and discrepancies to the user and ask whether the data in the ship library shall be updated The user has the option of selecting whether either existing data in the ship library or data received by the AIS shall be used as own ship data for the following pilotage 125 Track Overview Tracks TRACK OVERVIEW The Track function is always active but can be invisible with ticking on the Hide active Track checkbox Track data is recorded within the time interval defined by a user The period can be set from 0 1 to 15 days REMARK To access the Ship Properties dialogue either click right on the ship s icon or press the button on the toolbar The Ship parameter window is displayed ADDITIONAL CRITERIA Switch Add a point when the ship s course changes more than ON and enter a value in degree an
173. low Engine RPM 0 00 Pite 32 2 Timestamp Name Data A SES Status 23 10 2014 176 30 m below Engine RPM 0 00 Pite 32 4 23 10 2014 14 43 18 2 GPS GPDTM W84 00 0000 N 00 0000 E W84 41 23 10 2014 176 10 m below Engine RPM 0 00Pitc 329 23 10 2014 14 43 18 2 GPS GPDTM W84 00 0000 N 00 0000 E w84 41 PA SYSTEM On Norma 23 10 2014 176 10 m below Engine RPM 0 00Pitc 32 4 23 10 2014 14 43 18 2 GPS GPDTM W84 00 0000 N 00 0000 E w84 41 NON FOLLOW UP ORD Off 23 10 2014 175 90 m below Engine RPM 0 00Pitc 32 4 23 10 2014 14 43 18 2 GPS GPDTM W84 00 0000 N 00 0000 E W84 41 NON FOLLOW UP ORD or 23 10 2014 175 90 m below Engine RPM 0 00 Pite 32 4 23 10 2014 14 43 18 2 GPS GPGGA 144319 00 3542 1921 N 12943 1935 E 2 7 2 0 34 M_M OVERRIDE NFU ORDE on 23 10 2014 176 00 m below Engine RPM 0 00 Pitc 23 10 2014 14 43 18 2 GPS GPGGA 144319 00 3542 1821 N 12943 1995 2 7 2 0 34 M_ M a 23 10 2014 176 40 m below Engine RPM 0 00 Pite 23 10 2014 14 43 18 2 GPS GPGGA 144319 00 3542 1921 N 12943 1935 E 2 7 2 0 34 M M OVERRIDE NFU ORDE Ott 23 10 2014 176 40 m below Engine RPM 0 00 Pite FU MONA 1A AVIO I eTIRAT mm FAIN Undefined Ort 23 10 2014 176 40 m below Engine RPM 0 00 Pite 32 TICE T AN EEE m e Geet pees es 11 00 PO 4 00 kts 2 42 kts 14 43 S Band Radar 192 168 3 200 Timestamp 23 10 2014 14 43 12 5 Resolution X Band Radar 192
174. ly Navtex receivers able to send data on serial line can be interfaced to MARIS ECDIS900 When MARIS Navtex module is installed two applications are launched e MARIS Navtex Server e MARIS Navtex Inbox Messages received from the Navtex are automatically and continuously processed by the MARIS Navtex Server application The messages are sorted by type and displayed in the application MARIS Navtex Inbox MARIS Navtex Server he MARIS RAV TER InBiow Unibed Kingdom 59 16 009 ROL ZOE A Arterial aa rire LA ALLE 11714 UUN LU 14 Se S S E Se ech GK CR epee GE dt ai Aan RU KM GE ee GRAPHICAL DISPLAY For each geo referenced message an icon or several linked icons are displayed on the ECDIS charts Click in the icon Navtex located in ECDIS900 Alarm panel to access to the Navtex window This window lists the messages which are currently displayed on the chart When the chart is scrolled or zoomed the content of the window may change 215 Access to Navtex message Navtex M Display with scales abow 5 O00 O00 Show message The display of the messages on the chart is activated by the check box Display and controlled by the parameter With scales above Indeed the icons will be displayed on the chart when the scale in use is bigger than the selected scale ACCESS TO NAVTEX MESSAGE In ECDIS double click on the message listed in the window to display the full text mess
175. ly on one edge of the area e Select the speed to proceed the route in the Drift panel e Select the space between leg with the parameter Route spacing 252 Seismic module overview Seismic SEISMIC MODULE OVERVIEW _ male pl ig D a Lg d z L z mami Eie e e E E SE KEE wg ET e 7 SS ae EC KR s eg i ed N T k fu i a af V Geh a mp R d A D eh We Leed H RS bebe lt pa ogee k 1 A A oa e g ze i oan ee Ta a a Le a La Leg EC ei o Eege ae EE EE ee Se gege keng ec Z e E E gg LS s s vn elt D J e wi s mpeg ls al k This module acquires streamers and buoys data from the system called TRINAV and processes them Then the positions of streamers and the different buoys are displayed on the electronic charts In addition the seismic module calculates and triggers alarms when targets enter the security zone defined around the streamers or when the seismic vessel is sailing in dangerous areas The Radar kit necessary to overlay the Radar video on top of the chart is installed on a remote NetPC and should be configured as described below A configuration drawing is given as example of installation SEISMIC DATA DATA ACQUISITION Data is acquired from a central unit called TRINAV on board Western Geco vessels The data includes e Buoys positions e Streamers positions e Own vessel position course and speed 253 Seismic Data e Survey area e S
176. moving objects The latter is implemented as deleting the object and afterwards inserting a copy The ECDIS provides functions to cancel or withdraw manual updates and to query objects which have been inserted by manual updates A manual update always has effect on only one particular cell This cell has to be assigned to the view SELECT OBJECTS Click on the object with the right button and activate the menu Manual Update The selected object is highlighted in the chart Select the type of object to be selected under the click point or line area 240 Delete and annotate objects CELL Light North cardinal beacon with topmark DELETE AND ANNOTATE OBJECTS DELETE OBJECTS To delete an object in the sense of manual update e Select the object e Todelete only one component select the element of the object and press Delete A deleted object is ae on the chart as shown in the picture ANN CELLILight North cardinal beacon with toprmark Insert object To annotate an object Le to add text information to the object e Select the object and one component e Enter the text and press the button Annotate INSERT OBJECT INSERT POINT OBJECTS Click right button on the chart at the appropriate position and activate the menu Manual update e Select the object type point object e Select the type of point object you want to insert e Adjust by keyboard the coordinates of the point and press Insert
177. mponents editable Modifications carried out in the route plan dialogue box are immediately nove displayed on the chart and the changes can be graphically checked List of available functions e Change the Route name e Set a newwaypoint latitude longitude e Changewaypoint s name e Rename the waypoint e Changethetypeof leg e Deletea waypoint e ntrethe chart ona waypoint s location e Print the Route Plan e Seta waypoint as Pilot waypoint e Set a newturning radius e Set a newXID e Set a new SOG e SetanewEIA e Addanewwaypoint by coordinates e Addanewwaypoint by range and bearing e Modify the waypoint time zone e Addanexistingroute tothe current route e Moveawaypoint inthe list SET A NEW WAYPOINT LATITUDE LONGITUDE Click on the latitude and modify the value 145 Change type of leg Modify latitude her the WP 35 02 659 H Latitude Cancel Geet The longitude modification is performed by the same way Click ion the longitude value in the list and input the proper longitude CHANGE TYPE OF LEG A leg is defined by two waypoints and the leg type is stored in the properties of the first waypoint Click on the leg type value RL Rhumb Line to change to GC Great Circle and vice versa SET A NEW TURNING RADIUS Click on the Turning Radius for the chosen leg and enter the new value in the pop up dialogue box The Turning Radius value may also be entered in the Waypoint Properties dialogue box
178. n be changed manually There are two ways to select another active waypoint e Click right on the waypoint to be activated and select Activate in the pop up menu e Inthe route plan click right button on the name of the waypoint and select Activate Route plan Fixed ETA function is not active OsoHoten Ture propeties _Printroute plan _ ES Statt Hate Fues ann mmm DES EE Name iar von ot Gs Leo Fades Ror xor Los Lag eem wrera Tl Pa Air Eur eiela EEA E bat arie Delete tyr Smac nathe rele petite Hecke ALARMS When the XTD or Waypoint arrival alarms are active the ECDIS900 will trigger an alarm each time the alarm parameters are met SETTING ROUTE ALARM PARAMETERS e In the ShipProperties dialogue under the Alarms tab tick the boxes to activate the XTD alarm e In Waypoint Properties set the appropriate XTD parameters e In QOstions Route the Waypoint arrival indication and alarm distances are preset ROUTE MONITORING PLAN When the active route is locked it cannot be edited The user can only change the planned speed for the remaining legs The active waypoint line is displayed in red the selected waypoint line in blue To modify the route it is necessary to deactivate the route and then unlock it before editing DISTANCE TO GO The Distance To Go in the console is measured from the ship to the last waypoint 166 Target linked to a route ETA The ETA shown in the console area and in the Ro
179. ners of the window current leg bearing and next leg bearing are displayed In the bottom part of the tool XTD value is displayed together with indicator of direction to go to follow exact the route In case of ship turning this value is calculated for the end of turn showing how far away from the leg the ship will end its turn for the next leg Weather ActiveLeg gt R17 342 Moving along the leg 249 Active leg window PEELE LELEL ELLE LLL LLL LLL GES 7 e 7 7 EE EE SE EE d Gi SEHR ra e j 1 E i 4 Paro Rida ape trt EE ES ag ag aesa EE EN Cerro atch Ett DR KE NNN eet EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EEN E DEE D EE rupee aa kat EM ss EN E F fe DS zk d ig d an Es zb SR E e SE SE Dr bet ck 7 F of H ae ES ch E d E ch EN E Se d Es raw E E br shitsereshserastsasecereshserecesucertcerasarbensece SE E EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE SSES EE Ek ES EE EE EE EE ene ESA RA SEET Rer e T EE EE EE eee SEN SE sihsurtsnrainscnscrrstrncaressresusteUrersrarerecensarecgrnansnnseatrsrensrensresnrs a ch EE EE E EEN d ES E E Kee hh SE Ss SE PF br d gd ci ES ch ER d S ts ER E EAA EN a AEE E Ee SC ER Ke SH Gs SE E EE Ebbe erea Er ERE Anat GENEE EE EE EE EE E EE eee EE EE ES TR d SE CLEES EE EECH KEE EE EE EEN EES EN EE EE EE EE EH SE SE EE px
180. nformation is displayed with a bar e Wave information is displayed by colour blue leg indicates low waves high is waves higher than 6 meters e Current is displayed as an arrow 274 Commercial Settings GES Passage planned STW kn eharter laydaye TIG range 12 23 OSdays10h 500 213 1228 19470 370 4 17373 12 23 09 23 0 OSdays02 1500 073 12 28 11080 345 5 CONTROLLING OPTIMIZATION COMMERCIAL SETTINGS ETA calculator Commercial settings Optimization settings Wave and wind resistance Speed power fuel Employment options Liner service Voyage or spot charters COA voyages BALLAST VOYAGE Voyage or spot charters COA voyages CARGO VOYAGE e Time charter End laydays given 1 25 2013 1 52 00 PM STW required kn Den Bunker cost ton 650 00 Dayrate to hire the ship without bunker cost Side mm EMPLOYMENT OPTIONS Different ships have different voyage requirements There are 4 different types of voyages available in VDS Liner service This type of voyage requires a fixed ETA The user enters the Estimated Time of Departure and the ETA 275 Optimization settings Parameters for voyage ETA 1 24 2013 9 07 00 PM VDS calculates the required speed to achieve this voyage with fixed ETA and lowest consumption Voyage or spot charters COA voyage BALLAST VOYAGE Eege Employment options e Voyage or spot charters COA voyages BALLAST VOYAGE Voyage or spot
181. ns e Static ship data including Ship s name IMO number call sign etc e Voyage related data including Destination and ETA e Dynamic data including position heading and speed ROT Rate of Turn if available etc Static ship and voyage related data is sent every 6 minutes The dynamic data sending rate depends on the ships speed The dynamic data is sent every 5 10 seconds when the ship is making more than 3 knots but the delay is increased up to 3 minutes when the ship is making less than 3 knots 184 Targets TARGETS AIS targets are displayed on the chart with a special symbol On request the name of the target and the past track can be displayed and the track an be saved on the hard disk In the dialogue Properties of AIS target all information about the selected target is displayed and the target list contains the list of targets currently being tracked The predictiontodi allows the user to display the future position of the targets AIS Sleeping parameters and target assodations allows the user to adjust the target display LOST TARGETS ECDIS manages both ARPA and AIS lost targets If no position is received within 3 minutes a target is considered as lost and ECDIS displays the lost target on the chart with a special icon triangle with a cross line and no vector Then if no data is received within the next 30 seconds the target is deleted from the target table OWN SHIP DATA VOYAGE DATA When ship s static data receiv
182. nted with the symbol shown in INT 1 Chapter IK number 12 All rocks that covers and uncovers shall be presented with the symbol in accordance with INT 1 Chapter IK number 11 REMARK Depth information is not adjusted by tidal height COLOUR SCHEME Click on the down arrow and select a colour scheme Alternatively press the hot key F8 to switch from one colour scheme to another DISPLAY A list of display options any combination of which may be switched on or off This option used in combination with the layer Option allows selecting the objects to be displayed 79 Chart Depth CHART DEPTH PROJECTION ECDIS can display charts in different projections and guarantees the consistency between the datum used by GPS and the datum used in ECDIS for display and storage of routes tracks and other objects 57 settings GEIER The default projection is Cylindrical which allows displaying a chart in a proper way even in high latitude areas DEPTHS Deep and shallow contours can be displayed in two different colours Switch the setting on by toggling the box 80 Deep contour This function is used for setting deep water contour highlighted in the display of S 57 charts Safety contour This function is used for setting a safe depth range for the given ship The calculated safety contour is equal to or larger than the entered value if the depth contour chosen is not available on the chart Safety contour highlights
183. o load Unload a recorded target track see chapter Track AIS TARGET PROPERTIES To view the properties of a target click right on the target and select Properties from the pop up menu It is also possible to view to the properties from the target list dialogue by right clicking on the name of the target The General panel displays static information about the target and the Navigation panel displays information about the voyage and the dynamic data 189 Messages 4 OPFALIA AIS properties q OFALIA AIS properties h JROYAL DOCK mun MESSAGES The AIS messaging system allows the user to send short messages to and receive messages from another AIS There are two kinds of messages e Safety Related Message SRM which can be either pre formatted text or free text e Text messages Limited to 160 characters ECDIS provides an elegant and efficient interface to this messaging facility ON AIS messaging RECEIVING MESSAGES When a new message is received by the AIS it is automatically transferred to ECDIS and the user is notified by the blinking small blue envelope icon displayed next to the acknowledgement button in the alarm panel 190 AIS data server e Click on the envelope icon to display the messaging dialogue and click the Incoming button to see incoming messages e New messages are listed in the lower part of the window with the senders name and the time of reception e Click on the line to disp
184. o yellow Clicking on an item makes the chart centred on the selected danger It is possible to approve the route without approving displayed dangers The warning message is displayed in this case NOTE 158 RCDS mode and route checking IMPORTANT It is strongly recommended to check all dangers and edit the route before approval RCDS MODE AND ROUTE CHECKING ALARM OBJECT The object editor OE is used to plot user data on the charts simple point lines or areas For more details see the chapter Editors An alarm object is a geographical area which triggers an alarm when the ship sails into it or when a planned route crosses it DEFINE ALARM OBJECT Right click on the object outline plotted on the chart and click Set alarm in the pop up menu def HR e fro No zo e vi E Ki Se be he z TOs ol ace 7 ff Ja HR 2e 9m 3M Mog 75 Ja Goordinabes Delete all selected Order Set Alarm Display linked document Properties Objects under the point F The object outline changes to red to underline that it has become an alarm object One pixel wide and no filling for area 159 Route options MONITORING USER ALARM When the ship s guard zone intercepts an alarmed object an alarm is triggered The alarm is displayed as long as the alarmed object remains inside the ships guard zone REMARK The guard zone depends on time and speed For
185. ock on the pop up menu e Locking and Unlocking the route is also possible in the Route Plan and in Route Properties The route will now be protected from unauthorized alterations Keyboard modifications in the Route plan window are also impossible when the Rene route is locked UNDO e Undo function is applicable only for route modification All modifications made to a route can be undone except for the function Split the route Press several times to undo several modifications made to the route e Access Undo by right clicking on the route and selecting the Undo from the pop up menu Ol AHH when the function Undo is activated several times the modifications made to the selected route will be cancelled one by one WAYPOINT PROPERTIES Locate the cursor on a waypoint right click and select Properties from the pop up menu Alternatively move the cursor over the waypoint and press F4 several times to access the waypoint Properties dialogue The properties dialogue displays two tabs General and Information 139 Route properties Waypoint WP 001 Lite l miata ip Sii plaejar In the tab General the waypoint s position and relative parameters can be adjusted e Name name of the waypoint can be changed via keyboard e Latitude it is possible to edit the value manually e Longitude it is possible to edit the value manually e Time Zone To set the time zone of the waypoint if different from the system c
186. od To add a new waypoint at the start proceed as follow e Select the first waypoint NOTE e Press the New Waypoint by co ordinates button and enter the name and co ordinates for the new waypoint e Right click on the first waypoint and select the menu Move after and select the number of the newly created waypoint when a new waypoint is created a default number is given In order to have a NOTE consistent list of numbers for the waypoints it is necessary to re number the waypoints by clicking once in the column title called Name NEW WAYPOINT BY BEARING Press the New WP by bearing button New WP by beating The input dialogue box appears 147 Delete a waypoint New waypoint WP OO Input the range and bearing then press OK to enter the new waypoint Press OK and New to enter more than one new waypoint The waypoint s will be added after the previously selected one and the details for the route will be updated accordingly when a new waypoint is created a default number is given In order to have a NOTE consistent list of names for the waypoints it is necessary to re number the waypoints by clicking once in the column title called Name DELETE A WAYPOINT Select a waypoint in the list by clicking on its name and press Delete waypoint button or push the key Delete IMPORTANT A route is defined by at least two waypoints If the route contains less than two waypoints the route is deleted and the route plan window close
187. ode ore The brilliance of the radar overlay covering the black areas on the raster charts in Night Mode in percents to specified color Color to show afterglow _inNightMode The rate of magnification eneen Een In zooming tool Stabilization mode for the Extractor Tracker Seco mma ee ee ET n a ea EE The source of speed information for Extractor Tracker The specified colours are used in vector charts exactly as it is In raster charts the specified colour will be used for drawing the transparent radar video overlay over the white areas of the chart The colour used for drawing the video over the black areas of the chart will have the specified percentage of brilliance relating to the specified colour 30 by default To modify the referenced colour press the coloured button and the dialogue with 3 sliders for Red Green and Blue components adjustment will appear Use Apply button to see the result of modifications without closing the dialogue The stabilization mode and speed sources could be adjusted in case when not all ordinary sensors are available The recommended combination is GPS stabilization and Log speed source TARGET TRACKING MARIS PC Radar kit tracks automatically the radar targets but displays them only on request There are two ways to acquire targets 202 Targets and Radar video e Manually press the
188. of the ENC database including manually updated objects and user defined dangers If any leg is dangerous the dangers are listed in the Route Checking window and highlighted on the chart ROUTE MONITORING When a route is activated route monitoring is automatically switched on The ECDIS900 continuously calculates and displays data about a vessel s approach to the active waypoint ETA to a selected waypoint and on request the calculated speed to sail to reach a particular waypoint at the fixedETA The ECDIS triggers alarms for waypoint arrival or XTD out of limits IMPORTANT The Wheel over Point WOP is calculated according to the turning radius value entered by the navigator It is extremely important to enter this value during route planning Manual selection of the active waypoint is possible by right clicking over the chosen waypoint on the chart or highlighting the waypoint in the route monitoring plan ACTIVE WAYPOINT INFORMATION This data is displayed on the Route Monitoring console To set it visible tick on it in the list in the Console Options tab 163 Waypoint ETA information ees Monitoring Zl WPT The active waypoint name WPT WP_003 XTD Cross Track Distance KTD 1 36 NM STBD BRG RNG Bearing Range to the active waypoint BRG RNG 262 1 85 NM TTG Time To Go to the active waypoint G ETA Estimated Time of Arrival Next B R for the next leg 029 0 32 NM BEARING TO THE ACTIVE WAYPOINT ON A GREAT CIRCLE
189. official ENC from C MAP and non official ENC data C MAP Professional or C MAP Prof Plus in seamless mode Both databases e ENC from C MAP SENC format e C MAP World Professional or C MAP Professional Plus SENC format have preliminarily to be installed in usual way from C MAP page of Chart handling dialogue If both World Professional or C MAP Professional Plus are installed only Professional Plus database will be used in chart display in seamless mode If C MAP Professional Plus database is not installed then World Professional database will be used in chart display in seamless mode Seamless mode can be switched on in Special effects page of Chart settings dialogue by Full seamless radio button and switched off by Seamless off O amp Seamless Off 109 Ship Overview Ship SHIP OVERVIEW POSITIONING MODE The ECDIS receives the position information from the GPS and course and speed data from gyro log sensor In case of sensor failure the ECDIS switches automatically to the Deadreckoning or the simulation mode The Predictor module calculates and displays the future position of the ships SHIP PROPERTIES The Ship properties dialogue allows customizing the display of the ships icon and setting different parameters GPS AND DATUM The GPS or dGPS installed on board ship sends information about ship s position to the ECDIS IMPORTANT GPS sensors send the positions calculated with
190. omatically to the D R mode and calculates the ship positions using log gyro data See Chapter Ship Drock SIMULATION MODE When the GPS fails and no log gyro data are available the system switches to the simulation mode and the indicator displays No Position The ship position panel displays dotted line and a red cross on top of the ship s icon indicates the simulation REPLAY MODE The REPLAY indicator shows that an historical logbook is being replayed At the end of the replay the navigation mode indicator is switched back to the appropriate GPS or D R status For a detailed overview of the replay function see Chapter Logbook Replay 40 Other panels OTHER PANELS SAFETY CONTOUR PANEL When vector charts are in use ECDIS displays in the Safety contour panel two values of the depth e The user selected value for safety contour e The safety contour available in the chart cell located under the ship s position If ECDIS does not find a safety contour equal to the selected value it selects the contour with the nearest bigger value To change the value for safety contour see the Chart Dapth tab WIND PANEL The wind panel displays either True or Relative values of the wind To switch between the two values right click in the panel and activate the appropriate item menu It is also possible to display a graphical wind indicator on top of the chart by right clicking in the panel and selecting Show graphical display
191. on and choose where to send the file e Tolmportaroute press the Import button and choose where to pick up the file e To Delete a route highlight the name and press the Delete button Another way to delete a route is right click on a route then click on the Delete NOTE item in the popup menu Locked routes cannot be deleted 153 Import Export a route e To centre the chart on a selected route highlight the name and press the Localize button e To Backup the Active Routes folder to a memory stick make sure the to be backed up are shown in the Active Routes folder plug in a memory stick and press the button Backup Active Folder all selected routes will be copied on the memory stick in a folder marked Routes e ToLock Unlock a route click the small Padlock icon located in front of the name IMPORT EXPORT A ROUTE FORMAT DESCRIPTION Name of the route Name of the waypoint Latitude Longitude Planned speed for the leg Type of the leg 1 Rhumb line 2 Great circle IMPORT ECDIS can import routes with different formats e ECDIS routes Files with the file suffix rou e Route saved as a text file with the appropriate format See format description above e Sperry routes Files with the file suffix vp e MaxSea routes Files with suffix wpt e MARIS text format file The imported routes are stored in the active folder To import a route press the Import button and select the route to import IMPORTANT Ro
192. one Colour button to set the colour of the zone OTHER ALARMS e CPA Closest point of approach e TCPA Time to closest time of appraoch e XTD Cross Track Distance To enter the alarm criteria XTD limits the waypoint arrival limit the first and second alarms time activate the dialogue Option panel Routes For a detailed description of alarms see chapter Alarms DISPLAY SCALED ICON Check on the check box Scaled Icon to display the ship icon with its right scale Choose to display or not a line to the active waypoint Set the desired Vector time by toggling the up and down arrows The length of both the ship s vector and the target s vector depends on the ship s speed and the Vector time Check on Display to display Range Circle s around the ship Set values for e Number of Circles e Range Circle Radius e Range Circle Thickness Click Change colour and set the colour of the line for the circles The current colour and thickness are visible in the display box When operating in the Service mode the ship display color can be modified 118 Shape COLOUR SETTINGS The colour of the ship symbol and shape plot are user defined To set the colour click the Day color button The colour dialogue appears ho Eek Els mi i ii u Nrrrrrrrrr OUER TTT EE TTE EE CH UI Select the desired color and press OK As the result the ship symbol colour and shape plot colour are changed Too
193. onic charts ENC or AVCS which can be ordered and updated in real time thanks to MBA MDS the online MARIS chart service ROUTE ECDIS900 provides efficient tools to plan the route and to monitor the active route See the Route plan section for a complete description WEATHER PANEL The weather panel is accessible in the ECDIS900 Console area and allows loading unloading weather data file and customize the display on the chart OL awe please note that the calculation of optimal route by the module does not depend on the weather and current display on the screen meaning that the optimization is run even the weather data is not loaded and displayed on the map Weather routing procedure searches on the hard disk for the latest data available When weather current forecasts are available the module calculates the optimal route When data is not available meaning that there are no forecasts available for either the selected departure date or for the route area the system cannot calculate any optimized route and provides the great circle 270 Preparing next voyage route as result The solution is to send a request for weather and current for the route area using MBA MDS VOYAGE OPTIMIZATION DIALOGUE Right click on the route and activate the menu Voyage Optimization to display the optimization dialogue The optimization dialogue has several panels 1 ETA calculator main panel where the optimization is done 2 Commerc
194. original media The update relates to a newer version of The installed chart permit file is corrupted Re install permits If this does not help contact MARIS to correct the error The user must not change the expiration date of the ARCSO1 license using text editor Re install the chart permits from the latest BA floppy disk using the chart handling function ARCSO2 The update relates Errors eee the chart the chart edition of the chart has been issued and you are still using the old edition There are two cases Anew edition of the chart is located on the update CD The Area CD containing the chart has been re issued Chart should be installed and updated from the appropriate media The chart data already l includes a New Edition of The chart is newer this chart and the update ihamthe update newer version than eebe colder ARCS04 the update It is necessary to use the latest update CD The nav Licence has EE ernie ER E dE ees The license has is not permitted Please ARCSO5 p p expired contact MARIS to renew made licence Warning Licence DESEN Meel permit for the chart Please contact MARIS for a expires in less than gie ARCS08 will expire in less licence renewal one month then one month ARCS09 Nav Licence expired permit for the chart more than 1 month bas expired more POAC EMI HOP eee nce ARCS10 renewal ago than one month ago The loaded version of this chart is
195. ot be used in Type Approved ECDIS mode DELETE PERMIT Permit Status is set as not found example IN3222QK after permit deletion Name Scale jete LPemtsisbes La BR 400051 45000 CH Edi Updo CH Valid till 25 04 2009 FRI66230 1500000 CH Edi Upd 0 CH Valid til 13 04 2009 IN32220K 150000 Edi Updo Not found Chart is not deleted but it is not usable GET USER PERMIT Press button Get User Permit to display or save User permit ENC User Permit EEN Des Savein fle GET SA CERTIFICATE Certificate need to be installed Press button SA certificate either to install either to display SA certificate 88 Install charts SA Digital Certificate wl 4 public key From DRIMAD CRT File The 54 certificate has expired 5A certificate is available at https iaa Do shom Fr publication download section Install 54 certificate Press Install SA certificate and browse folder to get crt file certificate ECDIS900 x Certificate issuer is L primar oral Do you want to install it E Yes KR Confirmation window is displayed Certificate is cessfully installed E OK SA Certificate view SA Digital Certificate INSTALL CHARTS ENC charts can be installed from a CD or from a folder located on a remote PC REMARK Before the installation make sure that the permits are installed All collection of charts stored on a CD can be installed at once by choosing th
196. ous paragraph BY MOUSE In chart by chart mode locate the cursor outside the chart and double click ECDIS scans the catalogue to find all available charts containing the point where the cursor was located The best scale chart is loaded and displayed In seamless mode double click on the inactive chart to make it active By HOT KEYS OR BUTTONS Press or to load the chart containing the center of the screen with higher or lower scale Alternatively right click on the zoom in zoom out buttons to achieve the same CHART SETTINGS To change the colour scheme select the relevant item in the colour menu ARCS settings ff wl Er F Display updated tles borders Toggle the box Display Chart Borders to highlight the charts available on the hard disk NOTE Click on the borderline of the chart displays information about the chart Toggle the box Display updated tiles borders to highlight the tiles which have been updated since the original chart was issued check on Display updated tiles borders box Toggle the box Seamless chart display to switch on the seamless mode CHART PROPERTIES The ARCS Properties dialogue provides information about the paper chart used to produce the electronic chart and also provides direct access to the notes included in the paper chart The properties dialogue box for an ARCS chart has 2 tabs General and Technical 64 Chart properties ARCS Chart properties
197. owledge button after selection of the message The following icons indicate the current state of alarms and warnings Active and Not a Responsibility Acknowledged transferred a iie Alternatively press the Return key to acknowledge all alarms REMARK Alarms should not disappear automatically in case alarm condition is not applicable It is a requirement from DNV and BV based on IMO resolution A 830 ECDIS IN NETWORK When several ECDIS workstations are connected in a network acknowledgement of alarm is synchronized i e when an alarm is acknowledged on one PC this alarm is acknowledged on all PCs with the exception of user defined alarms which are local on the PC LIST OF ALARMS LIST OF ALARMS The following alarm messages may appear during the operation of the ECDIS900 SAFETY ALARMS Goundingalert 174 List of alarms Danger in safety zone Danger in streamer zone User definedalarm User defined anchor alarm TARGET ALARMS CATCPA Lost Target Alarm SENSORS ALARMS failure Heading alarms STWalarm ROUTE ALARMS XIDout limits Course Change alarm Endof Track alarm TCS ALARMS Stop Track control Lowspeedalarm Back upnavigator alarm Change to manual steering SAFETY ALARMS GROUNDING ALARM The ECDIS900 checks the safety of the navigation and triggers an alarm when the value of the sea depth at the current ship position is lower than the Safety Contour value entered in the Chart Settings Safety tab
198. ple one chart has two different presentations according to different safety contour and shallow contour values SPECIAL EFFECTS ECDIS can make the light sectors flashing when the ship is closer to the lights than a fixed distance 45 7 settings Pieire AT GIE Poasa RENEE PREEN pannei Sarat f aeneae Aaa AN Apel SEAMLESS ENC AVCS If AVCS charts are installed together with ENC both kinds of charts can be displayed in seamless mode meaning that for the area of the screen not covered by ENC charts AVCS charts are used to complete the coverage SEAMLESS ENC ARCS If ARCS charts are installed together with ENC both kinds of charts be displayed in seamless mode meaning that for the area of the screen not covered by ENC charts ARCS charts are used to complete the coverage For more information see the paragraph Seamless ENC ARCS 81 Special Effects FILTER SOUNDINGS For some charts the number of displayed soundings is too big making unreadable the figures on the chart Filter sounding function reduces the number of soundings in such a way that in case of ambiguity the shallower sounding is always used CELLS LOADING MODE The Automatic mode is default mode When Automatic mode is activated ECDIS900 scans all ENC database to load and display the proper cells for the scale in use When Usage s list is activated the scan of the ENC database is limited to the selected cell usages in the left list
199. r displays either prediction corridor ship shape displayed either prediction line ship icon displayed 246 Docking DOCKING NOTE The Docking mode available for speed lower than 6 knt To use the docking mode do the following i e Click the Target prediction L button e Tick on the docking mode Target prediction min f X Linear predictor 24 36 Docking function Jh Docking mode History shape time sten s 17 e Right click on the button e Create the first anchoring point attached to the bow e Create the second anchoring point attached to the stern taking in account that the circle radius is equal to the vessel length 247 Settings When operating the Docking mode the following data is displayed e distance to anchoring point and speed for both bow and stern e Ahistorical positions step adjustable from 3 to 15 seconds e predicted position see Predictor e For each anchoring point course distance and speed cm s are displayed e 2speed vectors are displayed from bow and stern RL 30m 333 7 4 EIA 13 73 12 0 Speed Ab cm s RL 35m 336 1 ETA 19 13 31 0 Speed 25 cm s SETTINGS The following user defined settings are used during the calculation e Maximum ship speed limit used in the calculation e Maximum turn rate limit used in turn rate calculation e Prediction duration ship symbol plot interval e Time to reach ROT sets limit to turn rate accelera
200. rack can be saved on the hard disk and the target deleted in case of manual target The target Properties display all information about the actual target and the target list contains the list of tracked targets The prediction tod allows calculating the future position of the targets REMOVE TARGET INFORMATION The target icons can be removed from the display by pressing the hot key F8 RADAR ANTENNA POSITION The Ship s parameters dialogue the Shape tab allows the user to set the exact position of the Radar antenna IMPORTANT The targets positions are calculated from this reference point MARIS RADAR KIT By using MARIS PC radar kit the PC can be transformed into an advanced radar system Combined this with ECDIS900 the radar picture can be shown on the chart and by means of the built in radar tracker you will now have the most common ARPA functions available The system to be installed on one or two machines which may operate on a local network onboard the ship MARIS radar tracking system has a unique capacity of tracking simultaneously up to 300 targets making it capable of searching for and showing data much faster than any other system TARGET DISPLAY Target symbols are small circles with a speed vector the vector length being dependent on the speed of the target In case of CPA TCPA alarms the target s icon flashes 195 Show Hide name SHOW HIDE Target icons may be hidden or shown e Press the hot key
201. rator is responsible for the manual selection of the time zone EXAMPLE The Japanese time zone is 9 meaning that the local time is calculated from UTC by adding 9 hours ECDIS always displays the local time with the time zone information ROUTE AND LOCAL TIME According to the time zone map ECDIS900 automatically assigns a time zone for each waypoint and calculates the ETA in local time The operator can adjust the time zone manually for each waypoint in the Waypoint none Properties window Uer PC TIME OPTION Toggle on the check box Use PC Time to use as ECDIS tile the time set up in the Windows time settings SCALE INDICATOR CURRENT SCALE Displays the current scale of the chart SCALE WARNINGS WITH VECTOR CHARTS e When the current scale is more than two times the compilation scale of the ENC cell the scale indicator is displayed in yellow together with the warning Overscale This warning is also displayed in the Legend panel e lf own ship s position is covered by an ENC with a larger scale than the scale in use the warning BC in the scale indicator indicates a better chart available and Better chart exists is disolayed in the Legend panel 39 Navigation mode indicators SCALE WARNINGS WITH RASTER CHARTS e When the current scale is bigger than the original scale the scale indicator is displayed in yellow together with the warning Overscale This warning is also displayed in the Legend panel
202. reated But the display priority between two objects can be modified for example when a plain coloured area plotted after an isolated point hides this point To make it visible select the area click right button on that area activate the menu Order and select the item To back 236 Properties To Back sends the object at the end of the object list of the layer while Back One moves back one step the object in the list Toko OR I ToBack Forward One Ce Back One we xw w i Properties PROPERTIES Each OE object has different attributes depending on its type and there are presented in the properties dialogue Object Information Sector 3 General Information Description Link with document UserDataSUE king arthur 1 660 mpe pha M a Access the Properties dialogue by clicking right button on the object Enter or consult free text information concerning the object in the information panel REMARK when description field is filled in the information is displayed on the chart in a prompt window when the cursor is located on top of the object Edit object attributes in the panel General The attributes are dependent on the object type EXAMPLE circle properties The position of the centre and the radius are editable Object Information Circle lt Layer Layer D File Untitled b Radius nm 2 39 Position Latitude E8 2i 63N Longitude o 0 16 567 E LINK WITH ADDITIONAL IN
203. rectly from memory stick From External Hard Drive e Install VDRCDDisplay in any folder on ECDIS PC e Run VDRCDDisplay from the PC e Select the external source drive X e Data are displayed e Push button Forward Logbook to network to activate VDR Replay function in ECDIS e Push button Video Source and select Radar Video to activate Radar Replay Window Ala VDR Replay i vif Gi Ba DAADA Hmla Foard ECDIS ew WA A Logbook to network Select Radar Video Timesta Position COG Date Depth Engine Shaft 1 Revol HDG Rate Of Turn Rudder Order Rudder Sensor SOG STW Time A 14 43 18 1 35 42180 N 2840 23 10 2014 176 40 m below Engine RPM 0 00 Fite 32 10 0 8 min SES STB 10 80 PO 4 00 kts 2 35 kts 14 43 14 43 17 6 35 42 180 N 26 40 23 10 2014 176 40 m below Engine RPM 0 00 Pitc 29310 0 8 min W STB 10 80 P0 4 00 kts 2 35 kts 14 43 14 43 17 1 35 42179 N 26 50 23 10 2014 176 40 m below Engine RPM 0 00 Pite 32 10 1 1 min 11 9 STB 10 80 PO 4 00 kts 2 31 kts 14 43 14 43 16 6 35 42 179 N 26 50 23 10 2014 176 40 m below Engine RPM 0 00 Pitc 32 Wem il 14 43 16 0 35 42 178 N 26 50 23 10 2014 176 40 mbelow Engine RPM 0 00 Pite 32 Be 14 43 15 3 395 42177N ag 23 10 2014 176 40 m below Engine RPM 0 00 Pie 32 3 52000 x 23 10 2014 176 40 m below Engine RPM 0 00Pitc 32 4 23 10 2014 176 30 mbe
204. ress the button History to get the list of all manual updates applied on the cells 245 Predictor Overview Predictor PREDICTOR OVERVIEW Predictor and Docking function are activated within the ECDIS toolbar The Predictor functionality in ECDIS900 allows for the display of the future position and the historical position of the ship This position is calculated based on former ship data and applying some user defined settings The Predictor is a navigation aid to be used for continuous dynamic ship s position prediction within 15 60 secs The predictor calculations are base on a vector prediction algorithm that uses the latest historical data ship s position soeed over ground course over ground and heading Rate of Turn and ROT acceleration are calculated from historical values and are used to predict ROT and heading The user has to enter proper ship s parameters and settings for a accurate calculation To run the function an interface to GPS and Gyro must be available N B The heading input value should at least contain one decimal To activate the function press the button Target Prediction and toggle the check box Use vector predictor On The active leg window available in the console area allows the user to control the position of the ship against the active route PRINCIPLE To be able to calculate the future position ECDIS must be connected to GPS gyro and log Depending from the chart scale the Predicto
205. roll in 4 directions Close the window Load better raster chart Load smaller scale raster chart Suppress selected waypoints or range and bearing display or user selected objects true relative vectors Display black rectangle for back light adjustments Access to AIS messaging window Activated Harbour mode Press Enter or Space or Click to escape Docking mode List chart 1 cell for Type Approval Backlight control Brightness 1 Backlight control Brightness 1 Magnifying Glass Unlock od Deactivate route Hot key list Ctrl space Shift or Mouse Wheel Zoom I n out in Magnifying Glass Access to the Tidal data for NHO zone Pilot version only B Show ARCS update tiles Send XML request to get near real T time tide data V Change the target vector from True to Relative or vice versa Enter Acknowledge the alarm 17 About Main window Main Window ABOUT MAIN WINDOW The main window is divided into four different areas e Windowlitle e hart Area e Toolbar Panel e ConsdeArea A typical ECDIS900 screen may look like this ECDIS mode LMC PM vector chart standard displsy WGS 1984 Cylindrical Mercator Monitoring Battery 96 PE Pe RR ala IS UF SSIS Ble SiS wei Je FISI wie WP 002 i 87 m STBD BRGIRNG 270 4 17 NM ETA 54 05 2101 16 53 02 01 284 544 NM i en e em zm e pecified 10 Selected WPT WP_002 D ET
206. ronG S ECDIS provides the user with a variety of facilities for voyage planning and route monitoring Once the route is created it can be saved on hard disk for further use along with other routes The route can be edited and modified unloaded or deleted locked and the safety of the route can be checked against dangers that may be present along the segments The panel Route Properties contains general information about the route and the dialogue Route options displays the default parameters for the new route alarm settings turning radius default SOG type of passage plan Several planned routes can be loaded edited and displayed at the same time but only one route can be activated and used to monitor the vessel s position The active route is displayed on the chart by as pecked red line ECDIS can instruct an autopilot or a Track Pilot properly connected to steer along the route CREATE A ROUTE BY KEYBOARD e Select the icon Route Plan Ch in the tollbar e Enter first waypoint position in the dialogue box e Press OK and New button and enter the second and subsequent waypoint positions e Press OK to complete route e Change the name of the route in the Route Plan dialogue box 130 Creating a route by mouse E ei b L K Tie pees mlir ne NOTE If only one waypoint is entered the route is cancelled FORMAT ECDIS accepts the delimiter space or in
207. rt Jp54nvpr it is mandatory to first update the chart with file Jp54nvpr 001 and then with file Jo54nvpr 002 REMARKS e Anupdate CD ROM contains in general all available updates for all ENC cells ECDIS will automatically run all updates in the right order for all cells e Updates not relating to a cell within the set of installed cells are discarded e ECDIS rejects an update related to a new edition of the cell e ECDIS rejects an update related to an older edition to the cell UPDATE DISPLAY It is possible to display updates for selected objects only screen area or route Right click and select the Display updates in area item from the list eye fers line Display updates in area Then the list of updates in the displayed area appears To see updates under a route right click on the route and select the Display updates under the route item This function displays the list of cells of the ENC database which have been updated and for each cell the list of updates applied to it The history of updates is also available by activating the button History located in the left panel Select a cell in the left panel and all update sessions applied to the cell are listed in the right panel The list of updated objects is displayed in the lower part of the dialogue Double click on one object to centre the chart on the object 92 Update display x Minimize dialog Highlight selected objects Before 1 update After update N
208. rts Fin doubt please contact your nearest SACS supplier Please enter AACS FIH Check HIN Cancel If the problem persists contact MARIS support CHART HANDLING Management of the ARCS chart database is carried out within the Chart Handling dialogue Select the ARCS tab and install permits or charts or delete charts or update the database or access the collection status from this dialogue Chart handling WC Ka ENC C Map ARCS E Di Nme o A natal permits by fe Valid Chagos Archipelago Valid Abd Al Kun to Sugutra So Valid i Gulf of Aden Install selected charts Valid British Lies Install all charts from CD Valid i Aden Harbour and Approa Valid Java Sea Valid Guam Valid Approaches to Ujungpand Install charts inside screen sel Sheet of plans Walid Anchorages on the Moth t SEET SRE Goda Chart Valid Selat Sele DD Update Internet update Chat Valid Yap Islands Copy database Sheet of plans Valid Plane in the Philippine Islar Chart Valid Approaches to Sandakan i Chart Valid Pulau Bilean to Lihimar Chart Valid i Pulau Banggi to Pulau Jop Chart italic Rakanit ard a bs Instal charts alema tie mutes Wee craks Print Chart Updates Print collection status Messages 55 Permits PERMITS To display charts in ECDIS900 it is necessary to enter a permit for each chart Each ARCS chart permit is encrypted and linked to the licensed users User Permit Number Char
209. s not available SA Digital Certificate is invalid User try to install the chart from not licensed media Certificate file is not available Corrupted file with digital signature S35E11 un feet Permit file not found Primar SSE12 42 Cell Permit format is Get new permits incorrect from Primar Cell Permit is invalid Corrupted file with SSE13 permits enc omt checksum is incorrect or orpermits txt SSE14 Incorrect system date SSE15 hs FE license has expired SSE16 16 ENG CRC value is incorrect Corrupted ENC file MERR_CHART_TOO_OLD_FOR ett Pet s too old for used Chart is too old for permit used permit MERR_CELL_FILE_NOT_AVAILABLE 17 Cell file is not available PYSte can not open cell file MERR_CANNOT_CREATE_ZIPFILE Lg Decryption process error Contact MARIS At least one service of MERR_PKZIP_NOT_FOUND encryption systemis not Run setup program found Run Setup program MERR_CANNOT_RUN_PKZIP 20 Decryption process error Contact MARIS 96 ENC s57 charts Technical features MERR_CANNOT_UNZIP_CELL 21 Decryption process error Contact MARIS _ System error MERR_AUTENT CELL ERR 22 feel Authentication error Contact MARIS User try to install MERR_CANNOT_READ_CATALOG Cannot read Catalogue file the chart from not licensed media MERR_ENVVAR_NOTFOUND een EE gegen found Run Setup program Contact your ENC chart agent or distributor for a subscription renewal Subscription service w
210. s see the Sensor_Monitor chapter Depending on the GPS in use select the appropriate route format 135 Plotting a waypoint outside the screen amp Sensor Configuration ES ype och Nom Type NWERTIESSenr gt a NMEA Sensor Settings Two different types of routes can be downloaded from the GPS e Acomplete route e Aworking route commencing with the Active waypoint The downloaded routes are automatically stored in the ECDIS route database with a default name e When a working route is downloaded the route is loaded automatically in ECDIS e When a complete route is downloaded into the ECDIS routes database it is stored in the current route folder The route should be given a name and then stored used accordingly PLOTTING A WAYPOINT OUTSIDE THE SCREEN SCROLL Scrolling the chart is achieved by moving the mouse outside of the chart area in the direction of the desired scroll or by pressing one of the arrows on the keyboard 136 Modifying a route CHANGE SCALE At any time during the route creation process it is possible to zoom in or out or to change the scale of the chart by clicking right anywhere on the chart and selecting the desired scale It is also possible to use the hotkeys F1 and F2 to zoom in and out Remark the scale menu depends on the type of chart in use o yannan 4 15 000000 LOAD ANOTHER RASTER CHART When the waypoint is outside the current raster chart move the cursor
211. s when scrolling or zooming all over the world When the chart area cannot be covered with ENC data for the selected navigational purpose the remaining part of the chart area is filled with data based on a more navigational general purpose ECDIS900is compliant with IEC61174 ed3 regarding ENC chart Installation and Update from e Single Media using Multiple Exchange data sets e Multiple exchanges set across multiple media sets IMPORTANT The chart information to be used in ECDIS should be the latest edition of information originated by the government HOs and conform to IHO standards USING S57 CHARTS ENC chart display is done according to official Presentation library The following actions are available G Chart display e Zoomandselect other scales e Modify the content and the layout of the chart with chart settings dialogue e Select another projection or enter depth values defining the safety limits e Get more information about the chart and object with the chart properties dialogue e Managethe chart database including installation of chart permits or charts updating chart database checkingthe last updated objects or the update history When errors occur during chart handling a message window displays the type of error e Install and update ENC charts on the Planning station and ay the chart database onto a remote PC CHART DISPLAY COLOURS AND SYMBOLS The implementation of the SENC information display has
212. same folder push the button Load Dir and select the folder containing all files 234 Save files J Hgasrapi HyperCam 1 Mine dokumenter J Frogram Files Programtiler e To unload afile or a set of files belonging to the same directory select a file or a directory name and press Unload The file or all files contained in the selected directory will be unloaded Li ep Unload New Enpak SAVE FILES When a file is modified it is not automatically saved on hard disk To save the modifications activate the file management dialogue select the file and press the button Save or Save As to save the file with a different name REMARKS When a directory is selected all files of that directory are saved The function Save As is not applicable on directories CREATE A NEW FILE Press the button New to create a new empty file By default this file is called Untitled and contains five layers called Layer 0 Layer 7 233 Back up files Untitled is a reserved name and the file Untitled cannot be saved with that name A new name has to be entered to store the newly created Untitled file on hard disk BACK UP FILES To back up files on a memory stick select a file s or a directory s name and press Back Up The file or all files contained in the selected directory will be copied on the memory stick IMPORT FILE The ECDIS can convert different types of files with proprietary format and display the d
213. same layer with the Order menu COLOURS In the colour dialogue click left button on the desired colour to set the colour for the lines and right button for the colour of the filling patterns area circle or arc LINE WIDTH Select in the line width menu the line width for both lines and areas LINE TYPE Select in the line type menu the line type plain dotted etc for both lines and areas PATTERN Select in the pattern menu the pattern to be used to fill up areas circles or arcs ICON Left click and select in the list the standard icons to be used for isolated point IMPORTANT Right click in the button displays the list of official S57 icons making possible to manually update the chart CHARACTER STYLE Select the character type style and size to be used for the free text displayed on the chart MODIFYING DISPLAY ATTRIBUTES A newly created object is displayed with the current display settings colour line width or icon type To change the way an object is drawn and change its display attributes e Select the object e Select other display attributes with the setting tools FOR EXAMPLE e To change an isolated point icon select the point and choose another icon from the icon list e To change the filling colour of a circle select the circle click in the colour setting button and choose the new colour with the right button DISPLAY PRIORITY The objects of the same layer are drawn in the order which they have been c
214. screen and on selected function Locate cursor Move the cursor to position on the screen by moving the mouse Sues Mie den Quickly press and release the left mouse button button Click the right Point the object of interest press the right mouse button and a contextual button menu depending on the object type is displayed Double click the l Potter Quickly press twice and release the left mouse button Throughout this manual the terms click and double dck assume the left button It is specifically stated when the right button is applicable PROMPT WINDOW For some objects target buoys with name weather and ocean current data the ECDIS provides direct access to main properties of the object Move the cursor on top of the object and after two seconds a prompt window displays information DIALOGUE BOXES The ECDIS900 is window based application that means the operated by the selection and activation of graphic windows using the cursor When the cursor is located inside a window the window becomes active Left mouse click activates the window function The following standard controls are used e Bookmarks tabs e Qtionbutton e CheckBax e Input box e List Bax e Information _Bax e Drop Down st Bo e Text box e Pushbutton 12 Bookmarks tabs To activate any of the functions locate the cursor on the appropriate control button and click A dialogue box may be moved around by clicking on the top of the box an
215. sed SAFETY CONTOUR Two values for the depth are displayed e The user selected value for safety contour e The safety contour available in the chart cell located under the ship s position These two values are also displayed in a special panel coloured in yellow when the contour specified by the navigator is different from the selected one WARNINGS e When the chart is overscaled the warning Overscale is displayed e When the ship position is covered by an ENC at a larger scale than that provided for the display the warning Better chart exists is displayed e When the displayed area includes waters for which no HO ENC are available the area is symbolised with green colour which means that the mariner has to refer to the paper charts e When ARCS is used in an area where ENC data is available under the ship position the warning ENC data available is displayed In addition the area covered by non ENC data is marked by appropriate line style and the indication non ENC data is displayed COLOUR TABLE AND BACKLIGHT CONTROL In the Presentation Library VS52 3 3 three color schemes are available e Day bright e Dusk e Dark night Selecting the colour scheme is possible by pressing F8 or in the Chart setting dialogue 42 Weather BACKLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS The monitor backlight level is automatically adjusted to the calibrated value when a color scheme is selected see Technical manual and Sensor Monitor con
216. small line crossing the green triangle shows the status of the target in the table On the chart the blinking red cross appears over the AIS symbol indicating the lost target 1 targets in the table AIS 1 Diol x Wesselname Lu CPA 759 Range Beanna Shiptype Callsign Na When the set CPA TCPA alarms are activated the icon blinks If the Rate of Turn ROT is received for a specific target a small bar is displayed at the end of the target vector indicating the direction of the turn CPA TCPA ALARM When the CPA TCPA alarm is generated the target symbol becomes red and it blinks NOTE 186 Sleeping Target SLEEPING TARGET It is possible to display name of targets only in a specified range around ship Select options in AIS sleeping criteria settings In Target Console Right click and open dialogue window to adjust range or CPA Alarmed targets TARGET ASSOCIATION According the ARPA regulation an automatic target association function is provided based on harmonised criteria When the function is enabled it avoids the presentation of two full target symbols for the same physical target 187 Lost Target Alarm If the target data from AIS and radar tracking are both available and if the association criteria for example position motion are fulfilled such that the AIS and radar information are considered as one physical target the activated AIS target symbol and the alphanumeri
217. splays vector charts under a seamless mode whilst raster charts such as ARCS from the British Admiralty are displayed by default in chart by chart mode When raster charts are in use ECDIS runs in ROS mode ECDIS900 also provides the option to display ARG charts ina seamless mode and another option to display ENQARGS in seamless mode A type approved ECDIS uses official ENC data Electronic Navigation Charts produced by National Hydrographic Offices In areas not covered by ENC data an ECDIS is authorized to display Official Raster charts ARCS CHART TYPES e ENC GMP ENC DB in the SENC format official Vector charts e ARG official Raster charts USING ELECTRONIC CHARTS In this chapter the user will learn how to e Saal andcentre the chart e Zoomandchange sales e Switch between different chart databases e Set the FollowShipand the Automaticchart selection features e Modify the content and the layout of the chart with the chart settings e Access to the chart properties e Print the chart e Manage the chart database installed on your hard disk install or uninstall charts add new chart permits check the permits status with the chart handing dialogue e Update offidal charts via the Internet RCDS MODE When an ARCS chart is selected Right click on the chart and in the pop up menu Click Other charts ARCS the relevant chart will appear on the display and the RCDS mode is indicated in the windows title bar at the top left
218. ssociation is used and data is displayed as it is LOST TARGET ALARM Press button to configure Alarm when a target is lost within a given Range around ship position This alarm is available for both AIS and ARPA targets Press the Lost target button to open the dialogue 188 Show hide AIS target s name host target alarm M e Check box to activate alarm e Set the value of the range REMARK When Alarm is active lost targets are not remove automatically from the list after normal timeout mn Alarm acknowledgment will remove lost targets from the list SHOW HIDE AIS TARGET S NAME To display or hide a target s name click right on the target icon and select Show name or Hide name on the pop up menu REMARK The user may also select to hide or show the name from the target s properties dialogue SHOW HIDE PAST TRACK All AIS tracks are automatically recorded in memory Up to 3 hours To display or hide a track click right on the target icon and select Show past track or Hide past track in the pop up menu REMARK The user may also select to hide or show the track from the target s properties dialogue SAVE THE TRACK To store a target s track in the route track database on the hard disk click right on the target icon and select Save track from the pop up menu The track is recorded for 3 hours with 30s time stamp The saved AIS tracks are stored in the same database as the own ship and saved ARPA tracks T
219. t The bottom frame contains results of the route geometry checking To change the Guard Zone settings press the Settings button ENC alaym settings Adjust the settings in the Guard Zone window as required 157 Check a route In case the checking result contains one or more danger objects the Guard Zone settings are displayed in the caption of the window and the objects are listed in the left frame An alarm is red highlighted and a warning is grey highlighted NOTE Selected objects from the Filter list are considered as warnings Additional information about the danger displayed in the tooltip after the item is hovered by the cursor Alarms and indications ENC Alarm objects Expand all BY H SafCont alarm A Dredged area SEH BR Depth area 12345 Filter list by Route Leg All Filter list by object type Le All dangers zk SafCont alarm i Special Area 7 Under water CJ Buoys beacons lights zx E Above water zx EI Shoreline E other Route js geometrically incorrect and should not be used for navigation Wrong geometry WH OOS Leg ts too short for selected radius Wrong geometry WH OOS Leg ts too short for selected radius Wrong geometry WH 004 Leg is too short for selected radius yee malls Seline DES ai fel To approve danger click on the danger in the list The approved alarm change highlight colour to green an approved warning change colour t
220. t SEN Alans Display Shape E GR Sa E i GUTT IG Jae kobe el eee LOO area nai The Check safety zone alarm is generated when the Checking ship alarm zone is crossing a safety contour and or dangerous chart objects The alarm is always active when operating in the Monitoring mode See the Checkroute section for details The ECDIS regulations admit to disable the Collision avoidance alarm since it is the ARPA system function See the Target section for details The XTD alarm cross track distance is always active when operating in the Operational mode 116 alarms GUARD ZONE A safety zone can be set in front of the ship for automatically monitoring inside the defined zone and the vessel s crossing The different dangers are e ENC chart object which triggers alarm according to the safety values entered by the operator e User defined alarm The zone is defined as a cone by an angle and a distance Switch Check safety zone ON to activate this function Set values for Angle and Distance to define the shape of the zone a cone Mitel Click inside a ship guard zone to display a list of dangers and simplify understanding of alarm reasons Gre area ArealD 1464 Category ala nace we alae ace aea ee oe Deal feild aes ArealD 1463 AL tal Are ane Dereon ee FARMS Ke 117 Display DISPLAY AND HIGHLIGHT DANGERS e Click on field to display menu of options of when to activate alarms e Click on the Z
221. t With Raster charts the waypoint appears on the next chart Pick up the waypoint again by placing the cursor above it and holding down the Left mouse button Move the waypoint to the chosen location and release the L mouse button FOLLOW THE SHIP Use the Follow Ship function to automatically scroll the chart under the moving ship Relative motion For a detailed overview of the Follow Ship option see Automatic Chart Selection SELECT AREA Clicking the Select Area icon in the tool bar and choosing a chart area name moves and zooms the chart according to the pre defined parameters Scale and geographical location For a detailed overview of the Select Area option see Select Area CENTRING THE SHIP ON THE CHART Clicking the Centre on ship button centres the chart view on the ship If using ARCS charts or if the ship is not inside the current chart a new chart will be loaded LOAD A CHART DIRECTLY FROM CHART HANDLING DIALOGUE Double click on the chart name to load the chart WARNING Do not confuse Centre the ship with Follow ship Centre the ship is a single command causing the ship will be centred on the display with the relevant chart area under it The ship will then normally move away from the centre True motion Unless the user re centres the ship when it reaches the display edge it will move out of view The Follow Ship command causes the chart to scroll automatically under the ship Relative
222. t parameter of optimization is modified according voluntary speed reduction curves OPTIMIZATION METHOD When the legs are longer than the Minimum leg length to optimize value the VDS optimization algorithm creates for each leg intermediate points which are used to investigate the route possibilities The number of points for each leg depends on the selected accuracy e Low accuracy 25 intermediate points are created e Medium 30 points e High 35 points Be aware that choosing high accuracy increases the calculation time M Low accuracy Medium accuracy High accuracy Minimum leg length to optimize NM 100 0 The highest accuracy gives the better optimization but requires high processing capacity and the calculation may take some time depending on the power of the PC It is recommended to use Low or Medium accuracy for trans ocean routes and high accuracy for narrow water 278 Wave and wind resistance Ohare when planning a voyage in areas with narrow water channels islands shallow water high accuracy must be used WAVE AND WIND RESISTANCE ADJUST WAVE RESISTANCE During sea trail the wave resistance has been measured and during installation of VDS the proper ship model has been installed Three curves for 3 different speeds describe the speed loss of the ship according to wave height e EE Adjust wave resistance 0 5 1 5 AR peec ses for head seas depending from total wave
223. t permits can be delivered as a file containing the code for each chart or as a 40 digit text message sent by email or fax In both cases the first step towards installing new charts is to install the chart permits The UK Hydrographic Office UKHO has eleven ARCS area CDs with about 300 charts on each available for users Area chart CD s are issued free to licensed users by the UKHO distributors These area CD s are re issued when a sufficient number of charts on the CD have been re issued as new editions or cancelled Until the area CD is re issued the new edition charts are provided for the user on the weekly update CD In addition to new edition charts each weekly Update CD contains the cumulative correctional data for all ARCS charts Two types of ARCS license are available e Navigator Service This service is designed for commercial ships that require a fully up to date chart outfit The user will be licensed to a specified chart holding for a defined period of time Within this period the user will be entitled to freely access all Notice to Mariners and New Editions that relate to the licensed chart holding At the end of the licensed period the user will have to renew the license or will no longer be able to access any of the charts INSTALL PERMITS BY FILE Click the Install permits by file button and browse the computer to select the appropriate folder CONTAINING the permit files The Navigator files are named gb Icn and g
224. t was received by e mail browse the hard disk folder open the permit file A message window gives information about the status of the installed permits and about eventual errors PERMITS FROM SEVERAL PROVIDERS If ENC cells are delivered by two different providers Primar and UKHO for example two permit files are received on board It is required to run two times the installation procedure with the two different permit files NEW PERMITS When additional permits for new charts have been ordered a new permits file is sent on board This file contains the complete list of permits purchased by the user and must be installed as described above The new permits are added to the old ones 87 Delete permit PERMITS AND CHART VERSION When a chart is reissued Old version is replaced by a newest one stored in general on the chart update CD a new permits file is sent on board This file contains the complete list of permits purchased by the user and must be installed The old permits are removed and replaced by the new ones ATTENTION A permit is valid for a specific version of the chart e If the chart is too old for the permit the user is informed and the new edition of the chart has to be installed e Ifthe permit is too old for the chart the chart cannot be installed and updated and a new permit has to be ordered REMARK When the permit of one expires the chart is still usable in ECDIS but cannot be updated and therefore cann
225. te Monitoring ROUTE MONITORING OVERVIEW A standard ECDIS installation includes a Monitoring workstation located on the ships bridge and a Planning station on the chart table The ECDIS software can run in either Monitoring mode or in Planning mode The NOTE current mode is displayed in the title bar in the caption of the chart window The route activation is available in the Monitoring mode only The route activation is disabled on Planning station To switch a workstation from Monitoring mode to Planning or vice versa right double click in the title bar of the chart window and activate the menu Set as Planning station or Set as Monitoring station ACTIVATING A ROUTE When activating a route the user designates it as the route to be navigated The ECDIS changes the route legs to pecked lines highlights the next waypoint and switches the monitoring mode on To activate a route and switch on the route monitoring function on the Monitoring workstation e Load the route to be activated e Click right button on one of the legs of the route e Select Activate xxx from the pop up menu Activate Oslo Horten_1 Alternatively a route can be activated from the Route Plan window with the button Activate route REMARK When an OE file is linked with the route the file is automatically loaded and all alarms of the file activated DISPLAY Only one route can be active at any time An active route is displayed differently than other rou
226. tes on the chart inasmuch as the segment path is drawn dotted and the active waypoint flashes making it more prominent on the screen 162 Active waypoint information ACTIVE ROUTE AND PLANNING STATION When a route is activated on the Monitoring station all Planning stations connected to the LAN receive and display the same active route Then all ECDIS workstations display the same active route but only the Monitoring workstation can actively handle it MAKING A NEW ACTIVE ROUTE A new route can be activated even if another route is already active When the new route is activated the previous active route will be de activated ACTIVE ROUTE AND PLANNING STATION When a route is activated on the Monitoring station all Planning stations connected to the LAN receive and display the same active route ROUTE GEOMETRY CHECKING Mite awe To be activated the route has to be geometrically correct This means that regarding the length of the leg and the turning radius by default the turning radius is defined in Options Route Default turning radius the turn should displayed valid for all Way Points except for the first and the last Acceptable range for Turning Radius can be modified in Console Autopilot TCS options Maximum radius Minimum radius can be adjusted Rate of Turn ROT can be also changed manually in Route planning ROUTE CHECKING IN ENC CHART MODE When activated the route is automatically checked against the dangers
227. test track i e the track defined by great circle legs EVALUATING CALCULATED ROUTES ROUTES DATA VK i T U T Dees Wl ep ON if zo he i d i H d i L i if 4 i SERGE ETA calculator Commercial settings Optimization settings Wave and wind resistance Speed power fuel Passage planned STW kn 15 0 Replay tip conditi Charter laydaye TIS range 15 00 2 13 12 28 19470 3 04 LTR_O2_Atlantic 1737 3 12 23 09 2310 OSdays0 h 15 00 0 73 12 28 11 080 5 M5 Two routes have been calculated for the next voyage called Atlantic e LDR_01_Atlantic is the shortest route using great circle le calculated using the Great circle option e LTR_02_Atlantic is the fastest and best economical route calculated using the least time route option The results of the calculation are given in table e Dist the distance of the each calculated route e Departure time Same departure time for this calculation e TTGis the total sailing time for each route 8h difference between the two options e STW is the planned speed e Speed loss is difference between the planned speed and the calculated SOG for each option due to the effect of the waves wind and current In the example the Speed loss for the shortest route LDR_01_ Atlantic is 2 13 kn meaning that the SOG along this route should be 12 87 Knots for a 15 Knots planned speed e ETA isthe estimated time arrival for each route e Fuel is the
228. the ALL CELL Administration Area Mamed _ Delete LELLJH arbour area administrative SI CELL Sea areanamed water area CELL Sea area named water area Annotate Date IMS S e4 plane landing area History Done o RS GE Select abject Define object coordinates d Traffic Separation Scheme Boundary Restricted area Caution area 4 i Offshore production area 29992575 DEDER DA Area to be avoided Ee WE Militar practise area SE e SE Seaplane landing area ee 32 29 3915 06054 95 32 214 O60 55 04 Submarine transit area lice geg Je gold a ot eee ee ea After the Manual Update dialogue is closed the inserted object is displayed as follows 243 Move object Remove updates d Fees de MOVE OBJECT REMOVE UPDATES MOVE POINT OBJECTS e Click right button on the object e Activate the menu Manual update e Select the object type point object e Select one component of the object e Enter the new coordinates e Press Move e Repeat the operation for all components Manuwa North cardinal beacon with topmark REMARK The ECDIS does not allow moving a line or an area 244 Move object Remove updates REMOVING MANUAL UPDATES Manual updates of all kind can be removed with the functions Delete all update available in the manual update window IMPORTANT The function is applicable only on the loaded cells UPDATE HISTORY P
229. the VDS adjusts the ship model to the selected loading conditions in order to have accurate dynamic and static ship characteristics for the calculation of optimal route DEPARTURE TIME In the panel Commercial settings select the estimated departure time and press the button Apply changes tings Wave and wind resistance Speed power fuel Den nnnaee ER EEERERERR KEEN Ree PLANNED SPEED In the panel ETA Calculator select the planned speed before optimization ETA calculator Commercial settings Optimization settings Wave and wind resistance Speed power fuel Passage planned STW kn 15 0 Replay trip conditions h kVA 14 50 Ehartenlaydays TTG range OPTIMIZATION When the parameters are properly entered Draught Departure time and Planned Speed three different types of optimization are possible Least time Least time track LTT is the predicted track that the ship should follow to reach destination in the shortest possible time and with the lowest fuel consumption LTT is the result of complex mathematical processing which optimizes route using precise weather and ocean surface current data and expected ship performance under predicted conditions Rhumbline VDS calculates the fuel consumption and sailing time along the track defined by rhumbline Great circle ZIA Evaluating calculated routes VDS calculates the fuel consumption and sailing time along the shor
230. the name or select a folder containing chart and press Add folder to selection UPDATE Use the Installation wizard to update charts See the Install charts section for details If a large number of charts are involved the process may take quite some NALE considerable time The function See Updates allows checking the last updated objects and the function Update History maintains a log of all applied updates When a Ganeallation update is applied the cell is removed from the collection ERRORS WHILE UPDATE IS IN PROGRESS If the updates are not correctly loaded or if an error is detected during the update procedure the user is informed and the error message displayed in the message area e ECDIS rejects updates if the update issuing authority is different from the cell issuing authority e ECDIS rejects corrupted update files and files with wrong extension or wrong name e ECDIS checks that updates are applied in the right sequence If one update is missing the next updates are rejected EXAMPLE 91 Update display Single charts have update files with a specific order number which is the suffix of the file for example Jp54nvpr 002 is the second update file for the Japanese chart called Jo54nvpr The file Jpo54nvpr 002 is a complement of the update information contained in the file Jp54nvpr 001 but does not contain all update information that was included in the file Jp54nvpr 001 In order to correctly update cha
231. the object CHART HANDLING The management of the chart database is done from the dialogue Chart Handling One panels for the each Charte type e ENC e C Map e ARCS E Chart handling X 2s J E Ed 3 Upd Valid til 18 01 2011 Ed 3 Upd 5 Valid til 19 01 2011 CH Ed 35 Upd 4 Not up to date Edt35 Upd5is availa Valid til 20 12 2010 E Ed 4 Upd 1 Valid til 12 01 2011 ON Ed 4 Upd 12 Valid til 12 01 2011 E Ed 5 Upd 2 Valid til 12 01 2011 E Ed 7 Upd 2 Valid til 12 01 2011 E Ed 7 Upd 3 Valid til 12 01 2011 E Ed 7 Upd 3 Valid till 12 01 2011 CH Ed 7 Upd 8 Not uptodate Edt7 Upd9is available Valid til 12 01 2011 Install ON Ed Upd 2 Vaid til 18 01 2011 Deke ee ces d Not installed Valid til 31 03 2011 Not installed E Valid til 31 01 2011 i Copy database Not installed Valid til 31 01 2011 d Not installed Valid til 31 03 2011 Update Not installed Valid til 31 03 2011 Update N A d Not installed Valid til 31 03 2011 DEI hn vn mh 4 e tv Aa ana ena Display updates History of updates Set Test Mode Charni PM ECDIS handles several ENC collections like Primar or AVCS Each collection is independently maintained For ENC Charts different sub tab are used for each provider GB for UKHO PM for Primar normally only one provider will b
232. the safe navigation waters See example below on the chart and ECDIS gives an alarm if the ship is going to cross the safety contour within the time limits specified in the safety guard zone parameters By default the safety contour is 30 m If the safety contour specified by the mariner is not in the SENC the safety contour shown is the next deeper contour and the mariner is informed in the Legend panel ECDIS emphasises the safety contour with a wide grey line on the chart Shallow contour This function is used for setting a shallow water contour highlighted in the display of S 57 charts Safety Depth This is the depth in meters below sea level that is considered to be safe for the ship This is very important when the ship is approaching isolated dangers On the Special Effects chart the soundings with a depth value lower than the Safety depth are displayed in dark grey but the soundings with a depth value bigger are displayed in light grey colour Both soundings can be displayed or hidden by checking on or off the check boxes Deep Soundings and Shallow Soundings in the Presentation panels described above e Safety height This is the height in meters above sea level that is considered to be safe for the ship The safety depth must not be less than the safety contour value NOTES Depth information provided by ENC is not adjusted by tidal height Chart display depends on selected depth parameters In the following exam
233. timization Module is a part of a comprehensive system called VDS Voyage Decision System which addresses the needs of the ship owner regarding implementation of an energy saving plan SEEMP regulation The MARIS optimization module has unique and powerful functionality i Most accurate current forecasts unique in resolution and precision unique by integrating the tide effect in areas with important tide such as English Channel or Malacca Strait 2 Advanced wave impact calculation the wave impact algorithm speed reduction due to waves has been developed by BMT in UK company recognized as one of the best expert in ship optimization J Integration and seamless The optimization module is integrated in ECDIS900 and very simple to use the optimized route is shared on the LAN automatically displayed and used on all ECDIS900 workstations 4 Optimization is done against the ENC charts Optimized routes are always safe away from the safety contour of the ship Note that there are no additional costs for the ENCs in VDS when ENCs are used in ECDIS sf The module is universal It can work together with any ECDIS the master creates the route on ECDIS transfers it by memory stick to VDS optimizes it in VDS and exports the route result to ECDIS 6 Maris voyage optimization module is not only a weather routing module which guaranties the ship to stay away from the heavy weather as all companies in the market propose In addition to calcul
234. tings to avoid bad weather SAFETY CONTOUR AND USER DEFINED NO GO AREAS When this option is activated the calculated route will never cross the safety contour defined on ENC charts and will never cross NO GO areas the user has plotted manually on the chart For a safe calculation it is essential to enter the correct safety contour value in the Chart Depths panel of the S57 settings dialogue S57 settings TOL awe in order to take the benefit of the safety contour function it is required to install the ENC or AVCS charts along the route 277 Optimization settings User defined NO GO Areas are plotted on the chart using ECDIS Object editor function For more details on how to plot areas and activate them as alarm object see User definedalarm VOLUNTARY SPEED REDUCTION This extremely important function is used to control the stress of the engine and on the hull in heavy weather conditions m Voluntary speed reduction Max STW wave height 16 EA i i i Depending on the wave s height and direction the Captain may want to reduce the speed or engine power according to the curves pre defined during installation of the VDS When the Voluntary Speed reduction is activated VDS will limit STW according speed curves depending from wave conditions It means that planned speed as major inpu
235. tion about when the updates have been applied and which cells were updated Utility Load PL test edition The test edition of the Presentation Library allows checking the monitor colour performance with the test data set called ECDIS Chart1 See Technical Manual The possible errors which may occur during the update are listed below CANCELLATION UPDATE When an ENC chart is replaced by another chart a special update file is included in the updates After update of the ENC chart database the old chart is automatically removed from the collection Mur ECDIS WORKSTATIONS IN LAN When ENC or ARCS chart installation and update is one workstation ECDIS gives the possibility to copy the updated database over the network making automatic the update of all ENC databases of installed together with ECDIS on the LAN Proceed as follow e Install and or update ENC database on the planning station e In Chart handling dialogue press the button Copy database e The list of remote PC running ECDIS and connected to the LAN is listed in the dialogue e Select the PC s on which the ENC should be copied and press Copy Database 95 Errors ERRORS The following is a list of errors that can occur during S57 chart management Error codes e Error messages User actions SE V2 Moued SSE03 3 Certificate is invalid E tte wien digital signature SSEQA a foma of Certificate is NN incorrect Get Primar SA SA Digital Certificate file i
236. tion in the calculations After rudder change the ship starts turning and ROT accelerates till constant ROT is reached Time to reach ROT 0 means that using turn rate acceleration in the calculations is disabled Vector predictor settings ma UU Historical values heading position and speed are continuously recorded and processed 248 Active leg window e ROT value is calculated from historical values of the heading e Acceleration of the ROT is calculated from the same set of values e Acceleration of the speed is calculated from STW values e The PP Pivot point of the ship is calculated from GPS positions soeed and heading values e The future positions are calculated by iteration every second as follow Last position Last heading ROT and speed Time interval e The new position of the PP is calculated from the above values and the ship s orientation is displayed according to the new heading Last heading received ROT applied for the time interval within the limit of ROT and time to reach the ROT ACTIVE LEG WINDOW This tool is designed to help the navigator during navigation in narrow waters where precise following along the planned route is essential The ship s shape is displayed in the middle of the window together with the active leg and turning curves using a scale from 3500 10000 depending on the ship s dimensions The picture is leg bearing oriented In the top left and right cor
237. to increase the value and on the down button to decrease the one or type the value directly into the field Note that in some cases values are limited so it is not allowed to input the out of range value Most of input boxes have default values INFORMATION BOX Parameter monitoring is performed with set of Information boxes Usually they are located on the side console but it is possible to take them out as a float window On a side console As a float window Drt 0 0 kn 0007 Ee Drift 0 0 kn 000 ROT N A ROT N A i Tide N A Tide N A De Ee EE Set ea ER a e an NOTE Information is read only TEXT BOX Mame Crown With a Text Box the following action a performed e Display text numerical value e Enter text numerical value e Edit text numerical value To enter a text click inside the text box and type in some data 14 List box LIST BOX The control lists values or parameters To select item from the list click on the proper one The selected item is ticked on To deselect the one click on the selected item The item is ticked off DROP DOWN LIST BOX A type of combined Text box and List box The box contains the current value and the list is initially not displayed To view the whole list click on the lt Down gt arrow The whole list may be scrolled by use of the lt Up gt and lt Down gt arrows PUSH BUTTON A Push button is a rectangle containing an applicat
238. too old to be used The chart permit Chart is too old for with the permit Please relates to a newer ARCS11 this nav licence i load a more recent version chart edition of the chart from the area CD or the Update 68 Licence expired in the last month Errors The specified Proper permit Navigator permit types do or Skipper option should ARCS DIFFERENT_PER not match when be selected while merging MITTYPE merging permits permits No error message There are no files No Licence File or called gb Icn or Select correct folder in Chart Permit File gb ncp in the which the files gb lcn and ARCS_NO_PERMITS found folder selected by gb ncp are located the user The format of the chart permit file Install permits from the doesn t match original BA CD containing ARCS INVALID _LCN gb Icn file the permits The Licence File is invalid Delete manually the following files e All files located in the folder C Ecdis Data No error message is Arcs_data Chartcat displayed but it is The catalogue files All folders located in impossible to install jor chart files are the folder C Ecdis or update permits or corrupted Data Arcs_data charts Rachts C Program files Ecdis_2 Data Arcs_data Chartcat Config arcschart cfg GUIDELINES FOR TROUBLESHOOTING DURING ARCS CHART MANAGEMENT Problem Try this Most likely the chart has been re issued and The chart permit for a chart has been the n
239. ts from the menu Edit all loaded objects are added to the selection Use the tool Select OE objects to select OE objects JSG IV selection and locked layer When an object belongs to a locked layer that object is not selectable For more information about layer see paragraph Layers DELETE OBJECTS Select an object and push the button If several objects are selected the entire selection is deleted Other methods to delete a selection of objects e Press the Del key e Activate the item Cut from the menu Edit e Activate the item Delete all selected from the menu Edit 238 Modify position MODIFY POSITION OBJECT LOCATION To change the object s position on the chart select it move the cursor on that object near a selected point and when the cursor has a hand shape click and drag the object POINT S CO ORDINATES When the cursor has the following shape the point under the click will be moved and then the object shape modified To modify the co ordinates of a point by keyboard select the object click on that point and activate the item Absolute Coord P wf REMARK The dialogue Absolute Coord does not allow modifying the position of the centre of a circle To modify it by keyboard access the Properties dialogue of the circle and enter the new position OTHER OPERATIONS INSERT A POINT IN A LINE OR AN AREA Click right button on the line area at the desired location and
240. tton Display in the Properties dialogue of the Information point DELETING CHART ANNOTATION e Click right button on the Chart Annotation and activate the menu Delete All Selected e Select the Chart Annotation and press the key Del e Select the Chart Annotation and press the Delete button TIPS Double click on the tool Chart Annotation deletes all displayed Chart Annotations OBJECT EDITOR OBJECT EDITOR User data consists of geographical objects such points lines areas that are displayed on the chart to enrich it The Object Editor OE allows plotting importing manipulating and saving user data Data are saved in files that can be loaded or unloaded on request Each files contains 8 different layers called by default Layer 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 and the user can select in which layer he wants data to be stored Each layer may be shown or hidden locked or unlocked and defined as visible between editable minimum and maximum scales SA Object Editor This feature is extremely powerful because it gives the user the tools to build up its own user data charts in the same way than vector chart databases are built For instance a general layer visible in small scales could include synthetic description of objects while a harbour layer could contain the full description of the objects PLOTTING OBJECTS The different available object types are e Polyline e Surface e Circle e Arc e Isolated point e Text Select the appropr
241. ty software In this mode ECDIS computer access is restricted to mandatory ECDIS functions and to others MARIS applications which are selected during configuration AM replaces Windows Explorer and all standard shortcuts such as Ctrl Alt Del are disabled The configuration of Application manager is done by authorized technician and described in the ECDIS900 installation manual Click in the grey rectangle LI e The applications listed on the left under Auto are always running and cannot be stopped e The applications listed on the right under Other title are the applications the user is allowed to run and stop Using the top icons the user can reboot or stop the PC and access to the Securituy settings described in the Installation manual Maris Application Manager Reboot the PC Switch off the PC Z Security Settings aystem Tray 0 en Been H d JS 1 f 11 General Basic Operational Procedures GENERAL The ECDIS900 is a window based Human Machine Interface HMI where requested information is obtained from menus message boxes dialogue boxes and other standard window controls in the display A mouse is the main operating tool for the system A keyboard is also necessary to input alohanumeric data STANDARD MOUSE FUNCTION Terminology and descriptions of the operator s standard mouse functions The cursor is a small mobile icon The shape depends on its position on the Cursor
242. uoy which are derived from the previous position of the buoy the speed the course and the time from the last reception 254 Seismic Data L MN H a i CG z Eegi We o E Se T Eii KN S On the picture the ship s icon and buoys located at the shooting place are displayed In addition two streamers and 6 tail buoys are shown The red area displayed around the streamers is the safety zone This area is defined and configured by the user Note the vectors displayed in front of the ship and the buoys the ending points show the future positions according to the user selection from 1 minutes to 60 minutes of the objects DISPLAY CUSTOMIZATION In the Ship s properties dialogue the panel Streamers allows to customise the display of the streamers and select different options 255 Seismic Data N Kl Cursor Pesitien Mawes Clon Lt bay T vi FUG pH Ennis pp 8 CA Ka ac LL Hol NK Zoe IN Ee bai Eug 70 i i i S st Ka VE be d Viz SEH ie hese pore fi belge Diag pected JO Selected HIA egene Arcamac is In particular it is possible to hide one or several streamers to display only the most important by clicking in the icon in front of the streamer s name Des Es SURVEY AREA AND SURVEY LINES On request ECDIS900 can receive and display information about the survey area and the survey lines The survey area is stored as an OE obje
243. up the installation procedure the system can install the full CD Install all charts from CD Click the Install all charts from CD button and the system will list all charts on the CD ROM along with the parameters Number Scale Permits Status and Name Highlight all the charts using standard windows procedures and then click the Install button INSTALL CHARTS ALONG THE ROUTES OR INSIDE SCREEN AREA In order to reduce the number of ARCS charts installed on the hard disk ECDIS900 can automatically select the charts on the loaded Area CD that either intersects the loaded routes or the screen area To achieve this before activating the Chart Handling dialogue load the routes or zoom and scroll the chart at the desired location and then press the appropriate button Install charts along the routes Click the Install charts along the route button and the system will install the charts along the loaded route Install charts inside screen area Click the Install charts inside screen area button and the system will install all permitted charts within with the screen area DELETE CHARTS Select a chart or charts and press the Delete Charts button to remove the chart s from the collection When deletion is confirmed the chart is deleted from the hard disk The possible errors which may occur during the installation are listed below UPDATES In order to provide the navigation safety the navigator has to update chart collection
244. urrent chart time and small black oriented arrows indicate rising or falling tide Right click on the icon gives access to detailed description of the tide but also to the moon and sun rise and set hours for the selected Station Channel O 2m Tide graph Agger Station name 9ger Coordinates 56 Ap OO 008 15 000E WOS D4 Time zone GMT 01 00 Mean tide level 0 2 m Current level 0 31 rri oie GU De June enue E ES 18 41 33 Met low 2313 0 0 m Sunrise 04535 Sunset 221 Moonnse 04 56 Moonset 00 22 Nest high 06 08 0 3 m gab 05i TIDE DATE The tide is calculated for the current ECDIS time TIPS Right double click in the Tide button to display a window listing the tide stations displayed on the chart Click to highlight the tide station and double click to open the property of the station 265 Real Tide TIDE DATA FOR SHIP SAILING IN NORWEGIAN WATER Tide is calculated in real time under the ship s position and tide data displayed in the Drift panel in the console area TOTAL TIDE MODULE Total Tide Module allow to access to different functions REAL TIDE The real tide function allows to get precise tidal prediction in each zone of the Norwegian sea Press T key inside the yellow surrounded area to get Real Tide sea level for this tide zone Real tide is based on e astronomical tide e real time tide observation e weather forecast The 3 series of data are computed to give the more precise
245. urs logbook records both navigational events and system events It is also possible for the navigator to make manual entries in the logbook The logbook entries are divided into 24 hours Automatically at 24 00 hours each day the current logbook is closed and stored in the logbook database and a new one created Recorded events include e Ship position course and speed e Chart in use together with the scale and central point of the screen e The GPS position offset e Route events Active route and waypoint e Target events creation position and deletion e arget positions e AIS target position name and status e Triggered alarms e Acknowledged alarms e Manual event e Manual plotting Navigation Editor The logbook window lists all entries of the current logbook and allows printing and to replay historical logbooks which have been first loaded LOGBOOK SETTINGS The logbook recording cannot be stopped by user but the following parameters can be set e Automatic deletion no less than 90 days e VDR parameters Socket to send 208 Displaying the logbook P address for VDR Logbook settings DISPLAYING THE LOGBOOK Select the Logbook tool a on the toolbar to display the logbook window and list the entries of the current twenty four hours logbook It is now possible to print the logbook load an historical book and replay it The ViRreplay button allows replaying recorded data from VDR recording Time
246. urvey lines BUOYS The buoys are equipped with GPS and send their position course and speed every second or every two seconds There are three types of buoys e Buoys located at the end of the streamers e Buoys located at the start of the streamers These buoys are very rare for the moment e Buoys located at the shoting place close to the ship The most important buoys are the two buoys located at the end of the two outler streamers The buoys are named from starboard to port 1 2 X e F001 is the starboard buoy e FOxx is the port buoy DISPLAY Buoys are handled by ECDIS900 as targets and displayed with special icon and vector as the normal target but in addition ECDIS900 calculates the course and speed for each buoy and which does not trigger any CPA alarms Icon a big triangle with different color except white for each buoy and name TRACK It is possible to display on request the track trail of each buoys Two pixels line width by default with the same color than the buoy is used for the track line STREAMERS ECDIS900 receives information about the streamers every 20 seconds and displays the shapes of the streamers e There is no limitations for the number of streamers 1 to 16 e Maximum of captors for one streamers 9 i e the shape of a cable can be defined by up to 11 positions REMARK To avoid the positions to jump between two receptions ECDIS900 calculates every second intermediate positions of the b
247. ut the protection schemes in ECDIS900 see the paragraph System Protection OPTION TIME ECDIS900 operates and displays the local time which is calculated from UTC time and time zone information The operator can adjust the UTC time manually or choose UTC time to be automatically adjusted from the GPS Usually this is default settings and it synchronizes time in the ECDIS LAN The operator is responsible for the manual selection of the time zone The time zone is by default displayed with the sign in West hemisphere and the sign for the East one NOTE CHART TIME The chart time is used when a weather forecast file is loaded in ECDIS to select a date in order to display the weather situation in the future It is also used in the same way when the tide information is displayed on the chart OPTION BACK UP Select the data to back up in on the top panel Data can be saved on the hard disk or on any PC of the LAN ER Print RESTORING DATA Press Restore and select the back up folder to restore all data IMPORTANT The restored data replaces the current data used by ECDIS and data created after the back up will be lost PRINT To print the ECDIS screen click on the Print icon HELP To display the software version and to access the on line user manual click on the Help icon CONSOLE AREA CONSOLE AREA In the console area several indicators or panels display information about ship s position
248. ute Plan dialogue box is calculated using either the current actual Ship Speed for the remaining distance or the Ship Speed for the current leg and the Planned Speed inserted by the user in the Leg SOG column for the remaining legs To insert the planned speed for each remaining leg R Click on the relevant Leg SOG box and complete the pop up Speed box When the Ship Speed Planned Speed button in the Route Plan dialogue box shows Ship Speed the ETA calculation is made using the ship speed to the final waypoint When the button is toggled to Planned Speed the ETA calculation is made using the ship speed for the current leg and the Planned Speed for each remaining legs REMARK in the picture above planned speeds are used to calculate ETA WAYPOINT ETA The console panel WP ETA displays the ETA at the selected waypoint e Select the appropriate waypoint number with the small arrows e Select the speed to be used for the calculation of ETA between Ship Speed and Planned speed with the two buttons located top right in the panel TARGET LINKED TO A ROUTE One AIS target can be linked to a route Right click on the target to open AIS target menu Choose the option Link with route Select the route A yellow square point out the target and route is displayed in green A Hide name MF BASTOE 11 O03 MEBAS Show past track Save track Send text message WPRONE F BASTOE 1 WE mp
249. utes are stored in ECDIS using WGS84 datum When a route is imported it is extremely important to select the datum that has been used for the route creation so that ECDIS to be able to calculate the exact co ordinates of the waypoints If the datum is not correctly selected the waypoints are shifted Datum name EXPORT To export a route select the route from the list and press the Export button Then select the location where the route will be stored 154 Route folders Routes are exported to the text file format described above ROUTE FOLDERS The routes can be ranged in different folders This function is useful mainly when a lot of routes are created To create a new sub folder proceed as follow e Select the parent folder by clicking once on the name e Push the button Create Folder e Anew sub folder is created To copy a route from one folder to another click on the route name and drag the name on top of the destination folder When the folder is correctly selected the cursor changes as shown in the following picture the route called Channel South North is copied from the folder Routes to the sub folder Europe Backup active folder ia 994 Horten Moss SS Se Gl Kopenhavn Oslo_2 Kopenh Oslo ee Gil Oslo Approach NAA Nad ROUTES fe Kopenhayn Oslo_1 HA HA EUROF Gl channel North South Hun Nad PPOPOL A Channel South North NAA Nad oe SURVEY jl 5kogn til Hamburg Utas H A N AMERICA
250. ve route d WNE ETA calculator Commercial settings Optimization settings Wave and wind resistance Speed power fuel o J Replay trip condition Passage planned STW kn 19 0 eplay tip conditions Eharterlaudays TTG range LTR_0_atlantic 2 1898 0 12 24 09 55 0 OSdayslih 15 00 0 57 12 29 21 240 VSS AAB Clean list Least time optimization Route optimization done in 5 sec GC ETA calculation Delete record _Dalete record RL ETA calculation atlantic 2 x k Monitoring mode Reports Create route git Performance report Export track for Octopus When the route has been validated press the button Create Route Plan to create waypoints displayed with wider red circle from intermediate calculation points Activate ih ee 2 Check route 282 Checking the optimized route Right click on the optimized route select the menu item Activate xxx to activate the new route bs BI Dn SC K Se Bes i j ai Saa S ch it Li ETA calculator Commerci ial settings Optimization settings Wave and wind resistance Speed power fuel Passage planned STW kn 15 0 ES ee a T ae charter laydaye TIE range oe 01_atlantic 12 29 SE The optimized route is now the new active route CHECKING THE OPTIMIZED ROUTE The optimized route calculated by VDS is designed to keep the vessel away from heavy weather waves constrains and shallow water Saf
251. vm ON DIOOD CE SS 59 02 0N D10 00 0E 2 SEATRAC TARGET DISPLAY Sen Right click on the Target Table button to open SeaTrac tender tracking dialog Toggle ON Display tenders on the chart to display targets the default state is OFF Seetrac Tenge Tracking Tender Mandera z we Se ce ts a S 2 ante S e Get 1 Ge Ge de WI Terdert Inactive Active Ldnm 001 3 Do DIEN leds Tenders Terex l oe S SS E Ss See SE Sa 2 E a RL 2 00nm 3m 282 SS Zb S gr Tender out D range D tenders MM RL 0 99nm 1 8 S E Dr Tender r towing a alarm indvidual ht click SE NM Targets are displayed as AIS target except size of shape is fixed and with e yellow circle around target shape no alarm e red blinking circle together with Horn icon in TTC column if alarm e Track available by right click menu for each target 193 SeaTrac external alarm SEATRAC EXTERNAL ALARM This alarm is raised up by the Tender itself through NMEA when Alert field is setup to Panic alert see example above for TenderDwhen no internal alarm is activated SEATRAC INTERNAL ALARM Three types of alarm can be activated regarding distance from own ship to Target The box should be check to get given alarm and Distance threshold adjusted But in addition for Tender Approach and Tender towing alarm should be activated target by target Right click menu option Activate or
252. with the latest corrections HO issues the Update CDs with the Notice to Mariners corrections and the new charts editions each week There are two ways to update the chart collection e Updates can be installed from the Update CD issued by UKHO UPDATE BY CD The UKHO issues an Update CD with the New Edition charts and Notice to Mariners corrections each week Insert the update CD ROM in the CD reader and click the Apply update button Apply updates 58 Copy database multi ECDIS The system will automatically update the charts that have a valid permit IMPORTANT If there are new edition charts on the update CD for which the user has valid permits then ECDIS offers to install the charts REMARKS Information regarding the update process is displayed in the Messages area To check if ARCS charts are up to date the date of the last update is displayed in the chart handling dialogue NOTE Ifa large number of charts are involved the process may take some time CHECKING UPDATED OBJECTS ON THE CHART To check what has been updated it is possible to switch temporarily between the display of updated chart and original chart e Select the option Display updated tiles borders in the Chart settings dialogue to display the borders of updated tiles e Press and hold B to display the base chart before updating e Release the key to display the updated chart COPY DATABASE MULTIECDIS As it is for ENC charts when ARCs ch
253. y receive information from several different GPS sensors and the master GPS may be selected by clicking right button in the Navigation mode indicator E GPS Garmin Fort 12 11 356 N 012 02 469 E Set Trimble as master GPS 85 All calculations are made using the position of the master GPS The second GPS position is used to check the accuracy of the master GPS positioning GPS QUALITY When the GPS sends the information about quality of the positioning the quality is displayed in the GPS indicator as a bar graph GPS Garmin a When the bar is entirely blue the quality is optimal MASTER GPS AND QUALITY CONTROL When the slave GPS has a better reception quality than the master one ECDIS warns the navigator by displaying a flashing red symbol in the GPS indicator Then the master GPS can manually be selected as described above Mun ECDIS WORKSTATIONS AND SETTINGS SYNCHRONIZATION When several EQS are connected on the LAN ECDIS900 the ship s parameters and safety values are synchronized SHIP S LIBRARY This module is specially designed to suit the Pilot needs The Pilot builds his own Ship s profile database and can select the proper profile when entering a ship DEAD RECONING The GPS mode is automatically switched to Dead Reckoning D R mode in the case of loss of signal from the GPS In the D R mode ECDIS calculates the ship s position according to the last position received and the course and sp

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