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1. 5 19 Is it better a gyrocompass or a flux gate compass The gyrocompass it is a better choice because it is faster but it is much more expensive The flux gate compass is slower but it is much cheaper Using a flux gate you have to expect to see delays in the rotation of the chart when in Chart Overlay mode 5 20 How can I be advised of potential dangers for the navigation Using the Guard Zone alarms 5 21 What are Guard Zones Guard Zones are zones defined by the user that causes an audible and visual alarm to be triggered when a target exeeding a certain density enters into it The density of the target that may trigger the alarm is regulated by mean of the Guard Zone sensitivity There are of two types of Guard Zones Circular or Secto rial Their are fixed with respect to the the ship position and heading but their range and orientation only for sector type are user defined 5 22 How should I set the Guard Zone sensitivity Guard Zone sensitivity must be regulated accordingly to the current Gain of the Radar The higher the sensitivity the smaller the target that may trigger the alarm In general if you regulated your Radar to obtain a clean picture you can set the Guard Zone sensitivity very high to detect even the smaller targets In case in the Radar picture is present clutter due to the higher gain set you ll have to reduce the Guard Zone sensitivity to avoid triggering false alarms In general a way to set the maximum sensitiv2. 90 sec Radome 1 5 Feet 2kW 9445 30MHz 4 72 25 lt 20dB 30rpm 0 1 2200 0 3 1100 0 8 550 60MHz Linear amplifier 6MHz 6MHz 3MHz 10dB nominal 25 455 100 knots IPX6 IEC60529 85 sec to 5 sec User Manual Dimensions and Mounting 4 3 Ante 19 15 6 Dia Fig 4 2a Radar SWR 8 II SWR 9 nna unit Power supply Power consumption Preheat times Aerial Peak power output Trasmitting frequency Beam width degree Sidelobes Within 10 Rotation Pulse Length msec PRF Hz User Manual 9 3 8 4 M 10 depth 15mm 9 16 Weight 8 1 kg 18 0 Ib 10m cable included Weight 6 8 kg 15 0 Ib without cable Horizontal Vertical 10 8 to 41 6 VDC 45W or less 120 sec Radome 1 8 Feet 4kW 9410 30MHz 4 09 25 lt 20dB 24rpm 0 1 2000 0 25 2000 0 5 1000 33 L Li 1 0 500 IF center frequency 6OMHz Linear amplifier IF bandwidth 5 6MHz M M1 6MHz L M2 3MHz L Li 3MHz Noise figure 6 0dB or less Operating Temperature 25 55 Operation in wind relative 100 knots Water Resistence IPX6 IEC60529 Preheat times output by 5 sec step 115 sec to 5 sec Dimensions and Mounting 34 597 23 1 2 Dia 227 8 15 16 Fig 4 3 Radar SWR 9 I BOW 11 3 16 4 M10 Effective depth 15mm 9 16 Weight 9 7 kg 21 5Ib 10m cable included Weight 8 4 k
3. 6 S SEIWA SWR 1 Radome 0 9 Feet SWR 8 Radome 1 5 Feet SWR 9 Radome 1 8 Feet SWR 10 Open 3 5 4 5 Feet Copyright 2006 Seiwa Hong Kong A 060306E All rights reserved Printed in Italy No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means or stored in a database or retrieval system without prior written permission of the publisher User Manual Caution HIGH VOLTAGE WARNING Dangerously high voltages are present within the RADAR scanner unit There are no internal connections or adjustments necessary for installation Only a qualified radar service technician should remove the cover Technicians must exercise ex treme care when working inside the unit Always remove power before removing the cover Some capacitors may take several minutes to discharge even after switching off the radar Before touching the magnetron or any high voltage com ponents ground them with a clip lead MICROWAVE RADIATION HAZARD The microwave energy radiated by a radar antenna is harmful to humans espe cially to one s eyes Never look directly into an open waveguide or into the path of radiation from an enclosed antenna Radar and other radio frequency radiation can upset cardiac pacemakers If someone with a cardiac pacemaker suspects abnormal operation immediately turn off the equipment and move the person away from the antenna Turn off the radar whenever it is necessary to wo
4. measurament In practice you need to align the start of teh sweep with the eacing edge of the transmission pulse Use the following procedure Set up the Radar controls as follows before doing the following set ups Set the GAIN to the best picture and adjust the STC until the TX pulse can be seen as a round point in the screen center Adjust the transmission trigger delay to a point that the center looks as shown in the diagram b below and a target such as a bridge or a breakwa ter displays as a staright line on the screen ool a Too long B Correct c Too short Once mi calibration has been a the calibration data is retained How ever if a Clear RAM operation is performed it may be necessary to repeat the calibration IMPORTANT Such tuning is already done by the factory and thus it is in general not necessary to do it unless some components of the Radar have been changed 1 5 4 5 Automatic Tune 1 5 4 6 Manual Tune 14 User Manual 1 5 4 8 Add Tuning from User Cartridge User Manual 15 16 User Manual 2 Functions 2 1 BASIC 2 1 1 Cross Cursor The Cross Cursor is a symbol that shows the cursor position on the screen It is displayed when the Cursor Keys are pressed and it is moved around the screen using the Cursor Keys It is automatically hidden when the Cross Cursor is not used for more than 5 seconds It is context sensitive The following table reports the list of objects and the labels that appear under the
5. 2 2 5 MBS Main Bang Suppression Adjustment AVAILABLE ONLY For SWR 9 10 The MBS adjustment is indispensable for getting clear near center spot image In general you must adjust MBS and STC and Gain to obtain desired Radar image To select the MBS value follow the procedure gt MENU SENSITIVITY ENTER MBS ENTER NOTE The Sensitivity menu can be also opened by pressing ENTER directly from the Radar page when the Cross Cursor is not placed over any features User Manual 19 2 3 RADAR FEATURES 2 3 1 Cursor Window The content of the Cursor Window depends on cursor location It shows detailed information on the cursor Lon Lat the cursor bearing and range the center of the screen EBL VRM Guard Zone Heading Marker and Parallel Cursor It is hidden when the cursor is hidden To turn On or Off the Cursor Window follow the procedure gt MENU RADAR FEATURES ENTER CURSOR WINDOW ENTER Cursor Cursor Window 40 06 530N 012 36 695E Bearing Range 223 2 800 Nm Fig 2 3 1 The Cursor Window 2 3 2 Heading Marker The Heading Marker HM is the line from the own vessel s position to the edge of the picture at the vessel s current heading with respect to the North indicated by the compass Heading Marker HM Fig 2 3 2 The Heading Marker The Heading Marker is updated each time the Radar image is updated It can temporarily be hidden to check for small targets under it b
6. EBL VRM It is allowed to place on Radar screen up to 2 EBL VRM s To turn EBL VRM On or Off or to select 1 EBL VRM 2 EBL VRM or both 1 2 EBL VRM follow the proce dure gt MENU RADAR FEATURES ENTER EBL VRM ENTER 2 3 Parallel Cursor It s a set of parallel lines with first line passing through the own ship s position and next lines being placed equally spaced and extending from the own ship s position towards one direction Iy pai n K X L Noka ad MORTA A ALLA LLA Fig 2 3 7 Parallel Cursor display Parallel Cursor The user can change the angle of the lines and the range between lines It is used to measure the bearing of other boats navigate at a fixed distance from the coast measure the distance between two points The display of the Parallel Cursor can be turned On or Off following the procedure MENU RADAR FEATURES ENTER PARALLEL CURSOR ENTER 2 3 8 Center Offset Allows to move the Radar center in any location of the screen 2 3 8 1 Handling of center offset If the Radar is in Relative Motion mode positioning the Cross Cursor on the center of the Radar image allows editing the Center Offset CTR message is User Manual 23 phew under the cursor position The soft keys are automatically displayed Move hooks the Radar image center allowing the user using the Cursor Keys to move it at any location on the Radar screen At this point pressing ENTER confirm
7. Radar calibration 2 set up the I O to detect the Radar 5 7 What is the Radar calibration Radar calibration is a set of options that allows to properly set the Radar to work on your boat You can set up the Heading correction to compensate of orientation errors due to the installation the Radar trigger delay to properly adjust the Radar beam as to correctly measure ranges and finally the sensitivity of the Radar to maximise the Radar sensitivity 5 8 When and how should I adjust the Radar heading At first installation you should correct the Radar heading as to ensure that it is User Manual 37 perfectly aligned with your bow 5 9 When and how should I adjust the Radar Trigger delay At first installation It is required to ensure the Radar is capable to perfectly measure ranges and avoid distorsions Please follow the procedure described at Par 1 2 4 1 5 10 When should I do the Radar tuning Radar tuning is generally not necessary since it is already tuned at the factory However in the long run or in case some components are replaced it could be necessary to perform tuning to achieve the maximum sensitivity 5 11 Should I use the Manual or Auto Tuning We strongly suggest to use the Auto Tuning that generally is capable to give optimal results 5 12 How should I do the Manual tuning Follow procedure at Par 1 2 4 5 13 How can I turn Radar Transmission On Off From the Radar page to turn transmission On you have simply
8. the I O port to communicate with the Radar Go into the I O menu gt MENU MENU ADVANCED ENTER Input Output ENTER and setup the I O port to which you have connecter your Radar to support it 5 2 How can I turn Radar power On Off Radar power On Off can be either directly controlled from the chart plotter or by an external switch depending on how you have set up your chart plotter In case the power is managed by the chart plotter you can turn power On by pressing MENU when in the Radar Page Otherwise you have to turn power On by acting on the external switch 5 3 How should I setup the chart plotter to control the Radar power On Off Please refer to Par 1 1 for cabling schematic Enter the specific for the plotter family menu and perform operation specific for each plotter family 5 4 What is the preheating Each time you power On the Radar you must allow 90 to 120 seconds depending on the Radar model to warm up the Radar Operating the Radar before this time could cause damage to it For this reason the chart plotter doesn t allow operating the Radar until the preheating is complete 5 5 Sometime the preheating takes less than 90 seconds is this normal Yes it is It means that the Radar was already powered on at the time you turned On the chart plotter so the preheating started before 5 6 What should I do at first Radar installation At first installation its necessary to 1 properly set up the
9. to press ENTER 5 14 I can t turn Chart Overlay On why To turn Chart Overlay On you must have both a GPS and a heading sensor con nected to the chart plotter If the chart plotter doesn t detect such devices it will automatically disable the Chart Overlay option 5 15 I can t set the North Up or Course Up navigation mode why To turn On the North Up or Course Up navigation modes you must have both a GPS and a heading sensor connected to the chart plotter If the chart plotter doesn t detect such devices it will automatically disable such option 5 16 I can t set up the True Motion mode why To turn On the True Motion mode you must have both a GPS and a heading sensor connected to the chart plotter If the chart plotter doesn t detect such devices it will automatically disable such option 5 17 Why do I need a Heading Sensor and a GPS to use all Radar functionalities Because the Radar need to know the current position of the boat and its current heading 5 18 What are the functions that require a GPS or a Heading Sensor Function Heading GPS FIX North Up Radar orientation Track Up Radar orientation True Motion mode Chart Overlay Radar Chart Synchronization Cursor Echo lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt z22 38 User Manual Waypoints Marks Lat Lon Grid Cartography Objects Info Cartography Objects Display Head Up Mode Relative Motion mode Zz lt lt lt lt lt ZzZz lt lt lt lt lt
10. 5 6 Sunlight Readable Color Display S3egSW7c External GPS Receiver MILLENNIUM 7 Color 5 6 Sunlight Readable Color Display S31gSW7c Internal GPS Receiver BARRACUDA 7 Sunlight Readable Color Display S3egSW7wc External Smart GPS Receiver BARRACUDA iGPS 7 Sunlight Readable Color Display S3igSW7we Internal GPS Receiver EXPLORER Controller for lor Display S3egSWetcj External Smart GPS Receiver BARRAMUNDI 11 Color Display S3egSwlilc External Smart GPS Receiver amp Video Input BARRAMUNDI Plus 11 Sunlight Readable Color Display S3egSWlic External Smart GPS Receiver amp Video Input MARLIN 15 Color Display S3egSW15c External Smart GPS Receiver amp Video Input Full functionality of the Radar is achieved when it is a part of an integrated system with a chart plotter connected to gyrocompass and GPS Please read carefully this User Manual to learn the operating features for your Radar Refer to your chart plotter User Manual for all other operating instructions User Manual 7 CONVENTIONS USED Throughout this User Manual the labelled keys are shown in capital letters en closed in square brackets for example ENTER the software keys are shown in small capital letters enclosed in square brackets for example Epit Menu operations are in bold characters listed by keys sequence with the menu names enclosed between inverted commas for example MENU ALARMS ENTER means press the MENU key using the cursor key select the
11. Alarms menu and then press ENTER HOW THIS USER MANUAL IS ORGANIZED CHAPTER 1 Radar Installation Installation of the Radar and set up of the hardware configuration CHAPTER 2 Functions Helps you understand how the chart plotter is connected to the Radar and how to operate CHAPTER 3 Radar Pages Description of the available Radar pages full and split pages CHAPTER 4 Technical Specifications Technical specification and dimension of the Radar CHAPTER 5 Frequently Asked Questions The Analytical index is at the end of this User Manual IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE If your chart plotter does not operate properly please refer to the chart plotter User Manual Scanner Unit with cable Fasteners stainless steel 4 Bolts hex metric M8 x 25U approx 3 8 dia x 1 in long 4 Flat washer 4 Lock washer 1 Radar Junction Box 1 Template for locating mounting holes 2 Fuses 5A Spare Optional Magnetic Heading Sensor Extended length cables 15 or 20 meters 8 User Manual 1 Radar Installation This chapter provides instructions electrical connections of the Radar 1 1 PRELIMINARY The scanner unit must be located so that passengers and crew are not exposed to the direct radar beam The scanner unit should be mounted on the centerline of your vessel in a location that has an unobstructed view forward and is as clear as possible the rest of the way around the unit A location as high as practical to improve maximum range is de
12. Connection to Port 2 AUX IN I O CABLE CONNECTION TO PORT 4 PIN WIRE COLOR FUNCTION POWER OUTPUT POWER OUTPUT 10 35 Vdc INPUT 4 GND OUTPUT 5 OUTPUT 4 INPUT 5 OUTPUT EXTERNAL ALARM DOIN Ola AJI NJj gt Connect to control the Radar ON OFF via the chart plotter Make sure that 1 This signal is not used for any other operation external alarm 2 The jumper is removed on the junction box Fig 1 4d Connection to Port 4 User Manual 11 AUX IN I O CABLE CONNECTION TO PORT 5 PIN WIRE COLOR FUNCTION POWER OUTPUT POWER OUTPUT 10 35 Vdc INPUT 4 GND SS OUTPUT 5 OUTPUT 4 INPUT 5 E OUTPUT EXTERNAL ALARM Connect to control the Radar ON OFF via the chart plotter Make sure that 1 This signal is not used for any other operation external alarm 2 The jumper is removed on the junction box Fig 1 4e Connection to Port 5 1 4 1 JUMPER TO CONTROL RADAR ON OFF OPERATION RADAR POWERED ON ALL THE TIME Leave jumper located at top of Radar Junction Box mounted This will keep pow ered On at all times RADAR POWER ON OFF CONTROLLED BY AN EXTERNAL SWITCH The two remaining small leads the Green wire and the Blue wire connect to the On Off control switch The On Off control switch does not switch the main power leads to the scanner unit but it does provide a signal that controls
13. D 64823 Gross Umstadt Hessen Germany Telephone 49 6078 2056 Telefax 49 6078 73824 p Mi A l lt 4 A QA Manager 3 01 91 Koden Electronics Co Ltd 01 Feb 2005 SWR 9 is the Seiwa name for RADARpc MDS 9 Declaration of Conformity As required by Article 6 3 of Directive 1999 5 EC RTTE Directive Declares under his sole responsibility that the produced Marine Radar System manufactured by Koden Electronics Co Ltd 5278 Uenohara Uenohara City Yamanashi Ken 409 0112 Japan Telephone 81 554 20 5865 Telefax 81 554 20 5880 Intended for Worldwide use as a Radar Sensor for use aboard non SOLAS vessels and identified by the type number MDS 10 to which this declaration refers has been tested to the essential radio test suites required by the notified body and is in conformity with the standards EN60945 and IEC 60936 1 Annex D and complies with the essential requirements of Directive 1999 5 E C Conformity procedure under Annex IV of 1999 5 EC Technical Construction file has been undertaken by QinetiQ 0191 Fort Cumberland Road Eastney Portsmouth England The Technical Construction File is held by Mr Saburo Suzuki at Koden Elektronik GmbH Am Gewerbepark 15 D 64823 Gross Umstadt Hessen Germany Telephone 49 6078 2056 Telefax 49 6078 73824 tee QA Manager Koden Electronics Co Ltd 01 91 04 Mar 2005 SWR 10 is the Seiwa name for RADARpc MDS 10
14. DC power inside the scanner unit RADAR POWER ON OFF CONTROLLED BY THE CHART PLOTTER SOFTWARE Remove jumper Connect the EXTERNAL ALARM signal of the chart plotter to TERMINAL Strip C Terminal ALR see connection tables 1 4 2 ALTERNATIVE POWER CONNECTION You can feed the Power supply to the Radar directly Power Connections The LARGE WHITE wire and LARGE BLACK wire are for power connections and comecei directly to a 12 to 24 VDC power bus Connect the large black wire to the battery negative terminal of the power panel Connect the large white wire with the in line fuse to the battery posi tive terminal of the power panel 12 to 24 VDC nominal Do not omit the in line fuse unless a dedicated and fused terminal is available If so install a 5 Amp fuse If you are installing a MDS 10 open scanner Radar it is important to also connect the Red to positive power terminal and Blue to negative power terminal as this provides power to scanner motor This completes the installation of your Radar scanner unit Please proceed with setting up the data ports in your chart plotter following the instructions below 1 5 SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION First you have to install the Radar Refer to the following paragraphs to configure the chart plotter to operate with the Radar 12 User Manual 1 5 1 I O Setup Setting up the chart plotter I O depends upon which port is used to connect the Radar If you use the connecting cabl
15. SWR 1 nna unit Power supply Power consumption Preheat times Aerial Peak power output Trasmitting frequency Beam width degree Horizontal Vertical Sidelobes Within 10 Rotation Pulse Length msec PRF Hz S M Mi L M2 IF center frequency IF bandwidth M Mi L M2 Noise figure Operating Temperature Operation in wind relative Water Resistence Preheat times output by 5 sec step Dimensions and Mounting e315 12 3 8 Fig 4 1 Radar SWR 1 I User Manual 10 8 to 31 2 VDC 30W or less 90 sec Radome 0 9 Feet 2kW 9445 4 30MHz Ae fog 2a lt 20dB 30rpm 0 1 2200 0 3 1100 0 8 550 60MHz Linear amplifier 6MHz 6MHz 3MHz 10dB nominal 259 55 100 knots IPX6 IEC60529 85 sec to 5 sec 31 4 2 Ante 32 4 M6 3 16 Effective depth 14mm 9 16 Weight 4 5 kg 10 Ib without cable Weight 5 5 kg 12 5 Ib 10m cable included Fig 4 1a Radar SWR 1 II SWR 8 nna unit Power supply Power consumption Preheat times Aerial Peak power output Trasmitting frequency Beam width degree Horizontal Vertical Sidelobes Within 10 Rotation Pulse Length msec PRF Hz S M Mi L M2 IF center frequency IF bandwidth S M M1 L M2 Noise figure Operating Temperature Operation in wind relative Water Resistence Preheat times output by 5 sec step 10 8 to 41 6 VDC 30W or less
16. Sensitivity menu can be also opened by pressing ENTER directly from the Radar page when the Cross Cursor is not placed over any features 2 2 2 Gain Adjustment Controls the Radar Gain To see more details on the screen increase the receiver sensitivity by selecting a higher gain percentage If there is too much detail or if the screen is cluttered lowering the sensitivity may increase the clarity of the display To select the Gain value follow the procedure gt MENU SENSITIVITY ENTER GAIN ENTER NOTE The Sensitivity menu can be also opened by pressing ENTER directly from the Radar page when the Cross Cursor is not placed over any features 2 2 3 STC Sensitivity Time Constant Adjustment Reduces the effects of the sea clutter that can adversely affect displayed targets To select the STC value follow the procedure gt MENU SENSITIVITY ENTER STC ENTER NOTE The Sensitivity menu can be also opened by pressing ENTER directly from the Radar page when the Cross Cursor is not placed over any features 2 2 4 FTC Fast Time Constant Adjustment Reduces the effects of rain snow fog and cloud that can adversely affect dis played targets To select the FTC value follow the procedure gt MENU SENSITIVITY ENTER FTC ENTER NOTE The Sensitivity menu can be also opened by pressing ENTER directly from the Radar page when the Cross Cursor is not placed over any features
17. UPPLY m WHITE large wire RADAR SUPPLY Fig 1 4a Terminal Strip Terminal Strip B iS To BE CONNECTED TO POWER SUPPLY 12 To 24 VDC NomINAL Do not omit the in line fuse unless a dedicated and fused terminal is available If so install a 5 Amp fuse If you are installing a MDS 10 open scanner Radar it is important to also connect the Red to positive power terminal and Blue to negative power terminal as this provides power to scanner motor This terminal leads the power to the Scanner unit and to the chat plotter NOTE Only if the chart plotter power wires are connected to Terminal strip C on B and GND terminals 12 24V POWER SUPPLY WIRE COLOR FUNCTION RED POWER SUPPLY BLACK POWER SUPPLY Fig 1 4b Terminal Strip B Terminal Strip C See connection tables to determine proper way to connect the chart plotter to Radar Junction Box POWER amp I O CABLE CONNECTION TO PORT 2 PIN WIRE COLOR FUNCTION GND COMMON POWER INPUT 10 35 Vdc INPUT 1 INPUT 1 OUTPUT 2 OUTPUT 1 INPUT 2 OUTPUT EXTERNAL ALARM SINIJA A wyn Connect to control the Radar ON OFF via the chart plotter Make sure that 1 This signal is not used for any other operation external alarm Connect to power the 2 The jumper is removed on the junction box chartplotter via the junction box Fig 1 4c
18. and RADAR 4 to show the Radar Chart Fish Finder Highway page 3 2 STATUS BAR It is a group of up to 15 data boxes You select which data is displayed in the boxes during system set up The default data box are shown in the following ngua DOO WOOOWO RNG Radar Range and Range rings interval Current Heading Motion Mode and Heading Mode indication Gain and STC FTC indication Expansion and Interference Rejection Guard Zone alarms and Trails Ship Speed Over Ground and Course Over Ground Ship Distance and Bearing from destination Ship Lat Lon Cursor Window Mot ion Heading 4 in STC FTC Int Rej M us SOG 1 0 Kts Ea a vane _ DST 5 554 Nm gt Cursor 40 06 530N BRG 052 012 36 695E 41 07 169N Bearing Range 223 2 800 Nm 010 21 628E of i Fig 3 2 The Default Status Bar 3 3 MENU HANDLING ON FULL PAGES When in Radar Full page pressing MENU once opens the Radar Setup menu pressing MENU twice opens the Main menu 28 User Manual 3 4 SELECTION OF THE ACTIVE VIEW IN SPLIT COMBO PAGES When in Split Combo pages the active view is highlighted by a focus Yellow frame The Radar commands are related to that focused view to move the focus press MENU twice User Manual 29 30 User Manual 4 Technical Specifications This chapter provides specifications of the several types of Radar 4 1 Ante
19. change the Radar page displayed To access this menu MENU PAGE ENTER RADAR ENTER NOTE On 10 4 Model gt DATA RADAR ENTER On 12 1 Model gt PAGE RADAR ENTER The menu now shows four selections related to the Radar Radar Full page Radar Split Chart page Radar Split Fish Finder page Radar Split Highway page Radar Combo Page Radar Chart Fish Finder Highway Move the cursor to select the desired item and then press ENTER 3 1 1 Selection by Soft Key The default soft keys configuration can be customized When the Radar is con nected any soft key can be assigned any of the Radar pages Pressing and holding down any of the four soft key shows a pop up window on the top of the soft key pressed that contains all possible data pages assignable to the soft key pressed Move the cursor key up down to place the selector on the desired item move the cursor key to the right or press ENTER to set the selected item move the cursor key to the left or press CLEAR to close the pop up window In the picture below the four soft keys are customized to select four among the five available Radar page User Manual 27 40 087 485N _912 39 526E Press FULL to show the Full page RADAR CHART to show the Radar Split Chart page RADAR FF to show the Radar Split Fish Finder page RADAR DATA to show the Radar Split Data page
20. cture is displayed with the vessel s current heading upwards As the heading charges the picture will rotate It cbesn t require hedi infometic It is the fault value North Up The Radar picture is stabilized and displayed with north upwards As heading changes the ship s Heading Marker moves Requires a heading sensor comected to the chart plotter Track Up The Radar picture is stabilized and displayed with the currently selected Course Leg upwards As heading changes the ship s heading marker moves If you select a new course leg the picture rotates to display the new course leg upwards Requires a heading sensor comnected to the chart plater NOTE Head Up cannot be selected in True Motion mode To change the orientation mode follow the procedure gt MENU ORIENTATION ENTER 2 1 5 Motion Mode Allows choosing between two different presentation of targets and ship position over the Radar screen Relative Motion RM and True Motion TM See the follow ing table True Motion In True Moti fixed Radar targets maintain a constant position on the screen whilst your own ship moves across the Radar image at the appropriate speed and heading A map like image is thus displayed with all novirg vessels traveling in tne perspective to each other ard to fixed landmasses As your ship s position approaches the edge of the screen the Radar center offset is automatically reset to reveal the area ahead of your ship Relative M
21. cursor Center of Radar CTR EBL VRM E V Parallel Cursor Guard Zone GZ Ship Heading Marker HM Cross Cursor Fig 2 1 1 The Cross Cursor in the default Radar picture 2 1 2 Chart Overlay AVAILABLE ONLY IN THE RADAR FULL PAGE This function merges Radar and chart data into a single picture by drawing Radar targets over the cartography When in Chart Overlay mode the chart inherits the Radar page setting e g Orientation True Motion mode To enable On or disable Off the Chart Overlay follow the procedure MENU CHART OVERLAY ENTER NOTE Requires a heading and a position sensor connected to the chart plotter through an NMEA 0183 interface The heading sensor can be either a gyrocompass or a fluxgate compass The gyrocompass provides the best performance in all conditions 2 1 3 Range Selects the Radar range among 1 8 1 4 1 2 3 4 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 36 and 48 Nm the maximum range depends on the antenna used User Manual 17 It is alternative to the Range selection in Radar page done using ZOOM IN ZOOM OUT To select the Radar Range value follow the procedure MENU RANGE ENTER 2 1 4 Orientation The Radar orientation option allows to choose the display mode Head Up HU North Up NU or Track Up TU that refers to the top of the screen as it is relates to the direction of the boat The Radar directionmodes are described in the following table Head Up The Radar pi
22. e jacket Route the cable to the operator s location securing it at appropriate points along the way Make a drip loop and apply sealant at the entry point of an exterior bulkhead 1 4 RADAR JUNCTION BOX CONNECTIONS The cable from Radar scanner unit provides all power data and control connec tions necessary for operation Referring to the diagram below connect the color coded wires from the Radar cable to the designated place on Terminal strip A in Radar Junction Box as follows JUMPER for RADAR ON OFF SWITCH vail MOUNTING 1 2 amp INSTRUCTIONS Open the box unscrewing the 4 bottom screws Connect the Radar cable to the terminal A Connect the Power supply to the terminal B Connect the chart plotter cable to the terminal C alarm output signal fl 5 Set up the jumper for RADAR ON OFF switch Terminal C JA 5a Mount to permanently CHART PLOTTER power ON the Radar see connection tables 3 5b Connect to a switch s to manually power on off the Radar 5c R to eee T the power Terminal B 9 via the chart plotter POWER SUPPLY C with the external see Radar specifications 10 7253 Fig 1 4 Junction Box Terminal A RADAR see Radar cable label User Manual Terminal Strip A RADAR CABLE WIRE COLOR FUNCTION DATA GND DATA OUT DATA OUT DATA IN DATA IN POWER ON OFF SWITCH 1 POWER ON OFF SWITCH 2 BLACK large wire RADAR S
23. e supplied with the Radar the Port2 is the default setting In this case follow the procedure MENU MENU ADVANCED ENTER Input Output ENTER Port 2 Input ENTER RADAR ENTER 1 5 2 Warming Up It has to be noted that at start up the Radar needs a variable time from 90 to 120 seconds to heat up the magnetron microwave emitting tube During this time it is not possible to turn on the transmission Radar pages are visible but with a small overlapping message window showing the time remaining to Warm Up completion Radar Warming Up xx seconds remaining At completion of the Warm Up sequence the following message will be displyed Radar Warming Up Warm Up Completed This window shall remain open for 2 seconds then it will close automatically At this point the Radar is ready for operation Trasmission is turned Off and STAND BY message is displayed at the center of the Radar page 1 5 3 Transmission On Turn On the transmission pressing gt ENTER NOTE or following the procedure MENU TRANSMISSION ENTER ON ENTER The Radar image is displayed on the screen 1 5 4 Radar calibration At first Radar installation it is recommended to perform Radar calibration To perform the calibration of the Radar follow the procedure MENU TUNING ENTER See the following table Heading Line An edit box allowing to set the Heading Line tuning in degrees and tens of degree is shown T
24. g 19 0lb without cable Fig 4 3a Radar SWR 9 II User Manual 4 4 Ante SWR 10 nna unit Power supply Power consumption Preheat times Aerial Peak power output Trasmitting frequency Beam width degree Sidelobes Rotation Pulse Length msec PRF Hz IF center frequency IF bandwidth Noise figure Operating Temperature Operation in wind relative Water Resistence Preheat times output by 5 sec step Dimensions and Mounting 10 8 to 41 6 VDC 80W or less 120 sec Open 3 5 03 4 5 Feet gt 4kW 9410 30MHz Horizontal Vertical Within 10 Outside 10 124 or 1 7 25 lt 23dB lt 32dB 24rpm S M M1 L M2 L L1 0 06 4000 0 15 2000 0 4 1000 1 0 500 6OMHz Linear amplifier S M M1 L M2 L L1 20MHz 20MHz 5MHZz 5MHz 5 0dB or less 259 55 70 knots IPX6 IEC60529 4 feet 1200 47 1 4 5 feet 1500 59 1 16 4 14 9 16 14 Dia 4 holes 10 5 8 Fig 4 4 Radar SWR 10 I User Manual 115 sec to 5 sec 310 12 3 16 35 BOW ge ee 4 MB8 5 16 Effective depth 14mm 9 16 Weight 4 5 kg 10 Ib without cable Weight 5 5 kg 12 5 Ib 10m cable included Fig 4 4a Radar SWR 10 II 36 User Manual 5 Frequently Asked Questions 5 1 I connected the Radar but the chart plotter doesn t show any Radar page why You probably didn t setup properly
25. he validity rene is fr 180 0 to 180 0 The Heading Line adjustment is saved and it is sent to the Radar each tine it is powered Antenna Parking Position ONLY FOR MDS9 10 Mn edit box allowing to set it in degrees ard tens of degree is shown The validity range is from 0 0 to 359 9 Such data is saved ard it is sent to the Radar each tine it is powered cn Sector Transmission Off ONLY FOR MDS9 10 An edit box allowing to set the starting ad edding angles in degrees and tens of degree is shown The validity remge is from 0 0 to 359 9 Such data is saved and it is sent to the Rader each tine it is powered c Transmission Trigger Dlay Starst the Transmission Trigger Delay procedure See below Automatic Tune Starts the automatic tuning procedure Manual Tune Starts the manual tuning procedure Save Tuning to User Cartridge Saves the timing dta to user cartrice Add Tuning from User Cartridge Loads the tuning data from user cartricke 1 5 4 1 Heading Line 1 5 4 2 Antenna Parking Position User Manual 13 1 5 4 3 Sector Transmission Off 1 5 4 4 Trasmission Trigger Delay Selecting the Trigger Delay tuning from the menu Opens the oes window Arrows Up Down move the selection bar Up down Arrows Left Right allow increasing decreasing the selected value Range is fixed to 1 4 Nm Fig 1 5 4 1 Trasmission Trigger Delay tuning Finaly tuning the transmission Trigger Dealy allows making accurate distance
26. ity for a Guard Zone is to start increasing the sensitivity until an alarm is triggered and then reduce the sensitivity until the alarm stops 5 23 What is the STC and how should I operate it STC is the Sensitivity Time Constant It is used to reduce the sensitivity and thus the clutter in the ranger closer to the Radar Operate the STC as to reduce the echoes coming from the closer ranges to an acceptable range 5 24 What is the FTC and how should I operate it FTC is the Fast Time Constant It is used to reduce the echoes coming from large objects that can hide other small objects It is also called the rain control since it is capable to reduce the effects of the rain on the display 5 25 What is the MBS The MBS is the Main Bang Suppression It is used to suppress the stronger echoes caused by Radar transmission in the receiver It like the STC but its operates ina Shorter range User Manual 39 Declaration of Conformity As required by Article 6 3 of Directive 1999 5 EC RTTE Directive Declares under his sole responsibility that the produced Marine Radar System manufactured by Koden Electronics Co Ltd 5278 Uenohara Uenohara Machi Kitatsuru Gun Yamanashi Ken 409 0112 Japan Telephone 81 554 20 5865 Telefax 81 554 20 5880 Intended for Worldwide use as a Radar Sensor for use aboard non SOLAS vessels and identified by the type number RADARpc MDS 1 to which this declaration refers has been tested to the essential
27. nd position sensor connected to the chart plotter To hide Off or unhide On the display of the Compass Rose follow the proce dure gt MENU RADAR FEATURES ENTER COMPASS ROSE ENTER 2 3 6 EBL amp VRM Electronic Bearing Lines EBL and Variable Range Marker VRM are used to measure the range distance and the bearing between two points A standard VRM is displayed by default as a circle with its center located on your vessel s position and EBL is displayed as a line from the vessel s position to the edge of the Radar picture display EBL VRM Fig 2 3 6 EBL amp VRM display 2 3 6 1 Handling of EBL VRM Positioning the Cross Cursor on the EBL VRM causes message E V under the 22 User Manual cursor It is possible to allow to MOVE HOOK and HIDE it Move Allows moving EBL VRM from the own ship s position to any location of the Radar page Pressing ENTER once more confirms the new position pressing CLEAR resets the original position Hook hooks the EBL VRM cross point allowing changing bearing and range using the Cursor Keys Pressing ENTER once more confirms the new range and bearing pressing CLEAR resets the original range and bearing values Epit opens an edit window allowing editing the following param eters the Lat Lon position of EBL VRM center the range and bearing of EBL VRM center from the center of the screen and the range and bear ing of the EBL VRM Hive hides the
28. ner Then secure it with tape Invert the scanner and make sure the four mounting holes are clear to accept bolts Working at higher elevations may become necessary while installing the scanner unit Observe safety measures and take sufficient precaution to avoid personal injury or damage to the equipment 1 3 PROCEDURE Prepare the mounting surface by making sure it is clean and flat Use the template provided to mark the location of four mounting holes Align the template squarely with the centerline of the vessel and with the arrow pointing forward Drill four 3 8 in 10 mm diameter holes through the mounting sur face Check that each bolt with lock washer and flat washer protrude through the mounting surface at least 5 16 in 8 mm but less than 9 16 in User Manual 9 15 mm The scanner will be damaged if bolts protrude more than 9 16 in 15 mm Apply sealant around each mounting hole Place the Radar scanner unit on the mounting surface Orient the scan ner with the index mark on the housing facing forward cable gland facing aft Install and tighten four M8 x 25U M8 x 1 in mounting bolts Uncoil the scanner cable Secure the cable near the scanner to support the weight of the cable and prevent strain on the watertight cable seal If the cable is to pass through tubing or a bulkhead protect the unfinished end Do not use the unfinished wires or fabric braid to pull the cable Attach a fish cord only to the cabl
29. of 1999 5 EC Technical Construction file has been undertaken by OinetiQ 0191 Fort Cumberland Road Eastney Portsmouth England The Technical Construction File is held by Mr Saburo Suzuki at Koden Elektronik GmbH Am Gewerbepark 15 D 64823 Gross Umstadt Hessen 7 Germany Telephone 49 6078 2056 Telefax 49 6078 73824 y ff a a QA Manager Koden Electronics Co Lid 01 Feb 2005 SWR 8 is the Seiwa name for RADARpc MDS 8 Declaration of Conformity As required by Article 6 3 of Directive 1999 5 EC RTTE Directive Declares under his sole responsibility that the produced Marine Radar System manufactured by Koden Electronics Co Ltd 5278 Uenohara Uenohara Machi Kitatsuru Gun Yamanashi Ken 409 0112 Japan Telephone 81 554 20 5865 Telefax 81 554 20 5880 Intended for Worldwide use as a Radar Sensor for use aboard non SOLAS vessels and identified by the type number MDS 9 to which this declaration refers has been tested to the essential radio test suites required by the notified body and is in conformity with the standards EN60945 and IEC 60936 1 Annex D and complies with the essential requirements of Directive 1999 5 EC Conformity procedure under Annex IV of 1999 5 EC Technical Construction file has been undertaken by QinetiQ 0191 Fort Cumberland Road Eastney Portsmouth England The Technical Construction File is held by Mr Saburo Suzuki at Koden Elektronik GmbH Am Gewerbepark I5
30. otion In Relative Moti your ow ship s positim remains fixed cm the Radar screen and all Radar taroets move relative to your own ship It is the default for the Recor display NOTE True Motion is only available in North Up and Track Up modes not in Head Up noes Also True Motion requires a heading sensor and GPS position information To change the Motion mode follow the procedure MENU MOTION MODE ENTER 2 1 6 Echo Trails Settings Selects an appropriate trail plotting interval to help determine the speed and course of a target vessel and help prevent collision with it Selects Radar Trails among Continuous 15 seconds 30 seconds 1 Minute 3 Minutes 6 Minutes or disables Off To choose the Echo Trails follow the procedure MENU ECHO TRAILS ENTER 2 1 7 Target Expansion Allows the expand target size without affecting the range To enable On or disable Off the Target Expansion follow the procedure MENU TARGET EXPANSION ENTER 18 User Manual 2 2 SENSITIVITY 2 2 1 Interference Rejection Reduces the interference caused by Radar signals from other Radar units It is possible to turn Interference Rejection to Off Level 1 weak Level 2 middle Level 3 strong The higher you set the Interference Rejection value the less interference you will receive To select the Interference Rejection value follow the procedure gt MENU SENSITIVITY ENTER INTERF RJECTION ENTER NOTE The
31. radio test suites required by the notified body and is in conformity with the standards EN60945 and IEC 60936 1 Annex D and complies with the essential requirements of Directive 1999 5 EC Conformity procedure under Annex IV of 1999 5 EC Technical Construction file has been QinetiQ 0191 Fort Cumberland Road Eastney Portsmouth England The Technical Construction File is held by Mr Saburo Suzuki at Koden Elektronik GmbH D 64823 Gross Umstadt Hessen Germany Telephone 49 6078 2056 Telefax 49 6078 73824 Ps ean oe QA Manager ts lt Cs ti CsS S Koden Electronics Co Ltd 01 91 25 Dec 2003 SWR 1 is the Seiwa name for RADARpc MDS 1 Declaration of Conformity As required by Article 6 3 of Directive 1999 5 EC RTTE Directive Declares under his sole responsibility that the produced Marine Radar System manufactured by Koden Electronics Co Ltd 5278 Uenohara Uenohara Machi Kitatsuru Gun Yamanashi Ken 409 0112 Japan Telephone 81 554 20 5865 Telefax 81 554 20 5880 Intended for Worldwide use as a Radar Sensor for use aboard non SOLAS vessels and identified by the type number MDS 8 to which this declaration refers has been tested to the essential radio test suites required by the notified body and is in conformity with the standards EN60945 and IEC 60936 1 Annex D and complies with the essential requirements of Directive 1999 3 EC Conformity procedure under Annex IV
32. rk on the antenna unit or on other equipment in the beam of the radar MAGNETRON PREHEATING When starting your RADARpc for the first time or when restarting it after a two month or longer non operating period preheat the magnetron at least 30 min utes in standby mode Please read through this manual before the first operation If you have any ques tions please contact the Company s customer service or your local dealer 6 User Manual About this User Manual INTRODUCTION The Radar consists of a scanner unit which illuminates targets with microwave energy and then collects the returns from those targets The scanner unit in cludes the Radar antenna transmitter receiver and necessary electronics The scanner unit must be connected to a chart plotter equipped with software capable of displaying the radar functions see the table below Any menu operation and functions activation in this User Manual is related to the following chart plotter models see the following table Whenever it is necessary a note has been inserted for those models with differences CHART PLOTTER NAME DESCRIPTION SOFTWARE MURENA 5 6 Sunlight Readable Color Display S3egSW7vc External Smart GPS Receiver MURENA iGPS 5 6 Sunlight Readable Color Display S3igSW7vc Internal GPS Receiver TIGERSHARK Plus 5 6 Gray Levels Display S3egSW7m External Smart GPS Receiver MILLENNIUM 7 5 6 Gray Levels Display S3igSw7m Internal GPS Receiver NAUTILUS iGPS Plus
33. s the new position of the center press ing CLEAR reset the position of the Radar image at 0 0 Epirt Offset opens an edit window where it is possible to edit the X Offset and Y Offset position in pixel at which the center of the screen is positioned CENTER ScrREEN resets screen offset position to 0 0 NOTE In True Motion mode the user cannot change the screen center position To set the Center Offset follow the procedure gt MENU RADAR FEATURES ENTER CENTER OFFSET ENTER 2 4 CHART FEATURES 2 4 1 Chart Overlay Display Mode AVAILABLE ONLY IN THE RADAR FULL PAGE Selects which cartographic objets are to be displayed when Chart Overlay func tion is active in Radar Full page Te following chart presets shall be available Minimum only the coast lines and elevation objects no area fill Low includes also area fills important city names Nav Aids amp Lights and underwater object icons Medium includes Low settings plus Ports amp Services and Auto Chart Bound aries Full Full cartographic representation As Cartography page inherits settings from the current cartography set ting Custom Custom chart representation To select the desired Chart Overlay Display Mode follow the procedure MENU CHART FEATURES ENTER CHART OVERLAY DISPLAY MODE ENTER 2 4 2 Chart Synchronization AVAILABLE ONLY IN THE RADAR CHART SPLIT PAGE When Chart Synchronization is enabled the chart display is
34. sirable keeping in mind that minimum range ob jects may be overlooked if mounted too high Position the unit forward of large structure and exhaust stacks Large structure or stacks cause blind spots Con tamination from engine exhaust on the scanner housing reduces radar perfor mance Antennas for GPS radio communication or other equipment should not be in the radar beam Use non metallic extension poles to move the active area of anten nas above the radar beam In selecting a location consider the suitability of the mounting surface It must be flat and approximately level with the vessel s water line The surface must sup port the weight of the scanner and have access to the under side for installation of the four mounting bolts NOTE The recommended mounting surface thickness is 3 8 to 1 2 in 9 mm to 13 mm The scanner will be damaged if bolts penetrate more than 9 16 in 15 mm Also consider the cable route from the scanner to the operator s location Avoid routing the interconnecting cable through areas of possible damage from moving objects machinery and exposure to chemicals or high temperature 1 2 PREPARATION Unpack your new Radar and check the contents against the packing list Do not remove the cover from the unit There are no connections or adjustments inside the unit that are needed for installation or operation The cable must remain attached For ease of handling coil the cable and place it on top of the scan
35. syncronized to the Radar display This function is enabled when Home mode is active e g by press ing CLEAR from the chart screen An alert window showing the message Ra dar Chart Synchronization mode On is displayed To enable On or disable Off the Chart Synchronization follow the procedure MENU CHART FEATURES ENTER CHART SYNCHRONIZATION ENTER 2 4 3 Cursor Echo AVAILABLE ONLY IN THE RADAR CHART SPLIT PAGE This function allows to correlate targets on the Radar display with objects in the chart Moving the Radar cursor on Radar display will cause moving another cursor over the chart The cursor over the chart shall be positioned over the same lat lon of 24 User Manual the cursor over the Radar When the Cursor Echo function is enabled the Radar cursor in the chart display is always shown even if the cursor in the Radar display is hidden To enable On or disable Off the Cursor Echo follow the procedure MENU CHART FEATURES ENTER CURSOR ECHO ENTER 2 4 4 Color Palette Selects the Color Palette It is possible to set Green over Black Orange over Black Green over White Blue over White gt MENU CHART FEATURES ENTER COLOR PALETTE ENTER 2 5 GUARD ZONES Your Radar allows a function to help you avoid a collision It is possible to set an alarm to trigger when a target is within a specified zone the Guard Zone It is allowed to display up to 2 Guard Zones Sec
36. tor or Circular Fig 2 5 Guard Zone display When a Guard Zone is active the Guard Alarm sounds when a target enters its area NOTE A Guard Zone only operates when the whole zone is displayed on the screen In addition a Guard Zone is inactive for 10 seconds after it is placed or re sized to avoid inappropriate alarms during positioning 2 5 1 Handling of Guard Zone Positioning the Cross Cursor over a Guard Zone causes the message GZ to be displayed under the cursor It is possible to allow to HOOK or HIDE the Guard Zone Hook allows changing Guard Zone range by moving up down Cursor Keys Hive hides the Guard Zone 2 5 2 Guard Zone Sensitivity It defines a limit selectable from O to 100 under which echoes cause an alarm condition when detected inside a Guard Zone User Manual 25 Guard Zone Sensitivity default is 50 The value 100 is the most sensitive the system is always on every detected echo cause an alarm condition and the value 000 is the least sensitive equal to switching the alarm off To turn the alarm On or Off follow the procedure gt MENU GUARD ZONES ENTER GUARD ZONE ENTER 26 User Manual 3 Radar Pages This section will assist you to select the desired Radar page NOTE The Radar display page is available only if the Radar is connected and powered On and the Radar is in Transmit mode see Chapter 1 3 1 PAGES SELECTION The Page Selection menu allows you to
37. y positioning the Cross Cursor over it and pressing CLEAR 20 User Manual To turn On or Off the display of the Heading Marker follow the procedure gt MENU RADAR FEATURES ENTER HEADING MARKER ENTER 2 3 3 Degree Scale The Degree Scale is the graduated scale located on the most external visible range ring edge of the Radar page with major ticks at 0 10 20 350 degrees and minor ticks at 5 15 25 355 degrees wee S Degree Scale Fig 2 3 3 The Degree Scale To hide Off or unhide On the display of the Degree Scale follow the procedure MENU RADAR FEATURES ENTER DEGREE SCALE ENTER 2 3 4 Range Rings The Range Rings are concentric rings centered on the ship position equally spaced Range Rings Fig 2 3 4 The Range Rings They are used to give an immediate idea of the range of targets from the ship Their number and spacing are adjusted automatically accordingly with the Range Scale The indication of the Range Rings interval is indicated in the Status Bar see Par 3 2 1 To turn On or Off the display of the Range Rings follow the procedure gt MENU RADAR FEATURES ENTER RANGE RINGS ENTER User Manual 21 2 3 5 Compass Rose The Compass Rose is an icon used to identify four main directions North South East and West It is North oriented Compass Rose Fig 2 3 5 The Compass Rose in the default Radar picture NOTE Requires a heading a
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