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E18-6561A
ECDIS ELECTRONIC CHART DISPLAY AND INFORMATION SYSTEM EC-8000-A/8500-A, EC-8100/8600
OPERATOR’S MANUAL Ed. 1.1
9. 2014 Marine Systems Company
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Warning for Safety You should follow the description below to use this equipment safely and efficiently. If not, it might cause a serious result to affect life and death. ‘Danger’, ‘Warning’ and ‘Caution’ described in this book mean as follows:
DANGER
If you should operate this equipment in disregard of this indication, there must be high possibility that it cause one’s death or serious injury.
WARNING
If you should operate this equipment in disregard of this indication, it may cause one’s death or serious injury.
CAUTION
If you should operate this equipment in disregard of this indication, it might cause one’s serious injury or some physical damage.
DANGER/WARNING/CAUTION labels are put on the ECDIS stand or units which consist of ECDIS. When a lot of dirt puts on the surface of them or when they come off, contact TOKYO KEIKI service or one of the TOKYO KEIKI agencies to get new ones. You get them at your own charges.
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Stand Remove the front cover, and you see DANGER, WARNING and CAUTION labels.
(Only for ECDIS EC-8000-A/8500-A)
[EC-8000-A/8500-A]
[EC-8100/8600]
LCD There are DANGER labels on the back.
[EC-8000-A/8500-A, EC-8100]
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[EC-8600]
Control Unit There are DANGER, WARNING and CAUTION labels on the top.
(Only for ECDIS EC-8000-A/8500-A)
[EC-8000-A/8500-A]
[EC-810085600]
Radar Overlay Unit There are WARNING and CAUTION labels on the top.
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Serial I/F Unit There are WARNING and CAUTION labels at the bottom. Open the cover, and warning labels are found.
(Only for ECDIS EC-8000-A/8500-A)
[EC-8000-A/8500-A]
[EC-8100/8600]
Operation Panel There is a WARNING label on the back.
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Software
CAUTION This system is controlled by software. If ECDIS does not work successfully, turn off the ECDIS power once and then turn it on again in a few minutes. Inform a TOKYO KEIKI service station of this later.
Color Table
WARNING Select an appropriate color table depending on the brightness in the bridge. Viewing in an inappropriate color table might cause marine accidents.
Radar Gain, Rain and Sea
WARNING Be cautious of tuning gain, rain and sea, or it may cause a collision. Too low/high level of gain, rain and sea may miss the targets or may cause the delay of the target detection. When echo of the rain or snow is strong, targets may not be distinguished on the radar image even if gain, rain and sea are tuned. In this case, take safe measures such as reducing sailing speed immedeiately to avoide a sea disaster.
Route Monitoring / Track Control
WARNING When the backup navigator alert is provided, take the safety measures against the alarm without fail after confirming what happened.
CAUTION Because turning might be controlled by Autopilot, your Autopilot should be appropriately adjusted before starting track control. See the Autopilot operator’s manual how to adjust it.
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CAUTION Follow the Autopilot operator’s manual when you adjust the control gains ‘Rudder’ and ‘Rate’.
CAUTION This system is designed to cope with disturbance such as the current of which speed is 1/4 times of the service speed that is perpendicular to the leg course. The accuracy of the ship position is not guaranteed under disturbance larger than it.
CAUTION When ‘End of track’ alert is provided and you acknowledge it, change the Autopilot steering mode to AUTO or HAND at once to steer the ship safely.
CAUTION The all limits defined on the alert window should be set for appropriate values depending on the ship condition.
CAUTION When a heading sensor or SGCS has trouble, the rudder is held and unavailable. See the Autopilot operator’s manual.
CAUTION When ‘track control stopped’ alert is generated, immediately change the steering mode of Autopilot to AUTO or HAND (PR-61xx/62xx/63xx/64xx/65xx, PR-66x/67xx/ 68xx), AUTO (PR-6xxxx-ZZ) or HC (PR-9000 series) and then keep the safe navigation.
Alarm Setting
CAUTION Set appropriate values for all limits on the alert window depending on the ship condition.
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High Voltage and Electric Shock
DANGER Do not repair or maintain parts inside the ECDIS stand because you may get an electric shock! If you ever do it by following a TOKYO KEIKI serviceman, turn off the 2 power switches first because high voltage is stored there while the system is working and also it might remain around some circuits even after turning them off, so it has to be discharged before maintenance. The possibility of getting an electric shock is not zero even after turning them off as far as the power is supplied on the ship.
Maintenance
DANGER Do not repair or maintain parts inside the ECDIS stand because you may get an electric shock! If you ever do it by following a TOKYO KEIKI serviceman, turn off the 2 power switches first because high voltage is stored there while the system is working and also it might remain around some circuits even after turning them off, so it has to be discharged before maintenance. The possibility of getting an electric shock is not zero even after turning them off as far as the power is supplied on the ship.
CAUTION When you smell something burning from the inside the stand, stop ECDIS at once. Fill it in the logbook and call a TOKYO KEIKI service station.
PROHIBITION Do not perform the insulation test by using megger or other insulation testers because it provides the internal electric parts with a lot of damage. Disconnect the connected wires from this system first when such a kind of test is performed about the related power lines.
LCD
CAUTION Do not tap or beat on the screen surface with metal, hard or sharp-edged goods.
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CONTENTS Warning for Safety CHAPTER 1
Overview
1.1
What does ECDIS mean?.................................................................................. 2
1.2
Instruction before Use ....................................................................................... 4
1.3
ECDIS Models ................................................................................................... 5
1.4
System Configuration ........................................................................................ 6
1.5
Name and Function of Each Part ....................................................................... 7 1.5.1 Appearance .............................................................................................. 7 1.5.2 ECDIS Constitution Units .......................................................................... 9
1.6
Operation Panel .............................................................................................. 10
1.7
Media Drive ..................................................................................................... 12
1.8
Screen ............................................................................................................. 13 1.8.1 Chart Screen .......................................................................................... 14 1.8.2 Toolbar ................................................................................................... 15 1.8.3 Other Buttons ......................................................................................... 16 1.8.4 System Data ........................................................................................... 17 1.8.5 Information of Route Monitoring / Track Control ...................................... 18 1.8.6 Cursor Information and Active Chart Information .................................... 19 1.8.7 3 Modes and Menu ................................................................................. 21 1.8.8 Alert Information ..................................................................................... 22 1.8.9 Mode Change Buttons & View-Switching Button..................................... 22 1.8.10 Status Bar ............................................................................................... 23
CHAPTER 2
Getting Started
2.1
Power On/Off ................................................................................................... 26 2.1.1 Power-on ................................................................................................ 26 2.1.2 Power-off ................................................................................................ 27
2.2
Choosing Menu ............................................................................................... 28
2.3
Entering Numerals and Letters ........................................................................ 28 2.3.1 UpDn Control .......................................................................................... 28 2.3.2 List.......................................................................................................... 28 2.3.3 Key-palette on the Screen ...................................................................... 28 2.3.4 Keyboard on the Screen ......................................................................... 29
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2.4
Specifying Position on Chart ............................................................................ 30
2.5
Sensor Setup................................................................................................... 31 2.5.1 Position Sensor ...................................................................................... 31 2.5.2 Heading Sensor ...................................................................................... 34 2.5.3 Speed Sensor ......................................................................................... 36
2.6
Time Indication ................................................................................................ 37
2.7
List Window ..................................................................................................... 38 2.7.1 Removing List Window ........................................................................... 38 2.7.2 Scrolling List Window.............................................................................. 38 2.7.3 Changing List Window Size .................................................................... 39
2.8
Pop-up Window ............................................................................................... 40 2.8.1 Moving Pop-up Window .......................................................................... 40 2.8.2 Closing Pop-up Window ......................................................................... 40 2.8.3 Number Limit of Pop-up Windows........................................................... 41
2.9
On/Off for Beep ............................................................................................... 42
2.10
Letter Color on Menu ....................................................................................... 42
2.11
Screen Brightness ........................................................................................... 43
2.12
Safely Removing Hardware ............................................................................. 45
2.13
Switching Screens (ECDIS⇔Bridge Monitor) .................................................. 46
CHAPTER 3
Knowledge about Chart
3.1
Changing Chart Scale ..................................................................................... 48 3.1.1 RANGE on the Operation Panel ............................................................. 48 3.1.2 Magnifying Glass Icons on the Toolbar ................................................... 48 3.1.3 Scale Indication Button ........................................................................... 49 3.1.4 Specifying Area ....................................................................................... 50 3.1.5 UpDn Knob on the Operation Panel........................................................ 50
3.2
Color Table ...................................................................................................... 51
3.3
Chart Object Display........................................................................................ 52 3.3.1 Base Display, Standard Display, All Objects Display ............................... 53 3.3.2 Customizing Chart Objects ..................................................................... 55 3.3.3 Displaying Other Chart Objects............................................................... 57 3.3.4 Thinning out Chart Objects ..................................................................... 72 3.3.5 Chart Symbol Style ................................................................................. 73
3.4
Depth .............................................................................................................. 75 3.4.1 Safety Depth ........................................................................................... 75 3.4.2 Safety Contour........................................................................................ 76 3.4.3 Displaying Depth with 2 or 4 Colors ........................................................ 77
3.5
Chart Object Information ................................................................................. 78 3.5.1 Getting Information ................................................................................. 78 3.5.2 Information of Other Ships and User-Created Objects ............................ 80
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3.6
AIO Objects Information .................................................................................. 81 3.6.1 AIO Data Installation ............................................................................... 81 3.6.2 AIO View ................................................................................................ 81 3.6.3 On/Off for AIO Objects ............................................................................ 81 3.6.4 Getting Information ................................................................................. 82
3.7
Chart and Own Ship Display ............................................................................ 83 3.7.1 Chart Orientation: North up, Course up and Route up ............................ 83 3.7.2 Motion between Charts and Ships: True Motion, Relative Motion ........... 85 3.7.3 Making the Own Ship Symbol Off-centered ............................................ 87 3.7.4 Own Ship Symbol Position and Showing Neighbouring Area .................. 88
3.8
Datum.............................................................................................................. 89
3.9
Scrolling Charts ............................................................................................... 89
3.10
Accuracy of Electronic Chart ........................................................................... 90
3.11
Charts in Full-Screen ....................................................................................... 93
CHAPTER 4
Electronic Chart
4.1
Charts Available on ECDIS .............................................................................. 96 4.1.1 Chart Type .............................................................................................. 96 4.1.2 Distinction between Chart Types............................................................. 97 4.1.3 Chart Priority .......................................................................................... 98 4.1.4 Showing Only ENC ................................................................................. 98
4.2
Displaying Chart Area You Like ....................................................................... 99
4.3
Purchasing Charts ......................................................................................... 101 4.3.1 Purchasing ENC ................................................................................... 101 4.3.2 Purchasing C-MAP Professional(+) Chart ............................................. 102 4.3.3 Purchasing ARCS Chart ....................................................................... 102
4.4
Chart License ................................................................................................ 104 4.4.1 Chart License Installation...................................................................... 104 4.4.2 Manual Entry of Chart License .............................................................. 107 4.4.3 ARCS Chart License............................................................................. 108 4.4.4 Checking Chart License........................................................................ 108 4.4.5 Removing Chart License ...................................................................... 112
4.5
Chart Installation ........................................................................................... 114 4.5.1 Installing S-57 Format ENC .................................................................. 117 4.5.2 Installing Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS Service ENC, C-MAP ENC, C-MAP Professional(+) Chart ........................................................................... 126
4.6
Removing Chart ............................................................................................ 128 4.6.1 Removing Database ............................................................................. 128 4.6.2 Removing Charts Individually ............................................................... 129
4.7
Chart Database Coverage ............................................................................. 132
4.8
Making Charts Visible/Invisible ...................................................................... 134
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4.9
Updating Charts ............................................................................................ 135 4.9.1 Semi-Auto Update ................................................................................ 135 4.9.2 Real-Time Update................................................................................. 138 4.9.3 Manual Update ..................................................................................... 140 4.9.4 Checking Updates ................................................................................ 145
CHAPTER 5
Own Ship
5.1
Own Ship Symbol .......................................................................................... 148 5.1.1 Symbol Type ......................................................................................... 148 5.1.2 Choosing Symbol Type ......................................................................... 149
5.2
Own Ship Vector............................................................................................ 150 5.2.1 Vector Type........................................................................................... 150 5.2.2 Vector Length ....................................................................................... 151 5.2.3 Vector Stabilization (SEA/GROUND) .................................................... 151
5.3
Heading Line ................................................................................................. 152
5.4
Beam Bearing Line ........................................................................................ 153
5.5
Past Position ................................................................................................. 154
5.6
Own Ship Information .................................................................................... 156
5.7
Prediction Line............................................................................................... 157
CHAPTER 6
Other Ships
6.1
On/Off for Targets .......................................................................................... 160
6.2
Target Symbols.............................................................................................. 161 6.2.1 Target in Normal State .......................................................................... 161 6.2.2 Selected AIS Target .............................................................................. 162 6.2.3 Dangerous Target ................................................................................. 162 6.2.4 Lost Target ............................................................................................ 162 6.2.5 AIS Target’s Outline .............................................................................. 163 6.2.6 Chart Symbols Exclusive Use of AIS .................................................... 164 6.2.7 Target Symbols When GPS Error Happens .......................................... 165
6.3
Target Vector ................................................................................................. 166 6.3.1 Vector Length ....................................................................................... 166 6.3.2 Vector Stabilization (Sea/Ground) ......................................................... 167 6.3.3 Vector in True Motion and Relative Motion ............................................ 168 6.3.4 Turn Indicator ....................................................................................... 169
6.4
TT/AIS Target Information.............................................................................. 170 6.4.1 TT/AIS Target List ................................................................................. 170 6.4.2 Quick Information ................................................................................. 172 6.4.3 Information on Pop-up Window ............................................................. 173
6.5
Radar as TT Information Source .................................................................... 174
6.6
Distance Limit for AIS Sleeping Targets ......................................................... 175
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6.7
Activating/Deactivating AIS Target ................................................................. 176 6.7.1 Activating Sleeping AIS Target .............................................................. 176 6.7.2 Deactivating Activated AIS Target ......................................................... 177
6.8
Associating/Dissociating AIS Targets and TTs................................................ 178 6.8.1 Criteria for Association .......................................................................... 178 6.8.2 Associating TT and AIS target............................................................... 180 6.8.3 Dissociating Associated Target ............................................................. 181 6.8.4 Automatic Association/Dissociation....................................................... 182
6.9
On/Off for AIS Function.................................................................................. 183
6.10
Past Position ................................................................................................. 184
CHAPTER 7
Route
7.1
Route View .................................................................................................... 186 7.1.1 Route on Chart ..................................................................................... 186 7.1.2 Route Table .......................................................................................... 187 7.1.3 Information of Waypoint and Route ....................................................... 190 7.1.4 Information during Route Monitoring or Track Control ........................... 191
7.2
Entering Waypoints Directly on Chart Screen ................................................ 192 7.2.1 Making Waypoints ................................................................................ 192 7.2.2 Moving a Waypoint ............................................................................... 196 7.2.3 Inserting a Waypoint between 2 Waypoints........................................... 197 7.2.4 Adding a Waypoint to the First/Last Waypoint ....................................... 198 7.2.5 Removing a Waypoint ........................................................................... 199
7.3
Entering Waypoints LAT & LON ..................................................................... 200 7.3.1 Making Waypoints ................................................................................ 200 7.3.2 Moving a Waypoint ............................................................................... 204 7.3.3 Removing a Waypoint ........................................................................... 204 7.3.4 Inserting a Waypoint between 2 Waypoints........................................... 205 7.3.5 Adding a Waypoint before the First Waypoint ....................................... 206 7.3.6 Adding a Waypoint to the Last Waypoint............................................... 207
7.4
Waypoint Attribute ......................................................................................... 208 7.4.1 On the Menu ......................................................................................... 209 7.4.2 On the Route Table ............................................................................... 210
7.5
Route-Check ................................................................................................. 211 7.5.1 Carrying out Route-Check Manually ..................................................... 211 7.5.2 Result of Route-Check.......................................................................... 212
7.6
ETA ............................................................................................................... 216
7.7
Reverse Route .............................................................................................. 217
7.8
Reference Route ........................................................................................... 218
7.9
Route Memo .................................................................................................. 219
7.10
Search Route ................................................................................................ 220
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7.10.1 Planning Search Routes ....................................................................... 221 7.10.2 Modifying Search Routes ...................................................................... 226 7.11
Dealing with Files .......................................................................................... 227
CHAPTER 8
Navigating along a Route
8.1
Route Monitoring and Track Control .............................................................. 230
8.2
Route Monitoring ........................................................................................... 231 8.2.1 Starting Route Monitoring ..................................................................... 231 8.2.2 When Some Danger Detected around Route ........................................ 233 8.2.3 Ending of Route Monitoring .................................................................. 233
8.3
Information during Route Monitoring / Track Control ...................................... 234 8.3.1 Route Information and Ship Condition .................................................. 234 8.3.2 ETA ...................................................................................................... 236 8.3.3 Wheel Over Line ................................................................................... 237
8.4
Safety Check and Alarm ................................................................................ 238 8.4.1 Safety Check ........................................................................................ 238 8.4.2 Alerts During Route Monitoring and Track Control ................................ 239
8.5
Modifying Route during Route Monitoring / Track Control .............................. 240
8.6
Temporary Route Display Off ......................................................................... 242
CHAPTER 9
Navigation Record
9.1
24-Hour Log and 3-Month Log ....................................................................... 244 9.1.1 24-Hour Log ......................................................................................... 244 9.1.2 3-Month Log ......................................................................................... 245
9.2
Showing Log.................................................................................................. 246
9.3
Backup of Navigation Record ........................................................................ 251 9.3.1 Making Backup File of 24-Hour Log and 3-Month Log .......................... 251 9.3.2 Showing Backup Log ............................................................................ 252
9.4
Playing Back Navigation Record.................................................................... 253
9.5
Screen Shot................................................................................................... 255 9.5.1 Taking Screen Shot .............................................................................. 255 9.5.2 Taking Shot Data Out............................................................................ 256 9.5.3 Screen Shot Timer ................................................................................ 256
9.6
Taking Out Navigation Record Files ............................................................... 257
CHAPTER 10 Navline and No-Go Line/Area 10.1
What are Navline and No-Go Line/Area?....................................................... 260
10.2
Drawing Directly on Chart .............................................................................. 260
10.3 Mark .............................................................................................................. 262 10.3.1 Entering Marks ..................................................................................... 262
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10.3.2 Changing Marks ................................................................................... 264 10.3.3 Moving Mark ......................................................................................... 265 10.3.4 Removing Mark Individually .................................................................. 266 10.4 Remark.......................................................................................................... 267 10.4.1 Entering Remark ................................................................................... 267 10.4.2 Moving Remark .................................................................................... 269 10.5 Text ............................................................................................................... 270 10.5.1 Entering Text......................................................................................... 270 10.5.2 Moving Text .......................................................................................... 271 10.6 Line as Navline and No-go Line ..................................................................... 272 10.6.1 Drawing Line and No-go Line ............................................................... 272 10.6.2 Adding/Moving/Inserting Vertex ............................................................ 274 10.6.3 Removing Vertex from Line/No-go Line ................................................ 276 10.7 Area as Navline and No-go Area ................................................................... 277 10.7.1 Drawing an Area and No-go Area ......................................................... 277 10.7.2 Moving and Adding Vertex to Area / No-go Area ................................... 279 10.7.3 Removing Vertex from Area / No-go Area ............................................. 280 10.8 Latitude/Longitude Entry ................................................................................ 281 10.8.1 Entering Position by Lat/Lon ................................................................. 281 10.8.2 Adding, Inserting and Removing Position ............................................. 283 10.9
Removing Navline and No-go Line/Area ........................................................ 284
10.10 Watching by No-go Line/Area ........................................................................ 285 10.10.1 Start Watching by No-go Line/Area ....................................................... 285 10.10.2 Stop Watching by No-go Line/Area ....................................................... 285 10.11 Getting Information of Navline & No-go Line/Area ......................................... 286 10.12 Collating Object on between Object List and Chart ........................................ 287 10.12.1 Which Object Group Corresponds to Object on Chart?......................... 287 10.12.2 Which Object on Chart Corresponds to Object Group? ......................... 287 10.13 Eternal Display of Navline and No-go Line/Area ............................................ 288 10.14 Dealing with Files .......................................................................................... 289
CHAPTER 11
Critical Point
11.1
What Does Critical Point Mean? .................................................................... 292
11.2
Entering Critical Point Directly on Chart Screen ............................................. 292 11.2.1 Making Critical Points ........................................................................... 292 11.2.2 Moving a Critical Point .......................................................................... 294 11.2.3 Removing a Critical Point ..................................................................... 294
11.3
Entering Critical Point LAT & LON ................................................................. 295 11.3.1 Making Critical Points ........................................................................... 295 11.3.2 Moving a Critical Point .......................................................................... 297 11.3.3 Removing a Critical Point ..................................................................... 297
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11.4
Critical Point Attribute .................................................................................... 298 11.4.1 On the Menu ......................................................................................... 298 11.4.2 On the Route Window........................................................................... 299
11.5
CPT Approaching Alert .................................................................................. 300
CHAPTER 12 Copying, Moving, Deleting, Synchronizing Files 12.1
Copying Files................................................................................................. 304
12.2
Moving Files .................................................................................................. 306
12.3
Removing Files.............................................................................................. 308
12.4 Synchronizing Data Files ............................................................................... 309 12.4.1 Group Synchronizing ............................................................................ 309 12.4.2 All Data Synchronizing .......................................................................... 310 12.5
Exporting Route Data .................................................................................... 311
12.6
Importing Route Data and Navline Data ........................................................ 313
12.7
Changing Group Name .................................................................................. 315
CHAPTER 13 Radar Image 13.1
On/Off for Radar Image ................................................................................. 318
13.2
Choosing Radar ............................................................................................ 319
13.3 Adjusting Radar Image .................................................................................. 320 13.3.1 Range Adjustment ................................................................................ 320 13.3.2 Gain, Rain, Sea .................................................................................... 320 13.3.3 Radar Interference Cancellation ........................................................... 321 13.4
Radar Condition ............................................................................................ 322
13.5
Relation between Radar Antennas and Monitor ............................................. 322
13.6
Echo Trails .................................................................................................... 323
CHAPTER 14 EBL and VRM 14.1
EBL/VRM On and Off .................................................................................... 326
14.2
VRM .............................................................................................................. 326
14.3
EBL ............................................................................................................... 327
14.4
EBL/VRM Information .................................................................................... 328
14.5
EBL Offset ..................................................................................................... 329
CHAPTER 15 LOP 15.1
What Does LOP Mean? ................................................................................. 332
15.2
Making LOP................................................................................................... 332
15.3
Removing LOP .............................................................................................. 334
15.4
Estimating Position by LOP ........................................................................... 335
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CHAPTER 16 Navigational Information 16.1
MOB: Man Overboard ................................................................................... 338
16.2
Anemometer .................................................................................................. 339
16.3
Echo Sounder................................................................................................ 340
16.4
Propeller Revolution Counter......................................................................... 341
CHAPTER 17 Alert 17.1
Alerts Provided on ECDIS ............................................................................. 344
17.2
When Alert or Indication is Provided ….......................................................... 346
17.3 Alert List ........................................................................................................ 349 17.3.1 Active Alert List ..................................................................................... 349 17.3.2 Alert History .......................................................................................... 349 17.4
Alert Setting ................................................................................................... 350
17.5 Alert Kind....................................................................................................... 351 17.5.1 Anchor Watch ....................................................................................... 352 17.5.2 Depth Under Keel ................................................................................. 354 17.5.3 AIS/TT Invalid Data............................................................................... 354 17.5.4 Timeout ................................................................................................ 354 17.5.5 Position Jumped ................................................................................... 355 17.5.6 Differential Mode Not Available ............................................................. 355 17.5.7 Position Monitor .................................................................................... 355 17.5.8 Heading Monitor ................................................................................... 356 17.5.9 Integrity Monitoring Impossible ............................................................. 356 17.5.10 Connection Error of Disk Drive / CD/DVD-ROM Drive / Radar Signal ... 356 17.5.11 Radar Overlay Unit Internal Error.......................................................... 357 17.5.12 CPA/TCPA ............................................................................................ 357 17.5.13 CPA/TCPA Calculation Impossible ........................................................ 357 17.5.14 Target Lost............................................................................................ 358 17.5.15 Maximum Number of Displayed AIS Targets ......................................... 358 17.5.16 Ground Speed Not Available ................................................................. 358 17.5.17 Track Control Stopped .......................................................................... 359 17.5.18 Off Track ............................................................................................... 360 17.5.19 End of Track ......................................................................................... 360 17.5.20 Approach to Critical Point ..................................................................... 360 17.5.21 ECC/ACC ............................................................................................. 361 17.5.22 Course Difference ................................................................................. 361 17.5.23 Low/High Speed ................................................................................... 362 17.5.24 Unsafe Turning Rate ............................................................................. 362 17.5.25 Unexpected XTD Change ..................................................................... 362 17.5.26 No ENC Available. Refer to Paper Charts. ............................................ 363 17.5.27 Crossing Area with Special Condition ................................................... 363 17.5.28 Screen Shot Capacity Reached the Limit.............................................. 363
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17.6 Guard Frame ................................................................................................. 364 17.6.1 Guard Frame Size and On/Off .............................................................. 364 17.6.2 Safety Height ........................................................................................ 365 17.6.3 Alerts When Guard Frame is Turned On ............................................... 366 17.7
Backup Navigator Alarm ................................................................................ 368
CHAPTER 18 ECDIS in the RCDS Mode 18.1 Overview ....................................................................................................... 370 18.1.1 Restricted Functions ............................................................................. 370 18.1.2 Caution on ARCS Chart ........................................................................ 371 18.2
Purchasing ARCS Chart ................................................................................ 372
18.3 ARCS Chart License ..................................................................................... 374 18.3.1 Entering Chart Permit ........................................................................... 374 18.3.2 Confirming Chart Permit ....................................................................... 376 18.3.3 Removing Chart Permit ........................................................................ 378 18.4 Adding, Removing and Updating ARCS Chart ............................................... 379 18.4.1 Adding ARCS Chart .............................................................................. 379 18.4.2 Removing ARCS Chart ......................................................................... 379 18.4.3 Updating ARCS Chart ........................................................................... 379 18.4.4 Making Sure of Updates for ARCS Chart .............................................. 380 18.5 Showing ARCS Chart .................................................................................... 381 18.5.1 Specifying Chart Area ........................................................................... 381 18.5.2 Choosing Chart Number ....................................................................... 382 18.5.3 Changing between Panel and Plan ....................................................... 384 18.6 Knowledge of ARCS Chart ............................................................................ 385 18.6.1 Indication of RCDS Mode ..................................................................... 385 18.6.2 Scale .................................................................................................... 385 18.6.3 Active Chart .......................................................................................... 386 18.6.4 Chart Information .................................................................................. 387 18.6.5 Chart Object ......................................................................................... 388 18.6.6 Safety Depth and Safety Contour ......................................................... 388 18.6.7 Chart Orientation .................................................................................. 388 18.6.8 Safety Check ........................................................................................ 388 18.6.9 Single Chart Display ............................................................................. 388 18.6.10 Datum Used on ARCS Chart ................................................................ 389 18.6.11 Shift Value between Local Datum and WGS-84 .................................... 392 18.7
Route Monitoring and Track Control .............................................................. 395
18.8
Alert ............................................................................................................... 396
CHAPTER 19 Backup Arrangement 19.1
Roles Backup Arrangement Plays ................................................................. 398
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19.2
Starting Backup ECDIS ................................................................................. 399
19.3 Taking Over Functions ................................................................................... 400 19.3.1 Recognizing as Main ECDIS / Backup ECDIS ...................................... 400 19.3.2 Taking Over Functions and User-Created Data..................................... 400 19.4 Synchronizing Data ....................................................................................... 401 19.4.1 Group Synchronizing ............................................................................ 401 19.4.2 All Data Synchronizing .......................................................................... 402
CHAPTER 20 Maintenance and Troubleshooting 20.1 Inspection and Maintenance .......................................................................... 404 20.1.1 Checks Just After ECDIS Starts ............................................................ 404 20.1.2 General Maintenance ........................................................................... 405 20.1.3 Checking Sensor Signal ....................................................................... 406 20.1.4 Software Version .................................................................................. 406 20.1.5 Network Conditions .............................................................................. 407 20.1.6 LCD Color Adjustment after Long Use .................................................. 408 20.1.7 Maintenance for Parts inside ECDIS Stand ........................................... 409 20.1.8 Periodical Maintenance by TOKYO KEIKI Service ................................ 410 20.1.9 When Error or Failure Happens…......................................................... 410 20.2
Software Upgrading ....................................................................................... 411
20.3
Troubleshooting ............................................................................................. 413
20.4 Repairs .......................................................................................................... 421 20.4.1 Service Parts ........................................................................................ 421 20.4.2 Parts Life .............................................................................................. 421 20.4.3 Warranty and Repair ............................................................................. 422
CHAPTER 21 Specifications 21.1
Standards ...................................................................................................... 422
21.2
Main Specifications ........................................................................................ 424
APPENDIX Appendix 1 Abbreviation ......................................................................................... 436 Appendix 2 Menu Structure ..................................................................................... 440 Appendix 3 Alert List ............................................................................................... 456 Appendix 4 Target Symbols List .............................................................................. 464 Appendix 5 Quick Reference................................................................................... 466
INDEX
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CHAPTER 1 Overview
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1.1 What does ECDIS mean? ECDIS (Electronic Chart Display and Information System) is developed and designed to actualize the safe and efficient navigation in conformity with the international standards1. ENC (Electronic Navigational Chart), which is official charts issued by the hydrographic office each country, is displayed on the ECDIS screen and the own ship, tracked targets and AIS targets are shown on the chart screen with some navigational sensors connected. You get some kinds of navigational information. ECDIS provides a lot of advantages to the navigation and plays a major role in the safe navigation. Especially for ECDIS EC-8100/8600, Bridge Monitor as CID (Conning Information Display) works through the same control unit as ECDIS, and you switch their screens by use of the view-switching button on the screen. See the Bridge Monitor Operator’s Manual for the detail information of it. TOKYO KEIKI ECDIS provides users with: - Making route plans and checking routes for the safety, - Navigating along a pre-planned route with watching danger connecting with Autopilot - route monitoring or track control, - Detecting danger around the own ship with alerts, - Updating electronic charts using update media or entering update data manually, - Keeping a navigation log and playing it back, - Taking navigation notes directly on the chart screen - navline, - Overlaying a Radar image on the chart screen, - Showing TT/AIS targets, - Showing ENC, C-Map Professional(+) chart and ARCS chart - Showing some other navigational information, - Switching to Bridge Monitor (CID) screen (only for EC-8100/8600) etc. There are 3 operation modes: - Monitor mode ......... watch how the own ship goes along a pre-planned route for the safe navigation - Plan mode .............. make route plans on the chart screen. - Update mode ......... install, remove and update electronic charts and chart licenses.
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TOKYO KEIKI ECDIS is designed and developed based on the international standards as follows: IMO Resolution MSC.232(82), IEC61174 Ed.3, IEC62288 Ed.1, IEC61162 Ed.1, Ed.2, Ed.3 and Ed.4, IEC60945 Ed.4, IHO S-52, S-57, S-61 and S-63. -2-
Tokyo Keiki ECDIS is type-approved by DNV and Japanese government. The certificate number is as follows: ECDIS EC-8100/8600 ...... XXX-X-XXXX (DNV), 5278 & 5279 (JG) ECDIS EC-8000-A/8500-A ............ XXX-X-XXXX
This operator’s manual is described based on the ECDIS software ver. 1.7.0
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1.2 Instruction before Use
ECDIS is useful equipment for navigation but it might not work well because of a failure of sensor and connected equipment or receiving wrong ship information. This should be used with adequate caution in order not to cause serious marine distress such as ship collision, grounding and etc.
You had better not depend only on the information got from ECDIS, because some error is included in the signals from high-performance sensors (GPS, gyrocompass, speed log, radar, AIS transponder, etc.) which are connected with ECDIS and the electronic charts might not be updated. Therefore during navigation you should judge based on the information from the lookout and other navigators as well as that from ECDIS.
It is responsible for users to have technical skill about navigation and pay attention to the safe navigation. ECDIS does not exempt users from their responsibilities at all.
You should prepare paper charts which cover the navigating sea area onboard if backup ECDIS is not equipped or you do not have ENC which covers the whole area.
Only ENC (electronic navigational chart) issued by the hydrographic office in each country is an official chart for ECDIS.
ECDIS always gets information from such EPFS (electronic position fixing system) sensors as GPS and etc., to know the own ship position and SOG (speed over ground), and also all position information of electronic chart, tracked targets, AIS targets, route data created by a user and etc., is based on WGS-84. Be sure to set GPS datum for WGS-84 and never change it, otherwise all of the position information might be shown incorrectly.
The information transmitted from AIS transponder is not always correct. For instance, when a ship is in port and the only power switch of the AIS transponder is turned on with the power switches of all sensors onboard tuned off, false information of latitude, longitude, heading, speed, etc., may transmit to ECDIS. In this case, [****.*] is shown on the ECDIS screen, but this is not an error.
In using ECDIS, read this book carefully and persons who are familiar with this ECDIS should operate.
See ‘operation manual for track control system’ and ‘autopilot operator’s manual’ as well as this book about the track control.
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1.3 ECDIS Models This manual describes instructions for ECDIS EC-8100, EC-8600, EC-8000-A and EC-8500-A. ECDIS EC-8100 and EC-8600 are the new type of ECDISes and the difference between them is the LCD size. EC-8100 is 19-inch LCD and EC-8600 is 26-inch LCD. EC-8000-A and EC-8500-A have the old type of hardware and the new version of ECDIS software which is same as EC-8100/8600 is installed on them. ECDIS EC-8100/8600 has an extra LCD for Bridge Monitor as CID (which is an optional function), and you see both screens. The screens are switched by the view-switching button on the screen. There are more detailed models for EC-8100/8600 depending on with/without an extra LCD and its screen size and the model indication is as follows:
EC-8□□□□ Stand type or console type None: Stand type K: Console type
LCD size 1: 19 inches 6: 26 inches With/Without Bridge Monitor display, With/Without extra LCD 0: Without Bridge Monitor display, no extra LCD 1: With Bridge Monitor display, no extra LCD 2: With Bridge Monitor display and 1 extra LCD
Size of extra LCD 0: Same as the primary LCD or without an extra LCD 1: Different from the primary LCD
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1.4 System Configuration This system consists of a control unit, a serial interface unit, an operation panel, a radar overlay unit and 1 or 2 LCD(s). The following figure is a system configuration diagram for ECDIS EC-8100/8600. The basic system configuration for EC-8000-A and EC-8500-A is same as EC-8100/8600, however, they have no LCD2 and the models of the units are different except the operation panel.
LCD 1 (ECDIS)
LCD 2 (CID)
Radar signal(s), Radar images, Trigger signal(s), etc. Radar overlay unit
GPS, Gyrocompass,
AC 100CV
Speed log,
DC 24V
AIS, Control unit
Serial I/F unit
Operation unit
NOTE
Radar overlay unit and the secondary LCD are optional units.
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etc.
1.5 Name and Function of Each Part 1.5.1 Appearance EC-8100 Screen
Operation panel
Front panel
EC-8600 Screen
Operation panel
Front panel
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EC-8000-A and EC-8500-A
Screen
Operation panel
Front panel
AC/DC breakers
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1.5.2 ECDIS Constitution Units ECDIS is composed of a control unit, a serial interface unit, an operation panel, a radar overlay unit and 1 or 2 LCD(s). Control Unit The control unit controls almost all functions of ECDIS.
EC-8100/8600
EC-8000-A, EC-8500-A
Serial Interface Unit The serial I/F unit receives information from GPS, gyrocompass, speed log, AIS, etc., and transmits them to the control unit.
Operation Panel You operate ECDIS through the operation panel.
Radar Overlay Unit The radar overlay unit receives radar signals, radar images, trigger signals, etc., and transmits them to the control unit.
LCD LCD shows ECDIS screens. For ECDIS EC-8100/8600, there are two types of LCDs (19-inch LCD and 26-inch wide screen LCD) depending on the ECDIS models. ECDIS EC-8000-A has a 19-inch LCD and EC-8500-A has a 23.5-inch LCD.
EC-8100/8600
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EC-8000-A/8500-A
1.6 Operation Panel
AIS
RADAR
EBL
RAIN
UpDn
POWER
RANGE
HIDE
TT
COLOR TABLE
SEA
ENT
GAIN
HOME
EBL dial PANEL
VRM
ACK STD
CNCL
Trackball
VRM dial
POWER ............. Power on/off COLOR TABLE .. Change the color table UpDn ................. Change chart scale, scroll a list, change numerical value RADAR .............. Radar image on/off TT ...................... TT target on/off AIS..................... AIS target on/off RAIN .................. Radar image adjustment against rain/snow reflection HIDE .................. Remove all popup windows and list windows on the chart area. SEA ................... Radar image adjustment against sea reflection GAIN.................. Adjustment for radar reception ENT ................... Enter letters, executes and select menu. CNCL ................. Cancel the currently executed command. EBL1, 2 .............. EBL on/off, choose one pair of EBL & VRM when 2 EBLs & VRMs are on the screen. EBL dial ............. Change the indicated bearing of EBL. EBL offset is available by pressing this dial. RANGE +, -........ Change chart scale
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PANEL ............... Illumination adjustment for the operation panel (Also adjust it with icon on the toolbar.) HOME ................ Show a chart the own ship position is covered. STD ................... Show chart objects in ‘standard display’ ACK ................... Alarm acknowledgement, Stops alarm sound. VRM dial ............ Change VRM (bearing ring) size. Parallel lines are available by pressing this dial. VRM1, 2............. VRM on/off, choose one pair of EBL & VRM when 2 EBLs & VRMs are on the screen. Trackball ............ Move the cursor
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1.7 Media Drive You see a CD/DVD drive and USB ports when you open the front door on the front panel. EC-8100/8600
CD/DVD drive
USB ports
EC-8000-A, EC-8500-A
CD/DVD drive
USB ports
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1.8 Screen The ECDIS main screen is like this.
Toolbar
System data Information of route monitoring / track control Cursor info. & active chart info. Menu
Alert
Chart
Mode & view-switching buttons Status bar
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1.8.1 Chart Screen A north arrow, unit of depth and height and scale/latitude bar are shown on the chart screen.
North arrow
Unit of depth and height The longitude bar is 2-color graduation of black and grey and the whole length indicates 10 NM. It is shown on charts on a scale of 1/80,000 or below.
The scale bar is 2-color graduation of orange and grey and the whole length indicates 1 NM. It is shown on charts on a scale of over 1/80,000.
10 NM
1 NM
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1.8.2 Toolbar You see a toolbar on the top of the chart screen.
Change the display color according to the brightness in the bridge from Day, Day Blackback, Dusk, Night Show information of chart objects Go back to the previous chart display
Adjust the brightness of the operation panel Enlarge chart
Activate AIS targets Create/modify critical points
Scroll chart Create/modify waypoints
Deactivate AIS targets
Associate targets Dissociate targets Create/modify navline and no-go line/area
Reduce chart
Make the own ship display position off-centered
Change between true motion and relative motion
Take a screen shot
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1.8.3 Other Buttons There are buttons other than the toolbar on the upper right of the screen.
Show information of a man overboard
Enlarge the chart display area
Show the accuracy of the primary position sensor
Scale indication and change chart scale Choose chart object display from base display, standard display and all objects display Safety contour, Background color stands for a type of the active chart Blue: ENC Green: C-MAP Professional(+) chart Black: ARCS chart
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1.8.4 System Data You see system data on the upper right of the screen. You see the own ship information at present here. , , and are shown not only as items for information but as buttons for setting each sensor. The source name of each primary sensor is shown on the right and the letter color stands for the sensor condition by the integrity check. NOTE When a sensor is unavailable because of some kinds of error, the last information from it remains in red.
Own ship position (LAT & LON)
UTC (universal time coordinate) or LOC (local time) shown here.
LAT & LON of the conning position is indicated as the own ship position. NOTE When the position offset is entered, the letter of is shown in red and the value is also shown in red on the status bar.
Heading
Speed through water NOTE When the dual axis log is used, the letter of might be ‘STW’ or ‘SOG’ depending on the information from the speed LOG.
Course over ground
Under keel clearance
The source name of each primary sensor is shown here. The letter color stands for the sensor condition by the integrity check.
Speed over ground The color of the sensor source name Green: normal Yellow: doubtful or corrupted data included Red: invalid
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1.8.5 Information of Route Monitoring / Track Control There is route monitoring / track control information under the system data. The following information is eternally shown during the route monitoring / track control.
Set heading for Autopilot
Active route name
Autopilot steering mode
Course differential angle & limit Rudder order of Autopilot & rudder limit of Autopilot
Current leg course
Rate of turn & unsafe turning rate Cross track distance & limit
Message during route monitoring / track control The number of the next waypoint during route monitoring / track control & its leg course The number of To-waypoint during route monitoring / track control
Terms XTD ................... cross track distance, distance deviated from an active route To-waypoint........ a waypoint the own ship is headed for Next waypoint .... a waypoint next to To-waypoint TTG ................... time to go DTG ................... distance to go
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1.8.6 Cursor Information and Active Chart Information Cursor Shape You move the cursor by moving the track ball on the operation panel. The cross is shown on the chart screen and the is shown on the menu as a arrow cursor shape.
Information of Cursor Position You see information of a cursor position right on the menu. The latitude and longitude are shown here as the information of the cursor position. Cursor position
Datum
Active chart information True direction and distance from the own ship display position to the cursor position.
Required time to the cursor position from the own ship display position
Cursor position
Own ship position
When you point a position ahead of the own ship on an active route during route monitoring or track control, the required time from the own ship position to the cursor position is shown as the cursor information.
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Unit of Cursor Position Information You can choose from NM (nautical mile) and m (meter) as the unit of the cursor information.
1) Choose top menu in the monitor mode.
from the
tab.
2) Choose
3) Choose or at Distance on Cursor as the unit of cursor position information.
Active Chart Information Active chart information is shown just under the cursor information. The definition of the active chart is different between the monitor mode, the plan mode and the update mode.
Cell name
Date of issue
Edition number
Update number
Active Chart Monitor mode .................. A chart including the own ship position Plan & update modes ...... A chart at the center of the chart screen
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1.8.7 3 Modes and Menu Tokyo Keiki ECDIS has 3 display modes: monitor mode for monitoring a route and ships, plan mode for route planning and update mode for updating charts and system maintenance. You see menu on the right side of the screen and it is displayed in different colors depend on the mode --- the monitor mode is blue, the plan mode is brown and the update mode is green. There are mode change buttons under the menu. The following is a top menu for each mode.
Monitor the safety of navigation in the monitor mode, and carry out route monitoring and track control.
Make route plans in the plan mode.
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Install/Uninstall charts and chart licenses, and update charts in the update mode.
1.8.8 Alert Information Active alert information is shown under the menu. When an alert is provided, the alert indication flashes. When more than one alert is provided, the top-priority alert is indicated here as well as flashes. Press to see the alert window which shows the active alert list, on/off for alerts and alert limits.
1.8.9 Mode Change Buttons & View-Switching Button There are mode change buttons and a view-switching button under the menu. Press to go to the monitor mode, to the plan mode and to the update mode. In any mode, press to return to the previous menu. There is a view-switching button ( ) at the bottom right corner of the screen. Press it to switch the screen between ECDIS and Bridge Monitor (CID). It is only available in the plan and update modes.
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1.8.10 Status Bar There is a status bar at the bottom of the screen. You make sure of display conditions and setting conditions in menu on it. Item names are in the upper and the conditions are in the lower.
Chart orientation Motion
Position offset Total sailing distance
Targets vector stabilization
Vector length & motion
Route monitoring & track control
Radar overlay
Display range for AIS sleeping targets
Tracked targets
AIS targets
Orientation ······· Chart orientation: Northup / Route up / Course up Motion ············· True/Relative STAB ·············· Target vector stabilization: Ground/Sea VECT ·············· Vector length and motion: Length [min.] (True/Relative) Radar·············· Radar image overlay: Radar number / Off / None When RADAR switch is turned on, here shows the radar number which is chosen on tab in menu. For ECDIS without radar overlay function, ‘None’ is shown here. TT ·················· Information source of tracked targets: Radar number / Off / Both (When both No.1 radar and No.2 radar are information sources for TT, ‘Both’ is shown.) The radar number chosen as TT information source on tab in menu is shown. AIS ················· AIS targets: ON / OFF / None When AIS functionality is unavailable as a system configuration or is set to OFF, ‘None’ is shown here.
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Filter ··············· Display range for AIS sleeping targets from the own ship position [NM] RM ················· Route monitoring and track control: RM/TC/OFF When neither of them is carried out, it shows ‘off’. Total DIST ········ The total distance [NM] which the own ship has sailed and the information source (L: Log, G: GPS) When LOG is chosen as an information source and a VLW sentence which transmits total distance information is not output by speed log, a red asterisks (***) are shown here. When a time-out error happens between ECDIS and LOG/GPS or when the transmitted data is invalid, the value indication just before the error happens is shown in red. NOTE Once some kind of error is happened between them, the indication is not correct because the system stops adding up the total distance, so you should reset the total distance. POSN Offset····· Position offset value which was entered manually is shown in red. When zero is entered as a position offset, it is not shown in red. Total Distance You see total distance the own ship has sailed on the status bar. There are two information sources of it: GPS and speed log. Choose one of them, and you see the total distance based on it on the status bar. When you choose GPS, you see the total distance from when your ECDIS power switch is turned on to now. When you choose speed log, you see the information transmitted from the speed log. 1) Choose from the top menu in the monitor mode. 2) Choose 3) Choose Source.
tab. or
as Total DIST
Note is only available when you . Pressing turns the choose total distance back to zero. When you choose here and you reset the total distance value, you need to reset on the speed log.
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CHAPTER 2 Getting Started
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2.1 Power On/Off Turn on AC and DC breakers first and then POWER on the operation panel to start ECDIS. Usually you just hold down POWER to start ECDIS because the breakers are usually turned on. It is recommended that you should to turn off both the breakers and POWER when you do not use ECDIS for a long time.
2.1.1 Power-on
Open the small door on the front panel and then turn on the AC and DC breakers.
Turn on the AC and DC breakers on the front panel.
Left (black): AC Right (red): DC
Hold down POWER on the operation panel for a few seconds to start ECDIS. POWER
When it is turned on, the lamp of POWER is lit green and an initial screen in the monitor mode appears in a few minutes.
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2.1.2 Power-off Hold down POWER on the operation panel for a few seconds while the system is working, and the system stops in 30 seconds.
NOTE When you accidentally press POWER on the operation panel while the system is not working, press POWER again to turn off after appearing an initial screen in the monitor mode. If you turn off before seeing the initial screen, that might cause a crash of the system. Even if you accidentally press POWER on the operation panel while the system is working, it can continue to work as long as you do not keep pressing it for a few seconds. When you restart ECDIS just after turning off, wait for at least 30 seconds before turning on the power. When the temperature in the bridge is below zero degrees Celsius, the system might not start although you turn on the power. In this case, turn it off once, and then turn it on again in a few minutes, which is necessary time for the system to warm up.
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2.2 Choosing Menu Place the cursor on a menu and then press ENT on the operation panel to choose a menu or an item. You see the menu button or the item button dented.
2.3 Entering Numerals and Letters You have several ways of entering numerals and letters: UpDn control on the operation panel, a list, a key-palette and a keyboard on the menu.
2.3.1 UpDn Control 1) Place the cursor on a numerical value button, and it is highlighted. 2) Turn the UpDn control right or left to change the value.
2.3.2 List 1) Choose a value button, and it is dented and the list of choices appears close to it. 2) Choose one from the list. It disappears and you see the selected value on the button.
2.3.3 Key-palette on the Screen 1) Choose a value button, and it is dented and a key-palette appears close to it. You see a value limit at the top of the key-palette. The value limit to enter
2) Press or to a place you like.
to move the cursor
3) Enter numerals. 4) Press disappears.
to fix the value. The key-palette
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2.3.4 Keyboard on the Screen 1) Choose a value button, and it is dented and a keyboard appears close to it. 2) Press an arrow key to move the cursor to a place you like, if you need. 3) Enter the numerals or letters. (They are inserted.) 4) Press
on the keyboard to fix.
, , , , , keyboard and their roles are described below.
are exclusive use of this
.... Copied data is stored. Press key, and you see a pull-down list for the last 5 copied alphanumeric characters. Choose one from it to paste. ................. Clear all the alphanumeric characters you are entering. ................. Select alphanumeric characters to copy or cut. ................. Copy the selected alphanumeric characters. To copy them, choose them with key first and then press key. ................. Paste the last-copied alphanumeric characters. ................. Cut the selected alphanumeric characters. To cut them, choose them with key first and then press key.
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2.4 Specifying Position on Chart Choose icon, which serves a function of scrolling charts, on the toolbar first. Place the cursor on a chart and then press ENT on the operation panel, and the place you specified is displayed at the center of the chart screen. You see a chart area you like in this way, and that is called chart scrolling. In the monitor mode, when you specify a position to scroll a chart, you might see a chart area where the own ship is not. Press HOME on the operation panel to get back to the chart which covers the own ship position. When you press HOME in the plan mode or update mode, you see the chart which covers the own ship position in the monitor mode.
Once You Scroll a Chart in the Monitor Mode… In the monitor mode, once you specify a position to scroll a chart, the chart is displayed in the free motion, which the chart area is fixed to the screen and not automatically moved with the own ship movement, and icon is shown on the toolbar. Ship symbols move on it and some of them might go out of the chart screen according to their movement. icon on the toolbar, and you see In order to get back to the true motion, press icon which stands for the true motion, there. (See ‘3.5.2 Motion between Charts and Ships: True Motion, Relative Motion’ and ‘3.7 Scrolling Charts’.)
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2.5 Sensor Setup ECDIS gets information from navigational sensors. Set up each sensor correctly for the safe navigation.
2.5.1 Position Sensor Press at the upper right of the screen, and the setup menu for the position sensor appears. Press on the bottom of the menu to return to the top menu.
The latitude & longitude of the conning position is shown here as the own ship position.
Press this button to set up the position sensor.
The kind of the connected position sensors and the LAT/LON of the conning position are shown.
NOTE When GPS is unavailable because of an error, the last own ship position remains in red.
The color of the sensor type on the left stands for the working condition.
Accuracy of each sensor
The frame color around the information stands for the distinction between the primary and the secondary sensors.
Specify the primary and the secondary sensors.
Yellow: info. from the primary sensor Blue: info. from the secondary sensor
Enter this if necessary. When this is entered, the letter ‘POSN’ on the is shown in red and the position offset value is also indicated in red on the status bar.
Here shows the discrepancy between the primary and the secondary sensors
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Own Ship Position The latitude & longitude of the conning position is indicated as the own ship position. This is not the GPS antenna position so it might not be same as the indication on the GPS receiver.
Primary Sensor & Secondary Sensor Choose the primary sensor and the secondary sensor from sensors in the normal condition. and are available only when both GPS1 and GPS2 are unavailable. NOTE Sensors indicated in green is available and sensors indicated in red or yellow are unavailable because they include invalid or doubtful data.
DR Position DR (dead reckoning) is available when both GPS1 and GPS2 are unavailable. 1) Enter the DR position of the own ship. 2) Enter the set and drift. Enter the DR position.
3) Choose the primary and secondary sensors from and
.
Choose the primary & secondary sensors.
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Accuracy of Position Sensor Accuracy of the position sensors connected with ECDIS is shown on the right side of the sensor information. Here shows in “mode distinguisher: sensor kind” and the kind is as follows:
Accuracy Indication of Position Sensor
Mode Distinguisher N .......... Invalid S .......... Simulator M ......... Manual E .......... Estimated A .......... Simple D .......... Differential P .......... Precise R .......... Kinematic F .......... Float
Sensor Name GPS .......... GPS DGPS ....... Differential GPS HGPS ....... High-accuracy GPS mode, PPS, Real-time kinematic GPS Invalid ....... Invalid data (DR, manual input, simulator mode, etc.) Unknown ... No accuracy data from GPS
NOTE Accuracy of the primary position sensor is shown on the top right corner of the screen as well.
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2.5.2 Heading Sensor Press at the upper right of the screen, and the setup menu for the heading sensor appears. Press on the bottom of the menu to return to the top menu.
Information from gyrocompass is shown here.
Press this button to set up the heading sensor.
NOTE When gyrocompass is unavailable because of an error, the last information from it remains in red.
The kind of the connected heading sensors and the heading & ROT gotten from them are shown here. The color of the sensor kind on the left stands for the working condition.
Specify the primary and the secondary sensors.
Green: normal Yellow: doubtful or corrupted data Red: invalid or disconnected
NOTE
The frame color around the information stands for the distinction between the primary and the secondary sensors. Yellow: info. from the primary sensor Blue: info. from the secondary sensor
Here shows the discrepancy between the primary and the secondary sensors. When the secondary sensor is unavailable, the indication here is doubtful.
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and are available only when both Gyro1 & Gyro2 are not available. When you choose , you need to enter the heading in a Manual box. Sensors whose working condition is indicated in red or yellow are unavailable because they include invalid or doubtful data.
Primary Sensor & Secondary Sensor Choose the primary sensor and the secondary sensor from sensors in the normal condition. and are available only when both GYRO1 and GYRO2 are , unavailable. When you choose you need to enter the heading in the manual box.
NOTE Sensors indicated in red or yellow are unavailable because they includes invalid or doubtful data. in
is unavailable when AIS functionality is set for ‘OFF’ at menu.
tab
When the own ship is equipped with dual-Gyrocompass system, only one signal switched by a heading monitor (HDM), which is a signal transfer device, is transmitted to ECDIS in most cases. The switched signal is received as a primary sensor and you cannot select a secondary sensor. When a magnet compass is used as a heading sensor, here indicates ‘MAGNET’.
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2.5.3 Speed Sensor Press at the upper right of the screen, and the setup menu for the speed sensor appears. Press on the bottom of the menu to return to the top menu. Information from LOG is shown. NOTE When LOG is unavailable because of an error, the last information from it remains in red.
Press this button to set up the speed sensor.
The kind of the connected speed sensor and the speed through water, which is longitudinal & transverse speed, gotten from it is shown here.
Total distance of which information source is shown at the right end. L: LOG, G:GPS Specify the primary sensor.
The color of the sensor kind on the left stands for the working condition.
NOTE Sensors indicated in red or yellow are unavailable as the primary sensor because they include invalid or doubtful data.
Green: normal Yellow: doubtful or corrupted data Red: invalid or disconnected
ECDIS calculates disturbance based on values transmitted from GPS, speed log and gyrocompass and shows the result here. The indicated value might be changed every second.
Information of heading, course over ground, speed through water and speed over ground
NOTE
is only available both when all the sensors as well as LOG is unavailable
and when AIS functionality, which is set up at tab in menu, is set for OFF. When the own ship is equipped with a dual axis log, the letter on might change to SOG. This is not an error because the speed log outputs SOG or STW according to the water depth.
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2.6 Time Indication The time is based on the information from the primary position sensor. Press at the upper right of the screen, and the set up menu for the time indication appears. Press
on the bottom of the menu to return to the previous menu.
Press this button to change the time indication
Choose (universal time coordinated) or (local) as a time indication on the system data. When you , choose enter the time difference.
The kind of the connected sensors and the date and time are shown here. The color of the sensor kind on the left stands for the working condition. Green: normal Yellow: doubtful or corrupted data Red: invalid or disconnected
Choose the time format from Y/M/D/T, T/M/D/Y and T/D/M/Y.
The frame color around the information stands for the distinction between the primary and the secondary sensors. ‘Manual’ is available when all GPSes are unavailable.
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2.7 List Window 2.7.1 Removing List Window Press
on the upper right corner on the list window to remove from the screen.
2.7.2 Scrolling List Window Move the scrollbar on a list window so that you could see data that you do not see at present. There are 2 ways of scrolling --- press a blank next to the scrollbar and press a small triangle button such as
,
,
and
.
Scrollbar
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2.7.3 Changing List Window Size You change list window size with at the upper left corner of a list. Press CNCL on the operation panel to cancel changing the size on the way. 1) Place the cursor on at the upper left corner of a list window and then press ENT on the operation panel.
2) Move the cursor up or down with the trackball, and you see a grey line, which shows the list window size, moves following the trackball movement. Grey line
3) Press ENT when the grey line gets to a place you like, changing the list window size is completed.
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2.8
Pop-up Window
2.8.1 Moving Pop-up Window You move a pop-up window with at the upper left corner of a window. Press CNCL on the operation panel to cancel moving on the way. 1) Place the cursor on at the upper left corner of a pop-up window and then press ENT on the operation panel.
2) When you move the cursor with the trackball, the grey frame, which shows where it is moved, moves on the screen.
Grey frame
3) Press ENT when the grey frame gets to a place you like. Moving is completed
2.8.2 Closing Pop-up Window at the upper right corner on the pop-up window and then press ENT on the Press operation panel, and it is removed from the chart screen.
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2.8.3 Number Limit of Pop-up Windows You see pop-up windows which show information on the chart screen. They stay there at the upper right corner to close them and a new as long as you do not press pop-up window is shown piling up on the last one. You set a number limit of the pop-up windows which are shown on the chart screen. When the number of them is over the limit, the new one replaces the oldest one on the top. For example, when you set for 10 and you are about to open the 11th information window, the new information replaces the oldest information and the window shows up on the top.
1) Choose menu in the monitor mode. 2) Choose
from the top
tab.
3) Enter a maximum number of the pop-up windows as INFO Window Limit. (1 – 10 is available to enter.) NOTE When you change this limit from 10 to 5 while 10 information windows are on the screen, the old 5 ones disappear and the last 5 are left on the screen. After that, when you change the limit to 10 again, the old 5 ones are no longer shown.
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2.9 On/Off for Beep You hear beep whenever you choose something on the menu, but you change on/off for it.
1) Choose menu from the top menu of the monitor mode. 2) Choose
tab.
3) Choose Click.
or
as Beep On
2.10 Letter Color on Menu You change letter colors on menu between white and gold. 1)
menu from Choose the top menu of the monitor mode.
2)
Choose
3)
Choose Color.
tab. or
as Text
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2.11 Screen Brightness When you choose a color table, the screen is displayed with the standard brightness which is called ‘calibrated color’ and is the most suitable chart color defined by the international hydrographic office, but you can adjust the screen brightness with the brightness control on the screen frame to get a nice view. EC-8100 There are two types of 19-inch LCDs for this ECDIS, and they have different types of the brightness controls. One has a status ring and a menu button on the center and another has
,
which are the same type as EC-86xx.
There is a brightness control at the lower right corner of the screen frame. Press ‘+’ (up) or ‘–’ (down) to adjust the brightness. You see a status ring at the center of it, and when the screen is displayed in the standard color (calibrated color), 4 green lamps of up, down, right and left are lit on it, but when you change the brightness, other lamps are lit in addition to them. NOTE When you adjust the brightness, it may inhibit visibility of chart information, particularly while a night viewing color table is chosen.
Up (+) button Power/Menu button
Status ring Down (-) button Standard brightness
Adjusted brightness
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EC-8600 There are brightness control buttons ( , Press to reduce the brightness and
) at the lower right of the screen frame. to increase.
When you change the color table to another after changing the screen brightness, the standard brightness setting for the color table you chose is applied.
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2.12 Safely Removing Hardware When you use a USB device, you should carry out the following operation to keep the data safe on it before taking it out of the port. 1) Choose from the top menu in the update mode and then press
tab.
2) Press at Eject device, and a pull-down drive/port list of the connected device. 3) Choose a port you eject. The pop-up message “(Port name) was successfully removed” appears on the menu.
4) Eject the device.
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2.13 Switching Screens (ECDIS⇔Bridge Monitor) The system switches screens between ECDIS and Bridge Monitor (as CID) by pressing the view-switching button on the bottom right corner of the screen.
Restrictions for Switching Screens (ECDIS⇔Bridge Monitor) - You can switch screens only in the plan and update modes. The view-switching button is unavailable in the monitor mode. - When your ECDIS is equipped with an extra LCD ⁃ The primary LCD is for ECDIS and the secondary LCD is for Bridge Monitor. ⁃ You set up the Bridge Monitor screen display only on the primary LCD. ⁃ While a Bridge Monitor screen is being displayed on the primary LCD, you see a Windows® screen on the secondary LCD. ⁃ When you do not operate a Bridge Monitor screen on the primary LCD for 30 seconds, the screen automatically returns to an ECDIS screen. - When your ship is equipped with Main ECDIS and Backup ECDIS, ⁃ You change screens between ECDIS and Bridge Monitor individually on both of them, but do not see Bridge Monitor screens on both at the same time. ⁃ Always ECDIS screen display on Main ECDIS and Bridge Monitor screen display on Backup ECDIS are available. ⁃ In case of Main ECDIS failure, Backup ECDIS takes over almost all functions. In this case, screen-switching is available on it, but when you do not operate the Bridge Monitor screen for 30 seconds, the screen automatically returns to the ECDIS screen.
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CHAPTER 3 Knowledge about Chart
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3.1 Changing Chart Scale There are 5 ways of changing chart scale: RANGE on the operation panel, magnifying glass icons, scale indication button, specifying area and UpDn knob on the operation panel.
3.1.1 RANGE on the Operation Panel Press RANGE – to enlarge a chart and press RANGE + to reduce. You will see a reduced or enlarged chart with the chart center at the center of the chart screen.
3.1.2 Magnifying Glass Icons on the Toolbar Press (zoom-in) icon to enlarge the chart and (zoom-out) to reduce. You see twice the scale of the chart by and 1/2 times of the scale by . In both cases, you see the enlarged/reduced chart with keeping the center position of the chart.
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Zoom-in
Zoom-out
3.1.3 Scale Indication Button 1) Press the scale indication button. A pull-down list of the scale appears. 2) Select a cell level which is a scale group on the left of the list, and you see some scales contained in the cell level you selected on the right. 3) Select a scale. The chart scale changes with keeping the center position of the displayed chart. NOTE See ‘3.10 Accuracy of Electronic Chart’ about the red/green circle marks and letters on the scale indication button. Scale indication button Pull-down list for scale
Scale and Scale Group Group
Overview
Scale
Group
Group
Scale
1/40,000,000
1/1,500,000
1/150,000
1/30,000,000
1/1,000,000
1/100,000
1/20,000,000
General
1/800,000
Approach
1/80,000
Group
Scale 1/15,000
Plan
1/10,000 1/8,000
1/15,000,000
1/750,000
1/70,000
1/7,500
1/10,000,000
1/500,000
1/60,000
1/5,000
1/400,000
1/50,000
1/4,000
1/300,000
1/45,000
1/4,000,000
1/250,000
1/40,000
1/3,500,000
1/200,000
1/5,000,000 1/4,500,000 World
Scale
Coastal
Harbor
Radar
1/3,000 1/2,500
1/35,000
1/2,000
1/3,000,000
1/30,000
1/1,000
1/2,500,000
1/25,000
1/2,250,000
1/20,000
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3.1.4 Specifying Area When you draw a rectangle on a chart to specify an area, it is enlarged or reduced. 1) Choose
icon on the toolbar.
2) Place the cursor on the start position to draw a rectangle on the chart screen. 3) In enlarging, keep pressing RANGE pressing RANGE + .
on the operation panel. In reducing, keep
4) Move the cursor using the trackball, and you see a rectangle on the chart. 5) When you fix the rectangle size, release RANGE. You see the enlarged/reduced chart.
Specified area for enlarging
3.1.5 UpDn Knob on the Operation Panel Turn right to enlarge a chart and turn left to reduce. NOTE Changing a chart scale by UpDn knob is only available both when icon) is pressed on the toolbar and when the cursor is on a chart screen.
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(scroll
3.2 Color Table There are 4 color tables: Day, Day Blackback, Dusk, Night. Select a color table depending on the brightness in the bridge. Press a color table button on the far left of the toolbar. Select an appropriate color table from the pulldown list, and the chart screen is displayed in the color table you selected. NOTE It is recommended to choose ‘Day Blackback’ when radar image, TT or AIS targets is displayed on the chart screen so that you could easily get a nice viewing.
WARNING Select an appropriate color table depending on the brightness in the bridge. Viewing in an inappropriate color table might cause marine accidents.
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3.3 Chart Object Display There are 4 kinds of chart object display: base display, standard display, all objects display and customized display. Base display, standard display and all objects display are defined by the ECDIS international standards, but you can customize chart objects as you like except ones contained in the base display.
Chart Object Display
Indication on Chart Object Button
Display
BASE
Display the chart content which cannot be removed from the chart screen. It is not sufficient for safe navigation.
Standard display
STD
Display the standard chart objects. Intended to be used as a minimum during route planning and route monitoring
All objects display
ALL
Display all chart objects contained in the chart data.
Customized display
Custom
Display chart objects you customized.
Base display
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3.3.1 Base Display, Standard Display, All Objects Display 1) Press a chart object button on the upper right of the screen. A pull-down list appears just under it. 2) Choose one from
, and
.
Base Display
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Chart object button
Standard Display
All Objects Display
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3.3.2 Customizing Chart Objects You can customize chart objects by adding or removing them on the base display, standard display and all objects display. 1) Press the chart object display button, and then choose from the pull-down list. You see 9 categories of chart objects on the object list.
Chart object button
2) Choose one basic presentation from (base display), (all (standard display) and objects display) in Presets. 3) Press on the right of each category button to see further items of the category. 4) Choose an object you like to add or remove. stands for the chosen object and represents the non-chosen object. 5) Press
to return to the top menu.
NOTE When you customize chart objects, you see charts with the customized display you last set whenever you choose . The names of the objects removed from the standard display by customizing are shown in red on the menu.
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stands for ‘chosen’. A category with it represents that all items in the category are chosen.
Press to see further items of the category.
stands for ‘not-chosen’
Press to return to the upper classification.
stands for that some
Restore the object presentation to the previous
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3.3.3 Displaying Other Chart Objects You can choose on/off for hazard symbols, boundary, light range, latitude & longitude grid, texts, etc., apart from chart objects including in base display, standard display and all objects display. Choose on and tabs in menu. Objects you can change on/off are as follows:
Shallow Pattern The shallower area than the safety contour is emphasized with cross stripes.
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Safety Contour Only You see contours on charts and the safety contour is emphasized. When you choose , only the safety contour at the present is displayed and the other contours are hidden.
Safety contour
Safety contour
Contour
Hazard Symbol You choose on/off for hazard symbols (
Plain Depth Contour The depth contour is usually displayed with a depth value. When you choose , the depth value is hidden from it and only depth contour is shown..
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Overscale ID When there are charts with different scales in the same sea area on the system, the system automatically selects the most suitable scale so that you could see it. When a chart or a part of the chart is displayed on a scale larger than the compilation scale, vertical lines are shown on the part as overscale identification because charts of which scale is larger than the compilation scale are of low accuracy and are not suitable for the navigation.
Overscale area
Compilation Scale A chart scale which was used for the chart creation is called ‘compilation scale’.
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ENC Boundary ENC boundary distinguishes ENC from other charts such as C-MAP Professional(+) chart on this ECDIS.
ENC
ENC boundary
C-MAP Professional(+)
Scale Boundary Scale boundary is usually shown in gray line.
Scale boundary
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Chart Boundary Chart boundary is usually shown in red.
Chart boundary
Plain Borders Scale boundaries are simplified.
Scale boundary
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Light Real Range You see broken lines which stand for the actual range of lights.
Other Symbols Other symbols such as
are shown.
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Latitude / Longitude Grid Latitude line and longitude line are shown on a chart.
Latitude and longitude grid
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Check Periodic Dates Some charts might include a time-limited object. The object is shown in a style based on a date on the chart and you see object information on the object INFO window.
The following is an object which shows an area. It is a caution area until Feb 20th, a restricted area after that, and shows both on Feb 20th. When is on, you see different styles of the chart object depending on the date on the chart. When is off, you always see both styles of chart objects on the chart. You see both information of as a caution area and a restricted area on the object INFO window regardless of the date and on/off for .
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Light INFO Literal information classified as ‘light information’ is shown.
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Text (Important) Literal information classified as ‘important’ is shown.
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Text (Generic) Literal information classified as ‘generic’ is shown.
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Text (Other) Literal information classified as ‘other’ is shown.
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Language on Chart [English/National] When literal information is shown on charts, you usually see it in English. When you choose , you see it in a local language of a chart area. NOTE Every chart does not always have chart information in a local language because it depends on a chart creation organization.
ON (Japanese is shown because this area is Japan)
OFF
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3.3.4 Thinning out Chart Objects When you zoom out the detailed chart, some objects might be piled up and hidden by others. That is not suitable for navigation. The system automatically thins out chart objects to prevent from such bad condition when the detailed chart is zoomed out.
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3.3.5 Chart Symbol Style You can choose chart symbol type from 3 styles: simple, paper chart and C-Map chart. 1) Choose menu. 2) Choose
from the top tab.
3) At Chart Symbol, choose from and
, .
....... ENC original style ..... Paper chart style ..... C-MAP Professional(+) chart style is only available NOTE when ENC distributed by Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS Service, C-MAP ENC or C-MAP Professional(+) is installed.
(ENC original style)
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(Paper chart style)
(C-MAP Professional(+) style)
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3.4 Depth Enter the safety depth value taking the own ship draft and UKC (under keel clearance) into account. The suitable depth contour is emphasized as a safety contour based on the safety depth you entered, and also the depth area is distinguished by using different blue.
3.4.1 Safety Depth 1) Choose menu in the monitor mode. 2) Choose
from the top
tab.
3) Enter the safety depth value at Safety Depth taking the own ship draft and UKC into account. NOTE Whenever ECDIS starts, the safety depth is set to 30m.
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3.4.2 Safety Contour Safety contour value
When you enter the safety depth value, you see the value on the top right of the screen and the shallower area than it is filled with deep blue on a chart. The safety depth you entered is, however, not always included in every chart data. When it is included in chart data, it is regarded as the safety contour and emphasized on charts, but when it is not, the deeper contour closest to it is emphasized instead of it. In other words, the safety depth value you entered is not always equal to the safety contour and the safety contour changes depending on a chart which covers the own ship position.
5m
10m 20m
200m
5m
10m 20m
200m This is a screen when the safety depth is set for 20m or set to between 11m and 19m. The deep contour of 20m is emphasized and the shallower area than it is filled with deep blue.
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3.4.3 Displaying Depth with 2 or 4 Colors You can change the depth color between 2-color display and 4-color display. 1) Choose menu. 2) Choose
from the top tab.
3) Choose or at Depth, In 2-color display, you see the shallower area than the safety contour is filled with deep blue. 4) In 4-color display, set the values for the shallow contour and deep contour under / . You see the chart used 4 colors for depth according to the set value. NOTE The safety contour changes depending on a chart which covers the own ship position. The safety depth you entered is not always equal to the safety contour.
4-color display
2-color display
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3.5 Chart Object Information You get information of charts, chart objects, AIO objects, ships, waypoints and user-created objects with icon on the toolbar.
3.5.1 Getting Information 1) Choose
icon on the toolbar.
2) Choose a chart object, a ship symbol, etc., on the chart screen with the cursor. 3) An object information window appears on the lower side of the screen. When a ship symbol is close to the chart object you choose or when you choose a ship symbol, an information window like a figure on the right appears. Choose to see chart object information. Choose a ship number to see ship information. You see information of the object you choose on the object information window. There are tabs ( , , , etc.) on the object information tab, information window. You see chart objects classified into categories at of an item you chose at tab is shown at tab, and you see information of the current chart at tab. or icon at the upper right corner of the object information window, Also, press you see the item you chose highlighted. Press to clear highlighted.
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Highlighting Chart Object You see a relevant chart object highlighted on the chart screen by use of at the upper right of the object information window. and
............... Put or hatching on the item, which you choose on on the chart screen. ............... When there is not the item, you choose on tab, on the current chart screen, the system looks for it and then put or hatching on it to highlight. ............... Clear highlighted
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,
tab,
3.5.2 Information of Other Ships and User-Created Objects You see information of tracked targets, AIS targets, waypoints, navline, no-go line/area and AIO objects with use of icon on the toolbar as well as chart objects. See below for the details of getting information of them.
TT/AIS targets ... Chapter 6 Waypoints.......... Chapter 7 Navline .............. Chapter 10 AIO objects........ “3.6 AIO Objects Information”
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3.6 AIO Objects Information AIO objects information is only available on ENC from AVCS. When AIO data is installed on your ECDIS and a chart area which covers AIO objects is displayed on the screen, you see them on your ECDIS.
3.6.1 AIO Data Installation You need to install a permit for the cell number GB800001 and AIO data in order to show AIO objects. Install them in the same way as cell permits and ENC. (See ‘4.4.1 Chart License Installation’ and ‘4.5.1 Installing S-57 Format ENC’.)
3.6.2 AIO View Areas with AIO are displayed as polygons (rectangles in most cases) filled with red/green/blue/grey and have specified numbers.
3.6.3 On/Off for AIO Objects You change On/Off for AIO object display at AIO layer on tab in menu.
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3.6.4 Getting Information You get AIO object information with use of icon on the toolbar, same as other chart objects. (See ‘3.5.1 Getting Information’.) For AIO objects, you will see tab on the object information window.
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3.7 Chart and Own Ship Display 3.7.1 Chart Orientation: North up, Course up and Route up Charts are shown in north up, course up and route up. 1) Choose the top menu in the monitor mode. 2) Choose 3) Choose
from
tab. , at Orientation.
or
NOTE Neither course up nor route up is available in the plan and update modes.
Chart Orientation ··· The north is always up. ··· The own ship heading at the moment is up. ··· The leg the own ship sails along at present is up. NOTE
is pressed
is only available during route monitoring or track control.
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North Up The north is always up.
Course Up The ship heading at the moment is pressed is always up. You see the value of the ship heading at the on the menu. time under
Whenever is pressed, the chart orientation and heading value shown under are updated.
Route Up The current leg is always up. You see the value of the current leg course at the right of .
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3.7.2 Motion between Charts and Ships: True Motion, Relative Motion You can change between true motion and relative motion.
1) Choose the top menu in the monitor mode. 2) Choose
from
tab.
3) Choose or at icon in Motion. On the toolbar, you see the true motion and icon in the relative motion.
Whenever you press (T) or (R) icon on the toolbar, the motion changes between true and relative.
In the Relative Motion - Chart scrolling is unavailable, but the position of the own ship symbol can be changed by the off-center function. (See ‘3.7.3 Making the Own Ship Symbol Off-centered’.) - Basically the own ship vector is not shown, but you can choose ON/OFF for the own ship vector on tab in menu. - The own ship heading line is automatically shown. Press at Heading tab in menu to remove it. Line on (See ‘5.3 Heading Line’.)
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True Motion, Relative Motion and Free Motion True motion ................. Ship symbols move on a chart screen according to ships actual movement and when the own ship symbol goes out of the chart screen the chart displaying area is changed as well in accordance with the own ship position. Relative motion
.......... A chart moves with the own ship symbol position always fixed at the center of the chart screen. The own ship vector is not basically shown (but you can choose ON/OFF for the own ship vector on tab in menu) and the chart moves to the opposite direction to COG. Other ships are basically shown with their relative vectors (but you can choose their vectors from true/relative and sea/ground on tab in menu). Chart scrolling is unavailable but the off-center of the own ship symbol is available to get a wider view.
Free motion ................. A chart displaying area is fixed to the screen and the ship symbols move on it. They go out of the chart screen according to ships movement. When you scroll a chart in the true motion, the motion automatically change to the free motion, in which icon appears on the toolbar. to get back to the true motion. (See ‘2.4 Press Specifying Position on Chart’ and ‘3.9 Scrolling Chart’.)
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3.7.3 Making the Own Ship Symbol Off-centered It is called ‘off-centering of the own ship symbol position’ to change it on the chart screen. It is useful for looking ahead in the relative motion. Once off-centered, the own ship symbol remains to be the same position on the chart screen until you cancel off-centering. 1) Make sure that you are in the relative motion in the monitor mode. (In the relative motion, you see icon on the toolbar and is chosen at menu in the monitor mode.) tab in 2) Press icon on the toolbar. You see cursor and an orange square frame around the own ship symbol.
Specify here with cursor.
3) Specify a display position of the own ship symbol within the orange frame, and you see the specified position at the center of the chart screen and the cursor changes to . from
Press
Own ship symbol
icon to cancel off-centering.
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3.7.4 Own Ship Symbol Position and Showing Neighbouring Area The chart displayed on the screen is changed depending on ships’ movement in the true motion. When the own ship symbol approaches the edge of the chart screen, ECDIS automatically shows a chart of the neighbouring area. You can specify the timing to change it. 1) Choose the top menu in the monitor mode. 2) Choose
from
tab.
3) Enter the suitable value as Ship’s Area. When the own ship symbol reaches the edge of a range you specify here, the chart display changes to the neighbouring area.
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3.8 Datum ENC and C-MAP Professional(+) chart are always shown in WGS-84. When ARCS chart is available on your ECDIS, however, some ARCS charts might be displayed in other datum. You should enter the shift value to WGS-84 on them to adjust position error.
3.9 Scrolling Charts Shifting a chart is called “scrolling a chart”. You can scroll charts in 2 ways. One is by icon on the toolbar. When you press icon on the toolbar and specify a position on a chart screen, the chart is shown with the specified position at the center of it. The (scroll cursor). When the cursor approaches the edge of a chart screen, other is by the cursor shape changes to a black arrow ( ). Press ENT on the operation panel with the black cursor, the chart is scrolled to the cursor direction. You look ahead especially in the monitor mode by these scrolling ways. Even if the own ship is invisible by scrolling, pressing HOME on the operation panel can take you to the sea area which covers the own ship position. NOTE
The chart scrolling is unavailable in the relative motion.
Free Motion Display by Chart Scrolling Once you scroll a chart in the true motion, the motion changes to the free motion, which the chart displaying area is fixed to the screen without changing a chart display area, ships move on it and some of them might go out of the chart screen according to their movement. Press icon on the toolbar to change to the true motion. You see icon on the toolbar in the true motion and in the free motion. (See ‘2.4 Specifying Position on Chart’ and ‘3.7.2 Motion between Charts and Ships: True Motion, Relative Motion’.)
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3.10 Accuracy of Electronic Chart You can enlarge and reduce charts on the screen but it is most precise to see on a compilation scale. This ECDIS has 5 terms to express chart accuracy. Accuracy Indicator for Charts When you press the scale button at the top right of the screen, the scale list appears. The scale condition of the active chart* is indicated at the top of the list. Scale condition of an active chart
Scale indication button
Scale
Compilation Scale The chart scale which was used for the chart creation is called ‘compilation scale’.
Active Chart, Active Position Monitor mode
Plan and Update modes
Active Chart
A chart including the own ship position
A chart at the center of the chart screen
Active Position
The own ship position
The center position on the chart screen
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5 Terms as Accuracy Indication There are 5 terms to show the relation between the current display scale and the compilation scale of a chart: normal scale, over scale, under scale, larger scale and best scale.
Scale Condition Normal scale When an active chart is displayed on a scale of 1/2 - 1.2 times denominator of the compilation scale. Over scale When an active chart is enlarged and displayed on a scale of less than 1/2 times denominator of the compilation scale. Under scale When an active chart is reduced and displayed on a scale of more than 1.2 times denominator of the compilation scale. Compilation scale: 1/500,000 Normal scale: 1/250,000 – 1/600,000 Over scale: larger than 1/250,000 Under scale: smaller than 1/600,000 Larger scale When some other detailed charts (larger scale charts) which cover the active position* are available. Best scale When the most detailed chart which covers the active position is shown with the compilation scale.
Suppose that there are 3 charts which cover the active position Chart A: 1/200,000, Chart B: 1/500,000, Chart C: 1/2,500,000 Larger scale: when B or C is the active chart Best scale: when A is the active chart with the normal scale (1/100,000 – 1/240,000)
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You see green or red circles both on the scale button and on the top of the scale list. It shows the scale condition described above. Green is suitable and red is unsuitable. Green
Red
Scale Button
When the condition is both best scale and normal scale
over scale under scale larger scale
Top of the Scale List
normal scale best scale
over scale under scale larger scale
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3.11 Charts in Full-Screen You see the chart display full screen. Press on the top right corner of the screen, and the chart display area is enlarged and you see a chart full screen. You always see the system data window and the monitoring data window in full-screen. The system data window contains cursor information, active chart information and alert indication. The monitoring data window contains active route information. You move both windows on the screen. The system data window is not allowed to be removed from the screen, but the monitoring data window can be removed except in route monitoring or track control. Press on the top right corner of the screen, close the system data window or press on the bottom of the screen to return to the normal by pressing chart display. You also return to it during route monitoring or track control by closing the monitoring data window.
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Press
to see the chat full screen.
Press to return to the normal chart display.
System data window
Monitoring data window
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CHAPTER 4 Electronic Chart
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4.1 Charts Available on ECDIS 4.1.1 Chart Type ENC, C-MAP professional(+) chart and ARCS chart are displayed on the Tokyo Keiki ECDIS. (Displaying ARCS chart is an optional function.) NOTE
AVCS chart is ENC which UKHO collectively distributes.
ENC Distribution Format ENC is an official chart, which is in conformity with the international standards S-57 and S-63 issued by IHO, and is issued by the hydrographic office in each country. ENC data is converted into a special format called SENC to be stored on ECDIS. ENC is recognized to be distributed in both S-57 format and SENC format, and Tokyo Keiki ECDIS supports both of them. SENC format is unique to each system, and a SENC format compatible with Tokyo Keiki ECDIS is CM93/3 format by Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS service or Jeppesen Marine. NOTE IHO .......... International Hydrographic Office S-57 ......... One of the international standards issued by IHO. ENC data format is defined. S-63 ......... One of the international standards issued by IHO. ENC data protection scheme is defined. SENC ....... Data format when ENC is stored on ECDIS. Unique to each ECDIS.
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4.1.2 Distinction between Chart Types ENC, C-MAP professional(+) chart and ARCS chart are available on this ECDIS. Though ARCS chart is only shown in the RCDS mode, ENC and C-MAP professional(+) chart might be displayed adjoiningly if C-MAP professional(+) chart is installed on your ECDIS. They are so similar in appearance that it is difficult to distinguish. There are two ways of distinguishing between them as follows.
Distinction by Color The background color of the safety contour indication is different depending on the type of an active chart.
Blue: ENC Green: C-MAP professional(+) Black: ARCS chart
Distinction by ENC Boundary Showing ENC boundary which distinguishes ENC from C-MAP professional(+) chart is available. 1) Choose from the top menu and then choose tab.
ENC
2) Choose to show ENC boundaries which distinguish ENC from C-MAP professional(+) chart.
ENC boundary
C-MAP professional(+)
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4.1.3 Chart Priority Only ENC is an official chart which is issued by the hydrographic office in each country, so it always has a priority to show over any other chart. When both ENC and C-MAP professional(+) chart which cover the same sea area are installed on the system, you usually see ENC, and only see C-MAP professional(+) chart on sea areas ENC does not cover. You see these 2 types of charts without a gap because they look like each other. The ARCS chart is independently displayed in the RCDS mode.
4.1.4 Showing Only ENC There are two ways of displaying only ENC though both ENC and C-MAP professional(+) chart are installed on your system. One is choosing ‘ENC Only’ and another is making C-MAP professional(+) chart invisible. On/Off for ENC Only 1) Choose from the top menu in the monitor mode and then choose tab. 2) Press
at ENC Only.
Making C-MAP Professional(+) Chart Invisible 1) Choose the top menu in the update mode. 2) Choose
from
tab.
3) Choose ‘Professional’ or ‘Professional+’ from the database list on the menu. 4) Press , and mark disappears from ‘Professional’ or ‘Professional+’ on the database list. C-MAP professional(+) chart is not displayed on the chart screen.
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4.2 Displaying Chart Area You Like There are two ways of selecting a chart area to display --- specifying an area on the small chart and on a small-scale chart. Specifying an area on the small chart from the top menu.
1) Choose 2) Choose
tab. You see a small chart on the menu.
3) Specify a point on it with the cursor or enter latitude and longitude of the place you like at Position. at Best Scale. When 4) When you like to see a chart on the best scale, press you like to see it on the same scale as the small chart, press . 5) Press
, and you see the specified chart area on the chart screen.
This is a small chart. Specify a position on it with the cursor, and the chart which covers the position is shown on the chart screen. The pink frame on the small chart represents the chart area displayed on the chart screen.
The sea area that covers the current own ship position is shown on the small chart.
Enter LAT & LON of the place you like.
If there is more than one chart which covers the position you specify, the most detailed chart is shown with pressed. The same scale chart as the small chart is shown with pressed.
Show the world chart.
The specified position by entering LAT & LON is reflected to the main chart by pressing this button.
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Enlarge/Reduce the small chart
Specifying an area on a small-scale chart 1) Reduce the chart scale to find a sea area you like. 2) Specify the place you like with the cursor, and you see a chart around it. 3) Enlarge the chart to see on the appropriate scale.
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4.3 Purchasing Charts You purchase ENC from organizations that issue ENC in each country, agencies, or ENC distributors. You purchase C-MAP professional(+) chart from Jeppesen Marine in Norway or its offices near you. In both cases, you have to inform a user ID which is called ‘user permit’ for ENC and ‘system ID’ for C-MAP professional(+) chart. NOTE
A user permit and a system ID are unique to each system.
4.3.1 Purchasing ENC Order ENC from the hydrographic office in each country, its agency or an ENC distributor. See the web site to know how to order ENC. The user ID for ENC is called ‘user permit’ and the ENC license is called ‘cell permit’.
Select ENC cells to buy
Inform a chart distributor or its agency of your user permit and ENC cell names.
Get cell permits and ENCs on CD/DVD.
Getting User Permit 1) Choose 2) Press
from the top menu in the update mode. . You see your user permit at the bottom of the menu.
User permit
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4.3.2 Purchasing C-MAP Professional(+) Chart Order C-MAP professional(+) chart from Jeppesen Marine in Norway or its office near you. See the web site of Jeppesen Marine (http://ww1.jeppesen.com/marine) to know how to order charts. The user ID for it is called ‘system ID’.
Select zone(s) and area(s)
Inform Jeppesen Marine of your system ID, zone(s) and area(s) of charts.
Get charts and chart licenses.
NOTE You might get chart licenses as an attached file to an e-mail. You need to copy them to a USB memory stick before applying to ECDIS.
Getting System ID 1) Choose 2) Press
from the top menu in the update mode. . You see your system ID at the bottom of the menu.
System ID
4.3.3 Purchasing ARCS Chart See ‘18.2 Purchasing ARCS Chart’.
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Copying User Permit or System ID You can copy your user permit (for ENC) and your system ID (for C-MAP professional(+) chart) to an external media. 1) Choose from the top menu in the update mode. 2) Choose the menu.
or
on
3) Insert an external media like a USB memory stick into the appropriate port and check the access lamp is lit. 4) Press , and you see a pull-down list of the available drive and port. 5) Choose a drive/port to copy the user permit or system ID. 6) When you finish copying, a message on it. below appears. Press
Your ENC user permit is saved on the external media as the file “user_permit.enc” and the system ID is saved on it as the file “user.usr” in the “LICENSE” folder. You can read both files through a text editor like Notepad. 7) Eject the external media. 8) Press mode.
on the bottom of the menu to return to the top menu in the update
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4.4 Chart License Chart licenses are necessary to display charts. ENC license is called cell permit. When chart licenses expire, you only see rough charts without detailed information and cannot update them. Check the expiry date of your chart licenses and update them before they expire.
4.4.1 Chart License Installation When you get new or renewed char licenses, install them following the procedure below. When you first install ENC, you need to install cell permits before chart installation. When you install ENC distributed by Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS service, C-MAP ENC and C-MAP professional(+) chart, install charts before license installation. NOTE When you get chart licenses as an attached file on an e-mail, copy them to another media like a USB memory stick before installation.
Installation Order of Charts and Licenses Installation order of chart and license is different among charts.
Licenses (Cell permits)
Charts
Charts
Licenses
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1) Choose top menu in the update mode.
from the
2) When your chart is ENC distributed by the hydrographic office, press . When your chart is ENC by Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS service, C-MAP ENC or C-MAP professional(+) chart, press . 3) Choose
.
4) Insert a media which includes chart licenses into the appropriate drive.
and then choose (CD/DVD drive) from the pull-down list. If the chart licenses are on another media, choose the appropriate drive. You see the license list in the center of the menu.
5) Press
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6) Press to start installing all chart licenses on the media. When you install only the selected licenses, (this is only available for ENC distributed by the hydrographic office.) select licenses from the list box under and at the bottom of then press the menu.
7) When you see a pop-up window like a figure on the right, chart license installation is completed. Eject the media. 8) Press mode.
on the bottom of the menu to go back to the top menu for the update
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4.4.2 Manual Entry of Chart License Manual entry of chart license is only available for ENC distributed by Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS service, C-MAP ENC and C-MAP professional(+) chart.
1) Choose 2) Press
from the top menu in the update mode. and then choose
3) Choose a database at Database. 4) Choose a zone at Zone and then an area at Area. 5) Press a license string box and enter a license string consisted of 16 alphanumerical letters. 6) Press
.
7) When the license installation is completed, press to go back to the top menu in the update mode.
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.
4.4.3 ARCS Chart License See ‘18.3 ARCS Chart License’.
4.4.4 Checking Chart License You make sure of chart license number and expiry date. License Information 1) Choose top menu in the update mode.
from the
, and then . (Press here when your chart is ENC distributed by Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS service, C-MAP ENC or C-MAP professional(+).)
2) Press choose
or
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3) Choose one database at Database. The cell list for ENC or the zone number for C-MAP professional(+) chart is shown on the menu. 4) Choose one cell or a zone from the list. You see the license description at the lower side of the menu. to go back 5) Press to the top menu in the update mode.
The license description whose cell you chose is shown
ENC Data & Distributor’s ID of Cell Permit Choosing , you see a list of ENC cell permit on the menu. The two alphabets at the end of a cell permit name means a chart distributor’s ID. (Ex. GB: Great Britain, JP: Japan) This ID is included in ENC data as well as a cell permit name, and unless the ID is identified between a cell permit and ENC data, the chart cannot be installed on ECDIS. For example, you can purchase Japanese ENC from both JHA (Japan Hydrographic Association) and UKHO (United Kingdom Hydrographic Office). ENC data and cell permits distributed by JHA have ‘JP’ as an ID and ones by UKHO have ‘GB’. If the distributor is different between your ENC data and cell permits, your ENC is not installed on your ECDIS, so you need to use ENC data and cell permits with the same ID. On
menu, you see the distributor’s ID as follows:
Distributor’s ID
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Expiry Date 1) Choose menu in the update mode.
from the top
2) Press
or (press for C-MAP professional(+), ENC by Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS service, C-MAP ENC) and then choose .
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3) Choose one database at Database. 4) Specify the month and year at Expiry Date. You see cell names or zones which expire on the specified date on the list. You also make sure of the license description at the lower side of the menu when you choose a cell or zone on the list.
Message against the Expiry Date of Chart Licenses When one month or less is left before the expiry date or when it passes the expiry date without a license updating, a message is provided whenever ECDIS starts. When the license is updated, you will see no message about it.
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4.4.5 Removing Chart License You remove ENC licenses on the menu. Licenses for ENC distributed by Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS service, C-MAP ENC and C-MAP professional(+) chart are removed at the same time as when you remove a chart database.
1) Choose the top menu in the update mode.
2) Press
from
and then choose menu.
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3) Choose a database at Database. When you . remove all the permits, press When you remove one by one, choose one cell permit from the list and then press . In both cases, you see a pop-up window for confirmation. Press to remove.
4) Press
to return to the top menu in the update mode.
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4.5 Chart Installation Chart installation is called adding chart on this ECDIS. There are two ways of installing ENC: installing all charts on a chart media and installing only selected charts. For ENC distributed by Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS Service, C-MAP ENC and C-MAP professional(+), you have a single way of installing all charts on a chart media. ENC is distributed in two formats: a format in conformity with S-57 and S-63 and a SENC format. (See ‘4.1.1 Chart Type’ about the ENC distribution format.) You can install all charts in the same way but you see some different messages depending on the chart type, so the description about the chart installation is divided into two parts. NOTE Chart installation is unavailable during route monitoring and track control. AVCS is a service which UKHO distributes each country’s ENC collectively. The way of AIO data installation is same as S-57 ENC. This ECDIS satisfies the requirements of IHO S-63 (ENC decryption) and when some error is detected on chart data, an alarm or a warning is provided during chart installation. A message “Exception in sample: Loader from CM93/3” might appear during chart installation. It means that the system found new objects on chart data. Press on it to acknowledge. If you ever press ENT on the operation panel without the cursor on , you cannot continue chart installation any more and you need to restart ECDIS to install charts again.
Installation Order of Charts and Licenses Installation order of chart and license is different among charts.
Licenses (Cell permits)
Charts
Charts
Licenses
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Before Installing AVCS Chart When you install AVCS chart, you might see an error message about a SA certificate and cannot move on to the next step. In order to prevent that, you should load a certificate file ‘iho.crt’ which proves that your ENC is official in advance. You find ‘iho.crt’ on your char media. You also download it from the IHO website. In this case, you need to save it on a USB memory stick beforehand. 1) Insert an AVCS chart media or a USB memory stick which includes ‘iho.crt’ into the appropriate drive/port. 2) Choose the top menu in the update mode. 3) Press
from
button. .
4) Choose
5) You see the tree construction of drives under Select SA Public Key file. Choose E\ (CD/DVD) drive or F\ (USB memory stick) here. You see a file name ‘iho.crt’ under it. 6) Choose it to highlight and then press to load. 7) Eject the media.
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ENC Data & Distributor’s ID of Cell Permit Choosing , you see a list of ENC cell permit on the menu. The two alphabets at the end of a cell permit name means a chart distributor’s ID. (Ex. GB: Great Britain, JP: Japan) This ID is included in ENC data as well as a cell permit name, and unless the ID is identified between a cell permit and ENC data, the chart cannot be installed on ECDIS. For example, you can purchase Japanese ENC from both JHA (Japan Hydrographic Association) and UKHO (United Kingdom Hydrographic Office). ENC data and cell permits distributed by JHA have ‘JP’ as an ID and ones by UKHO have ‘GB’. If the distributor is different between your ENC data and cell permits, your ENC is not installed on your ECDIS, so you need to use ENC data and cell permits with the same ID. On
menu, you see the distributor’s ID as follows:
Distributor’s ID
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4.5.1 Installing S-57 Format ENC Installation Process Decrypt ENC data
Convert ENC data into SENC
Store chart data on the system
ENC data is encrypted, so the system decrypts the data first, and then converts it into SENC format checking the data integrity, and store it on the system at the end. The required time for this process depends on the volume of data involved. NOTE Tokyo Keiki ECDIS converts ENC data into SENC in CM93/3 format. When your ENC is on a DVD issued by AVCS, update data which is up to the date of issue is included. The update data is also installed with chart data, so you do not have to update charts from menu. Even if you do from , the update data is not installed. The way of AIO data installation is same as S-57 ENC installation.
How to Install NOTE
You need to install chart permits before installing ENC.
1) Choose the top menu in the update mode.
from
2) Insert a chart media into the appropriate drive.
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3) Press . The system starts reading the chart media. When your ENC is on a DVD from AVCS, move on to 4). When your ENC is on a CD, skip to 5).
4) For ENC on a DVD from AVCS, you see a pop-up window to choose a chart volume on the menu. Choose an appropriate volume and then press . Decryption of charts will be started. NOTE
You can choose only one volume here.
5) You see a pop-up window on the right while the system is decrypting charts.
Stop decrypting chart data.
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6) After decryption, you almost always see a message on the menu (the figure on the right) to inform that the system found decryption errors. Press on the message. You also see the decryption log (as below) on the chart screen. You might not be able to continue the chart installation depending on the kind of error messages beginning with ‘SSE**’. Check what they mean on the decryption error log seeing ‘20.3 Troubleshooting’. NOTE On the decryption error log above, you might see an error message “SSE 11 – Cell permit file not found. Load the permit file provided by the data supplier.” This means that there is a chart cell you have not purchased yet, so it can be ignored.
When some errors are detected as a result of decryption, you see the error kind on the top left and the number of the relevant cells on the right side of it. “OK” means no errors. “Total” means the total number of cells on the chart media. When you choose an error on the left, the error description is shown here.
Country ID which chart cells are issued by. When you see more than one IDs here and you choose one, you see the relevant cell names under the IDs.
Cell names which are relevant to the country ID you chose.
Press to update the cells indication.
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7) When ENC decryption is finished, “ENC” is chosen at Chart Type and the cell level, which means a scale classification, contained on the chart media is shown at Cell Level. You see ‘S57_ENC’ as a chart database name at Database. It is automatically named but you can change it if necessary, by pressing a database name button. 8) You can install only charts you selected, not all the charts on the chart media. When you select charts to install, choose to see a list of the charts which are on the chart media. Skip to 10) when you do not need to select charts.
Database Name The system automatically gives a name to an ENC database. ENC (S57 format) .................................................................... S57_ENC ENC by Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS service (SENC format) ..... JeppesenPRIMAR You can rename ‘S57_ENC’ but cannot rename ‘JeppesenPRIMAR’. Once you rename it, when you install ENC next time, the name which was previously changed is shown as a default on the database button. Be careful not to overwrite another type of charts on the existing database.
Sea Area Which Chart Media Covers You can make sure of a sea area which a chart media covers. (This is not available for ENC distributed by Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS service, C-MAP ENC and C-MAP professional(+) chart.) before Choose (before the pressing procedure ‘4.5.1 - 10)’), and blue rectangles which show chart areas are displayed on the chart screen. When you do not see them, change the chart scale.
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9)
You see all chart file buttons dented just after you press . The dented buttons stand for ‘selected’. Press file buttons for charts you will not install, and they stand out. Select charts to install in this way.
Selected files (Dented buttons）
Not-selected files
Select all chart files on the list
Show only the selected files Show all
Cancel the selected file
chart files Make sure of the chart area you selected. Select chart file button(s) on this list first , and you see and then press the chart area which the selected charts cover, on the chart screen.
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10) Press to start chart installation, verifying charts one by one. You see a pop-up window like a figure below on the menu and both a list of charts contained in the chart media and an ENC conversion log window on the chart screen.
Stop chart installation. Even , the if you press charts/cells before the cell name shown on the pop-up window at present has been installed.
Press when you do not see the ENC conversion log window on the chart screen.
ENC Conversion Log You see the ENC conversion log window on the lower side of the chart screen during ENC installation. It shows a verification result for an individual chart. When the system detects some error, the result is displayed as shown below ‘Non critical errors’ can be ignored
Errors
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Chart List Shown during Chart Installation Chart cell name Chart type Country which a chart cell was issued Scale
Date a chart cell was issued
Edition number of a chart cell Date which update data for the update number on the right was issued Update number
Date a chart cell was installed or updated on this ECDIS The state of a chart cell during chart installation
Not in use
Converted: Processing: Not installed: Installed:
Only for ARCS chart
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An ENC cell was converted to SENC An ENC cell is being converted to SENC An ENC cell has not been installed yet An ENC cell was successfully installed
and Progress Report S-57 format ENC is installed verifying one by one. Every time some kind of error is detected on chart data as a result of verification, the system interrupts chart installation to show a progress report (in a pop-up window on the menu). Check what error it is like on the ENC conversion log window on the chart screen. Almost all errors are not so critical that it could be safe to move on to the next step. Press one of , , and on the progress report. Press (Continue All) to install charts without showing progress reports any more. Continue to install charts without showing progress reports any more
Skip the current cell/chart
Continue to install the current cell/chart
Stop chart installation, but up to the cells/charts before the cell number shown here at present were installed.
Show ENC conversion log window
You see beside on the menu. You usually see dented (= chosen). That means same as pressing on the progress window. That is, when you start chart installation with chosen, chart installation is automatically finished without showing any progress reports. When you start with stood out, the progress report is shown every time some kind of error is detected.
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11) When the chart installation is completed, you see a pop-up message to tell ‘ENC database has been successfully converted” on the menu. Check a result of the chart installation in the ENC conversion log window shown on the chart screen. Then on the pop-up window on the menu. press NOTE Checking the ENC conversion log is also available even after pressing on the pop-up window telling ENC database has been successfully converted”.
12) Eject the chart media. 13) Press
to return to the top menu for the update mode.
Result of Chart Installation When chart installation is finished, you see a summary status of the installed charts on the ‘ENC conversion log’ window.
Choose ‘Result’
Green: Verification Ok Yellow: Minor warnings, Includes trivial errors but charts are available. Red: Critical errors. Charts has not been installed
You see this summary status when you press menu, too.
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on the
4.5.2 Installing Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS Service ENC, C-MAP ENC, C-MAP Professional(+) Chart from
1) Choose the top menu in the update mode. 2) Insert a chart media into the appropriate drive.
. The system starts 3) Press reading from the chart media. A pop-up window to inform of ‘copying database files’ appears on the menu.
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4) When reading from media is finished, you see ‘C-MAP’ button dented at Chart Type on the menu. The database name is automatically shown and you cannot change it.
5) Press to start installing charts. The pop-up window below appears on the menu.
6) When a pop-up window like a figure on the right appears, the chart installation is completed. Press
.
7) Eject the chart media. 8) Press
to return to the top menu in the update mode.
NOTE When you finish installing or updating C-MAP professional(+) chart, restart your ECDIS to initialize the system.
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4.6 Removing Chart Charts are stored as a database by type on this ECDIS. Removing charts means removing a database, that is, removing all charts contained in the database. However, for S-57 format ENC, you can remove not only a database but charts you choose.
4.6.1 Removing Database 1) Choose top menu in the update mode
2) Choose
from the
tab and then press .
3) Choose a chart database from the list. Choose a database
4) Press removing.
to start
4.6.2
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4.6.2 Removing Charts Individually Here describes how to remove charts you choose. This is not available for ENC distributed by Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS service, C-MAP ENC and C-MAP professional(+) chart.
1) Choose top menu in the update mode.
2) Choose
from the
tab.
3) Choose a database for ENC ‘S57_ENC’ at Database. 4) Choose see a chart list.
and then you
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5) Select chart file/cell button(s) you are going to remove from Chart No. to start removing.
6) Press
Selected files (Dented buttons）
Not-selected files
Select all chart files on the list
Show only the selected files Show all
Cancel the selected file
chart files Make sure of the chart area you selected. Select chart file button(s) on this list first , and you see and then press the chart area which the selected charts cover, on the chart screen.
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Making Sure of Chart Area Whose Cells You Choose Choose before pressing (before the procedure 4.6.1 - 4) ). The chart area whose cells you choose is shown with blue squares and mesh. If you do not see them, change the chart scale to see them.
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4.7 Chart Database Coverage Charts installed on the system are stored as a database depending on the chart kind. You check a chart coverage of each database. 1) Choose the top menu in the update mode. 2) Choose
from
tab.
3) Choose a database at Database. 4) You see pressed at the bottom of the menu. (Press this button if it is not pressed.) The cell level (buttons) of the charts contained in the database and the hydrographic offices which issued the charts are shown on the menu. The chart coverage is shown with rectangles on the chart screen. (If you do not see them, reduce the scale to see them.) Press to see a chart list of the database you choose. Chart database Cell level
The rectangles represent the chart coverage. You see them with pressed. Their color stand for the chart type --blue is ENC, green is C-MAP professional(+) chart, black is ARCS chart.
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Hydrographic offices which issued the charts
Chart cell name Chart type Country which a chart cell was issued Scale
Date a chart cell was issued
Edition number of a chart cell Date which update data for the update number on the right was issued Update number
Not in use
Date a chart cell was installed or updated on this ECDIS The state of a chart cell in chart installation
Only for ARCS chart
Pressing
, you see a list like this.
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4.8 Making Charts Visible/Invisible You make all charts contained in a database visible/invisible. 1) Choose top menu in the update mode.
2) Choose
from the
tab.
3) On the menu, a database name with stands for “visible” and one without stands for “invisible”. Choose a database with and press at the bottom of the menu to make it invisible on the screen. Choose a database without to and press make it visible. NOTE does not mean removing the chart database from the system, but just making charts contained in the database invisible. to make charts visible, if charts with When you press their licenses expired is included in it, only the rough charts are shown without detailed information.
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4.9 Updating Charts Whenever you get update data, you should update charts to keep them latest and to maintain the safe navigation. There are 2 ways of updating charts: semi-auto update which charts are updated automatically by using an update media and manual update which you modify chart objects individually seeing notices to mariners issued by the hydrographic office in each country. NOTE
Chart updating is unavailable during track control.
4.9.1 Semi-Auto Update The chart update easily completes by using an update media. You should use update data gotten from your chart distributor. When your chart is ENC distributed by Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS service, C-MAP ENC or C-MAP professional(+) chart, you can get update data on a CD/DVD or attached on an e-mail. The latter is called real-time update on this ECDIS. S-57 format ENC This is available for ENC with S-57 format. Semi-auto update is carried out in almost same way as ENC installation. See ‘4.5.1 Installing S-57 Format ENC’ for the ENC decryption log, ENC conversion log and result of chart update. NOTE You need to follow another way to update ENC distributed by Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS service, C-MAP ENC and C-MAP professional(+) chart. (See the page after next.)
1) Choose top menu in the update mode.
from the
2) Insert an update media into the CD/DVD drive and make sure that the disc lamp is lit.
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3) Press to start decrypting update data, and a pop-up window like a figure below appears. When it disappears, decryption is finished.
4) Make sure that a database name you are updating is correct at Database. When it is wrong, choose an appropriate one. 5) Before starting ‘Apply Updates’, decide if you see a progress pop-up window in chart updating. See ‘4.5.1 Installing S-57 Format ENC - 10)’ for that. Typically is pressed on the menu so that the progress window does not show up and you could continue to update charts without checking errors. 6) Press to start updating charts, verifying data one by one. You see a pop-up window (a figure on the right) on the menu and both a Stop chart updating. Even if data list contained in the update , the you press media and an ENC conversion charts/cells before the cell name shown on the pop-up log window on the chart screen.
Press when you do not see the ENC conversion log window on the chart screen.
window at present has been installed.
7) When you see a pop-up window like a figure on the right, the updating is completed. Check a result of the chart update in the ENC conversion log window shown on the chart screen. Then press on the pop-up window on the menu. (Checking the ENC conversion log is also available even after pressing this pop-up window.)
on
8) Eject the update media. 9) Press
to return to top menu in the update mode.
NOTE The chart updating process is almost same as chart installation. See ‘ENC conversion log’ and ‘progress report’ columns described in ‘4.5.1 Installing S-57 Format ENC - 10)’ and ‘result of chart installation’ column described in ‘4.5.1 Installing S-57 Format ENC - 11)’.
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ENC (distributed by Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS service), C-MAP ENC and C-MAP Professional(+) The way of updating ENC distributed by Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS service, C-MAP ENC and C-MAP professional(+) chart is same as that of installing them. Follow the procedure in ‘4.5.2 Installing Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS Service ENC, C-MAP ENC, C-MAP Professional(+) Chart’.
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4.9.2 Real-Time Update You can get chart update data as an attached file on an e-mail from your chart distributor and apply it to charts. It is called ‘real-time update’ on this ECDIS. It is only available for ENC distributed by Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS service, C-MAP ENC and C-MAP professional(+) chart. Create an order
Send the order file by e-mail.
1) Choose top menu in the update mode.
Get update data by e-mail
from the
2) Insert an USB memory stick into the appropriate drive.
3) Press a database box at Request C-MAP Updates to choose a database you are going to update from the pull-down list. 4) Specify a maximum size of the update data which is attached to one e-mail by pressing Max return e-mail size box and choosing data size from the pull-down list. 5) Press to choose a drive which an order file (.ord) is saved on, and it is saved. 6) Eject the USB memory stick.
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Apply update data
7) Send the order file(s) to your chart distributor by e-mail. For C-MAP ENC and C-MAP professional(+) chart, send to Jeppesen Marine real-time updating service ([email protected]) . 8) You will get reply mail(s) with files (.ans) attached after a while. 9) Save all the attached update files on a USB memory stick. 10) Insert the USB memory stick which the update data is included in into the appropriate drive on ECDIS. 11) Apply the update data to your ECDIS following the procedure of ‘4.5.2Installing Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS Service ENC, C-MAP ENC, C-MAP Professional(+) Chart’.
Max Return E-mail Size The update data is sent to you by e-mail. You can specify the maximum data size that is attached to one e-mail to receive without fail. If the updates are 250kb in size and you have requested max file size of 100KB then you will receive 3 files in return (2x100kb + 1x50kb). If you select 10MB then you will get files that are maximum 10MB. So if there are 5MB of updates you will get one 5MB file. If there are 15MB of updates you will get 1x10MB and 1x5MB.
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4.9.3 Manual Update You modify objects directly on the chart screen following notices to mariners issued by the hydrographic office.
Presentation of an Updated Object A distinguishable mark is put on a manually-updated object.
Old object after updating Shown with mark
Updated object Shown with mark.
Adding a New Object 1)
In the update mode, show a chart area which should be updated.
2)
Choose menu in the update mode.
from the top
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3)
Choose
tab.
4)
Choose a database from the pull-down list gotten by pressing the database name button. Choose here to see updates on any charts regardless of chart scale.
5)
Press , and the menu including the object category list appears.
6)
Choose a chart agency at Source Producing Agency if necessary and choose a chart file at Source Identification Code. (When you chose in the above 4), this operation is not available.)
7)
Choose an object you like to add from Object Category. In this list, press to show to return to the the object list and previous stage.
8)
After choosing the object, specify the object type from , and under the list.
9)
Press
at the bottom of the menu.
10) Specify the position on the chart screen, and you see a black circle mark on the cursor position.
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Specified position by the cursor
11) You see the menu including , and tabs. Modify attributes of the object on these tabs if you need. How to modify is described in the next section ‘Modifying Objects’. 12) Press to save the updated data. Enter your name and then press to save.
13) You see the added object with mark on the specified position and the menu returns to the top menu of the manual updating with the added object on the list. Object list
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Modifying Objects Modifying an Object Chosen from the Update List 1) In the update mode, show a chart which covers an object which should be modified. 2) Choose top menu in the update mode.
3) Choose 4)
from the
tab.
Choose a database name or at Database. Choose a hydrographic office from HO if necessary and a chart name from Chart No. Then the list of the updated object appears.
Object list
5) Choose an object from the object list. Buttons for modification
6) Press one of the modification buttons.
Highlight the selected object.
Reject the manual update for the selected object. Clear the highlighted mark.
Show the update history. Show the object
Reject all manual updates from the database. Hide the object
Add new object
Modify the attribute of the object
Move the object by moving directly on the chart or entering latitude and longitude.
7)
Remove the chosen object from the chart which this belongs to.
After modifying, press to save the data.
. Enter your name and then press
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Modifying a Highlighted Object on the Chart 1) In the update mode, show a chart which covers an object you want to modify. 2) Choose top menu in the update mode.
3) Choose
from the
tab.
4) Specify an object with
icon on the toolbar.
5) Choose a corresponding object to one you chose at tab on the object information window on the chart screen. 6) Press on the upper right corner of the object information window to find the highlighted object with mark. The object information is shown on the menu. 7) Press
to modify the attribute, to change the position or
8) After modifying, press to save the data.
to remove it from the chart. . Enter your name and then press
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4.9.4 Checking Updates You check where and what were updated by semi-auto update. 1) Choose top menu in the update mode.
from the
2) Press a database box to choose a database at Database. 3) At IHO, Chart No. and Update No, choose each item (if necessary). 4) You see a summary of the updates at tab and the updated parts at tab.
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Choose one item from the list of “Registered Updates” and then press button, and a relevant object is highlighted with a white arrow ( ) or with a filled area. Press to clear highlights Press when you do not accept the updates.
Update number
State of updates: Accepted or rejected
Chart cell name
Accepted date of updates
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CHAPTER 5 Own Ship
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5.1 Own Ship Symbol 5.1.1 Symbol Type You see 2 types of the own ship symbols depending on the chart scale: true-scaled ‘outline’ which is based on your ship size and ‘symbol’ which is irrespective of the scale. Both of them have SEA vectors which represent HDG & STW, GROUND vectors which represent COG & SOG, and heading lines.
A point of intersection between a beam bearing line and a vector represents the conning position.
Beam bearing line
GROUND vector (COG + SOG)
SEA vector (HDG + STW)
GROUND vector (COG + SOG) SEA vector (HDG + STW)
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5.1.2 Choosing Symbol Type You choose the own ship symbol type from ‘truescaled outline’ and ‘symbol’ at tab in in the monitor mode.
The ‘outline’ is shown mainly on a large scale chart, and when the ‘outline’ size is less than 6 mm on the chart screen by a scale change, it automatically changes to a ‘symbol’ even if is chosen on the menu. Also, when the condition of the primary heading sensor is invalid (see ‘2.5.2 Heading Sensor’), the ‘symbol’ is shown instead of the ‘outline’. , the ‘symbol’ is always shown regardless of the chart When you choose scale.
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5.2 Own Ship Vector 5.2.1 Vector Type There are 2 types of own ship vectors: SEA vector (HDG & STW) and GROUND vector (COG & SOG). SEA vector has a single arrow and GROUND vector has double arrows. Both vectors are shown with graduations indicated a minute, and a bold line which represents 6 minutes is put only on Ground vector.
Time increment A time increment to indicate 6 minutes’ distance is shown in a bold line
GROUND vector (COG & SOG)
SEA vector (HDG & STW)
NOTE When the own ship speed is 0 kn, you only see arrows as vectors. When GPS is unavailable because of an error or something, the own ship symbol stops moving, stays at the last position, and is shown in red. The GROUND vector is also shown in red with the last condition but SEA vector is shown in black and available as long as LOG and Gyrocompass are available.
Terms HDG................... Heading STW................... Speed through the water COG .................. Course over the ground SOG................... Speed over the ground
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5.2.2 Vector Length The length of the own ship vector represents the distance which the ship sails in a set time at the present speed. You set the vector length at the tab in for the monitor mode. The setting here is effective for both the own ship and other ships.
5.2.3 Vector Stabilization (SEA/GROUND) You choose vector stabilization for the own ship from two types: SEA (HDG & STW) and GROUND (COG & SOG). You choose it at Vector at tab in menu in the monitor mode.
... SEA vector, showing HDG & STW ... GROUND vector, showing COG & SOG
It is based on TT/AIS targets’ vector (which is set on tab in menu in the monitor mode), so when [SEA], which is equivalent to STW for the own ship, is chosen as a target vector, is automatically chosen as the own ship vector and you cannot turn it off on the menu, but can change on/off for .
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5.3 Heading Line You choose the type of the heading line from long, standard and none. from the
1) Choose top menu in the monitor mode. 2) Choose
tab.
3) Choose from
,
and
.
.......... An orange line from the own ship symbol to the edge of a chart .......... Standard & prescribed length from the own ship symbol .... No heading line
NOTE In the relative motion, the heading line is automatically shown instead of the speed vector.
Heading line
5.4 Beam Bearing Line Beam bearing line represents the own ship width.
You set on/off for the beam bearing line and its tab in length at menu in the monitor mode. The length can be selected from 2xBreadth – 20xBreadth.
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Beam bearing line
5.5 Past Position The own ship past position is shown by dots or a line on the chart. The time label is available beside it. 1) Choose top menu in the monitor mode. 2) Choose
from the
tab.
3) Press to show the own ship past position at Past Position. 4) Choose the past position style from and at Mark. , specify how 5) When you choose often the dots are shown from the pulldown list at Interval. 6) Press to show the time label at Time Label and specify its interval at Interval. NOTE. The indication (UTC or Local) of the time label follows that of the system time which or button on the is specified on the menu opened by pressing system data. Press button to delete the existing past position data from the system, and it starts making a record of the own ship position again. The maximum number of is 200.
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Own Ship Past Position
Own Ship Past Position
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5.6 Own Ship Information You see the own ship information on the system data and on the route monitoring / track control information. See ‘1.8.4 System Data’ and ‘1.8.5 Information of Route Monitoring / Track Control’.
System data
Route monitoring / track control information
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5.7 Prediction Line While the own ship is turning, you see a curved arrow which shows the turning direction. It is called a prediction line. You set on/off for it on the menu.
Prediction line
Vectors
1) Choose the top menu in the monitor mode. 2) Choose
from
tab.
3) Press to show the own ship prediction line at Prediction Line.
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CHAPTER 6 Other Ships
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6.1 On/Off for Targets TT stands for a tracked target by Radar. Turn on TT / AIS on the operation panel to display tracked targets (hereinafter referred to as TT(s)) or AIS targets on the screen. Every time you press it, you change on/off for them. Targets acquired by radar are displayed as TTs and ones transmitted from an AIS transponder are displayed as AIS sleeping targets.
The Maximum Number of Targets This System Can Display Sleeping AIS targets: up to 400 Activated AIS targets: up to 100 TTs: depends on the number which acquired on Radar NOTE The number of AIS targets depends on the AIS range filter described in ‘6.6 Distance Limit for AIS Sleeping Targets’.)
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6.2 Target Symbols 6.2.1 Target in Normal State A TT symbol is a green circle with a vector and an ID number starting with ‘TT’. An AIS sleeping target symbol is a green triangle. An activated AIS target is a green triangle with a vector, a heading line and an ID number starting with ‘AIS’.
Vector (Doted line)
Sleeping AIS target
Heading line (Solid line)
Vector (Doted line) The third letter stands for the radar number that is a TT information source
Activated AIS target
TT (tracked target)
NOTE Just after ECDIS starts and when AIS on the operation panel is turned on, AIS targets are displayed as sleeping targets except for dangerous targets. When the system does not get a correct position of the own ship because of GPS error, etc., an alert is provided and TT symbols are unavailable.
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6.2.2 Selected AIS Target When you select an AIS target to activate, deactivate, associate or dissociate brackets like the figure is shown around the target symbol.
6.2.3 Dangerous Target TTs or AIS targets in CPA/TCPA alert state are called dangerous targets. When a CPA/TCPA alert is provided, symbols of the dangerous targets flash in red. Once the alert is acknowledged, they stop flashing. While they are in the alert condition, you see them in red.
Dangerous AIS target
Dangerous TT
6.2.4 Lost Target When a TT or an activated AIS target is lost, an alert is provided and a target symbol with a red flashes. The lost target disappears when you acknowledge the alert. When a sleeping AIS target is lost, no alert is provided and it disappears in a few seconds.
Lost TT
Lost AIS target
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6.2.5 AIS Target’s Outline The true-scaled outline for activated AIS targets is available. 1) Choose from the top menu in the monitor mode and then choose tab.
2) Choose or Target --- Target Outline.
at AIS
NOTE This outline is not shown when AIS target heading is unknown or the beam of the outline is less than 7.5mm.
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6.2.6 Chart Symbols Exclusive Use of AIS The following 3 chart symbols are displayed only when AIS targets are shown on the screen.
Real AIS ATON (ATON: aids to navigation).
Virtual AIS ATON
AIS SART (AIS - search and rescue transmitter)
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6.2.7 Target Symbols When GPS Error Happens When ECDIS does not receive data from GPS because of an error, etc., an alert is provided, the information from the position sensor is shown in red on the system data, and all the target symbols stop moving and stay at the position just before the alert happens. They stand for invalid. In order to remove them from the chart screen, press at Disable Targets when invalid POSN at tab in in the monitor mode.
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6.3 Target Vector A TT is shown with a vector. An activated AIS target is shown with both a vector and heading line.
Heading line (Solid line) Vector (Doted line)
Tracked target
Activated AIS target
6.3.1 Vector Length The vector length for targets follows that for the own ship, which is specified at tab in menu for the monitor mode. (See ‘5.2.2 Vector Length’)
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6.3.2 Vector Stabilization (Sea/Ground) The vector length of TTs and AIS targets is dependent on that of the own ship and the vector stabilization is specified by a user. Select from sea and ground. 1) Choose top menu in the monitor mode.
2) Choose
from the
tab.
3) Choose or at Vector Stabilization. This is effective in both TTs and AIS targets. NOTE The vector stabilization of the own ship symbol follows that for targets. For example, when is chosen as a target vector, the own ship symbol is always shown with the ground vector and you cannot turn it off, but you can choose On/Off for the STW vector.
Which vector stabilization is chosen at present is indicated on the status bar.
Calculation of Target’s Sea Vector Subtracting the set and drift from a target’s ground vector gets a sea vector for it.
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6.3.3 Vector in True Motion and Relative Motion Usually the true vector is shown in the true motion and the relative vector is in the relative motion, but you can change a target vector to true/relative regardless of the true/relative motion. 1) Choose top menu in the monitor mode.
2) Choose
from the
tab.
3) Choose True or Relative at Vectors.
Calculation of Target’s Relative Vector Subtracting the own ship true vector from a target true vector gets the relative vector of a target.
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6.3.4 Turn Indicator The turn indicator for AIS targets is shown when the rate of turn exceeds the set value.
1) Choose top menu in the monitor mode.
2) Choose
from the
tab.
3) Enter a threshold by pressing Turn IND Threshold box.
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Heading line with a turn indicator
6.4 TT/AIS Target Information There are 3 ways of showing targets information: target list, quick information and information on a popup window.
6.4.1 TT/AIS Target List Choose from the top menu in the monitor mode to show a target list. You see TT information at tab and information of AIS targets at tab. You see AIS targets which are activated, associated or regarded to be dangerous on the list. What information you see on the list is as follows:
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ID Associate: ID of the associated TT Call Sign MMSI number Ship name BRG: bearing RNG: range HDG: heading COG: course over the ground SOG: speed over the ground CRS: course
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STW: speed through the water CPA: closest point of approach CPA Limit TCPA: time to CPA TCPA Limit ROT: rate of turn (if available) LAT: latitude LON: longitude TIME (UTC)
TT Information Ships acquired by radar are displayed as TTs (tracked targets) on a chart and their information is shown at tab of the target list. TTs in the CPA/TCPA limit are regarded as dangerous targets and are shown in red on the list.
AIS Information All AIS ships are displayed on a chart. AIS ships which are activated and are regarded as dangerous targets are shown at tab of the target list. AIS sleeping targets are not shown on it.
Sorting TT and AIS Target List Press , , sort the information.
,
or
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on the upper right of the target list to
6.4.2 Quick Information Place the cursor just on a target, and quick information appears close to it. NOTE When is selected as vector stabilization for targets, you see COG and SOG on the quick information. When is selected you see CRS and STW. When you place the cursor just on the own ship symbol, quick information as one of AIS ships appears close to the own ship symbol.
6.4.3
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6.4.3 Information on Pop-up Window You see target information on a pop-up information window. 1) Choose
icon on the toolbar.
2) Choose a target on the chart screen, and a pop-up window like a figure on the right appears. 3) Choose a target ID button on the pop-up window, and a target information window appears on the chart screen. When you choose another target, another information window appears on the top. NOTE
Showing the information window of sleeping AIS targets is not available.
When a pop-up window of AIS target information is shown, you see further information by pressing at the bottom of the window. Also, when the information of a associated target is shown, press on it to see the original TT information.
Detailed information: Static data
Basic information: Static and dynamic data of an AIS target
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6.5 Radar as TT Information Source TT information is transmitted from connected Radar. You choose a number of Radar which TT information is based on from No.1 and No.2. 1) Choose menu in the monitor mode.
2) Choose
from the top
tab.
3) At Tracked Target – Radar System, choose , or . When you choose or , TT symbols transmitted from the Radar you choose is shown on the screen. When you choose , those transmitted from both No.1 Radar and No.2 Radar are shown on the screen.
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6.6 Distance Limit for AIS Sleeping Targets You see 400 AIS targets at the maximum on the screen, and set a distance limit to AIS sleeping targets from the own ship position. 1) Choose menu in the monitor mode.
2) Choose
from the top
tab.
3) Enter a distance (NM) from the own ship position to display AIS sleeping targets as Range Filter.
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6.7 Activating/Deactivating AIS Target When you first turn on AIS on the operation panel after ECDIS starts, all AIS targets are shown as sleeping targets. Adding a vector and a heading line to a sleeping target is called ‘activating’ and removing the vector and the heading line from an activated AIS target is called ‘deactivating’. This system can display up to 400 AIS targets (sleeping targets, activated targets and dangerous targets) and the maximum number you can activate is 100. When the 100th AIS target is activated, an indication is provided. However, the number of displaying AIS targets depends on the range filter. (See ‘6.6 Distance Limit for AIS Sleeping Targets’.)
6.7.1 Activating Sleeping AIS Target 1) Choose
on the toolbar.
2) Place the cursor just on a sleeping AIS target you are going to activate on the chart screen. It is surrounded with mark.
3) Press ENT on the operation panel to settle. You see the AIS target with a vector, a heading line and a target ID beside it.
NOTE When sleeping targets go into the CPA/TCPA limit, they are automatically activated and change to dangerous targets. When the 100th AIS target is activated, when you try to activate the 101st AIS target, or when the total number of AIS targets displayed on the system reaches 400, an alert or indication is provided respectively. In automatic activation of AIS targets, When the number of the activated AIS targets have been already 100 before another AIS sleeping target is automatically activated, an activated target which is the farthest from the own ship returns to a sleeping target without a message because the automatic activation has a priority.
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6.7.2 Deactivating Activated AIS Target 1) Choose
on the toolbar.
2) Place the cursor on an activated AIS target on the mark. chart screen. It is surrounded with 3) Press ENT on the operation panel to settle. The selected target changes to a sleeping AIS target. NOTE It is impossible to deactivate dangerous AIS targets.
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6.8 Associating/Dissociating AIS Targets and TTs When both TTs and AIS targets are displayed on the chart screen and 2 target symbols (one TT and one AIS target) are regarded as identical, you can deal with them as one target symbol by association. Also, you can dissociate it into the 2 target symbols. There are 2 ways of targets association/dissociation --- manual and automatic.
6.8.1 Criteria for Association You set the maximum value for bearing, distance, speed and course difference between 2 targets as association criteria. When they are within the criteria, association is possible. 1) Choose the top menu in the monitor mode.
2) Choose
from
tab.
3) Set the maximum value for the bearing, distance, course and speed differences between 2 targets.
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Value Available for Association Criteria Bearing: Distance: Course: Speed:
0.1 – 20.0 degrees 20 – 4000 m 10 – 60 degrees 0.1 – 10.0 kn
Distance difference between 2 ships
Bearing difference (between 2 ships seen from the own ship)
Course difference
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6.8.2 Associating TT and AIS target 1) Choose
on the toolbar.
2) Select one of AIS targets you are associating on mark. the chart screen. It is surrounded with 3) Place the cursor on a TT you are associating.
4) Press ENT on the operation panel to fix, and the two targets are associated into one target and it gets a new ID number which begins with ‘ASS’.
NOTE When you cannot associate targets, make sure of the association criteria.
Display Position of an Associated Target An associated target is displayed on an original position of a TT because the data-transmitting period of TTs is shorter than AIS targets, so the position is more accurate. The ship information is gotten from an AIS target because it has much more detailed information than a TT.
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6.8.3 Dissociating Associated Target 1) Choose
on the toolbar.
2) Place the cursor on an associated target on the chart mark. screen. It is surrounded with
3) Press ENT on the operation panel to fix, and it is dissociated into a TT and a sleeping AIS target.
NOTE The associated target is automatically dissociated with an alert when the information of one target is not acquired. TT
Sleeping AIS target
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6.8.4 Automatic Association/Dissociation Based on the association criteria, the relevant symbols of a TT and an AIS target are automatically associated or dissociated. 1) Choose top menu in the monitor mode.
2) Choose
from the
tab.
3) Press at Automatic Association. When one TT symbol and one AIS target symbol is within the criteria set in ‘6.8.1 Criteria for Association’, the two symbols are automatically associated. When their condition is out of it, the associated symbol is automatically dissociated.
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6.9 On/Off for AIS Function You choose whether AIS function is applied on this ECDIS. When you choose all functions about AIS targets are unavailable. 1) Choose menu in the monitor mode.
2) Choose
from the top
tab.
3) At AIS Target --- AIS Functionality, choose to enable AIS function. Choose to disable AIS function.
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6.10 Past Position Dots are shown on the chart screen as the target past position. (10 dots at max per one ship) How often they show up depends on the own ship past position. (See ‘5.5 Past Position’.) 1) Choose menu in the monitor mode. 2) Choose 3) Press past position at past position is often they show own ship.
from the top
tab. to show TT and AIS target Past Position. The target shown with dots and how up depends on that of the
NOTE The time label is unavailable for the target past position. Press at Past Position to delete all past position data for targets from the system and the system starts making a record for the past position again. You see past positions only for the activated AIS targets. When the AIS function is , you do not see AIS target symbols and their past positions.
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CHAPTER 7 Route
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7.1 Route View 7.1.1 Route on Chart A route consists of waypoints, their attributes (turn radius, reach, XTD (cross track distance) limit, planned speed and leg type), and legs which are straight lines connecting 2 waypoints. XTD limit is shown with dotted lines on the both sides of the route and the planned sailing speed and leg course are also shown.
Leg course [degree], T: True]
Planned speed
Leg
Leg Wheel over point
Waypoint
XTD (cross track distance) limit Curved leg
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7.1.2 Route Table While you are planning a route in the plan mode, you see a route table which shows the route details by pressing . It consists of 6 tabs: , , , , and .
Route
Route table
Tab
You see the detailed information of waypoints. Waypoint name (Name as you like.)
Turn radius Latitude & longitude
Waypoint ID
Planned speed
Reach
Rhumb line / Great circle
XTD limit Rate of turn
Leg course
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Distance between 2 waypoints Distance from WPT1
Tab
You see details of critical points. Critical point ID
The criteria to generate an alarm. You can choose from distance or time Alert limit
Critical point name Latitude & longitude
Alert message
Tab
You see ETA information. Speed to the next waypoint Waypoint ID Waypoint name
Distance to go ((Distance between waypoints) Time to go (Time required to the next waypoint) Arrival time
Lay days/hours Departure time
Tab
You see dangers on and around the route. Dangers
Detail information of the area you choose on the left.
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Tab
You see things you should be cautious around the route. Cautious
Detail information of the area you choose on the left.
Tab
You see the result of the geometry check for the route. Waypoint ID The result of the geometry test
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Remark
7.1.3 Information of Waypoint and Route In the monitor mode, press icon on the toolbar and then specify a waypoint, and you see information of the waypoint in a pop-up window. NOTE
This is available only in the monitor mode.
When you choose WPT7 with icon, a waypoint information window appears.
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7.1.4 Information during Route Monitoring or Track Control During route monitoring or track control, you see information of an active route and the own ship in the route information area above the menu. Autopilot’s set heading & leg course
Steering condition Active route name
Course difference & limit Rudder order & limit Rate of turn, unsafe turn rate Cross track distance & XTD limit To-Waypoint, TTG, DTG Next waypoint & leg course Message about route monitoring / track control
* To-Waypoint: the waypoint the own ship is heading for * TTG: time to go * DTG: distance to go
Press button on menu in the monitor mode to see further information of route monitoring or track control.
To-waypoint information
Plan: ETA based on the planned speed
Last waypoint information
Actual: ETA based on the current speed DTA: Distance to arrival TOA: Time of arrival ETA: Estimated time of arrival
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7.2 Entering Waypoints Directly on Chart Screen 7.2.1 Making Waypoints Show a chart area you make a route
Choose a file.
Make waypoints
1) Display a chart area you make a route on in the plan mode. 2) Choose top menu in the plan mode.
3) Choose
from the
tab.
4) Choose a route file in order of a group a file. Choose when you make a new route. Choose an existing file when you modify a route. 5) Press route. Press an existing route.
to make a new to modify
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Save the route
6) Name a route file when you make a new route button, b) --- a) Press Delete the letter ‘New Route’, c) Enter a new name. Press ENT on the operation panel or Enter key on the keyboard to fix the entry. NOTE The file name “New Route” is automatically given when you choose file. It is recommended to rename it.
7) Enter waypoint attributes (turn radius, reach, XTD limit, speed and leg type) on tab. These values are applied to the next waypoint, that is, a waypoint you are about to make. (See ‘7.4 Waypoint Attribute’ for the details of the waypoint attribute.) NOTE You change waypoint attributes respectively on the route table later.
8) Specify the first waypoint position on the chart screen, and mark appears there.
9)
The first waypoint
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9) When you move the cursor, a straight line which is called ‘leg’ is drawn to the cursor mark appears position from the WPT1. Specify the next waypoint position. there.
WPT1
WPT2
A leg: a straight line drawn from the waypoint
Leg
10) Make other waypoints following the procedure of 7) - 9). (You need to follow 7) only when you change the waypoint attributes for the next waypoint.) The moment one waypoint is entered, the route-check is automatically carried out. 11) When you finish entering the last waypoint, press button, and the pop-up window below which shows the route-check result appears on the menu. Press button on it to save the route. to see the details of the Press route-check result.
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When You Make a Waypoint outside the Current Chart Area When the cursor approaches the edge of the chart screen, you see the black arrow cursor ( ). Press ENT on the operation panel there with . The chart is scrolled and you see a chart area of the cursor direction.
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7.2.2 Moving a Waypoint 1) Make sure that you see icon pressed on the toolbar. If not, press it and then choose from the pulldown menu.
Add/Insert/Modify WPT
2) Place the cursor on a waypoint you like to move, and mark appears just on it. Press ENT on the operation panel, and changes to .
A waypoint you are about to move
3) Move the cursor to where you like and then press ENT to fix the position. NOTE The route-check is carried out as soon as a waypoint is moved.
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Moved waypoint
7.2.3 Inserting a Waypoint between 2 Waypoints 1) Make sure that you see icon pressed on the toolbar. If not, press it and then choose from the pulldown menu.
2) Place the cursor on a leg you like to insert a waypoint, and mark appears there. Press ENT on the operation panel, and mark appears and a waypoint is inserted.
Add/Insert/Modify WPT
A waypoint is inserted here.
NOTE. The waypoint numbers of the existing waypoints are automatically updated after inserting a waypoint.
3) Move the cursor to where you like and then press ENT to fix the position. Insert more waypoints following this procedure. NOTE The route-check is automatically carried out when a waypoint is inserted.
Move the inserted waypoint here.
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7.2.4 Adding a Waypoint to the First/Last Waypoint 1) Make sure that you see icon pressed on the toolbar. If not, press it and then choose from the pulldown menu.
Add/Insert/Modify WPT
2) Place the cursor on the first or last waypoint. mark appears just on it. When you move the cursor, a leg is automatically extended from there.
Specify the first or last waypoint.
3) Move the cursor to where you like and then press ENT on the operation panel to fix the position, and a waypoint is added. You can add more waypoints in this procedure. NOTE The route-check is automatically carried out when a waypoint is added.
Added waypoint
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7.2.5 Removing a Waypoint 1) Press icon on the toolbar and choose from the pulldown menu. Add/Insert/Modify WPT
2) Place the cursor on a waypoint you like to mark appears remove. just on it.
A waypoint you remove
3) Press ENT on the operation panel to complete removing. The waypoints IDs are updated.
NOTE The route-check is automatically carried out as soon as one waypoint is removed.
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7.3 Entering Waypoints LAT & LON 7.3.1 Making Waypoints Show a chart area you make a route
Choose a file.
Make waypoints by LAT&LON entry
1) Display a chart area you make a route in the plan mode. 2) Choose menu in the plan mode.
3) Choose
from the top
tab.
4) Choose a route file in order of a group a file. When you make a new route, choose . When you modify a route, choose an existing file. 5) Press route. Press an existing route.
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Save the route
6) Name a route file when you make a new , b) route --- a) press delete the letter ‘New Route’, c) enter a new name. Press ENT on the operation panel or Enter key on the keyboard to fix the entry. NOTE. The file name “New Route” is automatically given when you choose file. It is recommended to rename it.
7) Press table on the chart screen. 8) Choose empty data on it.
to show a route
tab on the route table. In making a new route, you see an
9) Enter waypoints attributes (turn radius, reach, XTD limit, speed and leg type) on tab. These values are applied to the waypoint you are about to make and waypoints after it, and not applied to the existing waypoints. (See ‘7.4 Waypoint Attribute’ for the details of the waypoint attribute.) NOTE You can change waypoint attributes respectively on the route table later.
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10) Press on the route table, and you see latitude and longitude of the center makes a new waypoint next to the of the current chart screen as WPT1. ( last one.) 11) Press LAT or LON button of the waypoint to correct the position by using the key-palette.
NOTE You see a waypoint on the chart screen at the same time as LAT/LON entry on the route table. 12) Make more waypoints following the procedure 9) - 11) above. (You need to follow 9) only when you change the attributes of the next waypoint.) The moment one waypoint is entered, the route-check is automatically carried out. 13) When you finish entering the last waypoint, press on the menu. A pop-up window below shows up. Press to on it to save the route. Press see the details of the route-check result.
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,
,
on the Route Table
...... Adds a waypoint to the last. ....... Adds a waypoint before the one you choose. ....... Removes a waypoint.
Finding a Relevant WPT between on the Chart and on the Route Table [ icon] 1) Show a route and its route table. icon on the toolbar and 2) Press then choose from the pulldown menu.
Add/Insert/Modify WPT
3) Choose a waypoint ID on the route table, and you see waypoint on the chart screen.
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close to the relevant
7.3.2 Moving a Waypoint Change LAT/LON of a waypoint to move. 1) Press a LAT/LON button of the waypoint you like to move on the route table. 2) Enter the appropriate value. Moving is completed. NOTE
The route-check is carried out every time a waypoint is made or modified.
WPT you are about to move
Change the LAT & LON by use of the key-palette.
7.3.3 Removing a Waypoint Choose a waypoint and then press
to remove.
Remove a WPT
1) Press a waypoint ID button you like to remove on the route table. 2) Press button on the route table, and the waypoint you choose is removed from the route.
WPT you are about to remove
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7.3.4 Inserting a Waypoint between 2 Waypoints Choose a waypoint ID and then press to add a new one in front of the waypoint you choose. For example, when you insert a waypoint between WPT A and WPT B, choose WPT B on the route table and , and a new waypoint is inserted then press between WPT A and WPT B (= added in front of WPT B).
Add a WPT before the one you choose.
1) Choose a waypoint ID which is in the back of the two on the route table. 2) Press on the route table, and a new waypoint is inserted in front of the waypoint you choose.
Choose WPT10 when you insert a waypoint between WPT9 and WPT10.
3) Choose the LAT/LON button of the inserted waypoint, and you see a key-palette. 4) Enter the appropriate LAT/LON by use of the key-palette to adjust the position. NOTE
The route-check is carried out every time a waypoint is made or modified.
Change the LAT & LON by use of the key-palette.
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7.3.5 Adding a Waypoint before the First Waypoint Choose the first waypoint ID and then press add a new one in front of the first waypoint.
to Add a WPT before the one you choose.
1) Press the first waypoint ID button on the route table.
Choose WPT1
2) Press on the route table to add a waypoint before the first one. You see a new waypoint at the center of the chart as a first one. 3) Enter the correct latitude & longitude to adjust the position using the key-palette. NOTE
The route-check is carried out every time a waypoint is made or modified.
Added WPT Change the LAT & LON by use of the key-palette.
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7.3.6 Adding a Waypoint to the Last Waypoint Press
to extend a route. Add a waypoint to the last.
1) Press
on the route table. A new waypoint is made as the last one.
2) Enter the correct latitude & longitude to adjust the position using the key-palette on the route table.
Added waypoint
Change the LAT & LON by use of the key-palette.
NOTE. The route-check is carried out every time a waypoint is made or modified.
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7.4 Waypoint Attribute Every waypoint has 5 attributes: turn radius, reach, XTD (cross track distance) limit, planned speed and leg type, and is made based on these values. You see them at tab. When you change at least one of them at tab while you are making a route, the changed value is applied to all waypoints you make after this. You change attributes for every waypoint on the route table. NOTE On the route table, every time a leg type button is pressed, the indication is changed to RL GC. The route-check is automatically carried out every time an attribute of a waypoint is changed
Straight leg Waypoint
Curved leg Turn radius
Reach
WOL (wheel over line)
WOP (wheel over point) A ship takes a rudder here. Own ship
XTD Limit (cross track distance limit) Own ship
Route
XTD (cross track distance)
Waypoint
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7.4.1 On the Menu You set waypoint attributes (turn radius, reach, XTD limit, planned speed and leg type) on tab on the menu. The values you set here are applied to the next waypoint you are making and waypoints after it, not to the existing waypoints.
Enter a reach, which is a distance between where the own ship takes a rudder and where it actually starts turning. Normally reach is supposed to be 2 to 2.5L. (L: length of the ship)
Turn radius
Cross track distance limit. Enter the limit for the route deviation.
Planned speed
Leg type (Rhumb line / Great circle)
Set the values of attributes with ✓ mark to all the waypoints on the route.
XTD Limit XTD: Cross track distance, A distance the own ship deviates from a route XTD limit: Limit value of a distance the own ship deviates from a route. When the own ship deviates from a route and goes out of a XTD limit during route monitoring or track control, ‘off track alarm’ is provided. When the route-check detects some danger on or around a route, relevant legs or waypoints are highlighted with red bold lines. You see a route-check result at , and tabs on a route table.
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7.4.2 On the Route Table You see attributes of each waypoint on the route table.
Waypoint attributes: turn radius, reach, XTD limit, planned speed and leg type (rhumb line / great circle). Press each value button to enter an appropriate value on the key-palette. ROT (rate of turn) is automatically calculated from radius and planned speed
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7.5 Route-Check To check danger on and around a route is called `route-check` and the system checks within XTD limit. Normally it is automatically carried out while you are planning a route and when you save it. Checking manually is available, too. Area where Route-check is Carried Out = XTD Limit XTD Limit (cross track Own
distance
Route
XTD (cross track
Waypoint
7.5.1 Carrying out Route-Check Manually 1) Choose a route file on the menu. When you do not see the route on the chart screen, press to show. 2) Press , and the route-check starts immediately. 3) When the route-check finishes, a pop-up window like the figure below appears on the to remove. Press menu. Press to see the details of the route-check result.
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7.5.2 Result of Route-Check As a result of the route-check, when some danger or areas you need to pay attention to is detected within XTD limits or when the waypoints arrangement is unsuitable for the navigation, the relevant legs are emphasized with red bold lines and you see detailed result of the route-check on a route-check window.
Route-Check Pop-up Window When the route-check is finished, the pop-up window to show a result appears on the menu. You see the result classified into 3 fields: dangers, cautions and geometry. When there is no problem, you see ‘OK’ on the pop-up window. When some danger is detected you see ‘Available’ as ‘dangers’. When some areas you need to pay attention to is detected you see ‘Available’ as ‘cautions’. Also, when the waypoints arrangement is unsuitable for the navigation, ‘Failed’ is shown as ‘geometry’. You see the details of these 3 classified results on the route-check window described below. NOTE When you see ‘Failed’ as the result of the geometry check, the route is unavailable for the track control though available for the route monitoring. When you start route monitoring or track control though the result of the route-check does not say ‘OK’ here, pay attention to danger detected by the route-check.
Legs Including Danger When some danger is detected within the XTD limit of the route, relevant legs are highlighted with red bold lines. A leg which some danger is included in, highlighted with red bold line
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Details of Route-Check Result You see details of the route-check result on the route-check window. Press on the pop-up window for the route-check (described in ‘7.5.1’) to see it. Danger is classified into 3 tabs of , and on it: dangerous objects are on tab, objects you should be cautious at tab and the tab. result of the waypoints arrangement check at
Dangers tab (An example of the cautions tab is omitted because it is similar to the dangers tab)
Geometry tab
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or tab on the route-check window, and you Choose one item at see details at tab. Press at the upper right corner of the window with one item chosen at or tab, and you see the relevant object with mark or the relevant area filled with pink. When you do not see the highlights, press to show. Press to clear the highlights.
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, you see whether the waypoints arrangement is suitable as a result of the At geometry check. When a waypoint is available as the result of the geometry check, ‘Passed’ is shown. When unavailable, ‘Failed’ and the reason are shown. Modify the route so that you do not see ‘Failed’ here.
NOTE When you see ‘Failed’ here, the route is unavailable for the track control though available for the route monitoring.
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7.6 ETA You see ETA for a planned route based on the planned time for departure. 1) Choose a route file at mode. 2) Press 3) Press table.
tab in menu for the plan . to show a route
4) Choose
tab on the route table.
5) Choose shown.
tab on the menu if it is not
6) Enter the planned time for departure at Departure Time on the menu. You see the departure time and ETA for each waypoint based on the entered time on the route table.
NOTE. The time indication follows which is chosen You can enter lay days if you have.
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or
on the system data
7.7 Reverse Route You make a reverse order of the waypoints. It is called ‘reverse route’. tab in menu in the plan mode to show a route on the chart screen.
1) Choose a route file at
2) Press
.
3) Press
at tab to show a reverse order of the waypoints.
NOTE When you save a reverse route, the original route file is overwritten. It is recommended to copy it before you make a reverse route.
Original route
Reverse route
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7.8 Reference Route You see existing routes for reference and that is available both in the plan mode and in the monitor mode. You see dark gray reference routes and up to 5 routes are shown at one time. from the
1) Choose top menu. 2) Choose
tab.
3) Choose a route file for reference in order of a group a file. You see a reference route on the chart screen. You can choose up to 5 routes for reference at one time. The file names are shown at Selected Routes.
All the reference routes shown on the chart screen disappear.
Original route (Pink)
Reference routes (Dark gray)
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Routes are displayed in different colors depending on route types. Routes in planning, modifying or just showing are pink, an active route, which is used for route monitoring or track control, is orange and reference routes are dark gray.
7.9
Route Memo
You make a route memo for reference. 1) Choose a route file on 2) Press
tab in for the plan mode. or
.
3) At Memo, enter a note or comment about the route. Whenever you choose the route file, you see it on the menu.
When you choose a route file, you see the note.
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7.10 Search Route Routes used for searching for someone or something are called search routes. There are 4 types of search patterns depending on search way --- parallel, square, trapezoid which is called ‘creeping’ and sector.
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7.10.1 Planning Search Routes The way of planning a search route is almost same as usual routes. The difference is that setting a search pattern first and then converting it into a usual route. Setting a Search Pattern
Show a chart area to plan a route
Choose a file.
Converting into a Route
Set a search pattern.
Save the pattern.
1)
Show a chart area for planning a search route in the plan mode.
2)
Choose the top menu in the plan mode.
3)
Choose
4)
Choose a route file in order of a group an empty file ( ).
5)
Press
from
tab.
button.
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Convert into a route
Save the route
6)
Choose tab. ‘New Route’ is automatically put as a file name. Rename it if necessary by pressing a file name button.
7)
Choose a search pattern from , and
8)
Two ways of entering a search pattern are available. One is… enter LAT & LON on the menu, and a search pattern appears on the position you entered. Another is… press
, .
Specify the position of a search pattern with the cursor on the chart.
Enter the position of a search pattern.
and then move the Detailed settings for the search cursor on the chart pattern. screen, and a search pattern is shown around the cursor position. Move the search pattern to the appropriate position and then press ENT on the operation panel to fix. 9)
Set the details of the search route --- course (start direction), direction, width, height, radius, track space, etc.
NOTE
The procedure 8) and 9) are reversible.
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Parallel search 索 Track space
Search area
Search pattern
Height (Search width) Start point & course
Width (Search direction)
Square search Width
Start point & course
Width
Search pattern
Search area
Track space
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Creeping (trapezoid) search End width Search area
Heigh Track space Start point & course
Start width NOTE In creeping (trapezoid) search, the course means the search direction not the start direction.
Sector search Track step Search area
Radius
Start point & course
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10) When you modify the search pattern later, on the menu. A pop-up press window for the route check appears and on it to save the search press pattern. That is all for making a search pattern. Move on to 11) when you apply it as a route.
11) Press on the right of the menu to go down and then press convert the search pattern to a route. NOTE
Once you press
to
, you can no longer change the search pattern.
12) Press on the menu again. The route check window appears. Press on it to save the search pattern as a route.
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7.10.2 Modifying Search Routes The search route is a kind of a usual route and the search pattern is just a pattern not a route, therefore, the way of modifying them is different.
Modifying a Search Route (After Applying as a Search Route) Once you press , the search pattern is converted into a route. The way of modifying a search route is same as that of a normal route. See ‘7.2 Entering Waypoints Directly on Chart’ or ‘7.3 Entering Waypoints LAT & LON’ about how to modify routes.
Modifying a Search Pattern (Before Applying as a Search Route) As long as you do not press on the menu, the search pattern is not recognized as a search route. When the search pattern is not applied as a route yet, follow ‘7.10.1 Planning Search Route’.
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7.11 Dealing with Files You can copy, delete, move and synchronize route files, change file group name, bring the route data through an external media such as a USB memory stick and take it out tab in in the plan mode. On this from ECDIS at ECDIS, bringing the route data through an external media is called ‘data import’ and taking it out from ECDIS is called ‘data export’. See ‘Chapter 12 Copying, Moving, Deleting, Synchronizing File’ for how to do them.
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CHAPTER 8 Navigating along a Route
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8.1 Route Monitoring and Track Control There are two ways of going along a route --- route monitoring and track control. (Track control is an optional function.) The route monitoring is that the own ship navigates along a planned route with monitoring both XTD (cross track distance) and approaching waypoints. In route monitoring, you need to set a course on Autopilot or steer manually whenever the own ship passes a waypoint. The track control is an automatic steering with a feedback of the own ship position, heading and speed to keep the XTD smaller so that the own ship could navigate exactly along a planned route while both it is going on a straight leg and making a turn. See the ‘operation manual for track control system’ for the details.
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8.2 Route Monitoring 8.2.1 Starting Route Monitoring Choose a route file.
Steer the own ship to the start point on the route.
Choose a start point on a leg.
Start route monitoring
1) Choose from the top menu in the monitor mode.
2) Choose
tab.
3) Choose a route file in order of a group a file. The route you chose is shown with a broken line on the chart screen. Press when you do not see it. 4) Steer the own ship to the start point on the route. (You can omit this procedure, but we recommend that you do.) 5) Press
.
Active Route A route that is being used for Route Monitoring or Track Control is called “active route”.
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6) When the cursor approaches around the position you like to start route monitoring on the route, an area recommended as a start point is highlighted. Specify a start position on the highlighted area. (You can select another position on the not-highlighted area on the route.) A temporary route and temporary waypoints (TWPT0, TWPT1) are created from the own ship position to the specified position.
Planned route
TWPT1 (Start point)
TWPT0
Temporary route, which connects the start point for the route monitoring with the own ship position
Highlighted area
7) Press . The temporary route and the planned route are immediately checked. When the route monitoring is available as a result of the route-check, route monitoring automatically starts. When the system detects some danger around the route, you see a red ‘Available’ or ‘Failed’ on a route-check pop-up window. Press on it to start the route monitoring after you check the danger. See ‘8.2.2’ when some danger is detected as a result of the route-check.
8) Change the Autopilot’s rudder order or set course for every waypoint to go along the route.
Safety Check during Route Monitoring A guard frame is useful for safety check during route monitoring. (See ‘17.6 Guard Frame’.)
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NOTE When route monitoring or track control starts, the name of an active route is indicated under the system data and the Autopilot condition is shown beside the active route name. When route monitoring starts, ECC (early course change) alert and ACC (actual course change) alert are provided at the specified time.
8.2.2 When Some Danger Detected around Route When some danger is detected as a result of the route-check, a route-check pop-up window showing that appears. You can start the route monitoring by pressing on it in spite of danger and you should watch danger carefully during it. When you press on it, the route monitoring does not start. When you press , the route-check window appears on a chart screen to show the detailed information gotten from the route-check. See ‘7.5.2 Result of Route-Check’ about how to see the route-check result..
8.2.3 Ending of Route Monitoring When the Own Ship Approaches the Final Waypoint When the own ship gets to the position where it takes the specified time to the final waypoint, ‘End of Track Alarm’ is provided. Press or ACK on the operation panel. When the own ship passes the final waypoint, the route monitoring automatically finishes. The route which had used for the route monitoring is shown in orange dotted line. Stop Route Monitoring on the Way Press the dented the way.
on the menu to stop the route monitoring on
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8.3 Information during Route Monitoring / Track Control 8.3.1 Route Information and Ship Condition During route monitoring, you see information about the active route and the own ship condition. Active Route Information During route monitoring / track control, press on the menu to see information about the active route.
To-waypoint information
Final waypoint information
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Own Ship Condition The following information is eternally shown under the system data during route monitoring / track control.
Set heading by Autopilot Course difference between heading and the leg course at present Rudder order. When the Autopilot steering mode is not NFU, rudder order is shown here. When it is NFU, “***.*” is shown. Rate of turn Cross track distance To-waypoint, which the own ship is headed for at present Next waypoint, which is a waypoint next to the To-waypoint
TTG: Time to go DTG: Distance to go
Message during route monitoring / track control
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8.3.2 ETA Press the route table.
on the menu to show ETA on
NOTE All waypoints’ ETAs are calculated based on the current ship speed (SOG). Arrival time is an estimated arrival time at each WOL (wheel over line).
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8.3.3 Wheel Over Line A line the ship actually starts a course change is called WOL (wheel over line). Press on the menu to switch on/off for a WOL of To-waypoint.
Own ship
WOL
To-waypoint
When the own ship crosses a WOL during route monitoring or track control, it disappears and the WOL for the next waypoint is shown.
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8.4 Safety Check and Alarm 8.4.1 Safety Check During route monitoring / track control, it is recommended that you should show the guard frame of the own ship. Without it, no alerts are provided to inform of danger but CPA/TCPA alarm. With showing it, when the own ship approaches danger (= when the guard frame crosses danger), an alarm/warning is provided. (See “17.6 Guard Frame”.) In track control, the safety check is automatically performed within a rectangle which is composed of the length of the guard frame and the width of XTD limit even if the guard frame is turned off.
WP
XTD Limit WP Guard frame length
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8.4.2 Alerts During Route Monitoring and Track Control Alerts peculiar to route monitoring and track control are as follows: ECC (Early Course Change) Provided when the own ship approaches a WOL before To-waypoint and comes to the ECC limit, which is defined on the alert window. ACC (Actual Course Change) Provided when the own ship approaches a WOL before To-waypoint and comes to the ACC limit, which is defined on the alert window. During track control, the own ship automatically makes a turn and goes along an active route regardless of acknowledgement of this alert. Off Track Provided when the own ship deviates from the route and the XTD (cross track distance) exceeds the limit. Course Difference Provided when the difference between the current leg course and the heading exceeds the limit, which is defined on the alert window. Low Speed Provided when the ship’s STW is lower than the limit, which is defined on the alert window. End of Track Provided when the own ship reaches the position which is before the set time to the final waypoint. (The set time is defined on the alert window.)
The all limits defined on the alert window should be set for the appropriate values according to the ship condition.
When a heading sensor or SGCS has trouble, the rudder is held and unavailable. See the Autopilot operator’s manual.
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8.5 Modifying Route during Route Monitoring / Track Control You can modify an active route except To-waypoint, next waypoint and passed waypoints in the monitor mode.
Own ship
To-waypoint
Waypoint possible to modify
Next-waypoint
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1) Choose top menu in the monitor mode.
2) Choose
tab.
3) Press 4) Press menu.
from the
. on the toolbar. You see a pulldown
Waypoint modifying icon
to add or insert a 5) Choose to waypoint. Choose remove a waypoint. How to modify a waypoint is same as modifying in the plan mode. You can modify any waypoints except To-waypoint, Next-waypoint and passed waypoints. 6) After modifying, press not to apply it.
to apply the modification or press
NOTE You cannot modify To-waypoint, Next-waypoint and passed waypoints on an active route. The modified route in the monitor mode is not saved on the system. You see a route table by pressing waypoints on it.
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but cannot modify
8.6 Temporary Route Display Off You make an active route invisible temporarily during route monitoring / track control. 1) Choose from the top menu in the monitor mode. 2) Choose
tab.
3) Press to make the active route invisible for about 10 seconds. NOTE Legs including danger as a result of the route-check are emphasized with red bold lines. Once you press to make the active route invisible and then when it gets back to the visible condition again, you see it without any red bold lines.
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CHAPTER 9 Navigation Record
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9.1 24-Hour Log and 3-Month Log Navigation record is a log which ECDIS keeps while working. It is stored divided into 2 types: 24-hour log and 3-month log.
9.1.1 24-Hour Log 24-hour log is divided into an active log which is a current day’s log and a history for the past 10 days that ECDIS worked. When the number of the history file is over 10, the oldest file is automatically removed from the system. You back up log files so that you could keep them as long as you like. Items for 24-Hour Log System Data ...... Logged every 10 seconds. tab - Time (UTC) - Position (LAT & LON, sensor source name, state) - Heading (Heading, sensor source name, state) - STW (Speed thorough water, sensor source name, state) - COG - SOG - UKC (Under keel clearance, sensor source name, state) - Wind direction, speed tab Autopilot Control Info. ...... Logged every 10 seconds, - Steering mode, set heading, rudder order, actual rudder Other Ships (Target) Info. . Logged every 10 seconds, & tabs - TTs (ID, position, COG, SOG, CRS, STW, distance and bearing from the own ship, CPA, TCPA, CPA/TCPA limit, association), Saved data of 10 TTs increasing order of distance from the own ship position. - Activated AIS targets (ID, ship name, MMSI code, position, COG, SOG, heading, distance and bearing from the own ship, CPA, TCPA, CPA/TCPA limit, association) Chart and Position Offset Info. Logged every 10 seconds, tab. - Chart source (Organization name) - Edition of the chart (File name and edition) - Date of the chart (Published date) - Chart cell - Updated history - Position offset (Offset value) - Active route ( Active route name, to-waypoint, leg course) tab Active Route Info. ............ - Active route name, to-waypoint, leg course, XTD Alert Info. ........... Logged whenever an alert is provided, tab - Alert ID, alert text, time (UTC), alert source, priority (A/W/C), action tab System Info........ Logged whenever an event happens, - Event (LOP, hourly report, screen view change, etc.), time - 244 -
9.1.2 3-Month Log 3-month log consists of the current month log and the past 3 months log. A log file over 3 months is automatically removed from the system. You back up log files so that you could keep them on the system as long as you like. Items for 3-Month Log Logged every 4 hours - Time (UTC) - Position, heading, STW, SOG, COG of the own ship - Autopilot steering mode
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9.2 Showing Log 1) Choose from the top menu in the plan or monitor mode. 2) Choose
tab.
3) Press current day’s log. Press
to see a
to see a 3-month log. When you see a past 24-hour log, choose one date from the history and then under it. press
Show today’s log
Show 3-month log
History of 24-hour log (for the past 10 days)
Show a log whose file you choose from the history.
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24-Hour Log , , , , and 24-hour log is shown classified into 5 tabs of on the log book window. Press to update an active log. New data is added to the top of the table. Press to change the time indication between UTC and LOC.
Own ship data is shown at
tab.
Update the active log. New data is added to the top of the table
Change the time indication between UTC and LOC
The color of the sensor kind means sensor condition by integrity check Green: normal Yellow: doubtful or corrupted data included Red: invalid
Autopilot condition TRACK STBY: A start waypoint is specified and just before track control is started TRACK: During track control While no track control is carried out, an autopilot steering mode is shown.
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Information during track control or route monitoring. When neither of them is carried out, asterisks (***) are shown.
TTs information is shown on
tab.
CRS: Course BRG: Bearing RNG: Range, Distance from the own ship
AIS target ID which is associated with
AIS targets information is shown on
tab.
TT ID which is associated with
BRG: Bearing RNG: Range, Distance from the own ship
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Information of the provided alerts is shown on
tab>
Time of alerts
Alert text Alert ID
Alert state
Equipment which an alert happened.
Distinction of alerts: alarm/warning/caution
System information is shown on
Equipment which an event happens on.
tab.
What the event is
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3-Month Log Only the own ship information is shown on 3-month log.
Autopilot condition TRACK STBY: A start waypoint is specified and just before track control is started TRACK: During track control While no track control is carried out, an autopilot steering mode is shown.
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9.3 Backup of Navigation Record 9.3.1 Making Backup File of 24-Hour Log and 3-Month Log The 24-hour log is stored for 10 days on the system and the 3-month log is stored for 3 months. Log files which such days passed are automatically removed from the system but you can back them up so that you could keep as long as you like. 1) Choose top menu in the plan mode. 2) Choose
from the
tab.
3) Choose an empty file in order of a group a file. 4) Press up a 24-hour log. Press
to back
to back up a 3-month log. You see a period as a file name or put in front of it. and
The period is shown as a file name. ... 24-hour log ... 3-month log
Make a backup file of an active log and history for 10 days. Make a backup file of 3-month log.
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9.3.2 Showing Backup Log You see backup logs and their file list. 1) Choose the top menu in the plan mode. 2) Choose
from
tab.
3) Choose a file in order of a group a file. 4) Press the chart screen.
to show a log on
Show all dates contained in a backup file you choose. Press the pressed [Show Files] button to return to the previous menu.
Show all log data contained in a backup file you choose.
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9.4 Playing Back Navigation Record You play back an active log and a backed up 24 hours log in the plan mode. from the top menu in the plan mode.
1) Choose 2) Choose
tab.
3) Press button to play back an active log. Press back a backed up log.
to play
, choose one 24 hours log file from the file list. The 4) When you press menu returns to the previous menu page. NOTE You distinguish an active log from a backup log by button name.
5) Enter start time and finish time if you need. 6) Press to start playing back. While the log is being replayed, you always see mark which shows ‘replaying’ on the top left corner of the chart screen, press at the bottom of the menu to see a log list, and you see mark in front of the each item on the system data.
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mark in front of the
is put on the system data while a log is being played back
is shown while a log is being played back
Own ship with past track
Press button during replaying to show a log book window. Press to highlight the currently replaying data in red on the log book window and to scroll the log automatically. When is not pressed, the log is not automatically scrolled.
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9.5 Screen Shot You take screen shots of ECDIS as a part of navigation record. One screen shot is saved in one file. Screen shot data is stored in a specified folder on the system. You take it out by saving it on an external media like a USB memory stick.
9.5.1 Taking Screen Shot Display an ECDIS screen you like and then press icon on the toolbar to take a screen shot. It is saved on the system at the same time. NOTE The screen shots are saved on a specified folder in the system. You can set the limit tab in the alert window. When the amount of of data capacity on the folder at the screen shots reaches the limit, a warning or indication is provided, but you can take more shots and they are saved. If your ship is equipped with VDR and while Radar images are being overlaid on the chart screen, icon on the toolbar is not available. However, the screen shot timer function is available. (For ECDIS EC-8000-A/8500-A, you can take screenshots even while Radar images are being overlaid.)
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9.5.2 Taking Shot Data Out You take out screen shot data from the system. 1) Insert an external media like a USB memory stick into the appropriate port. 2) Choose from the top menu in the monitor mode and then choose tab. 3) You see how many shots are saved on the system at Extract Screen shots on the menu.
. A pull-down list 4) Press for the drives/ports appears. 5) As soon as you choose an appropriate port, the system starts moving all the shot files saved on the system to the external media. You find them on \EC-8x00\ScreenShots on your media.
9.5.3 Screen Shot Timer You take screen shots periodically. While screen shot timer is turned on, you see icon as a screen shot icon on the toolbar. 1) Choose from the top menu in the monitor mode and then choose tab. 2) Press of Screen shot Timer to show a pull-down list. 3) Choose one interval. means that screen shot timer is turned off. The system automatically takes screen shots every time you set.
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9.6 Taking Out Navigation Record Files You copy, delete, move, synchronize navigation record files which are backed up and change file group name at tab in in the plan mode. You can take out navigation record files following the way of copying files. See ‘Chapter 12 Copying, Moving, Deleting, Synchronizing Files’.
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CHAPTER 10 Navline and No-Go Line/Area
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10.1 What are Navline and No-Go Line/Area? Navline is a navigational memo you enter directly on a chart screen and has 5 types of objects: mark, remark, text, line and area. no-go line/area is a line/area the own ship should pay attention to or should not go into. You draw a no-go line/area in the same way as navline and when the own ship guard frame gets it, an alert is provided. You draw navline and no-go line/area in both the plan and the monitor mode.
10.2 Drawing Directly on Chart Show a chart area you like
Choose a file.
Choose an item
Enter a navline or no-go line/area
1) Display a chart area you enter navline or no-go line/area in the plan or the monitor mode. 2) Choose the top menu.
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Save objects
3) Choose
tab.
4) Choose a file in order of a group a file. Choose when you draw new navline or new no-go line/area. Choose a file which includes data when you modify the existing data. NOTE The name of navline and no-go line/area files is automatically put and you are not allowed to rename.
5) Press 6) Choose
. one item , and
from ,
, ,
, .
Object list
7) Press to enter a new object. When you modify an existing object, choose it from the object list first and then . When you do not press see the object you are going to modify on the to show chart screen, press it with a red circle and an arrow.
8) Enter or modify navline or no-go line/area. (See further information in 10.3 and after.). 9) After entering/modifying, press
to save the data in the file.
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10.3 Mark There are 52 marks available on the chart.
10.3.1 Entering Marks 1) Choose a navline file following the procedure of ‘10.2 Drawing Directly on Chart’ and then on the menu. press 2) Press appears.
, and a mark list
3) Choose a mark from the mark list. Press on the right side of it to move the list up or or down.
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4) Specify a position you like to enter the mark on the chart screen. A dot appears on it. Repeat this to enter the same marks more. NOTE When you choose another mark from the mark list after one mark is entered, the new one replaces the already entered one. When you enter another mark after entering one kind of mark, save the data once and then start with pressing the previous menu. (See ‘10.3.1 Entering Mark - 2)’.)
5) Enter the mark name at Object Name under the mark list. You easily distinguish objects on the object list by this object name though it is not always necessary to be entered. to save the entered 6) Press mark. (Press on the list to cancel it.) The menu returns to the previous stage and you will see the entered mark on the chart and a mark group you entered at the center of the menu.
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The position you enter a mark.
on
10.3.2 Changing Marks 1) Display a mark you like to modify on the chart screen following the procedure ‘10.2 Drawing Directly on Chart’. 2) Press dot on the mark.
, and you see a red
Object list
Marks with red dots
3) Choose a new mark from the mark list. 4) Press to save the data. You see new mark(s) on the chart screen.
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10.3.3 Moving Mark 1) Display a mark you like to modify on the chart screen following the procedure ‘10.2 Drawing Directly on Chart’. 2) Press dot on the mark.
, and you see a red
Object list
Marks with red dots
3) Press
icon on the toolbar to choose from the pull-down menu. Modify metric icon
4) Place the cursor on a red dot you like to move, and on it. Press ENT on the operation panel to choose.
appears
5) Move the cursor to a new place and then press ENT. Move other dots if you need. 6) Press
to save the data. You see mark(s) on the new position.
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10.3.4 Removing Mark Individually Here describes how to remove a mark individually when one object group contains more than one mark. (See ‘10.9 Removing Navline and No-go Line/Area’ to remove a group of navline.) 1) Display a mark you like to modify on the chart screen following the procedure ‘10.2 Drawing Directly on Chart’. 2) Press dots on the marks.
, and you see red
Object list
Marks with red dots
3) Press
icon on the toolbar and then choose from the pull-down menu. Modify metric icon
4) Place the cursor on a red dot you like to remove, and appears on it. Press ENT on the operation panel to remove it. Remove other dots if you need. 5) Press
to save the data.
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10.4 Remark Remark is a mariner’s note which consists of one or more than one line.
10.4.1 Entering Remark 1) Choose a navline file following the procedure of ‘10.2 Drawing Directly on Chart’ and press on the menu. Object list
2) Press to enter a new remark, and the remark menu appears. When you modify the existing remark, choose a remark group from the object list first and then press to show the remark menu, and skip to 5). 3) Specify a point of the new remark on the chart screen. You see a black dot there.
The position you enter a remark
4) Enter a title of a mariner’s note at Remark and an object name. The title is shown on the chart screen and the object name is shown on the object list on the menu.
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5) Press , and a new line appears to enter a mariner’s note at Mariner’s Note. When you modify the existing mariner’s note, choose a line to modify. 6) Press the empty line and enter a mariner’s note. Repeat the procedure 5) Enter notes and 6) to enter more notes. here Press with the cursor on a line to remove. 7) Press to save the data. You see a remark title you entered as the object name on the object list on the menu and with the title which you entered as remark are shown on the chart screen.
The remark data you have entered is added on the object list.
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10.4.2 Moving Remark 1) Display a remark you like to modify on the chart screen following the procedure ‘10.2 Drawing Directly on Chart’. 2) Press remark.
to show a dot for the
Object list
3) Press
icon on the toolbar and then choose from the pulldown menu. Modify metric icon
New position
4) Choose the dot which stands for the remark, so that it could move with the mark and the cursor movement. ( remark title stay on the old position.) 5) Specify a new position on the chart screen. Old position
6) Press to save the data. You see the remark on the new position.
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10.5 Text You enter one line comment on the chart screen as ‘text’.
10.5.1 Entering Text 1) Choose a navline file following the procedure of ‘10.2 Drawing Directly on Chart’ and press on the menu.
Object list
2) Press when you enter a new text. When you modify the existing text, choose a text group from the object list and . then press
3) Specify a point you enter text or choose an existing text you modify on the chart screen. You see a black dot there. The point you enter text
4) Enter a text title at Remark which you will see on the chart, a note at Mariner’s note if necessary and an object name at Object Name which will be shown on the object list on the menu so that you could distinguish from the other data. 5) Press to save the data. You see a text, which you entered as Remark on the menu, on the chart screen.
Entered text
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10.5.2 Moving Text 1) Display a text you like to modify on the chart screen following the procedure ‘10.2 Drawing Directly on Chart’. 2) Press to show a dot which stands for a text on the chart screen.
Object list
3) Press
icon on the toolbar and then choose from the pulldown menu. Modify metric icon
4) Choose the dot which stands for a text, and you can move it with the cursor movement, though the text description stays on the old position.
New position
5) Specify a new position on the chart screen. to save the 6) Press data. You see it on the new position. Old position
10.6
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10.6 Line as Navline and No-go Line You draw both line as navline and no-go line in the same way and how to draw them is similar to making a route. In the monitor mode, when the own ship guard frame is ‘on’ and it gets to a no-go line, an alert is provided.
10.6.1 Drawing Line and No-go Line 1) Choose a navline file following the procedure of ‘10.2 Drawing Directly on Chart’ and press or on the menu. Object list
2) Press to enter new line or no-go line. When you modify the existing data, choose a line or no-go line group from the object list and then press .
3) Enter a line or no-go line name at Object Name if necessary. This is not shown on the chart screen but useful to distinguish from the others on the object list. < Line menu>
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5) Specify the first point of the line/no-go line on the chart. A dot is shown on the point and a line appears from the point with the cursor movement.
The first point and a line which moves with the cursor movement.
6) Specify the next point and more if you need.
7) After specifying the final point, press to save the data and fix the line. The menu returns to the previous stage and you see one object added in the object list.
No-go line
Object list
Line (Navline)
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10.6.2 Adding/Moving/Inserting Vertex 1) Display a line or no-go line you like to modify on the chart screen following the procedure ‘10.2 Drawing Directly on Chart’. 2) Press to show an emphasized line or no-go line.
Object list
3) Press
icon on the toolbar and then choose from the pulldown menu. Modify metric icon
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4) You see a new line drawn from one end. Adding a vertex before/after one end Place the cursor on one end and then move it, and you see a new line move with the cursor movement. Press ENT on the operation panel to fix the position.
New line drawn from one end
Moving a vertex Choose one vertex first and then move the cursor to the position you like. Press ENT on the operation panel to fix the position. New position
Old position
Inserting a vertex Specify a point just on a line/no-go line to insert a vertex and then move the cursor to the position you like. Press ENT on the operation panel to fix the position. New inserted point Old line
5) Press
to save the data. You see the modified line/no-go line.
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10.6.3 Removing Vertex from Line/No-go Line 1) Display line or no-go line you like to modify on the chart screen following the procedure ‘10.2 Drawing Directly on Chart’. 2) Press emphasized line/no-go line.
to show an
Object list
3) Press
icon on the toolbar and then choose from the pulldown menu. Modify metric icon
4) Choose a vertex you like to remove. Removing is completed. 5) Press save the data. You see the modified line/no-go line.
to
After removing
Before removing
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10.7 Area as Navline and No-go Area Area as navline and no-go area are drawn in the same way. In the monitor mode, when the own ship guard frame is ‘on’ and it gets to a no-go area, an alert is provided.
10.7.1 Drawing an Area and No-go Area 1) Choose a navline file following the procedure of ‘10.2 Drawing Directly on Chart’ and press or on the menu.
Object list
2) Press when you enter new area or no-go area. When you modify the existing data, choose one area or no-go area from the object list and then press .
3) Enter an area or no-go area name at Object Name if necessary. This is not shown on the chart screen but is useful to distinguish from others on the object list.
4) Choose the line width, line type and area type for navline area at Line width, Line type and Area type. Those for no-go area are fixed and you cannot choose. < Area menu >
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< No-go area menu >
5) Specify the first point of area/no-go area on the chart, and you see a dot on the point. A line appears from it and moves with the cursor movement.
The first point and a line which moves with the cursor movement
6) Specify 2 more points, and you see a triangle which consists of these 3 points and a line drawn from the last specified point. It moves with the cursor movement.
7) Specify a point just on one side of the triangle to add a new point. The point moves with the cursor movement. 8) Move it to the place you like and then press ENT on the operation panel to fix the position. 9) When you finish making the area, press to save the data. The menu returns to the previous stage and the area you made is added to the object list.
Object list Navline area
No-go area
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10.7.2 Moving and Adding Vertex to Area / No-go Area 1) Display area or no-go area you like to modify on the chart screen following the procedure ‘10.2 Drawing Directly on Chart’. 2) Press emphasized one.
to show an
Object list
3) Press choose
icon on the toolbar and then from the pulldown menu.
Modify metric icon
4) Moving a vertex Choose one vertex first and move the cursor to the position you like, and it moves with the cursor. Press ENT on the operation panel to fix the position
New position
Old position
Adding a vertex Choose one side of area/no-go area first and then one point is added. It moves with the cursor. Press ENT on the operation panel to fix the position.
Old side
New point
5) Press to save the data. You see the modified area / no-go area.
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10.7.3 Removing Vertex from Area / No-go Area 1) Display area or no-go area you like to modify on the chart screen following the procedure ‘10.2 Drawing Directly on Chart’. 2) Press to show an emphasized area / no-go area.
Object list
3) Press
icon on the toolbar and then choose from the pulldown menu. Modify metric icon
4) Specify a vertex you like to remove. Before removing
to 5) Press save the data. You see the modified area / no-go area.
After removing
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10.8 Latitude/Longitude Entry You can enter navline and no-go line/area by latitude and longitude. How to enter is same for all navline items and no-go line/area, and this section describes taking a navline mark as an example.
10.8.1 Entering Position by Lat/Lon 1) Choose a navline file following ‘10.2 Drawing Directly on Chart’ and then choose one item , , , from , , and . (Here describes taking a mark as an example.) 2) Press
.
3) Choose a mark from the mark list. . You see a menu to 4) Press enter latitude and longitude.
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5) Press . You see latitude and longitude of the center position of the chart screen as ID 1 on the menu and a small black circle at that position on the chart screen.
6) Press a value button of latitude or longitude, and you see a key-palette just under it. Change latitude and longitude value. (Don’t forget to press on the key-palette to fix the value at the end.) The black circle on the chart moves at the same time as changing latitude and longitude. 7) When you enter another point (another same mark), press . The same latitude and longitude value as ID 1 is added as ID 2 on the menu. Change the latitude and longitude value following the procedure 6) to move the position. You can add more points or marks in this way. 8) When you finish entering, press to save the data. The menu returns to a menu for choosing a navline item. Press the pressed [LAT/LON] button, and the menu goes back to the previous menu.
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10.8.2 Adding, Inserting and Removing Position 1) Display a navline or a no-go line/area you are going to modify on the chart screen following the procedure ‘10.2 Drawing Directly on Chart’. Here describes taking a navline mark as an example. 2) Press 3) Press
. , and you see a position list on the menu.
4) Adding a Position a) Choose an ID, and it is highlighted. b) Press , and a new point is added/inserted next to the ID you chose. (e.g. When you choose ID 1, a new point is added/inserted as ID2.) Removing a Point a) Choose an ID, and it is highlighted. b) Press , and the point you chose is removed. 5) When you finish modifying, press to save the data.
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10.9 Removing Navline and No-go Line/Area Here describes how to remove an object group(s) from the object list. 1) Display navline or no-go line/area on the screen following the procedure of ‘10.2 Drawing Directly on Chart’ and choose one item from , , , , , and . 2) Choose one object group from the object list. 3) Press the object list.
to remove it. Press
to remove all the objects on
Object list
Press to remove all the object groups from the list.
Press to remove only one object group from the list.
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10.10 Watching by No-go Line/Area When the own ship guard frame gets across a no-go line/area, an alert is provided to inform of danger is close to the own ship. Watching by no-go line/area is only available both when a no-go line/area is displayed on a chart and when the guard frame is ON.
10.10.1 Start Watching by No-go Line/Area 1) Display a chart you like on the screen in the monitor mode. from the top menu in the monitor mode.
2) Choose 3) Choose
tab.
4) Choose a file you like in order of a group a file. You see a no-go line/area on the chart screen. to go back to the top menu in 5) Choose the monitor mode. 6) Choose the top menu in the monitor mode. 7) Choose
from
tab.
8) Press , and you see a guard frame around the own ship symbol and watching by no-go line/area starts. 9) Set the guard frame size seeing ‘17.5 Guard Frame’.
10.10.2 Stop Watching by No-go Line/Area Cancel the selection of the no-go line/area file in the monitor mode to stop watching by no-go line/area.
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10.11 Getting Information of Navline & No-go Line/Area You see detailed information of navline and no-go line/area you entered with on the toolbar.
1) Press
icon
icon on the toolbar.
2) Choose a remark or a no-go line/area on the chart screen. An object information window appears. 3) You see an item beginning with ‘Mariner’s’ for navline and an item beginning with tab. Specify an item of navline or ‘Prohibited’ for a no-go line/area on no-go line/area, and you see detailed information of it on tab on the right. Press
to clear highlighted.
When you do not see the relevant object on the current chart screen even though pressing , press to jump to it and highlight with . Press after choosing an item on and the relevant object is highlighted with
tab, .
Detailed information Terms describing Navline and No-go Line/Area Mariner’s marks aggregation: mark Mariner’s notebook: remark Mariner’s text: text Mariner’s line: line Mariner’s area: area Prohibited line: no-go line Prohibited area: no-go area
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10.12 Collating Object on between Object List and Chart There are 2 ways of finding an object --- finding from the chart and from the object list.
10.12.1 Which Object Group Corresponds to Object on Chart? 1) Choose a navline file following the procedure ‘10.2 Drawing Directly on Chart’. 2) Choose one item from and
,
,
,
,
,
.
3) Specify one object group from the object list. 4) Press
.
5) You see the object(s) highlighted with a red circle and a white to arrow ( ) on the chart screen. Press clear highlighted. NOTE When the guard frame is ‘on’, such highlight might disappear soon. To prevent from that, it is recommended that the guard frame should be ‘off’ when you highlight an object.
10.12.2 Which Object on Chart Corresponds to Object Group? 1) Choose a navline file following the procedure ‘10.2 Drawing Directly on Chart’. 2) Choose one item from and 3) Press menu.
,
,
,
,
,
.
icon on the toolbar and then choose
from the pulldown
4) Specify an object on the chart screen. You see a relevant object highlighted on the object list.
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10.13 Eternal Display of Navline and No-go Line/Area Usually the data you entered is shown only when the file is chosen, but you can make navline and no-go line data visible or invisible by and even in when you do not choose the file. The data which can be eternally shown has front of the file button and also the data saved in the group is eternally shown regardless of pressing .
1) Choose
from the top menu and then
tab.
2) Choose a file. 3) Press the file button. Press from the file button.
to make the data eternally visible. is put in the front of to make it invisible. disappears
Files which are eternally shown
The data in group is eternally shown regardless of pressing . Press to make the chosen file invisible but it is automatically shown again when you start ECDIS next time. Groups except for can be set ‘show / hide’ as you like.
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10.14 Dealing with Files You copy, remove, move and synchronize navline and no-go line/area files, change file group name and bring navline and no-go line/area data used on the old type of Tokyo Keiki ECDIS through an external media like a USB memory stick, (which is called ‘data import’) at tab in both in the monitor mode and in plan mode. See ‘Chapter 12 Copying, Moving, Deleting, Synchronizing File’ for the details.
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CHAPTER 11 Critical Point
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11.1 What Does Critical Point Mean? You can put a mark on a point where you should pay attention to around a route. These marks are called ‘critical point’ (CPT). When the own ship gets closer to a CPT, an alert is provided during route monitoring or track control. You save CPTs in a route file with route data. When a route including CPTs is active, you see both the route and CPTs on the chart screen.
11.2 Entering Critical Point Directly on Chart Screen Show a route.
Enter CPTs
11.2.1 Making Critical Points from the
1) Choose top menu in the plan mode.
2) Choose a route file you like to make critical tab. points (CPTs) on 3) Press
.
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Save the route file
4) Choose icon on the toolbar and from the then pulldown menu. Edit CPT
5) Specify a point you make a CPT on the chart screen, and a CPT symbol appears there. Make more CPTs in this procedure. Every CPT has an ID number.
CPTs
6) Press to save CPTs in the route file. Press to cancel the created ones without saving.
When You Make a CPT outside the Current Chart Area When the cursor gets closer to the edge of the chart screen, a black arrow cursor ( ) appears. Press ENT on the operation panel with the cursor on the point so that you could see a chart area of the cursor direction.
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11.2.2 Moving a Critical Point 1) Display critical points (CPTs) following the procedure ‘11.2.1 Making Critical Points’. 2) Choose icon on the toolbar and then choose from the pulldown menu. Edit CPT
3) Place the cursor on a CPT ( ). You just on it and then press ENT on the operation panel to specify. see 4) Move the cursor to the point you like. The press ENT to fix the position.
moves with the cursor, too. Then
CPT you are going to move
Moved here
11.2.3 Removing a Critical Point 1) Display critical points (CPTs) following the procedure ‘11.2.1 Making Critical Points’. 2) Choose icon on the toolbar and from the then choose pulldown menu. Edit CPT
3) Place the cursor on a CPT ( see just on it.
). You
4) Press ENT on the operation panel to remove it.
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11.3 Entering Critical Point LAT & LON 11.3.1 Making Critical Points Show a route table
Enter CPT LAT & LON
1) Choose menu in the plan mode.
from the top
2) At tab, choose a route file you like to make critical points (CPTs). 3) Press
.
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Save the route file
4) Press window.
5) Choose
to show a route
tab in the route table.
in the upper right of the route window to 6) Press make/add a CPT. You see CPT1 data in the route table and its mark ( ) is shown on the chart screen. 7) Enter the appropriate LAT & LON in the route table. Add more CPTs following the procedure 6) – 7) .
8) When you finish entering, press
to save the data.
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11.3.2 Moving a Critical Point Change latitude/longitude value in the route table to move a critical point (CPT). 1) Choose a route file which covers CPT(s) you like to modify and then show a route window, following the procedure ‘11.3.1 Making Critical Point’. 2) Press
tab in the route window.
3) Enter the appropriate LAT and LON. When you finish entering, you see the CPT on the new position. 4) Press
on the menu to save the route file.
11.3.3 Removing a Critical Point 1) Choose a route file which covers CPT(s) you like to modify and then show a route window, following the procedure ‘11.3.1 Making Critical Point’. 2) Press
tab in the route window.
3) Choose a CPT ID in the route window. 4) Press 5) Press
on the top right of it to remove. on the menu to save the route file.
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11.4 Critical Point Attribute There are time and distance as an attribute for critical point (CPT). When the own ship gets to the time/distance limit, an alert is provided during route monitoring or track tab on the menu control. You set the time/distance and the limit value at and also change them respectively in the route window.
11.4.1 On the Menu You set CPT attributes (time, distance) at tab on the menu. The values you set here are applied to the next CPT you make and ones after it.
Choose or as a criterion for alerts.
Enter the time or distance limit. When the time/distance to a CPT is within the limit, the system informs of it sounding alert.
Set all CPTs attributes to the indicated value.
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11.4.2 On the Route Window You see attributes of each critical point (CPT) in the route table.
Press a ‘value’ button to change the value.
Whenever you press a ‘type’ button, the indication changes and between .
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11.5 CPT Approaching Alert When the own ship approaches a CPT and when the time/distance is within the set value, an alert is provided. Specifically, you draw a line Required time or perpendicular to the current leg distance from a CPT and when the estimated time/distance to the line is equal to the set value or less than it, a CPT approaching alert is provided. A line perpendicular to the current leg from the CPT
Enter a CPT name. Enter an alert message.
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Finding a Relevant CPT between on the Chart and In the Route Table 1) Show a route table and then press
tab in it.
icon on the toolbar and 2) Press then choose from the pulldown menu.
Edit CPT
3) Place the cursor just on a CPT and then press ENT on the operation panel to choose. You see on it and close to it. The relevant CPT ID is highlighted on the route table.
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CHAPTER 12 Copying, Moving, Deleting, Synchronizing Files
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12.1 Copying Files You copy files of route, navline, no-go line/area and navigation record. 1) Insert a USB memory stick in an appropriate port, if needed. 2) Choose , from the top menu in the plan mode, and then choose 3) Choose screen. 4) Press
or tab.
, and the file operations window appears on the chart at ‘From’ and choose an appropriate drive or port.
········ System ········ CD/DVD ········ USB memory stick ········ Remote ECS
5) Choose a file in order of a group a file.
6) Press be saved in.
at ‘To’ and choose a drive or port which the file will
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7) Choose an empty file from the file list at ‘To’ in order of a group a file. If you choose a file which contains some data here, it is overwritten.
An empty file you chose
8) Press at the center of the list to copy the file. You see a message window to tell that the file copying is completed, and press in it.
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12.2 Moving Files You move files of route, navline, no-go line/area and navigation record. 1) Insert a USB memory stick in an appropriate port, if needed. , 2) Choose from the top menu in the plan mode and then choose 3) Choose screen.
or tab.
, and a file operations window appears on the chart
at ‘From’ and choose an appropriate drive or port. 4) Press (The drive configuration differs depending on the system.)
······· ······· ······· ·······
System CD/DVD USB memory stick Remote ECS
5) Choose a file in order of a group a file.
6) Press at ‘To’ and choose an appropriate drive or a port which the file will be moved to.
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7) Choose an empty file from the file list at To in order of a group a file. If you choose a file which includes some data here, it is overwritten.
A file you chose
8) Press at the center of the list to move the file. You see a message window to tell that the file moving is completed, and press in it.
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12.3 Removing Files You remove files of route, navline, no-go line/area and navigation record. 1) Insert a USB memory stick in an appropriate port, if needed. 2) Choose , from the top menu in the plan mode and then choose 3) Choose screen.
or tab.
, and a file operations window appears on the chart
at ‘From’ and choose an appropriate drive or port. 4) Press (The drive configuration differs depending on the system.)
······· System ······· CD/DVD ······· USB memory stick ······· Remote ECS
5) Choose a file in order of a group a file.
6) Press button at the center of the list to remove the file. You see a message in it. window to tell that the file removing is completed, and press
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12.4 Synchronizing Data Files You synchronize files of route, navline, no-go line/area and navigation record between Main ECDIS, Backup ECDIS and Remote ECS(es). There are two types of synchronizing files: synchronizing each group and synchronizing all files at one time. NOTE The synchronizing overwrites the existing data files and you do not find them after it is completed.
12.4.1 Group Synchronizing 1) Insert a USB memory stick in an appropriate port, if needed. 2) Choose , from the top menu in the plan mode, and then press 3) Choose chart screen.
or tab.
, and a file operations window appears on the
at ‘From’ and choose an appropriate drive or port. 4) Press (The drive configuration differs depending on the system.)
······· ······· ······· ·······
System CD/DVD USB memory stick Remote ECS
5) Choose a group you like to synchronize at ‘From’. 6) Press
at ‘To’ and choose an appropriate drive or port.
7) Choose an empty group at ‘To’. If you choose a group which includes at least one file, it is overwritten by synchronizing.
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8) Press (upper button at the center of the file list) to synchronize the group. You see a message window to tell that the synchronizing is completed, and press in it. NOTE
Synchronizing overwrites the existing files on the receiving system.
12.4.2 All Data Synchronizing 1) Insert a USB memory stick in an appropriate port, if needed. , 2) Choose from the top menu in the plan mode, and then press 3) Choose the chart screen. 4) Press
or tab.
, and the file operations window appears on at ‘From’ and choose an appropriate drive or port.
······· ······· ······· ·······
5) Press
System CD/DVD USB memory stick Remote ECS
at ‘To’ and choose an appropriate drive or port.
(lower button at the center of the file list) to synchronize all data files. 6) Press You see a message window to tell that the synchronizing is completed, and press in it NOTE Synchronizing overwrites the existing files on the receiving system. Data is not synchronized from one drive to another on the same system.
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12.5 Exporting Route Data You save ECDIS route data on another media like a USB memory stick and it is called ‘route data exporting’. When you export route data, it is converted to CSV format.
1) Insert a USB memory stick in an appropriate drive. 2) Choose choose 3) Choose screen.
from the top menu in the plan mode and then tab. . You see a file operations window on the chart
4) Make sure that route file in order of a group a file.
is chosen at From, and then choose a
5) Choose a drive or port at To. (Also choose a folder and a file if necessary.)
Choose a folder and a file if necessary.
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6) Choose as a file format on the lower right corner of the file operations window. Choose [EC-6000 format] here to save the route data in the format of the old type of Tokyo Keiki ECDIS.
7) At File, you see a file name you are going to export on the lower right. Rename it if you need. When you enter or choose the same name as the existing route file, it is overwritten.
8) Press button at the center of the window to export. You see a message in it. window to tell that the route data exporting is completed, and press
Exporting Format for Route Data ECDIS route data can be exported in the format of the old type of Tokyo Keiki ECDIS (EC-6000(-ED3) and EC-5000), in Microsoft EXCEL® format, and in the CSV format. Exporting in the EXCEL® format is only available on remote ECS which EXCEL® is installed on. Choosing Export Format In the exporting procedure 6) above, choose type of Tokyo Keiki ECDIS, for the CSV format, for the EXCEL® format.
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for the old
12.6 Importing Route Data and Navline Data You bring route data in CSV format and navline data which entered on the old type of Tokyo Keiki ECDIS into this ECDIS. This is called ‘data-importing’. The data you are importing should be saved on an external media like a USB memory stick. When you import route data, it is converted to the Tokyo Keiki ECDIS format first and then saved on your ECDIS. The navline data format you can import is ‘.dat’. NOTE You cannot import route data to ECDIS directly from remote ECS and other equipment, so you need to copy a route to an external media once before importing.
1) Choose choose
from the top menu in the plan mode and then tab.
2) Choose chart screen.
, and a file operations window appears on the
3) At From, choose a drive and a folder which includes data you are going to import. Specify a drive
Choose a folder
as a route file format 4) When you import a route data, choose at the bottom of the file operations window, and then choose a file you are going to import. When you import a route data of the old type of Tokyo Keiki ECDIS, choose . When you import navline data, choose . After choosing a data format, choose a file you are importing.
Choose a file
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5) At ‘To’ choose an empty file in order of a group a file. If you choose an existing file, it is overwritten.
A file you chose
6) Press button at the center of the file operations window to import. You see a message window to tell that the data importing is completed, and press in it. The route file, navline and no-go line/area file you chose is converted to the ECDIS format and then the data importing is completed.
Importing Route Data in EXCEL® format [Function limited to remote ECS] Remote ECS which the Microsoft EXCEL® is installed on can import a route data in the EXCEL® format. ECDIS cannot import it.
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12.7 Changing Group Name You change a file group name of route, navline, no-go line/area and navigation record. , 1) Choose from the top menu in the plan mode and then choose 2) Choose chart screen.
or tab.
, and a file operations window appears on the
3) Choose a group you change a name.
4) Press a group name button on the left of the file operation window, and a key board appears. Enter a new group name and then press Enter key on it to fix at the end. You see the new name on the group name box and the key board disappears.
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5) Press
button at the center of the window to apply the name.
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CHAPTER 13 Radar Image
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13.1 On/Off for Radar Image Turn on RADAR on the operation panel to overlay Radar images on the chart screen. Every time you press RADAR, you change on/off for Radar images.
Own ship
Azimuth circle
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13.2 Choosing Radar When you overlay Radar images on the ECDIS screen, you choose an image source from Radar No.1 and No.2. 1) Choose from the top menu in the monitor mode and then choose tab. 2) Choose or . On ECDIS you see an image from Radar you chose. NOTE You only see Radar images in the monitor mode. Radar image is shown based on the Radar antenna position, not based on the conning position.
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13.3 Adjusting Radar Image 13.3.1 Range Adjustment The Radar range is automatically adjusted on ECDIS harmonizing Radar and you make sure it tab in at Radar Ranges on menu in the monitor mode. When it is not same between ECDIS and Radar (this might happen when your Radar model is old), adjust it on this menu, choosing the same range as Radar from the pull-down list at Radar Ranges on the menu. (Available Radar range is 0.125, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1.5, 3, 6, 12 and 24.)
13.3.2 Gain, Rain, Sea You adjust gain, rain and sea with GAIN, RAIN and SEA controls on the operation panel. GAIN......... Adjust the receiving sensitivity for Radar image. RAIN ......... Remove the rain/snow clutter because the image of rain, snow and fog may hide targets. When there is no rain or snow clutter, turn RAIN knob fully to the left. SEA .......... Adjust the clutter by the surface of the sea because it may cause the difficulty of targets distinction.
Be cautious of tuning gain, rain and sea controls, or it may cause a collision. Too low/high level of gain, rain and sea may miss targets or may cause the late detection of targets. When echo of rain or snow is strong, targets may not be distinguished on the Radar image even if gain, rain and sea are tuned. In this case, take safe measures such as reducing sailing speed immedeiately to avoide a sea disaster.
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13.3.3 Radar Interference Cancellation There are 4 levels to get rid of Radar interference on a Radar image. Choose the level from 0 – 3 as RIC at Digital Filters on tab in menu in the monitor mode. ‘0’ means ‘none’ and ‘3’ is the highest.
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13.4 Radar Condition The condition of Radar you chose at Radar on tab is shown at Radar Status. If ‘abnormal’ is shown here, it means a Radar signal error and Radar images are not shown on ECDIS. NOTE The Radar condition display is divided into upper and lower parts. For ECDIS EC-8100/8600, you only see the lower part and for ECDIS EC-8000-A/8500-A, both is shown.
13.5 Relation between Radar Antennas and Monitor The relation between 2 Radar antennas and 2 Radar monitors is indicated at RADAR Inter Switch on the menu. (This is only available when the Radar inter-switch is installed.)
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13.6 Echo Trails You see echo trails when Radar images are overlaid on the ECDIS screen. from the 1) Choose top menu in the monitor mode and then choose tab. 2) At Trail, choose trails.
to show echo
Reset echo trails Threshold means the strength of Radar echo to show echo trails. Choose from 1 to 255. When you set big value, the trails are only shown for stronger echoes, and when you set smaller value, they are shown for weak echoes as well.
Choose the display motion.
or
Set the length of echo trails by time (minute).
as
AIS targets with echo trails
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CHAPTER 14 EBL and VRM
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14.1 EBL/VRM On and Off EBL (electronic bearing line) and VRM (variable range maker) are shown in pairs on this ECDIS. Press EBL or VRM on the operation panel to show a pair of EBL/VRM. Every pressing either of them makes it turned on/off. The EBL direction and the VRM size are changed with each control dial on the operation panel. This ECDIS shows 2 pairs of EBL/VRM. NOTE The display position of EBL/VRM is fixed on a geographical position of a chart, not fixed on the screen.
14.2 VRM VRM has 3 types: circle, line, parallel lines. A bearing circle is shown with the chart scale 1/300,000 and over, a line is shown with the chart scale less than 1/300,000, and parallel lines are shown regardless of the chart scale. You need to press VRM dial to show parallel lines. Press it again to return to the previous VRM type.
Scale less than 1/300,000
Scale 1/300,000 and over
Parallel lines
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14.3 EBL There are two types of showing EBL: rhumb line and great circle. from the 1) Choose top menu in the monitor mode and then choose tab. 2) Choose Type.
or
at EBL
Great circle EBL
Rhumb line EBL
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14.4 EBL/VRM Information The information of EBL/VRM 1 is shown at the lower left on the chart screen and EBL/VRM 2 is at the lower right. When two pairs of EBLs/VRMs are shown on the chart screen, the information of the active one is highlighted.
EBL/VRM 2
EBL/VRM 1
EBL/VRM 1 information Highlighted because EBL/VRM 1 is active.
EBL/VRM 2 information
Changing Active EBL/VRM When two pairs of EBLs/VRMs are shown and EBL/VRM1 is active, the EBL/VRM1 information is highlighted. Press EBL2 or VRM2 on the operation panel to make EBL/VRM2 active. You see the EBL/VRM2 information highlighted. When you press EBL or VRM which is active, the EBL/VRM disappears.
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14.5 EBL Offset Normally EBL/VRM is displayed from the own ship symbol position, but EBL offsetting can change the displaying position of it. 1) Press EBL 1 / VRM 1 or EBL 2 / VRM 2 on the operation panel to show a pair of EBL/VRM. 2) Press EBL dial on the operation panel, and the cursor shape changes to
.
3) Specify a position on the chart with cursor. You see the EBL/VRM displayed from the specified position. Press the EBL dial again to cancel EBL offset, and the EBL/VRM returns to the own ship position.
NOTE When you scroll a chart or change a chart display area after an EBL offsetting, the EBL/VRM is shown from the offset position on the screen.
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CHAPTER 15 LOP
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15.1 What Does LOP Mean? A LOP (line of position) is a line which is drawn based on both the position of an observable chart object which is already known and the bearing or distance from the own ship position to the object. It is useful to estimate the own ship position when GPS is unavailable. An intersection of more than one line is regarded as the own ship DR position.
15.2 Making LOP 1)
In the monitor mode, specify a chart object you pay attention to so that it would be shown on the center of the chart screen.
2)
Choose the top menu in the monitor mode.
3)
Choose in the Position frame at the lower side of the menu. You see a LOP window on the chart screen.
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4)
Make sure that tab is chosen in the LOP window and the chart object , and you see you specified is at the center of the chart screen. Press LAT and LON of the position you specified in 1) above.
LAT & LON of the center position of the chart screen
5)
Enter a bearing or distance from the own ship position to the chart object you specified 1) above. You see a line as LOP on the chart screen. When the own ship speed or vector is available, the LOP moves following the own ship movement and is shown with a broken line.
LOP
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15.3 Removing LOP 1)
Choose a LOP you like to remove from the LOP window.
2)
Press
button to remove.
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15.4 Estimating Position by LOP When you enter more than one LOP at information of LOPs’ intersection at position.
tab in the LOP window, you will get tab. You can use it as the own ship DR
1)
Choose tab in the LOP window. When you made more than one LOP, you see information of the LOPs’ intersections.
2)
Choose one position you think more suitable for a predicted own ship position at Sources on the list, and an EP mark appears on it. It is used as the own ship DR position.
Press one position to apply as a DR position.
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NOTE Press in the system data to make sure the DR position.
Estimation of the Own Ship Position [1] The position of an observable chart object and either bearing and distance from the own ship to it have been already known. At in the LOP window, make 2 LOPs. Enter the bearing for one LOP and the distance for another. At , choose information created by these 2 LOPs.
X
[2] The positions of three chart objects and their bearings from the own ship have been already known. At in the LOP window, make 3 LOPs. Enter the bearings for 3 LOPs respectively. A triangle by the 3 LOPs is created and the barycenter of it is regarded as an estimated position of the own ship. At , choose information by these 3 LOPs.
[3] The positions of three chart objects and two bearings and one distance from the own ship have been already known. in the LOP window, make 3 LOPs. At Enter two bearings and one distance respectively. A sector by the 3 LOPs is created. Decide one point from three points as an estimated position of the own ship. At , choose the intersection information from two LOPs you chose.
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CHAPTER 16 Navigational Information
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16.1 MOB: Man Overboard If a man were to fall overboard, you find where he is in the sea and how far he is away from the own ship by [MOB] function.
on the toolbar as 1) Press soon as you got the information that someone fell overboard.
2) An MOB mark ( ) appears on the own ship position of when button is pressed and a MOB window which gives information of the man overboard appears on the chart screen.
Period elapsing between pressing and now
Position of MOB ( position on a chart) Time to (Calculated based on the actual ETA to
Press after entering the estimated set & drift to see the estimated position of the MOB ( ) based on the set & drift.
True bearing to Distance to from the own ship
Cancel the MOB function Enter the estimated set and drift if needed. (Usually they are automatically entered referring the set & drift values for the own ship.
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16.2 Anemometer You see the information from the anemometer. (This is optional.)
1) Choose top menu in the monitor mode.
from the
2) Choose for Anemometer. You see an anemometer window.
Choose or as an anemometer indication.
Choose or of the wind speed.
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as a unit
16.3 Echo Sounder You see the information from the echo sounder. (This is optional.)
1) Choose the top menu in the monitor mode.
from
2) Choose for Echo Sounder. You see an echo sounder window which shows the depth at the own ship position.
The red broken line stands for the limit for the depth under keel
The blue area stands for the depth at that time.
The vertical axis stands for the depth (m). Press button on the echo sounder window to change the depth range between 0-200 and 0-50. The horizontal axis stands for the elapsed time (min).
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16.4 Propeller Revolution Counter You see the information from the propeller revolution counter. (This is optional.)
1) Choose the top menu in the monitor mode.
from
2) Choose for Revolution Counter, and a revolution counter window which indicates the revolution speed and pitch of the propeller appears on the chart screen.
This indication is based on the information from the connected propeller revolution counter. When the information is invalid, you see no indicator and the center part of the meter and the numerical indication are shown in red. When the information is doubtful, they are indicated in yellow. When your ship has 2 propeller shafts, the propeller revolution meters of both starboard side and port side are shown. Also, when the propeller pitch is variable, the meter for it is shown.
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CHAPTER 17 Alert
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17.1 Alerts Provided on ECDIS Alarms, warnings and cautions are collectively called “alerts”. When an alert is provided, you see alert information on the bottom right of the screen and the detailed information in the alert window by pressing on the screen. When a warning or alarm is provided and not acknowledged for 30 seconds, the warning escalates to an alarm and the alarm escalates to a backup navigator alarm. Some of alerts do not escalate and are provided again. When a caution is provided and not acknowledged for 30 seconds, it is neither escalated nor provided again. Alerts provided on navigational equipment are classified into categories which are defined in the international standard. When an alert happens on one device on your ship, it is indicated and goes off on other equipment, too, and you can acknowledge it on every device except for the category-A alerts. The category-A alerts can be acknowledged only on a device which they are generated on. For example, when CPA/TCPA alert which is one of the category-A alerts is provided on ECDIS, the alert is indicated and sounds on every device on your ship but it can be acknowledged only on ECDIS. If you try to acknowledge it on other devices, that is refused. When a category-A alert is provided on Autopilot, the alert is indicated and goes off on every device but it can be acknowledged only on Autopilot, cannot on ECDIS. See ‘Appendix 3 Alert List’ for the details of the alert escalation and category.
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Category-A Alerts Provided on ECDIS The following alerts are classified into the category-A and can be acknowledged only on ECDIS. If you try to acknowledge them on other equipment, that is refused. [ECDIS] Anchor watch bearing/distance Approach to critical point Crossing area with special condition Crossing No-Go Line/Area Crossing safety contour Depth exceeded the limit
[Targets] Associated target lost CPA/TCPA CPA/TCPA alarm impossible Target lost Target automatically dissociated TCPA alarm
[TCS] ACC: Actual course change Back-up navigator Course difference ECC: Early course change End of track Off track Unexpected XTD Wheel over line
[AIS] AIS Display Max
[Sensor] Heading monitor Integrity monitoring impossible Position monitor
[System] AC voltage below the specified limit Connection error of CD/DVD-ROM drive Connection error of disk drive Connection error of LCD Connection error of operation panel Connection error of Pilot Control Connection error of Radar inter-switch Connection error of Radar signal
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17.2 When Alert or Indication is Provided … When an alarm or a warning is provided, alert sounds and alert information flashes on the bottom right of the screen. For alarms, three-short-beep sounds and it repeats every 7 seconds. For warnings, two-short-beep sounds and it does not repeat. When a caution is provided, alert information is shown there but it is silent and does not flash. When an alert is provided, press on the screen or ACK on the operation panel to acknowledge, and the alert stops sounding and the alert information stops flashing. When an indication is provided, it is silent and a pop-up window for it is shown on the chart screen. Check the message and then press in it to disappear. When more than one alert is active, the alert sounds and the information of the top-priority alert flashes. In this case, even when you acknowledge it, you still see the information of the second-priority alert flashing and hear the alert sounding. When more than one alert is active, you can acknowledge alerts individually on the active alert list in the alert window. (Press under the menu to show the alert window, and then choose tab to show the active alert list.) Check the alert causes to remove after you acknowledge the alerts. There is a function to silence alerts. It means just to silence all active alerts at the same time, not to acknowledge them. Press under the menu to show the alert window, and then choose tab in it to show the active alert list. Press on the top right corner on it. All the active alerts are silenced for 30 seconds.
Distinction between Alarm, Warning, Caution and Indication You distinguish between alarm, warning, caution and indication from the color. Red......... alarms Orange ... warnings Yellow ..... cautions Blue ........ indications.
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Indication
[ALERTS] button The number of unacknowledged alerts is shown in parentheses
Red: The number of active alarms Orange: The number of active warnings
[ACK] button
Yellow: The number of active cautions
Alert code & alert name
Alert information
Alert icon
Silence all active alerts Press
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to acknowledge alerts individually
Alert Icons and Alert State Alarm (Icon color: red) Icons
State Active – unacknowledged, Flashing. 3-short-beep is repeated every 7seconds. Active – silenced, Flashing Active – acknowledged Active – responsibility transferred Rectified – unacknowledged
Warning (Icon color: yellowish orange) Icons
State Active – unacknowledged, Flashing. 2-short-beep sounds only once. Active – silenced, Flashing Active – acknowledged Active – responsibility transferred Rectified – unacknowledged
Caution (Icon color: yellow) Icons
State No flashing (Only one icon for cautions)
Others Icons
State Shows alert aggregation. Presented together with icons number 1 to 11. Alarm-acknowledgement refused. Category-A alarms cannot be acknowledged on remote devices. Warning-acknowledgement refused. Category-A warnings cannot be acknowledged on remote devices.
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17.3 Alert List Press on the bottom right of the screen, and you see the alert tab and tab. The list of active alerts are window, which consists of shown at tab and the list of alerts which you can set on/off and the limit tab. values at
17.3.1
Active Alert List
Choose tab to show the alert window. You see a list of active alerts and the following items are shown in it --- alert icons, alert codes, alert names, parameters, alert sources, activated time, acknowledged time and [ACK] buttons. On this list, alarms are shown in red, warnings are in orange and cautions are in yellow. Active alerts are shown in order of alarms, warnings and cautions from the top. Also they are shown in order of priority and the top-priority alert is on the top. Alerts which were acknowledged but whose causes still remain are placed lower on the list. You see alert icons which stand for the alert state. When the alerts are not acknowledged, the icons flash. Once they are acknowledged, their icons stop flashing. There is on the top right corner of the alert window. When you press it, all active alerts are silenced for 30 seconds. Silence all active alerts Select an alert to acknowledge individually
Unacknowledged alarms Unacknowledged warnings
Acknowledged alarms
Acknowledged warnings Acknowledged cautions
17.3.2
Alert History
Alerts which both acknowledged and resolved are removed from the active alerts list and you see them in an active log of the navigation record as an alert history.
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17.4 Alert Setting Press
under the menu to show the alert window and then choose tab. You set on/off and the limit for alerts individually on the alert list.
On/Off for alarms.
Press each limit button and then enter value referring to Min-Max on the right.
(pressed): alarm on (non-pressed): alarm off’
Choose A (alarm), W (warning), C (caution) or I (indication) which an alert is supposed to be provided as.
Copy the settings between main ECDIS, backup ECDIS and remote ECS.
CAUTION The all limits defined on the alert window should be set for appropriate values depending on the ship condition.
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17.5 Alert Kind The alerts which you can set on/off and the limit individually are as follows:
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17.5.1
Anchor Watch
When the own ship is at anchor, it may be drifted because of the tidal current and wind. ECDIS watches how much it is drifted and when it lies out of the limit, an alert is provided. It is generated as an alarm at first but is escalated if it is not acknowledged within 30 seconds. 1) Press
under the menu and choose
tab.
2) Make both ‘anchor watch distance’ and ‘anchor watch bearing’ active on the alert list. (The pressed button stands for ‘alert turned on’ and a non-pressed button stands for ‘alert turned off’.) 3) Press each limit button to set the appropriate value for the 2 alerts.
4) Choose choose
from the top menu in the monitor mode and then tab.
5) Press for Anchor Watch to start the anchor watch, and the limit circle is shown around the own ship symbol. An anchor watch alert is provided as an alarm when the own ship exceeds at least one of the two types of limits.
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: alert on : alert off
Provided as an alarm at first Enter the alert limit
The heading of when anchor watch is turned on is automatically set as the reference line.
Adjusting Reference Position for Anchor Watch Anchor watch is carried out on the basis of the own ship conning position at the time when is pressed at Anchor Watch on the menu. While anchor watch is active, you see a circle for anchor watch which is centered at the own ship position at that time. When you prefer anchor watch based on the anchoring position to the own ship position, press on the menu. cursor appears. Specify an anchoring position on the chart as a reference position with cursor, so that you would see another circle centered at the position you specified and anchor watch starts again.
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17.5.2
Depth Under Keel
When the depth information received from echo sounder exceeds the limit, an alert is provided. Even if it is not acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is not escalated but repeated. It only occurs when your ship is equipped with an echo sounder.
Enter the total value of draft and UKC (under keel clearance) as the limit.
17.5.3
AIS/TT Invalid Data
When received AIS/TT information is invalid, an alert is provided. It is generated as a warning at first. If it is not acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is escalated.
Make sure of the relevant target whose number is shown on the alert window or at the alert indication. When ECDIS does not get valid information for it after this alert happens and that lasts for a while, it may be displayed because it is regarded as a lost target.
17.5.4
Timeout
When ECDIS does not communicate with a sensor for the set time (second), an alert is provided as a warning at first. If it is not acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is escalated. Set the limit within 3sec to 20sec on the alert list.
When it happens, the sensor name in the alert condition is shown in red at the alert indication and in the alert window until it is resolved. Check the sensor condition on the ECDIS screen. When the condition of sensor timeout is not resolved soon, change the primary sensor to another.
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17.5.5
Position Jumped
When information from the position sensor changes by the set value or more for 1 second, an alert is provided as a warning. Even if it is not acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is not escalated but repeated. Set the limit within 200m to 1000m.
When this alert is provided, the sensor name in the alert condition is shows in red at the alert indication and in the alert window until it is rectified. Check the sensor condition on the ECDIS screen. When the alert condition is not resolved soon, change the primary sensor to another.
17.5.6
Differential Mode Not Available
When the differential mode of GPS is not available, an alert is provided as a warning. Even if it is not acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is not escalated but repeated.
This alert means that the GPS differential mode which is more accurate is unavailable. GPS is available even in this case, so do not worry about it.
17.5.7
Position Monitor
When the difference between the information from the primary sensor and that from the secondary sensor exceeds the limit, ECDIS generates an alert as a warning. If it is not acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is escalated. Set the limit within 0.02-0.50NM.
When it provided, you should check the primary sensor and the secondary sensor, comparing information from another sensor, and then adopt one you make sure of being correct as the primary sensor.
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17.5.8
Heading Monitor
When the difference between the information from the primary sensor and that from the secondary sensor exceeds the limit, ECDIS generates an alert as a warning. Even if a heading monitor alert is not acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is not escalated but repeated. Set the limit within 5.0-15.0 degrees.
When it provided, you should ascertain which sensor is correct, the primary or the secondary, comparing information from another sensor, and then adopt one you make sure of being correct as the primary sensor.
17.5.9
Integrity Monitoring Impossible
When ECDIS does not compare the information from the primary sensor with the secondary sensor because of some error though it usually watches the difference between them, an alert is provided as a warning. If it is not acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is not escalated but repeated.
Do not worry about this because ECDIS refers to the sensor information which is available.
17.5.10 Connection Error of Disk Drive / CD/DVD-ROM Drive / Radar Signal When the connection error with the disk drive, CD/DVD drive or radar signal occurs, ECDIS generates an alert as a caution.
Check the condition of connecting with them if possible. If not, contact to a TOKYO KEIKI agent or a service engineer when the ship calls at port.
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17.5.11 Radar Overlay Unit Internal Error When the radar overlay unit has a trouble, an alert is provided as a caution. When this alert happens, you do not see radar images on ECDIS until the alert condition is resolved.
Contact to a TOKYO KEIKI agent or a service engineer when the ship calls at port.
17.5.12 CPA/TCPA When an AIS/TT target approaches the own ship and both CPA (closest point of approach) and TCPA (time to CPA) are less than each limit, this alert is provided as an alarm. Even if it is not acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is not escalated but repeated. Set the limit within 0.1-10.0NM for the CPA alert and 1-30min for the TCPA alert.
Steer the ship so that you would not make a collision.
17.5.13 CPA/TCPA Calculation Impossible When ECDIS does not get enough information to calculate CPA/TCPA of a specific target, an alert is provided as a warning. Even if it is not acknowledge within 30 seconds, it is not escalated but repeated.
Pay attention to the movement of the relevant target.
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17.5.14 Target Lost When an activated AIS target or a TT (tracked target) is lost, an alert is provided as a warning. Even if it is not acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is not escalated but repeated.
Check the lost target. When you acknowledge this alert, it disappears from the screen.
17.5.15 Maximum Number of Displayed AIS Targets When the number of the displayed AIS targets exceeds the maximum number (400), an alert is provided as a warning. Even if it is not acknowledged within 30 seconds it is not escalated but repeated.
It is provided just to inform that the number of displayed AIS targets reached the maximum displaying number.
17.5.16 Ground Speed Not Available When ECDIS does not get SOG information from GPS, an alert is provided as a warning. Even if it is not acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is not escalated but repeated.
Wait for a while until SOG is restored.
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17.5.17 Track Control Stopped Track control stopped alert is provided in track control. When it is provided, track control stops. It is provided in the following cases. - When the communication error happens between ECDIS and Autopilot, - When ECDIS receives Autopilot error such as steering gear failure, SGCS (steering gear control system) failure, HCS (heading control system) failure and TCS (track control system) failure, - When a primary position sensor or a primary heading sensor error happens and it is not resolved within 30 seconds, - When ‘position jumped’ alert happens and the alert condition is not resolved within 30 seconds, - When ‘end of track’ alert is provided as a warning and it is not acknowledged within 30 seconds, or - When the own ship passes through the final waypoint. It is provided as a warning at first. If it is not acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is escalated to an alarm. If it is not even acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is escalated to a BNA (backup navigator alarm).
Set the limit for track control stopped alert anywhere between 15 – 300sec.
CAUTION When ‘track control stopped’ alert is generated, immediately change the steering mode of Autopilot to AUTO or HAND (PR-61xx/62xx/63xx/64xx/65xx, PR-66x/67xx/ 68xx), AUTO (PR-6xxxx-ZZ) or HC (PR-9000 series) and then keep the safe navigation.
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17.5.18 Off Track When the own ship deviates from the XTD (cross track distance) limit during route monitoring or track control, an alert is provided as an alarm. Even if it is not acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is not escalated but repeated. Set the XTD limit when you make a route plan.
Steer the ship along the route as much as possible.
17.5.19 End of Track During route monitoring or track control, when the own ship arrives at a specified area where is the set time before the final waypoint, an alert is provided as a warning at first. If it is not acknowledged within 30 seconds it is escalated to an alarm. If it is not even acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is escalated to a BNA (backup navigator alarm). Set the time limit within 1 – 5min.
You should get ready for the next steering after the own ship passes the final waypoint.
17.5.20 Approach to Critical Point When the own ship arrives at a specified area where is the set time/distance before a CPT (critical point), an alert is provide as a warning. Even if it is not acknowledged within 30 seconds it is not escalated but repeated.
Steer the ship with paying attention to the CPT.
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17.5.21 ECC/ACC ECC (early course change) and ACC (actual course change) are both provided in route monitoring or track control. When the own ship arrives at a specified area that is the set time before a WOL (wheel over line) of a waypoint, an ECC alert is provided as a warning ‘ECCW’ at first. If it is not acknowledged within 30 seconds it is escalated to an alarm ‘ECCA’. Also, it is not acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is escalated to a BNA (backup navigator alarm). Set the time limit within 3 – 6 min. When the own ship arrives at an area that is 30 seconds before the WOL of the waypoint, an ACC alert is provided as a warning ‘ACCW’ at first. If it is not acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is escalated to an alarm ‘ACCA’. It is not even acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is escalated to a BNA (backup navigator alarm).
If you do not acknowledge it, the own ship automatically starts course change in track control and then sails along the preplanned route. In route monitoring, the own ship goes following your steering way regardless of the acknowledgement of ECC/ACC. When the Autopilot steering mode is AUTO (PR-6000) / HC (PR-9000), which is an example of Tokyo Keiki Autopilot, the own ship sails keeping the set course of Autopilot. When it is HAND, the own ship goes depending on the rudder at that time.
17.5.22 Course Difference When the difference between heading and leg course exceeds the limit, an alert is provided as a warning. Even if it is not acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is not escalated but repeated. Set the limit within 10.0 – 40.0 degrees.
Steer the ship along the route as much as possible.
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17.5.23 Low/High Speed When STW is less than the low speed limit, a low speed alert is provided as a warning. When it exceeds the high speed limit, the high speed warning is provided. Even if they are not acknowledged within 30 seconds, they are not escalated but repeated. Set each limit using a percentage of the own ship service speed.
In view of the environment, the suitable speed is set by a Tokyo Keiki service man in advance. Track control is not started while the low speed alert is active.
17.5.24 Unsafe Turning Rate When the actual ROT (rate of turn) of the own ship exceeds the limit in route monitoring or track control, an alert is provided as a warning. Even if it is not acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is not escalated but repeated. Set the limit within 30 – 120 degrees/min.
Highs speed turning is dangerous, so make a turn at the appropriate speed.
17.5.25 Unexpected XTD Change When XTD value exceeds the limit in route monitoring or track control, an alert is provided as a warning. Even if it is not acknowledged within 30 seconds it is not escalated but repeated. Set the limit within 100.0 – 9999.9m. This alert is provided with ‘position jumped’ alert in most cases.
Pay attention to XTD indication comparing with the own ship position on the chart.
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17.5.26 No ENC Available. Refer to Paper Charts. When there is no ENC available around the own ship position in the monitor mode, this indication is provided.
Refer to paper charts.
17.5.27 Crossing Area with Special Condition When the own ship’s guard frame crosses a prohibited or specially defined area, an alert is provided as a warning. Even if this warning is not acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is not escalated but repeated.
Steer the ship carefully so that the ship would not get into the area. Choose W (warning) or C (caution). When you choose ‘C’, this alert is neither escalated nor repeated.
17.5.28 Screen Shot Capacity Reached the Limit When the screen shot data capacity exceeds the limit, an indication is provided. Set the limit within 0.0MB – 1024MB.
You should take out the existing screen shots data. This is an indication just to inform that the capacity of the screen shots folder exceeds the limit and you can still save new screen shot data after this alert is provided.
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17.6 Guard Frame When guard frame is shown around the own ship symbol and crosses a dangerous point/area or a point/area you should pay attention to, an alert is provided.
17.6.1
Guard Frame Size and On/Off
1) Choose 2) Choose
from the top menu in the monitor mode. tab.
3) Press to show guard frame around the own ship symbol and start the safety watch. Every pressing toggles on/off for it. 4) Set the guard frame size. Choose or as front length and then enter the value at Forward. Choose width at Sideward.
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17.6.2
Safety Height
Set the safety height which is enough height from the surface of the sea to pass under bridges, power lines, etc. When the guard frame is ‘on’ and the own ship does not get enough height to pass under an object, an alert is provided. It is not generated with the guard frame ‘off’. 1) Choose the top menu in the monitor mode. 2) Choose
from
tab.
3) Enter the appropriate value at Safety Height.
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17.6.3
Alerts When Guard Frame is Turned On
Showing Danger Caught by Guard Frame When a guard frame is turned on and it crosses a no-go line/area, safety contour, prohibited area or other special area, an alert is provided and the dangerous area or spot within the guard frame is highlighted.
Safety contour
Highlighted spots
No-go area
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Information of Danger Caught by Guard Frame You see information about a dangerous spot caught by the guard frame in the guard frame info window. Press at tab in tab in the guard frame info window, and you menu. Choose an item at the tab. Press icon at the upper right corner of the see information at window to highlight the relevant object with mark on the chart screen. When you do not find it on the chart screen, press icon to see it with the highlight. Press icon to clear the highlight.
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17.7 Backup Navigator Alarm When ‘ACC’ (actual course change), ‘end of track’ or ‘track control stopped’ is provided (as a warning at first) but it is not acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is escalated to an alarm. When it is not acknowledged even within 30 seconds, it is escalated to backup navigator alarm. It is transferred to the backup navigator alarm box BNA-200 or BNWAS (bridge navigational watch alarm system), so when your ship is equipped with the backup navigator alarm box, you hear alarm sounding from it, too. When your ship is equipped with BNWAS, you also hear alarm sounding from buzzer units in the captain room, officer rooms, etc. to notify that some abnormal condition happens in the bridge.
When a backup navigator alarm is provided, alarm sounds and the ALARM ACK lamp on the back up navigator alarm box turns red and flashes. (It is normally green.) Hold it down to acknowledge first, and the alarm stops sounding and the lamp stops flashing and lights a red lamp. And then, go straight to your ECDIS to acknowledge the alarm and take the safety measures. When the alarm condition is resolved, the ALARM ACK lamp lights green.
When a backup navigator alarm is provide, you hear alarm sounding from buzzer units in captain room, officer rooms, etc. Go straight to your ECDIS to acknowledge the alarm and take the safety measures. When you acknowledge it on ECDIS, alarm stops sounding.
WARNING When the backup navigator alert is provided, take the safety measures against the alarm without fail after confirming what happened.
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CHAPTER 19 Backup Arrangement
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19.1 Roles Backup Arrangement Plays A backup arrangement for ECDIS is called ‘Backup ECDIS’. TOKYO KEIKI supplies with it to ensure the safe navigation in case of ECDIS failure. When your ship is equipped with 2 ECDISes, one is called main ECDIS and another is backup ECDIS. (This is an option.) In case of main ECDIS failure, the backup ECDIS takes over almost all the functions of the main ECDIS to carry out the rest of the navigation safely and successfully. When your ship is equipped with 2 ECDISes, normally the backup ECDIS is connected with the main ECDIS via LAN (local area network), receives the same sensor information as it and provides the same alarms, however, charts and user-created data such as routes, navline, etc., should be individually installed, updated, copied or synchronized on each system. NOTE You do not necessarily need to put the backup ECDIS into the operation while the main ECDIS is successfully working. However, you should take the user-created data out of it beforehand in case of main ECDIS failure.
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Track control is not performed on the backup ECDIS. User-created data such as routes, navline, etc., are not automatically taken over, so you need to copy or synchronize them by yourself in case of main ECDIS failure. Chart data is not automatically synchronized between the main ECDIS and the backup ECDIS, so you need to install and update charts individually on each system. Navigation record is saved independently on both the main ECDIS and the backup ECDIS. While the main ECDIS is working properly, on the backup ECDIS you just see the same screen in the monitor mode and cannot operate, but you can operate it in the plan mode and the update mode. When you start only the backup ECDIS without starting the main ECDIS, the backup ECDIS acts as a main ECDIS (track control is unavailable on it). When you turn on the power on the main ECDIS or it is restored to normal while the backup ECDIS is working as a main ECDIS, the backup ECDIS goes back to the behavior as a backup arrangement.
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19.2 Starting Backup ECDIS The way of power on/off for the backup ECDIS is same as the main ECDIS. When you start both the main ECDIS and the backup ECDIS, you see on the upper right corner of the chart screen of the backup ECDIS and no sign on the main ECDIS. When you start the backup ECDIS without starting the main ECDIS, the backup ECDIS regards itself as a main system and works as it In this case, track control is unavailable on it.
19.3
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19.3 Taking Over Functions 19.3.1 Recognizing as Main ECDIS / Backup ECDIS When the main ECDIS cannot work normally because of failure while two ECDISes are working, you see an alert message “Workstation not available: Main ECDIS” on the backup ECDIS screen and the backup ECDIS starts working as the main ECDIS. Press or ACK on the operation panel to acknowledge. The sign of disappears from the backup ECDIS screen. When the main ECDIS is restored while the backup ECDIS is working as the main ECDIS, you see an indication “Detected workstation: Main ECDIS” on the backup ECDIS screen. The main ECDIS starts working normally and the backup ECDIS gets back to its original working. Press on the message. The sign of appears on the chart screen of the backup ECDIS. When the main ECDIS is restored while route monitoring is being carried out on the backup ECDIS, it continues working as the main ECDIS until the route monitoring is finished, and then it gets back to its original working when the route monitoring is finished.
19.3.2 Taking Over Functions and User-Created Data In case of main ECDIS failure, the backup ECDIS can take over almost all functions of the main ECDIS, but track control cannot be carried out on the backup ECDIS. User-created data such as route data and navline data is not automatically taken over, so you should synchronize them in advance. (See ‘19.4 Synchronizing Data’.)
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19.4 Synchronizing Data The user-created data should be synchronized between the main ECDIS and the backup ECDIS in case of main ECDIS failure. There are two ways of synchronizing: synchronizing each group and synchronizing all data at one time. NOTE
It is impossible to synchronize data during track control.
19.4.1 Group Synchronizing 1) Insert a USB memory stick in an appropriate port, if needed. , 2) Choose from the top menu in the plan mode, and then press 3) Choose the chart screen.
or tab.
, and the file operations window appears on
4) Press at ‘From’ and choose an appropriate drive or port. (The drive configuration differs depending on the system.)
······· System ······· CD/DVD ······· USB memory stick ······· Remote ECS
5) Choose a group to synchronize at ’From ‘. 6) Press
at ‘To’ and choose an appropriate drive or port
7) Choose an empty group at ‘To’. If you choose a group which includes at least one file, it is overwritten by synchronizing.
A group you chose
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8) Press (upper button at the center of the file list) to synchronize the group. You see a message window to tell that the synchronizing is completed, and press in it. NOTE Group synchronizing overwrites the existing files and you do not find them after synchronizing is complete.
19.4.2 All Data Synchronizing 1) Insert a USB memory stick in an appropriate port, if needed. 2) Choose , from the top menu in the plan mode, and then press 3) Choose the chart screen. 4) Press
or tab.
, and the file operations window appears on at ‘From’ and choose an appropriate drive or port.
········System ········CD/DVD ········USB memory stick ········Remote ECS
5) Press
at ‘To’ and choose an appropriate drive or port.
(lower button at the center of the file list) to synchronize all data files. 6) Press You see a message window to tell that the synchronizing is completed, and press in it. NOTE Synchronizing overwrites the existing files on the receiving system. Data is not synchronized from one drive to another on the same system.
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CHAPTER 20 Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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20.1 Inspection and Maintenance ECDIS is designed and manufactured with much allowance for durability so that it could work normally even in such severe circumstances as high temperature and high humidity. Routine inspection and maintenance help the system keep good performance and good working. A periodical maintenance by TOKYO KEIKI service engineers is recommended.
20.1.1 Checks Just After ECDIS Starts Operation Check Check if keys on the operation panel and menu buttons on the screen function correctly just after starting ECDIS. Self-diagnosis
Items to be conveyed at ECDIS failure
ECDIS diagnoses itself whenever it starts. When no error is found, you see a screen in the monitor mode, but if some error is detected, an alert is provided. The system works as long as the error is not fatal but some functions might be ineffective. If the error is fatal, ECDIS does not start. In this case, contact a TOKYO KEIKI service agent and inform of the information on the right.
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Vessel name Owner name of the vessel Port name (Estimated) time & date of arrival Lay days TEL/FAX/e-mail of yours or ship agent Name & type of the equipment Manufacturer’s serial number Failure info. What is shown on the screen
In the self-diagnosis, data drive, CD/DVD drive, Radar card, serial card, operation panel, LCD, network, cooling fan, USB port and DIO port are checked, and you see the result of it at tab in menu in the update mode. Just after choosing tab, the last result is shown here, so press to see the latest one. The colors of the self-test items represent the condition. Green: normal Red: error Blue: not connected NOTE When no USB memory stick is inserted in a port or when Radar power is turned off, “USB” and “Radar card” is indicated in red on the menu. - 404 -
20.1.2 General Maintenance -
Clean ECDIS stand with a clean cloth to remove dust, dirty spots, etc.
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The surface of the screen easily collects dust because of electrification. It is hard to see the screen display with dust on it. Soak a cloth a little in the lukewarm water which neutral detergent is dissolved and clean the screen with it.
CAUTION When you smell something burning from the inside the stand, stop ECDIS at once. Fill it in the logbook and call a TOKYO KEIKI service station.
CAUTION Do not tap or beat on the screen surface with metal, hard or sharp-edged goods.
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20.1.3 Checking Sensor Signal ECDIS works by receiving information from kinds of sensors and it is possible to check whether ECDIS receives it successfully on the menu. TOKYO KEIKI service engineers check it so users do not usually have to do that. When you do it, press one ‘COM’ number button at tab in for the update mode to see the result window on the chart area.
Shows the received sentences
Clears the screen display
Save the data into a file.
20.1.4 Software Version You see an ECDIS software version at tab in for the update mode.
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20.1.5 Network Conditions You check the network conditions which are connecting condition among connected equipment on tab in for the update mode. When you press tab, you see a table of connected equipment on the chart screen. It shows all equipment which is to be connected with ECDIS and the condition. The equipment which is in error condition or is not connected is shown in red.
The arrow shows the own instrument Shows instruments which are supposed to be connected
IP address Condition of instruments RM/TC: During track control RM: During route monitoring
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20.1.6 LCD Color Adjustment after Long Use A screen will have poor quality after a long use (usually about 5 years, though it is different depending on how often it has been used.). In general, the symptom is weak brightness even with the same brightness control as before. If your screen has such condition, adjust color following the order. 1) Choose from the top menu in the update mode. 2) Choose patterns below
tab. and you see a color
3) Adjust the brightness of the screen so that you could see every slanted line clearly.
20.1.7
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20.1.7 Maintenance for Parts inside ECDIS Stand You should leave maintenance for parts inside the ECDIS stand to TOKYO KEIKI service engineers because you might get an electric shock by doing that.
DANGER Do not repair or maintain parts inside the ECDIS stand because you may get an electric shock! If you ever do it by following a TOKYO KEIKI serviceman, turn off the 2 power switches first because high voltage is stored there while the system is working and also it might remain around some circuits even after turning them off, so it has to be discharged before maintenance. The possibility of getting an electric shock is not zero even after turning them off as far as the power is supplied on the ship.
PROHIBITION Do not carry out the insulation test by using megger or other insulation testers because it provides the internal electric parts with a lot of damage. Disconnect the connected wires from this system first when such a kind of test is carried out about the related power lines.
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20.1.8 Periodical Maintenance by TOKYO KEIKI Service It is recommended that you should have an inspection by Tokyo Keiki service engineers at least once a year in order to keep ECDIS in good repair, though the period is dependent on frequency of use.
20.1.9 When Error or Failure Happens… When some errors or failures happen, check the system conditions seeing the description in ‘20.3 Troubleshooting’. Contact a TOKYO KEIKI service station and inform the following things when the condition is not improved.
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Items to be conveyed at ECDIS failure -
Vessel name Owner name of the vessel Port name (Estimated) time & date of arrival Lay days TEL/FAX/e-mail of yours or ship agent Name & type of the equipment Manufacturer’s serial number Failure info. What is shown on the screen
20.2 Software Upgrading When a new version of ECDIS software is released, you can upgrade it by yourself. “ECUpdater.exe” and “ECUpdater.pac” are necessary to upgrade the ECDIS software. The data size is about 5MB in all. Before start upgrading, you need to save the new software on an external media such as a USB memory stick or a CD. NOTE
Software upgrading by users is unavailable for ECDIS EC-8000-A/8500-A.
1) Connect a USB mouse to ECDIS. (You see USB ports when you open a small door on the front panel.) 2) Insert an external media which includes the new version of ECDIS software in an appropriate port or drive of the system. 3) Choose menu in the update mode
from the top
4) Press tab to make sure of the current version of ECDIS software.
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5) Press
tab, and then press at the bottom of the
menu. 6) You see a confirmation message on the menu. Press . The system quits ECDIS software automatically and starts getting ready for the upgrade program.
When the system does not find the necessary files for upgrading, the message “Updater was not found” appears. Check the external media you inserted. 7) The system returns to a Windows® screen and you see a dialogue box on the right. Press to start upgrading by use of the USB mouse you connected first. (The trackball is disabled on Windows screens so you need to use the USB mouse to click here.) 8) When you see a message “Update succeeded!” in it, the software upgrade is successfully finished. Press , and Windows shut down automatically. 9) Eject the USB mouse. 10) Start ECDIS by turning on POWER on the operation panel. (The trackball works on ECDIS screens.) Check if the description of the software version is updated by pressing in the update mode tab.
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20.3 Troubleshooting When you are in trouble with your ECDIS, follow the troubleshooting described below. When it does not work normally though you followed it or there is no description of your trouble, call a TOKYO KEIKI service station.
The screen display won’t change and no operation is effective The system freezes. You need to restart ECDIS. Keep pressing POWER switch on the operation panel for 10 – 30 seconds to shut off the power supply
Press POWER switch on the operation panel again to restart ECDIS.
In this case, a message like a figure on the right might appear. You need to restart ECDIS as well.
The message “S.M.A.R.T. Status BAD, Backup and Replace. Press F1 to Resume.” is shown while the ECDIS is starting (the system stops starting process at this time) This message means that the data disc drive exceeds its life span. Tell that to a Tokyo Keiki service station as soon as possible to replace it. ECDIS temporarily starts by carrying out the following. 1) Insert a USB keyboard into a USB port on your ECDIS. 2) Turn off the power switch on the operation panel once. 3) Turn it on to restart. 4) When you see the message mentioned above, press F1 key to start the system.
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The operation panel is ineffective and nothing is displayed on the screen Usually alert sounds but no alert might sound just after such a trouble happened.
Green
What color is POWER lamp on the operation panel? The button lamps on the operation panel are flashing on and off.
Green
Red Red
The brightness control is set for the minimum.
The power is not supplied to the LCD. The power is not supplied to ECDIS. The AC voltage is less than the limit.
The communication error between the system and the operation panel happens.
Hold down POWER on the operation panel to turn off the power and then hold it down again in a few minutes to turn on the power.
Nothing is displayed on EC-81xx (19 inches) screen LCD settings might be changed. Press MENU button on the lower right corner of the screen frame for a few seconds to see LCD setup menu. Choose [Display] [Source] [Single] [Analog RGB1] on the menu, and you see an ECDIS screen.
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Adjust the brightness
Blackout When blackout happens, nothing is displayed on the EC-8000-A/8500-A and EC-8100 screens because no power is supplied to their LCDs, but you see a screen display on EC-8600 because DC power is supplied to its LCD. When blackout happens, ‘AC voltage below the specified time’ alert is provided as a warning, you hear continuous alert sound from the operation panel, and the lamp of POWER on the operation panel turns to red. The system is shut down in a minute. The alert sound changes to intermittent sound at the same time as the system shutdown. It typically continues to sound for about 30 seconds (it might keep sounding for 3 minutes at maximum) and then the system completely stops. When the power is restored, turn on ECDIS power to restart. When the AC power is supplied within a minute after the blackout, you can operate ECDIS as usual. If one minute and more are passed, the system automatically stops like the description above. NOTE Even if the system suddenly stops or blackout happens, the system can keep the data you created, so you do not have to worry about it, except for the data which you were creating just before the blackout and not saved. When blackout happens and then alert sounds from ECDIS but the power supply is restored before pressing ACK on the operation panel to stop alert sounding, you cannot stop alert sounding with ACK because it is not effective even if ECDIS is working, but you can stop alert sounding with any other button on the operation pane. ECDIS won’t start. ECDIS may not start at -15 degrees Celsius or less in the bridge. In this case, restart ECDIS following the procedure below.
Wait for a few minutes with the power turned on.
Turn off the power once and wait for at least 10 seconds.
Turn it on to restart ECDIS
An alert “DC backup voltage not available” is provided. ECDIS adopts two types of power sources: AC and DC. AC is usually used for ECDIS working and DC is for backup in case of blackout and ECDIS failure. This alert is provided as a caution when DC power is not supplied. Data backup is not available even though ECDIS continues to work. When it is provided, once press POWER on the operation panel first to turn off the power and then turn off the AC and DC breakers. Check the DC power source on the ship to see which part is wrong. When no error is detected, start ECDIS again.
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Backup ECDIS won’t be recognized Check the network condition at update mode. When you choose on the chart screen.
tab in for the tab, you see a list of connected equipment
When a connection error happens on the backup ECDIS, a line/description of backup ECDIS is shown in red on the list above. When you find workstation name in red, check if the network cable is connected correctly. Cannot install ENC -
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When your ENC is AVCS, you should load ‘IHO.crt’ or ‘primar.crt’ in in menu in the update mode before installing charts. ( 4.5 Chart Installation) When you installed the chart licenses which were issued for another user permit and then you try to install charts, you see an error message of SSE11 or SSE26 and cannot install them. Check your user permit between described on the chart CD and shown at the bottom of menu.
Error Messages beginning with SSE** In installing charts or updating charts, you might see error messages beginning with SSE** on the decryption error log just after chart decryption. They are error messages for chart decryption. Error Code
Message
Measures
SSE 05
“SA Digital Certificate (X509) file is not available. A valid certificate can be obtained from the IHO website or your data supplier”
IHO.crt or primar.crt as a certificate file is necessary to install ENC. Get IHO.crt from IHO website to install to your ECDIS or load primar.crt from the latest AVCS base chart media.
SSE 06
“The SA Signed Data Server Certificate is invalid. The SA may have issued a new public key or the ENC may originate from another service. A new SA public key can be obtained from the IHO website or from your data supplier”
Get the latest IHO.crt as an ENC certificate from IHO website to install to ECDIS. Load primar.crt as a certificate file from the latest AVCS base chart media.
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Error Code
Message
Measures
SSE 07
“SA signed DS Certificate file is not available. A valid certificate can be obtained from the IHO website or your data supplier”
Get the latest IHO.crt as an ENC certificate from IHO website to install to ECDIS. Load primar.crt as a certificate file from the latest AVCS base chart media.
SSE 08
SA Digital Certificate (X509) file incorrect format. A valid certificate can be obtained from the IHO website or your data supplier
Get the latest IHO.crt as an ENC certificate from IHO website to install to ECDIS. Load primar.crt as a certificate file from the latest AVCS base chart media.
SSE 09
ENC Signature is invalid
Get the latest IHO.crt as an ENC certificate from IHO website to install to ECDIS. Load primar.crt as a certificate file from the latest AVCS base chart media.
SSE 10
Permits not available for this Data Server. Contact your data supplier to obtain the correct permits.
There might be no cell permits or cell permits might not be for your user permit. Insert the correct cell permit media.
SSE 11
Cell Permit file not found. Load the permit file provided by the data supplier.
- Check if the media contains cell permits. - The cell permit might be for another user permit. Check the user permit on both the cell permit media and your ECDIS and insert a correct cell permit media.
SSE 12
Cell Permit format is incorrect. Contact your data supplier and obtain a new permit file.
Cell permits might not be for your user permit. Insert the correct cell permit media
SSE 13
Cell Permit is invalid (checksum is incorrect). Contact your data supplier and obtain a new permit file.
Get the new cell permits from your data supplier.
SSE 14
Incorrect system date, check that the computer clock (if accessible) is set correctly or contact your system supplier.
Check if your system clock is set correctly or contact TOKYO KEIKI.
Subscription service has expired. Please contact your data supplier to renew the subscription licence
The cell permit has expired. Possible to install the chart cell but you see it in the monitor mode with a warning which means that it’s not suitable for navigation. Get the latest cell permits to install
SSE 15
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Error Code
Message
Measures
SSE 16
ENC CRC value is incorrect. Contact your data supplier as ENC(s) may be corrupted or missing data.
Contact your data supplier to get the correct data of ENC.
SSE 19
Permits are not valid for this system. Contact your data supplier to obtain the correct permits
Your e-token is not inserted or a wrong e-token is inserted. Check it and insert a correct one.
SSE 20
Subscription service will expire in less than 30 days. Please contact your data supplier to renew the subscription licence
Your ENC cell permits will expire in less than 30 days. You should get the new ones before they expire.
SSE 21
Decryption failed no valid cell permit found. Permits may be for another system or new permits may be required, please contact your supplier to obtain a new licence
- The cell permits might be for another user permit. Check user permit on both the cell permit media and your ECDIS and insert the correct user permit media. - Get the new cell permits from your data supplier.
SSE 22
SA Digital Certificate (X509) has expired. A new SA public key can be obtained from the IHO website or from your data supplier.
The latest certificate file IHO.crt or primar.crt. is necessary. Get IHO.crt from IHO website to install to your ECDIS or load primar.crt from the latest AVCS base chart media.
SSE 23
Non sequential update, previous update(s) missing try reloading from the base media. If the problem persists contact your data supplier.
Update data is to be applied sequentially but the update number you are trying is not sequential. Go back to old update and try.
SSE 24
ENC Signature format incorrect, contact your data supplier
The latest certificate file IHO.crt or primar.crt. is necessary. Get IHO.crt from IHO website to install to your ECDIS or load primar.crt from the latest AVCS base chart media.
SSE 25
Viewer – “The permit for ENC has expired. This cell may be out of date and MUST NOT be used for Primary NAVIGATION”.
When a chart of which cell permit has expired is displayed on the screen, you see this message. Get the new cell permit from your data supplier.
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Error Code
Message
Measures
SSE 26
This ENC is not authenticated by the IHO acting as the Scheme Administrator
You might see this error message when primar.crt is included in the base chart media or when there is no cell permits for ENCs on the chart media at all. Possible to install charts if you have at least one cell permit file. When you have no cell permits, get the latest ones to install.
SSE 27
Viewer – “ENC is not up to date. A New Edition, Re-issue or Update for this cell is missing and therefore MUST NOT be used for Primary NAVIGATION”.
The chart cell is old. For it, there is a new edition of the chart cell, a re-issued chart cell or a new update data. Apply it to the cell.
Charts won’t be displayed -
A chart on the current scale might not be installed on the system. Change the scale. Charts which cover a sea area you like might not be installed. Check if charts you like are installed. ( 4.7.) The database that covers the charts you like might have been unloaded. ( 4.8.) The chart license(s) might have expired or it/they might not have been entered. ( 4.4.4)
Chart objects won’t be shown -
When a chart license is not entered or has expired, you do not see any chart objects though you only see a rough chart. Check the chart license and the expiry date. ( 4.4.4)
File data won’t be shown -
The file you chose might be empty. The sea area you see on the screen at the present might be different from that of your file data. Press on a file choosing menu to show it. ( is available for navline and no-go line/area to see the file data.)
Radar image won’t be shown -
Check if radar power switch is turned on. Check if radar switch on the operation panel is turned on. Check if the correct radar number (No.1 or No.2) is chosen.
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TTs won’t be shown -
Check if TT switch on the operation panel is turned on. Check if power switch of the radar which is chosen on ECDIS is turned on. Check if radar acquires targets.
AIS targets won’t be shown -
Check if AIS switch on the operation panel is turned on AIS functionality might be off. Check it on tab in menu in the monitor mode. ( 6.8.) When the indication of the position sensor is ‘invalid’ (=indicated in red) on the system data, AIS targets are not shown.
Screen display is not clear - Adjust the screen with the LCD brightness control. Data cannot be read from media -
Try again after the disc/drive lamp is turned on. CD or DVD might be inserted upside-down.
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20.4 Repairs 20.4.1 Service Parts We will hold service parts for ECDIS for 10 years after we stop manufacturing this series of ECDIS.
20.4.2 Parts Life Parts have their lives. You should mainly pay attention to the deterioration of parts below and replace them when the time as a suggestion comes.
Rubber cushion
4
Average life (Recommended time to replace) 4 years
Button battery
1
7 years
Data disc
1
45000 hours
Non-stop battery
1
91000 hours
DVD drive
1
45000 hours
Filter (fixed in front of the control unit)
1
5 years
Cooling fan
1
60000 hours
LCD
1
50000 hours
Parts
Amount
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20.4.3 Warranty and Repair Warranty Period For 12 months after ECDIS delivery Repairs and Warranty Information We will repair damage, breakdown or poor functioning that we think is clearly caused by our design, development, manufacture or materials. The following cases are not included in the warranty. - Troubles or failure caused by inappropriate operation, improper dealing or wrong maintenance - Parts altered by users without permission from Tokyo Keiki Inc, and troubles caused by them - Secondary damage happened by the system trouble - Inevitable damage and accidents by earthquake, fire, etc.
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CHAPTER 21 Specifications
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21.1 Standards TOKYO KEIKI ECDIS is developed based on the international standards below.
IMO Resolution MSC232 (82) Adoption of the revised performance standards for electronic chart display and information systems (ECDIS)
IEC 61174 Ed.3 (2008) Electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS) – Operational and performance requirements, methods of testing and required test results
IEC 62376 Ed.1 Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems – Electronic chart system (ECS) – Operational and performance requirements, methods of testing and required test results
IEC 62288 Ed.1 Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems – Presentation of navigation-related information on shipborne navigational displays – General requirements, methods of testing and required test results
IEC 61162-1 Ed.4 Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems – Digital interfaces – Part1: Single talker and multiple listeners
IEC 61162-450 Ed.1 Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems – Digital interfaces – Part 450: Multiple talkers and multiple listeners – Light-weight ship systems interconnection
IEC 60945 Ed.4 Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems – General requirements – Methods of testing and required test results
IEC 62065 Ed.2 Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems – Track control systems – Operational and performance requirements, methods of testing and required test results
IEC 61924-2 Ed.1 Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems – Integrated Navigation Systems – Part2: Modular structure for INS – Operation and performance requirements, methods of testing and required test results
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IEC 61097-6 Ed.2 Global maritime distress and safety system (GMDSS) – Part 6: Narrowband direct-printing telegraph equipment for the reception of navigational and meteorological warnings and urgent information to ships (NAVTEX)
IEC 61097-14 Ed.1 Global maritime distress and safety system (GMDSS) – Part 14: AIS search and rescue transmitter (AIS-SART) – Operational and performance requirements, methods of testing and required test results
IEC 61993 Ed.2 Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems – Automatic identification systems (AIS) – Part 2: Class A shipborne equipment of the universal automatic identification system (AIS) – Operational and performance requirements, methods of test and required test results
IEC 62320-2 Ed.1 Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems – Automatic identification system (AIS) – Part 2: AIS AtoN Stations – Operational and performance requirements, methods of testing and required test results
IEC 62388 Ed.2 Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems – Shipborne radar – Performance requirements, methods of testing and required test results
IHO S-52 Specifications for chart content and display aspects for ECDIS
IHO S-57 Transfer standard for digital hydrographic data
IHO S-61 (1999) Product specification for raster navigational charts (RNC)
IHO S-63 Data protection scheme
IHO S-64 Test data set for ECDIS
IHO S-4 Part B Regulations for International (INT) Charts and Chart Specifications of the IHO – B-122 International Abbreviations
ITU-R M.1371-1 Technical characteristics for a universal shipborne automatic identification system using time division multiple access in the VHF maritime mobile band
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21.2 Main Specifications Operating System EC-8100/8600
EC-8000-A/8500-A
Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard 7 (WES7)
Windows XP Pro Embedded OEM Product
Intel Core i5 3.3GHz
Core 2 Duo 1.83GHz
DDR3 SO-DIMM 4GB
1 or 2 GB
Intel HD Graphics 4000
VGA integrated in Intel 945GM
8GB (C-drive, EWF protected, SLC)
ROM-Win card 4GB
Data drive
16GB (D-drive)
DOM (Disk on Module) 8 or 16GB
CID component
Flash Lite (applicable only to Bridge Monitor)
OS CPU Memory Display interface System drive
Network 1000BASE-T, LAN Adaptor x2 Unit connection IP: 192. 168. 1. 100-105 VDR connection IP: 176.*.*.* Category of Related System Environmental Test Standard (IEC60945) Protected TCS Satisfied with IEC62065 Ed.2 Category C (with TOKYO KEIKI Autopilot PR-6000/9000 series) Backup arrangements Satisfied with IEC61174 Ed.3 Annex F when ship is equipped with 2 ECDISes. Ships with only one ECDIS should be equipped with paper charts. Operation as RCDS in using ARCS charts Satisfied with IEC61174 Ed.3 Annex G. System Configuration LCD (x1 or 2), Radar overlay graphic board (x1), control unit (x1), serial I/F unit (x1) and operation unit (x1)
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Display Unit EC-81xx
EC-86xx
19 inches
26 inches
376 × 301mm
550 × 343mm
SXGA (1280 × 1024dots)
WUXGA (1920 × 1200 dots)
0.294 mm
0.287 mm
LCD Effective display range Resolution Dot pitch LCD type
TFT active matrix
Display color
Max. 16.7milion colors (Depending on a graphics card) EC-8000-A
EC-8500-A
19 inches
23.1 inches
376 × 301mm
470 × 352mm
SXGA (1280 × 1024dots)
UXGA (1600 × 1200 dots)
LCD Effective display range Resolution Dot pitch
0.294 mm
LCD type
TFT active matrix
Display color
Max. 16.7milion colors (Depending on a graphics card)
Radar Overlay Graphic Board Radar images are overlaid on a video signal (HDMI/DVI) output from the control unit, and controlled through an internal LAN, which uses a different subnet from the backup ECDIS and remote ECSes. If the graphic board is damaged, the video signals are transmitted by the loop through communication to show the images other than the radar images. The echo trail function is available. Control Unit It deals with dual display output and extended display (different images are displayed on an individual LCD, with 3 channels). SSDs are for the system drive (C:) with the write-protect function. The data drive is D:. 4 USB ports (extended by hub, another 5V power supplied separately) Serial Interface Unit USB interface and 8-channel serial communication ports. (16-port serial communication is possible by adding one more serial I/F unit.) Port Assignment Ports Tx/Rx 1 Rx 2 Rx 3 Rx 4 Rx
Sensors No.1 position sensor No.1 heading sensor Speed LOG Echo sounder
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Ports 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Tx/Rx Rx Rx Rx Rx Rx Rx Rx Rx Tx/Rx Tx/Rx Tx/Rx Tx/Rx
Extension I/O A Tx/Rx B Tx/Rx C Tx/Rx D Tx/Rx
Sensors No.1 Radar / TT No.2 Radar / TT Anemometer No.2 position sensor NAVTEX Revolution counter Engine telegraph Meteorological graph Autopilot No.2 heading sensor AIS HC-01
Reserved A Reserved B Reserved C Reserved D
For BNWAS, inter switch, BAM/INS-AMS, thruster, actual rudder, BAS-1000, BM-3000, etc.
2 LAN ports on the control PWB (One for VDU-connection only, another for 5-port switching hub connection in the serial I/F unit). Port Assignment Connect to Main ECDIS
Backup ECDIS
Ports 1
Control unit
Control unit
2
Radar overlay unit
Radar overlay unit
3
Backup ECDIS
Main ECDIS
4
Sensor I/F unit
Remote ECS#2
5
Remote ECS#1
Remote ECS#3
Digital Input/Output DO1 BNWAS reset (Dry contact) DO2
BNA alarm (Dry contact)
DO3
Reserve out (Dry contact)
DI1
Buzzer stop in (Dry contact)
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Operation Mode Plan mode, Monitor mode, Update mode Display Mode Chart Object Display ... Base display, Standard display, All objects display, Custom display Chart Orientation ........ North up, Course up, Route up Motion ......................... True motion, Relative motion Vector Stabilization ..... Sea stabilization, Ground stabilization Chart Chart type .......................... ENC IHO S-57 Edition 3.1, C-MAP CM93 Edition 3, ARCS Encryption.......................... Based on IHO S-63 Ed 1, 1.1 Projection........................... Mercator projection, plane projection (partially), Transverse Mercator projection (only for ARCS chart) Effective projection range... Below latitude 70 degrees Chart medium .................... CD/DVD Position Position sensor GPS, DGPS, GNSS (2 position sensors are available at the maximum) Dead reckoning Dead reckoning position calculation based on the signal from gyrocompass or speed log Filter Filter may be designed for measures against the position jump by the position sensor and noise. Communication protocol: Based on IEC61162-1 Ed.1, Ed.2, Ed.3 Position sentence................... GNS, GGA, RMC, GLL SOG sentence ....................... VTG, RMC Date and time sentence ......... ZDA Datum sentence ..................... DTM Communication data Position (Lat, Lon), Speed over ground, Course over ground, Date & Time, Datum Speed Speed sensor Speed log Communication protocol: Based on IEC61162-1 Ed.1, Ed.2, Ed.3 Sentence..... VBW, VLW Communication data - 427 -
Speed through water, Speed over ground (only when dual axis log is equipped), total distance Heading Heading sensor Gyrocompass (2 heading sensors are available.), Magnetic compass Communication protocol: Based on IEC61162-1 Ed.1, Ed.2 and Ed.3, IEC 61162-2 Heading sentence ....... HDT (HDG is used when magnetic compass is connected.), THS Turn rate sentence ...... ROT Communication data Heading, Rate of turn Depth Depth sensor Echo sounder Communication protocol: Based on IEC61162-1 Ed.1, Ed.2, Ed.3 Sentence..... DPT, DBT Communication data Water depth Wind Wind sensor Anemometer Communication protocol: Based on IEC61162-1 Ed.1, Ed.2, Ed.3 Sentence..... MWV, MWD Communication data Wind speed and angle Propeller Shaft Revolution Equipment Propeller shaft revolution meter Communication protocol: Based on IEC61162-1, Ed.1, Ed.2, Ed.3 Sentence..... RPM Communication data Number of propeller shaft revolution, number of shaft center, propeller angle Measuring Objects, Indicating Pointer Cursor ....... Indication of pointer position (latitude and longitude), Indication of bearing and distance from the own-ship position --- available in the Monitor mode EBL........... 2 electronic bearing lines. (Indication of true/relative direction from both the own-ship and an arbitrary position.) - 428 -
VRM ......... 2 variable range markers. (Distance (nm, m) from the own-ship and an arbitrary position.) Parallel line is also available only on the scale 1/320000 and over. Route Planning Routes are planned by both entering a waypoint directly on the chart and entering waypoint data such as latitude, longitude, etc., on the route table in the plan mode. Waypoints are created/modified simultaneously both on the chart and on the route table. Search routes are planned in the plan mode. They have 4 kinds of patterns: parallel, square, creeping (trapezoid) and sector. Once they are fixed as search routes, you can modify them in the same way as normal routes. The route-check, which is a function to detect some danger included in the cross track distance limit for the route, is automatically carried out while creating/modifying a route. When some danger is detected, the part which includes the danger is shown in bold red. Input method ...................... On-screen planning, Numeral input Route modification ............. Route name, Addition, deletion and position change of a waypoint, Waypoint attribute, Cross track distance limit Sailing ................................ Rhumb line sailing, great circle sailing Number of saved route ...... 64 routes Number of displayed route . 5 routes at the same time (as routes for reference) Number of waypoints ......... 300 waypoints (max.) Route name: ...................... 20 alphanumerical letters (max.) Route table display: ........... Planned route, waypoint list, and they should be displayed and modified simultaneously. Displayed item: .................. Rout name, waypoint number, waypoint name, waypoint position, turn radius, reach, rate of turn, planned ship speed, cross track distance limit, leg course, rhumb line / great circle, planned rate of turn, distance between each waypoint, accumulated distance and time to each waypoint, ETA Route Monitoring In the monitor mode, geometrically fixed hazard, TTs, AIS targets and radar image are overlaid on a chart and the system monitors the movement of floating hazards and generates alerts and indications if needed. The necessary information for the situation awareness is provided for OOW to contribute to the safe navigation. Alerts or indications are provided in the following cases:
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- When the own ship guard frame crosses the safety contour, safety depth, restricted area, geometrically fixed hazard, no-go line/area, etc. (Users set the guard frame size.) - When cross track distance (XTD) is larger than XTD limit of the active route. - ECC (early course change) and CC (course change) are provided when the own ship reaches a position specified time before WOL (wheel over line). - When the own ship gets closer to the end of an active route. - When a TT or AIS target approaches the own ship and comes into the limit of CPA/TCPA. - When the own ship reaches a critical point within the set time/distance on an active route. It is possible to scroll a chart for look ahead in true motion in the monitor mode and to return to the chart which covers the own ship position by pressing HOME on the operation panel. When the own ship symbol is invisible by chart scrolling, an indication or alertis provided with sounding buzzer lightly 3 times. Track Control (Option) The track control in the category C, which is satisfied with the IMO and IEC international standards, is performed. The system calculates cross track distance referring to both the position of the own ship which goes along the active route and the position indicated on the system data in order to follow legs on an active route. Communication protocol (Based on IEC61162-1 Ed.2, Ed.3) Sentence..... HTC, ZDA, VBW, XTE, PTKM, HSC (ECDIS Autopilot) HTC (ECDIS Autopilot PR-xxxx-ZZ) HTD, RSA, ALR (Autopilot ECDIS). Alerts and indications during track control: - ECC (Early course change) - ACC (Actual course change) - WOL (Wheel over line) - Course difference (When the difference between the heading and a leg course exceeds the limit) - Steering mode change indication - Others (Messages during override steering, etc.) - AC power low voltage, power failure for back-up 24VDC - Position monitor (Usually monitored by both the main and 2nd sensors. When the deviation between 2 position sensors of the main and the 2nd exceeds its limit.) - Heading monitor (Usually monitored by both the main and 2nd sensors. When the deviation between 2 heading sensors of the main and the 2nd exceeds its limit.) - Sensor signal (Failure of the position sensor, sensor for speed through water and
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heading sensor. Wire broken, abnormal state and abnormal data. An alert is provided when the signal from the 2nd sensor is abnormal.) Off track (When the own ship exceeds the cross track distance limit.) Unsafe turning rate (When the actual ROT of the own ship exceeds the limit) Low speed (When speed through water exceeds the limit peculiar to the ship.) High speed (When speed through water exceeds the limit peculiar to the ship) End of track (Generated in 1 to 5 minutes before the own ship passes the final waypoint.) Both ECC and ACC are not generated near the final waypoint. Track control stopped (Generated 1 to 5 seconds after the communication error happens between ECDIS and HCS (Heading Control System). Generated when the position sensor error or speed through water sensor error happens.) NOTE
When track control stopped alert is provided, the system should automatically change to the heading control if it is available. - Backup navigator alarm It is provided during the track control when the system is connected with Autopilot PR-6000/9000 series and when the ship is equipped with the backup navigator alarm box BNA-200. It is generated to the bridge alarm transfer system in the following cases. (Dry contact signal) - When CC is provided near a waypoint and 30 seconds pass after the own ship passes the WOL without acknowledgement - When the end of track alert or the track control stopped alert is generated and no one acknowledges within 30 seconds. Navigation Record (a) 24 Hours Log - System data (Logged every 10 seconds) Time, position, heading, STW, COG, SOG, UKC, wind direction, wind speed - Autopilot control info. (Logged every 10 seconds.) Steering mode, set heading, rudder order, actual rudder - Targets (Logged every 10 seconds) TT, activated AIS targets, associated targets, dangerous targets - Chart and position offset info (Logged every 10 seconds or when data is changed.) Chart info, position offset info, active route - Active route Active route name, to-waypoint, leg course, XTD - Provided alerts Alert ID, alert text, time, alert source, priority, action - System info. (Logged whenever an event happens.) Event, time (b) 3 Months Log (Logged every 4 hours) Time, position, heading STW, SOG, COG, Autopilot steering mode
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Navline and No-go Line/Area Navline is navigation memo, drawing a mark, text, line, area and remark. The moment the own ship guard frame crosses a no-go line/area, an alert is generated. Navline and no-go line/area data can be eternally displayed whenever a chart with navline or no-go line/area data is displayed as an active chart. Number of memos and objects ....................... 1000 marks (max.) Number of saved files into master directory .... 8 Radar Overlay (Option) Radar signal ...........Video signal, trigger signal, heading signal, antenna pulse signal Connectable radar ..TOKYO KEIKI BR series, others produced by other manufacturers Number of connectable radars .. 2 Tracked Target Number of connectable signal for TT information: 2 channels Communication protocol (Based on IEC61162-1 Ed.1, Ed.2, Ed.3) TT sentence ...................................... TTM, TTD Radar system data and own ship data RSD, OSD The identified targets between a tracked target (TT) and an AIS target can be associated into one. A new ID such as ASS001 is provided for the associated target. ‘ASS’ represents an associated target and the number is same as the original AIS target. The associated target is displayed on the original TT position. A TT and an AIS target can be associated either manually or automatically. When either a TT or an AIS target which composes an associated target is lost, it is automatically dissociated into the original 2 targets with an alert. AIS Target Number of displaying AIS targets ........... 400 (max.) Number of displaying activated targets .. 100 (max.) Based on IEC62288 Communication protocol (Based on IEC61162-1 Ed.3) Sentence for essential data of AIS target, dynamic data ......... VDM Sentence for own ship data, dynamic data ............... VDO An AIS target is activated/deactivated by a user and an activated one is shown with a heading line and a SOG/STW vector. When a user identifies a TT with an AIS target, they can be manually associated and also dissociated. AIS target display and functional performance are satisfied with the following standards: IEC62288 Alert and Indication When an alert which is defined in the national standards of ECDIS and TCS is - 432 -
generated, it sounds based on IEC62288 and an alert indication flashes in accordance with a method prescribed in IMO A830, 686 and IEC61924-2 Ed.1. System Backup (Option) In case of the main ECDIS failure, the main ECDIS is connected with the backup ECDIS through Ethernet, data and information can be copied between them so that it could take over the functions and maintain the safe navigation successfully. Sensor signals are individually input to each system. Datum WGS-84 (Other datum is available on ARCS chart.) Self-Diagnosis This is carried out when ECDIS starts and when you click ‘Renew’ button on the self-diagnosis menu in the update mode. Items to be diagnosed: Data drive, CD/DVD drive, radar card, serial card, operation panel, LCD, network, fan, USB drive, DIO port Power Supply AC100/110/115/220V, 1φ, 50/60Hz Rated value Voltage: within ±10%, Frequency: within ±5% DC24V Rated value Voltage: ±30% within -10% AC/DC
AC
DC
EC-8100/8600
300VA
15A (max.)
EC-8000-A
200VA
5.0A (max.)
EC-8500-A
250VA
5.0A (max.)
Model
Environment for Operation Temperature ..0 to +45°C Humidity.........Max. 95%RH (35°C) Vibration ........Based on IEC-60945 Ed.4 (Protected)
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ECDIS ELECTRONIC CHART DISPLAY AND INFORMATION SYSTEM EC-8000-A/8500-A, EC-8100/8600 OPERATOR’S MANUAL – Ed.1.1 – [Document No. E18-6561A] Jun. 2014 Sep. 2014
(1st edition) (2nd edition)
2-16-46 Minami-kamata, Ohta-ku, Tokyo 144-8551 Japan Tel. +81-3-3737-8611, Fax. +81-3737-8663 NOTICE This operator’s manual must not be copied or reproduced without the permission of TOKYO KEIKI INC.
