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How TRACK RECoRding And PLAYbACK woRK

TRACK RECoRding And PLAYbACK

When the Track Record button is pressed, i-Pilot starts to record GPS position data in the form of track

points. The distance between these points varies based on the speed of the boat and the GPS signal

strength. The very ﬁ rst track point recorded is called the start. The last point recorded is called the end.

i-Pilot sees a recorded track as a series of these track points. When a Track to Start or Track to End

button is pushed, i-Pilot will navigate to the nearest track point. Once this nearest track point is reached,

it will then follow the track points in sequence back to either the start or end based on which button was

pressed. Once the end or start track point is reached, i-Pilot automatically exits from the Track to Start

or Track to End function. During track playback, i-Pilot takes control over all steering functions; speed

can be manually controlled or the Cruise Control function can also be used. The motor speed must be

set high enough in order to stay on the track given wind, current and other external forces.

i-Pilot can also pause the recording of a track. When the recording is paused, i-Pilot temporarily stops

recording any new track points. When track recording is resumed, i-Pilot records new track points. Due

to the nature of pausing a recording, there may be a large separation distance between two track points

or two track points lying on top of one another where the pause occurred. This can cause erratic motor

steering therefore it is very important to know where the pause button was pressed and to resume the

recording just ahead of that location. If while paused, the separation distance exceeds a quarter mile, the

recording will automatically stop.

TRACK RECoRding / PLAYbACK

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