User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1 Notices
- 2 Introduction
- 3 Operation
- 3.1 Display and controls
- 3.2 Turning the transceiver on
- 3.3 Display layout
- 3.4 Main operating screens
- 3.5 Target list
- 3.6 Own vessel and voyage data
- 3.7 Own dynamic data
- 3.8 Received messages
- 3.9 Alarms screen
- 3.10 Target plot screen
- 3.11 Working with AIS text and Safety Related Messages (SRMs)
- 3.12 Handling alarms
- 3.13 Entering text
- 3.14 Long range messages
- 3.15 Passwords and security
- 3.16 The configuration menu
- 3.17 Tanker mode
- 3.18 Units display - speed and distance
- 4 Installation
- Figure 32 Typical AIS transceiver connection
- 4.1 What’s in the box?
- 4.2 Preparing for installation
- 4.3 Installation procedures
- Figure 34 AIS transceiver dimensions
- Figure 35 Mounting the AIS transceiver
- Figure 36 Panel mounting the AIS transceiver
- Figure 37 Junction box dimensions
- Figure 38 Mounting the junction box
- Figure 39 GPS antenna location
- Figure 40 GPS antenna connection
- Figure 41 VHF antenna installation
- Figure 42 VHF antenna connection
- 4.4 Connecting the equipment
- 4.5 Configuring the AIS950 Transceiver
- 4.6 Changing the password
- 4.7 Confirming correct operation
- 4.8 Regional area settings
- 5 Technical Specifications
- 6 Technical reference
- 7 Drawings
- 8 Installation record
Technical reference
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6.8.14 RMC - Recommended minimum specific GNSS data
Time, date, position, course and speed information provided by a GNSS receiver. All data fields
should be
provided and null fields only used when data is temporarily unavailable.
6.8.15 ROT - Rate of turn
This sentence provides rate of turn and direction of turn information.
6.8.16 SSD - Station static data
This sentence is used to enter static parameters into the
ship’s AIS transceiver.
The parameters in this
message provide contents for various ITU-R M.1371 messages.
$--RMC, hhmmss.ss, A, llll.ll,a, yyyyy.yy, a, x.x, x.x, xxxxxx, x.x,a, a*hh<CR><LF>
Field
number
Description
1 hhmmss.ss Time of position fix (UTC)
2 A Status: A = data valid V = navigation receiver
warning
3 llll.ll, a Latitude, N/S
4 yyyyy.yy, a Longitude, E/W
5 x.x Speed over ground, knots
6 x.x
Course over ground, degrees true
7 xxxxxx
Date: dd/mm/yy - NOT USED
8 x.x, a Magnetic variation, degrees, E/W - NOT USED
10 a Mode indicator:
A = Autonomous mode
D = Differential mode
E = Estimated (dead reckoning) mode
M = Manual input mode
S = Simulator mode
N = Data not valid
$--ROT, x.x, A*hh<CR><LF>
Field
number
Description
1 x.x Rate of turn, °/min, "-" = bow turns to port
2 A Status: A = data valid, V = data invalid
$--SSD,c--c,c--c,xxx,xxx,xx,xx,c,aa*hh<CR><LF>
Field
number
Description
1 c--c Ship's Call Sign, 1 to 7 characters
2 c--c Ship's Name, 1 to 20 characters
3 xxx Pos. ref., "A," distance from bow, 0 to 511 metres