Operation Manual

13.13AISalarms
TheAISfunctionsgenerateanumberofalarmstoalertyouto
dangerousorlosttargets.
Inadditiontothedangeroustargetalarm,thesystemgeneratesan
alarmwhenadangeroustargetbecomesalosttargeti.e.itssignal
hasnotbeenreceivedfor20seconds.
YourAISreceivergenerateslocalalarmswhicharedisplayedand
soundedonyourmultifunctiondisplaywheneveranalarmcondition
existsontheunit.
LocalAISalarms
WhentheconnectedAISunitgeneratesanalarm,yourmultifunction
displayshowsalocalalarmmessageandindicatesthealarmstatus
inthestatusbar.
ActiveAISalarmslist
Theactivealarmlistshowsthestatusofeachlocalalarm.Thislist
canbeaccessedfromthechartapplicationbygoingtoMenu>
AISOptions>AISUnitSet-up>ViewAISUnitLog,orfromthe
radarapplicationsbygoingtoMenu>TrackTargets>AISUnit
Set-up>ViewAISUnitLog.
AcknowledgingAISalarms
Inthechartorradarapplication:
1.SelectOkonthealarmdialogbox.
Note:AnAISalarmremainsactiveuntilitisacknowledgedon
yourmultifunctiondisplay.
13.14Buddytracking
TheBuddyTrackingfeatureenablesyoutoaddAIS-equipped
friendsandregularcontactstoa“BuddyList”onyourmultifunction
display.AssoonasavesselonyourBuddyListsailsintotherange
ofyourAISunit,thevesseliconchangestoindicatethis.
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ItemDescription
1Buddyicon
2Dangeroustargeticon
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Ownvesselicon
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NormalAISicon
Howitworks
WhentheAISLayerisenabledinthechartorradarapplication,AIS
targetsareshownonyourdisplay.YoucanaddanyAIStargetto
a“BuddyList”,eachentryconsistingofanMMSInumber,andan
optionalname.Subsequently,wheneverBuddyTrackingisenabled
onyourmultifunctiondisplay,anda“Buddy”vesselwithanMMSI
numbersailsintotherangeofyourAISreceiver,anAISBuddyicon
isdisplayed.Upto100vesselsmaybeaddedtotheBuddyList.
Pre-requisites
ThefollowingitemsarerequiredfortheBuddyTrackingfeature:
•ForthepurposesofusingtheBuddyTrackingfeature,itis
assumedthatyourdisplayisalreadyconnectedtoasuitableAIS
unit.
•OnlytransmittingAIS-equippedvesselswillbedetected.
Enablinganddisablingbuddytrackinginthe
chartapplication
Fromthechartapplication,withtheAIST argetslayerenabled:
1.SelectMenu.
2.SelectAISOptions.
3.SelectMARPA&AISOptions.
4.SelectBuddyTracking.
SelectingBuddyTrackingwillswitchbetweenbuddytracking
OnandOff.
Enablinganddisablingbuddytrackinginthe
radarapplication
Fromtheradarapplication,withtheAIST argetslayerenabled:
1.SelectMenu.
2.SelectTrackTargets.
3.SelectMARPA&AISOptions.
4.SelectBuddyTracking.
SelectingBuddyTrackingwillswitchbetweenbuddytracking
OnandOff.
Addingavesseltoyourbuddylist
Inthechartorradarapplication:
1.SelecttheAIStarget.
TheAIStargetcontextmenuisdisplayed.
2.SelectAddBuddy.
i.SelectYestoenteranameforthebuddyvessel
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