User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- 0 General
- 1 BASIS SETTINGS TO USE THIS RADAR
- 2 OPERATING INSTRUCTION
- 2.1 Radar Operation
- 2.2 Set to Operation
- 2.3 Display Organization and Submenu Structure
- 2.3.1 Sensitivity Controls
- 2.3.1.1 Gain and Clutter Processing
- 2.3.1.2 Tune
- 2.3.1.3 Gain
- 2.3.1.4 Sea
- 2.3.1.5 Rain Rate
- 2.3.1.6 Automatic Clutter Reduction
- 2.3.1.7 Filtering Rain Clouds FTC
- 2.3.1.8 Search and Rescue Transponder SART ON/OFF
- 2.3.1.9 Pulse Width Selection (only available in Master mode)
- 2.3.1.10 Interference Selection IR ON/OFF
- 2.3.1.11 Echo Expansion EXP. ON/OFF
- 2.3.2 Radar Video Displays
- 2.3.3 Radar Video Settings
- 2.3.4 Navigational Elements MAP, PIL, EBL and VRM
- 2.3.5 Cursor Information
- 2.3.6 Cursor in Park Position
- 2.3.7 Information Panel
- 2.3.1 Sensitivity Controls
- 2.4 Select Target Information TGT INFO
- 2.5 Target Menu
- 2.6 Zone Management
- 2.7 Function Menu
- 2.7.1 Select the Backlight Menu Brightness Control and Color Palette
- 2.7.2 Select T-SCE (ON/OFF)
- 2.7.3 Select Route (Option)
- 2.7.4 Select Zoom Menu
- 2.7.5 Select Sector Blanking (ON/OFF)
- 2.7.6 System Clear
- 2.7.7 Performance Monitor (PMU)
- 2.7.8 Magnetron Current
- 2.7.9 Test Alert
- 2.7.10 Senc Menu
- 2.7.11 Chart Info
- 2.8 Chart Radar Function
- 2.9 Select ARPA Trial Manoeuvre
- 2.10 Sea Scout (Option)
- 2.11 Alarm and Warning messages and handling
- 2.12 Working Around the Radar Antenna
- 3 Theory of Operation
- 4 Index
Synapsis Radar
with Nautoscan NX Pedestal
Operator Manual
Edition July 2015
2-117
4265.DOC020102
2.3.7.4 Display of Submenus
This display shows a range of submenus.
The different menus are called up using the soft buttons in the menu bar and
the toggle fields.
Some submenus are equipped with soft buttons or toggle fields that can be
used to select further menus.
2.3.7.5 Display for Alarm
• When the Radar is part of in an Integrated Navigation System (INS).
The Alert Management System receives all Alarm, Warning and Caution
Messages from the connected equipment and distributes them to the alarm
displays of the different INS tasks.
The messages from the Alert Management System are displayed in different
colors according to Alert type;
Alarm messages in RED
Warning messages in ORANGE
Cautions in GRAY
The SYNAPSIS Conning application displays all alerts on the information pages
CAM (Central Alert Management) and ALERT HISTRORY.
• General Information
This chapter describes only Radar specific Alarm Messages which can be
acknowledged at the Radar application only.
Alarms are presented at an alarm message display until their reason no longer
exists and the operator has acknowledged them.
Alerts provide the operator with an indication of dangerous situations or sensor
failure.
Alerts are released when there is a situation that is critical to safety.
Alerts must be acknowledged, and will only be removed from the alert list when
the reason no longer exists.
LOST ARPA TARGET alarms cannot be deactivated.
Alert messages are displayed in the alarm readout displays of individual
applications.