User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- General Safety Precautions
- List of Contents
- 1 Overview
- 2 Basic Settings; General Remarks about Operating
- 3 PPI Settings
- 3.1 Screen Stabilisation of the PPI: True Motion, Relative Motion
- 3.2 PPI Orientation: Head-Up, North-Up, Course-Up
- 3.3 Centering / Off-Centering of the Display (Center, Off-Center)
- 3.4 Range Selection (Range)
- 3.5 Range Rings, Grid
- 3.6 Own Ship Symbols and Target Symbols, Vectors, Past Position Plots
- 3.7 Trails
- 3.8 Setting the Display of Pre-planned Tracks
- 3.9 Defining the System Track and the Next Waypoint; System Track Display
- 3.10 Setting the Display of User Chart Objects on the RADARPILOT
- 3.11 Setting the Display of Charts and User Chart Objects on the CHARTRADAR
- 3.12 Setting the Display of the Map
- 3.13 Adjusting the Chart or Map to the Radar Video
- 4 Setting the Radar Function
- 4.1 Radar Function On/Off, Interswitch Functions, Master/Slave Switch-Over
- 4.2 Basic Setting of the Radar Video
- 4.3 Selection of the Antenna Revolution Rate
- 4.4 Radar Setting for High Speed of Own Vessel (HSC)
- 4.5 Radar Setting for the Display of RACON Codes
- 4.6 Radar Setting for SART Detection (X-Band only)
- 4.7 Suppression of the Synthetics and Video
- 5 Heading, Speed, Position
- 6 Bearing and Range
- 7 ARPA Functions
- 7.1 Symbols Used
- 7.2 Procedure of the Target Acquisition
- 7.3 Manual Target Acquisition
- 7.4 Automatic Target Acquisition; Settings of the Acquisition/Guard Zone
- 7.5 Deletion of Targets, Loss of Target
- 7.6 Target Data Display
- 7.7 Target Labels
- 7.8 Selecting the Reference Targets for Reference Target Tracking
- 8 EPA Functions (Electronic Plotting Aid)
- 9 Collision Avoidance (TCPA, CPA)
- 10 Trial Manoeuvres
- 11 Editing of Pre-planned Tracks
- 12 Editing the Map
- 13 Displays in the Multidisplay
- 14 Quick Info Box
- 15 Evaluation of the Radar Video
- 16 The Radar Keyboard
- 17 Alarm Management
- 18 List of Alarms
- 19 List of the Alarm Signal Outputs
- 20 Care and Maintenance Work
- 21 Performance Monitor
- 22 System Maintenance Manager
- 22.1 Determining the Versions of Software, Hardware and Documentation
- 22.2 Listing the System Faults
- 22.3 Off-Line Selfcheck
- 22.4 Checking / Correcting the Computer Time
- 22.5 Distribution and Deletion of Map Data; Data Saving
- 22.6 Exchanging Track Files between the Indicators; Data Saving
- 22.7 The Handling of Diskettes
- 22.8 Aborting and Restarting the Program of the Radar System
ED 3038 G 232 / 01 (2002-06)
Operating Instructions
4 Setting the Radar Function
4.2 Basic Setting of the Radar Video
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4.2 Basic Setting of the Radar Video
So that radar targets can be detected with certainty, an optimum
setting of the radar video is of fundamental importance.
WARNING:
An optimum setting of the video is not only impor-
tant for a clear visual display of the targets on the
video but is also a necessary prerequisite for the
EPA and ARPA functions.
Especially in the case of heavy rain and/or a rough
sea, it is essential that the setting be adapted by
trained personnel so that it is suitable for the situ-
ation.
In the following, there is a description of how to set the video of a radar correctly on the master indicator.
Only after these settings have been made on the master indicator can activated slave indicators too be
set in the same way (parameters that cannot be set on slave indicators are pointed out).
1. Select the 12 NM display range.
2. Tuning (adjustment of the frequency) (can be set on the
master indicator only)
Automatic tuning: With the MORE key, click into the TUNE
area; then click on AFC (Automatic Frequency Control).
☞ If two X-Band or two S-Band systems are being operated
simultaneously, disturbance of automatic tuning might
occur (if it is being used). In such cases, manual tuning is
appropriate.
Manual tuning: Click into the TUNE field. As a result, a window
opens in which a setting bar is displayed. With the trackball, set
the display bar of the TUNE indication to its maximum value and
press the DO key.
☞ In the case of manual tuning, the length of the bar in the
TUNE area corresponds to the amplitude with which the
input signal is available for signal processing. Observe
more than one antenna rotation to find the maximum.
3. Gain (input amplification)
Click into the GAIN area, and increase the value by means of
the trackball until slight noise is visible on the PPI. Then reduce
the value a little until the noise has just disappeared and no
more. Then press the DO key.
4. Select the desired display range.
5. Anticlutter Sea (sea clutter suppression)
With Anticlutter Sea, the input amplification at close range is
reduced depending on the distance.
TX/RX 1(X) SP HSC
TUNE
GAIN
RAIN
SEA
CLEAN SWP
IR
HARBOUR
TUNE
2.DO
AFC
TUNE
1.MORE
AFC
TX/ RX
TUNE
1.DO
72 %
3.DO
2.
GAIN
1.DO
27 %
3.DO
2.