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Table Of Contents

General Safety Precautions
List of Contents
1 Overview
- 1.1 RADARPILOT ATLAS 1000
- 1.2 CHARTRADAR ATLAS 1000
- 1.3 MULTIPILOT ATLAS 1000
- 1.4 The Equipment Components
- 1.5 Scope of Applicability of these Operating Instructions
2 Basic Settings; General Remarks about Operating
- 2.1 Switching the Radar System On and Off
- 2.2 General Remarks about the Operating and Display Elements
- 2.3 Brilliance and Colour Selection
- 2.4 Degaussing
- 2.5 Display Modes
- 2.6 An Overview of the Screen
- 2.7 The Menu Structure
- 2.8 Activating/Deactivating of Slave Keyboards/Trackballs
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
- 5.1 Compass
- 5.2 Speed Sensor
- 5.3 Position Sensor
6 Bearing and Range
- 6.1 Cursor Display
- 6.2 Variable Range Markers (VRM's)
- 6.3 Electronic Bearing Lines (EBL's)
- 6.4 Operating the VRM and the EBL Jointly
- 6.5 Parallel Index Lines
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)
- 8.1 Manual Target Acquisition and Semi-Automatic Plotting
- 8.2 Deletion of Targets
- 8.3 Target Data Display
- 8.4 Target Labels
9 Collision Avoidance (TCPA, CPA)
10 Trial Manoeuvres
- 10.1 General
- 10.2 Switch-On of the Trial Manoeuvre Display
- 10.3 Setting the Trial Manoeuvre in Relative Display Mode
- 10.4 Checking the Trial Manoeuvre in True Display Mode
- 10.5 Switching Off the Trial Manoeuvre Display
11 Editing of Pre-planned Tracks
- 11.1 Generating a New Pre-planned Track
- 11.2 Modifying an Existing Track
- 11.3 Generating a New Track on the Basis of an Existing Track
- 11.4 Managing the Pre-planned Tracks
12 Editing the Map
- 12.1 Preparing the Editing of the Map
- 12.2 Editing of Symbols
- 12.3 Editing of Lines
- 12.4 Ending the Editing of a Map
13 Displays in the Multidisplay
- 13.1 Docking Display
- 13.2 Zoom Display
- 13.3 Depth Display
- 13.4 Wind/Set+Drift Display
14 Quick Info Box
- 14.1 Contents of the Quick Info Box
- 14.2 Operating Procedure for the Stopwatch
- 14.3 Setting the Zone Time
15 Evaluation of the Radar Video
- 15.1 Achievable Radar Range
- 15.2 Distortions of the Radar Video
- 15.3 Undesirable Echo Displays and Effects
- 15.4 Sector Blanking
16 The Radar Keyboard
17 Alarm Management
18 List of Alarms
19 List of the Alarm Signal Outputs
20 Care and Maintenance Work
- 20.1 Care
- 20.2 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

General Safety Precautions

b_r1_esh.fm / 21.06.02

RADARPILOT / CHARTRADAR

General Safety Precautions

The radar can perform its safety function if, and only if, the transmission power and the receiver sensitivity

are adequate. Therefore, these characteristics must be checked regularly (by means of the Performance

Monitor – see Section 21).

Connected position receivers must fulfil the standard IEC 61162-1

ARPA target data are directly dependent upon the accuracy and proper functioning of the selected speed

sensor and the gyro compass.

DANGER: High frequency radiation

Persons must definitely avoid being present in the radiation danger zone

of the rotating antenna.

In the case of work being done on the antenna unit, the antenna switch

situated there must be set to

0 and the transceiver must be discon-

nected from the ship’s mains.

☞ There is no international agreement about the danger posed by high frequency radiation of the kind

produced by the radar systems. In most countries, a radiation density exceeding 100 W/m

is consid-

ered to be dangerous; in some countries, values over 10 W/m

are regarded as not being completely

safe.

IEC 61162-1 largely corresponds to NMEA 0183 Version 2.30 of 1st March 1998.

Antenna Type

Transceiver

A=Up B=Down

Radius of the Radiation Danger Zone

Radiation Density

100 W/m

Radiation Density

10 W/m

5 ft X-Band

12.5 kW, Version A 1.4 m 14 m

25 kW, Version B 1.65 m 16 m

8 ft X-Band 12.5 kW, Version A 0.65 m 7 m

14 ft S-Band

30 kW, Version A 1.3 m 13 m

30 kW, Version B 0.7 m 7.8 m

Particular attention must be paid to the notes and warnings refer-

ring to possible faults in the radar display, since such faults can

impair the detection of targets.