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
RADARPILOT / CHARTRADAR
ED 3038 G 232 / 01 (2002-06)
Operating Instructions
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For Section 2.5,
Display Modes
(see page 24):
Only if there is a CHARTPILOT installed:
Switching the Chart Display Mode on
By pressing of the CHART MODE key, the Chart Display Mode is switched on. The
radar PPI is displayed. In addition, User Chart Objects can be displayed. On the
CHARTRADAR, the vector charts that exist on the CHARTPILOT can be displayed
additionally.
The green lamp above the key indicates this setting.
For Section 3.3,
Centering / Off-Centering of the Display (Center, Off-Center)
(see page 31):
Centering the Display
By pressing of the CENT key, own ship is centered in the PPI.
Off-Centering the Display
Move the cursor to the intended position of own ship’s symbol within the PPI on the
screen, and press the OFF CENT key.
For Section 3.4,
Range Selection (Range)
(see page 31):
Selecting the Next Larger or Next Smaller Range
The next smaller range is switched on by means of the key , and the next larger
range is switched on by means of the key .
☞ The change-over from the docking ranges to the nautical ranges is also performed
in this way.
For Section 3.6,
The Setting of Vectors
(see page 34)
Setting the Length of the Vectors
Press the TIME key, and use the trackball to set the vector length.
Switching the Vectors to Relative or True Display Mode
The switch-over is performed by pressing the key REL/TRUE.
As a result, the past position plots too are switched over to relative or true display mode.
For Section 4.2,
Basic Setting of the Radar Video
(see page 49):
Tuning, Gain, Rain Clutter Suppression and Sea Clutter Suppression
These settings can be made at any time by means
of the rotary knobs TUNE, GAIN, RAIN and SEA. If
an automatic function is switched on (AFC, AUTO
RAIN, AUTO SEA), it is automatically switched off
when the corresponding rotary knob is operated.
CHART
MODE
CENT
OFF
CENT
RANGE
VECTORS
REL
TRUE
TIME
GAIN
TUNE
SEARAIN