User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- GENERAL
- 1 About these Operating Instructions
- 2 Safety Precautions
- 3 NACOS Platinum System Description
- 4 Multi Function Display
- 5 NACOS Platinum Graphical User Interface
- QUICK START GUIDE
- MAIN APPLICATIONS
- RADAR
- 1 General Information
- 1.1 RADAR Safety
- 1.2 Current IHO Standards / Regulatory Approvals
- 1.3 System Structure and Installation
- 1.4 Basics / Evaluation of the RADAR Video
- 1.4.1 Basics of the Evaluation of RADAR Video in Platinum Series
- 1.4.2 Achievable RADAR Range
- 1.4.3 Distortions of the RADAR Video
- 1.4.4 Undesirable Echo Displays and Effects
- 1.4.5 RADAR Setting for the Display of Racon Codes
- 1.4.6 RADAR Settings for Target Enhancer Detection
- 1.4.7 RADAR Setting for SART Detection (X-Band only)
- 1.4.8 Transmission formats
- 1.5 Basic setting of the RADAR Video
- 1.6 RADAR Accuracy
- 2 The RADAR Keyboard
- 3 An Overview of the Screen
- 4 RADAR Application Area
- 5 RADAR Sidebar - Permanent Area
- 6 RADAR Sidebar - Non-Permanent Area
- 7 Target Handling
- 7.1 Overview
- 7.2 Manual Target Acquisition
- 7.3 Manual Target Selection
- 7.4 Automatic Target Acquisition
- 7.5 Settings for Dangerous Targets
- 7.6 Settings for Acquisition/Guard Zones
- 7.7 Target Fusion
- 7.8 Deletion and Loss of Targets
- 7.9 Critical Target
- 7.10 Target List
- 7.11 Target Display
- 7.12 Trial Manoeuvre
- 7.13 Reference Target Tracking
- 7.14 ARPA Training
- 7.15 ARPA Malfunctions
- 7.16 AIS Malfunctions
- 8 User Symbols
- 9 CHARTRADAR (optional)
- 9.1 Overview
- 9.2 Basic Adjustments
- 9.3 Selecting the Objects to be Displayed in the Vector Chart
- 9.3.1 Overview
- 9.3.2 Categories of Display Groups
- 9.3.3 Select a Category
- 9.3.4 Select the Primary Chart Information Set (PCIS)
- 9.3.5 Indication of Category in the Status Line
- 9.3.6 Defining the Symbol Presentation
- 9.3.7 Setting the Display of Text Labels
- 9.3.8 Switch on Additional Information
- 9.3.9 Switch on Conditionally Displayed Features
- 9.4 CHARTRADAR Application Area
- 9.5 Application Area Context Menu
- 9.6 Setting the Depths Lines to be Displayed in the Vector Chart
- 9.7 Setting the Own Ship’s Draft
- 9.8 Activating the Chart Monitoring
- 9.9 Setting the Look-Ahead Sector
- 9.10 Chart Maintenance
- 9.11 Main Differences between CHARTRADAR and Full ECDISPILOT
- 1 General Information
- VOYAGE PLANNING AND MONITORING
- 1 Voyage Planning
- 1.1 Generation of Routes
- 1.1.1 General Information about Pre-planned Tracks
- 1.1.2 Generation, Handling and Administration of the Routes
- 1.1.3 Route Display Settings
- 1.1.4 Route Editing - Graphical
- 1.1.5 Route Editing - Text Mode
- 1.1.6 Details of the Waypoint Data
- 1.1.7 Checking of Routes
- 1.1.8 Completing the Generation of the Route
- 1.1.9 Import / Export Routes
- 1.1 Generation of Routes
- 2 Chart and Route Monitoring
- 1 Voyage Planning
- CONNING
- SENSORS
- OPTIONAL APPLICATIONS
- MAINTENANCE
- 1 Performance Monitor
- 2 Data Maintenance of the Electronic Charts
- 2.1 General
- 2.2 Starting Chart Maintenance
- 2.3 Chart Maintenance Application Area
- 2.4 Update of Charts from Media
- 2.5 Messages during Chart Update
- 2.6 Display Charts which are on a Media or a MFD (workstation)
- 2.7 Maintenance of Charts on your MFD (workstation)
- 2.8 Display Expander
- 2.9 Backup/Restore of Map Data
- 3 Manual ENC Update Editor
- 4 Hardware Maintenance
- 5 SW Version and Updates
- ALARMS
- LISTS AND INDEXES
- DOCUMENT HISTORY
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NACOS Platinum
List of Contents
I GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I - 1
1 About these Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I - 3
1.1 Aim and Scope of these Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I - 4
1.2 Validity of these Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I - 5
1.3 Availability of these Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I - 6
1.4 How to Find Information in the Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . I - 7
1.4.1 Structure of the Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I - 8
1.4.2 How to find Information on Specific Subjects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I - 9
1.5 Typographical Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I - 10
2 Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I - 13
2.1 Warnings and Notes in these Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I - 14
2.2 Meaning of Safety Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I - 15
2.3 General Safety Notes – NACOS Platinum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I - 17
2.4 Authorisation and Qualification of Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I - 18
2.5 Commissioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I - 19
2.6 Obligatory Safety Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I - 20
3 NACOS Platinum System Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I - 21
3.1 What is the NACOS Platinum? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I - 22
3.2 Customisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I - 23
3.3 Applicable Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I - 25
4 Multi Function Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I - 27
4.1 General System Description MFD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I - 28
4.2 Operating Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I - 29
4.2.1 Pointing Devices – Trackball and Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I - 30
4.2.2 Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I - 32
4.2.3 The ASCII Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I - 33
4.2.4 The RADAR Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I - 34
4.2.5 The TRACKPILOT Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I - 35
4.3 TFT Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I - 36
4.3.1 Nominal Viewing Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I - 37
4.3.2 Colour Distortions on Monitors with Flat Screens (TFT Monitors) . . . . . I - 38
4.3.3 Printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I - 39
4.4 Startup and Shutdown of MFDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I - 40
4.5 Basic Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I - 41
4.5.1 Adjusting the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I - 42
4.5.2 Setting Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I - 43
5 NACOS Platinum Graphical User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I - 45
5.1 Super Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I - 46
5.2 Screen Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I - 47