User's Manual

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ED 3100 G 140 / 04 (2011-11)
Operating Instructions
C-2 Chart and Route Monitoring
C VOYAGE PLANNING & MONITORING.fm
C-35
NACOS Platinum
2 Chart and Route Monitoring
During the voyage, the ECDIS subsystem of each MFD integrated in the navigation system performs a
number of nautical checks at short intervals of time. This process is running on all indicators with RADAR-
PILOT
1)
and ECDISPILOT functionality as well as on the MULTIPILOT.
If defined criteria, based on the ECDIS performance standards, are infringed, an appropriate alarm is
given when the respective monitoring function is in the switched on state under the relevant alarm
settings.
The entire implemented monitoring functionality can be divided into route monitoring and chart moni-
toring.
Route monitoring
- is performing the monitoring of deviations of your own ship from the System Route, displayed in
the PPI/chart and
- is watching the approach to critical points on the System Route.
Additionally the results of the Check Route function in combination with the monitoring strip defined by
the Safety Corridor remain available to the operator for the System Route also during voyage execu-
tion.
Chart monitoring
is including the checks of own ship's position (defined by the ship's outline
2)
), its movement ahead in
course direction (defined by the Look Ahead Sector) relative to
- the chart objects contained in the vector chart and
- the user chart objects Own Safety Line, Danger Highlight and many of the symbols
3)
which are
available in the User Symbols database.
Alarms and Warnings for activation of the different monitoring functions are selected in the Alarms
expander via the ECDIS Alerts selection menu. The alarms can be activated independently by selection
of
- Safety Contour Alarm
- Special Area (Indication or alarm)
- Obstruction ahead indication
- Critical point on route alarm
- Cross-track alarm
in the Alerts menu.
1)
On RADARPILOT Chart Monitoring is only possible if it is configured as a Chartradar on service level.
2)
The parameters for the ship´s outline have been defined on service level.
3)
Only those user-made symbols which are classified as obstructions (like buoys, beacons, lighthouses, landmarks,
etc.) generate an alarm in the monitoring process.