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
ED 3100 G 140 / 04 (2011-11)
Operating Instructions
C-2 Chart and Route Monitoring
C VOYAGE PLANNING & MONITORING.fm
C-37
NACOS Platinum
2.1 Route Monitoring: Own Ship against the System Route
Monitoring of the Cross Track Distance
If the deviation of the own ship's position from the pre-planned track is greater than the Cross-track
alarm limit set in the System Route under XTD LIM for the current leg, the alarm message Deviation
from Route appears.
The activation of the relevant alarm function takes place under Alarms > ECDIS Alerts > Cross-track
alarm. The off-track limit value currently valid for the actual leg is displayed in the XTD LIM column of
the route list. The currently measured off track distance (i.e. the transverse deviation from the track line)
is indicated numerically on the Route Data Expander and graphically on the Conning Display
1)
.
Alarm on Approaching the present Waypoint
When the probable travelling time needed to reach the wheel over point (WOP) of the next planned
course manoeuvre at the To-Waypoint defined by the System Route becomes less than the value of
the look ahead distance or the time displayed under Alarms > Own Ship, the alarm message
Approach to Waypoint appears.
In addition, by switching off the function Critical point on route alarm, the output of this alarm can
be suppressed for this MFD, even if the other route related alarms are not suppressed.
USEFUL INFORMATION
The Connection with the TRACKPILOT
2)
The monitoring of the own ship against the System Route is performed independently of the ECDIS sub-
system by the TRACKPILOT as well (if the TRACKPILOT is switched on). During this process, both
programs operate with independent limit-values.
The TRACKPILOT always checks with its own user set limits against the track which is valid for its oper-
ating mode, i.e. depending on its steering mode (Heading, Course or Track mode). The equivalent route
related alerts of the TRACKPILOT are only activated if the ship is steered automatically in Track mode
(i.e. along the System Route).
For the case that the AUTO Fill function is activated, the TRACKPILOT will also use the XTD Limit taken
from the System Route, i.e. the same value as used for route monitoring by the ECDIS sub-system.
In case of course or position deviations from the pre-planned track and depending on the situation, the
alarms TP Course Limit Exceeded and TP Track Limit Exceeded are given, and the approach to the
WOP is announced by the TP Waypoint Approaching alarm.
Additionally, 30 seconds before starting a course change in Track mode, the TP WOP Execution alarm
will be given by the TRACKPILOT.
☞ The order to reduce the number of alarms during sailing in Track Mode, it is advisable to switch off
the Cross-track alarm and the Approach to Waypoint alarm of the ECDIS.
1)
The Conning Display is an optional system component or an optional display mode on the MFD.
2)
This information is not relevant for systems without TRACKPILOT.