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
V-2 Alarm Management
V Alarms.fm / 10.11.11
V-29
NACOS Platinum
TP Track Limit
The track limit value set by the operator or taken from the activated route has been exceeded.
Remedy:
- Increase the track limit or
- allow the ship to steer back to the track or
- steer the ship with the joystick or
- select manual steering.
TP Track Mode Aborted
1)
By operation of the joystick, the Mode buttons or the Mode keys (HDG, CRS) on the keyboard, the
TRACKPILOT was switched from Track mode to Course Mode or Heading Mode.
TP Track Mode Fault
1)
The system was in Track mode, but the speed data, position data or waypoint data are no longer
available or valid during sailing in Track mode.
- or -
The set course limit or the set track limit is exceeded for the track that was just recalculated.
- or -
The system was in Track mode and the latitude 85° has been exceeded.
The system therefore automatically switches over to the Course mode.
Special features: If the alarm is not acknowledged within 30 seconds, the TRACKPILOT Alarm
signal is generated additionally for the purposes of triggering an external alarm. See 2.2.6 on page
V-32.
Remedy: Select some other speed or position sensor or define a new route as the System Route
or - after the course deviation or track deviation has fallen below the limit - activate Track mode
again.
TP Waypoint Approaching
The early course change indication announces, that the WOP of the TO-waypoint will be reached in
XX seconds.
XX = advance warning time which, according to section V - 2.2.4: "ECDIS Alarms" , has been
entered for the occurrence of this alarm in the TP-Settings dialog under WPT Approach.
The distance and the time to go to the WOP as well as the Next track course and radius are
displayed in the Route Data display.
TP WOP Execution
In Track mode the next WOP (the starting of the course change on the leg) will be reached 30
seconds after this warning or alarm appears.
Special feature: Acknowledge with Execute
1)
On ships with DNV NAUT-AW approval, this alarm also appears if the Chart Monitoring Offline or Conning
System Offline alarm occurred.