Operation Manual

Autopilot Operation
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Navigating through a route
When you select the route screen, you are presented with a list of all of
the available routes stored in the AP300DLX memory. The pointer (>)
identifies the selected route. Turn the course dial clockwise to advance
through the available routes, until you are pointing at the route name
that you wish to steer to.
Forward direction
Reverse direction
Canal1
Buoy26
LP Bay
Nassau22
Jessup
Noyack16
Start (end)
End (start)
Press soft key
Each time you access the route screen, you are provided with the route
in a forward direction, the first waypoint in the route is the START
point, and the last waypoint in the route is the END point.
You may swap the START and END points of the route by pressing
.
The AP300DLX always selects the START point in the route as the
NEXT point to steer to. When you change the direction of the route, the
NEXT point to steer to will also change.
Press the ENTER key to begin navigating through the route.
The AP300DLX will begin calculation from the ship's current position
to the NEXT point in the route.
When the AP300DLX is advancing through a route, the only point of
interest is the NEXT waypoint in the route. This waypoint is displayed
on the graphic screen of the AP300DLX, and is the only point that is
used for calculation of distance, bearing and cross track error (XTE).
Each time you arrive at (or pass) a waypoint in a route, the AP300DLX
will automatically step to the following waypoint as the NEXT
waypoint in the route.
If the course change to the NEXT waypoint is more than 10 degrees
from your present heading, the autopilot display will identify the new
waypoint by name, show the intended new heading and heading
change, and will wait for the user to press the NAV button to
acknowledge the course change.