NAUTICAST™-INLAND Installation Manual
Index
1
GENERAL INTRODUCTION ...............................................................................................................................................1
1.1
Description of AIS ......................................................................................................................................................1
1.2
1.3
AIS Networks .............................................................................................................................................................3
2
NAUTICAST™ ....................................................................................................................................................................4
2.1
System Overview .......................................................................................................................................................4
3
INSTALLATION ...................................................................................................................................................................5
3.1
Installation Requirements ...........................................................................................................................................5
3.2
Installation Overview ..................................................................................................................................................5
3.3
General Interface Description .....................................................................................................................................7
3.4
Interface NMEA Description: ......................................................................................................................................8
3.4.1
3.4.2
3.4.3
Pilot Port CH 5 .................................................................................................................................................9
3.4.4
Long Range CH 8 ............................................................................................................................................9
DGPS - DGNSS Channel 9 ........................................................................................................................... 10
3.4.5
3.4.6
3.4.7
Proprietary Sentences .................................................................................................................................... 10
3.5
Sensor Interface Definitions ..................................................................................................................................... 11
3.5.1
Talker drive circuits ........................................................................................................................................ 11
3.5.2
Listener Receiver Circuits ............................................................................................................................... 11
3.5.3
Electrical isolation .......................................................................................................................................... 11
3.5.4
Maximum voltage on the bus .......................................................................................................................... 11
3.5.5
Data transmission .......................................................................................................................................... 11
3.6
Sensor notes............................................................................................................................................................ 12
3.7
Sensor Hardware Installation: .................................................................................................................................. 13
3.7.1
3.8
Sensor Software Configuration ................................................................................................................................ 14
3.8.1
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................... 14
3.8.2
3.8.3
3.8.4
3.8.5
3.8.6
Supported NMEA-0183 Sentences ................................................................................................................. 20
3.8.7
Calculated Values .......................................................................................................................................... 24
3.8.8
Versions of NMEA Sentences ........................................................................................................................ 24
3.9
3.10
Pin-Description AIS-Connector: ........................................................................................................................... 26
3.11
3.12
3.13
3.13.1
VHF Antenna Installation ................................................................................................................................ 29
3.13.2
GNSS Antenna installation ............................................................................................................................. 30
3.14
Power Supply ...................................................................................................................................................... 33
4
STARTING THE NAUTICAST™ ........................................................................................................................................ 34
4.1
4.2
4.3
Entering Ship Settings ............................................................................................................................................. 37
4.4
Entering Voyage Related Data ................................................................................................................................. 39
4.5
4.6
Service and User Passwords ................................................................................................................................... 45
5
TROUBLESHOOTING ....................................................................................................................................................... 48
5.1
5.2
Alarm Codes ............................................................................................................................................................ 49
5.3
Text Messages ....................................................................................................................................................... 50
5.4
Restarting the NAUTICAST™ .................................................................................................................................. 50
6
ACCESSORIES................................................................................................................................................................. 51
7
TECHNICAL INFORMATION ............................................................................................................................................ 52
7.1
ERI Ship Types ........................................................................................................................................................ 53
8
9
APPENDIX ........................................................................................................................................................................ 55
9.1
Samples for battery calculation ................................................................................................................................ 55
9.1.1
Typical Installation .......................................................................................................................................... 55
9.1.2
9.1.3
9.2
Drawings and Approvals .......................................................................................................................................... 57
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