23. Recording Functions; Introduction; Events And Man Overboard Functions - Furuno FEA-2107 Operator's Manual

23. Recording Functions

23.1

Introduction

The ECDIS records various voyage-related items like movement and position of own ship and dangerous radar
targets (from ARPA radar). These items are recorded in the following logs:
Voyage log: Records entire voyage, i.e., a sailing of a route from first point to the last.
Details log: Records position, speed and course once every minute.
Danger Targets log: Records ARPA target data.
Chart Usage log: Records information of used charts in display.
Alarms log: Records alarms generated by the system.
The user may print the contents of any log.
23.2

Events and Man Overboard Functions

The Events and Man Overboard (MOB) functions are accessed with the mouse. Spin the thumbwheel to display
Event/Info/MOB in the mouse functions area and then push the left or right mouse button as appropriate.
Left mouse button (Event): Records an event to the logbook. You can also write a comment (up to 48
alphanumeric characters) for this event. It is displayed only in the electronic chart area if Events is chosen for
display in the Tracking page of the Chart Display dialog box.
Right mouse button (MOB): Records MOB position to the logbook. Position of this event is also displayed on the
chart as a red mark, as shown below.
The ECDIS can display Events and MOB. These events are also recorded into
the Voyage log.
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