Autopilot Control - Raymarine a67 Wi-Fi Installation And Operation Instructions Manual

9.1 Autopilot control

You can use your multifunction display to control your autopilot.
Note: For information on connecting your multifunction display
to a Raymarine autopilot system, refer to the documentation
that accompanied your autopilot.
With the Autopilot Control function enabled, you can use your
multifunction display to:
• Engage the autopilot and instruct it to follow a route, or a
waypoint.
• Disengage the autopilot.
• Silence the waypoint arrival alarm.
Pilot Control dialog
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1 Pilot Mode.
2 Current Locked Heading.
3 STANDBY — Disengages the autopilot and return to manual vessel
control.
4 Auto—Engages the autopilot.
5 Turn angle — The turn angle is only available for SPX autopilots
connected using SeaTalk
of turns to be made under autopilot.
6 Track — Engages the autopilot in Track mode and automatically
steers your vessel along a route plotted on your chartplotter.
7 Dismiss — Dismisses the Pilot Control dialog.
8 Distance to next waypoint.
9 Bearing to next waypoint.
10 Next waypoint name.
Note: The Pilot Control dialog will close if no action is taken
for 10 seconds.
The Pilot Control dialog is displayed in the following situations:
• When you select Menu > Navigate > Goto Waypoint , Goto
Cursor or Follow Route option in the chart application.
• When you select Goto Waypoint or Goto Cursor using the
chart context menu.
• When you place the cursor over an active route or waypoint
on the chart and select Stop Goto, Stop Follow or Advance
Waypoint from the context menu.
• When you are following a route or going to a waypoint or
cursor position, and select Menu > Navigate > Stop Goto,
Stop Follow, or Advance Waypoint.
• When you arrive at a target waypoint.
Note:
When arriving at a waypoint, the dialog title bar turns red to
indicate waypoint arrival.
Enabling the autopilot control function
From the homescreen:
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1. Select Set-up.
2. Select System Settings.
3. Select Autopilot Control so that On is highlighted.
Selecting Autopilot Control will switch the control between
On and Off.
Disengaging the autopilot using the
shortcuts menu
On multifunction displays which do not have a dedicated pilot
button (i.e. a65, a67, e7 and e7D) you can disengage the
autopilot from the Shortcuts menu.
With the autopilot engaged:
1. Press and release the POWER button.
2. Select Disengage Pilot.
The autopilot is disengaged, and put into standby mode.
Disengaging the autopilot using the pilot
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button
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On multifunction displays which have a dedicated pilot button
(i.e. New c Series and New e Series displays, excluding the e7
and e7D) you can disengage the autopilot using the dedicated
Pilot button.
With the autopilot engaged:
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1. Press the Pilot button.
The autopilot is disengaged, and put into standby mode.
Disengaging the autopilot from the chart
application
On all multifunction display variants the autopilot can be
disengaged from the chart application's menu.
In the chart application with the autopilot engaged:
1. Select Menu > Navigate > Stop Goto or Stop Follow.
The Pilot Control dialog is displayed.
2. Select STANDBY.
The autopilot is disengaged, and put in standby mode.
Engaging the autopilot using the shortcuts
menu
On multifunction displays which do not have a dedicated pilot
button (i.e. a65, a67, e7 and e7D) you can engage the autopilot
from the Shortcuts menu.
With the autopilot engaged:
1. Press and release the POWER button.
2. Select Engage Pilot.
The autopilot is engaged.
Engaging the autopilot using the pilot
button
On multifunction displays which have a dedicated pilot button
(i.e. New c Series and New e Series displays, excluding the
e7 and e7D) you can engage the autopilot using the dedicated
Pilot button.
With the autopilot disengaged:
1. Press the Pilot button.
The pilot control dialog is displayed.
2. Select Engage Pilot.
Note: You can also automatically engage the autopilot by
pressing and holding the Pilot button.
Engaging the autopilot from the chart
application menu
In the chart application:
New a Series / New c Series / New e Series