Voyage Log - Furuno FEA-2107-BB Operator's Manual

23.3.2

Voyage log

The voyage log holds data for the entire voyage, recording the following data:
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Changes of course and speed. User can define limits for course change and speed change of your ship to be
recorded. This data is filed in the log as type "Ship".
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User is able to define time period, how often there is a recording regardless of course or speed changes. (For
example, once per 4 hours). This data is filed in the log as type "Auto".
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Man Over Board event. This data is filed in the log as type "MOB".
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Standard event. This data is filed in the log as type "User".
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Alarms generated by the system. User is able to choose alarms, which are recorded into the Voyage log. This
data is filed in the log as type "Alarm".
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Positions. This data is filed in the log as type "Posdev".
When an event is generated it is saved to the log. The event types are as follows:
• Date and time
• Position of your ship as output by chosen navigator
• Speed over ground and course over ground
• Wind speed and direction
• Distance counter value
• Depth information.
Viewing the voyage log
To open the voyage log, do the following:
Note 1: You can add a description to a log entry. Check Enable changes then enter description desired in the text
box, using the scrollwheel.
Note 2: For how to make a user chart from this log, see section 23.3.8 Making a user chart from the log (past track).
1. Spin the scrollwheel to show Menu/Info/Chart Menu in the mouse
functions area then push the left mouse button
2. Choose Record from the menu then push the scrollwheel. Choose Voyage
Log from the menu then push the scrollwheel.
3. The following window appears. Confirm that you want to open the log by
clicking the OK button. Otherwise click the Cancel button.
The system will start viewing program of log.
You may print the entire log or a desired part. To change print font size, put the
cursor on the triangle and choose desired font size. To print the log, click the
Print Log button. To print whole log, select Print All from the menu.
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