Page 1 Maris ECDIS900 System Operator Manual ENGLISH www.navico.com/commercial...
Page 2: Table Of Contents
General Table of Contents GENERAL ECDIS900 ............................9 APPLICATION MANAGER ..........................11 BASIC OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES ......................12 ................................... 12 ENERAL ) ..............................13 OOKMARKS TABS ................................. 13 PTION BUTTON ................................13 HECK BOX ................................. 14 NPUT BOX ..............................14 NFORMATION BOX ...................................
Page 3 General ................................ 39 CALE INDICATOR ............................ 40 AVIGATION MODE INDICATORS ................................41 THER PANELS ................................41 EGEND PANEL ........................42 OLOUR TABLE AND ACKLIGHT CONTROL .................................. 43 EATHER CHARTS ................................44 ................................... 44 ENERAL ................................44 RCDS M ............................45 OVING AROUND THE CHART ..................................
Page 4 General ............................... 91 HART SELECTION ..................................91 PDATE ........................... 91 RRORS WHILE UPDATE IS IN PROGRESS ................................. 92 PDATE DISPLAY ................................ 95 PDATE HISTORY ............................... 95 ANCELLATION UPDATE LAN ........................... 95 ECDIS ULTI WORKSTATIONS IN ..................................96 RRORS ......................... 97 CHARTS ECHNICAL FEATURES ENC/ARCS ..............................
Page 5 General ................................. 144 ENERAL ......................... 145 ET A NEW WAYPOINT LATITUDE LONGITUDE ..............................146 HANGE TYPE OF LEG ............................146 ET A NEW TURNING RADIUS XTD ................................. 146 SOG ................................. 146 ETA .................................. 147 ..........................147 EW WAYPOINT BY COORDINATES ............................
Page 6 General ..............................182 OW SPEED ALARM ............................182 ACK UP NAVIGATOR ALARM ........................... 182 HANGE TO MANUAL STEERING ............................... 182 ARBOUR MODE AIS................................. 183 ........................183 AIS - A UTOMATIC DENTIFICATION YSTEM ..............................184 ROADCASTED .................................. 185 ARGETS ..............................186 TARGET DISPLAY ..............................
Page 7 General ..............................215 NAVTEX O VERVIEW ..............................215 RAPHICAL DISPLAY ............................. 216 CCESS TO AVTEX MESSAGE EDITORS................................ 217 ..............................217 DITORS VERVIEW ............................... 217 ENERAL TOOLS ................................217 ELECTION ................................219 DIT MENU ..............................220 AVIGATION DITOR .............................. 221 ULTI PLOTTING MODE ................................
Page 8 General ............................258 YSTEM ONFIGURATION WEATHER ..............................260 ..............................260 EATHER FORECAST ............................ 261 EATHER FILES MANAGEMENT ............................262 EATHER AYER SETTINGS ................................. 263 EATHER TIME ..............................263 EATHER ANIMATION ..............................264 AYERS LLUSTRATION TIDE ................................265 ................................265 ECDIS T ................................
Page 9: General Ecdis900
General General ECDIS900 ECDIS900 is designed to display vessel information received from on board sensors such as GPS, Gyro, Log, radar and AIS together with geographical information retrieved from Electronic Charts. ECDIS900 is a core navigation tool that satisfies the marine standards ECDIS (Electronic Chart Display Information System) and RCDS (Raster Chart Display System).
Page 10 General Technical manual contains more details about installation, architecture, and troubleshooting. Customer support is provided via MCP (Maris Customer Portal) or via e-mail or phone. See the Support section for details.
Page 11: Application Manager
General Application Manager Application Manager is a software application which works as a Shell on MARIS computers and restricts the access to the computer in order to protect the PC and to run ECDIS900 in Approval mode. In Approval mode the PC is protected against any changes which may affect the Operating system and it is impossible to install any third party software.
Page 12: Basic Operational Procedures
General Basic Operational Procedures ENERAL The ECDIS900 is a window based Human Machine Interface (HMI) where requested information is obtained from menus, message boxes, dialogue boxes and other standard window controls in the display. A mouse is the main operating tool for the system. A keyboard is also necessary to input alphanumeric data.
Page 13: Bookmarks ( Tabs )
Bookmarks (tabs) To activate any of the functions, locate the cursor on the appropriate control button and click. A dialogue box may be moved around by clicking on the top of the box and NOTE dragging it to any suitable location on the screen Hot key list Several hot keys allow access to basic functions of ECDIS and makes possible operating the ECDIS directly from a keyboard.
Page 14: Input Box
Input box NPUT BOX An Input Box also known as Spinner consists from an increment button, a decrement button, and an edit control. The box is used to enter alphanumeric values. To activate the input box, click on it. Click on the “up” button to increase the value and on the “down”...
Page 15: List Box
List box IST BOX The control lists values or parameters. To select item from the list, click on the proper one. The selected item is ticked on. To deselect the one, click on the selected item. The item is ticked off.
Page 16: Hot Key List
Hot key list buttons that change the state (pressed vs • normal) The second ones usually used with buddy buttons. Toolbar buttons provide access to the main functionality of the ECDIS application. Note, that some buttons have right-click function OT KEY LIST Zoom in Zoom out Follow the ship and Autoloading...
Page 17 Hot key list Ctrl+space+Shift or Zoom In/out in Magnifying Glass Mouse Wheel Access to the Tidal data for NHO zone. (Pilot version only) Show ARCS update tiles Send XML request to get near real time tide data Change the target vector from True to Relative or vice versa Enter Acknowledge the alarm...
Page 18: Main Window
About Main window Main Window BOUT AIN WINDOW The main window is divided into four different areas: Window Title • Chart Area • Toolbar Panel • Console Area • A typical ECDIS900 screen may look like this: INDOW TITLE The window title shows the application name. The following information is also displayed in the title: •...
Page 19: System Protection
System Protection  The chart number  The datum of the chart  The datum shift with WGS84  Battery charge • The type of ECDIS workstation (Planning or Monitoring). To select the type of the ECDIS workstation, right double-click in the menu bar and select the type of workstation: Monitoring or Planning.
Page 20: Chart Area
Chart Area After the mode is switched on and the password is confirmed, it is required to restart the system. ECDIS SETTINGS AND SER PASSWORD When the user password is not empty, locked ECDIS settings and Sensor Monitor Settings can be changed only if the proper password is entered. When ECDIS settings are locked, it is impossible to modify the following parameters: Ship parameters •...
Page 21: Toolbar Panel
Toolbar panel North up symbol is shown in the top left corner of the chart area. OOLBAR PANEL The toolbar panel contains buttons that allow affecting changes to the chart, controlling navigation and customising the ECDIS application according to OOW (officer on watch) needs.
Page 22: Man Over Board
Man over board AN OVER BOARD In the case of a man over board (MOB) click on the Man Over Board icon NOTE This function is available in the Monitoring mode only. A MOB waypoint is created, showing the time the incident was originated. The MOB waypoint The chart is automatically centred on the MOB point.
Page 23: Event
Event A route defined by the waypoint and plotted from the MOB point is created and the information required to return to the MOB point (bearing and distance from the ship to the MOB point) is immediately displayed in the static information console. To view and amend the properties of the waypoint, locate the cursor on the waypoint, right click and select Properties from the pop-up menu.
Page 24: Select Area
Select Area ORWEGIAN ILOT Right click on the icon to select Extended Standard and Norwegian presentation. Press Hot Key F7 to select the standard mode. ELECT The Select area function allows the user to define chart areas and to select an area to be displayed.
Page 25 Select Area Click on the New display area button - a new area named Unknown is created with the • geographical centre and scale automatically stored. To change the name, click on the name ‘Unknown’ and enter a new name via the •...
Page 26: Auto Centring
Auto centring A list of chart areas is created for one type of chart; the list created for S57 chart is valid only for this type of charts and cannot be used with ARCS charts. UTO CENTRING Click on the Auto centring icon to define a centring zone.
Page 27: Centre On Ship
Centre on Ship If a new rectangle meets the rectangle that defines the limits of dynamic zones, a dynamic • centring zone is defined. After the new rectangle is defined the Auto centring function is off. So press the NOTE Auto centring button again.
Page 28: Ship Properties
Ship properties Tick on Follow the ship. • OTKEY Press the F3 hot key to centre the chart on the ship’s position and activate the Follow the ship function. HIP PROPERTIES To view or change ship’s properties, click on the Ship properties icon Alternatively, click right on the ship’s icon and select Properties from the pop-up menu.
Page 29: Ship To Anchoring Point , Range And Bearing
Ship to Anchoring point, range and bearing REMARK Use the object menu for removing a single VRM/EBL. To remove all VRM/EBL use the 'Del' key or the 'Clean chart' function from the chart menu. HIP TO NCHORING POINT RANGE AND BEARING Right click on the Ship to point, range and bearing icon and plot an anchoring point on the chart.
Page 30: Point To Point, Range And Bearing
Point to point, range and bearing OINT TO POINT RANGE AND BEARING To set two points at a fixed range and bearing from each other click on the Point to point, range and bearing icon The cursor appears as a cross. Move it to the first desired position and click left to fix the point. When the cursor is in motion, it has a circle attached to it plus the actual range and bearing data, measured from the first point.
Page 31: Vrm/Ebl Object Management
VRM/EBL Object management REMARK 1 VRM / EBL is available per target. VRM/EBL O BJECT MANAGEMENT This is available for Ship/Anchoring/Point/Targets-To-Point VRM/EBL facilities. The range and bearing will now be updated according to the ship’s movement. To set the point to a position outside of the current viewing window: move the cursor outside of the window in the desired direction and the chart will move •...
Page 32: Route Plan
Route plan OUTE PLAN Click on the Active Route plan button to display the Route planning window of the active route. REMARKS If the uploaded route is not active the route plan is opened in the Create new route mode. OT KEY Press the F6 hot key to access the route plan of loaded routes.
Page 33: Target Prediction
Target prediction IDE TARGETS Press Hide target to hide targets. All targets are hidden except the target on CPA/TCPA alarms which are displayed anyway. ELATIVE VECTOR Press the Draw relative vector button to display targets with relative vector. A relative vector is displayed ins dotted line to distinguish from an absolute vector.
Page 34: Load /Unload Objects
Load/Unload objects NLOAD OBJECTS Routes and tracks are stored in a database. The following actions are available: Load - displays routes or tracks on the chart • Unload - erases routes or tracks from the chart • To load/unload routes or tracks click on the Load/Unload objects icon For full details on Load/Unload see chapters: Routes –...
Page 35: Ecdis Options
ECDIS Options ECDIS O PTIONS ECDIS O PTIONS To effect changes to the settings of the console, the time, the route parameters or the security click on the Options icon The Options dialogue box has with 4 tabs: Console: to customize the console layout •...
Page 36 Option Console It is possible to predefine several configurations of the console layout in order to use an appropriate layout according to the current type of work. For example a configuration can be defined for route monitoring displaying only active waypoint, drift and target information and another one for docking including Ship’s parameters, drift and cursor position.
Page 37: Option Time
Option Time MPORTANT The console configuration cannot be modified if the ECDIS user data is password protected. For more information about the protection schemes in ECDIS900 see the paragraph System Protection. PTION ECDIS900 operates and displays the local time, which is calculated from UTC time and time zone information.
Page 38: Print
Print ESTORING DATA Press Restore and select the back up folder to restore all data. MPORTANT The restored data replaces the current data used by ECDIS and data created after the back up will be lost. RINT To print the ECDIS screen click on the Print icon To display the software version and to access the on-line user manual click on the Help icon ONSOLE ONSOLE AREA...
Page 39: Time Indicator
Time indicator Legend panel displays a legend and information about the loaded S57 cells under the ship’s position and provides indication for 'Better chart exists' and 'NON-ENC dataon display'. Editors panel gives access to edition tools to work on the electronic chart and with a user defined data.
Page 40: Navigation Mode Indicators
Navigation mode indicators CALE WARNINGS WITH RASTER CHARTS When the current scale is bigger than the original scale the scale indicator is displayed in • yellow together with the warning “Overscale”. This warning is also displayed in the Legend panel. When the current scale is smaller than the original scale the scale indicator is displayed in •...
Page 41: Other Panels
Other panels THER PANELS AFETY CONTOUR PANEL When vector charts are in use ECDIS displays in the Safety contour panel two values of the depth: The user selected value for safety contour. • The safety contour available in the chart cell located under the ship’s position. If ECDIS •...
Page 42: Colour Table And Backlight Control
Colour table and Backlight control The safety contour information. • The magnetic variation. • The sounding datum. • Warning if non ENC data is displayed. • UALITY OF THE DATA A11: Chart of 5m accuracy with sea floor coverage. • A21: Chart of 20m accuracy with sea floor coverage.
Page 43: Weather
Weather ACKLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS The monitor backlight level is automatically adjusted to the calibrated value when a color scheme is selected. (see Technical manual and Sensor Monitor configuration). Three levels of backlight corresponding to the three color tables have been defined during the color calibration process.
Page 44: Charts
General Charts ENERAL ECDIS900 supports two chart formats: Vector and Raster. The system displays vector charts under a seamless mode whilst raster charts, such as ARCS from the British Admiralty, are displayed by default in chart-by-chart mode. When raster charts are in use ECDIS runs in RCDS mode.
Page 45: Moving Around The Chart
Moving around the chart DATA AVAILABLE INDICATOR When a route is checked for danger, an indication is given when the route crosses an area covered by ENC data. When a route is being monitored (See Route Monitoring) an alarm is generated when the ship enters into area covered by ENC data.
Page 46: Zooming
Zooming ISTANCE MEASURING To measure the distance from one point to another point located outside of the chart, move the cursor in the required direction, outside of the chart area clicking on the black screen area outside of the chart border loads automatically the chart with the most precise scale. AYPOINT MOVE To move a waypoint outside of the chart area, proceed in the same way as automatically scrolling the chart.
Page 47: Switching Between Charts
Switching between charts Hot keys: F1 and F2 keys allow zooming in and out when the focus is on the chart • window. Click the right mouse button anywhere within the chart and a pop-up menu will appear. • The scale menu depends on the type of chart: ECTOR CHARTS The list of scales includes the current scale in use displayed with a check mark.
Page 48: Automatic Chart Selection
Automatic chart selection OT KEY Press F9 to select another type of chart. The choice of alternative chart types displayed is configured in the dialogue box activated by pressing the Ctrl and F9 keys together. In the setting given as example pressing F9 will switch from ENC to ARCS and vice versa. UTOMATIC CHART SELECTION OLLOW To activate the Follow Ship mode, right click anywhere on the chart and select the menu...
Page 49: Chart Settings
Chart settings UTO LOADING MODE When the Auto Loading mode is ON, ECDIS900 automatically loads and displays the chart with the best scale at the ships’ current position. To activate the “Auto loading” mode, right click anywhere on the chart and select the menu item Auto loading.
Page 50 Chart settings Several display parameters can be adjusted depending on the type of charts. For more detailed information about the different chart settings refer to the next chapters. ROPERTIES To view the cell’s properties or to display information about an object on the chart, right click on the chart or on that object and select Properties.
Page 51: Chart Handling
Chart handling OT KEY Locate the mouse on the object of interest and press F4. Press again F4 to get the properties of other objects located under the mouse location. Press Ecs key to close the dialogue. For vector charts, the ECDIS900 scans the chart database to find all objects present under the clicked point, highlights these objects on the chart and displays information concerning them.
Page 52: Printing
Printing The chart handling windows contains several tabs: • ARCS • C-Map • RINCIPLE To select a chart database, click the tab and access the functions dedicated to this chart database. RRORS The possible errors that might occur during installation of permits or charts or during the update procedure are listed in the paragraph Errors and Troubleshooting.
Page 53: Update Request And Response
Update request and response PDATE REQUEST AND RESPONSE The online update is possible when the PC is connected to Internet. This can be done in different ways: The ECDIS PC is connected to the LAN and a PC on the LAN is the Internet access server •...
Page 54: Arcs
ARCS Overview ARCS ARCS O VERVIEW By default, ECDIS displays charts in a chart-by-chart mode. However the option ARCS in seamless mode is available making it possible to display the active ARCS chart together with adjacent charts in a seamless way. ARCS charts are scanned copies of paper charts.
Page 55 Chart handling The PIN number must be entered when asked on the first occasion ARCS charts are installed. The ARCS User License Number (6 digits) is required when ordering charts. PIN C NTERING If the PIN is invalid a warning appears and the mariner has to re-type the PIN code. If, after the three attempts the user has still failed to enter the correct PIN, the system does not allow the user to enter the PIN again for a certain time.
Page 56: Permits
Permits ERMITS To display charts in ECDIS900, it is necessary to enter a permit for each chart. Each ARCS chart permit is encrypted and linked to the licensed users “User Permit Number”. Chart permits can be delivered as a file containing the code for each chart or as a 40-digit text message sent by email or fax.
Page 57 Install charts MPORTANT At any time, up to ten per cent of the charts on an area CD may have been replaced by New Editions contained on the latest Update CD. Users should always install relevant New Edition charts from the Update CD before applying the Updates. The update CD contains the latest ARCS chart catalogue plus cumulative updates for all charts in the catalogue.
Page 58: Updates
Updates NSTALL ALL CHARTS FROM THE In order to speed up the installation procedure the system can install the full CD. Click the Install all charts from CD button and the system will list all charts on the CD-ROM along with the parameters: Number, Scale, Permits, Status and Name. Highlight all the charts, using standard windows procedures, and then click the Install button.
Page 59: Copy Database - Multi Ecdis
Copy database - multi ECDIS The system will automatically update the charts that have a valid permit. MPORTANT If there are new edition charts on the update CD for which the user has valid permits, then ECDIS offers to install the charts. REMARKS Information regarding the update process is displayed in the Messages area.
Page 60: Arcs: The Help For Paper Chart Correction
ARCS: the help for paper chart correction After transfer is completed, popup window is displayed: ARCS: THE HELP FOR PAPER CHART CORRECTION In order to facilitate the correction of paper charts, updated tiles (NM corrections) for a chosen chart can be printed on a black\white or colour printer. These tiles may be stuck on the chart in the appropriate place or used to augment the relevant NM chart correction, by showing the user how the correction should be applied by hand.
Page 61: Switching To Arcs
Switching to ARCS HECKING THE UPDATED OBJECTS ON THE CHART Select the option Display updated tiles borders in Chart settings dialogue to display the • borders of updated tiles. Press and hold “B” to display the base chart before updating. •...
Page 62: Zooming
Zooming The colour of the icon displayed in front of each chart indicates the chart permit status: Green – the chart permit is valid. • Yellow – permit warning. The chart permit must be updated. • Red – the chart permit is not valid. •...
Page 63 Zooming The user can zoom out to show half the chart area on the screen (medium scale) and out • again to show the whole chart in overview (low resolution). The user can also zoom in to display the chart at High resolution (Original scale * 2), •...
Page 64: Chart Settings
Chart settings Y DIALOGUE To load any other ARCS chart, not containing the point clicked on, locate the cursor anywhere on the chart, click right, locate the cursor on Other Charts, select ARCS and toggle off the check box Select chart including current point as described in the previous paragraph. Y MOUSE In chart-by-chart mode, locate the cursor outside the chart and double click.
Page 65 Chart properties The General page gives general information about the paper chart used to compile the loaded ARCS chart. EMPORARY AND RELIMINARY OTICES The Temporary and Preliminary Notices to Mariners still in force are issued every week by the British Admiralty and are copied from the ARCS update CD to the hard disk each time ARCS charts are updated in ECDIS900.
Page 66: Chart Collection Status
Chart collection status The notes belonging to the current charts are listed in the ARCS notes menu. Selecting one of the notes opens a window and shows the notes. HART COLLECTION STATUS In Chart Handling dialogue click the button Print collection status to get the current chart collection status The two files are displayed in Notepad: The file ARCS_status.txt contains the state of the chart collection.
Page 67: Errors
Errors The user should click on a shadowed chart to get all information about the chart and double click on a shadowed chart to activate it. To switch on the seamless mode tick the “with ARCS” check box in the Seamless Chart display group.
Page 68 Errors the chart. the chart. edition of the chart has been issued and you are still using the old edition. There are two cases: 1. A new edition of the chart is located on the update CD. 2. The Area CD containing the chart has been re- issued.
Page 69 Errors The specified Proper permit (Navigator permit types do or Skipper) option should ARCS_DIFFERENT_PER No error message not match (when be selected while merging MITTYPE merging permits). permits. There are no files No Licence File or called gb.lcn or Select correct folder in Chart Permit File gb.ncp in the which the files gb.lcn and...
Page 70: Avcs
AVCS Overview AVCS AVCS O VERVIEW The Admiralty Vector Chart Service (AVCS) brings together Electronic Navigational Charts (ENCs) from national Hydrographic offices around the world and new ENC coverage produced by UKHO in co-operation with Foreign Governments to provide comprehensive, official, worldwide coverage.
Page 71: Aio Layer
AIO Layer Valid -displayed as green • Expired not more than 1 month - displayed as yellow • Not valid (or expired more than one month) - displayed as red • The statuses correspond the current product.txt, that displayed as the title of window. AIO Layer is available in areas covered by ENC Cells issued by UKHO AIO L...
Page 72 AIO Layer NFORMATION Right click on red area and display T&P notice information in “Areas” tab.
Page 73: S57
S57 Overview S57 O VERVIEW Official vector charts produced by National Hydrographic Offices are called ENC, Electronic Navigation Charts and delivered in S-57 format. For more details about S57 charts see ENC S57 charts technical features at the end of the chapter. S-57 is a public format used for data exchange and transfer but the charts in this format cannot be used directly in ECDIS.
Page 74: Chart Display
Chart display Zoom and select other scales • Modify the content and the layout of the chart with chart settings dialogue. • Select another projection or enter depth values defining the safety limits. • Get more information about the chart and object with the chart properties dialogue.
Page 75: Zooming
Zooming solid black line chart doesn't need a permit In the picture below the following charts are represented: green solid border - up-to-date chart with the valid permit • green dashed border - out-of-date chart with the valid permit (or chart is not installed but •...
Page 76 Zooming OOM IN FROM HART Locate the cursor anywhere on the chart. Click and drag the cursor in any direction, drawing a rectangle. Release the button and the chart will be re-drawn with the area inside the rectangle filling the screen. HANGE THE SCALE Click the right mouse button anywhere •...
Page 77: Chart Settings
Chart settings Table 1 lists the 6 navigational purpose bands (scale ranges are indicative only). Data are extracted from the Compendium ‘Facts about charts and carriage requirements’ by Primar – IC-ENC, November 2004. AVIGATIONAL CALE ANGE PURPOSE Overview < 1 : 1 499 999 General 1 : 350 000 - 1 : 1 499 999 Coastal...
Page 78 Chart settings RESENTATION With the Simplified presentation symbols are displayed in a synthetic way. In “Paper like” presentation, the presentations of floating buoys are presented in their actual colours. Buoys and beacons shall have a shape that corresponds to INT 1, Chapter IQ. Points-Areas/Line options are the following: Paper like •...
Page 79 Chart Depth RID AND ORDERS To make the grid and borders visible tick on the Grid and Chart borders check boxes in the Display group. AYERS In compliance with the requirements of International standards for ECDIS class systems, the display is divided into three categories: Base Includes those classes of information which must not be turned off under any •...
Page 80: Chart Depth
Chart Depth HART EPTH ROJECTION ECDIS can display charts in different projections and guarantees the consistency between the datum used by GPS and the datum used in ECDIS for display and storage of routes, tracks and other objects. The default projection is Cylindrical, which allows displaying a chart in a proper way even in high latitude areas.
Page 81: Special Effects
Special Effects chart the soundings with a depth value lower than the Safety depth are displayed in dark grey but the soundings with a depth value bigger are displayed in light grey colour. Both soundings can be displayed or hidden by checking on or off the check boxes “Deep Soundings“...
Page 82 Special Effects ILTER SOUNDINGS For some charts the number of displayed soundings is too big making unreadable the figures on the chart. Filter sounding function reduces the number of soundings in such a way that in case of ambiguity the shallower sounding is always used. ELLS LOADING MODE The Automatic mode is default mode.
Page 83: Examples
Examples XAMPLES Two chart display with different values of depth settings HART PROPERTIES To view the chart cell’s properties or to display information about an object of the chart, click right somewhere on the chart or on that particular object and select Properties. Alternatively press F4 when the cursor is on the chart.
Page 84 Chart properties The Cell tab displays information about the Cell and in particular the Compilation scale, the edition number, the version and Issue, the Issue and last update dates, etc. REAS The Areas tab displays administrative information and area object data. To copy entire list of area properties press the Copy button.
Page 85 Chart properties AVIGATION The Navigation tab displays information about Navigation aids, Lights, Beacons, Buoys etc. In addition, when notes or pictures containing text or drawing information are associated with the cell two pop-up menus display the list of available notes or drawings. Select the note or the picture in the menus to display it.
Page 86: Chart Handling
Chart handling when sailing towards light within selected chart sectors. REMARK: These lines are displayed on the screen even the light is not visible on the screen. ISTORY OF UPDATES The History of updates tab displays the list of updates for the cell (or cells if there are more than one cell is under the cursor).
Page 87: Enc Security
ENC security The possible errors, which may occur during installation or update are listed below. SECURITY Security frame give access to the 4 following possibilities: Add permit by file • Delete selected permits • Get User Permit • SA certificate •...
Page 88: Delete Permit
Delete permit ERMITS AND CHART VERSION When a chart is reissued (Old version is replaced by a newest one, stored in general on the chart update CD) a new permits file is sent on board. This file contains the complete list of permits purchased by the user and must be installed.
Page 89: Install Charts
Install charts Press Install SA certificate, and browse folder to get *.crt file certificate. Confirmation window is displayed. SA Certificate view NSTALL CHARTS ENC charts can be installed from a CD or from a folder located on a remote PC. REMARK: Before the installation make sure that the permits are installed.
Page 90 Install charts The second option allows the user to make a selection of charts to be installed and the source of the data (CD or HD). of charts in the second dialogue and press Next to start with the installation. Make a selection IMPORTANT European ENC charts and Updates distributed by Primar and UK HO, are delivered on two...
Page 91: Chart Selection
Chart selection 4. Press Update. ELETE CHARTS After confirmation the selected charts are definitively deleted from the chart database. possible errors, which may occur during installation are listed below. HART SELECTION Select the chart one by one by double clicking on the name or select a folder containing chart and press Add folder to selection.
Page 92: Update Display
Update display Single charts have update files with a specific order number, which is the suffix of the file: for example Jp54nvpr.002 is the second update file for the Japanese chart called Jp54nvpr. The file Jp54nvpr.002 is a complement of the update information contained in the file Jp54nvpr.001 but does not contain all update information that was included in the file Jp54nvpr.001.
Page 93 Update display Press the button Before x update to see the original chart before update has been applied. REMARK: The list of cells can be sorted by name by clicking on the column title. Select History to display the list of applied update sessions.
Page 94 Update display Select one session and expand to display the list of cells updated during the session. When all updates for one chart or one session are reviewed the name of the chart or the session is no more bold. To review an update select the update name as it is done on the picture.
Page 95: Update History
Update history CONS DISPLAYED IN FRONT OF THE UPDATE NAME Green circle in front of the update shows that information about this update is available • making possible to review this update. Red icon is used when update are not available. •...
Page 96: Errors
Errors RRORS The following is a list of errors that can occur during S57 chart management. Error codes Error messages User actions SSE01, SSE02 -1, -2 Not used Corrupted file with SSE03 Certificate is invalid digital signature Format of Certificate is SSE04 incorrect Get Primar (SA)
Page 97: Enc
ENC s57 charts Technical features MERR_CANNOT_UNZIP_CELL Decryption process error Contact MARIS System error. MERR_AUTENT_CELL_ERR Cell Authentication error Contact MARIS User try to install MERR_CANNOT_READ_CATALOG Cannot read Catalogue file the chart from not licensed media Environment variable not MERR_ENVVAR_NOTFOUND Run setup program found.
Page 98 ENC s57 charts Technical features The redraw of the chart, including scales change or scroll of the chart takes never more than 5 seconds. During the re-generation of the data the display is maintained until the new display is ready for re-draw. ANGERS AND WARNINGS The Route Checking function (Route Planning and Route Monitoring) checks all dangers inside the safety zone against the ship's draught and air draught.
Page 99 ENC s57 charts Technical features DEPARE DEPTH DEPTHAREA DANGER DRVAL1 DEPCNT DEPTH DEPTHCONTOUR DANGER VALDCO DIFFUS DEPTH DIFFUSOR DANGER VALSOU DRGARE DEPTH DREDGEDAREA DANGER DRVAL1 DRYDOC DOCK WARNING FAIRWY DEPTH FAIRWAY DANGER DRVAL1 FLODOC DOCK WARNING FSHFAC FISHING WARNING FSHHAV DEPTH FISHING DANGER...
Page 100 ENC s57 charts Technical features DEPTH VALSOU PIPOHD HEIGHT PIPELINE DANGER VERCLR PIPSOL DEPTH PIPELINE DANGER DRVAL1 PONTON PONTON WARNING PRDINS INSTALLATION WARNING PYLONS PYLON WARNING RESARE RESTRICTION WARNING RSCSTA RESCUESTATION WARNING RTPBCN BEACON WARNING SLCONS CONSTRUCTION WARNING SLIPWY SLIPWAY WARNING #SOUNDG DEPTH...
Page 101: Seamless Enc/Arcs
Seamless ENC/ARCS IME DEPENDENT WARNING Each ENC object may have a time dependent behavior. Indeed, a specific object can be dangerous during a limited period of time starting and ending at times specified by the data producers. CCURACY The accuracy of calculations performed by ECDIS is independent of the characteristics of the display and the calculation error is always less than the data accuracy of the most accurate SENC.
Page 102 Seamless ENC/ARCS ISPLAY STRATEGY When ENC cells do not cover all the screen, ECDIS900 looks for an ARCS chart with the closest scale within the limits of 4 times the current scale. ARCS chart is then eventually shifted according to its datum and zoomed according to the scale in use. If no ARCS chart is found the general ENC background chart is used to complete the coverage.
Page 103: C-Map
C-MAP Overview C-MAP C-MAP O VERVIEW Other charts, not official charts, have not been tested by DNV during ECDIS900 NOTE Type Approval ECDIS is compatible with the C-MAP charts, version CM-93 Edition 3, Professional, Professional +, and C-MAP ENC. C-MAP database is vector based charts and the use of C-MAP charts in ECDIS is very similar to the use of ENC data.
Page 104 Chart permits IMPORTANT The permits are valid for a dongle installed on the PC. If several ECDIS use C-MAP on board several permits are required (One set per PC) even the user has only to pay for one C-MAP license. IMPORTANT When the installed C-MAP database is updated or a new version of the database reinstalled the permits are still valid and can be used with the new version of C-MAP database.
Page 105: C-Map Subscriptions And Update Service
C-MAP subscriptions and update service C-MAP SUBSCRIPTIONS AND UPDATE SERVICE OVERAGE AND ZONES Zone 0 is the world wide coverage. User subscribing to CM-93/3 database receives a new CD-ROM every four months. During one subscription cycle i.e. one year the user receives three CD-ROM from C-MAP. The user shall perform the installation of the database and use the same permits all along the year for each new CD.
Page 106: Update By Cd(Dvd)
Update by CD(DVD) OMMUNICATION CHANNELS The channel used for the communication depends on the communication system architecture. The updating service has been tested by using: Satellite systems Iridium or Inmarsat • GSM communication • High speed Internet connection • CD(DVD) PDATE BY A new C-MAP CD containing all updated C-MAP charts is automatically sent to each C-MAP subscriber.
Page 107 Copy database Press OK when finished • Acknowledge Database transferred on the remote ECDIS • REMARK On Remote ECDIS, after Copy Chart Database is used : "Updated Objects of Database" can be displayed. "History of Updates" is not available.
Page 108: Using C-Map Charts
Using C-MAP charts C-MAP SING CHARTS Select C-MAP by either right click menu "Other charts" and selection of CMAP or by using the hot key F9 properly pre programmed or by double clicking on the world database name in the ChartHandling dialogue panel CMAP. C-MAP database is used in the same way than official ENC data with very little difference.
Page 109: Seamless
Seamless The selected update is highlighted with pink circle and color. EAMLESS It is possible to display two C-MAP databases with official (ENC from C-MAP) and non-official ENC data (C-MAP Professional or C-MAP Prof. Plus) in seamless mode. Both databases: ENC from C-MAP (SENC format).
Page 110: Ship
Ship Overview Ship VERVIEW OSITIONING MODE The ECDIS receives the position information from the GPS and course and speed data from gyro/log sensor. In case of sensor failure the ECDIS switches automatically to the Dead reckoning or the simulation mode. The Predictor module calculates and displays the future position of the ships...
Page 111: Dead Reconing
Dead reconing To cancel the position offset activate the menu Clean position offset. ULTI ECDIS may receive information from several different GPS sensors and the master GPS may be selected by clicking right button in the Navigation mode indicator. All calculations are made using the position of the master GPS. The second GPS position is used to check the accuracy of the master GPS positioning.
Page 112: Ship Symbols
Ship symbols When ECDIS does not receive any course and speed information the Dead Reckoning mode is deactivated and the Simulation mode can be used to plot the position of the ship. ECDIS automatically switches back to the GPS mode when communications with the GPS are restored.
Page 113: General
General Shape • • ENERAL Enter the name and select the type of the ship with the pop up menu. Type the ship’s parameters: Length, Width, Draught and Air Draught. The two fields Call Sign and IMO number can be edited but they are protected by password.
Page 114 This information is transferred to AIS if ECDIS is interfaced to AIS device and if the option “Send data to the transponder” is activated in Sensor Monitor, sensor AIS Transponder. Click on the D.R. bookmark to bring the D.R. page to the front. Toggle Enable Dead Reckoning to switch D.R.
Page 115: Track
Track In simulation mode the ship icon is displayed with a red cross on top of the icon to underline the simulated position and the ship position is no more displayed in the position panel. RACK Click on the Track tab to bring the Track page to the front. Adjust Interval, the time between recordings, via the keyboard or pressing up and down arrows.
Page 116: Alarms
alarms DDITIONAL CRITERIA Tick Add a point when the ship’s course changes more than ON and enter a value in degree (an angle) in order to control more efficiently the track recording as and when the course changes In the example, ECDIS records one point every 15 seconds plus a point each time the ship’s course changes by more than 5 degrees.
Page 117 alarms UARD A safety zone can be set in front of the ship for automatically monitoring inside the defined zone and the vessel’s crossing. The different dangers are: ENC chart object which triggers alarm according to the safety values entered by the •...
Page 118: Display
Display ISPLAY AND HIGHLIGHT DANGERS Click on field to display menu of options of when to activate alarms • Click on the Zone Colour button to set the colour of the zone. • THER LARMS CPA Closest point of approach •...
Page 119 Shape OLOUR SETTINGS The colour of the ship symbol and shape plot are user defined. To set the colour click the Day color button. The colour dialogue appears Select the desired color and press OK. As the result the ship symbol colour and shape plot colour are changed. Too change the colours for the night mode repeat these actions pressing the Night color button.
Page 120: Shape
Shape HAPE ANTENNA POSITION Click on the Shape tab to bring the Shape page to the front. Set number of nodes manually. To change a node location, click on the node on the shape plot and drag it. The node coordinates will change.
Page 121 Shape 1. Double click on the antenna’s name in the list. The position settings dialogue appears Set the position and click OK 2. Click on the antenna’s name in the list selecting it. When the item is selected double click on the desired position within the shape plot . The antenna’s symbol changes its position.
Page 122 Shape In case of two GPS connected to ECDIS, the selected GPS offset applies only to the master GPS. To enter an offset for the second GPS, first select the second GPS as a master and then enter the offset. ECDIS will automatically use the appropriate offset when the master GPS is selected.
Page 123: Ais
If AIS is connected to the ECDIS workstation, ECDIS900 receives from the transponder the own ship’s parameters set up in the AIS transponder. The information is displayed in the AIS panel and the green icon displayed in front of the parameter means that ECDIS900 setting is the same than AIS setting for the selected parameter.
Page 124 Ship profile management ’ REATING A SHIP S PROFILE Each profile is defined by the ship’s name. To create manually a new profile: Enter in the ship’s parameters dialogue, panel General all information related to the ship: •  Name ...
Page 125 Ship profile management ’ S PROFILE EDITION To check the ship parameters of each ship stored in the ship’s profile database move the cursor on top of each name and a window will displays the main parameters. To edit the ship’s profile double click on the name or select the name and press Load to edit the ship in the ship’s properties dialogue.
Page 126: Tracks
Track Overview Tracks RACK VERVIEW The Track function is always active, but can be invisible with ticking on the Hide active Track checkbox Track data is recorded within the time interval defined by a user. The period can be set from 0.1 to 15 days REMARK To access the Ship Properties dialogue either click right on the ship’s icon or press the...
Page 127: Load/Unload/Delete Tracks
Load/Unload/Delete tracks By default the saved track has the name of the route last used by the ship. Change the name and correct the dates if needed. Then press Save. The track is saved and available to download from the Load dialogue.
Page 128: Track Properties
Track properties To centre the chart on the selected track select the track by clicking once on the name and press Localize. NLOAD A TRACK To unload a track(s), select one or more tracks from the list displayed by either clicking on the name or in the check box and then click either OK or Apply.
Page 129: Create Route From Track
Create route from track NFORMATION The bookmark Information allows entering free text and displays the ship’s speed and course at the recorded point of the track which is the closest one from the clicked point. The tab Save allows saving the current track or its specified part. See the Saving tracks section for details.
Page 130: Route
Route Overview Route OUTE VERVIEW A route is defined as the chosen path between two ports. A route consists of a start waypoint, an end waypoint, and a number of turning waypoints between. The segments between waypoints can be either Great circle or Rhumb line legs. There are several ways to create a route: Directly on the chart using graphic tools...
Page 131: Creating A Route By Mouse
Creating a route by mouse NOTE If only one waypoint is entered the route is cancelled FORMAT ECDIS accepts the delimiter ”space”, ”.” or ”,” in the inputs. For instance the following strings for the latitude are compliant: 12 12.23N or 12 12 23N or 12,12,13N or 12,12 13n. REATING A ROUTE BY MOUSE A route can be created graphically using the New Route tool on the toolbar or directly...
Page 132 Creating a route by mouse Type the route name and destination (or leave it as is) and click OK. The new route is added to the list and can be unload, download, edited etc at any moment. ISPLAYED INFORMATION Click on the chart at the first turning point along the route. A waypoint (WP 002) is placed at this point.
Page 133: Selecting Waypoints
Selecting waypoints The screen covers a limited part of the chart. When a new waypoint has to be plotted outside of the screen area in view ECDIS gives the user the possibility to scroll and zoom without deactivating the New Route tool: With S57 or C-MAP charts, click right button on the chart to select another scale from the •...
Page 134 Selecting waypoints Press the Delete key to delete a selection. Move a selection as described in Modifying a route create a new route from the selection. REATE A ROUTE FROM A SELECTION OF EXISTING WAYPOINTS Load one or several routes. •...
Page 135: Download From Gps
Download from GPS The selection is complete. Press the button New Route and answer YES. • Enter the name of the new route. • OWNLOAD FROM A route can be downloaded from a GPS. The downloading process is controlled in the Sensor Monitor program.
Page 136: Plotting A Waypoint Outside The Screen
Plotting a waypoint outside the screen Two different types of routes can be downloaded from the GPS: A complete route • A working route commencing with the “Active waypoint” • The downloaded routes are automatically stored in the ECDIS route database with a default name.
Page 137: Modifying A Route
Modifying a route HANGE SCALE At any time during the route creation process, it is possible to zoom (in or out) or to change the scale of the chart by clicking right anywhere on the chart and selecting the desired scale. It is also possible to use the hotkeys F1 and F2 to zoom in and out.
Page 138 Modifying a route OVE A WAYPOINT To move a waypoint on the chart, locate the cursor over the waypoint, click and hold and • then drag the waypoint to the new position. To move a waypoint via the keyboard, see Waypoint properties Route Plan.
Page 139: Waypoint Properties
Waypoint properties The direction of the route will now be reversed and an arrow displayed on each leg shows • the direction of the route. NOTE The Reverse function also re-numbers the waypoints. NLOCK A ROUTE Locate the cursor on a route leg, right click right and select Lock on the pop-up menu. •...
Page 140: Route Properties
Route properties In the tab General the waypoint’s position and relative parameters can be adjusted. Name name of the waypoint, can be changed via keyboard. • Latitude it is possible to edit the value manually • Longitude it is possible to edit the value manually •...
Page 141 Route properties ENERAL TAB Name: name of the route that can be edited • Departure: name of the departure port • Arrival: name of the arrival port • Waypoints number of waypoints • Length the overall length of the route •...
Page 142 Route properties Display waypoint name Toggle on/off to display the waypoint name. • Display turning radius Toggle on/off to display the turning radius along with the WP • symbol. Display range/bearing Toggle on/off to display the range and bearing on the segments. •...
Page 143 Route properties See more details in Properties of O E objects. NLOADING THE ROUTE The OE file is automatically unloaded when the route is unloaded.
Page 144: Route Plan
General Route Plan ENERAL Locate the cursor on any segment (leg) of the route, right click and select Route Plan from the pop-up menu. Alternatively press F6 to get the route plan. If several routes are loaded press F6 several times until the route plan dialogue box for the selected route is displayed.
Page 145: Set A New Waypoint Latitude
Set a new waypoint latitude/longitude Double clicking on a waypoint name centres the chart on that waypoint. Right clicking on the waypoint name allows the user to Move that waypoint in the list or to set the waypoint as Waypoint pilot.
Page 146: Change Type Of Leg
Change type of leg The longitude modification is performed by the same way. Click ion the longitude value in the list and input the proper longitude. HANGE TYPE OF LEG A leg is defined by two waypoints and the leg type is stored in the properties of the first waypoint.
Page 147: Set Eta
Set ETA Click on the ETA value of the leg and enter a new ETA. Then the leg SOG will be re-calculated. IMPORTANT Click on the title ETA to enter a new ETA for the last waypoint. In this case the SOG will be recalculated and constant for all legs.
Page 148: Delete A Waypoint
Delete a waypoint Input the range and bearing then press OK to enter the new waypoint. Press OK and New to enter more than one new waypoint. The waypoint(s) will be added after the previously selected one and the details for the route will be updated accordingly.
Page 149: Move A Waypoint In The List
Move a waypoint in the list Modifications are possible before printing. REMARK The Notepad document can be stored in file. OVE A WAYPOINT IN THE LIST Right click on the waypoint’s name and select the menu Move after. Then select the destination waypoint and the waypoint will be moved after the selected waypoint.
Page 150: Set Date/Time
Set Date/Time Select the route and press OK. The selected route will be added to the current route. NOTE No more than one route in one time can be selected for this operation To change the date and time of start just input the value into the proper fields ET A WAYPOINT AS A ILOT WAYPOINT To set waypoints of embarking/disembarking a pilot, right click on the waypoint name and...
Page 151: Rename Waypoints
Rename waypoints To cancel this waypoint property, select the No pilot action item. ENAME WAYPOINTS By default ECDIS numbers waypoints consecutively. (WP_001, WP_002, etc) If a new waypoint is inserted between two existing waypoints or a waypoint is deleted it is useful to re-number the waypoints from WP_001 again.
Page 152: Centre The Chart Display On The Waypoint Location
Centre the chart display on the waypoint location ENTRE THE CHART DISPLAY ON THE WAYPOINT LOCATION Double click on a waypoint’s name to centre the chart on the waypoint location. This function allows a graphical checking of the positions of the waypoints and legs.
Page 153: Load /Unload /Delete Routes
Load/Unload/Delete routes NLOAD ELETE ROUTES To load/unload routes or tracks click on the Load/Unload objects button in the toolbar. Click on the Routes tab to display the list of routes. The list of routes may be sorted, either ascending or descending, by name by clicking on the column headings.
Page 154: Import /Export A Route
Import/Export a route To centre the chart on a selected route: highlight the name and press the Localize • button. To Backup the Active Routes folder to a memory stick: make sure the to be backed up • are shown in the Active Routes folder, plug in a memory stick and press the button Backup Active Folder;...
Page 155: Route Folders
Route folders Routes are exported to the text file format described above. OUTE FOLDERS The routes can be ranged in different folders. This function is useful mainly when a lot of routes are created. To create a new sub-folder proceed as follow: Select the parent folder by clicking once on the name •...
Page 156 Check a route The function checks the route against all charted dangers that may be present along the route legs. It scans the vector database including manually updated objects and user data objects loaded on the chart and calculates the dangers inside the safety passage defined by the XTD values and according to the settings - Safety contour and height.
Page 157 Check a route The top right frame contains two lists of ENC alarm objects. the Safety Contour Alarms are ticked on by default and can not be off by user. The Special Area Alarms list is configured by the user. The second frame on the right side of the window contains entire list of danger object types and the user can filter the object type to alarm.
Page 158 Check a route In case the checking result contains one or more danger objects the Guard Zone settings are displayed in the caption of the window and the objects are listed in the left frame. An alarm is red highlighted and a warning is grey highlighted. NOTE Selected objects from the Filter list are considered as warnings.
Page 159: Rcds Mode And Route Checking
RCDS mode and route checking IMPORTANT It is strongly recommended to check all dangers and edit the route before approval! RCDS MODE AND ROUTE CHECKING LARM OBJECT The object editor (OE) is used to plot user data on the charts: simple point, lines or areas (For more details see the chapter Editors).
Page 160: Route Options
Route options Where the alarmed object is a point, this is surrounded by a red rectangle ONITORING USER ALARM When the ship’s guard zone intercepts an alarmed object an alarm is triggered. The alarm is displayed as long as the alarmed object remains inside the ships guard zone. REMARK The guard zone depends on time and speed.
Page 161 Route options Default type of legline: Select either Great circle or Rhumbline. • Turning radius (NM): default value for route creation. • Speed (kn): default speed value for route creation. • OUTE LARMS Cross Track error (m): Toggle up or down to set the appropriate value or input it via the •...
Page 162: Route Monitoring
Route monitoring Overview Route Monitoring OUTE MONITORING VERVIEW A standard ECDIS installation includes a Monitoring workstation located on the ships bridge and a Planning station on the chart table. The ECDIS software can run in either Monitoring mode or in Planning mode. The NOTE current mode is displayed in the title bar in the caption of the chart window.
Page 163: Active Waypoint Information
Active waypoint information CTIVE ROUTE AND PLANNING STATION When a route is activated on the Monitoring station all Planning stations connected to the LAN receive and display the same active route. Then all ECDIS workstations display the same active route but only the Monitoring workstation can actively handle it. AKING A NEW CTIVE ROUTE A new route can be activated even if another route is already active.
Page 164: Waypoint Eta Information
Waypoint ETA information WPT: The active waypoint name • XTD: Cross Track Distance • BRG/RNG: Bearing/Range to the active waypoint • TTG: Time To Go to the active waypoint • ETA: Estimated Time of Arrival • Next: B/R for the next leg •...
Page 165: Waypoint Arrival Indication And Alarm
Waypoint arrival indication and alarm AYPOINT ARRIVAL INDICATION AND ALARM When the ship arrives at a certain point close to the waypoint the system automatically makes the next waypoint active. When the ship reaches the WOP (Wheel Over Point), the current waypoint is de-activated and the ship commences a turn onto the new course.
Page 166: Change Active Waypoint
Change active waypoint HANGE ACTIVE WAYPOINT The active waypoint is selected automatically when the ship arrives at the waypoint. But at any time the current waypoint can be changed manually. There are two ways to select another active waypoint: Click right on the waypoint to be activated and select Activate in the pop-up menu. •...
Page 167: Target Linked To A Route
Target linked to a route The ETA shown in the console area and in the Route Plan dialogue box is calculated using either the current (actual) “Ship Speed” for the remaining distance or the “Ship Speed” for the current leg and the “Planned Speed” (inserted by the user in the Leg SOG column) for the remaining legs.
Page 168: Target In Console
Target in console ARGET IN CONSOLE Target windows in console 3 windows are dedicated to selected target Target (when target selected) Target Waypoint – Target Waypoint ETA (when selected target linked to a route) Target (VTC STAR selected) Target-Waypoint (Activated WP_002) Target-Waypoint ETA (Selected WP_003) OUTE PLANNING AND...
Page 169: Autopilot - Track Pilot
Autopilot - Track pilot First picture: the Turning radius is good and ECDIS900 is able to follow the planned route during the turn. Second picture: the Turning Radius is wrong and ECDIS900 is not able to follow the planned route. UTOPILOT RACK PILOT The data sentences to be sent to the auto pilot / Track pilot are selected in the application...
Page 170: Tcs Options
TCS options OPTIONS TEERING PARAMETERS ELOCITY TO COME BACK TO THE TRACK The parameter controls how fast the ship comes back to the track. The yellow point displayed on the route is the point the ship tries to reach. Bigger is the value, faster the ship will try to get back on the route but more intensive will be the rudder usage when the ship is sailing along the track.
Page 171: F-Distance
F-Distance , NM INIMUM RADIUS It is the limit for maximum turning radius that used to check planned route against the ship dynamics ISTANCE Press the F-Distance button to set or adjust distances to start turn for the ship. The Distance to start turn table of distances dependent from the ship speed, which is used to calculate WOL position.
Page 172: Back To Track Function
Back to track function NOTE The function is also available from the Ship properties Shape tab. ACK TO TRACK FUNCTION This function allows to create a new route including new way points to go back on a activated route, after the ship has to deviate from original route. This original route is not deleted. Right click on the route and select Back to track menu.
Page 173 Back to track function The more appropriate Waypoint is selected as the Start Waypoint. When route is finished, double click to finish the route creating the first waypoint at the ship position. A new route is created; name is suffixed by “_BACK”. Right click to activate. The new route is activated.
Page 174: Alarms
Alarm management Alarms LARM MANAGEMENT ISPLAY When an alarm is triggered, an alarm message is displayed in the alarm area located in the console and the danger is highlighted on the chart or in the console area. By default a sound signal accompanies an alarm message that does not acknowledged and the pulse frequency of the flashing of the alarm button is 1 Hz.
Page 175 List of alarms Danger in safety zone Danger in streamer zone User defined alarm User defined anchor alarm ARGET LARMS CPA TCPA Lost Target Alarm ENSORS LARMS GPS failure Heading alarms STW alarm OUTE LARMS XTD out limits Course Change alarm End of Track alarm TCS A LARMS...
Page 176: Danger Alarms In The Safety Zone
Danger alarms in the safety zone ANGER ALARMS IN THE SAFETY ZONE UARD ZONE The ECDIS900 checks the planned position prior to the start of the voyage as well as the ship's position during the voyage in relation to the planned route and the surrounding dangers. The system checks the dangers in a guard zone defined in front of the ship.
Page 177: User Defined Alarm
User defined alarm IMPORTANT The Safety zone function is available only when S57 vector chart or C-MAP are used. The largest scale data available for the area given is always used by ECDIS900 to • generate the danger alarm. ECDIS is also capable of sensing indications and alarms related to manual update •...
Page 178 User defined alarm The object outline changes to red to underline that it has become an alarm object. (One pixel wide and no filling for area). Where the alarmed object is a point, this is surrounded by a red rectangle When the object triggers an alarm the display changes, the lines are drawn in red, 2 pixels wide.
Page 179: User Defined Anchor Alarm
User defined anchor alarm The guard zone depends on time and speed. For more details see Ship. ELEASE ALARM To release the alarm on one object right click and activate the item Delete alarm or select all alarm object using the item menu Select all alarm object in the menu Edit in the editor panel and press the Delete selected objects button.
Page 180: Target Alarms
Target alarms To release the anchor circle alarms press a second time F10. To release other anchor alarm right click on the alarm and select Delete alarm. ARGET ALARMS CPA/TCPA ALARM The CPA (closest point of approach) and TCPA (time to the closest point of approach) limits are editable in the panel Alarm of the Ship Properties dialogue.
Page 181: Gps Failure
GPS failure ENSORS ALARMS FAILURE No settings. If the only one If GPS1 and GPS 2 are active, GPS1 is lost : alarm “Lost gps sensor Switch to GPS2” GPS2 is lost : alarm “GPS – D.R. alarm” Indicator GPS switched to D.R. OSITION MONITORING ALARM If Position values given by the 2 different active GPS source are different, alarm is generated if difference is more than threshold (100m by default)defined in TCS Options.
Page 182: End Of Track Alarm
End of track alarm ND OF TRACK ALARM The alarm message is generated when the ship is arriving to the last waypoint of the active route. ALARMS TOP TRACK CONTROL The alarm message is generated when the Track steering function is stopped due to the reasons which make impossible to control ship by autopilot.
Page 183: Ais
AIS - Automatic Identification System AIS - A UTOMATIC DENTIFICATION YSTEM NTERFACE The AIS transponder communicates with the ECDIS via a serial cable (NMEA 422 protocol). The duplex link between the AIS and ECDIS allows two-way communication: The ECDIS receives dynamic data (targets’ positions and information) and messages from •...
Page 184: Broadcasted Data
Broadcasted Data native” item is ticked on. Press “Yes” to switch on the mode or “No” to back to the previous state. To optimise the number of displayed targets, press the AIS filtering button and set the filter criteria in the dialogue. ROADCASTED The AIS transponder broadcasts three different types of data to other AIS installations or base stations:...
Page 185: Targets
Targets ARGETS AIS targets are displayed on the chart with a special symbol On request the name of the target and the past track can be displayed and the track can be saved on the hard disk. In the dialogue Properties of AIS target all information about the selected target is displayed and the target list contains the list of targets currently being tracked.
Page 186: Ais Target Display
AIS target display TARGET DISPLAY The AIS Target symbol is a blue triangle with a speed vector (dotted line) and the COG vector (continuous line). The speed vector length depends on the speed of the target (true vector) or on both own ship and target speed (relative vector). Keep in mind that according to standards the AIS target must display the ship scaled icon.
Page 187: Sleeping Target
Sleeping Target LEEPING ARGET It is possible to display name of targets only in a specified range around ship. Select options in “AIS sleeping criteria settings” In Target Console, Right click and open dialogue window to adjust range or CPA Alarmed targets.
Page 188: Lost Target Alarm
Lost Target Alarm If the target data from AIS and radar tracking are both available, and if the association criteria (for example position, motion) are fulfilled such that the AIS and radar information are considered as one physical target, the activated AIS target symbol and the alphanumeric AIS target data shall be automatically selected and displayed, with the provision of an alternative priority in below.
Page 189: Show /Hide Past Track
Show/hide AIS target's name Check box to activate alarm • Set the value of the range • REMARK When Alarm is active, lost targets are not remove automatically from the list after normal timeout (1mn). Alarm acknowledgment will remove lost targets from the list. HIDE TARGET S NAME...
Page 190: Messages
Messages ESSAGES The AIS messaging system allows the user to send short messages to and receive messages from another AIS. There are two kinds of messages: Safety Related Message (SRM), which can be either pre-formatted text or free text • Text messages (Limited to 160 characters) •...
Page 191: Ais Data Server
AIS data server Click on the envelope icon to display the messaging dialogue and click the “Incoming” • button to see incoming messages. New messages are listed in the lower part of the window with the senders name and the •...
Page 192 AIS data server TART DATA RECEIVING In ECDIS900 access to the target list window and activate or de activate the reception. Enter the login name and password when required. After few seconds AIS targets are displayed on the chart.
Page 193: Seatrac
SeaTrac Tender Tracking Seatrac ENDER RACKING The SeaTrac Tender Tracking System is a stand-alone Radio Frequency Transmission System designed specifically for tracking watercraft as they operate around a Superyacht. The SeaTrac System operates without the requirement for land-based infrastructure. SeaTrac transmissions are without cost, and operate on either US or European license-free frequency bands Dedicated NMEA sentence allows close Target or Tenders to be tracked around the own ship.
Page 194: Seatrac External Alarm
SeaTrac external alarm RAC EXTERNAL ALARM This alarm is raised up by the Tender itself through NMEA when “Alert” field is setup to “Panic alert” (see example above for TenderD when no internal alarm is activated). NTERNAL ALARM Three types of alarm can be activated regarding distance from own ship to Target. The box should be check to get given alarm, and Distance threshold adjusted.
Page 195: Radar
Radar Overview Radar ADAR VERVIEW NTERFACE There are two ways for the ECDIS900 to interface with radar: Connection to the ARPA radar via serial line. • Connection directly to the radar transceiver with the MARIS’ radar kit that delivers the •...
Page 196: Show /Hide Name
Show/Hide name Target icons may be hidden or shown. Press the hot key F5 to Show/Hide the targets. • Alternatively press the button Hide target in the target list. • REMARK The target on CPA / TCPA alarm are always displayed on the chart. IDE NAME To display or hide a target’s name, click right on the target icon and select Show name or Hide name on the pop-up menu...
Page 197: Delete Target
Delete Target To load/unload a recorded target track see chapter Tracks. ELETE ARGET To delete a target, click right on the target icon and select Delete on the pop-up menu. NOTE Only manually created targets can be deleted. ARGET ROPERTIES To view a target’s properties click right on the targets and select Properties from the pop-up menu.
Page 198: Manual Target
Manual target CPA: Closest point of approach of the target to the ship • TCPA: Time of closest point of approach of the target to the ship • Course: Course of the target • Speed: Speed of the target • ANUAL TARGET The ECDIS900 offers the possibility of creating manual targets and maintaining their dead reckoning.
Page 199: Target List
Target List ARGET To display the list of the tracked targets click on the Target List button. A double click on the target name will centre the chart on the target. • A double click on the CPA title sorts out the targets by CPA values. Same with TCPA •...
Page 200: Maris Radar Kit
MARIS Radar Kit It is possible to drag the window and different scale may be selected by right clicking inside the window. The window is closed by double clicking inside or selecting the menu “Close”. REMARK This feature is available on vector charts only. MARIS R ADAR ENERAL...
Page 201 MARIS Radar Kit ADAR VERLAY The PC Radar kit allows the radar picture to be shown on top of the chart but also to automatically track Radar targets. IMPORTANT To suppress the overlay of the radar video on top of the chart proceed as follow: Press F5.
Page 202: Display Settings
Display settings Typical problems with the Radar overlay are described at the end of the chapter. ISPLAY SETTINGS To show the Radar picture on top of the chart activate the menu Overlay The Radar picture does not hide any chart information and is displayed in transparency mode. According to the regulations, the Radar picture is displayed between two chart layers and essential chart information (Land contours, lights and buoys etc) are displayed on the top of the Radar picture.
Page 203: Targets And Radar Video
Targets and Radar video Manually, press the button Acquisition and click on a radar echo. If a target is tracked the • system will immediately display the target icon and the speed and heading vector. Automatically when an automatic acquisition zone in front of the ship is defined. Press the •...
Page 204 Targets and Radar video Overlaying the radar video on the chart gives the operator the possibility to check the accuracy of the positioning system and moreover in case of bad weather improves the security of the navigation. It also gives the possibility to use the application ARPA2000 on any remote PC connected to the LAN.
Page 205: Tools
Tools ELECTION OF THE ADAR SOURCE In the panel radar select the source by clicking in the menu Overlay: OOLS Several tools activate the functionality connected with the cursor: ANUAL CQUISITION After pressing the “Aq” button with left mouse button, the next left mouse button click over the chart area will be assumed as Manual acquisition command for the Extractor/Tracker.
Page 206: Typical Problems
Typical problems OOMING TOOL Press the referenced button the cursor is changed to prompt for the zoomed area • selection. The square zooming window appears after the left mouse button click over the chart area. • The window represents the zoomed area below the central point. •...
Page 207 Typical problems o If ARPA 2000 shows proper navigational parameters, but the radar overlay is not correctly arranged: ♦ Activate “System” dialog in the ARPA 2000 (see the ARPA 2000 user manual) ♦ Click the “►” or “◄” buttons until the Extractor parameters page is displayed ♦...
Page 208: Logbook
Logbook Overview Logbook OGBOOK VERVIEW During the process of its operation, ECDIS automatically maintains two different electronic logbooks: Voyage record • Twenty four hours logbook • The voyage record stores every two hours the position, speed and course of the ship for half a year.
Page 209: Displaying The Logbook
Displaying the logbook  IP address ISPLAYING THE LOGBOOK Select the Logbook tool on the toolbar to display the logbook window and list the entries of the current twenty-four hours logbook. It is now possible to print the logbook, load an historical book and replay it.
Page 210: Event
Event The entries are not editable however the operator can sort the list by Time or Event type by clicking on the relative column headings. Alternative clicks will sort ascending then descending. The comment field contains information about the event. Together with the position of the ship the chart in use and the position offset is available.
Page 211: Replay
Replay The loaded logbook will be shown in the logbook window, replacing the current logbook. When unloaded, the current logbook is re-displayed in the window. ACKUP A LOGBOOK Select the logbook name, push the button Backup and select the folder in which the logbook will be stored.
Page 212: Print
Print TART EPLAY To start the replay click on the Start Replay button . • By default, the start time for replay is the time of the first logbook entry. • To suspend replay click the Suspend button . • During replay most of the navigation functions are available however the route planning / monitoring functions are not enabled.
Page 213: Run Vdrcdd Isplay
Run VDRCDDisplay The Notepad application gives the user all possibilities to save the file, change the NOTE document presentation and to search in VDRCDD ISPLAY From memory stick : Run application directly from memory stick From External Hard Drive Install VDRCDDisplay in any folder on ECDIS PC •...
Page 214: Vdr Replay
VDR Replay VDR R EPLAY First: Run VDRCDDisplay application either from VDR replay from Memory Stick • either from an external hard drive • either from an Network drive • In ECDIS, Logbook management window, push button VDR Replay.
Page 215: Navtex
NAVTEX O VERVIEW ECDIS900 can manage data received from different Navtex receivers. Only Navtex receivers able to send data on serial line can be interfaced to MARIS ECDIS900. When MARIS Navtex module is installed two applications are launched: MARIS Navtex Server •...
Page 216: Access To Navtex Message
Access to Navtex message The display of the messages on the chart is activated by the check box “Display” and controlled by the parameter “With scales above”. Indeed the icons will be displayed on the chart when the scale in use is bigger than the selected scale. CCESS TO AVTEX MESSAGE In ECDIS double click on the message listed in the window to display the full text message in...
Page 217: Editors
Editors Overview Editors DITORS VERVIEW THE ECDIS has been designed by navigators and for navigators to help the user in his everyday tasks in order to increase safety of navigation. The ECDIS therefore provides, in addition to the standard ECDIS functions described in this document, powerful tools allowing the user to work on electronic charts in the same way as on paper charts.
Page 218 Selection Use the tool “Select OE objects” to select OE objects. THER METHODS TO SELECT OBJECTS Select a single object: click on the object. • Select two or more objects (Selection containing several objects): click on each object • whilst keeping the <Shift> key pressed. Activate the menu Select All Object Editor from the menu Edit.
Page 219: Edit Menu
Edit menu DIT MENU Allows the most of the actions performed on NE or User’s data objects to be undone. When Undo is not possible, the menu is disabled. There are up to ten levels of undo, meaning that the ten last functions applied on objects can be cancelled.
Page 220: Navigation Editor
Navigation Editor ELECT LARM OBJECTS Empty the selection and select all alarm objects defined by the user. ELECT AVIGATION DITOR Empty the selection and select all NE loaded objects. ONNECT POLYLINES Select two polylines, activate the item Connect Polylines: the two lines are then connected. RDER User’s data objects loaded in the ECDIS are displayed with a priority controlled in two different and complementary ways:...
Page 221: Multi Plotting Mode
Multi plotting mode NE layer contains objects (lines, arcs, chart annotations, current information) that are temporary objects, displayed on the chart until such time as they are deleted. The ECDIS does not allow the possibility of storing these objects to file and reloading them in the system on request.
Page 222 LOP Function Select “Line of position bearing,degr ” for a Line : Enter bearing in degrees • Enter LOP label displayed on the map. • The cursor will change to a cross “+”. Click on the bearing point and drag the mouse as far as is necessary. The time Stamp is saved and displayed.
Page 223 LOP Function The cursor will change to a cross “+”. Move the cross on the point centre of arc and Click on the position. BJECT ODIFICATION It is possible to adjust Lines or Arcs after creation: Use Mouse cursor by drag or extend. •...
Page 224 LOP Function The FIX point is added. Use Right click and Properties to get details. Select 2 objects (or more) to get a “FIX position from LOP. Here 1 line and 1 arc are used. PTION Create the Fix point and select D.R. mode at the same time. Selecting a bearing line...
Page 225: Arc
Either click left button on the line. • Either select the tool Selection with the left button of the mouse, click on the chart and • drag the mouse: all NE objects included inside the rectangle are selected. Deleting a bearing line Click right button on the line and activate the menu Delete All Selected.
Page 226: Point
Point Click right button on one of the arc point, access the menu Absolute Coord and change • the radius, start or end angle. Deleting an ARC Click right button on the arc and activate the menu Delete All Selected. Select the arc and press the key Del.
Page 227: Current Information
Current information ODIFYING A POINT Select the point, click on the point and drag the mouse to the new location. • Click right button on that point, open the dialogue Properties and modify position, type • of point, time or log values. ELETING A POINT Click right button on the point and activate the menu Delete All Selected.
Page 228: Parallel Line
Parallel line ODIFYING A LINE Select the line and either move the entire line or a point of that line when the cursor has a hand shape the line is selected and moved according to the mouse • movements. otherwise the point is dragged •...
Page 229: Chart Annotation
Chart annotation To modify or delete the line see paragraph Bearing line. Press the Perpendicular line button Same procedure as for the parallel line. HART ANNOTATION Chart annotation Allow inserting text annotations on the chart. REMARK: to show the text on the chart toggle on the button Display in the Properties dialogue of the Information point.
Page 230 Object Editor This feature is extremely powerful because it gives the user the tools to build up its own user data charts in the same way than vector chart databases are built. For instance, a general layer, visible in small scales, could include synthetic description of objects while a harbour layer could contain the full description of the objects.
Page 231: Files
Files ILES Data that are plotted on the chart are stored in the active layer of the active file: the active layer and file names are displayed on the top of the OE area. By default the user data are saved in a layer called Layer 0 in a file called Untitled but the user can select at any time other active file and layer with the files and layers management dialogues activated by the buttons: The file management system allows selecting the active file, to load or unload a file or a set of...
Page 232: Load /Unload Files
Load/Unload files NLOAD FILES To load a file, push the button Load and select the file name in the appropriate folder. • To load simultaneously several files stored in the same folder, push the button Load Dir • and select the folder containing all files.
Page 233: Save Files
Save files To unload a file or a set of files belonging to the same directory, select a file or a directory • name and press Unload. The file or all files contained in the selected directory will be unloaded. AVE FILES When a file is modified it is not automatically saved on hard disk.
Page 234: Back Up Files
Back up files Untitled is a reserved name and the file Untitled cannot be saved with that name. A new name has to be entered to store the newly created Untitled file on hard disk. ACK UP FILES To back up files on a memory stick, select a file’s or a directory’s name and press Back Up. The file or all files contained in the selected directory will be copied on the memory stick.
Page 235: Display Attributes
Display attributes Click on the eye button on the left side of the list to hide the layer locked. Then the layer is made invisible and locked. INIMUM AXIMUM SCALES In the picture the layer General is visible when the chart scale is comprised between 1 / 100 000 000 and 1 / 8 000 000 and the layer Harbour when the scale is bigger than 1/ 500 000.
Page 236: Display Priority
Display priority In the same way change the display characteristics of a selected object by choosing different display attributes after the object has been selected. Control the display priority amidst the objects of a same layer with the Order menu. OLOURS In the colour dialogue, click left button on the desired colour to set the colour for the lines and right button for the colour of the filling patterns (area, circle or arc).
Page 237: Properties
Properties To Back sends the object at the end of the object list of the layer while Back One moves back one step the object in the list. ROPERTIES Each OE object has different attributes depending on its type and there are presented in the properties dialogue.
Page 238: Modifying Objects
Modifying objects The information contained in the file is be presented in the application used to create the file. For example a pdf file will require Acrobate Reader to be installed on the hard disk to be able to display the information. The file can be displayed in two different ways: Manual by Right clicking on the object and selecting the item menu Display linked •...
Page 239: Modify Position
Modify position ODIFY POSITION BJECT LOCATION To change the object’s position on the chart, select it, move the cursor on that object near a selected point and when the cursor has a hand shape click and drag the object. ’ OINT S CO ORDINATES...
Page 240: S57 Manual Update Editor
S57 Manual update Editor Select the line / area, move the mouse at the desired location on the line / area and press the keyboard key I. ELETE A POINT IN A LINE OR AN AREA Click right button on the line / area on the point and activate the item ‘Delete Point’. Another method: Select the line or the area, move the cursor on the point and press the keyboard key D.
Page 241: Delete And Annotate Objects
Delete and annotate objects ELETE AND ANNOTATE OBJECTS ELETE OBJECTS To delete an object in the sense of manual update: Select the object. • To delete only one component, select the element of the object and press Delete. • A deleted object is highlighted on the chart as shown in the picture.
Page 242: Insert Object
Insert object To annotate an object, i.e. to add text information to the object: Select the object and one component. • Enter the text and press the button Annotate. • NSERT OBJECT NSERT POINT OBJECTS Click right button on the chart at the appropriate position and activate the menu Manual update.
Page 243 Insert object and press Insert. • After the Manual Update dialogue is closed the inserted object is displayed as follows...
Page 244: Move Object - Remove Updates
Move object - Remove updates OVE OBJECT EMOVE UPDATES OVE POINT OBJECTS Click right button on the object • Activate the menu Manual update • Select the object type: point object • Select one component of the object • Enter the new coordinates •...
Page 245 Move object - Remove updates EMOVING ANUAL PDATES Manual updates of all kind can be removed with the functions “Delete all update” available in the manual update window. IMPORTANT The function is applicable only on the loaded cells. PDATE HISTORY Press the button History to get the list of all manual updates applied on the cells.
Page 246: Predictor
Predictor Overview Predictor REDICTOR VERVIEW Predictor and Docking function are activated within the ECDIS toolbar. The Predictor functionality in ECDIS900 allows for the display of the future position and the historical position of the ship. This position is calculated based on former ship data and applying some user defined settings.
Page 247: Docking
Docking OCKING NOTE The Docking mode available for speed lower than 6 knt To use the docking mode do the following: Click the Target prediction button • Tick on the docking mode • Right click on the button • Create the first anchoring point attached to the bow. •...
Page 248: Settings
Settings When operating the Docking mode the following data is displayed: distance to anchoring point and speed for both bow and stern. • 4 historical positions (step adjustable from 3 to 15 seconds) • predicted position ( see Predictor) • For each anchoring point, course, distance and speed (cm/s) are displayed.
Page 249: Active Leg Window
Active leg window ROT value is calculated from historical values of the heading • Acceleration of the ROT is calculated from the same set of values • Acceleration of the speed is calculated from STW values. • The PP (Pivot point) of the ship is calculated from GPS positions, speed and heading •...
Page 250 Active leg window Approaching turning point. The tool is designed to help the user to decide when to start turning to be able to follow exactly the active route. It takes into account the distance the ship makes from the time navigator activates a turn till time the ship actually starts to turn.
Page 251: Sar Module
SAR module Overview SAR module MODULE VERVIEW ENERAL The purpose of the module is to help navigator to create SAR routes using selected options meaning help to plan SAR operation. Depending on the user needs it is possible to create three types of routes: Expanding square •...
Page 252: Sector Option
Sector option ECTOR OPTION The start point of the route is either the position of the ship or selected manually by • pressing the button By Cursor and plotting the starting point directly on the chart. Select the direction of search with the parameter Direction in the Drift panel. •...
Page 253: Seismic
Seismic module overview Seismic EISMIC MODULE OVERVIEW This module acquires streamers and buoys data from the system called TRINAV and processes them. Then the positions of streamers and the different buoys are displayed on the electronic charts. In addition the seismic module calculates and triggers alarms when targets enter the security zone defined around the streamers or when the seismic vessel is sailing in dangerous areas.
Page 254 Seismic Data Survey area • Survey lines • UOYS The buoys are equipped with GPS and send their position course and speed every second or every two seconds. There are three types of buoys: Buoys located at the end of the streamers. •...
Page 255 Seismic Data On the picture the ship’s icon and buoys located at the shooting place are displayed. In addition two streamers and 6 tail buoys are shown. The red area displayed around the streamers is the safety zone. This area is defined and configured by the user.
Page 256 Seismic Data In particular it is possible to hide one or several streamers to display only the most important by clicking in the icon in front of the streamer’s name. URVEY AREA AND SURVEY LINES On request ECDIS900 can receive and display information about the survey area and the survey lines.
Page 257: Safety Zone
Safety zone Several survey lines, downloaded from the TRINAV system are displayed as planned route. Note that a survey area can include up to 1000 different survey lines. ONITORING MODE During survey operation, one survey line is selected as active in the TRINAV system, i.e for the seismic calculation department.
Page 258: System Configuration
System Configuration ISPLAY ECDIS900 displays on request the safety zone in the following dialogue. ROUNDING AND DANGER ALARMS In addition to the standard ECDIS alarms, ECDIS900 manages the alarms of the dangers against the chart objects located inside the safety zone. The user can select the parameters used to determine the different alarms: the safety distance •...
Page 259 System Configuration Other workstations connected to the ship’s LAN can run ECDIS900 or ARPA2000 applications and share and display the same data than the workstations installed in the bridge. AVIGATION DATA Navigation data are acquired by serial lines connected either to the Monitoring station or to the NetPc.
Page 260: Weather
Weather forecast Weather EATHER FORECAST ENERAL The Weather module is for displaying weather forecasts overlaying navigation charts. The data can be ordered with MBA (see MBA User Manual, chapter 18). Also you can find the Weather service management on the http://www.chartservice.no The following file formats are supported: grib&grib2 for waves, current, temperature, wind force and direction, pressure, swell, etc.
Page 261: Weather Files Management
Weather files management The following controls are available: Load file - calls the Weather file management window for loading files • Unload file - unload the loaded weather file • Autoloading - select the files with current data and load it automatically •...
Page 262: Weather Layer Settings
Weather Layer settings When a file is selected the content of the file is described in the right “File preview” panel, with the different parameters recorded in the file. The toolbar gives fast access to the main file management functions (refresh folders content, create/delete folder, delete, copy / paste files).
Page 263: Weather Time
Weather time temperature visibility typhoon Use the settings dialogue to define colours and other layer parameters. EATHER TIME When file is loaded the date and hour are displayed at the time bar. The slider position set the exact point within the forecast period. The clock button sets the current time.
Page 264: Layers Illustration
Layers Illustration AYERS LLUSTRATION It is possible to display one or more forecast layers. Each layer has four parameters to display that can be switched on or off: Fill • Isoline • Direction • Text info • No more than one layer can be filled in. •...
Page 265: Tide
ECDIS Tide Tide ECDIS T Push the button Show \ Hide tide stations and ocean current and icons showing the tide level are displayed at the tide stations locations. More than 2000 main tide stations are available in ECDIS900. IMPORTANT The icons are visible when the chart scale is bigger than 1/2 000 000.
Page 266: Real Tide
Real Tide IDE DATA FOR SHIP SAILING IN ORWEGIAN WATER Tide is calculated in real time under the ship’s position and tide data displayed in the Drift panel in the console area. OTAL IDE MODULE Total Tide Module allow to access to different functions. The real tide function allows to get precise tidal prediction in each zone of the Norwegian sea;...
Page 267 Total Tide __ Secondary Ports (non-harmonic) - These ports do not have any harmonic constants, instead their tidal predictions are calculated by taking the prediction for a reference port and applying time and height differences. Main tide stations are represented by a red square icon, and secondary stations by a yellow one.
Page 268: Vds
General ENERAL The Voyage Optimization is a software module which calculates the optimal route in term of sailing time and fuel consumption to go from departure point to arrival point. The ship model used for the calculation is defined during the set up of the system, from a library delivered by MARIS and adjusted with the ship trial data.
Page 269: Glossary
Glossary LOSSARY ECDIS900: ECDIS system developed by MARIS. • MBA: Master Bridge Assistant. Software application installed on board allowing • the navigator ordering and updating paper and electronic charts and publications and ordering weather and current forecasts. MDS: Maritime Digital Service. Same application and services than MBA which •...
Page 270 Short Description HART The management of electronic charts is an essential part of the ECDIS and is described in details in ECDIS900 user manual. ECDIS900 is compatible all types of official electronic charts, ENC or AVCS which can be ordered and updated in real time thanks to MBA (MDS), the online MARIS chart service. OUTE ECDIS900 provides efficient tools to plan the route and to monitor the active route.
Page 271: Preparing Next Voyage
Preparing next voyage route as result. The solution is to send a request for weather and current for the route area using MBA (MDS). OYAGE OPTIMIZATION DIALOGUE Right click on the route and activate the menu “Voyage Optimization” to display the optimization dialogue.
Page 272: Voyage Parameters
Voyage Parameters RDERING NEW WEATHER FORECAST MBA (MDS) is used to order the weather forecasts. The weather forecasts will automatically be sent on board on a daily basis. For complete description of the service see MBA User manual. OUTE OPTIMIZATION OYAGE ARAMETERS NTERING CORRECT SHIP DRAUGHT...
Page 273: Evaluating Calculated Routes
Evaluating calculated routes VDS calculates the fuel consumption and sailing time along the shortest track i.e. the track defined by great circle legs. VALUATING CALCULATED ROUTES OUTES DATA Two routes have been calculated for the next voyage called “Atlantic”: LDR_01_Atlantic is the shortest route using great circle le, calculated using the Great •...
Page 274 Evaluating calculated routes EPLAY VDS offers an efficient tool to evaluate the different calculated routes and to check the forecasted weather conditions the ship will face according to the planned speed and the selected route. Use the slider in the panel “Replay trip conditions” to display the ship positions according to the selected time displayed on the right of the slider.
Page 275: Commercial Settings
Commercial Settings ONTROLLING OPTIMIZATION OMMERCIAL ETTINGS MPLOYMENT OPTIONS Different ships have different voyage requirements. There are 4 different types of voyages Liner service available in VDS: This type of voyage requires a fixed ETA. The user enters the Estimated Time of Departure and the ETA.
Page 276: Optimization Settings
Optimization settings VDS calculates the required speed to achieve this voyage with fixed ETA and lowest Voyage or spot charters, COA voyage, BALLAST VOYAGE consumption. The user enters the Estimated Time of Departure and lay days for loading. VDS calculates the Voyage or spot charters, COA voyage, CARGO VOYAGE required speed to achieve this voyage within these limits and lowest consumption.
Page 277 Optimization settings In the example the calculated route will never cross areas with waves higher than 6 meters. Be aware that, in some weather situations, the VDS is not able to calculate a route within the waves constrains. In this case the VDS will advise the user to change the constrains values or to change ETA or the speed settings to avoid bad weather.
Page 278 Optimization settings User defined NO GO Areas are plotted on the chart using ECDIS Object editor function. For more details on how to plot areas and activate them as alarm object, see User defined alarm. OLUNTARY SPEED REDUCTION This extremely important function is used to control the stress of the engine and on the hull in heavy weather conditions.
Page 279: Wave And Wind Resistance
Wave and wind resistance IMPORTANT: when planning a voyage in areas with narrow water, channels, islands, shallow water high accuracy must be used. AVE AND WIND RESISTANCE DJUST WAVE RESISTANCE During sea trail the wave resistance has been measured and during installation of VDS the proper ship model has been installed.
Page 280: New Weather Forecasts
New weather forecasts When the hull is clean and newly painted the hull roughness parameter should be 0 and the ship performing according to the curves. With increase of roughness the performances of the ship decline and the consumption increases. The navigator controls the effect of the roughness by entering a coefficient in hull roughness (Around 5% per year for example).
Page 281 Active route Monitoring mode flag is checked ON. Least time optimization has been run and a new optimized route calculated by VDS. Intermediate calculation points are displayed in white dots. The calculation is made from the current position of the ship, the current ECDIS time and with the planned speed decided by the Captain and displayed in the “ETA calculator”...
Page 282 Active route When the route has been validated, press the button “Create Route Plan” to create waypoints, displayed with wider red circle from intermediate calculation points.
Page 283: Checking The Optimized Route
Checking the optimized route Right click on the optimized route, select the menu item “Activate xxx” to activate the new route The optimized route is now the new active route. HECKING THE OPTIMIZED ROUTE The optimized route calculated by VDS is designed to keep the vessel away from heavy weather (waves constrains) and shallow water (Safety contour) as well as any no go areas defined by the master.
Page 284 Checking the optimized route Example: optimized route outside of New Foundland. Active route is displayed in RED, the calculated optimized route, displayed in • violet, is passing outside of safety contour (Grey bold line) but inside the 12 NM Canadian coast guard reporting area which forces the Captain to send report.
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