Typical Problems - Simrad Maris ECDIS900 Operator's Manual

Typical problems

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OOMING TOOL
Press the referenced button the cursor is changed to prompt for the zoomed area
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selection.
The square zooming window appears after the left mouse button click over the chart area.
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The window represents the zoomed area below the central point.
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The zooming rate could be specified in
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The zooming window could be dragged using the mouse, and zoomed content will be
updated after fixing the window on certain position for a while.
The radar video in zooming window is updated synchronously with the radar antenna
rotation. The zooming window disappears automatically if not moved in 15 seconds. Also it
could be closed manually with pressing the referenced button on the "Radar" property page
second time.
The most of problems with the radar overlay are somehow related to the network connection,
but not only. In case of a network connection problem, please, see the RadarKit Manual.
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HE COLOURS OF VIDEO OVERLAY ARE NOT SATISFACTORY
Use the "ARPA Settings" dialogue to modify the colours. In case, if the video overlay is too dark
in the raster charts, try to increase the "Low color value (%)". This will decrease the
"transparency" of the radar overlay, but the brilliance of radar video layer over the dark parts
of the chart will be increased.
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HE RADAR OVERLAY DOESN
It's necessary to check if the system gets proper information from all necessary sensors. The
Gyro is most important. Compare the information displayed on the ECDIS with information
available on the sensor displays.
If ECDIS doesn't have this information, check the data in Sensor Monitor.
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If ECDIS gets proper navigational information, but the radar overlay is not properly
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arranged proceed as follow:
 Run the ARPA 2000 application (usually it's available in Start->Programs->Maris->ARPA
2000)
 Check if Own Ship parameters is displayed correctly, mainly heading and speed.
o If there are zero values for all navigational parameters and referenced alarms are
displayed in ARPA 2000 Alarm Box, it means that the Extractor/Tracker doesn't receive
the navigational information:
♦ Check that at least one of Sensor Monitors in the system is in MASTER mode. If
not, set one Sensor Monitor as master.
♦ Check, that the proper IP port is specified for sending the data to
Extractor/Tracker (Menu: Options->Settings..., then "Send Data To IP Port"
parameter on the "Extractor/Tracker Settings" property page). This port must be the
same as specified in [LAN], "NavigationInPort" parameter of VarpPCI.ini file situated
in C:\Program Files\Maris\PC Radar Kit\ on the computer with the PC Radar Kit
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hardware installed.
"ARPA
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YPICAL PROBLEMS
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T CORRESPOND TO THE CHART
Settings" dialogue in range 2 – 6.