Route - NorthStar MX500 Operator's & Installation Manual

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Route

There are two RTE screens. The NAV functions are highly interac-
tive with the RTE1 screen. The RTE2 screen allows you to create a
pool of predetermined routes that you might use often, so you need
only create the route one time. Routes are created from waypoints.
All waypoints are stored in the Waypoint Bank, regardless of which
function is used to create them. Waypoints are either created in the
Waypoint Bank (WPT1), created by the GOTO function, selected
from the PLOT screens in conjunction with the GOTO function, or
from New Waypoints that can be defined in the Route Insert menu
(and simultaneously stored in the route and the Waypoint Bank).
We recognize the diverse needs of professional users. We have de-
signed the route features to be very flexible to meet a wide range of
users' requirements by allowing up to 2000 waypoints to be stored
between all of the routes. You can create up to 99 routes, with any
number of waypoints, providing the maximum number of 2000
waypoints between all routes is not exceeded.
The Route (RTE) function serves two purposes:
1. The RTE1 screen provides all of the current, or active waypoint
2. The RTE2 screen provides storage space for up to 100 user de-
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navigation data to the Navigate and Plot screens and is referred
to as the Active Route. Therefore, whenever you begin a new trip
or voyage, you should erase the previous voyage's waypoints in
this screen, then insert the new waypoints or routes (from RTE2)
for the new voyage. If you want to store the waypoints from the
previous active route for future use, you can copy these waypoints
in the order in which they were entered to the Route Bank in the
RTE2 screen. This is described in the RTE2 - The Route Bank
section of this manual. If you do not clear the RTE1 screen (refer
to Erasing an Existing Route section of this manual), the RTE1
screen will grow each time you add new waypoints to the route.
The route function can hold a maximum of 2,000 waypoints be-
tween the routes stored in RTE1 and RTE2.
fined routes. You can pre-define routes, or copy new routes from
the RTE1 (active route) screen. Later you can choose individual
routes or link two or more routes in the RTE1 screen (refer to
Creating a Multi-Waypoint Active Route section of this manual).
When you are finished using the copied route in RTE1, you can
erase the route from the RTE1 screen and the original stored route
Route
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