Interswitch; How To Display Antenna Information - Furuno FAR-2218-BB Operator's Manual

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW
1.47

Interswitch

The interswitch of this radar uses an Ethernet to transfer video and control signals. A
digital signal transfers the video and control signals. You can connect up to four an-
tennas and four display units. Set radar display and antenna groups from the [ANTEN-
NA SELECT] display.
When you switch to a different antenna, the heading skew and timing adjustment (set
at installation) for that antenna are automatically applied.
The [ANTENNA] box at the upper left position shows current antenna selection.
1.47.1

How to display antenna information

To display antenna information place the cursor on the [ANTENNA] box, then right-
click. The [SELECT ANTENNA] menu appears.
SELECT ANTENNA
1 BACK
ANT 1 : X-BAND
25UP Main Top
ANT 2 : S-BAND
30UP Main 2nd
ANT 3 : X-BAND
12 Fore
ANT 4 : X-BAND
12 Aft
OWN RADAR NO.1
2 DISP1 ANT1
MASTER
DISP2 ANT2
MASTER
DISP3 ANT3
MASTER
DISP4 ANT4
MASTER
9 SAVE INTER-SWITCH
NO / YES
0 CLEAR INTER-SWITCH
NO / YES
Note: For configurations with processors assigned as DISP5/DISP6/DISP7/DISP8 at
installation, the processor unit automatically connects to the system as [SLAVE] when
first turned on. You can change this setting after the first connection. See
section 1.47.2.
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Using the information displayed in this example the antenna system configuration would
look something like this.
ANT1 ANT2
DISP1 DISP2
HUB-3000
The following information is displayed in the [SELECT ANTENNA] menu:
• Radar band, output power and antenna position of each antenna
currently powered. (If an antenna is not powered, its data area is blank.)
• Own ship radar number (radar in use).
• Current antenna and display combinations.
Antenna box
ANTx: "x" indicates antenna
selected.
(M) or (S): indicates antenna is
(M)aster or (S)lave.
X-Band or S-Band: indicates
antenna bandwidth.
ANT4
ANT3
DISP3 DISP4
Antenna Unit
←
←
Processor Unit