How To Set Up The Ais Message Notification; How To Display Ais Alert Messages; Ais System Messages - Furuno FAR-2218-BB Operator's Manual

4. AIS OPERATION
4.17.4

How to set up the AIS message notification

1. Open the menu.
2. Select [5 TT•AIS].
3. Select [5 AIS].
4. Select [3 AUTO DISP MESSAGE].
5. Select [ON] to show the received message indication (blue envelope icon) when
a new message is received, [OFF] to disable the notification.
No unread messages,
or [ 3 AUTO DISP MESSAGE ]
is set to [ OFF ] .
6. Close the menu.
4.17.5

How to display AIS alert messages

The AIS transponder outputs various alert messages. To view the alert list:
1. Open the menu.
2. Select [5 TT•AIS].
3. Select [5 AIS].
4. Select [8 AIS ALERT MESSAGES].
5. Select the message to display, then left-click.
6. Close the menu.
4.18

AIS System Messages

AIS system messages are displayed at the bottom right corner of the screen. The table
below shows the AIS system messages, their alert priority and their meanings.
Message
"AIS DANGER OF
COLLISION"
"AIS NEW TARGET"
"AIS TARGET LOST"
"AIS DISPLAY FULL"
"ACTIVE AIS FULL"
"AIS COM ERROR"
"AIS CAPACITY FULL" Caution
"AIS DISPLAY 95"%
"ACTIVE AIS 95%"
"TRANSMIT ERROR"
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[ 3 AUTO DISP MESSAGE ] is
set to [ ON ] and at least one
unread message is stored.
Priority
Alarm CPA and TCPA of an activated AIS target are be-
low value set on the menu.
Warning AIS target has entered an acquisition zone.
Warning Lost target. An activated target is declared a lost
target when it fails to produce data for six minutes
or five reporting intervals, whichever is the shorter.
Warning The radar only displays the closest 350 AIS targets
from own ship.
Warning Number of active AIS targets has reached 50.
Warning Not receiving AIS data from own AIS (VDO mes-
sage).
Number of AIS targets has reached 1200.
Caution Number of displayed AIS targets has reached 333.
Caution Number of active AIS targets has reached 48.
Caution Could not send AIS message.
Meaning