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Nauticast-B
Class B AIS Transceiver
Product No. 2680
Model: AIS-300
Y1-03-0222 Rev.T4
Automatic Identification System
ACR Electronics, Inc.
5757 Ravenswood Road
Fort Lauderdale, Fl 33312
Tel : +1(954) 981-3333
Fax: +1 (954) 983-5087
www.acrelectronics.com
Email: Info@acrelectronics.com
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- Page 1 Product Support Manual Nauticast-B Class B AIS Transceiver Product No. 2680 Model: AIS-300 Y1-03-0222 Rev.T4 Automatic Identification System ACR Electronics, Inc. 5757 Ravenswood Road Fort Lauderdale, Fl 33312 Tel : +1(954) 981-3333 Fax: +1 (954) 983-5087 www.acrelectronics.com Email: Info@acrelectronics.com...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Manual Revision Status ................................2 General Warnings ................................3 WHAT IS AIS?................................4 AIS Classes ................................5 Position Information Source ............................ 6 INSTALLATION................................6 Software Installation..............................7 Programming................................8 Hardware Installation............................. 11 Antenna Installation..............................12 TRANSPONDER..........................13 USING THE Switching On ................................13 Warning And Fault States ............................ -
Page 3: General Warnings
Information contained in this manual is liable to change without notice. Please visit our website for the latest manual revision at www.acrelectronics.com ACR Electronics, Inc. disclaims any liability for consequences arising from omissions or inaccuracies in this manual and any other documentation provided with this product. © 2007 ACR Electronics, Inc. -
Page 4: What Is Ais
1. WHAT IS AIS? AIS stands for Automatic Identification System. AIS increases navigational safety and collision avoidance by transmitting vessel identification, helping to reduce the difficulty of identifying ships when not in sight (e.g. at night, in radar blind arcs or shadows or at distance) by broadcasting navigational intentions to other vessels by providing ID, position, course, speed and other ship data with all other nearby ships and land based stations. -
Page 5: Ais Classes
On the bottom, a typical NAUTICAST-B installation in a common environment is shown. The NAUTICAST-B is connected to the vessels power supply, and in connection with the VHF, and GPS-Antennas, the minimal requirements for Transponder operation are fulfilled. Both vessels in the above illustration are equipped with an AIS transceiver. Due to “Time – Synchronization” they use the same organization of free and allocated windows (Slots) in the shared VHF Data Link (this method is called “Carrier Sense Time Division Multiple Access”) to send and receive messages. -
Page 6: Position Information Source
Information transmitted from vessels that have a CLASS A AIS transponders on-board include: • Name of Vessel • Destination • Size of Vessel • Vessel Dimensions • Speed (SOG) • Call Sign • ETA • Draft • Position • Course (COG) •... -
Page 7: Software Installation
Step 3 - installing your AIS hardware to your boat. 2.1 Software Installation 2.1.1 Prerequisites The Link2AIS application is designed to operate with Microsoft Windows 200, XP and above. Recommended minimum system requirements are: • Microsoft Windows XP SP2 (Windows 2000 and earlier require Microsoft .NET Framework V2.0) •... -
Page 8: Programming
2.2 Programming NOTE: To program your NAUTICAST-B you will need to connect the AIS to a personal computer and supply the NAUTICAST-B with 12V of power. ACR recommends you connect the AIS to your boat’s power and connect it to a laptop in order to easily program your AIS before physically mounting the transceiver. - Page 9 2.2.5 Select the serial port from the drop down menu, then click 'Connect': 2.2.6 Once a connection is established the application is ready to use. Connection status is indicated at the bottom left of the application window: Help There is a context based Help file which explains what each data entry field means and what sort of data is expected.
- Page 10 2.2.9 Enter the vessels information in the appropriate box: • Ship's name - enter the name of the vessel (20 characters maximum) • Call Sign - enter the vessel's radio call sign (7 characters maximum) • MMSI number - enter the vessel's Maritime Mobile Service Identity number •...
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Page 11: Hardware Installation
2.3 Hardware Installation WARNING: Do not connect the NAUTICAST-B unit to a main (line) AC electrical supply, as an electric shock or fire hazard could result. Length of Data/Power Cable connection not to exceed 3 meters. CAUTION: Do not connect the NAUTICAST-B unit to a DC supply exceeding 15.6 V or reverse the supply polarity. Damage to the unit may result. -
Page 12: Antenna Installation
2.4 Antenna Installation 2.4.1 Antenna connections GPS Antenna This is a TNC female bulkhead connector that mounts to the back of the case. This port provides the 5V DC feed for the active GPS antenna required by the NAUTICAST-B unit. VHF Antenna This is a UHF female bulkhead connector that mounts to the back of the case. -
Page 13: Using The Transponder
3. USING THE TRANSPONDER 3.1 Switching On When the 12V supply is switched on all four LEDs visible on the front panel of the unit will illuminate twice for a period of one second on each illumination. The blue LED will then go out, when the internal GPS starts outputting valid position information the red LED will go out and the NAUTICAST-B unit transmits its first position report (message 18) and the yellow LED will go out;... -
Page 14: Data Port Messages
3.3 Data Port Messages The data port will output the following: (At power-up) boot-loader and main application splash text screens including version numbers, and memory status • Details of relevant AIS transmissions received • Details of AIS transmissions sent • Details of channel management messages received •... -
Page 15: Led Indicators
3.6 Led Indicators 3.6.1. Power This is a green LED which indicates, when lit, that power has been connected correctly to the transponder, that the transponder hardware has been configured, that the operating software is present, that the CPU has booted up and the application software is running. -
Page 16: Serial Data Interface
The NAUTICAST-B contains no user serviceable parts. Contact your Service Agent NOTE: for repair for replacing the fuse fails to make the equipment serviceable. 5. SERIAL DATA INTERFACE 5.1 Power Connection / Data Connection There is a 15-pin D-Sub female connector mounted on the back of the transponder cover. The standard data or power and data cable assembly provided mates with this connector. - Page 17 5.4.1 VDM Message Format !--VDM,x1,x2,x3,a,s--s,x*hh<CR><LF> field 1 2 3 4 Field Format Description Total number of sentences needed to transfer the message , 1 to 9 Sentence number , 1 to 9 Sequential message identifier , 0 to 9 AIS Channel, "A" or "B" s---s Encapsulated ITU-R M.1371 radio message Number of fill-bits...
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Page 18: Vhf Data Link Own Vessel Messages (Nmea 0183 Vdo)
VDL Message number VDM Message description System control binary acknowledge (INFO) UTC and data inquiry (INFO) UTC and data response (INFO) safety related ack (INFO) interrogation (INFO) assignment mode command (INFO) DGNSS corrections (INFO) data link management (INFO) channel management (INFO) *Note that messages 5 and 19 may be sent as multi part messages. -
Page 19: Regional Assignment Channel Assignment Message (Nmea 0183 Aca)
VDO Message number VDO Message description AIS Target Display Information Safety Related Acknowledgement Standard Class B position report (Includes MMSI, SOG, position accuracy, lat, long, COG, true heading,) Class B “CS” Static data Part A (Includes MMSI and vessel name) Class B “CS”... -
Page 20: Ais Alarm Messages (Nmea 0183 Alr, Text)
5.7.1. ACS Message Format !-- ACS,x,xxxxxxxxx, hhmmss.ss,xx,xx,xxxx*hh<CR><LF> field 1 3 4 5 Field Format Description Sequence Number , 0 to 9 xxxxxxxxx MMSI of originator hhmmss.ss UTC of receipt of channel management information UTC Day, 01 -31 UTC Month, 01 -12 xxxx UTC Year 5.8 AIS Alarm Messages (NMEA 0183 ALR, Text) -
Page 21: Standards
6. STANDARDS This product complies to all the necessary standards under the European R&TTE directive for Article 3.1(a), 3.1(b), 3.2 and 3.3(e). The following standards have been followed in pursuance of this: • IEC62287-1: 2006-03 Maritime navigation and radio communication equipment and systems – Class B ship borne equipment of the automatic identification system (AIS) –... -
Page 22: Warnings
ACR device or system. If these fail, it is reasonable to assume that the safety of the user or other persons may be endangered. Contact your local dealer for NAUTICAST AIS support. Please see our ACR Website for Service Listing. ACR Electronics Europe GmbH ACR Electronics Inc. Handelskai 388 / Top 632 Customer Service... - Page 23 APPENDIX A 23 of 25 Y1-03-0222 Rev T4T4...
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