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OPERATOR'S MANUAL
DOPPLER SONAR
CURRNET INDICATOR
CI-68
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  • Page 1 OPERATOR'S MANUAL DOPPLER SONAR CURRNET INDICATOR CI-68 Model www.furuno.com...
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  • Page 3 How to discard a used battery Some FURUNO products have a battery(ies). To see if your product has a battery, see the chapter on Maintenance. Follow the instructions below if a battery is used. Tape the + and - terminals of battery before disposal to prevent fire, heat generation caused by short circuit.

  • Page 4: Safety Instructions

    Do not operate the equipment with wet Continued use of the equipment can cause hands. fire or electrical shock. Contact a FURUNO agent for service. Electrical shock can result. Do not disassemble or modify the Immediately turn off the power at the equipment.
  • Page 5 Check the zinc plate (anticorrosion remove the labels. If a label is missing measure) regularly for corrosion and or damaged, contact a FURUNO agent or replace it when the ship is drydocked. dealer about replacement. Corrosion may occur. As a result the...

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD ........................vi SYSTEM CONFIGURATION ..................vii DISPLAY EXAMPLE.....................viii OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW ................1-1 1.1 Controls........................1-1 1.2 How to Turn the Power On/Off...................1-1 1.3 How to adjust the LCD Brilliance and Panel Dimmer..........1-2 1.4 How to Choose a Display...................1-3 1.4.1 Tide vector display ..................1-3 1.4.2...
  • Page 7 TABLE OF CONTENTS MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING............4-1 4.1 Maintenance ......................4-1 4.2 Troubleshooting......................4-2 4.3 Diagnostics ........................ 4-3 4.3.1 General test ....................4-3 4.3.2 Panel test....................... 4-5 4.3.3 Test pattern ....................4-6 4.4 Error Messages and Alerts ..................4-6 APPENDIX 1 MENUTREE ..................AP-1 SPECIFICATIONS .....................

  • Page 8: Foreword

    FOREWORD A Word to the Owner of the CI-68 Congratulations on your choice of the FURUNO CI-68 Doppler Sonar Current Indicator. We are confident you will see why FURUNO has become synonymous with quality and reliability. Since 1948, FURUNO Electric Company has enjoyed an enviable reputation for innovative and dependable marine electronics equipment.

  • Page 9: System Configuration

    SYSTEM CONFIGURATION MONITOR UNIT MU-100C / MU-100C-CI VGA Monitor (Local supply) CURRENT INDICATOR CURRENT INDICATOR LYR1 LYR1 LYR4 LYR4 POWER POWER LYR2 TRACK LYR2 MODE LYR5 LYR3 RANGE DISP LYR3 RANGE BRILL MENU MODE CONTROL UNIT CONTROL UNIT CI-6888 CI-6888 NMEA1 Output TRANSCEIVER UNIT CI-6810...

  • Page 10: Display Example

    DISPLAY EXAMPLE Tide vector display Solid line: The speed and direction of the tide • Tide vector for Layer 1 (LYR1) : Yellow • Tide vector for Layer 2 (LYR2) : Purple • Tide vector for Layer 3 (LYR3) : Blue •...

  • Page 11: Operational Overview

    OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW Controls CursorPad Setting Knob LYR1 LYR4 POWER TRACK LYR2 MODE LYR5 DISP LYR3 MENU BRILL RANGE MODE Control unit Control Function POWER Turns power on or off. Function key (menu shortcut keys) LYR1 – LYR5 Set tide measuring depths for respective layers. Setting Knob Sets measuring depth and range.

  • Page 12: How To Adjust The Lcd Brilliance And Panel Dimmer

    For further details, see section 1.8. How to adjust the LCD Brilliance and Panel Dim- LCD Brilliance You can adjust the brilliance of the FURUNO-supplied monitor (MU-100C/MU-100C- CI) as below. When you adjust the brilliance of a commercial monitor, the BRILL key is not available.

  • Page 13: How To Choose A Display

    1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW Panel Dimmer You can adjust the backlighting for the control panel with [PANEL DIMMER] on the [MENU 4] sub menu. See paragraph 3.3.2. How to Choose a Display This current indicator has six main displays: tide vector display, ship’s speed display, course plot display, text display, echo level display and graph display.

  • Page 14: Ship's Speed Display

    1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.4.2 Ship’s speed display The ship’s speed display shows ship’s fore-aft and port-starboard speeds in analog and digital form. Fore-Aft Speed History Graph Synthesized Speed Vector (Green) Ship Speed (Synthesized Speed) Fore-Aft Speed (Synthesized Speed) Port-Starboard Speed Drift Angle Port-Starboard Speed History Graph Trip Distance...

  • Page 15: Course Plot Display

    1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.4.4 Course plot display The course plot display plots ship’s track along with tide vectors. Own Ship Position Tide Vector (5 layers) Ship’s track (White) North Mark Position** Scale Tide Display Text Window* Interval *: See paragraph 1.4.1. **: Sensor required.

  • Page 16: Echo Level Display

    1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.4.6 Echo level display The echo level display shows the strength of the echoes captured by three sounding beams. Note that [ECHO LEVEL] in the [MODE] sub menu must be set to [ON] to show the echo level display. Tide Differential Tide Vector Echo Level...

  • Page 17: How To Choose Speed Tracking Mode

    1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW How to Choose Speed Tracking Mode The tracking mode is available in ground tracking, water tracking, NAV and Auto/Ex- ternal. Overview of Tracking Mode Tracking mode Contents GT (Ground tracking) Absolute ship and tide move- Ship’s movement ments based on ground and based on ground current (tide display (bottom...

  • Page 18: How To Choose The Range

    1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW How to choose the Range You may choose the speed range by pressing the RANGE key. Also, you can change the range setting on the menu. 1. Press the RANGE key to show the range setting window. The window shown right appears (ex.

  • Page 19: How To Set The Ship's Heading

    1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW How to Set the Ship’s Heading The current indicator has a NAV mode which measures tides in deep waters where ground tracking is not available. To achieve reliable measurements, however, you must feed accurate heading (gyro) data and ship’s position (or speed and course) data to the current indicator.
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  • Page 21: Interpreting The Displays

    INTERPRETING THE DISPLAYS Tide Vector Display Tide Vector Circle - Solid line: The speed and direction of the tide. (LYR1: yellow, LYR2: purple, LYR3: blue, LYR4: green, LYR5: grey**) - Two-color line: The speed and direction of the differential tide. - Dashed line (white or black): Heading **: Black when the setteing for - Dashed line (green): Ship’s speed and course...
  • Page 22 2. INTERPRETING THE DISPLAYS Speed/course Speed made good and true course are shown. The dis- playable range is 0.0 to True course 40.0 kn for speed and 0° to Speed made good 359° for course. (ground tracking speed, water tracking speed or Heading (fed from nav speed) heading sensor)
  • Page 23 2. INTERPRETING THE DISPLAYS Water temperature graph Water temperature over the latest 15 minutes is dis- Water temp. graph played with a blue line, the data scrolling from right to Water temp. left. The range of the temperature scale is 5°C and the range of the time scale is 15 minutes.
  • Page 24 2. INTERPRETING THE DISPLAYS Layer 1 Yellow Yellow Yellow Layer 2 Purple Purple Purple Tide Layer 3 Blue Blue Blue Vector Layer 4 Green Green Green Layer 5 Grey* Grey* Grey* Ex) The case in which Layer 2 is Basic layer Reference Basic layer...

  • Page 25: Ship's Speed Display

    2. INTERPRETING THE DISPLAYS Ship’s Speed Display Synthesized Speed Vector (Green) Own Ship Vector Ship’s Speed (Synthesized Speed) Fore-Aft Speed (Synthesized Speed) Port-Starboard Speed Drift Angle Fore-Aft Speed Port-Starboard Speed History Graph Text Window Trip Distance History Graph Text window The contents are same as ones for the tide vector display, see section 2.1.
  • Page 26 2. INTERPRETING THE DISPLAYS Trip Shows trip distance. The distance is referenced to the setting of [LOG PULSE OUT] in the [I/O] sub menu. See the installation manual for the details. Own ship vector* The own ship vector shows port-starboard speed on the x-axis and fore-aft speed on the y-axis.

  • Page 27: Graph Display

    2. INTERPRETING THE DISPLAYS Graph Display Max. range of Tide 0 - 6 hours of latest data 0 - 60 minutes of latest data speed ( or course) Tide Graph (or Tide Diff or Ship Speed) *: Sensor required. Water Temp. Graph* Mode Marker Depth Graph...

  • Page 28: Course Plot Display

    2. INTERPRETING THE DISPLAYS Mode marker The mode marker shows by color which tracking mode is in use. This marker has lon- ger history than the mode marker in the text window, see "Mode marker" on page 2-1. Depth graph The depth graph displays depth data in graph form.
  • Page 29 2. INTERPRETING THE DISPLAYS Ship’s track Ship’s track is drawn with a white solid line. Ship’s track starts extending from the screen center and when own ship position reaches the edge of the screen it is brought back to the screen center. The ship’s track history is saved in three laps display width. You can hide this track, see "SHIP TRACK"...

  • Page 30: Text Display

    2. INTERPRETING THE DISPLAYS Text Display Mode Marker Fore-Aft Speed Port-Starboard Speed Drift Angle Tide Differential Depth* Water Temperature* Trip Distance *: Sensor required. Text Window Text window, Water Temperature The contents are same as ones for the tide vector display, see section 2.1. Note: Shows tracking mode and echo availability for last seven and half minutes, scrolling from right to left.

  • Page 31: Echo Level Display

    2. INTERPRETING THE DISPLAYS Echo Level Display Tide Differential Tide Vector Echo Level Beam 3 Beam 1 Beam 2 Text Window Echo Display Range Text Window, Tide Differential and Tide Vector The contents are same as ones for the tide vector display, see section 2.1. Echo Level Echo status of beam 1 (fore), beam 2 (starboard) and beam 3 (port) is displayed in eight colors.
  • Page 32 2. INTERPRETING THE DISPLAYS Speed and course (fore-aft, port-starboard, drift angle) For tide vector (Echo level is not For tide vector (Echo level is displayed), displayed), text and echo level displays speed, graph and course plot displays 1) No data input from 1) No data input from transceiver unit transceiver unit...
  • Page 33 2. INTERPRETING THE DISPLAYS Tide for five layers/tide differential For tide vector (Echo level is displayed), For tide vector (Echo level is not speed, graph and course plot displays displayed), text and echo level displays 2) Depth setting error 2) Depth setting error TIDE SPD/VECTOR kn TIDE SPEED/VECTOR TIDE SPD/...
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  • Page 35: Menu Operation

    MENU OPERATION There are four menus, [MENU 1], [MENU 2], [ALARM] and [INSTALLATION], in main menu. Each main menu has some sub menus. For [INSTALLATION], see the instal- lation manual. How to Operate Menu Window Please refer to all menu items on "MENUTREE" on page AP-1. 1.

  • Page 36: Function Key

    3. MENU OPERATION Function Key The F1 key provides menu shortcut operation. You may program the key as follows: How to use the function key To press the F1 key displays the setting window programmed. This function key is not programmed at the factory.

  • Page 37: Menu 4] Sub Menu

    3. MENU OPERATION SHIP SPEED AVG Choose the averaging time for the ship’s speed display. TIDE AVERAGE Choose the averaging time for the tide display. If tide speed appears to be too slow, choose a higher setting. REF TIDE DIFF Choose the basic layer for tide differential measurements.
  • Page 38 3. MENU OPERATION air bubbles, or the equipment tends to track on false bottom, acquire the bottom echo manually as follows. 1. Press to set [YES] for [BOTTOM SEARCH]. Then the message "PRESS FUNCTION KEY TO EXCUTE" appears. 2. Press the F1 key. The menu window disap- pears and the depth rectangle (green) ap- Bottom Echo pears along with the echo level display.

  • Page 39: Menu 2] Menu

    3. MENU OPERATION PANEL DIMMER Adjust the backlighting for the control panel, from 0-7. The higher the value, the bright- er the backlighting. [MENU 2] menu You can set the screen setting on the [MENU 2] menu. There are four sub menus; [MODE], [DISP 1], [DISP 2] and [DISP 3].

  • Page 40: Disp 1] Sub Menu

    3. MENU OPERATION 3.4.2 [DISP 1] sub menu MENU 1 MENU 2 ALARM INSTALLATION MODE DISP 1 DISP 2 DISP 3 COMMON SETTINGS TIDE RANGE 3.0kn SHIP SPD VCTR HEADING LINE TIDE VECTOR LAYER 1 LAYER 2 LAYER 3 LAYER 4 LAYER 5 TIDE DIFF DISPLAY MODE...

  • Page 41: Disp 2] Sub Menu

    3. MENU OPERATION Ship’s bow is North is at the Heading line at the top of top of the the screen. screen. North-up Head-up SHIP SPD MODE Choose the ship’s speed to use to display drift angle, fore-aft speed and port-star- board speed on the ship’s speed display and text display.
  • Page 42 3. MENU OPERATION TIDE GRAPH Choose how to draw the tide on the graph display. The choices are [NORTH] (N, E, S, W) and [SOUTH] (S, W, N, E). Normally, use [NORTH]. When the graph becomes difficult to read switch to [SOUTH]. TEMP GRAPH Turn the water temperature graph on the graph display on or off.

  • Page 43: Disp 3] Sub Menu

    3. MENU OPERATION HISTORY Set the range for the fore-aft speed history graph. HISTORY SHIFT Set the amount of shift for the fore-aft speed history graph. 3.4.4 [DISP 3] sub menu MENU 1 MENU 2 ALARM INSTALLATION MODE DISP 1 DISP 2 DISP 3 COURSE PLOT...

  • Page 44: Alarm] Menu

    3. MENU OPERATION [ALARM] menu The ALARM menu sets the parameters for tide, tide differential, ship’s speed and trip distance alarm. When an alarm setting is violated, the audible alarm sounds and a warning message (flashing) appears at the bottom of the display. To silence the audi- ble alarm, press the CursorPad ( , , or ).

  • Page 45: How To Set Tide, Tide Differential And Ship's Speed Alarms

    3. MENU OPERATION 3.5.2 How to set tide, tide differential and ship’s speed alarms You can set the alarm items, [SPD] (speed), [DIR] (direction) and [CSE] (course), in the similar procedure. As an example, for LAYER 1, set the tide speed alarm for 1-2 kn and tide direction alarm for 350°...
  • Page 46 3. MENU OPERATION 6. Press to open the alarm setting window. Alarm being set Tide speed Present tide data range value for layer 1 3.0kn LAYER1 KEY MAX Cursor KEY MIN STATUS 1.1kn 315° TIDE MIN 0.0kn MAX 0.0kn Alarm settings DIRECTION MIN 0.0°...

  • Page 47: How To Set The Trip Alarm

    3. MENU OPERATION 10. Press to open the alarm setting window. 11. Use to set starting point; to set ending point. For example, set the starting point at 350° and the ending point at 10°. Then, the screen should look something like the one at the top of the next page.

  • Page 48: How To Disable/Enable The Audible Alarm

    3. MENU OPERATION 7. Press to set distance (0.0 nm to 30.0 nm). 8. Press the F1 key to quit and return to the [ALARM] menu. The icon appears to the right of [DIST] at [TRIP]. When the vessel has traveled more than the preset distance, the audible alarm sounds and an alarm message appears.

  • Page 49: How To Cancel An Alarm

    3. MENU OPERATION 3.5.5 How to cancel an alarm 1. Press the MENU key to open the menu. 2. Press to place the cursor on the main menu title field. 3. Press to choose [ALARM]. 4. Press to place the cursor on the sub menu title field, and then press choose the sub menu required.
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  • Page 51: Maintenance & Troubleshooting

    MAINTENANCE & TROUBLE- SHOOTING This chapter contains maintenance and troubleshooting instructions to be followed to obtain optimum performance and the longest possible life of the equipment. Before at- tempting any maintenance or troubleshooting procedure, please review the safety in- formation below. NOTICE WARNING Do not apply paint, anti-corrosive...

  • Page 52: Troubleshooting

    4. MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING Fuse The transceiver unit, monitor unit WARNING and control unit are equipped with a fuse which protects them from Use the proper fuse. overvoltage and overcurrent. If a fuse blows, find the cause before Use of a wrong fuse can result in damage replacing it.

  • Page 53: Diagnostics

    4. MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING Diagnostics The current indicator is equipped with three test facilities to check it for proper opera- tion. When you turn on the current indicator, the selftest starts automatically and then a normal operation. If you find the some error, do the following tests. When their result of the tests is NG, please contact the service technician.
  • Page 54 4. MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING 8. Press the F1 key to start the test. The results of the test are shown on the screen. TVG ON/OFF Noise Level of (Use to apply or remove Beam 1, Beam 2 TVG from echo display, respectively.) and Beam 3 CI-6888 Control...

  • Page 55: Panel Test

    4. MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING 4.3.2 Panel test The panel test checks the keys and setting knob on the control unit for proper opera- tion. 1. Open the [MENU 4] sub menu and choose [PANEL] at [TEST]. The message "PRESS FUNCTION KEY TO EXCUTE." appears. 2.

  • Page 56: Test Pattern

    4. MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING 4.3.3 Test pattern The test pattern checks for proper display of colors. 1. Open the [MENU 4] sub menu and choose [PATTERN] at [TEST]. The message "PRESS FUNCTION KEY TO EXCEUTE." appears. 2. Press the F1 key to start the test. The screen becomes the red gradation. 3.
  • Page 57 4. MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING Error Message or Alert Meaning WARNING! NO SPEED DATA [101] External speed data is missing WARNING! NO DEPTH DATA [103] External depth data is missing WARNING! NO HEADING DATA Position data is missing [104] WARNING! ABNORMAL COURSE Abnormal course error angle DATA [105] WARNING! NO TEMPERATURE...
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  • Page 59: Appendix 1 Menutree

    APPENDIX 1 MENUTREE MENU key Bold: Default setting SHIP SPEED AVG (15 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec, 90 sec) MENU 1 MENU 3 TIDE AVERAGE (15 sec, 1 min, 2 min, 3 min, 5 min, 10 min, 20 min) REF TIDE DIF (LAYER 1, LAYER 2, LAYER 3, LAYER 4, LAYER5) TIDE DIFF 1 (LAYER 1, LAYER 2, LAYER 3, LAYER 4, LAYER5) TIDE DIFF 2 (LAYER 1, LAYER 2, LAYER 3, LAYER 4, LAYER5) BEARING MODE (32 CMPS, 360 TRUE)
  • Page 60 APPENDIX 1 MENUTREE COURSE PLOT SCALE DISP 3 1: 10000, 1: 20000, 1: 50000, 1: 100000 INTERVAL 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0 SHIP TRACK OFF, ON VECTOR LENGTH LONG, SHORT TEXT WINDOW OFF, ON TEXT DEPTH SOURCE INTERNAL, EXTERNAL ALRAM ALARM1 LAYER 1...

  • Page 61: Specifications

    IEC 61162-1 Ed. 2, IEC 61162-2, NMEA 0183 Ver-1.5/2/0/3.0 Input sentences DBT, DPT, GGA, GLL, HDT, HDM, HDG, MTW, RMA, RMC, VTG ZDA, Output sentences CUR, VBW, VDR, VHW, VLW, VTG 4800 bps, 7 bits, 2 parity, FURUNO original format SP - 1 E7252S01D...
  • Page 62 FURUNO CI-68 Input sentences System time, Measuring position, Heading, Depth, Water temperature Output sentences Tide data for 1 layer, tide-measured speed, depths for multi-layers Current indicator data RS-232C, 4800 bps, 7 bits, 2 parity Date and time, Position, Speed, Current indicator,...

  • Page 63: Index

    INDEX ALARM menu.......... 3-10 Heading............. 2-1 Alerts ............4-6 HEADING LINE......... 3-6 ALM/KEY BEEP ........3-4 Heading line ..........2-3 Audible alarm .......... 3-14 HISTORY ..........3-9 HISTORY SHIFT........3-9 BACKGROUND CLR ........ 3-5 BEARING MODE ........3-3 INSTALLATION menu....... 3-1 BOTTOM SEARCH........
  • Page 64 INDEX Ship’s speed ..........2-5 Ship’s speed display ....1-4 Ship’s speed vector........2-4 Ship’s track ..........2-9 Speed alarm..........3-10 Speed graph ..........2-7 Speed/Cource ..........2-2 TEMP GRAPH ...........3-8 TEST ............3-4 TEXT ............3-5 Text display ........1-5 2-10 TEXT WINDOW ......... 3-8 Text window ........2-5 Tide alarm ..........3-10 TIDE AVERAGE ........3-3 Tide average setting ........2-4...

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