Charts
Symbology
The selection of the display mode defines the
behaviour used by the chart engine when
rendering chart data.
There are three buttons available for selection:
All, None and Default.
•
All - selects and displays all the chart
settings in the chart engine lists below.
•
None - deselects all the chart settings
in the chart engine lists (Standard chart
settings listed in Layers are retained)
•
Default - selects and displays the
commissioned default chart engine
settings only.
To enable or disable individual settings for the
required chart engine tick the setting check
box. A description of each function is given
below the settings list when the cursor moves
over the function.
The chart symbology display settings listed in
the following tables are, when selected,
displayed on the VMFT node.
ARCS Specific Features
If ARCS chart format is enabled the custom
features includes the selection of off-screen
chart policy.
The Off-Screen Chart Policy defines what
action the system will take when the currently
selected ARCS chart goes off-screen. The
default is Load New Best Scale Chart.
To change the off-screen chart settings, click
on the drop down arrow and select from:
Keep Off-Screen Chart Loaded
Load New Closest Scale Chart
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HI THERE , I COULD NOT FIND THE MOB BUTTON IN THE UPPER TOOLBAR AND IN NAV TOOLS , AND THE VIDEO PLAYBACK BUTTON ON IUR SPERRY MARINWE ECDIS.
The MOB (Man Overboard) button can be found in the upper toolbar of the Sperry Marine VisionMaster FT ECDIS. It has a yellow background when the MOB event is active and a standard background color when inactive. However, there is no information provided in the context regarding the location of a video playback button.
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WHAT IS THE PROCEDURES IN MAKING PARALLEL INDEX USING SPERRY MARINE ECDIS
To make a Parallel Index (PI) using Sperry Marine Visionmaster FT ECDIS, follow these procedures:
1. Access PI Lines: Left-click on the "Parallel Index Lines" field in the NAV Tools menu.
2. Use the PI Lines Window: This window has three tabs:
- Edit Tab: Add a new PI line or set, copy, delete, rename, or realign lines to the ship's current heading.
- Display Tab: Select which PI lines to display.
3. Define Each PI Line: Set the following parameters:
- Range from the closest point to own ship
- Bearing
- Line type
- Side of the ship (port or starboard)
Up to fifteen PI lines can be displayed at once across the entire chart display in all modes.
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AIS target not showing in ecdis