Setup Procedures - Sperry Marine Visionmaster FT ECDIS User Manual

ECDIS User Guide

Setup Procedures

After the VisionMaster software has loaded, some setup procedures may
be necessary. To verify proper setup, make the following checks:

On the sensor data display at the top left of the screen, the
indicators for HDG (Heading), COG (Course Over Ground), SOG
(Speed Over Ground), and STW (Speed Through Water) should all
be green. Yellowish-orange data indicates a loss of valid data from
the selected source. The sensor data display indicates the current
stabilisation mode: water stabilised or ground stabilised, with the
HDG/STW field block highlighted in water stabilisation and the
COG/SOG field block highlighted in ground stabilisation. The
current stabilisation mode can be toggled in a Stabilised Mode field
below the motion mode and presentation mode buttons, refer to
Sensor Data Display for more information.

The heading sensor may require alignment when the system has
started. If alignment is required the HDG values in the Sensor Data
Display show flashing yellowish-orange dashes and Heading folder
of the Sensors menu automatically opens with the Sensor also
showing yellowish-orange dashes and the Alignment state as
`Unaligned', see below. To align the heading refer to Heading
Source Values.

The currently active sensor sources for navigation data are
indicated to the right of the displayed sensor data. Verify that the
desired sensor devices are selected. For information on sensor
source selection, see Sensors Menu. On the video circle chart
display, the colour of the Ownship symbol or outline is yellowish-
orange if the software determines that the data sources for Position
and Heading are not providing valid data.
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