Sperry Marine Visionmaster FT ECDIS User Manual page 501

ECDIS User Guide
If the data associated with the sensor becomes not available (an unusable
state resulting in the displays showing data in yellowish-orange) the Data
State bar also displays as yellowish-orange after approximately 50
seconds.
The data state is restored to green when the sensor data becomes valid.
View Sensor Status Details
To view details on the sensor status click the Details
button at the bottom of the window. A separate window
displays the following sensor status details:
 Sensor abbreviation and its description, e.g. DBT (Depth)
 Interfaces, including port ID, used to receive the sensor data
 Type of data received by the sensor (e.g. Heading data from a Gyro)
 Current status of the sensor data, i.e. Good, Nearly Available, Dead-
Reckoned or Unavailable.
 Unacknowledged Faults - any unacknowledged faults on the sensor
data, e.g. Uncompensated, Unaligned etc. See `Description of Sensor
Data States' for a description of all fault conditions.
 Acknowledge button (Ack), which enables faults relevant to that sensor
to be acknowledged.
 Acknowledge All Faults button. Click this button to acknowledge all
outstanding sensor faults on the system.
Description of Sensor Data States
The Sensor Status Details window also includes the option to view an
explanation for all types of data states. To use this feature click the
Condition to explain drop down button and select a data state from the
list. The window parallel to the list gives an explanation of the selected data
state.
The following table lists all data states and a description.
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