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NAV6 V3 User Guide
NAV6 V3
NAV6plus V3
NAV6repeater V3
NAV6 eNAVTEX System
MAN03030
Issue 5, October 2018
ICS Electronics Limited
Unit V, Rudford Industrial Estate
Ford, Arundel, West Sussex
BN18 0BF
United Kingdom
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- Page 1 ICS Electronics Ltd. No liability can be accepted for any inaccuracies or omissions in the publication, although every care has been taken to make it as complete and accurate as possible.
- Page 2 NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Important Information This equipment is not approved for use by SOLAS convention vessels within the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS). It is intended for use by leisure craft and other non-SOLAS vessels wishing to participate within GMDSS.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Contents Quick Start ....................................5 Introduction ....................................6 What Is NAVTEX? ................................6 How Does NAVTEX Work? ............................... 6 NAV6 Features .................................... 7 The Keypad and Display ................................9 Viewing and Scrolling through NAVTEX messages ....................10 Message Storage ................................ - Page 4 NAV6plus Premium System Showing NAV6plus Display Unit, eNAVTEX Receiver Module, Passive Antenna and the NAV6 eNAVTEX PC App. Congratulations on purchasing this high quality ICS Electronics Ltd product. It is not only an excellent NAVTEX receiver, but a first class instrument repeater (plus and repeater models only) and now includes a barometric display showing current air pressure, a historical pressure plot for up to the last seven days and Beaufort forecast.
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Page 5: Quick Start
NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Quick Start You will find this product extremely easy to operate. Please don't be intimidated by the comprehensive nature of this manual. In reality, receiving your first NAVTEX messages could not be simpler. Follow the installation guidelines ... -
Page 6: Introduction
NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Introduction What Is NAVTEX? NAVTEX is a worldwide system for the broadcast and automatic reception of maritime safety information (MSI) in English by means of narrow-band direct-printing telegraphy. NAVTEX provides shipping with navigational and meteorological warnings and urgent information. NAVTEX is a component of the IMO/IHO worldwide Navigational Warning Service (WWNWS) as defined by IMO Assembly resolution A.706(17). -
Page 7: Nav6 Features
NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide NAV6 Features The NAV6 adds a new dimension in NAVTEX functionality. The NAV6 offers simultaneous reception on both the 518kHz international channel and the 490kHz local information channel. Unlike other NAVTEX receivers that discard unselected messages, the large flash memory in the NAV6 means it has the capacity to store all of the messages from transmitting stations within its range. - Page 8 NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Audible and visible alarms can be set up to indicate reception of SAR and/or New Messages. A sleep mode allows long standby periods with minimum power consumption, such as when the vessel is left in a marina with main batteries being trickle charged from the shore. eNAVTEX Receiver Unit The Receiver Unit contains dual receivers that can receive on both 490kHz and 518kHz simultaneously.
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Page 9: The Keypad And Display
NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide The Keypad and Display Softkey Menu Softkey 1 Softkey 3 Softkey 4 Softkey 2 Navigation Pad View Indicator The central keys are a ‘navigation pad’ ( UP DOWN LEFT RIGHT ). In Settings screens the LEFT key will go back to a previous level. Softkeys 1 to 4 are situated on either side of the navigation pad. -
Page 10: Viewing And Scrolling Through Navtex Messages
NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide At the top of the display is a status bar: The status information is displayed as a series of icons. The meaning of the icons is as follows: Message ID for the currently selected message An alarm is active NMEA / GPS position data available NMEA / GPS position data available, but unreliable... -
Page 11: Filter Profiles
NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Once the message store has filled up new messages will start to overwrite the oldest messages in the store. Even in areas with lots of stations and high levels of NAVTEX transmissions message will remain in the store for more than two weeks before they are overwritten. After using the NAV6 for a while you may notice that if you receive a particular message more than once there will only ever be one copy in view. - Page 12 NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Station Filter selection is made in the Station Filter Pages accessed from the Settings Menu. You will notice that each station can be set to one of three filter settings: Setting Operation Messages from station always in view (see note 1) Messages from station never in view Auto Messages from station only viewed when nearest or in range...
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Page 13: Message Type Filtering
NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide In Range NAVTEX stations have a declared transmission range which is stored in your NAV6’s station database. With ‘In Range’ selected all messages from the stations that are in range of your current position will be displayed. Tip: Set stations that you want to ‘automatically select’... - Page 14 NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Reading ‘NEW’ Messages Sometimes it is useful to know which messages have been received since you last looked at the NAV6 display. You may have noticed that each message header carries a ‘NEW’ icon and that there is an additional ‘NEW’...
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Page 15: Navtex View
NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide To change the age limit select NAVTEX Settings from the Settings Menu. Select Age Limit using the UP and DOWN keys and then the and Softkeys 2 and 3 to select a value. The default setting is three days which is the official time that NAVTEX messages remain valid. -
Page 16: Navigation Views
NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Navigation Views (NAV6plus or NAV6repeater only) Navigate Views are only available if there is a GPS or other source of NMEA 0183 data connected to the NAV6plus or NAV6repeater NMEA input. The GPS icon in the status bar at the top of the display will be illuminated only if there is position data available on the NMEA input. -
Page 17: Barometer View
NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Barometer View The Barometer View shows air pressure information in a plotted format. The current air pressure, barometric tendency and Beaufort Scale forecast are also displayed Tendency (over the last hour) Steady < 0.03 hPa Rising or falling slowly 0.03 - 0.5 hPa Rising or falling... -
Page 18: Combined View
NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Combined View The Combined View shows all NMEA input data on one screen using a small font. Waypoint View The Waypoint View shows waypoint navigation information and a graphical “rolling road” display of the boat position and course relative to the course line. -
Page 19: Conning View
NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Conning View The Conning Display is a unique analogue display which shows overlapping vectors for Heading (course through the water), Course Over the Ground (COG), Set (a combination of leeway and tide) and wind. All of these vectors are displayed relative to the current heading, which is displayed in digital form at the top of the screen. -
Page 20: Log View
NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Log View The UP and DOWN keys allow the log to be scrolled forwards and backwards in time. Use the and Softkeys 2 and 3 to horizontal scroll other LOG data into view. Tip: consider the Log View to be a large piece of paper. -
Page 21: Setup Menu
NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Setup Menu The Setup Menu provides access to all the configurable settings of the NAV6 so that it may be set up to operate in a way that suits you best. NAVTEX message display presentation, Navigate data presentation, LCD operation, General settings and the NAVTEX station database are all configured from the Settings Menu. - Page 22 NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide NAVTEX Settings Page Option Setting Notes Font Small Display NAVTEX messages using small font Medium Display NAVTEX messages using medium font Large Display NAVTEX messages using large font Error Threshold XX % Percentage character error rate above which messages are not displayed. Note that this setting does not stop messages with an error rate above the threshold from being stored in memory Alphabet...
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Page 23: Navigate
NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Monitor NAVTEX Page The monitor page shows a split screen view of live 490 and 518 kHz transmissions as they are received. None of the filtering selected in the various setup pages is applied. The monitor page displays ALL incoming data regardless of error rate. - Page 24 NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide The table below describes each of the Navigation Settings Page options. Option Setting Notes Distance Units Nautical Miles kilometres Miles Speed Units Knots Km/h Kilometres per hour Metres per second Miles per hour Depth Units Feet metres North Reference...
- Page 25 NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Custom Views Settings Access the Custom View Settings from the Settings Menu to show settings for the Custom Navigation Views Screens. Set the format for each user view page to either 2, 3 or 4 panels. Individual Custom Views can be enabled/disabled on the General Settings page.
- Page 26 NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Monitor NMEA The Monitor NMEA page shows a view of live NMEA0183 data received at the NMEA input. The monitor page displays ALL incoming sentences and can be paused by pressing the Pause Softkey.
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Page 27: Lcd
NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide The LCD section of the Settings Menu has one option to access the LCD Settings page. LCD Settings Page The LCD Settings Page shows a checker board pattern that can be used to set up the LCD. LCD contrast is adjusted with the LEFT and RIGHT keys or ... -
Page 28: General
NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide General The General section of the settings Menu gives access to the General Settings Page and enables you to perform a Factory Reset. General Settings Page This view shows general settings for the NAV6 display such as Date, Time, Sound, Miscellaneous settings and the top level View controls. - Page 29 NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Option Setting Notes Language English English language menus Francais French language menus Portugues Portuguese language menus Deutsch German language menus Spanish Spanish language menus LED Function LED always off LED as power indicator LED as receive indicator LED as SAR indicator LED as New Message indicator View Settings...
- Page 30 NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Barometer Settings (NAV6plus and NAV6repeater only) The Time zone offset may be used to adjust the barometer time axis to show local time. The Forecast section is used to set the sensor location, weather warning alarm and warning threshold.
- Page 31 NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Printer or Serial Data Output* If Printer or PC is connected to the Serial Output the NAV6plus can be set to send individual or new messages as they arrive (see Auto and Manual Print on the NAVTEX Settings Page) to the Serial Output.
- Page 32 NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Enable Navigate manual print if you want to be able to print the current page of log entries from the navigation log using the Print Softkey on the Navigate Log View. The Print Softkey is only available when the Log View is scrolled fully left.
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Page 33: Database
NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Database The NAV6 and NAV6plus contain a database of the details of NAVTEX transmitting station from around the world. Each entry contains the Station identifier (a letter from A to X), Its NAVAREA, Station Name, Latitude, Longitude, Range and Operational State. Station Names Pages The Station Names Pages determine the names of stations displayed on Station Filter Pages and in NAVTEX message... - Page 34 NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Press the Edit Softkey to edit the station details at the bottom of the display. The database entry for a typical station (i.e. ‘Niton’) is shown right. Data items are selected using UP and DOWN keys. Data items are changed using LEFT and RIGHT keys.
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Page 35: Installation
NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Installation Configuration Options The NAV6 series NAVTEX System can be configured in a number of ways depending on the Antenna, Receiver and Display options that have been selected. The figures below show examples of various options. NAV6 Standard Passive Antenna, NAV6 eNAVTEX Receiver and NAV6 Standard Display NAV6plus... - Page 36 NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide NAV6plus with eNAVTEX App on Tablet PC. NAV6 with Active Antenna with PSU/Splitter NAV6plus Serial Printer or Data Connection...
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Page 37: Mounting The Display Unit
NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Mounting the Display Unit Choose a location that is FLAT, free from excessive heat and vibration, and which is convenient for routing the Display Cable. The display is best viewed when the screen is mounted square The Display Unit has been designed for above or below decks mounting. - Page 38 NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Connecting the Display Unit to the Receiver Unit The display cable consists of six twisted pairs. These should be connected to the corresponding terminals on the NAV6 receiver module as shown below: Twisted Pair Core Colour Signal description RED twisted with BLACK...
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- Page 40 NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Connecting an antenna to the Receiver Unit The NAV6 Series complete systems (except the NAV6repeater) are supplied with a NAVTEX receiver unit and 50ohm Passive NAVTEX Antenna as standard. The ICS Passive NAVTEX Antenna is optimised for maximum sensitivity at the 490 and 518kHz NAVTEX frequency and provides very good rejection of interfering signal outside of these frequencies.
- Page 41 NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Optional - Active 50 ohm Antenna with External PSU Interface Box ICS recommend using an active 50 ohm antenna that has been specified for NAVTEX use. A suitable antenna is the ICS.905.04 or ICS.905.05 although an equivalent antenna specified for operation at 490kHz and...
- Page 42 NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Alternative - Using a Wire in the Cabin as an Antenna A long wire routed safely out of harm’s way (for instance under the headlining in your cabin) may be used as an antenna in some circumstances. ICS Technical Support may be able to offer advice on this point.
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Page 43: Connecting Power
NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Connecting Power The NAV6 should be powered from a nominal 12Vdc switched supply, capable of providing a continuous 350mA. To allow the unit to be isolated for service, a 1.5A circuit breaker or a 1.5A fuse and switch should switch the power supply. -
Page 44: Connecting A Pc, Printer Or Plotter
NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Connecting a PC, Printer or Plotter The following equipment with RS232 serial data connection may be connected to the NAV6: A PC (via ICS Cable option ICS.6020.09). Or a printer or chart plotter (via ICS Cable option ICS.6020.10). The PC and printer serial port should be set to 4800 baud, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, and no flow control. -
Page 45: Connecting Multiple Display Units
NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Connecting Multiple Display Units The NAV6 system may be configured to allow connection of two Display Units. Note: The termination link between terminals 4 and 5 must be fitted for all single display system configurations remove the link if two displays are to be connected. -
Page 46: Testing The Nav6 After Installation
NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Testing the NAV6 after installation Carefully check all connections before applying power. Switch on the power supply by closing the 1.5A circuit breaker or power panel switch. Check that the red LED illuminates for approximately 8 seconds and then goes out and the start-up page appears on the NAV6 display. -
Page 47: Maintenance And Troubleshooting
NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Maintenance and Troubleshooting Cleaning The NAV6 NAVTEX System may be cleaned when necessary by wiping with a cloth dampened with fresh water. Do not use solvents. Fault Finding Fault Possible cause LCD blank, RED LED On Green wire connected to 12V Disconnect green wire –... -
Page 48: Software Upgrade
NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Antenna Fault Finding ANTENNA - general Check the cable between the NAVTEX antenna and the NAV6, ensure that it is not damaged. NAVTEX antenna must be mounted in an elevated position clear of obstructions ACTIVE ANTENNA Check that power is correctly applied to the centre of the coax cable. -
Page 49: Warranty
NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Warranty ICS Electronics Ltd warrants to the original end-user that this product will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one year from the date of purchase. During the warranty period, and upon proof of purchase, the product will be repaired or replaced (with the same or a similar model, which may be a refurbished model) at ICS Electronics’... -
Page 50: Optional Extras
NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Optional Extras NAV6 Options and Accessories Part No. Description ICS.6020.00 NAV6 U Mounting Bracket ICS.6020.27 Antenna Extension Cable 10m (Coax) ICS.6020.28 Antenna Extension Cable 30m (Coax) ICS.903.03 Antenna Mount Nylon Pushpit Rail (1"-14) ICS.905.07 Antenna PSU Single Output (for Active Antennas) ICS.6020.09 NAV6 Computer Interconnect lead (RS232) -
Page 51: Specification
NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Specification Display Unit Supply Voltage range 10.8V to 15.6V Power Consumption (Typical) Backlight full: 310 mA (3.8 W at 12V) Backlight off: 165 mA (2.0 W at 12V) Sleep mode: 115 mA (1.4 W at 12V) Weight 400g Physical Dimensions... - Page 52 NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Receiver Module Power Consumption (typical) 90mA at 12V Antenna input 50ohm Weight 200g Physical Dimensions Height: 96mm (excluding connector) Width: 146mm Depth: 35mm Mounting Bulkhead mounting via four self-tapping screws (supplied) Connection All connections made by screw terminal (with the exception of the PC USB connection) Environmental Not for outside use Unit must be mounted below decks in a suitable dry location...
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Page 53: Appendix I: Navtex Station Database
NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Appendix I: NAVTEX Station Database The NAV6 and NAV6plus Display unit include a pre-programmed NAVTEX station database. For information purposes only. ICS do not accept any liability for this information; always check with the local NAVTEX provider for the latest NAVTEX information. Additional information on changes the list of NAVTEX transmitting station may be found on our website at www.icselectronics.co.uk. -
Page 54: Appendix Ii: Message Type Indicators
NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Appendix II: Message Type Indicators NAVTEX broadcasts use following message type letter: Navigational warnings Meteorological warnings Ice reports Search and rescue information, and pirate warnings Meteorological forecasts Pilot service messages DECCA messages LORAN messages OMEGA messages (Note: OMEGA has been discontinued) SATNAV messages (i.e. -
Page 55: Appendix Iii: Nmea Sentences Supported
NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide Appendix III: NMEA Sentences Supported Data Item Taken from NMEA Sentences Time RMC GGA GLL ZDA Date RMC ZDA Lat/Long RMC GGA GLL Heading (True) *HDT *HDG VHW Heading (Magnetic) *HDG VHW Water Speed *VBW VHW Course (True) RMC VTG...