Navico Simrad RS100 User Manual page 40

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1 Short press the AIS/IC key to display the AIS plotter screen.
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AIS menu (NRS-2 only)
⚠ Warning:
Valid GPS data must be entered into this radio before the AIS functions can be used. The
plotter PPI function will not display targets accurately with incorrect GPS data.
⚠ Warning:
Take note that not all vessels will have an AIS transceiver installed or turned on, so will
NOT be taken into consideration for Collision Avoidance.
⚠ Warning:
Not all vessels transmit AIS information and therefore will be displayed or listed in the
following AIS screens.
About AIS
The marine Automatic Identification System (AIS) is a location and vessel information reporting system.
It allows vessels equipped with AIS to automatically and dynamically share and regularly update their
position, speed, course and other information such as vessel identity with similarly equipped vessels.
Position is derived from the Global Positioning System (GPS) and communication between vessels is by
Very High Frequency (VHF) digital transmissions.
The NRS-2 radio contains an AIS Class-B CSTDMA transceiver.
The AIS function requires a separate VHF antenna to be installed and connected to the AIS antenna socket
on the NRS-2 blackbox radio. For installation details, refer to "Wiring" on page 66.
AIS receiver function
Providing that other vessels with AIS transceivers installed are within radio range of your vessel, you
should see their details appear on the AIS plotter screen. These details are also repeated on the NMEA
ports for display on a compatible MFD. Specific details of how to configure your MFD to make use of the
AIS receiver features are provided in your MFD manual.
If you are using charting software running on a PC, please refer to the instructions provided with your
chart-plotting software for details of how to configure it to display AIS information.
AIS transmitter function
AIS static details must be completed before the AIS transmitter function is enabled. See "Config Vessel" on
page 28 for more details.
The AIS icon will change as follows:
The radio is in AIS receive only mode.
The radio is configured in Class-B mode and is transmitting your vessels
information at a regular period based on AIS Class-B standards.
It may take up to six minutes for your full vessel details to be visible to others.
The radio is configured for Class-B mode, but transmissions are temporarily
suspended due to Silent mode is active.
Silent mode can be selected on the radio via the AIS Setup menu > SILENT
MODE; or via a connected compatible Simrad MFD.
AIS information and display
AIS vessel information can be displayed on the radios LCD screen:
¼ Note: You must have LAT/LON position information for targets to be displayed on the plotter PPI.
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