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AMEC AIS-A701 Operational Manual

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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents OPERATION ........................1 ........................... 1 ANEL ESCRIPTION 1.1.1 Status Bar ............................2 1.1.2 Transmission and Reception Bar ....................3 ..........................4 ISPLAY ODES 1.2.1 Target Symbol Descriptions ......................5 1.2.2 Coastal View ............................ 7 1.2.3 Radar View ............................8 1.2.4 Dangerous Target List ........................
  • Page 3 1.9.4 Sensor Config ..........................47 1.9.5 Factory ............................48 1.9.6 Password ............................49 1.9.7 Long Range Setting ........................50 1.9.8 Long Range Broadcast ........................50 1.9.9 Destination Table Setting ......................51 1.10 ..........................52 IAGNOSTICS 1.10.1 System On/Off ..........................52 1.10.2 Memory Test ..........................

  • Page 4: Operation

    1 OPERATION 1.1 Panel Description Figure 1 Panel Description Item Number Name Descriptions Power On/Off (push button over 5 seconds) Power Switch Beeper Sound for when buttons are pushed Display 3.5” LCD color screen MENU Return to main menu / detail menu select FUNC Different function on display mode (Zoom In/Out, etc) Adjust dim degree (refer to 4.2.7)

  • Page 5: Status Bar

    1.1.1 Status Bar The status bar constantly indicates Date (YYYY/MM/DD), Time, GPS status, ALR, and SRM. Status Bar 2013/01/01 07:18:11 AMEC: 15 1°13’02”N 103°48’32”E 12.00Kn 360.0° AMEC: 15 Own Ship Own Ship 12.00Kn 0.0° 12.000NM Targets Received: 3 Figure 2 Status Bar GPS Status：Position fixed...

  • Page 6: Transmission And Reception Bar

    1.1.2 Transmission and Reception Bar The Transmission & Reception bar constantly displays real time status of transmissions and receptions on any display modes. 2013/01/01 07:18:11 AMEC: 15 1°13’02”N 103°48’32”E 12.00Kn 360.0° AMEC: 15 Own Ship Transmission & Own Ship Reception Bar 12.00Kn...

  • Page 7: Display Modes

    1.2 Display Modes For quick access, users can rotate display modes by simply pressing the DISP button. Display Mode Screen Shot Purpose Coastal View Display all targets on basic coastline map Radar View Displays all targets on radar view Shows all received ship data AIS Target List (Refer to section 4.6.2 AIS Targets) Shows all dangerous AIS targets presently...

  • Page 8: Target Symbol Descriptions

    Shows the GPS satellite current usage status GPS Satellite Information (Refer to section 4.2.5 GPS Satellite Information) Show all the Region of own ship Region Setting List (Refer to section 4.6.3 Own Ship Detail) 1.2.1 Target Symbol Descriptions Symbols for each AIS target displayed on the radar view is as described below: Own Ship GPS Reception: Normal / Color: Black and Gray Under normal GPS reception, own ship is located in the center of the radar view.
  • Page 9 Lost Signal Target Color: Black / Red Cross If reception of an AIS target has ceased over 10 minutes, a “X” will be displayed over it. The target will disappear from the Radar View after its reception has ceased for one hour. AtoN (Real) Color: Black / Plus Sign The icon will be displayed if any AIS AtoN (Aids to Navigation) Real is in the range...

  • Page 10: Coastal View

    1.2.2 Coastal View 2013/01/17 07:18:11 4°00’E 5°00’E 53°08’56”N 4°57’00”E Own Ship 12.00Kn Selected 53°30’N information 241.0° Target 53°00’N Target RNG 39.54NM information BRG +320.53° 52°30’N 12 NM Function Targets Received :10 Icon Figure 4 Coastal View Item Function Own Ship information Own-ship information for latitude, longitude, SOG and COG Target information Display the target information such as range and rearing relatively to the...

  • Page 11: Radar View

    1.2.3 Radar View 2013/01/17 07:18:11 Own ship AMEC: 15 information 1°13’02”N 103°48’32”E Current mode 12.00Kn 360.0° Target AMEC: 15 information Own Ship Own Ship 12.00Kn Selected target Function icon 0.0° 12.00NM TX POWER LEVEL :12.5W Figure 5 Radar View Radar View displays own ship and target ships’ statuses, and their correlations.

  • Page 12: Dimmer Setting

    1.2.7 Dimmer Setting Press the button “DIM” to enter the dimmer setting page. 2013/01/17 07:18:11 CUSTOMIZE DIMMER LEVEL [ 100 ] Lo Dangerous Targets :0 Figure 6 Dimmer Setting Button Description Knob (Turn left/right) Adjust screen brightness (decrease/increase) Knob (Press) Save and leave the page Restore screen brightness to default setting (100) Leave the page without saving...

  • Page 13: Entering Text

    1.3 Entering Text The knob on the front control panel is used for entering and editing text. The figures below show the text entering procedures. A. Turn the knob to traverse the menu items up or down. Once selected, press the knob to select the item for text entering.
  • Page 14 Select a character position Turn knob to move Press to start left or right editing Pick character Turn knob to select Press knob to character confirm character selection Confirm and save To save entered text, long press the knob for 2 seconds Figure 7 Entering Text...

  • Page 15: Menu Tree Overview

    1.4 Menu Tree Overview Press MENU button to enter MAIN MENU. There are 6 menu choices and each holds a sub-menu. See table below. MESSAGES INBOX SRM (4.5.1) OUTBOX SRM (4.5.2) BROADCASTING SRM (4.5.3) ADDRESSED SRM (4.5.4) LONG RANGE (4.5.5) OWN SHIP (4.6.1) AIS TARGETS (4.6.2) NAV.

  • Page 16: How To Access And Use Main Menu

    1.4.1 How to access and use MAIN MENU 2013/01/17 07:18:11 MENU MAIN MENU MESSAGES NAV. STATUS SHIP SETTING TRANSCEIVER SYS CONFIG DIAGNOSTICS Dangerous Targets :0 Figure 8 MAIN MENU Rotate knob to select MAIN MENU items and push the knob to select sub-menu items. 2013/01/17 07:18:11 MENU MAIN MENU...

  • Page 17: Menu Item Brief Description

    1.4.2 Menu Item Brief Description MESSAGES INBOX Log of safety related messages (SRM) received OUTBOX Log of safety related messages (SRM) sent BROADCAST SRM Send SRM. ADDRESSED SRM Send specified targeted SRM. LR INBOX Log of received inquiry messages from others. NAVIGATION STATUS (Display a variety of navigation information) OWN SHIP Your vessel information...
  • Page 18 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION CUSTOMIZE Personalization settings RADAR VIEW Radar configuration MAP CALIBRATION Map offset setting SENSOR CONFIGURATION Port configuration FACTORY Default factory setting PASSWORD Password change (default password: 0000) LONG RANGE SETTING Remote inquiry setting LONG RANGE BROADCAST Enable/Disable Long Range Broadcast DESTINATION TABLE SETTTING Table storing destinations DIAGNOSTICS...

  • Page 19: Messages

    1.5 Messages 2013/01/17 07:18:11 MENU MAIN MENU MESSAGE MESSAGES NAV. STATUS INBOX SHIP SETTING OUTBOX TRANSCEIVER BROADCAST SRM SYS CONFIG ADDRESSED SRM DIAGNOSTICS LR INBOX Dangerous Targets :0 Figure 10 Message 1.5.1 Inbox SRM You can read received SRM messages under Inbox. If there is any unread message, the upper left corner will display , the new message icon.
  • Page 20 Highlight your choice and pressing down the knob to read message content. 2013/01/17 22:43:09 Message TEXT MMSI 222222222 READ YES TX TYPE Broadcast DEST. MMSI N/A TIME 2013/01/17 22:41:17 TEXT SART TEST Dangerous Targets :0 Figure 12 Message Text Message deletion Pressing the MENU button will ask whether to delete the highlighted message.

  • Page 21: Outbox Srm

    1.5.2 Outbox SRM You can read sent SRM messages under OUTBOX. Below are key functions under OUTBOX. Traversing List Turn the knob to traverse the message list. 2013/01/17 22:44:22 Message Outbox ----- MESSAGE ----- DATE/TIME -- TX --ACK GROUNDING T 22:44 2.

  • Page 22: Broadcast Srm

    Message deletion Pressing the MENU button will ask whether to delete the highlighted message. Turn knob to choose and press MENU to confirm the decision. 2013/01/17 22:44:22 Message Outbox ----- MESSAGE ----- DATE/TIME -- TX --ACK GROUNDING T 22:44 2. SOS… T 22:43 Delete the item? Dangerous Targets :0...
  • Page 23 Selecting SRM channel SRM channel selection is the first option in the screen. Highlight it and press the knob to enter the option. Turn the knob to change the setting. 2013/01/17 07:18:11 BROADCAST SRM TRANSMIT CHANNEL < ALTERNATE > CUSTOMIZE TEXT Dangerous Targets :0 Figure 18 Select SRM Channel...
  • Page 24 Using Predefined-Sentence You may use PRE-SENTENCE option to select a pre-defined message sentences or a customized text. Press the knob to enter and turn the knob to switch sentence selections, and then press the knob to confirm. To use a customized sentence, turn selection to <Other>, and remember to enter you customized text at the CUSTOMIZE TEXT option.
  • Page 25 When finished, press ESC to return to BROADCAST SRM menu. 2013/01/17 07:18:11 BROADCAST SRM TRANSMIT CHANNEL < CHANNEL A > CUSTOMIZE TEXT Dangerous Targets :0 Figure 22 Finish Customized Text When done with all settings, pressing MENU or ESC to leave and the system will ask whether to send the message.

  • Page 26: Addressed Srm

    1.5.4 Addressed SRM Press the knob button on ADDRESSED SRM will remind to select a target to send. 2013/01/17 07:18:11 MENU MAIN MENU MESSAGE MESSAGES NAV. STATUS INBOX Set SRM Alarm SHIP SETTING OUTBOX Select Target TRANSCEIVER BROADCAST SRM SYS CONFIG ADDRESSED SRM DIAGNOSTICS LR INBOX...
  • Page 27 Select the target vessel by pressing the knob to customize SRM sending. Maximum length for the customized message is 85 characters. 2013/01/17 07:18:11 ADDRESSED SRM DESTN. MMSI [ 222222222 ] TRANSMIT CHANNEL <ALTERNATE> CUSTOMIZE TEXT Dangerous Targets :0 Figure 26 Customize SRM When changing Destination MMSI, choose a text location, and then press the knob to enter text input mode.

  • Page 28: Long Range Srm

    1.5.5 Long Range SRM LONG RANGE SRM holds all received Long Range Interrogation messages. Turn the knob to traverse the message list. 2013/01/17 23:26:20 LR Message Inbox ----- MMSI ------- DATE/TIME ------ ACK--- 619931371 T 23:25 Dangerous Targets :0 Figure 28 Long Range SRM Reading message Press the knob to read the interrogation message content.
  • Page 29 Message deletion Under the message list, pressing MENU will ask whether to delete the message. Turn knob to choose and press knob to confirm your choice. 2013/01/17 23:27:10 LR Message Inbox ----- MMSI ------- DATE/TIME ------ ACK--- 619931371 T 23:25 Delete the item? Dangerous Targets :0 Figure 30...

  • Page 30: Navigation Status

    1.6 Navigation Status 2013/01/17 07:18:11 MENU MAIN MENU NAV. STATUS MESSAGES OWN SHIP NAV. STATUS AIS TARGETS SHIP SETTING REGION LIST TRANSCEIVER ALARM LIST SYS CONFIG ALARM HISTORY DIAGNOSTICS SENSOR STATUS Dangerous Targets :0 Figure 31 Navigation Status 1.6.1 Own Ship This option displays the full information on your ship, including both dynamic and static data.

  • Page 31: Ais Targets

     Dynamic data 2013/01/17 22:43:39 OWN SHIP <2/2> 000/023 NAME AMEC [CLASS A] CALL 0001 DRAUGHT 1.0m MMSI 211111111 111111111 CARGO N/A or Harmless TYPE Vessel-Pleasure craft DEST TPE_259 AVAILABLE 02/25 01:02 BEAM LENGTH 81m Pos. Quality Position with RAIM <=10 m...
  • Page 32 Press the knob, to read the selected vessel dynamic information. 2013/01/17 22:43:39 SHIP DETAIL <1/2> 006/023 NAME TEST12 CALL TEST12 EPFS Undefined MMSI 211000601 [CLASS A] P.A. NAV. Under way using engine 121°54’59”E 10.61NM 80° 025°12’37”N 26.00Kn pass 350.8° TCPA pass 351.8°...
  • Page 33 Adding Friend Ship In the list, pressing MENU button will ask whether to add this vessel to your FRIEND SHIP list. 2013/01/17 22:44:22 AIS TARGET LIST [013] - NAME/MMSI ---ET-- BRG( ) -- RNG(NM) ° 1. 211111161 39.54 2. 211111561 31.96 3.

  • Page 34: Region List

    1.6.3 Region List This option list all saved region information. 2013/01/17 23:26:20 REGION SETTING LIST --- Region No---- Source ------- Date/Hour -- Region 1 12/01/02 11 Region 2 12/01/02 11 Region 3 11/11/01 00 Region 4 11/11/01 00 Region 5 11/11/01 00 Region 6 11/11/01...
  • Page 35 Modify region content Press MENU at the region information page, enables you to modify the region information. 2013/01/17 22:43:39 2013/01/17 22:43:39 REGION [1] SETTING REGION LIST [1] LAT(NE) 020°24’00”N LAT(NE) [20]°[24]’[00]”<N> LON(NE) 123°58’00”E LON(NE) [123]°[58]’[00]”<E> >TZ< LAT(SW) [19]°[35]’[00]”<N> LAT(SW) 019°35’00”N Edit Region? LON(SW) [123]°[04]’[00]”<E>...

  • Page 36: Alarm List

    1.6.4 Alarm List This command lists all current AIS ALR statuses. 2013/01/17 22:44:22 ALARM LIST ----- ID -- Text ------------------------------ ACK 1. 07. UTC sync invalid 2. 32. Heading lost/invalid 3. 35. No valid ROT information Targets Received: 10 Figure 43 Alarm List By pressing MENU, enables you to send ACK message to AIS.

  • Page 37: Alarm History

    1.6.5 Alarm History This command lists all recorded alarm and its time of occurrence. 2013/01/17 07:18:11 2013/01/17 22:44:22 MENU ALARM HISTORY MAIN MENU ---- ID -- Text ----------------------DATE-- TIME- NAV. STATUS 1. 35. No valid ROT 12/24 09:27 MESSAGES 2. 32. Heading lost 12/24 09:27 OWN SHIP NAV.

  • Page 38: Dangerous List

    The channel status below records TXT message received times. AIS: Channel management parameters changed. 2013/01/17 22:43:39 SENSOR STATUS POSITION STATUS EXT. GNSS POSITION QUALITY Position with RAIM <= 10 m UTC STATUS LOST COG STATUS EXT. COG SOG STATUS EXT. SOG HEADING STATUS VALID ROT STATUS...
  • Page 39 Turn the knob to select a vessel and press to read its information. 2013/01/17 22:43:39 001/001 SHIP DETAIL <1/2> NAME TEST01 CALL TEST EPFS MMSI 210000000 [CLASS A] NAV. AIS-SART 121°45’00”E 5.43NM 270° 025°09’25”N 3.00Kn 3.84 NM 000.0° TCPA 54.31 min 0.0°...

  • Page 40: Mob List

    1.6.8 MOB List This command enables adding, removing, or modifying of MOB list entries. Button Action MENU Add, Remove entry Knob Button Modify a selected entry 2013/01/17 17:04:38 MOB LIST [000]-- ID ------ NAME -------------------------- TX POWER LEVEL: 12.5W Figure 50 MOB List (1) After pressing the Menu button, a prompt appears.
  • Page 41 2013/01/17 17:04:40 MOB LIST MMSI [970000001] NAME [TEST TX POWER LEVEL: 12.5W Figure 52 MOB List (3) When finished entering MMSI and the assigned name, press MENU or ESC to save or leave without saving. 2013/01/17 17:04:41 MOB LIST Save Data? MMSI [970000001] NAME...

  • Page 42: Friend Ships

    1.6.9 Friend Ships This command displays the list of all registered friend ships. 2013/01/17 22:44:22 BUDDY LIST --- MMSI -------- SHIP NAME ------------------- 211111211 TEST02 211111311 TEST04 211111411 TEST06 Targets Received: 10 Figure 55 Buddy List Turn the knob to traverse the message list. Press the MENU button for deletion on the highlighted ship.

  • Page 43: Ship Setting

    1.7 Ship Setting This sub-menu lists all the ship information settings of your ship. There are a total of 4 setting commands. 2013/01/17 07:18:11 MENU MAIN MENU SHIP SETTING MESSAGES OWN SHIP NAV. STATUS VOYAGE SHIP SETTING CPA/TCPA TRANSCEIVER CHANGE MMSI/IMO SYS CONFIG RETRY TIMES DIAGNOSTICS...

  • Page 44: Voyage

    2013/01/17 22:43:39 2013/01/17 22:43:39 SHIP SETTING SHIP SETTING CALL SIGN [0001 ] CALL SIGN [0001 ] SHIP NAME [AMEC SHIP NAME [AMEC SHIP TYPE <Pilot vessel> SHIP TYPE <Pilot vessel> Save data? INTERNAL ANT. POS. (m) INTERNAL ANT. POS. (m)

  • Page 45: Cpa/Tcpa

    1.7.3 CPA/TCPA This command holds the settings to configure dangerous ship criteria (TCPA and CPA) and the alarm. 2013/01/17 22:43:39 2013/01/17 22:43:39 CPA/TCPA CPA/TCPA CPA (NM) [95] CPA (NM) [95] TCPA (min) [90] TCPA (min) [90] Save data? ALARM <OFF> ALARM <OFF>...
  • Page 46 2013/01/17 22:43:39 Change MMSI/IMO MMSI [000000000] [000000000] Targets Received: 10 Figure 63 Change MMSI/IMO (2) Turn the knob to change the position and press knob to enter text input mode. Turn the knob to change value and press knob again to confirm. Repeat these procedures till all values are entered. Double check to ensure value is entered correctly and press MENU or ESC to save.

  • Page 47: Retry Times

    2013/01/17 22:43:39 2013/01/17 07:18:11 MMSI SETTING IMO SETTING MMSI RANGE: 20000000~799999999 or [000000000] 982000000~987000000 Save data? Save data? MMSI [000000000] Targets Received: 10 Targets Received: 10 Figure 65 Save Data 1.7.5 Retry Times In order to resend messages when the transmitted Message 6 or Message 12 receives no response of Message 7 or Message 13, set the Retry Times to set the resending times.

  • Page 48: Transceiver

    1.8 Transceiver TRANSCEIVER setting sub-menu holds the settings of the transceiver statuses and the supplied voltage for the GPS antenna. 2013/01/17 07:18:11 2013/01/17 22:43:39 MENU TRANSCEIVER SETTING MAIN MENU MESSAGES AIS Tx <ON> PASSWORD NAV. STATUS SHIP SETTING DSC Rx <ON>...

  • Page 49: Customize

    1.9.1 Customize Customize provides personalization settings. 2013/01/17 22:43:39 CUSTOMIZE DIMMER LEVEL [100] Lo………………………Hi COLOR MODE [Day] KEY TIME-OUT [1] (1~5 min) LANGUAGE <English> ALARM <OFF> KEY BEEP <None> TIME ZONE <GMT> SART TEST MODE <OFF> Targets Received: 10 Figure 69 Customize Pressing MENU or ESC button will ask whether to save data.

  • Page 50: Map Calibration

    1.9.3 Map Calibration This setting offers user functions to calibrate map data. Turn knob to select either latitude or longitude to offset. Press knob to enter input mode. Turn knob to select an offset value. Once finished press ESC to return to the previous level to continue the setting.

  • Page 51: Factory

    1.9.5 Factory FACTORY option enables user restore default factory setting. It restores system preference settings and CPA/TCPA values. Choose a password text location, and then press the knob to enter text input mode. Turn the knob to select a character, and then press the knob to confirm and to return. Repeat these steps till all desired characters are entered.

  • Page 52: Password

    1.9.6 Password This option enables changing user password. (Default password: “0000”) Set the information with the order of “OLD PASSWORD”, “NEW PASSWORD”, “CONFIRM NEW PASSWORD”. Turn knob to traverse the items and press knob to enter input mode. Under input mode, turn knob to select text position and press knob to confirm.

  • Page 53: Long Range Setting

    1.9.7 Long Range Setting This option provides user choices to auto-response remote interrogation and settings of the response information. You can either set MODE to either AUTO or MANUAL. The setting for the rest of information is either SUPPLY or REJECT. 2013/01/17 22:43:39 LONG RANGE INTERROGATION SETTING MODE...

  • Page 54: Destination Table Setting

    1.9.9 Destination Table Setting Save up to 10 destinations. Use rotary knob to traverse text and to modify. Press Menu to save changes. 2013/01/17 22:43:39 DESTINATION TABLE SETTING Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8 Column 9...

  • Page 55: Diagnostics

    1.10 Diagnostics DIAGNOSTICS sub-menu provides users to check system statuses. There are a total of 8 check options. 2013/01/17 07:18:11 2013/01/17 07:18:11 MENU MENU MAIN MENU MAIN MENU DIAGNOSTICS DIAGNOSTICS MESSAGES MESSAGES SYSTEM ON/OFF NAV. STATUS NAV. STATUS MEMORY TEST KEYBOARD TEST SHIP SETTING SHIP SETTING...

  • Page 56: Memory Test

    1.10.2 Memory Test This option provides memory testing on the unit. 2013/01/17 22:43:39 MEMORY TEST System Memory [Pass] Chart Memory [Pass] Data Memory Targets Received: 10 Figure 82 Memory Test When finished, press ESC to exit. 1.10.3 Sensor Port This option provides an overview on all port baud rates and information. 2013/01/17 22:43:39 SENSOR PORT Baud Rate...

  • Page 57: Tft-Panel

    1.10.4 TFT-Panel This option provides color information on the monitor. When finished, press ESC to exit. Black Orchid Pink Green Plum Blue Quartz Magenta Salmon Yellow Silver Aquamarine Thistle Bronze Turquoise Copper Violet Feldspar Wheat Gold Aliceblue Grey Antiquewhite Khaki Azure Maroon Beige...

  • Page 58: Gps Status

    1.10.6 GPS Status This option provides GPS satellite status information. 2013/01/17 22:43:39 Strength of GPS GPS Satellite Satellite Signal location Signal Own Ship Information 53°08’56”N 4°57’00”E Signal 12.00Kn 241.0° Dangerous Targets: 2 Figure 86 GPS Status Green indicates satellite being used for GPS fix. Red indicates satellite not being used.

  • Page 59: Communication Test

    1.10.8 Communication Test Communication can be tested. The procedure starts by having the Class A unit transmits Message 10 to an addressed Class A MMSI. The target MMSI, once received Message 10, will return Message 11. The test is complete when the Class A unit successfully receives the Message 11. 2013/01/17 22:44:22 2013/01/17 07:18:11 COMMUNICATION TEST...
  • Page 60 As a valid Class A is presence, the test procedure proceeds to the screen below. 2013/01/17 22:44:22 COMMUNICATION TEST PRESS KNOB SELECT DESTINATION MMSI OF MESSAGE 10 DESTINATION MMSI <233333533> Targets Received: 10 Figure 90 Valid Target After pressing the knob, turn the knob to selected destination MMSI for testing. The destination MMSI numbers are the nearest Class A targets found close to the Class A unit.

  • Page 61: Panel Test

    1.10.9 Panel Test Test the brightness of the screen. 2013/01/17 07:18:11 MENU MAIN MENU DIAGNOSTICS MESSAGES NAV. STATUS KEYBOARD TEST SHIP SETTING GPS STATUS TRANSCEIVER TRANSCEIVER SYS CONFIG COMMUN. TEST DIAGNOSTICS PANEL TEST VERSION Dangerous Targets :0 Figure 92 Panel Test In the main function page, select “PANEL TEST”.

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