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Kongsberg K-Pos Operator's Manual

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DP Operator Course
K-Pos Human Machine Interface
Training Manual
K-Pos Human Machine Interface
NOTE!
The information in this chapter is an extract of the K-Pos DP Operator Manual and is intended
to give the course participant a quick overview of the K-Pos DP systems Human Machine
Interface.
The information is based on K-Pos DP software version 7.0 and the training vessel MSV
Challenger.
Be aware of that there are differences between different SW versions and vessel installations.
Please refer to the vessels official operator manuals for correct and detailed descriptions
of the K-Pos DP system.
March 2011
© Kongsberg Maritime AS
Page 3.3.1
Rev. 01
Training

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  • Page 1 Training Manual K-Pos Human Machine Interface NOTE! The information in this chapter is an extract of the K-Pos DP Operator Manual and is intended to give the course participant a quick overview of the K-Pos DP systems Human Machine Interface.

  • Page 2: Operator Panel

    K-Pos Human Machine Interface DP Operator Course Training Manual Operator panel The operator panel provides: • DP panel with dedicated buttons where most of these have status lamps • Command and alarm panel • Keypad for numeric input • Trackball •...

  • Page 3: Push Buttons

    DP Operator Course K-Pos Human Machine Interface Training Manual Push buttons Push buttons with status lamps are provided on the operator panel for activation of main modes, position-reference systems, thrusters and functions. The accompanying status lamps indicate activation of a particular function, mode or system.

  • Page 4: Alarm Lamps

    K-Pos Human Machine Interface DP Operator Course Training Manual Thrusters The THRUSTERS button group contains buttons for enabling thrusters. Sensors The SENSORS button group contains buttons for enabling position-reference systems and for initiating dialog boxes related to other system sensors.
  • Page 5 DP Operator Course K-Pos Human Machine Interface Training Manual Input The INPUT keypad provides keys that are used to enter values or text into dialog boxes. This button toggles between numeric and alphanumeric mode. Numeric mode is the default. Press the abc… button for one second to toggle to alphanumeric key pad mode.
  • Page 6 K-Pos Human Machine Interface DP Operator Course Training Manual Joystick In Joystick mode, the operator controls the positioning of the vessel using the three-axis joystick (integrated joystick and rotate controller). To move the vessel in the surge and sway axes (alongships and athwartships directions), tilt the joystick.

  • Page 7: Display Layout

    DP Operator Course K-Pos Human Machine Interface Training Manual Display layout The display interface uses standard Microsoft Windows operating features such as menus and dialog boxes. The display is divided into a number of predefined areas as shown in the following figure.

  • Page 8: Title Bar

    DP Operator Course Training Manual Title bar The title bar identifies the K-Pos DP operator station and shows the current date and time. When this operator station has command, the Controller PS group and Command group field has yellow background colour.

  • Page 9: System Messages

    DP Operator Course K-Pos Human Machine Interface Training Manual System Messages System messages are colour coded in the following ways: EMERGENCY EMERGENCY Emergency messages are displayed on magenta Background Alarm messages are displayed on red background. ALARM ALARM Warning messages are displayed on yellow background.
  • Page 10 If none K-Pos DP controller PS is running, this dialog box is displayed on all Operator Stations: When at least one K-Pos DP controller PS is running, this dialog box is displayed on all Operator Stations for 5 seconds: In addition an equipment message is displayed in the Event List window for each controller Page 3.3.10...
  • Page 11 DP Operator Course K-Pos Human Machine Interface Training Manual Performance area The performance area shows important performance information to allow immediate assessment of the situation. The content of this view changes automatically according to the selected main mode. Several parts of the performance area are click-sensitive.

  • Page 12: Alarm Limits

    K-Pos Human Machine Interface DP Operator Course Training Manual Position and speed area This area shows the present position and the present true speed (relative to the ground) both forward/aft (surge axis) and port/starboard (sway axis). If you click these values, the position setpoints together with the text Setpoint are displayed in another colour for a few seconds.
  • Page 13 DP Operator Course K-Pos Human Machine Interface Training Manual Heading Deviation / Joystick setpoint Area If you click the “compass” area the Sensors dialog box opens. If you click the “deviation” area the Alarm Limits dialog box opens. In Auto Position mode and Joystick mode...

  • Page 14: Power Area

    K-Pos Human Machine Interface DP Operator Course Training Manual Power area Power area Power area Power area This area shows the consumed power for each main bus in graphical form as a percentage of available power. The view is dynamically updated to always show the current bus topology.

  • Page 15: Working Areas

    In the following you see an alphabetical list of available standard views. Available views in a particular vessel depends on the vessels configuration and its operations. You will find detailed information about the display views in the K-Pos DP Operator manual. • Deviation view - Shows a combination of graphical and numerical performance data, particularly related to position and heading deviation.
  • Page 16 K-Pos Human Machine Interface DP Operator Course Training Manual Selecting a display view You can select a view to be displayed in three ways: • The buttons in the VIEWS button group on the panel will display the view in the right part of the working area.
  • Page 17 DP Operator Course K-Pos Human Machine Interface Training Manual View control dialog boxes Examples of Wiev Control dialog boxes Many views have control dialog boxes for selecting the displayed information and controlling features of the view. These dialog boxes are accessed via the shortcut menu for the view.

  • Page 18: Status Bar

    K-Pos Human Machine Interface DP Operator Course Training Manual Status bar The status bar provides general system status information by means of indicators, some of which are click-sensitive. When the cursor is moved over an indicator that is defined as click- sensitive, it changes to a pointing hand.

  • Page 19: Dialog Boxes

    DP Operator Course K-Pos Human Machine Interface Training Manual Dialog boxes Dialog boxes are used to enter data into the system or to see or verify statuses and selections made. Dialog boxes can opened in different ways. Using panel buttons •...

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