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Simrad AP16 Autopilot
STBY
Regain manual steering by pressing the STBY button
2.8
Automatic control of steering parameters
The AP16 provides two different sets of steering parameters for
controlling the response of the boat at different speeds or wind
directions while in AUTO, NAV or WIND modes.
Power boats
The autopilot selects the LO (response) steering parameters
when engaging an automatic mode from STBY provided there is
no speed input. This is a safety feature. When entering an
automatic mode at low speed, the steering parameters may be
changed to HI automatically by input data from a speed log or a
GPS navigator, or manually.
The speed at which the autopilot automatically changes from LO
to HI parameters (or opposite) is determined by the "Transition
Speed" set in the Installation Setup Menu (Sea trial). See
diagram below.
Legend
HI-A
LO-A Low response parameters set automatically
HI-M High response parameters set manually
LO-M Low response parameter set manually
26
24
22
20
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
22
High response parameters set automatically
Speed
Transition to LO parameters
with increasing speed: 10 Knots
Transition Speed set to 9 Knots
Transition to HI parameters
with decreasing speed: 8 Knots
20221560E
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