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- Page 1 USER MANUAL R550Ni INTELLIGENT NETWORK AIS RECEIVER WITH BLUETOOTH & WiFi SKU: 001-1149 R550Ni-MA-v06r01 2024-03-19 ENGLISH...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
R550Ni CONTENTS 1 R550NI INTELLIGENT NETWORK AIS RECEIVER ..........5 2 DOCUMENT ....................6 2.1 About This Manual ......................6 3 NOTICE ......................7 3.1 Copyright .......................... 7 4 GENERAL NOTICES..................8 5 INTRODUCTION ....................9 5.1 Parts List .......................... 9 6 MAJOR DIMENSIONS ................... - Page 4 R550Ni 12 SAFETY AND SECURITY ................24 13 LIMITED WARRANTY ................. 24 14 APPENDIX 1 – BACKGROUND TO AIS ............25...
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Page 5: R550Ni Intelligent Network Ais Receiver
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Page 6: Document
R550Ni 2 DOCUMENT 2.1 About This Manual This Manual provides installation, operating Instructions and fault-finding procedures for the equipment to which it relates. This manual may also be made available in electronic Portable Document Format (PDF). In PDF format, the following categories are all enabled as active hyperlink references: (1) The titles of each section;... -
Page 7: Notice
R550Ni 3 NOTICE 3.1 Copyright The copyright and all rights of a like nature in respect of this publication in any part of the world are the property of COMAR SYSTEMS LTD. (COMAR). No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, whether... -
Page 8: General Notices
R550Ni 4 GENERAL NOTICES SAFETY: Make sure the power supply is switched off before you make any electrical connections to the unit. INSTALLATION: This equipment must be installed in accordance with the instructions provided in this manual. Failure to do so could result in poor performance, personal injury and/or damage to your vessel and/or connected equipment. -
Page 9: Introduction
Class ‘A’ or ‘B’ AIS transceivers, Aids to Navigation, and SART. The R550Ni is based on the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 and is optimised for coastal monitoring of AIS equipped marine traffic. The R550Ni is primarily intended for developers to implement within their own AIS monitoring networks. -
Page 10: Major Dimensions
R550Ni 6 MAJOR DIMENSIONS All dimensions mm:... -
Page 11: Installation
Connect the Antenna & Ethernet cables first, then proceed to connect the supplied USB-C cable to the USB-C socket on the side of the R550Ni, see section 6 MAJOR DIMENSIONS. Provided that the unit is configured correctly, the receiver will immediately begin the boot process. Refer to section 8 CONFIGURATION. -
Page 12: Configuration
R550Ni 8 CONFIGURATION There are several methods to configure the R550Ni unit, ranging from the standard configuration using a keyboard and mouse directly connected to the unit (After initial setup a bluetooth mouse and keyboard may be used), or by using VNC or SSH which are done via a network. -
Page 13: Vnc Setup
One example for a VNC client is RealVNC: www.realvnc.com. Once your client is installed, ensure the R550Ni is powered on and connected to your network via ethernet or Wi-Fi. Follow the instructions of the VNC client to connect to the VNC server on your R550Ni unit. -
Page 14: Loading & Configuring Os Image
The R500Ni and the R550Ni are both AIS receivers based on a Raspberry Pi micro-computer. The fundamental difference between the two models is that the R550Ni is based on a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) module, which used built-in eMMC memory (rather than SD card) for storage of the Operating System and Software, where as the R500Ni uses a Raspberry Pi 3B+ with removable micro-SD card. -
Page 15: Raspberry Pi Cm4 [Emmc Memory]
The ‘rpiboot’ software opens in a command-prompt, and waits for the CM4 to be connected. On the R550Ni, the ‘Boot’ switch should be set to on: Connect the USB - C cable to the R500Ni. The RpiBoot program should register the unit and install a boot loader. -
Page 16: Loading A New Raspberry Pi Os
For R550Ni with Compute Module 4 (CM4) or R500Ni with Raspberry Pi 4 chose Choose the OS required For R500Ni with Raspberry Pi 3B+, we suggest, but the choice is yours For R550Ni with Compute Module 4 (CM4) or R500Ni with Raspberry Pi 4 we suggest,... -
Page 17: Configuring A 'New' Os Image
• Set the Boot switch to off. • Connect Keyboard, Mouse and HDMI display to the R500Ni or R550Ni. • (connect Ethernet cable, if you need to, or you can connect to the internet via WiFi. If you didn’t configure the Wifi settings when loading the image, you can configure it later. - Page 18 R550Ni Then ask for settings for user name & password (if not pre-configured). Note: The username of ‘pi’ and password of ‘Raspberry’ are insecure defaults. We use them in-house during development and testing to save having to remember different users / passwords for different units, but would recommend you use something of your own choice.
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Page 19: Loading An Existing Os Image
R550Ni 9.4 Loading an existing OS image To load an existing OS image on to the R500Ni or R550Ni, please follow the instructions for “Method of loading OS image onto memory for Raspberry Pi” above, to prepare the device for loading the OS image. - Page 20 R550Ni You will see something like this formatted AIS data: Press CTRL-C to stop If strange characters are displayed or data sentences are not formatted correctly then the Baud rate settings may need checking for the serial port. In this case, repeat the procedure for setting...
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Page 21: Installing Opencpn
R550Ni 9.5 Installing OpenCPN If you wish to install OpenCPN on your R550Ni, the method will depend on the OS you have installed. For OpenCPN, (open-source charting program which will display received AIS data on nautical chart) please refer to the openCPN website https://opencpn.org/ for instructions on loading on to your chosen operating system. -
Page 22: Specification
Note, it is very important to leave clear access to the ventilation Mounting: holes on the bottom and side of the enclosure. The R550Ni should be mounted horizontally, or such that the side ventilation holes are at the top. USB-C (Power);... -
Page 23: Environmental
R550Ni 11.4 Environmental Operating Temperature: -15°C to +40°C Operating Humidity: Up to 93% Storage Temperature: -20°C to +70°C Ingress Protection: IP40 11.5 Additional Information If spare parts are required, then please contact either your supplier or Comar Systems. Comar Systems reserves the right to makes changes to its products and specifications without... - Page 24 R550Ni 12 SAFETY AND SECURITY Please observe the following procedures to ensure safety of personnel installing and operating the equipment: 1. Ensure all power to the unit is disconnected and locked-out during installation, maintenance and removal procedures 2. Ensure power is disconnected and locked-out in the event of mechanical damage to the unit, rendering internal parts accessible to personnel 3.
- Page 25 R550Ni 14 APPENDIX 1 – BACKGROUND TO 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 or shore installations.
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