Autopilot AP3003 gold Navicontrol FOREWORD Thank you for purchasing a NAVICONTROL product and congratulations for your excellent choice. You have now become the owner of a powerful and versatile electronic instrument which will make your moments of relax or work, at sea, more pleasant and secure.
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Navicontrol THE AP3003 gold AUTOPILOT The AP3003 gold autopilot belongs to the latest generation in marine equipment where advanced research, sophisticated electronic technology and special care in quality standard, blend together so as to ensure a highly efficient, reliable, versatile and extendible product at a competitive cost.
Autopilot AP3003 gold Navicontrol IMPORTANT WARNINGS Seafaring experience is made exclusively at sea and not on land. So when you go out at sea, please do remember to take this manual with you and you will quickly learn to use the autopilot in the simplest and most logical way: actually using it.
(FGX90, FGX60), GYRONAV rate sensor stabilizer, GPS receiver. The Multisensor Technology can be enabled in the entire Navicontrol Gold series autopilots only if: 1) the software release is 1.18 or higher 2) the Gyronav sensor is correctly installed and enabled 3) the “MULTISENSOR”...
Autopilot AP3003 gold Navicontrol PRELIMINARY OPERATIONS AND START OF NAVIGATION. Starting Switch on the control panel and wait until the autopilot has performed the autodiagnostic test and visualizes the software identification codes. At this stage, the system is in STANDBY so ready to be set.
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Autopilot AP3003 gold Navicontrol The display of the Control Unit visualizes the number of the program which is operating at that time. In some other autopilots, it is also named SEA or WEATHER and indicates the width of the channel in which the vessel navigates. The higher the value is and the higher the slack is respect to the course to be followed.
Autopilot AP3003 gold Navicontrol C.RUDD too low C.RUDD too high T.RATE This parameter, which corresponds to the turn rate expressed in degrees per second, restricts the quantity of rudder during the turns. The higher the value is and the faster the turns are.
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Autopilot AP3003 gold Navicontrol Geographical course If the system is equipped with a GPS or a chart-plotter correctly installed and interfaced with the autopilot, it is possible to change any followed magnetic course (AUTO mode) in a geographical course and any leeway or drift will be automatically corrected (AUTO-TRACK mode).
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Autopilot AP3003 gold Navicontrol Navigation with wind direction sensor If provided with a wind direction sensor, correctly installed and interfaced with the autopilot, it is possible to set a tack angle to be followed automatically. In fact, you only need to select the WIND mode of the autopilot by pressing the key NAV until the WIND is visualized).
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Autopilot AP3003 gold Navicontrol In automatic mode (AUTO) and by pressing the TURN key, it is possible to execute one of the following turns: U TURN (180 turn) O TURN (360 turn) 8 TURN (360 turn followed by another 360 turn in the opposite direction) The selection of the kind of turning is activated by pressing and releasing the TURN key until the desired kind is shown.
Autopilot AP3003 gold Navicontrol FLASHING: during the pressing of the two keys (P and S and the following seconds. Remote Control RC34, RS34 It is similar to the RS32: it differs from it for the fact that is designed to be flush-mounted and the P and S key here are replaced by a joystick.
Autopilot AP3003 gold Navicontrol INSTALLATION PROCEDURES The autopilot is powerful and sophisticated but its reliability strictly depends on a scrupulous installation and a proper configuration, of all devices and optional accessories included. For safety reasons, the best way is to section the power supply of the processor box (and so of the whole autopilot) with a switch installed in the electric panel of the vessel, only for this purpose.
Autopilot AP3003 gold Navicontrol Processor Box AP gold It is the heart and the brain of the autopilot: in fact it contains the main calculator of the system. Install it far from direct heating, continuous vibrations and shocks; places like engine-room, bilge area or other similar locations must be avoided.
FLOW-RATE (cc/min.) = RAM_VOLUME (cc.) x 5 When you use Ax or Crux Navicontrol.it pumps, you don’t need any calculation: you must choose the pump with the nearest value to the ram volume (i.e.: RAM = 100cc. PUMP = R100 or CR100).
Autopilot AP3003 gold Navicontrol PRELIMINARY TEST. After the installation of all mechanical and electrical components of the autopilot, a first testing must be executed when still anchored or at the shipyard. In order to obtain the best performance of the system, it is necessary to carry out at least a trial at sea.
Autopilot AP3003 gold Navicontrol GPS and/or Chart-Plotter In these instruments, select the output data to NMEA0183 standard (usually is the default configuration and no manual operation is required). Insert a course on these instruments and verify that the autopilot receives correctly the bearing from them by placing it on NAV mode.
Autopilot AP3003 gold Navicontrol If the autocompensation failed (result = Bad), it means that the chosen location for the installation of the compass is too interfered and therefore the location must be changed. Warning: the autocompensation procedure can be interrupted by pressing STBY key or by removing the power supply to the autopilot.
Autopilot AP3003 gold Navicontrol SOFTWARE INSTALLATION PROCEDURE WARNING: the software installation procedure of the system is very delicate and implies a profound knowledge of its functioning. Thus, we advise you to avoid the changing of the values supplied with the default if you do not exactly know the effects.
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Autopilot AP3003 gold Navicontrol F5 HYDR UNIT Model of electrohydraulic unit installed: SOL (with solenoids) – REV (reversing). REV can be equal to 1, 2 and 3 respectively with correct units, fast units and very fast units. F6 ENERG SAVE...
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Autopilot AP3003 gold Navicontrol F16 INFO DISPL It selects the data on the info-display: SOG (speed over ground, received by the GPS), COG (course over ground, received by the GPS) or COMP (compass reading). F17 RC FUNCT Action of the remote controls (RS32, RC34, RS34 and ART35). The values...
Autopilot AP3003 gold Navicontrol TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION Operating specifications. Supply voltage 12 - 24 Vdc (-15% / + 30%) 4W (min) 8W (max) Power consumption (electronic parts only) Maximum solenoids load 4A (each one) Maximum hydraulic unit load (“CR” type) 25A @ 12V, 20A @ 24V 80 ...
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Autopilot AP3003 gold Navicontrol ALARMS SIGNALING MEANING POSSIBLE CAUSES REMEDY : (two dots between the numbers of the Interfered magnetic compass. Magnetic interference nearby the compass sensor. Remove the interference. course) Relevant magnetic interference nearby the compass sensor or Remove the interference.
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