Seastar Solutions Optimus 360 Installation Manual page 66

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Figure 9-13.
3. Move the joystick sideways fully to port. You can rotate the knob if
necessary to keep the bow from rotating as you speed up.
a. If the boat moves aft, press – to decrease the ratio. If it moves
forward, press + to increase the ratio. To start, adjust in
increments of at least 20%. Reduce the size of the increment
as you get closer to zero fore/aft movement.
b. Press Save.
c. Repeat until the boat moves directly sideways.
4. Press Boost on the joystick to enable boost mode, and select
Boost REV/FWD Ratio on the display. Repeat step 3.
5. Turn boost mode off on the joystick. Select Off-Idle REV/FWD
Ratio on the display and adjust the value so that it is the same
as the Normal REV/FWD Ratio parameter.
In many cases the off-idle sideways power balance will be
adequate at this point, but you may find the vessel drifts aft at
small joystick inputs, especially when the joystick is tuned with
higher peak power levels. You can improve the off-idle
performance with the optional step below.
6. Optional: Keep an eye on your starboard engine tachometer and
slowly move the joystick to port until the engine comes just off
idle. Hold the joystick at this point.
a. If the boat moves aft, decrease the Off-Idle REV/FWD Ratio.
b. If the boat moves forward, try moving the joystick a little more.
If the boat still doesn't move aft there is no adjustment to
make Leave the Off-Idle REV/FWD Ratio the same as the
Normal REV/FWD Ratio. It should never be higher.
c. Press Save.
d. Repeat until the boat moves directly sideways.
© 2014 SeaStar Solutions Optimus 360 Installation Supplement, Rev. B