21. Parameters; Ship And Route Parameters - Furuno FAR-3210 Operator's Manual

21. PARAMETERS

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Ship and Route Parameters

The purpose of the ship and route parameters is set the basic parameters for the ship.
These parameters are relative to ship steering and they are very important to get cor-
rect function of the integrated navigation system. They must be maintained carefully.
Modification requires a good knowledge of the parameters' importance.
Open the menu and select [Ship & Route Parameters] from the [General] menu to
show the [Ship & Route] page. Set each item referring to the description below.
Ship parameters description
[MAX Speed]: Maximum speed the ship can do.
[MAX Height]: Max. height of ship above sea level.
[MAX Draught]: Max. draught of ship.
Route parameters description
[MAX R.O.T]*: The maximum rate of turn of the ship. Set at installation.
[WPT Approach]*: The alert time before reaching the wheel over point.
[WPT Prewarning]*: The alert time before reaching the wheel over point.
[Default Line Radius]: Define the default value of radius between waypoints during au-
tomatic route steering.
[Default CH Limit]: Define the default value of channel limit.
[Default Safety Margin]: Define the default value of extension for channel limits to be
checked against selected alerts.
* Set at installation and cannot be changed by the operator.
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