1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION ................................................................................ 5
1.1 Description of AIS 5
1.2 AIS in an Operational Environment 5
1.3 AIS Networks 7
1.4 Carriage Requirement 8
1.4.1 Chapter V (Safety of Navigation) Regulation 19, of the SOLAS Convention. ................................................... 8
1.4.2 Accelerated Implementation of AIS: ................................................................................................................. 8
2 NAUTICAST™ ...................................................................................................... 9
2.1 System Overview 9
3 INSTALLATION .................................................................................................. 10
3.1 Installation Requirements 10
3.2 Installation Overview 10
3.3 General Interface Description 12
3.4 Interface NMEA Description: 13
3.4.1 Sensor - Interface CH1, CH2, CH3 ................................................................................................................ 13
3.4.2 ECDIS – Presentation Interface CH 4 ............................................................................................................ 13
3.4.3 Pilot Port CH 5 .............................................................................................................................................. 14
3.4.4 Long Range CH 8 ......................................................................................................................................... 14
3.4.5 DGPS – DGNSS Channel 9 .......................................................................................................................... 15
3.4.6 Alarm Circuit – BIIT Channel 10 .................................................................................................................... 15
3.4.7 Proprietary Sentences ................................................................................................................................... 15
3.5 Sensor Interface Definitions 16
3.5.1 Talker drive circuits ....................................................................................................................................... 16
3.5.2 Listener Receiver Circuits .............................................................................................................................. 16
3.5.3 Electrical isolation ......................................................................................................................................... 16
3.5.4 Maximum voltage on the bus ......................................................................................................................... 16
3.5.5 Data transmission ......................................................................................................................................... 16
3.6 Sensor notes 17
3.7 Sensor Hardware Installation: 18
3.7.1 Installation of an RS422 serial interface:........................................................................................................ 18
3.8 Sensor Software Configuration 19
3.8.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 19
3.8.2 Set up Sensor Speed, Checksum (CRC) and NMEA Talker and Sentence ID ............................................... 19
3.8.3 Real-Time Analysis of NMEA Data Streams .................................................................................................. 22
3.8.4 Sensor Monitoring for Problem Analysis ........................................................................................................ 24
3.8.5 Priority Handling of Sensor Sentence ............................................................................................................ 25
3.8.6 Supported NMEA-0183 Sentences ................................................................................................................ 25
3.8.7 Calculated Values ......................................................................................................................................... 29
3.8.8 Versions of NMEA Sentences ....................................................................................................................... 29
3.9 Pin-Description AIS-Cable / Socket 50-Pins: 30
3.10 Pin-Description AIS-Connector: 31
3.11 Installation of VHF / GPS Antennas 32
3.11.1 VHF Antenna Installation ............................................................................................................................... 32
3.11.2 GNSS Antenna installation ............................................................................................................................ 33
3.11.3 Power Supply ................................................................................................................................................ 36
4 STARTING THE NAUTICAST™......................................................................... 37
4.1 Entering the MMSI and IMO Numbers: 37
4.2 Entering Voyage Related Data: 39
4.3 Entering Ship Settings: 40
4.4 Service and User Passwords: 42
5 TROUBLESHOOTING ........................................................................................ 45
5.1 Reading and understanding Alarms: 45
5.2 Alarm Codes 47
5.3 Text Messages 48
6 ACCESSORIES .................................................................................................. 49
7 TECHNICAL INFORMATION ............................................................................. 50
8 CONTACT AND SUPPORT INFORMATION ..................................................... 51
9 APPENDIX ......................................................................................................... 52
9.1 Samples for battery calculation 52
9.1.1 Typical Installation ......................................................................................................................................... 52
9.2 Drawings and Approvals 53
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