Alphatron ALPHASEAPILOT MFC - II) Manual Deviation Correction Procedure; III) to Clear the Programmed Deviation Table

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ALPHASEAPILOT MFC
2.39 (ii) Manual Deviation Correction Procedure
(a) Enter the Set Up Menu by 5 second simultaneous CANCEL/CONFIRM
key operation and use the Set Course knob to scroll to Parameter No. 50
(MAN/AUTO/CLEAR).
(b) Use the rotary illumination control (+/-) to set MAN.
(c) Press the AUTOTRIM key confirmed by an alternating display 01 000
o
instructing
that the first course to be manually steered is North (000
o
).
Steer the vessel on 000
o
and when steady press the AUTOTRIM key to save the data
confirmed by a new display of 02 030
o
.
(d) Steer the vessel on 030
o
and when steady press the AUTOTRIM key to save the data
confirmed by a new display of 03 060
o
.
(e) Repeat the AUTOTRIM key and new courses steered through 360
o
every 30
o
as
instructed by the display until the SAVE? message appears.
(f) Press the AUTOTRIM key to save the data which will be confirmed by the display
message END.
NB. If Deviation in excess of 12.5
o
is detected, the heading value is rejected and is confirmed
by a double “bleep”. Additionally, the display will not change to instruct the next
Heading.
2.39 (iii) To Clear the Programmed Deviation Table
(a) Enter the Set Up Menu by 5 second simultaneous CANCEL/CONFIRM
key operation and use the Set Course knob to scroll to Parameter No. 50
(MAN/AUTO/CLEAR).
(b) Use the rotary illumination control (+/-) to set CLEAR.
(c) Press and hold the AUTOTRIM key confirmed by a display countdown of 5 secs, 4 secs
etc. until RESET is shown.
(d) Release the AUTOTRIM key to complete clear down.