ComNav Commander P2 & P2VS Installation & Operation Setting Up
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Compass Setup – Dockside
Highlight Compass Setup in Figure 66 and press Fn. The list of all four supported compass
heading sources will be displayed (see Table 6 on 97).
Figure 67 – Set Compass Type in Compass Configuration menu
The first step in setting up your compass(es) is to verify that it is (or they are) properly wired
to the SPU).
After the verification, depending on which compass or compasses you have, you must do
calibration or configuration one at a time.
All calibration or configuration should be done while tied up to the dock, in case any re-wiring
needs to be done, or if it turns out that some elements of the P2 system need to be moved.
Note: during these steps, the autopilot may issue an INVALID HEADING alarm (see
page 196). These alarms can be ignored, or cancelled by hitting the
F
F
n
n
button.
Once a compass is “found” during this procedure, the alarms should cease.
Analog Compass
An analog compass may be in the type of Magnetic, (ComNav) Fluxgate with or without HRS,
Fluxgate with fixed reference, or float reference. If you don’t have an analog compass, leave
Analog Compass to None and move to the next line.
1) If you are not already in the Compass Configuration menu as seen in Figure 67, start it by
selecting
Compass Setup
with
Fn
button from the Dockside Setup menu (see the
Dockside Setup menu as seen in Figure 66).
2) Highlight “Analog Compass”, and turn the knob to set the type according to what
compass you have (see Table 6 on page 97).
•
If you have installed a
Heading Rate Stabilizer and a Fluxgate compass
, this
parameter should be set to “
HRS
”.
3) Press
Fn
to verify that the selected compass type is properly connected and can be read.
•
A “Please Wait” screen will be displayed for a few seconds.
Then, the results of the search will be displayed, along with an option to
“Compensate Now?” or “Set North Now?”. The type of Analog compass that is
shown, and the “Compensate …” or “Set …” option, will depend on what you selected
for “Analog Compass”.
•
Skip the compass/HRS compensation process (press the
P
P
O
O
R
R
T
T
button), since this
can not be done while still tied up at the dock.
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