FLIR Raymarine p70s - Compass Lock

7.10Compasslock
Onceyouaresatisedwiththecompassaccuracy,
youcanlockthesettingtopreventtheautopilot
systemfromcompletingafurtherautomatic
linearizationinthefuture.
Thisfeatureisparticularlyusefulforvesselsin
environmentsthatareexposedtostrongmagnetic
disturbancesonaregularbasis(suchasoffshore
windfarmsorverybusyrivers,forexample).Inthese
situationsitmaybedesirabletousetheCompass
lockfeaturetodisablethecontinuouslinearization
process,asthemagneticinterferencemaybuilda
headingerrorovertime.
Note:Thecompasslockmaybereleasedatany
time,toallowthecompasscontinuouslinearization
torestart.Thisisparticularlyusefulifplanninga
longvoyage.Theearth’smagneticeldwillchange
signicantlyfromonegeographicallocationto
another,andthecompasscancontinuously
compensateforthechanges,ensuringyou
maintainaccurateheadingdatathroughoutthe
voyage.
Lockingthecompass
Followthestepsbelowtolockthecompass
linearization.
FromtheCommissioningmenu:(Menu>Set-up>
AutopilotCalibration>Commissioning)
1.SelectCompassLock.
2.SelectOn.
Thecompasslinearizationisnowlocked.
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