AligningcompasstoGPS
Note:SystemswithoutaGPSwillskipthissection
andgostraighttoManualcompassalignment.
IfyoursystemhasaGPSconnectedtoyourdata
network(SeaT alk,SeaTalk
ng
orNMEA),theautopilot
istunedtotheGPSheadingwhileyousteertoa
knownmagneticheading.Thisstepprovidesarough
alignmentandminimizestheamountofcompass
netuningrequired.
1.Steerthevesselonasteadycoursewithminimal
tide,increasespeedtomorethan3knotsand
pressSTARTtoalignthecompasstoGPS.
2.Followtheon-screeninstructionsuntilthe
processcompletes,presstheCONTINUEbutton
whenitisavailabletobeginautolearn.
YoucancancelSeatrialcalibrationatanytimeby
pressingSTANDBY.
Aligningcompassmanually
WherenoGPSispresentmanualalignmentofthe
compassisrequired.
1.Continuetosteeronasteadycourseandusethe
Use+1and-1buttons,ortheROTARYcontroller
toadjusttheheadingdisplayeduntilitmatches
thevessel’scompassreading.
2.WhencompletepressCONTINUEtobegin
Autolearn.
AutoLearn
Youmusthavesignicantclearwaterinfrontof
thevesseltoaccommodateaseriesofmaneuvers,
whichincludesudden,sharpturns.Thereshouldbe
aclearareaatleast100mwideand500mahead.
Caution:Autolearn
Pleaseensuresufcientfreespace
ahead.(Minimum100x500mlong&
signicantlymoreforahighspeedvessel.
PerformingAutolearn
AutolearnisavailablefromtheSeatrialwizard,or
fromtheCommissioningmenu.
Maintainanormalcruisingspeed(atleast3kts)
throughouttheautolearnprocess.
1.Ensurethereissufcientfreewaterinfrontofthe
vesselandselectcontinue.
Awarningmessageisdisplayed.
2.SelectContinueorpresstheOkbutton.
Awarningmessagewillbedisplayedletting
youknowthatthevesselwillzigzagandmake
SuddenSHARPTURNS.
3.Removeyourhandsfromthewheelandpress
Autotobegin.
Duringthisproceduretheautopilotwillprogress
throughtherequiredsteps.
4.If‘PASS’isdisplayedthenselectContinueor
presstheOkbuttontoreturntomanualhelm
control.
TheautopilotwillbyplacedinStandbymode.You
havesuccessfullycompletedthecommissioning
processforyourSmartPilotsystem.
5.If‘FAIL’isdisplayedaftercompletionoftheAuto
learnprocessthenselectContinueorpressthe
Okbutton.
TheAutolearnretrymessageisdisplayed.
6.YoucanretrytheAutolearnprocessbyselecting
YesortocancelselectNo.
Note:TheSeatrialwizardcanbecancelledatany
timebypressingtheStandbybutton.
Caution:Systemchanges
Anyadditionalchangesyoumaketoyour
systemsettingsmayrequireyoutorepeat
thecalibrationprocess.
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