FLIR Raymarine p70s - Page 88

Drivesettings
TheDriveSettingsmenucanbeaccessedfrom:Menu>Set-up>AutopilotCalibration>DriveSettings.
Note:NotalloptionsareavailablewhenCalibrationLockisturnedOn.
ItemDescriptionOptions
*RuddergainRuddergainisameasureofhowmuchhelmtheautopilotwillapplyto
correctcourseerrors.
Ahighersettingresultsinmorerudderbeingapplied.Theruddergain
settingissetautomaticallyaspartoftheAutoLearnprocess.
•1—9
*CounterrudderCounterrudderistheamountofruddertheautopilotsystemappliesto
trytopreventthevesselfromyawingoffcourse.
Ahighercounterruddersettingresultsinmorerudderbeingapplied
•1—9Donotsetto0.
Rudderdamping
Onautopilotsystemswitharudderreferencetransducer,youcansetthe
rudderdampingtopreventautopilot‘hunting’.
Increasingtherudderdampingvaluereduceshunting.Whenadjusting
thevalue,increasethesettingonelevelatatimeuntiltheautopilotstops
hunting.Alwaysusethelowestacceptablevalue.
RudderDamping
•1—9
•3(default)
Rudderlimit
Ifarudderreferencetransduceristted,thisscreenisusedtosetthe
limitsoftheruddercontroljustinsidethemechanicalendstops,and
thusavoidputtingthesteeringsystemunderunnecessaryload.This
shouldbesetwhencommissioningthesystem.Thelimitshouldbeset
toapproximately5degreeslessthanthemaximumrudderangle.
Note:IfnorudderreferencehasbeenttedyouMUSTensurethat
adequateprovisionismadetopreventthesteeringmechanismfrom
impactingtheendstops.
•10º—40º
•30º(default)
RudderoffsetThisspeciestheoffsetfromamidships(zeroadjustment).•-9°to9°
ReverserudderrefThisreversesthephaseoftherudderreferencedisplay.
Note:Thisoptionisnotavailableunlessyouhavearudderreference
transducertted.
Note:ThisoptionisnotavailableonSeaTalksystems,soyouwould
needtoreversetheREDandGREENwiresontheRudderReference
connectiontothecoursecomputer.
•Port
•Starboard
*AutoTrim
TheAutoTrimsettingdeterminestherateatwhichtheautopilotsystem
applies‘standinghelm’tocorrectfortrimchangescausedbyvarying
windloadsonthesailsorsuperstructure.ThedefaultAutoTrimisset
aspartoftheAutoLearnprocess.
Ifyouneedtochangethesetting,increasetheAutoTrimonelevelata
timeandusethelowestacceptablevalue:
•Iftheautopilotsystemgivesunstablecoursekeepingorexcessive
driveactivitywithachangeintheheelangle,decreasetheAuto
Trimlevel.
•Iftheautopilotsystemreactsslowlytoaheadingchangeduetoa
changeintheheelangle,increasetheAutoTrimlevel.
•IftheAutoTrimlevelistoohigh,thevesselwillbelessstableand
snakearoundthedesiredcourse.
Setting
•Off
•On
Adjustment
•1—41=Slowest,4=
Fastest
•1(default)
AutoTurn
Thissettingdenestheamountofcoursechangewhenperformingan
autoturn.
Note:ThisoptioncannotbechangedwhenconnectedoverSeaTalk.
Note:Thisoptionisonlyavailableonmotorvessels.
•10º—125º
•90º(default)
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