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5.9 Setting CPA and TCPA Limits ........................................................................................... 5-11
5.9.1 Setting CPA and TCPA limits................................................................................. 5-11
5.9.2 Activating, deactivating danger alarm for dangerous AIS targets ....................... 5-11
5.9.3 CPA auto activation setting .................................................................................... 5-12
5.10 AIS Symbol Attributes ....................................................................................................... 5-13
5.10.1 AIS symbol brilliance ............................................................................................. 5-13
5.10.2 AIS symbol color, outlines, ROT............................................................................ 5-14
5.11 Lost AIS Targets................................................................................................................. 5-15
5.11.1 Enabling, disabling audio alarm for lost target.................................................... 5-15
5.12 Displaying AIS Target Past Positions ............................................................................... 5-16
5.12.1 Displaying and erasing past position points, choosing past position interval .... 5-16
5.12.2 Past position display attributes............................................................................. 5-17
5.13 Displaying True or Relative Speed Vectors....................................................................... 5-18
5.14 Association of TT and AIS Targets.................................................................................... 5-18
5.14.1 Activating association ............................................................................................ 5-18
5.15 AIS Own Ship Info.............................................................................................................. 5-22
5.16 AIS Safety Messages .......................................................................................................... 5-23
5.16.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 5-23
5.16.2 Creating a new safety message ............................................................................. 5-24
5.16.3 Reading a received safety message ....................................................................... 5-25
5.16.4 Replying to a safety message................................................................................. 5-26
5.17 AIS Alerts ........................................................................................................................... 5-27
6. ECDIS Overview ........................................................................................................................... 6-1
6.1 ECDIS Overview ................................................................................................................... 6-1
6.1.1 User interface............................................................................................................. 6-2
6.1.2 Information area........................................................................................................ 6-3
6.1.3 Sidebar on user interface .......................................................................................... 6-4
6.1.4 Controlling planning and monitoring modes on the ECDIS display..................... 6-10
6.2 Setting up Before Departure............................................................................................... 6-11
6.2.1 Setting chart alert calculation ................................................................................ 6-11
6.2.2 Creating or updating a route................................................................................... 6-12
6.2.3 Checking and preparing route to monitor .............................................................. 6-13
6.2.4 Verifying configuration of navigation sensors........................................................ 6-16
6.2.5 Resetting distance and trip counters...................................................................... 6-18
6.2.6 Verifying datum....................................................................................................... 6-18
7. Vector Chart Material................................................................................................................... 7-1
7.1 S57 Charts ............................................................................................................................. 7-1
7.1.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................... 7-1
7.1.2 Chart legend for S57 chart........................................................................................ 7-2
7.1.3 Permanent messages for S57 charts......................................................................... 7-2
7.2 Loading S57 Charts............................................................................................................... 7-3
7.2.1 Flow chart for loading S57 charts into chart radar ................................................. 7-3
7.2.2 Loading S57 charts from a CD ROM, floppy disk or LAN....................................... 7-5
7.2.3 Loading S57 charts which are not fully compliant with the IMO standards ...... 7-13
7.3 S57 SENC Conversion Details............................................................................................ 7-14
7.3.1 Speeding up SENC conversion................................................................................ 7-14
7.3.2 Choosing automatic SENC conversion and display until date.............................. 7-15
7.3.3 Viewing progress of SENC conversion.................................................................... 7-16
7.3.4 Using the Failed SENC conversion window........................................................... 7-17
7.3.5 Using SENC conversion history log........................................................................ 7-18
7.3.6 Using SENC convert window to initiate SENC conversion................................... 7-20
7.4 Features of the Chart Menu ............................................................................................... 7-21
7.4.1 Overview of the chart menu .................................................................................... 7-21
7.4.2 Catalogue of S57 cells.............................................................................................. 7-23
7.4.3 Grouping S57 chart cells ......................................................................................... 7-25
7.4.4 Viewing status and setting viewing dates of S57 chart cells and their updates .. 7-33
7.4.5 Removing an S57 chart cell from the system ......................................................... 7-34
7.5 S57 Chart Service from an RENC ...................................................................................... 7-35
7.5.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 7-35