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Furuno FEA-2107-BB User Manual

Furuno FEA-2107-BB
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Electronic Chart Display and 
Information System (ECDIS)
OPERATOR'S MANUAL
www.furuno.co.jp
MODEL
FEA-2107
FEA-2107-BB
FEA-2807
(Applicable to program version no. 05.52)

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Furuno FEA-2107-BB Specifications

General IconGeneral
Power Output25 kW
Range Scales0.125 to 96 NM
AISYes
RangeUp to 96 NM
Rotation Speed24 RPM
Power Supply12/24 V DC
Target Tracking100 targets
Frequency9410 MHz
Beam Width1.9° horizontal
Antenna Length6 feet (1.8 meters)

Summary

1. Introduction

1.2 System Configuration

Details the components of the ECDIS EC1000C Workstation and its connections to navigation sensors.

2. Navigation Tasks

2.2 Voyage Planning

Describes voyage planning as the preparation phase, including route definition, calculation, and optimization.

2.3 Positioning

Explains positioning using navigation sensors and Kalman filter technology for accurate position calculation.

3. ECDIS Display

3.2 Electronic Chart Area

Details the types of electronic charts used (S57 ENC, CM-93, ARCS) and information displayed.

4. Control Units

4.1 How the ECDIS is Controlled

Explains operator control using the RCU-018 or RCU-015, including trackball, mouse buttons, and scrollwheel.

5. Standby Mode

6. Setup Before Departure

6.1 Update Chart Material

Instructions to update ARCS and S57 chart material before a new voyage.

6.6 Creating or Updating a Route

Details the process of creating a new route or modifying an existing one for voyage planning.

6.7 Checking and Preparing Route to Monitor

Guides on selecting and preparing a route for monitoring, including route selection and checking conditions.

6.8 Verifying Configuration of Navigation Sensors

Explains how to choose navigation sensors and view their current values for accurate navigation.

7. Conditions Required to Replace Paper Charts

8. Vector Chart Material

8.2 S57 Charts

Details S57 charts, their compatibility with official IHO standards (ENC), and update types (incremental, reissues).

8.3 Loading S57 Charts

Provides a flowchart and procedure for loading S57 charts into the ECDIS, including SENC conversion.

8.4 S57 SENC Conversion Details

Explains SENC conversion, including speeding up the process and handling failed conversions.

8.6 S57 Chart Service from an RENC

Describes RENC services, permits, product lists, and authentication required for ENC chart usage.

8.10 Vector Chart Display

Explains how to choose vector chart material, display charts, control features, and use display bases.

9. Raster Chart Material

9.1 ARCS Charts

Describes ARCS charts as digital reproductions of BA paper charts, covering their availability and updates.

9.4 ARCS Subscriptions

Covers ARCS subscription services (Navigator, Skipper), license information, and starting with ARCS charts.

9.5 ARCS Chart Display

Explains how to display ARCS charts, choose chart datum, view different charts, and control visible features.

10. Manual Updates

10.5 Using Manual Update Editor w/Orange Symbols

Provides instructions for using the manual update editor to plan, insert, delete, and modify chart objects.

10.6 Using Manual Update Editor with True Symbols

Explains how to use the manual update editor with true symbols for creating, modifying, or deleting chart objects.

11. Chart Alarms

11.1 General

Explains how ECDIS detects dangerous areas and generates alarms for safety contour or specified condition violations.

11.2 Chart Alarms

Outlines the procedure for setting chart alarms, including choosing safety contour and objects for alarm calculation.

11.3 Inserting User Chart Symbols, Lines and Areas in Chart Alarm

Details how to use Danger Symbol, Danger Line, and Danger Area from user charts for chart alarm calculation.

11.4 Activating Own Ship Check

Explains how to set the watch sector for ship's predicted movement area and activate Own Ship Check.

12. Navigation Tools

12.2 Navigation Marks

Details navigation marks like Reference Point, EBL, VRM, Parallel Index, and Range Rings.

13. Route Planning

13.1 Introduction

Defines a route plan and its components, including waypoints, channel limits, and navigation methods.

13.4 Creating a New Route

Provides a step-by-step guide to creating a new route, including naming, waypoints, and alarms.

13.5 Modifying an Existing Route

Details how to modify an existing route, including parameters, waypoint positions, and data.

13.6 Route Optimization

Explains route optimization strategies like Max Speed, Time Table, Max Profit, and Min Cost.

14. Route Monitoring

14.1 Introduction

Defines route monitor as a means for permanent monitoring of ship's behavior relative to the monitored route.

14.2 Choosing Route to Monitor

Guides on how to select a route to monitor from the status bar and Monitor combo box.

14.8 Monitoring a Route

Explains how the system highlights chart alarms inside channel limits and predicted movement areas.

14.10 Route Monitoring Alarms

Lists and explains alarms related to route monitoring, including permanent and intermittent types.

15. User Chart Control

15.1 Introduction

Defines user charts as simple overlay charts for operator purposes, for highlighting safety items and activating alarms.

15.4 Choosing User Chart to use in Monitoring Mode

Guides on activating monitoring mode and choosing a user chart, indicated by color in the status bar.

15.5 Choosing User Chart to use in Planning Mode

Explains how to activate planning mode and choose a user chart, indicated by color in the status bar.

15.6 Creating a User Chart

Provides a step-by-step guide to creating user charts, including points, symbols, lines, areas, and tidals.

15.6.6 Adding a new point, symbol, line or tidal to a user chart

Guides on adding new user chart objects using the left mouse button or the Add button.

16. Pilot Data

16.2 Using Pilot Data

Guides on preparing pilot data, switching between plan and monitor modes, and creating new pilot data.

16.3 Choosing Pilot Data to use in Monitoring Mode

Explains how to activate monitoring mode and choose pilot data, indicated by color in the status bar.

16.4 Choosing Pilot Data to use in Planning Mode

Explains how to activate planning mode and choose pilot data, indicated by color in the status bar.

16.5 Creating New Pilot Data

Provides step-by-step instructions for creating new pilot data records and modifying existing ones.

17. Backup Operations

17.14 Backing up Chart Material

Guides on backing up chart material to a backup ECDIS to keep the database identical.

17.15 Restoring Chart Material

Explains how to restore chart material from a backup ECDIS to the ECDIS hard disk.

18. Common Reference System (Multi-workstation mode)

18.2 Controlling Common Reference System

Explains how to control the common reference system by setting workstation mode, usage rights, and sensor source.

18.4 Sensor Source for the System

Explains how to select a workstation as the sensor source for all navigation sensors.

18.6 Troubleshooting

Provides troubleshooting steps for common issues like pending access server windows and harmonization failures.

19. Navigation Sensors

19.1 Choosing Navigation Sensors

Explains how to choose navigation sensors and view their current values via the Sensors dialog box.

19.2 Source of Position

Details how the system chooses position sources (primary, secondary, Kalman filter) and associated indications.

19.5 Source of SOG, COG, Speed, Heading, ROT, Drift and Docking Speed Components

Illustrates how various navigation data sources are chosen for SOG, COG, speed, heading, ROT, and drift.

19.7 Filter Operation

Explains the automatic multi-sensor Kalman filter for position estimation and sensor reliability monitoring.

19.8 Position Alignment

Covers the position alignment feature for fine-tuning ship's position using radar overlay and chart details.

20. ARPA Target Functions

20.1 ARPA Radar Targets

Explains how ARPA-tracked targets can be displayed on the ECDIS display by selecting Std or Oth.

20.2 Displaying ARPA Target Data

Details how to view ARPA target data, including basic and detailed information, and setting CPA/TCPA limits.

21. AIS Target Functions

21.1 Introduction

Introduces AIS transponder connectivity to ECDIS for displaying AIS targets and managing storage.

21.2 Displaying AIS Targets

Details how to display AIS targets on ECDIS, including setting max number, range, and filtering.

21.3 Displaying AIS Target Data

Explains how to view AIS target data, including basic and detailed information, and setting CPA/TCPA limits.

21.6 AIS Safety Message

Explains how to send and receive AIS safety messages for warning of navigation hazards.

22. Radar Overlay

22.1 Introduction

Introduces radar overlay, allowing radar echo images on ECDIS chart display via LAN or overlay card.

22.2 Activating Radar Overlay on the ECDIS

Provides steps to activate radar overlay on ECDIS, choosing display modes like 'ECDIS only' or 'ECDIS and radar'.

22.3 Choosing Source of Radar Overlay

Explains how to select the radar video source for overlay, either through LAN or radar overlay card.

22.4 Adjusting Radar Overlay (Radar Overlay dialog box)

Details controls for adjusting radar image parameters like gain, sea clutter, rain clutter, and video processing.

22.5 Adjusting Radar Overlay to Match Positions of Chart Features

Covers error sources for radar echo and chart display mismatch, and radar echo/ARPA target mismatch.

23. Recording Functions

23.1 Introduction

Introduces ECDIS recording functions for voyage-related items like ship movement, position, and radar targets.

23.3 Voyage Records

Details the types of voyage data recorded, including details log, voyage log, danger targets log, chart usage log, and alarms log.

23.3.3 Danger target log

Details the danger target log, storing information about ARPA and AIS targets within CPA and TCPA limits.

24. Datum

24.5 ECDIS and Datum

States ECDIS uses WGS-84 datum for ENC material and requires positioning devices to work in WGS-84.

25. Parameters Setup

25.1 Parameters

Introduces Initial Settings menu containing installation, navigation, and optimization parameters.

25.1.4 Navigation parameters setting

Details basic ship parameters for steering and navigation, crucial for integrated navigation system function.

25.1.5 Optimization parameters setting

Explains how optimization parameters are used for calculation, defining ship's fuel consumption at different speeds.

26. Color Calibration

26.1 Color Calibration Settings

Covers color calibration settings, including color tests for ARCS and S57 charts, and gray scale test.

27. Conning Display

27.1 System Configuration

Details how the ECDIS receives sensor data and displays results on the conning display (option).

28. Steering with FURUNO Autopilot FAP-2000

28.2 Steering Modes

Lists the steering modes available: Hand Steering, Autopilot Steering, Waypoint mode, and Track mode.

28.3 Autopilot FAP-2000 Control Panel

Describes the Autopilot FAP-2000 control panel, detailing its various buttons and indicators.

28.5 Automatic Route Steering

Details automatic route steering modes: Go to Waypoint and Go to Track, activated within monitored route channels.

28.9 Expected Steering Performance Under Critical Failure

Provides summaries of system behavior during critical failures like lost heading, speed, or communication.

29. Steering with YOKOGAWA Autopilot PT-500A

29.3 Steering Modes of the System

Lists available steering modes: Hand steering, Autopilot steering, and Track mode automatic Route steering.

29.4 Automatic Route Steering

Details automatic route steering, its characteristics, preconditions, and activation procedures.

29.8 Expected Steering Performance Under Critical Failure

Summarizes system behavior during critical failures like lost heading, speed, or communication for NAVI mode.

30. Steering with TOKYO KEIKI Autopilot PR-6000

30.3 Steering Modes of the System

Lists available steering modes: Hand, Autopilot, NFU, Track mode automatic Route steering, and Remote Control.

30.4 Automatic Route Steering, RC/Nav (Mode: RC)

Details automatic route steering modes: Open Sea (Goto OS) and All Waters (Goto AW).

30.9 Expected Steering Performance Under Critical Failure

Provides summaries of system behavior during critical failures like lost heading, speed, or communication.

31. Alarms

31.8 List of Alarms

Provides comprehensive lists of navigation alarms, chart alarms, steering alarms, and radar overlay related alarms.

32. Maintenance and Troubleshooting

32.4 Troubleshooting

Offers a troubleshooting table for common faults and remedies to restore normal operation.

Appendix 4: C-MAP CM-93/3 Charts

Appendix 5: C-MAP CM-93/2 Charts

Appendix 6: Route Backup

Appendix 7: Menu Overview

Chart Menu

Maintains chart database for both vector (S57) and Raster charts (ARCS).

Chart Display

Mainly controls visibility of chart related objects, allowing customization of displayed chart features.

Sensors

Explains how to set up various sensors connected to the ECDIS and view their status.

Appendix 8: Digital Interface

Appendix 9: Parts List and Parts Location

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