Furuno FEA-2107-BB - 3.4 Controlling Planning and Monitoring Modes on the ECDIS Display

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28.5 Automatic Route Steering .................................................................................................................. 28-8
28.5.1 "Goto waypoint" mode ......................................................................................................... 28-9
28.5.2 "Goto track" mode .............................................................................................................. 28-10
28.5.3 Summary of automatic route steering modes ..................................................................... 28-10
28.5.4 Preconditions for automatic route steering......................................................................... 28-11
28.5.5 How to activate automatic route steering ........................................................................... 28-12
28.5.6 Arriving to a waypoint........................................................................................................ 28-14
28.5.7 Automatic route steering alarms......................................................................................... 28-16
28.5.8 Collision avoidance maneuver during automatic route steering ........................................ 28-18
28.5.9 Stopping or modifying pre-enabled route turn ................................................................... 28-18
28.5.10 Accuracy of automatic route steering................................................................................. 28-19
28.6 Additional Information About Steering Modes................................................................................ 28-20
28.7 Important Information About Steering Mode Changes.................................................................... 28-22
28.8 Expected Steering Performance Under Various Conditions............................................................. 28-24
28.8.1 Expected steering performance for going ahead ................................................................ 28-24
28.8.2 Expected steering performance for turns............................................................................ 28-27
28.9 Expected Steering Performance Under Critical Failure................................................................... 28-29
28.9.1 Lost heading from Autopilot FAP-2000 (ECDIS may also have lost heading)................. 28-29
28.9.2 Lost heading from ECDIS (Autopilot FAP-2000 still has heading) .................................. 28-29
28.9.3 Lost speed ........................................................................................................................... 28-30
28.9.4 Low speed........................................................................................................................... 28-31
28.9.5 Lost SOG/COG reference................................................................................................... 28-32
28.9.6 Total lost position ............................................................................................................... 28-33
28.9.7 Lost differential position..................................................................................................... 28-34
28.9.8 Lost differential position and position discrepancy............................................................ 28-35
28.9.9 Lost communication between ECDIS and Autopilot FAP-2000........................................ 28-35
28.9.10 Lost communication between Autopilot FAP-2000 and ECDIS........................................ 28-36
28.10 Other Operations with Autopilot FAP-2000..................................................................................... 28-36
28.10.1 Speed used by Autopilot FAP-2000 ................................................................................... 28-36
28.10.2 Control strategy used by Autopilot FAP-2000................................................................... 28-36
28.10.3 Load conditions used by Autopilot FAP-2000................................................................... 28-36
28.11 Description of Alarms Generated by Autopilot FAP-2000 .............................................................. 28-37
28.11.1 Alarms................................................................................................................................. 28-37
28.11.2 Errors................................................................................................................................... 28-39
28.12 Using the Curved EBL ..................................................................................................................... 28-40
28.12.1 Structure of the curved EBL............................................................................................... 28-42
28.12.2 Use of curved EBL to design a new turn while ship is turning.......................................... 28-42
28.13 Using the Predictor........................................................................................................................... 28-43
29. Steering with YOKOGAWA Autopilot PT-500A ...................................................................... 29-1
29.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 29-1
29.2 Steering Control Unit.......................................................................................................................... 29-1
29.3 Steering Modes of the System............................................................................................................ 29-2
29.3.1 Hand steering (Mode selector: HAND)................................................................................ 29-2
29.3.2 Autopilot steering (Mode selector: AUTO).......................................................................... 29-2
29.3.3 Track mode automatic route steering (Mode selector: NAVI)............................................. 29-2
29.4 Automatic Route Steering .................................................................................................................. 29-3
29.4.1 Characteristics of automatic route steering........................................................................... 29-4
29.4.2 Summary of route steering.................................................................................................... 29-4
29.4.3 Preconditions for route steering............................................................................................ 29-4
29.4.4 Activating route steering....................................................................................................... 29-5
29.4.5 Arrival to a waypoint............................................................................................................ 29-6
29.4.6 Route steering alarms............................................................................................................ 29-7
29.4.7 Collision avoidance maneuver during automatic route steering .......................................... 29-8
29.4.8 How to stop or modify already enabled route turn............................................................... 29-9
29.4.9 Notes ..................................................................................................................................... 29-9
29.5 Other Operations with Autopilot PT-500A....................................................................................... 29-10
29.5.1 Speed used by autopilot...................................................................................................... 29-10
29.5.2 Control strategy used by autopilot...................................................................................... 29-10
29.5.3 Load conditions used by autopilot...................................................................................... 29-10
29.6 Description of Alarms with Autopilot PT-500A................................................................................29-11
29.6.1 Alarms................................................................................................................................. 29-11
29.6.2 Errors................................................................................................................................... 29-11