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6. Setup Before Departure ................................................................................................... 6-1
6.1 Update Chart Material......................................................................................................................... 6-1
6.2 Display and Approve Dates for S57 Charts and Manual Updates....................................................... 6-1
6.3 Creating or Updating User Chart......................................................................................................... 6-1
6.4 Creating or Updating Pilot Data.......................................................................................................... 6-1
6.5 Setting Chart Alarm Calculation ......................................................................................................... 6-2
6.6 Creating or Updating a Route.............................................................................................................. 6-2
6.6.1 Checking your route against chart alarms ............................................................................... 6-2
6.6.2 Recalculating timetable and ETA values ................................................................................ 6-3
6.7 Checking and Preparing Route to Monitor.......................................................................................... 6-4
6.7.1 Choosing TO waypoint ........................................................................................................... 6-5
6.7.2 Choosing final waypoint .........................................................................................................6-5
6.7.3 Confirming checked conditions of the route plan ................................................................... 6-5
6.7.4 Using planned user chart......................................................................................................... 6-6
6.7.5 Using planned pilot data.......................................................................................................... 6-7
6.8 Verifying Configuration of Navigation Sensors .................................................................................. 6-8
6.8.1 Verifying source of navigation sensors................................................................................... 6-8
6.9 Resetting Distance and Trip Counters ............................................................................................... 6-10
6.10 Verifying Datum................................................................................................................................ 6-10
7. Conditions Required to Replace Paper Charts.............................................................. 7-1
7.1 Introduction......................................................................................................................................... 7-1
7.2 Detecting ENC Coverage in S57 Chart Display.................................................................................. 7-4
8. Vector Chart Material...................................................................................................... 8-1
8.1 Introduction......................................................................................................................................... 8-1
8.2 S57 Charts ........................................................................................................................................... 8-1
8.2.1 Introduction............................................................................................................................. 8-1
8.2.2 Chart legend of S57 chart........................................................................................................ 8-2
8.2.3 Permanent warnings of S57 charts.......................................................................................... 8-4
8.3 Loading S57 Charts............................................................................................................................. 8-5
8.3.1 Flow chart for loading S57 charts into ECDIS........................................................................ 8-5
8.3.2 Loading S57 charts from a CD ROM, floppy disk or LAN .................................................... 8-7
8.3.3 Loading S57 charts which are not fully compliant with the IMO standards ........................ 8-16
8.4 S57 SENC Conversion Details.......................................................................................................... 8-17
8.4.1 Speeding up SENC conversion ............................................................................................. 8-17
8.4.2 Choosing automatic SENC conversion and display until date.............................................. 8-18
8.4.3 Viewing progress of SENC conversion ................................................................................ 8-19
8.4.4 Using the Failed SENC conversion window......................................................................... 8-20
8.4.5 Using SENC conversion history log ..................................................................................... 8-21
8.4.6 Using SENC convert window to initiate SENC conversion ................................................. 8-23
8.5 Features of the Chart Menu............................................................................................................... 8-24
8.5.1 Overview of the chart menu.................................................................................................. 8-24
8.5.2 Catalogue of S57 cells........................................................................................................... 8-26
8.5.3 Grouping S57 chart cells....................................................................................................... 8-28
8.5.4 Viewing status and setting viewing dates of S57 chart cells and their updates..................... 8-37
8.5.5 Removing an S57 chart cell from the system........................................................................ 8-38
8.6 S57 Chart Service from an RENC..................................................................................................... 8-39
8.6.1 Introduction........................................................................................................................... 8-39
8.6.2 Permits .................................................................................................................................. 8-39
8.6.3 Product list ............................................................................................................................ 8-39
8.6.4 Authentication....................................................................................................................... 8-39
8.6.5 Available service types .........................................................................................................8-40
8.6.6 Subscription types................................................................................................................. 8-40
8.7 Services Provided by an RENC......................................................................................................... 8-41
8.7.1 Viewing the coverage of an RENC service........................................................................... 8-41
8.7.2 Knowing up-to-date status of a chart from an RENC ........................................................... 8-42
8.7.3 Knowing up-to-date status of an RENC product list............................................................. 8-43
8.7.4 Managing permits from an RENC ........................................................................................ 8-44
8.7.5 Managing public key from an RENC.................................................................................... 8-45