3 Basic Operation of ECDIS 3-31
ECDIS
(3) Acknowledging and canceling of the alarm (Stopping the alarm sound)
Notes:
Until it confirms the cause of the alarm, don't acknowledge an alarm.
1) The procedure of the alarm acknowledgement operation
On the operation panel
Press the [ALARM ACK] key.
On the display panel
Left-click the alarm acknowledge-button.
The alarm sound stops and the alarm display on the alarm acknowledge-button disappears.
However, in the alarm display area, it maintains the condition which the alarm occurred to.
To erase an alarm from the alarm display area, the problem which the alarm generated must
be solved.
2) If two or more alarms have occurred, the display of the alarm acknowledge-button and the
display of the alarm display area is displaying alarm contents changed every second. When
acknowledging alarm, the acknowledgement operation is done about the displayed alarm when
operating.
Blinking the alarm
Displaying the alarm
Maintaining the alarm displaying.
Left-click the alarm acknowledge-button.
Or, press key.
Disappearing the alarm
The alarm sound sounds.
Alarm occurs
Ex: The communication error occurs in POSN1.
The alarm sound stops
The Alarm occurrence condition
(Not acknowledged)
No Alarm
The Alarm occurrence condition
(Not acknowledged)
Resolved the occurring alarm
Ex.: The communication of POSN1 becomes
possible.
No Alarm