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CAUTION 
 
Since these alarms may include some errors 
depending on the target tracking conditions, the 
navigation officer himself should make the final 
decision for ship operations such as collision 
avoidance. 
Making the final navigation decision based only 
on the alarm may cause accidents such as 
collisions. 
CPA / TCPA Alarm 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
In the system, targets are categorized into two types: tracked / activate AIS targets and dangerous targets. 
The grade of danger can easily be recognized on the display at a glance. So the officer can easily decide which 
target he should pay attention to. 
It is not possible to switch off the tracked target visual alarm, unless tracking is ceased, or the alarm condition 
no longer applies. 
The types of target and alarm are shown below. 
 
CPA / TCPA Alarm 
Status  Symbol on display  Alarm characters Alarm sound  Conditions 
Tracked target 
 
Activated AIS 
target 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Off) (Off) 
•  CPA > CPA LIMIT 
•  0 > TCPA 
•  TCPA > TCPA LIMIT 
 
The symbol is displayed when 
one of the above conditions is 
met.
 
Dangerous target 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Red blinking 
CPA / TCPA 
Beep sound 
(pee-poh)  
Alarm 
acknowledgeable
 
•  CPA ≤ CPA LIMIT, 
•  0 ≤ 
TCPA ≤ TCPA LIMIT 
 
An alarm is issued when all the 
conditions are met. 
The AIS targets that issues 
alarm refer to 5.3.9.
 
               CPA Limit and TCPA Limit: The Setting Values 
12 
AIS12 
12 
AIS12