Section 6 Target Tracking and AIS 6-20
If only the manual acquisition mode will be used without using auto acquisition/activation together,
6.5.1.3 Using manual acquisition and auto acquisition together
By using manual acquisition with AZ enabled, auto acquisition and manual acquisition can be used
together. They may be used if a target to which particular attention should be given is manually
acquired and other targets are automatically acquired.
Note
If a new target intrudes exceeding the maximum number of targets, the targets manually acquired
are displayed even in the rearward until they go out of the screen. However, the targets
automatically acquired are erased from those in the rearward.
6.5.2 Setting up the automatic
acquisition/activation zone (AZ)
Auto acquisition/activation zone has the shape of sector set up according to the angle and distance as
shown in the following figure.
Example of auto acquisition/activation zone (AZ)
Target manually acquired.
The initial acquisition symbol is displayed.
Target that has passed for 1 min.
The acquisition symbol and vector are displayed.