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Contents
1.
INTRODUCTION 3
2.
THE TOPLINE NETWORK 3
3.
THE PROCESSOR REGATTA 3
4.
SYSTEM DESCRIPTION 5
5.
INSTALLATION OF THE PROCESSOR REGATTA 5
5.1
I
NSTALLATION OF A BRAND NEW NKE SYSTEM
6
5.2
I
NSTALLATION OF THE
P
ROCESSOR
R
EGATTA WITH AN EXISTING NKE SYSTEM
6
5.3
A
DDING THE
P
ROCESSOR
R
EGATTA TO YOUR NKE SYSTEM
7
5.4
E
THERNET CONFIGURATION
8
5.5
C
ONNECTING THE
P
ROCESSOR
R
EGATTA
: 8
5.6
C
ONNECTION TO THE
T
OPLINE BUS
10
5.7
C
ONNECTOR
NMEA1/C
OMPASS
10
5.8
NMEA
2
CONNECTOR
10
5.9
NMEA
INPUT
11
5.10
NMEA
SENTENCES INPUT PRIORITY RULES
13
5.11
NMEA
OUTPUT
14
6.
CONFIGURATION OF THE PROCESSOR REGATTA 15
6.1
C
ONFIGURE THE INSTALLATION FILE
18
6.2
C
ONFIGURE THE CONSTANTS CALIBRATION FILE
19
6.3
C
ONFIGURE THE FILE VARIABLE
.
CSV
20
7.
ALGORITHM FOR THE PROCESSED FUNCTIONS 21
7.1
F
UNCTIONS FOR BOAT MOTION
21
7.2
F
UNCTIONS FOR BOAT SPEED
22
7.3
F
UNCTION FOR WIND DATA
23
8.
CALIBRATING YOUR SYSTEM 24
8.1
I
NTRODUCTION
24
8.2
C
ALIBRATION ORDER
24
8.3
C
ALIBRATING THE COMPASS
25
8.4
R
OLL AND PITCH CALIBRATION
25
8.5
C
ALIBRATING BOAT SPEED
25
8.5.1
Linear boat speed response against boat’s heel angle 26
8.6
C
ALIBRATING FOR DRIFT
28
8.6.1
Using a drift calibration adjustment value: 28
8.7
C
ALIBRATING
A
PPARENT
W
IND
A
NGLE
28
8.8
C
ALIBRATING TRUE WIND SPEED
30
8.9
C
ALIBRATING
T
RUE
W
IND
A
NGLE
31
9.
PERFORMANCE AND POLAR TABLES 33
9.1
R
EADING A POLAR TABLE
34
9.2
R
EADING A POLAR DIAGRAM
35
9.3
P
ERFORMANCE FUNCTIONS
37
10.
ADDEDUM A 40
10.1
C
ONFIGURING THE
PC
FOR THE FIRST CONNECTION TO THE
P
ROCESSOR
R
EGATTA
40
10.1.1
Connecting the Processor Regatta to the PC 40
10.1.2
Configuring the network connection with Windows Seven 40
10.1.3
Configuring the network connection with Windows 10™ 44
10.1.4
Testing the connection with the Processor Regatta 47
11.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 48
12.
PROCESSOR REGATTA SOFTWARE EVOLUTION 50