3.18GNSSStatus
TheGPSstatuspageenablesyoutoviewthestatus
oftheavailablesatellitesthatarecompatiblewith
yourreceiver.
Thesatelliteconstellationsareusedtopositionyour
vesselintheChartandWeatherapplications.You
cansetupyourreceiverandcheckitsstatusfrom
theGPSSet-upmenu:Homescreen>Set-up>
SystemSettings>GPSSet-up.Foreachsatellite,
thescreenprovidesthefollowinginformation:
1.Skyview
2.Satellitestatus
3.Positionandīæxinformation
Skyview
Skyviewisavisualrepresentationthatshows
thepositionofnavigationsatellitesandtheirtype.
Satellitetypesare:
ā¢CircleāAcircleidentiīæesasatellitefromthe
GPSconstellation.
ā¢*DiamondāAdiamondidentiīæesasatellitefrom
theGLONASSconstellation.
ā¢SquareāAsquareidentiīæesan(SBAS)
differentialsatellite.
Note:*GLONASSsatellitesareonlyavailable
whenconnectedtoacompatibleGNSSreceiver.
RefertotheTechnicalspeciīæcationforyour
producttoidentifyyourreceivertype.
Satellitestatusarea
TheSatellitestatusareadisplaysthefollowing
informationabouteachsatellite:
ā¢TypeāIdentiīæeswhichconstellationthesatellite
belongsto.
ā¢IDāDisplaysthesatellitesidentiīæcationnumber.
ā¢CNO(Carrier-to-noiseratio)āDisplaysthesignal
strengthofeachsatelliteshownintheSkyview:
āGrey=searchingforsatellite
āGreen=satelliteinuse
āOrange=trackingsatellite
ā¢AzimuthandElevationāProvidestheangleof
elevationandazimuthbetweenthelocationofthe
receiverandthesatellite.
Positionandīæxinformation
Thefollowingpositionalandīæxinformationis
provided:
ā¢HorizontalDilutionofPrecision(HDOP)
āHDOPisameasureofsatellitenavigation
accuracy,calculatedfromanumberoffactors
includingsatellitegeometry,systemerrorsin
thedatatransmissionandsystemerrorsinthe
receiver.Ahigherīæguresigniīæesagreater
positionalerror.Atypicalreceiverhasanaccuracy
ofbetween5and15m.Asanexample,assuming
areceivererrorof5m,anHDOPof2would
representanerrorofapproximately15m.Please
rememberthatevenaverylowHDOPīægureis
NOguaranteethatyourreceiverisprovidingan
accurateposition.Ifindoubt,checkthedisplayed
vesselpositionintheChartapplicationagainst
youractualproximitytoaknownchartedobject.
ā¢EstimatedHorizontalPositionError(EHPE)
āEHPEisameasureoftheestimatederrorof
apositionīæxinthehorizontalplane.Thevalue
displayedindicatesthatyourpositioniswithina
circleradiusofthestatedsize50%ofthetime.
ā¢Fixstatusāindicatestheactualmodethe
receiverisreporting:
āFixāSatelliteīæxhasbeenacquired.
āNoFixāNosatelliteīæxcanbeacquired.
āDFixāAdifferentialbeaconīæxhasbeen
acquired.
āSDFixāAdifferentialsatelliteīæxhasbeen
acquired.
ā¢PositionāDisplaysthelatitudeandlongitude
positionofyourreceiver.
ā¢Date/TimeāDisplaysthecurrentdateandtime
generatedbythepositionīæxinUTCformat.
ā¢ModeāIdentiīæeswetherthereceiverisworking
indifferentialmodeornon-differentialmode.
ā¢DatumāThereceiver'sdatumsettingaffects
theaccuracyofthevesselpositioninformation
displayedintheChartapplication.Inorderforyour
receiverandMFDtocorrelateaccuratelywithyour
papercharts,theymustbeusingthesamedatum.
GlobalNavigationSatelliteSystems(GNSS)
AGNSSisasystemofsatellitesthatprovides
autonomousgeo-spatialpositioningthatallows
electronicdeviceswithcompatiblereceiversto
determinetheirlocation(longitude,latitudeand
altitude).
OperationalGNSS
ā¢GPS(NAVSTAR)GlobalPositioningSystem
USownedconstellationofsatellitesthatbecame
fullyoperationalin1995.
ā¢GLONASSacronymfor"GLObalnaya
NAavigatsionnayaSputnikovayaSistema"or
āGlobalNavigationSatelliteSystemsā
Russianownedconstellationofsatellitesthat
offeredglobalcoveragein2010.
PlannedGNSS
ā¢Galileo
Europeansatelliteconstellationininitial
deploymentphaseduetobecomeoperationalin
2020.
ā¢COMPASS/Beidou-2
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