Raymarine e7 - 10.1 AIS overview

10.1AISoverview
TheAISfeatureenablesyoutoreceiveinformationbroadcastby
othervessels,andtoaddthesevesselsastargetsinthechartand
radarapplications.
WithanoptionalAISunitconnectedtoyoursystemyoucan:
•DisplaytargetsforanyotherAIS-equippedvessels.
•Displayvoyageinformationbeingbroadcastbythesetargets,
suchastheirposition,course,speedandrate-of-turn.
•Displaybasicordetailedinformationforeachtargetvessel,
includingsafety-criticaltargetdata.
•Setupasafezonearoundyourvessel.
•ViewAISalarmandsafety-relatedmessages.
•AddAIS-equippedfriendsandregularcontactstoa“BuddyList”
AISinformationisdisplayedintheformofanoverlayinthechart
andradarapplications.Additionaldataisdisplayedinadialog
box,forexample:
0
97°T
11.6kt
1.23 7n m
00h 04 m 33s
1
3
2 4 6 75
D12 22 0-1
ItemDescription
1
Dangeroustarget(ashes).
2
Safezone(denedbydistanceand/
ortime).
3
AIStargetvessel.
4Heading.
5
Directionofturn.
6
COG/SOGvector.
7
Safetycriticaldata.
AIS-equippedvesselsinthesurroundingareaaredisplayedinthe
chartorradarapplicationastriangulartargets.Upto100targets
aredisplayed.Asthevessel’sstatuschanges,thesymbolforthe
targetchangesaccordingly.
Vectorscanbedisplayedforeachtarget.Thesevectorsindicate
thevesselsdirectionoftravelandthedistanceitwilltravelovera
speciedperiodoftime(COG/SOGvector).T argetsdisplayed
withtheirvectorsarereferredtoas‘activetargets’andarescaled
accordingtothesizeofthevessel.Thelargerthevessel,thelarger
thetarget.Youcaneitherdisplayalltargetsorjustdangerous
targets.
HowAISWorks
AISusesdigitalradiosignalstobroadcast‘real-time’information
betweenvesselsandshore-basedstationsviadedicatedVHFradio
frequencies.Thisinformationisusedtoidentifyandtrackvesselsin
thesurroundingareaandtoprovidefast,automaticandaccurate
collisionavoidancedata.TheAISfeaturescomplementtheradar
application,asAIScanoperateinradarblindspotsandcandetect
smallervesselsequippedwithAIS.
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