Raymarine e7 - 10.2 AIS prerequisites

Note:Itmaynotbemandatoryforvesselstobettedwith
operationalAISequipment.Therefore,youshouldnotassume
thatyourmultifunctiondisplaywillshowALLvesselsinyourarea.
Dueprudenceandjudgementshouldbeexercised.AISshould
beusedtocomplementradar,NOTsubstituteit.
AISSimulatorMode
Raymarinerecommendsthatyouusethesimulatorfunctionto
familiarizeyourselfwiththeAISfeatures.Whenthesimulator
functionisenabled(homescreen>Set-up>SystemSettings>
Simulator),itdisplays20AIStargetswithina25nmrange.These
targetsaredisplayedusingtheappropriateAIStarget’sstatus
symbol,andmovearoundthescreenasiftheywererealtargets.
Note:IncomingsafetymessagesareNOTdisplayedwhilethe
simulatorisenabled.
10.2AISprerequisites
YoumusthavesuitableAIShardwareconnectedtoyour
multifunctiondisplaytomakeuseoftheAISfunctionality.
InordertorunAIS,youwillneed:
•Areceive-onlyAISunitorafullAIStransceiver(aunitthatsends
andreceives).
•AVHFantenna.
•AGPS-toprovidepositiondata.
•TheAISlayerenabledinthechartorradarapplication,as
appropriate.
Note:Areceiverwillallowyoutoreceivedataaboutother
vesselsinyourareabutwillnotallowothervesselsto‘see’you.
AfulltransceivertransmitsandreceivesAISdata,andtherefore
allowsyoutoreceivedataaboutothervessels.Italsoenables
otherAIS-equippedvesselstoseeandreceiveinformationabout
yourvessel.Thiscouldincludeposition,course,speedandrate
ofturndata.
WhentheAISunitisconnectedtoyourmultifunctiondisplay,the
statusoftheunitisindicatedbyanAISiconinthestatusbar.
YoucanconnectanAISunittoyourmultifunctiondisplayusing
NMEA0183orSeaTalk
ng
,dependingontheAISunit.Ifconnecting
usingNMEA0183,youwillnowneedtospecifythe38,400baud
setting(homescreen>Set-up>SystemSettings>NMEA
Set-up)fortheNMEAinputportthatcommunicateswiththeAIS
transceiverorreceiver.
UsingAIS
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