Raymarine e7 - Page 300

ItemDescription
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Skyview—avisualrepresentationofthepositionoftracked
satellites.
2
Satellitestatus—displaysthesignalstrengthandstatusof
eachsatelliteidentiedintheskyviewdiagramontheleftofthe
screen.Thecoloredbarshavethefollowingmeanings:
•Grey=searchingforsatellite.
•Green=satelliteinuse.
•Orange=trackingsatellite.
3
HorizontalDilutionofPosition(HDOP)—ameasureof
GPSaccuracy,calculatedfromanumberoffactorsincluding
satellitegeometry,systemerrorsinthedatatransmissionand
systemerrorsintheGPSreceiver.Ahigherguresigniesa
greaterpositionalerror.AtypicalGPSreceiverhasanaccuracy
ofbetween5and15m.Asanexample,assumingaGPS
receivererrorof5m,anHDOPof2wouldrepresentanerror
ofapproximately15m.Pleaserememberthatevenavery
lowHDOPgureisNOguaranteethatyourGPSreceiveris
providinganaccurateposition.Ifindoubt,checkthedisplayed
vesselpositioninthechartapplicationagainstyouractual
proximitytoaknownchartedobject.
4
Fixstatus—indicatestheactualmodetheGPSreceiveris
reporting(NoFix,Fix,DFixorSDFix).
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Mode—themodecurrentlyselectedbytheGPSreceiver.
6
Datum—TheGPSreceiver’sdatumsettingaffectsthe
accuracyofthevesselpositioninformationdisplayedinthechart
application.InorderforyourGPSreceiverandmultifunction
displaytocorrelateaccuratelywithyourpapercharts,theymust
beusingthesamedatum.
TheaccuracyoftheGPSreceiverdependsontheparameters
detailedabove,especiallytheazimuthandelevationangleswhich
areusedintriangulationtocalculateyourposition.
Multipledatasources(MDS)overview
Installationsthatincludemultipleinstancesofdatasourcescan
causedataconicts.Anexampleisaninstallationfeaturingmore
thanonesourceofGPSdata.
MDSenablesyoutomanageconictsinvolvingthefollowingtypes
ofdata:
•GPSPosition.
•Heading.
•Depth.
•Speed.
•Wind.
Typicallythisexerciseiscompletedaspartoftheinitialinstallation,
orwhennewequipmentisadded.
IfthisexerciseisNOTcompletedthesystemwillautomatically
attempttoresolvedataconicts.However,thismayresultinthe
systemchoosingasourceofdatathatyoudonotwanttouse.
IfMDSisavailablethesystemcanlisttheavailabledatasources
andallowyoutoselectyourpreferreddatasource.ForMDStobe
availableallproductsinthesystemthatusethedatasourceslisted
abovemustbeMDS-compliant.Thesystemcanlistanyproducts
thatareNOTcompliant.Itmaybenecessarytoupgradethe
softwareforthesenon-compliantproductstomakethemcompliant.
VisittheRaymarinewebsite(www.raymarine.com)toobtainthe
latestsoftwareforyourproducts.IfMDS-compliantsoftwareisnot
availableandyoudoNOTwantthesystemtoautomaticallyattempt
toresolvedataconicts,anynon-compliantproduct(s)canbe
removedorreplacedtoensuretheentiresystemisMDS-compliant.
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