Note:TheDemomovieoptionisforretaildemonstration
purposesonly.
DepthOffset
Depthsaremeasuredfromthetransducertotheseabed,but
youcanapplyanoffsetvaluetothedepthdata,sothatthe
displayeddepthreadingrepresentsthedepthtotheseabed
fromeitherthekeelorthewaterline.
Beforeattemptingtosetawaterlineorkeeloffset,ndout
theverticalseparationbetweenthetransducerandeither
thewaterlineorthebottomofthekeelonyourvessel,as
appropriate.Thensettheappropriatedepthoffsetvalue.
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Waterlineoffset
2
Transducer/Zerooffset
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Keeloffset
Ifanoffsetisnotapplied,displayeddepthreadingsrepresentthe
distancefromthetransducertotheseabed.
Settingthedepthoffset
FromtheTools&Settingpage:
1.SelectSystemSettings.
2.SelectSonarSet-up.
3.SelectDepthOffset.
Thedepthoffsetnumericadjustcontrolisdisplayed.
4.Adjusttheoffsettotherequiredvalue.
5.SelectOktoconrmthenewvalueandclosethenumeric
adjustcontrol.
6.4GPSCheck
CheckingGPSoperation
YoucancheckthattheGPSisfunctioningcorrectlyusingthe
Chartapplication.
1.SelectaviewfromtheViewswitcherwhichincludesthe
Chartapplication.
2.Checkthescreen.
Youshouldsee:
Yourvesselposition(indicatesaGPSx).Yourcurrent
positionisrepresentedbyavesselsymbolorsolidcircle.
Yourpositionisalsodisplayedinthedatacellonthebottom
rightofthedisplay.
Asolidcircleonthechartindicatesthatthevesselspeed
istolow(i.e.lessthan0.15kts)toprovideCourseOver
Ground(COG)data.
Note:Itisrecommendedthatyoucheckthedisplayedvessel
positionintheChartapplicationagainstyouractualproximity
toaknownchartedobject.GPSreceiverstypicallyhavean
accuracyofbetween5mand15m.
Note:AGPSStatusscreenisavailablefromtheT ools&
Settingspage.Thisprovidessatellitesignalstrengthand
otherrelevantinformation.
GPSsetup
TheGPSsetupoptionsenableyoutocongureaGPSreceiver.
TheGlobalPositioningSystem(GPS)isusedtopositionyour
vesselonthechart.YoucansetupyourGPSreceiverand
checkitsstatusfromtheGPSStatusoptionintheSystem
Settingsmenu.Foreachtrackedsatellite,thescreenprovides
thefollowinginformation:
•Satellitenumber.
•Signalstrengthbar.
•Status.
•Azimuthangle.
•Elevationangle.
•Asky-viewtoshowthepositionoftrackedsatellites.
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