12.4Alarms
Alarmsareraisedbytheautopilotsystemtoalertyoutomechanicalandelectricalconditions
requiringyourattention.
TheEvolutioncomponentstransmitalarmalertsontheSea
Talkng®networkfordisplayonautopilot
controllersandMFDs,alongwithanaudiblealert.TheEvolutioncomponentsstopraisinganalarm
whenthealarmconditionceasesorthealarmisacknowledgedontheautopilotcontrollerorMFD.If
thealarmissafety-criticalitwillberaisedagainafteratimeddelay.
Unlessotherwisestatedinthetablebelow,youshouldrespondtoalarmsbyselecting
OKor
AcknowledgeonyourautopilotcontrollerorMFD .
AlarmMessageP ossiblecausesSolution
OFFCOURSEA utopilothasdeviatedfrom
plannedcourse.
Checkyourvesselposition
andifnecessarytakemanual
controltosteerthevesselback
oncourse.
WINDSHIFT
A utopilotisunabletomaintain
navigationtothecurrentwind
angle.
L OWBATTERY
Powersupplyvoltagehas
droppedbelowacceptable
limits.Causedbylowbattery
voltageorvoltagedropatthe
ACUunit(EV-1systemsonly),
duetopoorconnectionsor
inadequatewiring.
Acknowledgethealarm
andthenstarttheengine
torechargethebattery.If
problempersists,checkwiring
connectionsandthatthe
qualityandgaugeofwiringis
adequateforthecurrentdraw
ofthedriveunit.
LARGEXTE
L argecross-trackerror.The
autopilothasdeviatedmore
thanexpectedfromaplanned
course.
Checkyourvesselposition
andifnecessarytakemanual
controltosteerthevesselback
oncourse.
CUDISCONNECTED
Theautopilotcontrolheadhas
beendisconnected.
•Checkthephysicalcables
andconnectionsbetween
theautopilotcontrolhead
andtheSea
Talkng®system.
AlsobetweentheEV-1/EV-2
andtheSeaTalk
ng
system.
•Iftheautopilotcontrolhead
isconnectedviaaSeaTalk®
toSeaTalkng®converter,
checktheconverterisusing
thelatestsoftwareversion.
A UTORELEASEPossiblefaultwithrudderangle
referencesensor.Alternatively,
ifyourautopilotsystem
includesasternI/Odrive,you
havetakenmanualcontrolof
thesteeringwhilethepilotisin
Automode.
•Checkrudderangle
referencesensor
connections.
•ForsystemsusingtheVolvo
PentaEVCdriveinterface
unit,checktheunitis
operatingcorrectly.
W AYPOINTADVANCE
Theautopilothassteeredthe
vesseltothecurrentwaypoint.
Acknowledgetheturntothe
nextwaypoint.
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