Chapter 6: Further Chart Operations 6-9
GPS Setup
6.7 GPS Setup
GPS set up page provides you with information and the status of the tracked
navigation satellites for a SeaTalk GPS. It also enables you to SET UP a SeaTalk
Differential GPS, by manually retuning it to a different differential beacon.
Note: The satellite information is not available when you use an NMEA GPS.
➤ To select GPS Set Up:
1. Press MENU, then press the GPS SETUP... soft key.
The Navigation Status pop-up window shown in Figure 6-4. This window
provides, for each tracked satellite, the satellite number, its signal strength,
azimuth angle and elevation angle from your vessel.
Figure 6-4: Navigation Status Window
➤ To tune a differential SeaTalk GPS to another beacon:
1. Press D-GPS SETUP, the Differential GPS Setup pop-up is displayed with
MODE and BEACON SELECT soft keys.
2. Press MODE AUTO MAN to toggle the GPS to manual tuning.
3. Press BEACON SELECT, use the soft keys to set the required beacon fre-
quency and bit rate.
The status of the selected beacon is displayed in the pop-up.
Press ENTER to select the beacon and return to the Navigation Status win-
dow, then ENTER to return to the MENU soft keys.
MENU
GPS
SETUP!
NAVIGATION STATUS
SAT
D4281-2
SIGNAL
STATUS
AZ
ELEV
03
31
21
23
22
19
17
27
16
15
IN USE
IN USE
IN USE
IN USE
IN USE
IN USE
IN USE
SPARE
SPARE
SPARE
085
292
127
075
174
290
056
321
024
237
085
051
048
043
028
014
012
011
005
065
RESTART
GPS
D-GPS
SETUP!
FIX STATUS
FIX
HDOP
1
GPS
SETUP!