12.1Alarms
Alarmsareusedtoalertyoutoasituationorhazard
requiringyourattention.
Someexamplesofalarmsare:
•Anchoralarm—Usedwhenanchored,thisalerts
youtoachangeindepthwhichcouldmeanthat
thechainlengthrequiresadjusting.
•Depthandspeedalarms—Thesealarmsalert
youwhenyourdepthorspeedmovesoutsideof
speciedlimits,forexampleaminimumdepth.
•MOB(ManOverboard)alarm—Receivedfroman
MOBsystem.
Whenanalarmoccurs,amessageisdisplayedand
anaudiblealarmmaysound.
Youcaneither:
•Silencethealarm,or
•Silencethealarmandeditthealarmsettings.
Note:WiththeexceptionoftheAlarmclock,
SpeedandSeatemperature;SeaTalksystemswill
onlybeabletoswitchalarmsonandoff,SeaTalk
ng
systemswillalsobeabletoadjustsettings.
ManoverBoard(MoB)alarm
IntheeventofaMOBalarm,theinstrumentprovides
detailstohelpndtheMoBtarget.
•Brg:BearingtoMoBwaypoint.
•Rng:RangetoMoBwaypoint.
•ElapsedtimesincestartofMoBalarm.
BearingandRangerequireGPSdatatobeavailable
onthenetwork.
Alarmsettings
Mostalarmsaregeneratedlocallyusingspecied
thresholds.Theyarealsotransmittedtothe
SeaTalkandSeaT alk
ng
networksfordisplayatother
compatibledevices.
CategoryAlarmContent
Alarm
•On
•Off(de-
fault)
Depth
Shallow
Adjust•0—xxx
FT
•5
ft(default)
Alarm
•On
•Off(de-
fault)
DepthDeep
Adjust•0—xxx
FT
•100
ft(default)
Alarm
•On
•Off(de-
fault)
Depth
Shallow
Anchor
Adjust•0—xxx
FT
•5
ft(default)
Alarm
•On
•Off(de-
fault)
DepthDeep
Anchor
Adjust•0—xxx
FT
•100
ft(default)
Alarm
•On
•Off(de-
fault)
SpeedBoatSpeed
High
Adjust•0—100
KTS
•30kts(de-
fault)
Alarm
•On
•Off(de-
fault)
SpeedBoatSpeed
Low
Adjust•0—100
KTS
•5kts(de-
fault)
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