Raymarine i70 - Chapter 4: Transducer Calibration

5.1AISOverview
TheAISfeatureenablesyoutoreceiveinformationbroadcastby
othervessels,andtoviewthesevesselsastargetsrelativetoyour
boat.TheAISfeatureoni70isstandalone,settingsandalarms
cannotbesharedwithotherAISenabledproductsonyoursystem.
HowAISWorks
AISusesdigitalradiosignalstobroadcast‘real-time’information
betweenvesselsandshore-basedstationsviadedicatedVHFradio
frequencies.Thisinformationisusedtoidentifyandtrackvesselsin
thesurroundingareaandtoprovidefast,automaticandaccurate
collisionavoidancedata.
Note:Itmaynotbemandatoryforvesselstobettedwith
operationalAISequipment.Therefore,youshouldnotassume
thatyourmultifunctiondisplaywillshowALLvesselsinyourarea.
Dueprudenceandjudgementshouldbeexercised.
WithanoptionalAISunitconnectedtoyoursystemyoucan:
•DisplaytargetsforanyotherAIS—equippedvessels.
•Displayvoyageinformationbeingbroadcastbythesetargets,
suchastheirposition,course,speedandrate-of-turn.
•Displaybasicordetailedinformationforeachtargetvessel,
includingsafety-criticaltargetdata.
•Setupasafezonearoundyourvessel.
•ViewAISalarmandsafety-relatedmessages.
AISinformationisdisplayedonthescreenasshownbelow:
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2
3
4
5
6
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ItemDescription
1,
AIStext
SeeAISmessagesintablebelow
2Unknownvessel
3
Alarmsofficon
4Headingline
5
COGline
6Unknownvessel
Note:WhereunstableornoheadingorCOGdataisavailable
AIStargetswillnotbeshownandthecentrevesseliconwillnot
bedisplayed.
AISMessages
AISmessagesaredisplayedonthetopleftoftheAISscreen,with
iconsdisplayedonbottomleft.
AISMessagesDescription
AISoffAISUnitoff
(none)AISisonandtransmitting
i70InstrumentdisplayUserreference