8.1Alarms
Alarmsareusedtoalertyoutoasituationorhazardrequiringyour
attention.
Someexamplesofalarmsare:
•Anchoralarm—Usedwhenanchored,thisalertsyoutoa
changeindepthwhichcouldmeanthatthechainlengthrequires
adjusting.
•Depthandspeedalarms—Thesealarmsalertyouwhenyour
depthorspeedmovesoutsideofspeciedlimits,forexample
aminimumdepth.
•MOB(ManOverboard)alarm—ReceivedfromanMOBsystem.
Whenanalarmoccurs,amessageisdisplayedandanaudible
alarmmaysound.
Youcaneither:
•Silencethealarm,or
•Silencethealarmandeditthealarmsettings.
Note:Withtheexceptionofalarmclock,speedandseatemp
SeaTalksystemswillonlybeabletoswitchalarmson/off,
SeaTalk
ng
systemswillbeabletoadjustsettings.
Manoverboardalarm
IntheeventofaManOverboard(MOB)alarm,theinstrument
providesarangeofinformationtohelpndtheMOBtarget.
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BTW: 015° M
DTW: 1.05 NM
Elaps e d : 00:00:01
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•BTW:BearingtoMOBwaypoint.
•DTW:DistancetoMOBwaypoint.
•Elapsed:TimesincestartofMOBalarm.
BTWandDTWrequiredatafromothersourcessuchasaGPS
andmultifunctiondisplay.Ifthesearenotavailablethenonlythe
elapsedtimeisdisplayed.
Alarmsettings
Mostalarmsaregeneratedlocallyusingspeciedthresholds.They
arealsotransmittedtotheSeaT alkandSeaTalk
ng
networksfor
displayatothercompatibledevices.
CategoryAlarmContent
Alarm
•On
•Off(default)
Depth
Shallow
Adjust•0—xxxFT
•5ft(default)
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