Raymarine i70 - AIS System Overview and Target Symbols

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.1AutomaticIdentificationSystem(AIS)overview
WhenanAISreceiver/transceiverisconnectedtoyoursystem,theAISfeatureenablesyouto
receiveinformationbroadcastbyotherAISequippedvessels,andtoviewthesevesselsastargets
relativetoyourvessel.TheAISfeatureisstandalone,settingsandalarmscannotbesharedwith
otherAISenabledproductsonyoursystem.
HowAISWorks
AISusesdigitalradiosignalstobroadcast‘real-time’informationbetweenvesselsandshore-based
stationsviadedicatedVHFradiofrequencies.Thisinformationisusedtoidentifyandtrackvesselsin
thesurroundingareaandtoprovidefast,automaticandaccuratecollisionavoidancedata.
Note:
ItisnotmandatoryforvesselstobefittedwithoperationalAISequipment.Therefore ,youshould
notassumethatALLvesselsinyourareaaredisplayed.
WithAISdataavailableonyoursystemtheAISFavoritepagecan:
•displaytargetsforanyotherlocalvesselthatareequippedwithanAIS-transceiver .
•displayvoyageinformationbeingbroadcastbythesetargets,suchastheirposition,course,speed
andrate-of-turn.
•displaybasicordetailedinformationforeachtargetvessel,includingsafety-criticaltargetdata.
•setupasafezonearoundyourvessel.
•viewAISalarmsandsafety-relatedmessages.
AISinformationisdisplayedonthescreenasshownbelow:
1.AISmessages(SeeAISmessagesintablebelow)
2.AIStargets
3.Dangeroustargetsalarmon
4.Headingline
5.COGline
6.Dangeroustargetsalarmoff
Note:
WhereunstableornoheadingorCOGdataisavailableAIStargetsandyourvesseliconwill
notbedisplayed.
AISMessages
•AISoff—AISswitchedoff
•Alarmonicon—T ransmitting,alarmisactive.
•Silent—SilentmodeisenabledAISnottransmitting.
•Alarmon—Silentmodeisenabled&alarmisactive.
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