TheColorpalettescanbeselectedfromthePresentationtab:[Menu>
Settings>Presentation].
Caution:Dopplerlimitations
Whenthetarget'
sspeedismorethan60knotsSpeedOver
Ground(SOG),ortherelativespeedbetweenyourvesseland
thetargetisgreaterthan120knots,thedirectionoftarget
returnsfromhighspeedvesselsmaybedisplayedincorrectly.
Consequently,thedisplayedtargetcolorsmaybeinverted,
withtargetscoloredredwhentheyshouldbegreen,and
viceversa.
Dopplerdatasourcerequirements
UseoftheDopplerR adarfeaturesrequiresthefollowingdatasourcestobe
availableonyoursystem(e.g.connectedtoyourmultifunctiondisplay,via
SeaTalkng®orNMEA0183).
Requireddatasources
DatatypeExampledatasource
COG(CourseOverGround)GPSorGNSSreceiver(MFDinternal
receiverore xternalreceiver).
SOG(SpeedOverGround)GPSorGNSSreceiver(MFDinternal
receiverore xternalreceiver).
R ecommendeddatasource
DatatypeExampledatasource
HDG/HD T(TrueHeading)
CompassorAutopilotsensorproviding
Fastheadingdata(e.g.EvolutionEV-1/
EV-2).
Note:
AheadingdatasourceisnotessentialforDoppleroperation.However
itwillimprovetheperformanceofDopplermodeatslowerspeeds(<15
knots),whentidesetandleewayarepresent.
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.14Blanksectors
Blanksectorscanbemanuallysettohidespecificsectionsofyourradar
display.
Thisfeatureisusefulforvesselsthatexperiencefalseradarreadingsfrom
onboardstructuresorequipment.
Asblankingalsophysicallydisablesthescanner’stransmitterforthesector
thatyoudefine,thisfeatureisalsousefulforprotectingcrewmembersfrom
radarradiofrequencyemissionswhentheyareincloseproximitytothe
radarantenna.Oneexampleofthisscenarioiswhenthehelmiswithinthe
beamwidthoftheradarantenna.
Note:
SectorblankingisonlyavailablewithCyclonesolidstateopenarray,
Magnum™OpenArrayandQuantum™2DopplerrunningRadarsoftware
version2.46orabove.
BlanksectorscanbeenabledfromtheRadarappsettings:[Radarapp>
Settingsmenu>Installation]
Twoblanksectorscanbeenabled.Y oucanedittheminimumandmaximum
limitsofeachblanksector;thiswilldeterminehowmuchoftheradardisplay
ishidden.
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