Raymarine P70 - Commissioning - Evolution Autopilot System

7.3Autopilotresponselevels
TheEvolutionautopilotsystemfeaturesanumberofdifferent
responselevelstohelpyouquicklycongurethesystemfor
optimumperformanceforthecurrentconditions.
Theavailableresponselevelsare:
•Leisure—suitableforlongpassageswheretightheading
controlisnotcritical.
•Cruising—goodcourse-keepingwithoutoverworkingthe
pilot.
•Performance—emphasisontightheadingcontrol.
Youcanchangetheresponselevelatanytimebyselecting
MENU>ResponseLevel.ThenselectSavetokeepthe
changes.
7.4Initialsetupandcommissioning
Commissioningpre-requisites
Beforecommissioningyoursystemforthersttime,checkthat
thefollowingprocesseshavebeencarriedoutcorrectly:
•Autopilotsysteminstallationcompletedinaccordancewith
theInstallationGuide.
•SeaT alk
ng
networkinstalledinaccordancewiththeSeaT alk
ng
ReferenceManual.
•Wheretted,GPSinstallationandconnectionshasbeen
carriedoutinaccordancewiththeGPSinstallationguide.
Checkalsothatthecommissioningengineerisfamiliarwiththe
installationandcomponentsoftheautopilotsystemincluding:
•Vesseltype.
•Vesselsteeringsysteminformation.
•Whattheautopilotwillbeusedfor.
•Systemlayout:componentsandconnections(youshould
haveaschematicofthevessel’sautopilotsystem).
Initialset-up
Initialset-upinvolvesthefollowingsteps:
Important:Beforeproceedingwiththeinitialset-upor
commissioningofap70/p70R,ensurethatyourp70/p70R
isrunningthelatestsoftware.p70/p70Roperationwith
Evolutionsystemsrequiresp70/p70Rsoftwareversion2
orlater.Refertohttp://www.raymarine.co.uk/view/?id=797
todownloadthelatestsoftwareandviewinstructionson
howtoupgradethesoftwareonyourp70/p70R,usinga
multifunctiondisplay.
1.Power-upyourp70/p70R.
2.Specifyyourpreferredlanguageandappropriatevesseltype,
usingtheSet-upwizard.
3.Completethedocksidecalibrationprocess,usingthe
Docksidewizard:
Forvesselswithoutarudder
referencetransducer:
Forvesselswitharudder
referencetransducer:
DriveTypeselectionDriveTypeselection
AlignRudder(rudderalignment)
RudderLimitsettingRudderLimitsetting
HardOverTime(ifyoudonot
alreadyknowyourhardovertime,
youshouldskipthisstepinthe
DocksideWizardandenterthe
valuemanuallyafterwards.
RudderDrivecheckRudderDrivecheck
4.Oncethedocksidewizardiscomplete,specifythehard-over
time(onlyappliestosystemsthatdoNOTincludearudder
referencetransducer).
5.Familiarizeyourselfwiththeimportantinformationinthis
documentrelatedtocompasslinearization.Followthe
guidelinesprovidedtoensurethattheprocessiscompleted
successfully.
6.Onceyou’vesuccessfullycompletedallthestepslisted
above,youshouldalsofamiliarizeyourselfwiththe
informationrelatedtocompasslock.
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