6.1Alarms
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.
Alarmsettings
Mostalarmsaregeneratedlocallyusingspeciedthresholds.They
arealsotransmittedtotheSeaT alkandSeaT alk
ng
networksfor
displayatothercompatibledevices.
AlarmnameAlarmtypeDescriptionAction
Calibration
required
Indicatesapilot
thathasnotbeen
fullycalibrated.
Initiatedin
Standbymode,
forafewseconds
afterinitial
power-up.
Dockside
andSeatrial
calibrationneeds
tobeundertaken.
•Changepilot
mode
•Selfcancelling
OffCourse
IndicatesVessel
isoffcourseby
morethanthe
predenedalarm
limit.Initiated
fromAuto,Track
&Windmodes.
•Changepilot
mode
•Change
course
•Correctcourse
RouteComplete
Flaggedbychart
plotter/navigator
whenthelast
waypointina
routehasbeen
reached.
•Changepilot
mode
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