Chapter 1: Setup overview 7-1-5
ST290 Instrument System Owner’s Handbook
Setting up autopilot
WARNING:
The autopilot commissioning procedures in Section 8, Chapter 4
must be carried out, if your ST290 system has one or more Pilot
Keypads, before the autopilot is first used after installation.
Any Graphic Display can be used to set up and calibrate a Raymarine
autopilot connected to ST290. Three autopilot calibration chapters are
provided:
• PILOT BASIC CAL.
• PILOT SEATRIAL CAL.
• PILOT ADVANCED CAL.
Details of how to setup and calibrate an autopilot are given inSection 8 of
this handbook under:
• Commissioning the autopilot (Section 8, Chapter 4).
• Autopilot calibration (Section 8, Chapter 5).
If the commissioning procedures in Section 8, Chapter 4 are carried out
satisfactorily, you may not need to use the autopilot calibration
information in Section 8, Chapter 5.This is given primarily as reference
material to provide an overall picture of the autopilot setup features and
to give details of the autopilot factory default settings.
Data units
The data units setup function enables you to set:
• Speed units to either knots, kilometers per hour or miles per hour.
• Distance units to either nautical miles, kilometers or statute miles
• Depth units to either feet, fathoms or meters.
• Wind speed units to either knots or meters per second.
• Temperature to either degrees Celsius or degrees Fahrenheit.
Backlighting setup
The User Setup LAMPS page enables you to set the brightness of each
lighting level for each digital instruments, in terms of percentage of total
brightness. This enables you to set the most appropriate light levels for
each instrument
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