Configuration and Setup
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The inputs to the AWF are heading, boat speed, apparent wind
angle and wind speed. Verify that these inputs are available in
User Setup/Source Select.
The boat speed input to the AWF is Speed Over Ground (SOG)
or speed through water. If none of these are available, the AWF
will use a boat speed that is 1.5 times the the Transition Speed
set in the Installation/Seatrial menu.
Range: 1 – 100 seconds
Default: 15 seconds
Recommended setting for power boats: 1-5 seconds.
Depth Offset
Note ! This adjustment only applies to “smart” depth transducers that
outputs depth on NMEA2000 format. NMEA0183 sentence
‘DPT’ contains offset and the depth reading is from the surface.
NMEA0183 sentence ‘DBT’ contains no depth offset and the
reading will be from the position of the transducer.
When the depth offset is set to
zero, the indicated depth is
from the transducer to the
bottom.
To read the depth from the water surface to the bottom you have
to set the depth offset according to the vertical distance between
the surface and the transducer, i.e. positive (+) value. If you want
to indicate the depth from the keel to the bottom you have to set
the depth offset according to the vertical distance between the
transducer and the keel, i.e. negative (–) value.
Automatic tuning
Automatic tuning is a feature that automatically sets the two
main steering parameters (Rudder and Counter Rudder) by
taking the boat through a number of S-turns.
Automatic tuning is an optional procedure that is not required for
the autopilot to function. The autopilot is preset with steering
parameters that should steer most boats in the 30 - 80 foot range.
It is, however, recommended to perform an automatic tuning as
part of the sea trial.
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