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Navigation to cursor or waypoint, in route or in track is started as described in
chapter 6. The navigation simulator is started via the NMEA interface setup:
Press [MENU],[7],[2]; go to ‘OFF’ next to ‘External position, course, speed:’
and press the [+] zoom key twice to toggle to: Dead reck.; move cursor to the
right and enter a speed value of e.g. 10 knots; press [ENT] twice.
The ship symbol will now ‘sail’ to the point of destination directly or via the
route you have selected and you can see how the alarms and automatic waypoint
shift all work, as if you were sailing yourself. You can also simulate making a
track trailing the ship or plotting eventmarks, etc. as the ship is ‘sailing’.
NMEA – National Marine Electronics Association. The NMEA is an
organization of manufacturers of marine electronics equipment. They have
adopted the NMEA0183 as a standard for communications between various types
of marine electronic equipment.
Port side – left (red). Opposite to Starboard – right (green).
Release cursors – see “Lock cursors”.
Restart to approaching point – will automatic re-calculate the navigation data
from current position to approaching point.
Rhumbline – is the straight line to a waypoint on a chart.
Route name – each route can be given a name for easy identification.
SDGPS - Satellite Differential Global Positioning System - will provide position
corrections from received satellite signals.
Speed – Speed Over Ground, measured in knots, kilometers, and miles.
Starboard side – right (green). Opposite to Port – left (red).
TFT display – Thin-Film Transistor (Active matrix).
Trackpoint advance – will automatically shift to the next trackpoint in the track
and provide new steering details (Track navigation).
UTC – Universal Time Coordinates, which is equal to standard time in London
(GMT). UTC is not affected by the local summertime adjustments.
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