Technical Manual
STANDARD MARIS ECDIS INSTALLATION
The standard installation of MARIS ECDIS includes two workstations connected by LAN: the
Monitoring workstation and the Planning station used as a Back up station.
In this chapter learn more about:
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• Power
MONITORING AND PLANNING WORKSTATIONS
The Monitoring workstation acquires Position, Gyro/Log and Arpa Targets data via serial lines
and a second DGPS delivers Position information to the Planning station. All serial sensor
inputs are broadcast on the network and shared by the two ECDIS stations.
REMARK
The second DGPS is optional and the same DGPS can be used on both stations. However it is
recommended to use two different DGPS for redundancy and safer installation.
INSTALLATION
During ECDIS installation process the user has to select the option Monitoring for the
monitoring station and Planning for the other ECDIS workstations.
However it is possible to switch between Monitoring and Planning modes by right
double clicking in the window title of ECDIS and activate the menu “Set as planning
station” or “ Set as Monitoring station”. The only one Monitoring workstation can exist in
the ECDIS LAN. As soon as the Planning station is switched to Monitoring, all
monitoring functions are available on this PC.
SHARED DATA
The charts and routes databases are installed on both stations. Therefore, in case of
breakdown of the Monitoring station, the Planning station can immediately be used as main
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