Simrad Maris ECDIS900 - Dead Reconing

Dead reconing
To cancel the position offset activate the menu Clean position offset.
MULTI GPS
ECDIS may receive information from several different GPS sensors and the master GPS may be
selected by clicking right button in the Navigation mode indicator.
All calculations are made using the position of the master GPS. The second GPS position is
used to check the accuracy of the master GPS positioning.
GPS QUALITY
When the GPS sends the information about quality of the positioning, the quality is displayed
in the GPS indicator as a bar graph.
When the bar is entirely blue the quality is optimal.
MASTER GPS AND QUALITY CONTROL
When the slave GPS has a better reception quality than the master one, ECDIS warns the
navigator by displaying a flashing red symbol in the GPS indicator. Then the master GPS can
manually be selected as described above.
MULTI ECDIS WORKSTATIONS AND SETTINGS SYNCHRONIZATION
When
several ECDIS
are connected on the LAN ECDIS900 the ship’s parameters and safety
values are synchronized.
SHIP'S LIBRARY
Thi s module
is specially designed to suit the Pilot needs. The Pilot builds his own Ship’s profile
database and can select the proper profile when entering a ship.
DEAD RECONING
The GPS mode is automatically switched to Dead Reckoning (D.R.) mode in the case of loss of
signal from the GPS.
In the D.R. mode, ECDIS calculates the ship’s position according to the last position received
and the course and speed acquired by ECDIS.
IMPORTANT
Dead Reckoning is possible only when ECDIS receives course and speed information
from the gyro/log sensor.
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