Simrad Maris ECDIS900 - Route; Route Overview; Create a Route by Keyboard

Route Overview
Route
ROUTE OVERVIEW
A route is defined as the chosen path between two ports. A route consists of a start waypoint,
an end waypoint, and a number of turning waypoints between. The segments between
waypoints can be either Great circle or Rhumb line legs.
There are several ways to create a route:
• Directly on the chart using
graphic tool s
•
By keyboard
using the route plan window
•
From a sel ection of exi sti ng waypoi nts
• By
importing route
from different ECDIS systems
•
By downloadi ng f r om GPS
ECDIS provides the user with a variety of facilities for voyage planning and
route moni tori ng
.
Once the route is created, it can be saved on hard disk for further use along with other routes.
The route can be edited and modified, unloaded or deleted , locked and the safety of the
route can be checked against dangers that may be present along the segments.
The panel
Route Properties
contains general information about the route and the dialogue
Route
opti ons
displays the default parameters for the new route: alarm settings, turning radius,
default SOG, type of passage plan.
Several planned
routes can be loaded
, edited and displayed at the same time but only one route
can be activated and used to monitor the vessel’s position. The active route is displayed on
the chart by as pecked red line.
ECDIS can instruct an autopilot or a Track Pilot properly connected to steer along the route.
CREATE A ROUTE BY KEYBOARD
• Select the icon Route Plan in the tollbar.
• Enter first waypoint position in the dialogue box.
• Press OK and New button and enter the second and subsequent waypoint positions.
• Press OK to complete route.
• Change the name of the route in the Route Plan dialogue box.
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