Simrad Maris ECDIS900 - Targets

Targets
TARGETS
AIS targets are displayed on the chart with a special symbol On request the
name of the target
and the
past track
can be displayed and the
track can be saved
on the hard disk. In the dialogue
Properties of AIS target all information about the selected target is displayed and the
target list
contains the list of targets currently being tracked.
The
predicti on tool
allows the user to display the future position of the targets.
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parameters and
target associations
allows the user to adjust the target display.
LOST TARGETS
ECDIS manages both ARPA and AIS lost targets. If no position is received within 3 minutes a
target is considered as lost and ECDIS displays the lost target on the chart with a special icon
(triangle with a cross line and no vector). Then if no data is received within the next 30
seconds the target is deleted from the target table.
OWN SHIP DATA
VOYAGE DATA
When ship’s static data received from AIS device are used in ECDIS900 it is displayed in the
Ship’s properties,
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.
A green icon displayed in front of the parameter means that ECDIS900 setting is the same
than AIS setting for the selected parameter. If the icon is red the parameter in AIS is different
from the parameter in ECDIS900.
If any discrepancies ECDIS900 proposes to synchronize the data by using in ECDIS900 the
data received from AIS transponder.
Voyage data has to be entered in the AIS transponder for each voyage.
When a route is activated in ECDIS900 the voyage data are calculated by the ECDIS.
These data can be sent automatically to the AIS transponder but the user can decide to
manually enter and send the data to the AIS.
The voyage information is displayed and entered in the
Voyage tab
in the Ship Properties
dialogue and the option Manual Entry must be checked to be able to enter manually the
voyage data.
Ship and voyage data is automatically sent via the serial link to the AIS.
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