Icons are included if the autopilot is passive or locked by another autopilot control unit.
Autopilot pop up
You control the autopilot from the autopilot pop-up.
The pop-up has a fixed position on the page, and it is available for all pages except when an
Autopilot panel is active.
As long as the autopilot pop-up is active, you cannot operate the background panel or its
menu.
You remove the pop-up from a page by selecting the X in the upper right corner, or by
pressing the X key. You turn it on again by pressing and holding the STBY/AUTO key, or by
selecting the autopilot tile in the instrument bar.
The following pop-ups are available:
• Autopilot controller, showing active mode, heading, rudder and various steering
information depending on active autopilot mode. Manual adjustments to the set heading
can only be made when the port and starboard arrow indicators are illuminated red and
green.
• Mode selection, includes access to turn pattern selection.
• Turn pattern selection
Autopilot controller Mode selection Turn pattern selection
Autopilot tile in Instrument bar
You can select to show the autopilot tile in the Instrument bar.
If the autopilot pop-up is turned off you can turn it on by selecting the tile in the Instrument
bar.
The Autopilot panel
The autopilot panel is used to display navigation data. It can be shown as a full screen panel,
or in a multi-panel page.
The number of data fields included in the autopilot panel is dependent on available panel
size.
Data fields
The following abbreviations are used in the autopilot panel:
CTS Course to steer
DTD Distance to destination
DTW Distance to next waypoint
SOG Speed over ground
COG Course over ground
XTE Cross track error (L: left or R: right)
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