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Chapter: Terminology
Terminology
Units
Unless otherwise stated, all values shown on the display are as follows:
Distance Nautical miles (nm)
Speed Nautical miles per hour (kn)
Rotation
o
/min (Degrees per minute)
Pulse indication Pulses per nautical mile (p/nm)
Temperature Degrees Celsius (
o
C)
Abbreviations
In addition, the following symbols are used on the runtime screens:
o
Degrees centigrade
STW Speed through water
TRIP Text for trip/total
SOG Speed over ground
TEMP
o
Text for TEMPerature
In menu / setup screens, the following abbreviations are used:
WT Water track for speed through water.
BT Bottom track for speed over ground
Sim Simulation of speed.
SPD LIMIT▲/ SPD LIMIT▼ Speed limit high/low for output to external equipment
LONG Longitudal speed. (Forward/aft direction)
TRANSV Transversal speed (Port/Starboard direction)
PULSE Pulse settings
OFS
o
Angular oset in degrees (
o
)
R Real resultant speed at a specic point (kn)
M Measured resultant speed at a specic point (kn)