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16 Trouble shooting
16.1 What to do in case of system failure
Here below are described standard procedures to follow in case of faults. In case of vessel with 2 engines or of vessel
with two or more command stations, the redundancy of the system can overcome the situation of a first failure and the
electronic control system could continue to operate, but it is advisable to recover the boat and immediately find and
solve the problem.
16.1.1 Behaviour of the system in case of unforeseen shutdown
In case the engine switches off during navigation, the normal procedure requires to turn off the ignition key and then to
turn it on again. At power-up, independently on the position of the command station, the actuator behaves as follows:
• Gearbox is moved to a the safety position (neutral)
• Engine throttle is moved to minimum
The command station that had the control of the vessel, has now lost the command. To take the command
again, you must start again the following procedure:
• move the lever to neutral
• press “Command” and then “Warm-up”.
This procedure is described in section 3 of this manual.
16.1.2 Emergency lever and how to overcome faults during navigation in case of system with mechani-
cal interface
In case of system’s fault due to:
• missing power supply
• data transmission cables broken
• broken push-pull cables
the electronic system can be switched off quickly
and the engines and gearboxes can be operat-
ed directly by the mechanical emergency levers.
If you have the connector panel in front of you,
the right emergency lever is for gearbox, the left
emergency lever is for engine.
Emergency levers are fitted on the control box.
During the normal functioning, the indexing
plunger device “A” is positioned as shown in the picture on the left. In emergency situation, to unlock the mechanism it is
enough to rotate of 180° the plunger “A” from its working position. After this operation, the mechanism (and the related
push-pull cable) can be operated manually using lever (B).
In order to engage again the system you must:
1. Rotate or assure that the mechanical indexing plunger device “A” is in lock position (like in the picture)
2. Move the emergency lever “B” towards the centre of stroke and move it back and forward until you hear a “click”.
3. Verify that after the “click” the lever is engaged (you cannot move it freely by hand). In case the emergency lever is
still free, repeat operations from point 1 to 3.
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