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3.5 Radar Target Enhancer (RTE) ............................................................................................. 3-6
4. Target Tracking (TT) Operation................................................................................................... 4-1
4.1 Usage Precautions................................................................................................................. 4-1
4.2 Controls for TT ...................................................................................................................... 4-2
4.3 Showing, Hiding TT ..............................................................................................................4-2
4.4 Entering Own Ship's Speed .................................................................................................. 4-3
4.4.1 Echo-referenced speed input ..................................................................................... 4-3
4.5 Automatic Acquisition...........................................................................................................4-4
4.5.1 Enabling auto acquisition ......................................................................................... 4-4
4.5.2 Terminating tracking of targets (including reference targets)................................ 4-5
4.6 Manual Acquisition ............................................................................................................... 4-5
4.6.1 Setting manual acquisition conditions ..................................................................... 4-5
4.6.2 Manually acquiring a target ..................................................................................... 4-6
4.7 TT Symbols and TT Symbol Attributes................................................................................ 4-7
4.7.1 TT symbols................................................................................................................. 4-7
4.7.2 TT symbol brilliance.................................................................................................. 4-8
4.7.3 Color and size for tracked target symbol.................................................................. 4-9
4.8 Displaying Tracked Target Data ........................................................................................ 4-10
4.8.1 Displaying target data for individual tracked target............................................. 4-10
4.8.2 Displaying individual tracked target data ............................................................. 4-11
4.9 Vector Modes ....................................................................................................................... 4-12
4.9.1 Description of vectors .............................................................................................. 4-12
4.9.2 Vector motion and length ........................................................................................ 4-13
4.10 Past Position Display ......................................................................................................... 4-14
4.10.1 Displaying and erasing past position points, choosing past position
plot interval ........................................................................................................... 4-14
4.10.2 Past position display attributes............................................................................. 4-15
4.11 Predictor ............................................................................................................................. 4-16
4.11.1 Predictor settings ................................................................................................... 4-16
4.12 Set and Drift ....................................................................................................................... 4-17
4.13 TT Collision Alarm ............................................................................................................. 4-18
4.13.1 Setting CPA and TCPA ranges.............................................................................. 4-18
4.14 Setting an Acquisition Zone............................................................................................... 4-19
4.14.1 Activating an acquisition zone .............................................................................. 4-19
4.14.2 Sleeping, deactivating an acquisition zone ........................................................... 4-20
4.14.3 Acknowledging the acquisition zone alarm .......................................................... 4-20
4.14.4 Acquisition zone stabilization................................................................................ 4-20
4.15 TT Alerts............................................................................................................................. 4-21
4.16 Trial Maneuver................................................................................................................... 4-22
4.16.1 Types of trial maneuvers ....................................................................................... 4-22
4.16.2 Performing a trial maneuver................................................................................. 4-23
4.17 TT Performance Test.......................................................................................................... 4-26
4.18 Criteria for Selecting Targets for Tracking....................................................................... 4-27
4.19 Factors Affecting TT Functions ......................................................................................... 4-28
5. AIS Operation ............................................................................................................................... 5-1
5.1 Controls for AIS..................................................................................................................... 5-2
5.2 Turning AIS Function Off..................................................................................................... 5-3
5.3 Turning AIS Display On/Off ................................................................................................. 5-3
5.4 AIS Symbols........................................................................................................................... 5-4
5.5 Filtering AIS Targets ............................................................................................................ 5-5
5.6 Activating Targets................................................................................................................. 5-7
5.6.1 Activating specific target........................................................................................... 5-7
5.6.2 Activating all targets................................................................................................. 5-7
5.7 Sleeping Targets.................................................................................................................... 5-8
5.7.1 Sleeping an activated AIS target.............................................................................. 5-8
5.7.2 Sleeping all activated AIS targets ............................................................................ 5-8
5.8 Displaying Target Data......................................................................................................... 5-9
5.8.1 Basic data................................................................................................................... 5-9
5.8.2 Detailed target data ................................................................................................ 5-10