Furuno ECDIS FEA-2100 User manual

Electronic Chart Display and
Information System (ECDIS)
FEA-2100/2105

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PUB. No. OME-41200-E
FEA-2100/2105
FIRST EDITION : SEP. 1999
E : JAN. 19, 2001
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Changes since release 02.01 1
Overall operation related changes.......................................................................................1
Chart related changes..........................................................................................................2
Steering related changes .....................................................................................................2
Changes since release 02.00 3
Overall operation changes ..................................................................................................3
Chart related changes..........................................................................................................3
Changes since release B1.16 4
Overall operation related changes.......................................................................................4
Chart related changes..........................................................................................................7
Used presentation ...............................................................................................................8
Introduction 9
Manual Applicability..........................................................................................................9
System Configuration .......................................................................................................10
How to read this manual...................................................................................................11
Abridged Operator Instructions 13
Introduction ......................................................................................................................13
Own ship...........................................................................................................................13
Vessel position ...................................................................................................13
Ship symbol........................................................................................................13
Own vessel past track.........................................................................................13
Chart information..............................................................................................................14
Chart motion.......................................................................................................14
Chart Legend......................................................................................................14
Chart datum ......................................................................................................................14
Cursor datum......................................................................................................14
Display datum.....................................................................................................15
Define datum......................................................................................................15
Chart Management............................................................................................................15
Move chart .........................................................................................................15
Chart type...........................................................................................................15
Alarms ..............................................................................................................................16
System alarm......................................................................................................16
Steering alarm.....................................................................................................16
Acknowledge alarm............................................................................................16
System Failure....................................................................................................16
Navigation Tasks 17
Overview ..........................................................................................................................17
Voyage planning...............................................................................................................18
Route Planning...................................................................................................18

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Route Calculation...............................................................................................19
Chart planning....................................................................................................19
User Chart planning ...........................................................................................19
Positioning........................................................................................................................20
Direct Positioning sensors..................................................................................20
Dead Reckoning equipment ...............................................................................20
Reference Targets...............................................................................................21
Manual Correction .............................................................................................21
Monitoring........................................................................................................................22
Display of electronic sea chart ...........................................................................22
Alarms................................................................................................................22
Man Over Board.................................................................................................23
Data Logging......................................................................................................23
Data Distribution................................................................................................23
ECDIS Screen 25
Overview..........................................................................................................................25
Electronic chart area.........................................................................................................26
Electronic charts in ECDIS................................................................................26
Dialogbox area .................................................................................................................28
Upper statusbar.................................................................................................................28
Lower statusbar ................................................................................................................29
Information Area ..............................................................................................................30
Control Panel 31
Overview..........................................................................................................................31
Operative push buttons.....................................................................................................32
Direct function push buttons.............................................................................................32
Menu push buttons............................................................................................................34
INFO & HELP pushbutton...............................................................................................35
ECDIS Control Panel used from software........................................................................36
Set up before departure 37
Update Chart material.......................................................................................................37
Display/Approve date for S57 charts and manual updates ...............................................37
Set Chart Alarm calculation..............................................................................................37
Create or update Route, User chart, Reference targets and Pilot data ..............................37
Select User chart...............................................................................................................37
Recalculate Route.............................................................................................................38
Recalculate timetable and ETA values...............................................................38
Check your route against Chart Alarms..............................................................38
Route Monitoring menu....................................................................................................39
Select Route .......................................................................................................39
Select Next Waypoint.........................................................................................39
Select Final Waypoint........................................................................................39
Center line for ARPA radar................................................................................39
Channel borders for ARPA radar.......................................................................39
Select Pilot Data...............................................................................................................40
Select Reference Targets..................................................................................................40
Verify configuration of navigation sensors.......................................................................40
Verify GYRO settings........................................................................................40
Verify SPEED settings.......................................................................................40
Verify RADAR settings......................................................................................41
Verify POSITION sensors .................................................................................41
Verify KALMAN FILTER.................................................................................41
Verify ALIGNMENT.........................................................................................41
Set Depth alarm limit........................................................................................................42

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Start Reference target position calculation .......................................................................42
Reset distance counter and logs........................................................................................43
Verify Datum....................................................................................................................43
Conditions required to replace paper charts 45
Introduction ......................................................................................................................45
How to detect ENC coverage in S57 Chart display..........................................................48
Vector Chart material 50
Introduction ......................................................................................................................50
S57 Charts ........................................................................................................................50
Introduction........................................................................................................50
Chart legend of S57 chart...................................................................................52
Permanent warnings of S57 charts......................................................................53
How to load S57 charts.....................................................................................................54
Flow chart of the loading of S57 Charts into ECDIS .........................................54
How to load S57 charts from a CD-ROM, floppy or LAN.................................56
How to load S57 charts, which are not fully compliant with the standards........62
S57 SENC Conversion details..........................................................................................63
How to make SENC conversion faster...............................................................63
How to select automatic SENC conversion and Display Until date ...................63
How to view progress of SENC conversion.......................................................64
How to use Failed SENC conversion window....................................................65
How to use SENC Conversion history log .........................................................66
How to use SENC convert window to initiate SENC conversion.......................68
Some features of Chart Plan menu....................................................................................69
Overview of Chart Plan menu ............................................................................69
Catalogue of S57 cells........................................................................................72
Group of S57 Chart cells....................................................................................73
How to view status and date dependency of S57 Chart cells and their updates..77
How to later use CD Catalogue created during load of S57 charts.....................78
How to remove S57 Charts from the system ......................................................79
Introduction to the S57 chart service from a RENC.........................................................80
Introduction........................................................................................................80
Permits................................................................................................................80
Product List........................................................................................................80
Authentication....................................................................................................80
Available service types.......................................................................................81
Subscription types ..............................................................................................81
Service provided by a RENC............................................................................................82
How to view the Coverage of the RENC service................................................82
How to know up-to-date status of a chart from a RENC....................................83
How to know up-to-date status of the RENC Product List.................................84
How to manage Permits from a RENC...............................................................85
How to manage Public key from a RENC..........................................................86
CD-ROM service from a RENC.......................................................................................87
How to get started with S57 charts using a RENC.............................................87
How to keep S57 charts up to date using a RENC .............................................88
How to enlarge chart coverage using a RENC ...................................................89
A BASE CD-ROM from a RENC......................................................................90
An UPDATE CD-ROM from a RENC...............................................................92
How to view Coverage of a BASE or UPDATE CD-ROM from a RENC ........93
A Permit CD-ROM or floppy disk from the RENC ...........................................94
RENC security system......................................................................................................96
Standard messages in S57 Chart Load................................................................96
Additional messages in S57 Chart Load.............................................................96
Standard messages in S57 SENC conversion.....................................................98
Additional messages in S57 SENC conversion..................................................98

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Telecomm service from a RENC......................................................................................99
How to get started with S57 charts using a RENC.............................................99
How to keep S57 charts up to date using a RENC...........................................100
How to establish a Telecomm connection to a RENC......................................102
How to close the Telecomm connection to a RENC........................................103
Common Telecomm receive sequence.............................................................104
Typical error messages of the Telecomm connection to a RENC....................105
How to order Product List from a RENC by Telecomm..................................107
How to make user defined Group for use with RENC Telecomm....................108
How to order Permits from a RENC by Telecomm..........................................110
How to order Charts from a RENC by Telecomm ...........................................111
A complete example how to order a single Chart from a RENC by Telecomm112
A complete example how to order a group of Permits from a RENC by
Telecomm.........................................................................................................113
A complete example how to update a group of charts from a RENC by
Telecomm.........................................................................................................114
Messages of Chart Load from a RENC by Telecomm.....................................115
Vector chart display........................................................................................................118
How to select Vector chart material in use.......................................................118
How to select charts for viewing......................................................................118
How to select a chart by its name on display....................................................119
Control of visible chart features.......................................................................120
Display Base.....................................................................................................123
Control of visible navigation features ..............................................................123
Store and recall of Chart Display Settings for visible chart and navigational
features.............................................................................................................126
Sailing directions, Tidal tables etc. features of Vector charts.........................................127
Date dependent and periodical features of Vector chart.................................................128
Introduction......................................................................................................128
How to approve and highlight Vector chart updates........................................128
How to set Display Until date ..........................................................................129
How to set Approve Until date.........................................................................129
A little learning about date dependency of S57 standard .................................130
Symbology used in Vector charts...................................................................................135
How to change presentation library used for Vector chart features..................135
Request information about Vector chart objects.............................................................136
How to set visible Vector chart features...........................................................136
How to select desired object from the list of found objects..............................136
How to view properties of a Vector chart object..............................................137
A little learning about Vector Chart coding .....................................................138
Seldom used features of Vector charts ...........................................................................144
Cell Status ........................................................................................................144
S57 Cell Details................................................................................................144
How to use Cell Status window to initiate SENC conversion..........................145
Raster Chart material 147
ARCS Charts..................................................................................................................147
Chart legend of ARCS chart.............................................................................147
T&P Notices, Details and Warnings of ARCS.................................................148
Datum and ARCS Charts................................................................................................151
Difference between ARCS chart local datum and positions in WGS84 datum 151
ARCS chart managing....................................................................................................156
Chart plan.........................................................................................................156
ARCS licence information ...............................................................................157
How to get started with ARCS charts...............................................................157
How to load chart permits................................................................................158
How to remove chart permits...........................................................................159
How to load a new ARCS chart into the system...............................................160
How to update ARCS chart..............................................................................163

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How to view update status of your ARCS charts..............................................165
ARCS Catalogue ..............................................................................................166
Group of ARCS charts......................................................................................169
How to remove ARCS chart from the system...................................................173
ARCS chart display ........................................................................................................174
How to select ARCS chart material on display.................................................174
How to select used Datum................................................................................174
How to view different charts ............................................................................176
How to select an ARCS chart by its number on display...................................179
Control of visible chart features .......................................................................181
Control of visible navigation features...............................................................185
Store and recall of Chart Display Settings for visible chart and navigational
features.............................................................................................................188
Manual Updates 189
Introduction ....................................................................................................................189
Display of Manual Updates ............................................................................................190
How to control visible chart objects from Manual Updates .............................190
Control of date dependency of Manual updates..............................................................190
How to set current date for viewing..................................................................190
Manual Update editor.....................................................................................................191
Manual Update Planning..................................................................................191
How to delete existing chart object ..................................................................192
How to modify existing chart object.................................................................193
How to insert a new chart object ......................................................................194
How to edit properties of a manual update chart object...................................200
Seldom used features of Manual updates........................................................................203
How to check in details the creation and usage history of manual updates ......203
Chart Alarms 205
General ...........................................................................................................................205
Chart alarms....................................................................................................................206
How to select safety contour ............................................................................206
How to select objects used in Chart Alarms.....................................................207
How to highlight Chart Alarm..........................................................................209
How to include User Chart Symbols, Lines and Areas in Chart Alarm..........................209
How to activate own ship check .....................................................................................211
Route planning................................................................................................................213
How to find Chart Alarms leg by leg................................................................213
How to find Chart Alarms by their category.....................................................215
Route monitoring............................................................................................................216
Chart Alarm using ARCS charts.....................................................................................217
Navigation tools 219
Display mode..................................................................................................................219
Navigation marks............................................................................................................220
How to move EBL............................................................................................221
How to move VRM ..........................................................................................221
How to move Reference point..........................................................................221
Route planning 223
Introduction ....................................................................................................................223
Route planning main menu.............................................................................................224
Select datum ...................................................................................................................225
How to create a new route ..............................................................................................226
Create a new route............................................................................................226
Waypoint sheet.................................................................................................227

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Fill in the Parameter sheet................................................................................229
Chart Alarms sheet...........................................................................................230
Prepare sheet....................................................................................................231
How to modify already existing route.............................................................................232
Parameters........................................................................................................232
How to select waypoint to be modified............................................................232
Change waypoint position................................................................................233
Change other waypoint data.............................................................................234
Add a new waypoint in the end of a route........................................................234
Delete a waypoint.............................................................................................234
Insert a waypoint..............................................................................................234
Import waypoint from other routes...................................................................235
Reverse sailing order of a route........................................................................235
Optimization...................................................................................................................236
Available Optimization strategies ....................................................................236
How to optimize...............................................................................................236
How to plan a speed profile..............................................................................237
Backup to floppy............................................................................................................238
Restore from floppy........................................................................................................238
Move to planning or navigation station..........................................................................238
Read from planning or navigation station.......................................................................238
WP table report...............................................................................................................238
Full WP report................................................................................................................239
VOS operations ..............................................................................................................240
How to test ECDIS and VOS together.............................................................240
Route monitoring 243
Introduction....................................................................................................................243
How to select route to be monitored...............................................................................245
How to select next waypoint...........................................................................................245
How to select final waypoint ..........................................................................................245
Display of the route on the electronic chart screen.........................................................246
Display of the route on the ARPA radar screen..............................................................246
How to monitor route .....................................................................................................247
How to ask ETA.............................................................................................................248
Route monitoring related alarms.....................................................................................250
User chart control 251
Introduction....................................................................................................................251
What is a User Chart Point and for which purpose it is used ?.......................................253
How to select User Chart................................................................................................255
Select datum...................................................................................................................255
How to create User Chart ...............................................................................................255
Point sheet........................................................................................................256
Symbol sheet....................................................................................................257
Line sheet.........................................................................................................258
Tidal sheet........................................................................................................260
Area Sheet........................................................................................................261
Add a new Point, Symbol, Line or Tidal to User chart ....................................264
How to select Point, Symbol, Line or Tidal to be modified.............................265
Change position of Point, Symbol, Line or Tidal.............................................265
Change other data of Point, Symbol, Line or Tidal..........................................266
Delete a Point, Symbol, Line or Tidal..............................................................266
Import Points, Symbols, Lines or Tidals from other User chart.......................266
Display on ECDIS screen...............................................................................................267
Backup to floppy............................................................................................................270
Restore from floppy........................................................................................................270
Move to planning or navigation station..........................................................................270

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Read from planning or navigation station.......................................................................270
How to load User Chart in the old Vector system format...............................................270
How to save User Chart in the old Vector system format...............................................270
Point report.....................................................................................................................271
Line report......................................................................................................................272
Area Object report..........................................................................................................272
Symbols report................................................................................................................273
Full report.......................................................................................................................273
Report for Radar.............................................................................................................274
Reference targets 275
Introduction ....................................................................................................................275
How to select Reference targets......................................................................................276
Select datum ...................................................................................................................277
How to create Reference target.......................................................................................277
Add a new Reference target record ..................................................................278
How to select Reference target to be modified...............................................................279
Change Reference target position.....................................................................279
Change other data of Reference target..............................................................280
Delete a Reference target record ......................................................................280
Import record of Reference target from other chart..........................................280
Associated alarms...........................................................................................................281
Backup to floppy ............................................................................................................281
Restore from floppy........................................................................................................281
Move to planning or navigation station ..........................................................................281
Read from planning or navigation station.......................................................................281
How to load Reference Targets in the old Vector system format ...................................281
How to save Reference Targets in the old Vector system format ...................................281
Reference target report ...................................................................................................282
Pilot data 283
Introduction ....................................................................................................................283
How to use normally.......................................................................................................284
How to select pilot data ..................................................................................................285
Current record sheet.........................................................................................286
Edit record sheet...............................................................................................287
How to create a new Pilot data .......................................................................................288
Add new Pilot data record................................................................................288
How to select Pilot data record to be modified ................................................289
Change Pilot data record position.....................................................................289
Change other data of Pilot data record .............................................................289
Delete a Pilot data record.................................................................................289
Import Pilot data from other routes ..................................................................290
Backup to floppy ............................................................................................................290
Restore from floppy........................................................................................................290
Move to planning or navigation station ..........................................................................290
Read from planning or navigation station.......................................................................290
Pilot data report ..............................................................................................................290
Backup Operations 291
Introduction ....................................................................................................................291
How to find out right file category..................................................................................292
How to make a copy of file.............................................................................................292
How to copy a file to an other name...............................................................................293
Backup to floppy ............................................................................................................293
Restore from floppy........................................................................................................293
How to delete file ...........................................................................................................293