Koden MDC-5000 Series User manual

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USB Mouse / Trackball can be connected to this radar display.
Mouse icon to the left will be referenced throughout this document for references on
mouse / trackball operation.
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Chapter 1 Radar Basic Operation.........................................................................1-1
1.1 Power ON/OFF..........................................................................................................1-1
Power ON ..................................................................................................................1-1
Power OFF.................................................................................................................1-1
1.2 Change Brilliance and Day/Night mode....................................................................1-2
Display Brilliance........................................................................................................1-2
Operation unit Brilliance.............................................................................................1-2
Day/Night mode.........................................................................................................1-2
1.3 Transmission.............................................................................................................1-3
Transmission ON .......................................................................................................1-3
Transmission OFF .....................................................................................................1-3
1.4 Change range scale..................................................................................................1-4
1.5 Adjust receiver gain (GAIN) ......................................................................................1-5
Selection of MAN GAIN and AUTO GAIN..................................................................1-5
Adjustment of GAIN...................................................................................................1-5
1.6 Reject sea clutter (anti-SEA).....................................................................................1-6
Selection of MAN SEA and AUTO SEA.....................................................................1-6
Adjustment of SEA.....................................................................................................1-6
1.7 Reject rain/snow clutter (anti-RAIN)..........................................................................1-7
Changing method of CFAR and MAN........................................................................1-7
RAIN MAN (manual) adjustment ...............................................................................1-7
CFAR (Constant False Alarm Rate) adjustment........................................................1-8
1.8 Change transmission pulse width (SP/LP)................................................................1-9
1.9 Select Display Mode..................................................................................................1-9
1.10 Cross cursor operation............................................................................................1-10
1.11 Measurement of distance by VRM.......................................................................... 1-11
1.12 Measurement of bearing by EBL.............................................................................1-12
1.13 Trail..........................................................................................................................1-13
Trail ON/OFF and change Trail time........................................................................1-13
Change motion mode ..............................................................................................1-13
Chapter 2 Target (AIS and TT).................................................................................2-1
2.1 Enable AIS function...................................................................................................2-1
2.2 AIS Active/Sleep........................................................................................................2-1
2.3 Set Input range..........................................................................................................2-2

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2.4 Set AIS filter .............................................................................................................. 2-2
2.5 Enable TT function.................................................................................................... 2-2
2.6 Manual acquisition .................................................................................................... 2-3
2.7 Delete TT Target ....................................................................................................... 2-3
2.8 Delete All TT Target................................................................................................... 2-3
2.9 Display Target Information ........................................................................................ 2-4
Chapter 3 Other Setting .......................................................................................... 3-1
3.1 VECTOR REL/TRUE ................................................................................................ 3-1
3.2 VECTOR TIME.......................................................................................................... 3-1
3.3 CPA/TCPAAlarm....................................................................................................... 3-1
3.4 USB Mouse/Trackball Basic Operation..................................................................... 3-2

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Chapter 1 Radar Basic Operation
1.1 Power ON/OFF
Power ON
1Press POWER ON/OFF key. Radar system is turned on with beep sound.
After power on, radar model name and preheating
countdown time will appear on the center of the
display.
The brilliance of the display is set to the previous value of the last power off.
Power OFF
1Press POWER ON/OFF key for longer than five seconds.
After radar has been turned off, wait at least five seconds before turning it back on.
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1.2 Change Brilliance and Day/Night mode
Display Brilliance
1 Press BRILL key.
The BRILL adjustment window will appear on the upper left of the display.
2 Turn EBL knob to adjust the display brilliance.
Operation unit Brilliance
1 Press PANEL key.
The PANEL adjustment window will appear on the upper left of the display.
2 Turn VRM knob to adjust the panel brilliance.
Day/Night mode
1Press DAY/NIGHT key.
When DAY/NIGHT key is pressed, DAY mode and NIGHT mode change alternately.
PANEL
PANEL adjustment window
VRM knob
EBL knob
BRILL
BRILL adjustment window

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For Transmission ON/OFF operation, move the cursor to STANDBY or TRANSMIT and
click the left button.
1.3 Transmission
Transmission ON
1Press STBY/TX key. Radar system will start transmission.
The status of STANDBY changes to TRANSMIT at upper left of the display.
Transmission OFF
1Press STBY/TX key to stop transmission.
The status of TRANSMIT returns to STANDBY at upper left of the display.

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To change range rings display on or off, move the cursor to [RR OFF/ Interval] and click
the left button.
To change range scale, move the cursor to and click the left button.
1.4 Change range scale
1Press RANGE + key. The picture zoom out, and to observe a wider area.
2Press RANGE –key. The picture zoom in, and to observe closer to own ship position.
Range
Range rings interval

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1.5 Adjust receiver gain (GAIN)
Selection of MAN GAIN and AUTO GAIN
1 Move cursor with joystick on the MAN or AUTO display (whichever is shown) at right side of
[GAIN] on the top of the display.
2 Press ENT key to change AUTO or MAN as appropriate.
Adjustment of GAIN
When MAN GAIN is selected, GAIN can be adjusted manually.
1Turn GAIN knob clockwise to increase receiving gain.
2Turn GAIN knob counterclockwise to decrease receiving gain.
When AUTO GAIN is set, [GAIN] is adjusted automatically.
AUTO GAIN may remove weak target echoes, or too much sea clutter may be on the display, turn
GAIN knob clockwise or counterclockwise to adjust AUTO GAIN effectively.
joystick
MAN
GAIN
AUTO
GAIN

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1.6 Reject sea clutter (anti-SEA)
Selection of MAN SEA and AUTO SEA
1 Move cursor with joystick on the MAN or AUTO display (whichever is shown) at right side of
[SEA] on the top of the display.
2 Press ENT key to change AUTO or MAN as appropriate.
Adjustment of SEA
When MAN SEA is selected, anti-SEA can be adjusted manually.
1 Turn SEA knob clockwise to increase anti-sea clutter effect.
Turn SEA knob counterclockwise to decrease anti-sea clutter effect.
2 Turn SEA knob clockwise until even low (weak) SEA clutter is displayed by observing the display.
3 Adjust SEA knob from time to time to get low (weak) SEA clutter on the display as intensity of sea
clutter changes as time passes.
When AUTO SEA is set, anti-SEA is adjusted automatically.
AUTO SEA may erase weak target echoes. If excessive sea clutter erasing or too much clutter is
observed, turn SEA knob clockwise or counterclockwise to adjust AUTO SEAeffectively.
Note:
•If anti-SEA and anti-RAIN are used in combination, then small targets will be less visible.
joystick
MAN
SEA
AUTO
SEA

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1.7 Reject rain/snow clutter (anti-RAIN)
Changing method of CFAR and MAN
1 Move cursor with joystick on the MAN or CFAR display (whichever is shown) at right side of
[RAIN] on the top of the display.
2 Press ENT key to change CFAR or MAN as appropriate.
RAIN MAN (manual) adjustment
1 Turn RAIN knob clockwise to increase anti-clutter effect.
Turn RAIN knob counterclockwise to decrease anti-clutter effect.
Turn GAIN clockwise until sea clutter is visible on the display.
2 Use anti-SEA (AUTO SEA or MAN SEA).
3 While observing the display, suppress RAIN clutter outside of anti-SEA effective area by turning
RAIN knob clockwise.Adjust RAIN so that sea clutter is lightly visible.
4 Intensity of RAIN clutter is affected by weather.Adjust by RAIN knob according to weather change
by watching the display.
Note:
•In typical environment RAIN should be turned all the way down via RAIN knob, and no white level
should be indicated by RAIN window.
•Turning the knob to the right shows profiles of the targets hidden in the rain/snow image, but care shall
be taken that small target may be hidden and not displayed.
•Small target becomes harder to detect when RAIN is used together with SEA.
joystick
MAN
RAIN
RAIN
CFAR

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CFAR (Constant False Alarm Rate) adjustment
1 Turn RAIN knob clockwise to increase anti-clutter effect.
Turn RAIN knob counterclockwise to decrease anti-clutter effect.
2 Turn RAIN knob clockwise to get even low (weak) clutter while watching the display.
Note:
•In typical environment CFAR should be turned all the way down via RAIN knob, and no white level
should be indicated by CFAR window.
•Turning the knob to the right shows the targets hidden in the rain/snow image, but care shall be taken
that small target may be hidden and not displayed if over adjusted.
•If there are strong echo targets such as in the harbor or channel, CFAR tends to suppress targets
excessively. In that case, change CFAR to MAN and use MAN SEA in addition.
•In case of CFAR mode, the gain adjustment is not possible.

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HUPRM C UPRM C UPTM NUPRM NUPTM
To change transmission pulse width, move the cursor to S1, S2, M1, M2, M3, L1, L2 or
L3 and click the left button.
To change display mode, move the cursor to H UPRM、C UPTM、C UPRM、N UPTM or
N UPRM and click the left button.
1.8 Change transmission pulse width (SP/LP)
1 Press SP/LP key. Two different pulse widths are toggled by pressing SP/LP key.
1.9 Select Display Mode
1 Press MODE key.
The display mode changes in following order by pressing MODE key.
Pulse
width
Display
mode

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Cross cursor can be moved with the mouse / trackball.
1.10 Cross cursor operation
1 Move the cross cursor with joystick.
The information data of cross cursor position is displayed at lower right of the display.
How to move the cross cursor to own ship position
1 Press ENT key while pressing OFF key.
joystick

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Increase of
range
Decrease of
range
VRM knob
Move the cursor to or and click the left button. Then the VRM1 or
VRM2 circle changes to display or non-display.
The selected VRM radius can be changed by turning the mouse wheel.
1.11 Measurement of distance by VRM
1 Press VRM1 or VRM2 key to display VRM1 or VRM2 circle.
The distance to the target is indicated on the lower right of the display.
2 Turn VRM knob clockwise or counterclockwise, respectively.
3 Another press of selected VRM1 or VRM2 key, and the VRM circle disappears.
Move the cursor to the VRM1 or VRM2 circle. Move the mouse while holding the left
button down and release the left button to change the VRM radius.
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Move the cursor to or and click the left button. Then the EBL1 or
EBL2 line changes to display or non-display.
Bearing of the selected EBL can be changed by turning the mouse wheel.
Move the cursor to the EBL1 or EBL2 line. Move the mouse while holding the left button
down and release the left button to change the bearing of EBL.
1.12 Measurement of bearing by EBL
1 Press EBL1 or EBL2 key to display EBL line.
The bearing value to the target is indicated on the lower left of the display.
2 Turn EBL knob to adjust the line on the desired target.
3 Another press of selected EBL1 or EBL2 key, and the EBL line disappears.
Selected EBL mark

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For trail ON/OFF function and to change Trail time, move the cursor to “TRAIL TIME”on
the lower left corner of display and click the left button.
To change motion mode, move the cursor to “TRAIL”T or R on the lower left corner of
display and click the left button.
1.13 Trail
Trail ON/OFF and change Trail time
1Press MENU key to display “Menu”.
2[TRAIL] => [TIME] => select [OFF], [30 sec], [1 min], [3 min], [6 min], [12 min], [30 min], [60 min] or
[PERM], and press ENT key.
Select [OFF], the trail is not displayed.
Change motion mode
1Press MENU key to display “Menu”.
2[TRAIL] => [TRUE/REL] => select [REL] or [TRUE], and press ENT key.

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