Matsutec HP-528A User manual

Class B AIS Transponder / AIS Display
With GPS Navigator
HP-528A / HP-528
User Manual

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Foreword
Thank you for your choice of HP-528A /HP-528.
We would appreciate feedback from you to go further where we are
achieving.
Please carefully read and follow the procedures of installation and
operation for best use of your unit.
Features
•4.3" High-resolution color LCD
•Multi-display screen
•Visual and audio alarm
•Optional NMEA data output
•Quick key and pop-up menu for convenient operation
AIS
•AIS Radar, Multi-lists and plotter screen
•Visual and audio alarm of collision, SART, MOB, watch target lost,
watch target deviation, etc.
•Safety message display
•Watch function for fishing net buoy, friend ships, etc.
•Detailed target information
GPS
•Plotter, Highway, Steering, Satellite, SOG meter, COG meter, and
User data screen
•SBAS capability
•Storage of 10,000 waypoints, 100 routes and 3,000 track points
•Visual and audio alarm of Arrival, XTE, SBAS, etc.
•MOB and GOTO mark
•Upload and download of waypoint and route

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1. Quick Start
1.1 Power on/Power off
Press the key to power on the unit. The unit beeps and starts up.
Press and hold the key for three seconds to power off the unit. The
time remaining is counted down until power off.
1.2 Adjust LCD or key panel brilliance
Press the key to show the brilliance window.
For LCD, press the key to loop over the brilliance or press ◀or ▶
key to increase or decrease the brilliance.
For key panel, press the ▲or ▼key.
Press ENT key or MENU key to exit.

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2. Main screens
Main screens are shown as below.
Press MODE key to step through sequentially.
Press MODE key more than 2 seconds to invert the sequence.
AIS Radar AIS Lists Plotter
Highway Steering Satellite
SOG Meter COG Meter User Data

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2.1 AIS Radar
The AIS Radar screen shows the location of other AIS-equipped vessels
and shore stations relative to own ship within the current range scale.
The position and course of own ship is also displayed in the center.
The red color circle indicates the CPA value of AIS settings.
2.1.1 Zoom scale
Scale is available from 0.125 to 24 nm.
Press ZOOM key.
Use ▲or ▼key to zoom in or zoom out.
Press the ENT key to exit.

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2.1.2 Direction Up
Press MENU key to get a pop-up window.
Select North up or Course Up.
Press ENT key.
“N-UP”or “AC-UP”is displayed on the up left side of the screen to
indicate current selected direction up.
2.1.3 Selected Targets
Use arrow key ▲,▼,◀,▶to move cursor to the target you want to
select.
When a target marker appears, the information of the selected target will
be shown in the right column.
If you desire to know more about a target, press ENT key to get detailed
target information.

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2.1.4 Own boat information
When there is no target selected, press ENT key to show your own boat
detailed information.
Use ▲or ▼key to show own static or own dynamic information.
Press MENU key to exit.
Own static data screen shows your static vessel information such as
MMSI code, vessel name, GPS antenna position and type of Ship.
Own Dynamic Data screen shows your dynamic vessel information such
as Latitude and Longitude data, SOG, COG, GPS receiver type, UTC
date and time, etc.

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2.2 AIS Lists
AIS lists are multi-list screens. It has 5 sub-screens: target list, danger
list, watch list, alarm list and message list.
Use ◀or ▶key to switch between the sub-screens.
2.2.1 Target List
The target list shows all AIS targets being recognized by the unit.
The target is sorted by the distance from own boat, so the closest target
is located on the top of the list.
The symbol in front of the Name/MMSI field represents the class of
target.
A: class A vessel S: SART M: MOB E: EPIRB
(NULL): class B vessel or not identified class
and icons of AtoN, SAR and Base Station.
Press ▲or ▼key to select the desired AIS target.
Press ENT key to get detailed information of the selected target.

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2.2.2 Danger List
The danger list shows any dangerous target whose CPA & TCPA to own
boat is less than thresh value.
The dangerous target is sorted by CPA.
The CPA and TCPA value will be updated every 3 seconds, thus the
dangerous target is resorted.
To get detailed information about a dangerous target, use ▲or ▼key
to select the target and then press ENT key.
2.2.3 Watch List
The watch list shows the watch target you set.
Watch target is often set for special care, such as for friend ships, fishing
net buoys, etc.
You can switch on or off the lost alarm, position alarm of the watch
targets.
Up to 100 AIS targets can be set as your watch targets.
Watch target is in pink color in AIS radar screen and plotter screen.

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Operations of add, edit or delete can be done for the watch target.
2.2.3.1 Add Watch AIS
Use ▲or ▲key to select the first line [New], then press ENT key to
add a new watch target.
You can add a new watch by edit or select from
target list.
Input the MMSI of the target that you want to watch.
Input the comment for better explication.

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Lost alarm
If the lost alarm is set on, lost alarm message will pop up when the watch
target is declared as a lost one.
Position alarm
If the position alarm is set on, deviation alarm message will pop up when
the watch target deviates away from the defined position far than the
defined range.
2.2.3.2 Watch Target Menu
Use ▲or ▼key to select a watch target, then press ENT key to get a
pop-up menu for further operation.
Detail
Get detailed information of the watch target.
Edit Watch
Edit the watch items, such as MMSI, or switch on/off watch alarms, or
modify the position, or position range.
Delete Watch
Delete the watch target from the list.

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2.2.4 Alarm List
Show the alarms by sequence of start time.
2.2.5 Message List
Show the messages by sequence of receive time.

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2.3 Plotter
Show the ship, waypoints, routes, tracks, AIS targets in a plotter graph.
2.3.1 Plotter zoom
Zoom scale is available among 0.02 ~ 320 nm.
Press ZOOM key.
Use ▲or ▼key to zoom in or zoom out.
Press ENT key to exit.
2.3.2 Center own boat
Normally when own boat is travel off the plotter screen, it will
automatically return back to the center of the screen.
When cursor is shown, it won’t center automatically. Pressing ENT key
and hold for more than 2 seconds will center own boat in the screen
again.

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2.3.3 Display options
Press MENU key twice to pop up an option window:
1. Show COG line or not.
2. Show the waypoint name of the
GOTO, or of the route or of all the
waypoints.
2.3.4 Add a new waypoint
Use arrow key ▲,▼,◀,▶to move cursor in the plotter screen, and
press ENT key to add a new waypoint at cursor position.
2.3.5 Waypoint pop-up menu
Use arrow key ▲,▼,◀,▶to move cursor to a waypoint, when you get
an enlarged image of the waypoint, it means the waypoint is being
selected.
Press ENT key, a pop-up menu appears as one of below, so operations
could be made on the selected waypoint.
Different content menu will pop up, that is depending on the state of the
selected waypoint.
For example,
WP0006 is a normal waypoint, neither a GOTO or of a GOTO route,
WP0001 is a GOTO waypoint,
WP0002 is a waypoint of a GOTO route,
WP0003 is a skipped waypoint of a GOTO route,
A GOTO waypoint could not be deleted until it is cancelled GOTO.

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2.3.6 Move Waypoint
1. Select Move in the pop-up menu, and press ENT key to start.
2. Use arrow key ▲,▼,◀,▶to move cursor to a new position.
3. Press ENT key, then the waypoint is moved to the new position.
2.3.7 Select AIS Target
Use arrow key ▲,▼,◀,▶to move cursor to a target, a small window
will pop up and show the basic information of the target.
To get detailed information of the target, press ENT key.
In the detailed information screen, press MENU key to return back.
2.4 Highway
It is a 3D highway view of own boat towards the destination.
When the boat mark is aligned with the center white line, the boat is on
course. When it deviates left or right, a steer direction sign will flash.
The XTE scale is available among 0.2 ~ 16 nm.
1. Press the MENU key.
2. Use ▲or ▼to choose the range.
3. Press the ENT key to exit.

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2.5 SOG meter
There are 4 speed scales.
1. Press the MENU key.
2. Use ▲or ▼to choose the range.
3. Press the ENT key.
2.6 User data
Two customized user data screens are available.
User data 1: default with 3 fields of POSN, SOG and COG.
User data 2: default with 4 fields of RNG, BRG, XTE, and TTG.
2.9.1 Screen division
Screen can be divided into 1 –4 fields.
Press MENU key to get a pop-up window.
Select the division you want.
Press ENT key.
2.9.2 Data field
1. Use arrow key ▲,▼,◀,▶to select a data field.

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2. Press ENT key to pop up the data list.
ODO: Odometer distance
Trip: Trip distance
Time: Time
Date: Date
POSN: Position
Volts: Power voltage
SOG: Speed over ground
COG: Course over ground
RNG: Range
BRG: Bearing
XTE: Cross-track error
TTG: Time to go
ETA: Estimated time to arrival
WPT: Waypoint to go
None: Blank
3. Select the data to show and press ENT key.
4. Press MENU key to exit.
3. Menu
A concise menu is offered to customize a variety of settings and to
manage waypoints, routes, tracks, messages, etc.
Press MENU key once or twice or more (depend on your current display
screen) to enter into the menu.

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3.1 AIS
Press MENU key to display the main menu.
Press ▲or ▼key to select AIS item, and press ENT key.
Notes:
For HP-528, only CPA and TCPA are available for setting.
3.1.1 MMSI
1. Select MMSI item, Press ENT key.
2. Press ▲or ▼key to input the specific 9-digit MMSI code.
3. Push ◀or ▶key to move cursor forward or backward.
4. Push MENU key to cancel the modification, or press ENT key to
confirm the modification.
Notes:
1. When the MMSI is “---------”, which means an invalid MMSI, the
transponder operates as just an AIS receiver.
2. If the MMSI code has already been set, you cannot change again.
3. If you enter a code that starts with “0”or “00,”it won’t be accepted
and it will load the previous MMSI code.

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3.1.2 Vessel Name
The vessel’s name is of up to 20 characters.
3.1.3 Vessel Type
Push ▲or ▼key to select your vessel type from the list, then push
ENT key to save it or press MENU key to cancel.
3.1.4 GPS antenna position
A : Bow, 0 ~ 511 meters.
B : Stern, 0 ~ 511 meters.
C : Port, 0 ~ 63 meters.
D : Starboard, 0 ~ 63 meters.
Press MENU to cancel or press ENT key
to save the configuration.
3.1.5 Setting CPA/TCPA
Enter CPA (Closest Point of Approach) and TCPA (Time to CPA) values.
These settings help you find a dangerous target to avoid a collision.
When an AIS target is closer than your CPA and TCPA settings, an
alarm icon will flash on the up left corner of the screen and the alarm
buzzer sounds.
•Push ▲or ▼key to select either “CPA”or “TCPA.”
•Push ◀or ▶key to input the value into that item.
•CPA : default 6 km
•TCPA : default 6 min
Push MENU key to cancel or press ENT key to save the configuration.
3.1.6 Setting Channel TX
Switch on/off the channel TX.
If channel TX is switched off, the unit works as a AIS receiver.

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3.2 Waypoints
Enter into the waypoint list by sort of name or by sort of range to own
boat.
3.2.1 Create new waypoint
Move to the [NEW] line, press ENT key to create a new waypoint with
default value:
Name: WP**** Lat/Lon: current own boat position
The name, position, icon, color and comment field of the waypoint could
be edited.
3.2.2 Waypoint operation
Move to the list line of a waypoint.
Press ENT key to pop up a menu by which you can operate on a
waypoint.
Different content menu will pop up, as it depends on the state of the
selected waypoint.
3.3 Routes
Enter into the route list by sort of name or by sort of range.
3.3.1 Create new route
Move to the [NEW] line, press ENT key to create a new route.
The name and comment of the route could be edited.