Simrad Maris ECDIS900 User manual

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Maris ECDIS900 System
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General
Table of Contents
GENERAL ECDIS900.......................................................................................................................................... 9
APPLICATION MANAGER ............................................................................................................................... 11
BASIC OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES .............................................................................................................. 12
GENERAL ................................................................................................................................................................... 12
BOOKMARKS (TABS)..................................................................................................................................................... 13
OPTION BUTTON ......................................................................................................................................................... 13
CHECK BOX ................................................................................................................................................................ 13
INPUT BOX ................................................................................................................................................................. 14
INFORMATION BOX ...................................................................................................................................................... 14
TEXT BOX................................................................................................................................................................... 14
LIST BOX.................................................................................................................................................................... 15
DROP-DOWN LIST BOX ................................................................................................................................................. 15
PUSH BUTTON ............................................................................................................................................................ 15
HOT KEY LIST .............................................................................................................................................................. 16
MAIN WINDOW............................................................................................................................................... 18
ABOUT MAIN WINDOW ................................................................................................................................................ 18
WINDOW TITLE ........................................................................................................................................................... 18
SYSTEM PROTECTION................................................................................................................................................... 19
CHART AREA .............................................................................................................................................................. 20
TOOLBAR PANEL ......................................................................................................................................................... 21
MAN OVER BOARD....................................................................................................................................................... 22
EVENT ....................................................................................................................................................................... 23
ZOOM....................................................................................................................................................................... 23
STANDARD DISPLAY .................................................................................................................................................... 23
SELECT AREA.............................................................................................................................................................. 24
AUTO CENTRING ......................................................................................................................................................... 26
CENTRE ON SHIP ......................................................................................................................................................... 27
SHIP PROPERTIES ......................................................................................................................................................... 28
SHIP TO POINT,RANGE AND BEARING .............................................................................................................................. 28
SHIP TO ANCHORING POINT,RANGE AND BEARING ............................................................................................................ 29
POINT TO POINT,RANGE AND BEARING............................................................................................................................ 30
TARGET TO POINT,RANGE AND BEARING.......................................................................................................................... 30
VRM/EBL OBJECT MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................................................. 31
NEW ROUTE ............................................................................................................................................................... 31
ROUTE PLAN............................................................................................................................................................... 32
NEW LOG BOOK RECORD .............................................................................................................................................. 32
LOGBOOK .................................................................................................................................................................. 32
SET TARGET................................................................................................................................................................ 32
TARGET LIST ............................................................................................................................................................... 32
TARGET PREDICTION .................................................................................................................................................... 33
CHART HANDLING....................................................................................................................................................... 33
LOAD/UNLOAD OBJECTS.............................................................................................................................................. 34
TIDE AND CURRENT INFORMATION ................................................................................................................................. 34
PORT DATABASE ......................................................................................................................................................... 34
ECDIS OPTIONS ......................................................................................................................................................... 35
OPTION CONSOLE....................................................................................................................................................... 35
OPTION TIME ............................................................................................................................................................. 37
OPTION BACK UP ........................................................................................................................................................ 37
PRINT........................................................................................................................................................................ 38
HELP......................................................................................................................................................................... 38
CONSOLE AREA........................................................................................................................................................... 38
TIME INDICATOR ......................................................................................................................................................... 39
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SCALE INDICATOR........................................................................................................................................................ 39
NAVIGATION MODE INDICATORS .................................................................................................................................... 40
OTHER PANELS ........................................................................................................................................................... 41
LEGEND PANEL ........................................................................................................................................................... 41
COLOUR TABLE AND BACKLIGHT CONTROL ...................................................................................................................... 42
WEATHER .................................................................................................................................................................. 43
CHARTS........................................................................................................................................................... 44
GENERAL ................................................................................................................................................................... 44
RCDS MODE ............................................................................................................................................................. 44
MOVING AROUND THE CHART ....................................................................................................................................... 45
ZOOMING .................................................................................................................................................................. 46
SWITCHING BETWEEN CHARTS ....................................................................................................................................... 47
AUTOMATIC CHART SELECTION ...................................................................................................................................... 48
CHART SETTINGS ......................................................................................................................................................... 49
CHART HANDLING ....................................................................................................................................................... 51
PRINTING................................................................................................................................................................... 52
CHART UPDATE VIA INTERNET ........................................................................................................................................ 52
UPDATE REQUEST AND RESPONSE .................................................................................................................................. 53
ARCS ............................................................................................................................................................... 54
ARCS OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................................................ 54
CHART HANDLING ....................................................................................................................................................... 54
PERMITS .................................................................................................................................................................... 56
INSTALL CHARTS ......................................................................................................................................................... 56
UPDATES ................................................................................................................................................................... 58
COPY DATABASE -MULTI ECDIS.................................................................................................................................... 59
ARCS: THE HELP FOR PAPER CHART CORRECTION.............................................................................................................. 60
SWITCHING TO ARCS .................................................................................................................................................. 61
ZOOMING .................................................................................................................................................................. 62
CHART SETTINGS ......................................................................................................................................................... 64
CHART PROPERTIES...................................................................................................................................................... 64
CHART COLLECTION STATUS.......................................................................................................................................... 66
ARCS SEAMLESS MODE................................................................................................................................................ 66
ERRORS ..................................................................................................................................................................... 67
AVCS ............................................................................................................................................................... 70
AVCS OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................................................ 70
AIO LAYER ................................................................................................................................................................ 71
S57.................................................................................................................................................................. 73
S57 OVERVIEW........................................................................................................................................................... 73
CHART DISPLAY .......................................................................................................................................................... 74
CHART BORDERS ......................................................................................................................................................... 74
ZOOMING .................................................................................................................................................................. 75
CHART SETTINGS ......................................................................................................................................................... 77
CHART DEPTH ............................................................................................................................................................ 80
SPECIAL EFFECTS ........................................................................................................................................................ 81
EXAMPLES ................................................................................................................................................................. 83
CHART PROPERTIES...................................................................................................................................................... 83
CHART HANDLING ....................................................................................................................................................... 86
ENC SECURITY............................................................................................................................................................ 87
PERMITS .................................................................................................................................................................... 87
DELETE PERMIT ........................................................................................................................................................... 88
GET USER PERMIT ....................................................................................................................................................... 88
GET SA CERTIFICATE .................................................................................................................................................... 88
INSTALL CHARTS ......................................................................................................................................................... 89
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CHART SELECTION ....................................................................................................................................................... 91
UPDATE..................................................................................................................................................................... 91
ERRORS WHILE UPDATE IS IN PROGRESS ........................................................................................................................... 91
UPDATE DISPLAY......................................................................................................................................................... 92
UPDATE HISTORY ........................................................................................................................................................ 95
CANCELLATION UPDATE ............................................................................................................................................... 95
MULTI ECDIS WORKSTATIONS IN LAN ........................................................................................................................... 95
ERRORS ..................................................................................................................................................................... 96
ENC S57 CHARTS TECHNICAL FEATURES ......................................................................................................................... 97
SEAMLESS ENC/ARCS .............................................................................................................................................. 101
C-MAP........................................................................................................................................................... 103
C-MAP OVERVIEW.................................................................................................................................................... 103
CHART PERMITS ........................................................................................................................................................ 103
C-MAP SUBSCRIPTIONS AND UPDATE SERVICE ............................................................................................................... 105
CHART UPDATE......................................................................................................................................................... 105
UPDATE BY CD(DVD) ............................................................................................................................................... 106
UPDATE VIA THE INTERNET (HTTP) .............................................................................................................................. 106
COPY DATABASE ....................................................................................................................................................... 106
USING C-MAP CHARTS.............................................................................................................................................. 108
SEAMLESS................................................................................................................................................................ 109
SHIP .............................................................................................................................................................. 110
SHIP OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................................................ 110
DEAD RECONING....................................................................................................................................................... 111
SHIP SYMBOLS .......................................................................................................................................................... 112
SHIP PROPERTIES....................................................................................................................................................... 112
GENERAL ................................................................................................................................................................. 113
VOYAGE .................................................................................................................................................................. 113
DR ......................................................................................................................................................................... 114
TRACK..................................................................................................................................................................... 115
ALARMS................................................................................................................................................................... 116
DISPLAY .................................................................................................................................................................. 118
SHAPE..................................................................................................................................................................... 120
AIS......................................................................................................................................................................... 123
SHIP PARAMETERS SYNCHRONIZATION .......................................................................................................................... 123
SHIP PROFILE MANAGEMENT ....................................................................................................................................... 123
TRACKS......................................................................................................................................................... 126
TRACK OVERVIEW...................................................................................................................................................... 126
SAVING TRACKS ........................................................................................................................................................ 126
LOAD/UNLOAD/DELETE TRACKS ................................................................................................................................. 127
TRACK PROPERTIES .................................................................................................................................................... 128
CREATE ROUTE FROM TRACK ....................................................................................................................................... 129
ROUTE........................................................................................................................................................... 130
ROUTE OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................................................... 130
CREATE A ROUTE BY KEYBOARD ................................................................................................................................... 130
CREATING A ROUTE BY MOUSE ..................................................................................................................................... 131
SELECTING WAYPOINTS .............................................................................................................................................. 133
DOWNLOAD FROM GPS............................................................................................................................................. 135
PLOTTING A WAYPOINT OUTSIDE THE SCREEN................................................................................................................. 136
MODIFYING A ROUTE ................................................................................................................................................. 137
WAYPOINT PROPERTIES .............................................................................................................................................. 139
ROUTE PROPERTIES.................................................................................................................................................... 140
ROUTE PLAN................................................................................................................................................. 144
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GENERAL ................................................................................................................................................................. 144
SET A NEW WAYPOINT LATITUDE/LONGITUDE ................................................................................................................. 145
CHANGE TYPE OF LEG................................................................................................................................................. 146
SET A NEW TURNING RADIUS ....................................................................................................................................... 146
SET XTD ................................................................................................................................................................. 146
SET SOG ................................................................................................................................................................. 146
SET ETA.................................................................................................................................................................. 147
NEW WAYPOINT BY COORDINATES ............................................................................................................................... 147
NEW WAYPOINT BY BEARING ....................................................................................................................................... 147
DELETE A WAYPOINT.................................................................................................................................................. 148
PRINT...................................................................................................................................................................... 148
MOVE A WAYPOINT IN THE LIST .................................................................................................................................... 149
MODIFY TIME ZONE .................................................................................................................................................. 149
ADD A ROUTE ........................................................................................................................................................... 149
SET DATE/TIME ........................................................................................................................................................ 150
SET A WAYPOINT AS A PILOT WAYPOINT ........................................................................................................................ 150
RENAME WAYPOINTS ................................................................................................................................................. 151
PARALLEL INDEX ....................................................................................................................................................... 151
CENTRE THE CHART DISPLAY ON THE WAYPOINT LOCATION............................................................................................... 152
LOAD/UNLOAD/DELETE ROUTES ................................................................................................................................. 153
IMPORT/EXPORT A ROUTE........................................................................................................................................... 154
ROUTE FOLDERS........................................................................................................................................................ 155
CHECK A ROUTE ........................................................................................................................................................ 155
RCDS MODE AND ROUTE CHECKING............................................................................................................................. 159
ROUTE OPTIONS........................................................................................................................................................ 160
ROUTE MONITORING ................................................................................................................................... 162
ROUTE MONITORING OVERVIEW................................................................................................................................... 162
ACTIVE WAYPOINT INFORMATION................................................................................................................................. 163
WAYPOINT ETA INFORMATION.................................................................................................................................... 164
FIXED ETA FUNCTION ................................................................................................................................................ 164
WAYPOINT ARRIVAL INDICATION AND ALARM................................................................................................................. 165
CHANGE ACTIVE WAYPOINT......................................................................................................................................... 166
ALARMS................................................................................................................................................................... 166
ROUTE MONITORING PLAN .......................................................................................................................................... 166
TARGET LINKED TO A ROUTE ........................................................................................................................................ 167
TARGET IN CONSOLE .................................................................................................................................................. 168
ROUTE PLANNING AND TURNING RADIUS....................................................................................................................... 168
AUTOPILOT -TRACK PILOT .......................................................................................................................................... 169
TCS OPTIONS ........................................................................................................................................................... 170
F-DISTANCE ............................................................................................................................................................. 171
BACK TO TRACK FUNCTION.......................................................................................................................................... 172
ALARMS........................................................................................................................................................ 174
ALARM MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................................................... 174
LIST OF ALARMS ........................................................................................................................................................ 174
DANGER ALARMS IN THE SAFETY ZONE .......................................................................................................................... 176
USER DEFINED ALARM................................................................................................................................................ 177
USER DEFINED ANCHOR ALARM ................................................................................................................................... 179
TARGET ALARMS ....................................................................................................................................................... 180
GPS FAILURE............................................................................................................................................................ 181
HEADING ALARMS ..................................................................................................................................................... 181
STW ALARM ............................................................................................................................................................ 181
XTD OUT OF LIMITS................................................................................................................................................... 181
COURSE CHANGE ALARM ............................................................................................................................................ 181
END OF TRACK ALARM................................................................................................................................................ 182
STOP TRACK CONTROL ............................................................................................................................................... 182
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LOW SPEED ALARM.................................................................................................................................................... 182
BACK UP NAVIGATOR ALARM ....................................................................................................................................... 182
CHANGE TO MANUAL STEERING ................................................................................................................................... 182
HARBOUR MODE ....................................................................................................................................................... 182
AIS................................................................................................................................................................. 183
AIS -AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM ................................................................................................................... 183
BROADCASTED DATA................................................................................................................................................. 184
TARGETS.................................................................................................................................................................. 185
AIS TARGET DISPLAY.................................................................................................................................................. 186
SLEEPING TARGET ..................................................................................................................................................... 187
TARGET ASSOCIATION ................................................................................................................................................ 187
LOST TARGET ALARM ................................................................................................................................................ 188
SHOW/HIDE AIS TARGET'S NAME ................................................................................................................................. 189
SHOW/HIDE PAST TRACK............................................................................................................................................ 189
SAVE THE TRACK ....................................................................................................................................................... 189
AIS TARGET PROPERTIES ............................................................................................................................................. 189
MESSAGES ............................................................................................................................................................... 190
AIS DATA SERVER ...................................................................................................................................................... 191
SEATRAC....................................................................................................................................................... 193
SEATRAC TENDER TRACKING....................................................................................................................................... 193
SEATRAC CONFIGURATION.......................................................................................................................................... 193
SEATRAC TARGET DISPLAY .......................................................................................................................................... 193
SEATRAC EXTERNAL ALARM ........................................................................................................................................ 194
SEATRAC INTERNAL ALARM......................................................................................................................................... 194
RADAR .......................................................................................................................................................... 195
RADAR OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................................................... 195
TARGET DISPLAY....................................................................................................................................................... 195
SHOW/HIDE NAME .................................................................................................................................................... 196
SHOW/HIDE PAST TRACK............................................................................................................................................ 196
SAVE THE TRACK ....................................................................................................................................................... 196
DELETE TARGET ........................................................................................................................................................ 197
TARGET PROPERTIES .................................................................................................................................................. 197
MANUAL TARGET ...................................................................................................................................................... 198
TARGET PREDICTION .................................................................................................................................................. 198
TARGET LIST............................................................................................................................................................. 199
TARGET WINDOW ..................................................................................................................................................... 199
MARIS RADAR KIT.................................................................................................................................................... 200
DISPLAY SETTINGS..................................................................................................................................................... 202
TARGET TRACKING ..................................................................................................................................................... 202
TARGETS AND RADAR VIDEO ....................................................................................................................................... 203
TOOLS..................................................................................................................................................................... 205
TYPICAL PROBLEMS ................................................................................................................................................... 206
LOGBOOK ..................................................................................................................................................... 208
LOGBOOK OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................................. 208
LOGBOOK SETTINGS .................................................................................................................................................. 208
DISPLAYING THE LOGBOOK......................................................................................................................................... 209
EVENT ..................................................................................................................................................................... 210
LOADING A LOGBOOK ................................................................................................................................................ 210
REPLAY ................................................................................................................................................................... 211
PRINT...................................................................................................................................................................... 212
RUN VDRCDDISPLAY ............................................................................................................................................... 213
VDR REPLAY............................................................................................................................................................ 214
NAVTEX ........................................................................................................................................................ 215
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NAVTEX OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................................. 215
GRAPHICAL DISPLAY .................................................................................................................................................. 215
ACCESS TO NAVTEX MESSAGE ..................................................................................................................................... 216
EDITORS........................................................................................................................................................ 217
EDITORS OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................................... 217
GENERAL TOOLS ....................................................................................................................................................... 217
SELECTION ............................................................................................................................................................... 217
EDIT MENU............................................................................................................................................................... 219
NAVIGATION EDITOR ................................................................................................................................................. 220
MULTI PLOTTING MODE.............................................................................................................................................. 221
LOP FUNCTION ........................................................................................................................................................ 221
ARC ........................................................................................................................................................................ 225
POINT ..................................................................................................................................................................... 226
CURRENT INFORMATION ............................................................................................................................................. 227
RANGE AND BEARING CALCULATION ............................................................................................................................. 227
POLYLINE................................................................................................................................................................. 227
PARALLEL LINE.......................................................................................................................................................... 228
CHART ANNOTATION ................................................................................................................................................. 229
OBJECT EDITOR ........................................................................................................................................................ 229
FILES....................................................................................................................................................................... 231
ACTIVE FILE .............................................................................................................................................................. 231
LOAD/UNLOAD FILES................................................................................................................................................. 232
SAVE FILES ............................................................................................................................................................... 233
CREATE A NEW FILE.................................................................................................................................................... 233
BACK UP FILES .......................................................................................................................................................... 234
IMPORT FILE ............................................................................................................................................................. 234
LAYERS.................................................................................................................................................................... 234
DISPLAY ATTRIBUTES ................................................................................................................................................. 235
DISPLAY PRIORITY ..................................................................................................................................................... 236
PROPERTIES.............................................................................................................................................................. 237
MODIFYING OBJECTS ................................................................................................................................................. 238
DELETE OBJECTS........................................................................................................................................................ 238
MODIFY POSITION ..................................................................................................................................................... 239
OTHER OPERATIONS .................................................................................................................................................. 239
S57 MANUAL UPDATE EDITOR .................................................................................................................................... 240
DELETE AND ANNOTATE OBJECTS ................................................................................................................................. 241
INSERT OBJECT .......................................................................................................................................................... 242
MOVE OBJECT -REMOVE UPDATES ............................................................................................................................... 244
PREDICTOR ................................................................................................................................................... 246
PREDICTOR OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................................... 246
PRINCIPLE ................................................................................................................................................................ 246
DOCKING................................................................................................................................................................. 247
SETTINGS ................................................................................................................................................................. 248
ACTIVE LEG WINDOW ................................................................................................................................................. 249
SAR MODULE................................................................................................................................................ 251
SAR MODULE OVERVIEW............................................................................................................................................ 251
EXPANDING SQUARE OPTION....................................................................................................................................... 251
SECTOR OPTION ........................................................................................................................................................ 252
PARALLEL LINE OPTION .............................................................................................................................................. 252
SEISMIC......................................................................................................................................................... 253
SEISMIC MODULE OVERVIEW........................................................................................................................................ 253
SEISMIC DATA .......................................................................................................................................................... 253
SAFETY ZONE ........................................................................................................................................................... 257
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SYSTEM CONFIGURATION ........................................................................................................................................... 258
WEATHER...................................................................................................................................................... 260
WEATHER FORECAST.................................................................................................................................................. 260
WEATHER FILES MANAGEMENT .................................................................................................................................... 261
WEATHER LAYER SETTINGS ......................................................................................................................................... 262
WEATHER TIME ......................................................................................................................................................... 263
WEATHER ANIMATION................................................................................................................................................ 263
LAYERS ILLUSTRATION................................................................................................................................................ 264
TIDE .............................................................................................................................................................. 265
ECDIS TIDE ............................................................................................................................................................. 265
REAL TIDE................................................................................................................................................................ 266
TOTAL TIDE.............................................................................................................................................................. 266
VDS ............................................................................................................................................................... 268
GENERAL ................................................................................................................................................................. 268
GLOSSARY ............................................................................................................................................................... 269
SHORT DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................................................................. 269
PREPARING NEXT VOYAGE........................................................................................................................................... 271
VOYAGE PARAMETERS ............................................................................................................................................... 272
OPTIMIZATION.......................................................................................................................................................... 272
EVALUATING CALCULATED ROUTES .............................................................................................................................. 273
COMMERCIAL SETTINGS ............................................................................................................................................. 275
OPTIMIZATION SETTINGS ............................................................................................................................................ 276
WAVE AND WIND RESISTANCE ..................................................................................................................................... 279
SPEED-POWER-FUEL ................................................................................................................................................. 279
NEW WEATHER FORECASTS ......................................................................................................................................... 280
ACTIVE ROUTE .......................................................................................................................................................... 280
CHECKING THE OPTIMIZED ROUTE ................................................................................................................................ 283
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General ECDIS900
ECDIS900 is designed to
display vessel information
received from on board sensors such as GPS,
Gyro, Log, radar and AIS together with geographical information retrieved from Electronic
Charts. ECDIS900 is a core navigation tool that satisfies the marine standards ECDIS (Electronic
Chart Display Information System) and RCDS (Raster Chart Display System). ECDIS900 is
designed to run under Microsoft Windows Operating Systems (XP or Windows7).
ECDIS900 is designed to secure navigation at sea by combining the vessel information from
several sensors, information from Electronic Charts in the area and the use of powerful
navigation functions.
The system has the ability to display and use both official and unofficial
raster andvector charts
.
Official charts types supported are:
•Electronic Navigation Charts (ENC, provided by Primar; AVCS, provided by UKHO; C-MAP
ENC DB in the SENC format), which are official Vector Charts
•ARCS - Raster Charts from British Admiralty
ENC data does not contain any information concerning symbolizing. The presentation of
charts on the screen and it is implemented via the presentation library (PRESLIB) published in
the Publication No. 52 (S52).
ECDIS900 is Wheelmark Type approved but is used as ECS system when non official charts are
displayed. Data settings and ECDIS mode are
protected
by passwords.
Each ECDIS900 system includes:
•
MARIS User Interface
•
The main window
displaying the chart, sensor information, and SW tools.
•Sensors Interface and Integration (Sensor Monitor application).
•
Chart manager
•
Route planning and safety checking
•Edition of
Search And Rescue modul e
•
Route Monitori ng
•
Alarmmanager
•
Logbook management
•
User data editi on facilities
•
Ti de calculati on
•
Weather forecast
•
Navt ex
modules
•
Radar overlay
facilities
•
AI S i nt er f ace
•
ARPA
When the computer is started, ECDIS900 and the application Sensor Monitor are launched
automatically. To start manually ECDIS900, double-click on the icon called ECDIS900 or select
the start up menu ECDIS900.
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Technical manual contains more details about installation, architecture, and troubleshooting.
Customer support is provided via
MCP (Maris Customer Portal)
or via e-mail or phone. See the
Support section for details.
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Application Manager
Application Manager is a software application which works as a Shell on MARIS computers
and restricts the access to the computer in order to protect the PC and to run ECDIS900 in
Approval mode.
In Approval mode the PC is protected against any changes which may affect the Operating
system and it is impossible to install any third party software. In this mode ECDIS computer
access is restricted to mandatory ECDIS functions and to others MARIS applications which are
selected during configuration. AM replaces Windows Explorer and all standard shortcuts such
as Ctrl-Alt-Del are disabled.
The configuration of Application manager is done by authorized technician and described in
the ECDIS900 installation manual..
Click in the grey rectangle .
•The applications listed on the left under Auto are always running and cannot be
stopped.
•The applications listed on the right under Other title are the applications the user
is allowed to run and stop.
Using the top icons the user can reboot or stop the PC and access to the Securituy settings described in the
Installation manual :
Reboot the PC
Switch off the PC
Security Settings
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Basic Operational Procedures
GENERAL
The ECDIS900 is a window based Human Machine Interface (HMI) where requested
information is obtained from menus, message boxes, dialogue boxes and other standard
window controls in the display.
A mouse is the main operating tool for the system.
A keyboard is also necessary to input alphanumeric data.
STANDARD MOUSE FUNCTION
Terminology and descriptions of the operator’s standard mouse functions:
Cursor
The cursor is a small mobile icon. The shape depends on its position on the
screen and on selected function
Locate cursor
Move the cursor to position on the screen by moving the mouse
Click the left
button
Quickly press and release the left mouse button
Click the right
button
Point the object of interest, press the right mouse button and a contextual
menu, depending on the object type, is displayed
Double click the
left button
Quickly press twice and release the left mouse button
Throughout this manual, the terms 'click' and 'double click' assume the left button. It is
specifically stated when the right button is applicable.
PROMPT WINDOW
For some objects (target, buoys with name, weather and ocean current data) the ECDIS
provides direct access to main properties of the object. Move the cursor on top of the object
and after two seconds a prompt window displays information.
DIALOGUE BOXES
The ECDIS900 is window based application. that means the operated by the selection and
activation of graphic windows using the cursor. When the cursor is located inside a window,
the window becomes active. Left mouse click activates the window function.
The following standard controls are used:
•
Bookmarks(tabs)
•
Optionbutton
•
Che ck B ox
•
I nput box
•
List Box
•
I nformat ion_ Box
•
Dr op_ Down_ Li st_ Box
•
Text box
•
Push button
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Bookmarks (tabs)
To activate any of the functions, locate the cursor on the appropriate control button and
click.
NOTE
A dialogue box may be moved around by clicking on the top of the box and
dragging it to any suitable location on the screen
Hot key list
Several hot keys allow access to basic functions of ECDIS and makes possible operating the
ECDIS directly from a keyboard.
BOOKMARKS (TABS)
To define multiple pages for the same area of the dialogue box the tab controls are used.
Switching between the pages is performed by clicking on the tab.
OPTION BUTTON
An option button (radio button) selects one and just one option from a set of alternatives.
Option buttons may be switched on or off, but only one button from the group may be on at
any one time.
When an option button is activated by either clicking the text or the round indicator, the
corresponding text is highlighted and a filled circle appears in the round indicator.
CHECK BOX
A Check Box control allows selection of the multiple options from the set.
To toggle (change state), click on the check box and its value will change from on to off or
vice versa.
Status on (checked) is indicated by a check mark in the left square window.
In case the option is disable the check box looks like the picture below:
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Input box
INPUT BOX
An Input Box also known as Spinner consists from an increment button, a decrement button,
and an edit control. The box is used to enter alphanumeric values.
To activate the input box, click on it. Click on the “up” button to increase the value and on the
“down” button to decrease the one, or type the value directly into the field.
Note, that in some cases values are limited so it is not allowed to input the out of range value.
Most of input boxes have default values
INFORMATION BOX
Parameter monitoring is performed with set of Information boxes. Usually they are located on
the side console but it is possible to take them out as a float window.
On a side console
As a float window
NOTE Information is read only.
TEXT BOX
With a Text Box the following action a performed:
•Display text/numerical value
•Enter text/numerical value
•Edit text/numerical value
To enter a text, click inside the text box and type in some data.
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List box
LIST BOX
The control lists values or parameters. To select item from the list, click on the proper one. The
selected item is ticked on. To deselect the one, click on the selected item. The item is ticked
off.
DROP-DOWN LIST BOX
A type of combined Text box and List box. The box contains the current value and the list is
initially not displayed. To view the whole list click on the <Down> arrow.
The whole list may be scrolled by use of the <Up> and <Down> arrows
PUSH BUTTON
A Push button is a rectangle containing an application-defined text label, an icon, or a bitmap
that indicates the action that will be performed after the button has been pressed (pushed).
The following kinds of buttons are used in the ECDIS900:
Control buttons:
•OK – save changes and close a dialogue
•Cancel – close a dialogue without saving
changes
•Apply – save changes without closing a
dialogue
Action buttons call dialogue box or perform other
action when pressed
Toggle button
defines one of two values of the
corresponding parameter. There are two kinds of
the toggle buttons:
•buttons that change the text depending on the
value
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Hot key list
•
buttons that change the state (pressed vs
normal)
The second ones usually used with buddy buttons.
Toolbar buttons
provide access to the main
functionality of the ECDIS application.
Note, that some buttons have right-click function
HOT KEY LIST
F1
Zoom in
F2
Zoom out
F3
Follow the ship and Autoloading
F4
Properties access
F5
Show/Hide targets
Ctrl+F5
Hide radar overlay
F6
Route plan access
F7
ENC Standard mode or Raster chart
original scale
F8
Switch the color scheme
F9
Other chart type (Ctrl + F9 Settings)
F10
Anchor (Ctrl + F10 Settings)
Arrows
Chart scroll in 4 directions
Esc(escape)
Close the window
+
Load better raster chart
-
Load smaller scale raster chart
Delete
Suppress selected waypoints or
range and bearing display or user
selected objects
Shift+V
true/relative vectors
Shift+R
Display black rectangle for back light
adjustments
Ctrl+A
Access to AIS messaging window
Ctrl+H
Activated Harbour mode (Press
Enter or Space or Click to escape)
Ctrl+D
Docking mode
Ctrl+N
List chart 1 cell for Type Approval
Ctrl++
Backlight control: Brightness + 1
Ctrl+-
Backlight control: Brightness - 1
Ctrl+space
Magnifying Glass
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Hot key list
Ctrl+space+Shift or
Mouse Wheel
Zoom In/out in Magnifying Glass
T
Access to the Tidal data for NHO
zone. (Pilot version only)
B
Show ARCS update tiles
N
Send XML request to get near real
time tide data
V
Change the target vector from True
to Relative or vice versa
Enter
Acknowledge the alarm
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About Main window
Main Window
ABOUT MAIN WINDOW
The main window is divided into four different areas:
•
Window Ti tle
•
Chart Area
•
Tool bar Panel
•
Consol e Area
A typical ECDIS900 screen may look like this:
WINDOW TITLE
The window title shows the application name. The following information is also displayed in
the title:
•ECDIS mode: S57 HO ENC, RCDS or CMAP depending on which chart database is in use.
•When S57 ENC or C-MAP mode is active:
Type of display: Base, Standard or All Display. By default Standard is selected. To change
the display mode see
Chart Settings
.
Datum in use. WGS 1984 is by default in use.
Type of projection: to change the projection see the
Chart Depth
section
Battery charge
•When raster charts are in use:
The name of the active chart
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System Protection
The chart number
The datum of the chart
The datum shift with WGS84
Battery charge
•The type of ECDIS workstation (Planning or Monitoring). To select the type of the ECDIS
workstation, right double-click in the menu bar and select the type of workstation:
Monitoring or Planning. For more details see
Route Monitoring
.
CHANGING THE WORKSTATION MODE (PLANNING OR MONITORING)
Right double click in the title bar and activate the menu Set as Planning station or Set as
Monitoring station.
To access to the module called
System Protection
that allows a password
protection of ECDIS900 operating, right double-click in the window title.
SYSTEM PROTECTION
Right double-click in the title of the main window and activate the menu System Protection.
PRINCIPLES
The user password is used to protect the most sensitive settings of ECDIS and Sensor
Monitor against any changes.
When ECDIS900 is installed, no password is predefined and the system is not protected.
To protect the system a user shall enter the appropriate password via the dialogue Change
user password.
TYPE APPROVED MODE
In Operational type approved mode the Windows file system is not accessible, the system
function keys are disabled..
When the administrator protection is activated via
Application Manager
, the change of ECDIS
mode requires entering the proper password.
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Chart Area
After the mode is switched on and the password is confirmed, it is required to restart the
system.
ECDIS SETTINGS AND USER PASSWORD
When the user password is not empty, locked ECDIS settings and Sensor Monitor Settings
can be changed only if the proper password is entered.
When ECDIS settings are locked, it is impossible to modify the following parameters:
•Ship parameters
•GPS and radar antenna positions
•Alarm settings
•Ship display parameters
•Safety settings (safety contour, safety depth, safety height, deep contour)
•Console options
When Sensor Monitor settings are locked it is impossible to change settings of the sensors, to
create or delete any sensor.
FORGOT YOUR PASSWORD?
If one of the password is lost it is required to contact MARIS to get access to a meta password
allowing to unlock the system
CHART AREA
Charts are displayed in the chart area of the screen. According to IEC standard, the screen size
must be larger than 270 * 270 mm.
ECDIS900 supports two chart formats: Vector and Raster. The system operates the vector
cartography under a seamless mode whereas the raster cartography, such as ARCS from the
British Admiralty, is operated under the chart by chart mode. The following seamless modes
are available:
•
ARCS seamless mode:
in this case the system displays the available charts of the closest scale
•
ENC/ARCS combined seaml ess mode
SCALE BARS
If chart scale is smaller than 1:80 000, the latitude bar is shown on the left side of the chart
area (Length 10 nm).
For scales bigger than 1:80 000 the scale bar is shown in different colours on the left side of
the chart area (Length 1 nm).
NORTH UP SYMBOL
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