ACR Electronics NAUTICAST SOLAS AIS User Manual

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User Manual 8 Y1-03-0203 Rev. JSetting the Internal and External GPS Antenna Position.Note: It is critical for the proper orientation of your ship to other AIS users to enter this dataaccurately.Example: Length of ship = 220m and Beam = 43m.GPS ANTENNA location on ship (is x in above Menu example) is located 200 meters from bow (A)and 33 Meters from Starboard side (D).Note: You can only enter Dimension A and D. B and C are automatically calculated.You would enter A200D33 (without spaces, no decimals and no commas).Then Press Save.The line then should look like the example above for External Reference point.RefPointExt = A200 B20 C10 D33m (Position of the external GPS antenna)A = the distance from bow (front) to the antenna.B= the distance from the antenna to the stern (rear)C = the distance from the port (left) side to the antennaD = the distance from the antenna to the starboard (right) sideEnter RefPtInt (location of the internal GPS antenna) in the same way.Save the new settings by pressing [Save].Press [Back] return to the Main Menu Screen without saving any changes.1.4 Entering Voyage Related DataSelect from the Main Menu “Voyage Settings” Menu is USER password protected with defaultpassword “NAUT”. Enter Password and use the up and down arrows to edit Voyage Related datathen press Enter or the numeric reference on the keypad to select and edit.Save after editing.Main Menu Example:N 1o 20' E 0o 13' |1> N/A|2>0.00|3>0.10nm|----------------------------------| Menu-----| || +- 1. MessagesView | +- 2. AIS Status| +- 3. Voyage Settings-----| +- 4. Ship Settings| +- 5. Transponder ConfigurationMsg. | +- 6. Service Configuration| +- 7. Display Settings-----||Displ|----------------------------------------NUM|Select->| | |<-Back