Installation Manual III Y1-03-0212 Rev. E1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION ...............................................................................................................................................11.1 Description of AIS ......................................................................................................................................................11.2 AIS in an Operational Environment ............................................................................................................................21.3 AIS Networks .............................................................................................................................................................32 NAUTICAST ........................................................................................................................................................................42.1 System Overview .......................................................................................................................................................43 INSTALLATION ...................................................................................................................................................................53.1 Installation Requirements ...........................................................................................................................................53.2 Installation Overview ..................................................................................................................................................53.3 General Interface Description.....................................................................................................................................73.4 Interface NMEA Description: ......................................................................................................................................83.4.1 Sensor - Interface CH1, CH2, CH3 ...................................................................................................................83.4.2 ECDIS – Presentation Interface CH 4 ...............................................................................................................83.4.3 Pilot Port CH 5 .................................................................................................................................................93.4.4 Long Range CH 8 ............................................................................................................................................93.4.5 DGPS – DGNSS Channel 9 ...........................................................................................................................103.4.6 Alarm Circuit – BIIT Channel 10 .....................................................................................................................103.4.7 Proprietary Sentences ....................................................................................................................................103.5 Sensor Interface Definitions .....................................................................................................................................113.5.1 Talker drive circuits ........................................................................................................................................113.5.2 Listener Receiver Circuits...............................................................................................................................113.5.3 Electrical isolation ..........................................................................................................................................113.5.4 Maximum voltage on the bus ..........................................................................................................................113.5.5 Data transmission ..........................................................................................................................................113.6 Sensor notes............................................................................................................................................................123.7 Sensor Hardware Installation: ..................................................................................................................................133.7.1 Installation of an RS422 serial interface:.........................................................................................................133.8 Sensor Software Configuration ................................................................................................................................143.8.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................143.8.2 Set up Sensor Speed, Checksum (CRC) and NMEA Talker and Sentence ID ................................................143.8.3 Real-Time Analysis of NMEA Data Streams ...................................................................................................173.8.4 Sensor Monitoring for Problem Analysis .........................................................................................................193.8.5 Priority Handling of Sensor Sentence .............................................................................................................203.8.6 Supported NMEA-0183 Sentences .................................................................................................................203.8.7 Calculated Values ..........................................................................................................................................233.8.8 Versions of NMEA Sentences ........................................................................................................................243.9 Pin-Description AIS-Cable / Socket 50-Pins: ............................................................................................................253.10 Pin-Description AIS-Connector: ...........................................................................................................................263.11 Pin-Description Communication-Cable / Socket 50-Pins .....................................................................................273.12 Communication Cable RS232 (Sub-D 50 Socket) ...............................................................................................283.13 Installation of VHF / GPS Antennas .....................................................................................................................293.13.1 VHF Antenna Installation ................................................................................................................................293.13.2 GNSS Antenna installation .............................................................................................................................303.14 Power Supply ......................................................................................................................................................314 STARTING THE NAUTICAST ...........................................................................................................................................324.1 Initial Set Up of the NAUTICAST for operation .........................................................................................................324.2 Entering the MMSI / IMO / DAC / ESN Numbers ......................................................................................................334.3 Entering Ship Settings .............................................................................................................................................364.4 Entering Voyage Related Data .................................................................................................................................384.5 Entering Inland AIS Configuration ............................................................................................................................424.6 Service and User Passwords ...................................................................................................................................445 TROUBLESHOOTING.......................................................................................................................................................475.1 Reading and understanding Alarms: ........................................................................................................................475.2 Alarm Codes ............................................................................................................................................................485.3 Text Messages .......................................................................................................................................................495.4 Restarting the NAUTICAST......................................................................................................................................496 ACCESSORIES.................................................................................................................................................................507 TECHNICAL INFORMATION ............................................................................................................................................517.1 ERI Ship Types ........................................................................................................................................................528 CONTACT AND SUPPORT INFORMATION .....................................................................................................................539 APPENDIX ........................................................................................................................................................................549.1 Samples for battery calculation ................................................................................................................................549.1.1 Typical Installation ..........................................................................................................................................549.1.2 RM GMDSS Compact-Console Area A3 with 250 W MF/HF...........................................................................559.1.3 RM GMDSS Compact-Console Area A3 with 400 W MF/HF...........................................................................559.2 Drawings and Approvals ..........................................................................................................................................56NAUTICAST-INLAND Installation ManualIndex Page Number