MaxSea Operator Manual version 12.6 - Furuno USA

IMPORTANT
Note : the Target Center Window allows you to quickly sort the table using CPA or TCPA attributes.
It is a particularly powerful function for ensuring safety but, of course, considers that the two ships are
traveling at constant speeds and headings.
CPA Warning
You can activate the Target CPA Warning under the "Option: Radar..." dialog box.
Related topic to read more about "How to set up CPA / TCPA alarm in MaxSea".
Security circle
You can draw around the boat position a security circle. As soon as a target is
considered as a danger for the boat when the CPA distance is smaller than the
security circle radius then its Icon changes (Red triangle) showing that it is closer to
your boat.
To define the security circle :
1. Select [Option: GPS/Track... ] from the [Utilities] menu
2. First select a target in the list on which you want to apply settings.
3. Then select MISC tab to apply settings.
Misc tab / Security circle
1. check "Display" to show it on chart.
2. enter a value in Size input text to define a circle distance.
Option: Monitoring Zone...
Targets
Users can create as many monitoring zone areas as they want. At first you must draw on the chart all areas you want to
define as monitoring zones. Then save them in a specific PTF, this is important because you will have to call it for
configuring Monitoring zone options.
Note that This option is only used for ARPA and AIS information incoming from system unit connected to MaxSea.
To set up Monitoring zone ...choose [Option: Monitoring zone ...] from [Targets] menu and a dialog box appears on
screen and allows you to enter parameters according to your choice, this dialog box consists in three parts:
1 - Zone definition part
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