Installation Manual Nauticast V1.0.3

X-PACK DS Installation Manual
Index Page Number
1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 1
1.1 DESCRIPTION OF AIS................................................................................................................ 1
1.2 AIS IN AN OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................ 2
1.3 AIS NETWORKS........................................................................................................................ 3
1.4 CARRIAGE REQUIREMENT........................................................................................................ 4
1.4.1 Chapter V (Safety of Navigation) Regulation 19, of the SOLAS Convention................... 4
1.4.2 Accelerated Implementation of AIS:................................................................................. 4
2 X-PACK DS .................................................................................................................................... 5
2.1 SYSTEM OVERVIEW.................................................................................................................. 5
3 INSTALLATION ........................................................................................................................... 6
3.1 INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................................... 6
3.2 INSTALLATION OVERVIEW ....................................................................................................... 6
3.3 GENERAL INTERFACE DESCRIPTION......................................................................................... 8
3.4 INTERFACE NMEA DESCRIPTION: ........................................................................................... 9
3.4.1 Sensor Interface CH1, CH2, CH3 .................................................................................... 9
3.4.2 ECDIS – Presentation Interface CH 4 ............................................................................. 9
3.4.3 PILOT Port CH 5 ........................................................................................................... 10
3.4.4 LONG RANGE CH 8...................................................................................................... 10
3.4.5 DGPS – DGNSS Channel 9............................................................................................ 11
3.4.6 ALARM CIRCUIT – BIIT Channel 10............................................................................ 11
3.4.7 Proprietary Sentences .................................................................................................... 11
3.5 SENSOR NOTES........................................................................................................................ 12
3.6 SENSOR INSTALLATION .......................................................................................................... 13
3.6.1 Signal state definitions ................................................................................................... 13
3.6.2 Talker drive circuits ....................................................................................................... 13
3.6.3 Listener receive circuits ................................................................................................. 13
3.6.4 Electrical isolation ......................................................................................................... 13
3.6.5 Maximum voltage on the bus.......................................................................................... 13
3.6.6 Data transmission .......................................................................................................... 13
3.7 SENSOR INSTALLATION EXAMPLE: ......................................................................................... 14
3.7.1 Installation of an RS422 serial interface: ...................................................................... 14
3.7.2 Data format:................................................................................................................... 14
3.8 PIN-DESCRIPTION AIS-CABLE / SOCKET 50-PINS:................................................................. 15
3.9 PIN-DESCRIPTION AIS-CONNECTOR: ..................................................................................... 16
3.10 INSTALLATION OF VHF / GPS ANTENNAS............................................................................. 17
4 STARTING THE X-PACK DS................................................................................................... 20
4.1 SERVICE AND USER PASSWORDS: .......................................................................................... 20
4.2 CHANGING THE MMSI / IMO NUMBERS ............................................................................... 24
4.3 INPUTING VOYAGE RELATED DATA – (USER PASSWORD PROTECTED) ................................ 26
4.4 SETTING SHIP RELATED DATA – (USER PASSWORD PROTECTED)......................................... 27
5 TROUBLESHOOTING............................................................................................................... 29
5.1 READING AND UNDERSTANDING ALARMS: ............................................................................ 29
5.2 ALARM CODES........................................................................................................................ 30
5.3 TEXT MESSAGES..................................................................................................................... 31
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