Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto Nauticast AIS-300 del fabbricante ACR Electronics
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2 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C In the United State s W ARNING: It is a violat ion of the rules of the Federal Com m unications Comm ission to input an M MSI that h as not been pro perly assigned t o the end user, or to otherwise input any inaccurate data in t his device.
3 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C Table of Contents SECTION 1 - WHAT IS AIS? ____________________________________________________________ 4 SECTION 2 - INSTALLATION ______________________________________________.
4 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C SECTION 1 - W HA T IS A IS? 1. Overview AIS is an acronym for A utomatic I dentification S ystem . AIS increases navigational safety and collision avoidance b y transm itting vessel iden tification, h elping to r educe the d ifficulty of ide ntif ying ships w hen not in sight (e.
5 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C On the bottom , a t ypical N auticast™ -B AIS installation in a comm on environm ent is shown. T he Nauticast™ -B AIS is connec ted t o the vess el ‟ s power supply, and, in connecti on with the VHF and GPS antennas, th e m inimal requirements for transpond er operation are f ulfilled.
6 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C In order to m eet carriage re quirements f or Class A and Class B AIS s ystems, dedic ated GPS and VHF anten nas must be fit to the transponders. ACR has include d GPS and VHF antenn as that have been spec ifically designed, t ested and approved for use with the Nauticast ™ -B.
7 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C 2. Installa tion overview and prerequisites In the United State s W ARNING: It is a violat ion of the rules of the Federal Com m unications Comm ission to input an M MSI that h as not been pro perly assigned t o the end user, or to otherwise input any inaccurate data in t his device.
8 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C Or, when you have do wnloaded an upgr ade: Unzip the pack age when necessar y and start the installer prog ram as des cribed in “Installatio n of the Link2AIS™ Software” (later in this secti on). If one of the f ollowing dialogs is shown w hen the installation proc ess is started, the .
9 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C W hen you are not connected to the internet, an error m essage like the one below will be shown. From the CD If you do not want to download the .
10 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C W hen the i nstallation pro cess has finished, you MUST reboot your c omputer in order to install th e Link2AIS ™ Software: 6. Installation of the Link2AIS™ Software Unzip the downloade d pack age when necessary. Locate the files “setup .
11 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C A dialog box will appear re m inding you to uninstall any prior v ersions of the L ink2AIS™ software ( if applicable) before c ontinuing the instal l process.
12 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C The next screen will allow you to pick options to be installed. T hese options ar e check ed by default. Choose a director y where the software will be installed . Make note of this d irectory, as you will need to manuall y copy files to this location later on in the instal l process.
13 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C The software will ask you to choose a locati on in the Start m enu to place the pro gram‟s s hortcuts: The next screen will ask y ou to co nfirm the install sett ings you hav.
14 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C Now the application will install autom atically in the folder you have chosen : The install program will tell you when ins tallation has b een completed. C lick Finish. Finally, find the Coas tlines folder on the insta llation CD and copy to the insta ll directory chosen dur ing the install process.
15 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C You will find the instal led program shortcuts i n the Star t Menu / All Programs/ ACR Electronics director y (unless you chose a dif ferent location durin g the install proc ess) . A shortcut nam ed “Link2AIS” will be place d on your desk top.
16 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C Start up Link2AIS ™ Softwa re program on PC . The initial app lication screen wil l appear as shown: The application requires a serial connec tion to a N auticast™ - B AIS trans ponder. Connect the transponder to an available serial port.
17 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C To configure the transpo nder all of the dat a fields m ust be completed and sa ved to the AIS. WARNING: Per FCC rules (United States us ers only) the static data of the vesse l cannot be c hanged once programm ed. Do not progr am the static data un less you are certain y ou have the correct information.
18 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C For additional software applications unrel ated to the installation, please ref er to the Link2AIS™ Software user guide for technical s upport. 11. Hardware installation WARNING : T he compass safe distance of this unit is 0.
19 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C If using PC s erial term inal with third part y AIS ca pable Elec tronic Charting Soft ware, connect the user end of the data interface c able to the displa y device. The sof tware in the displ ay device m ust be configured for AIS operation AND to accept st andard Class B AIS operation NMEA sentences.
20 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C The GPS antenna has a free view through 360 degrees with a vertical angle of 5 to 90 degre es above the horizon. The GNSS antenna i s placed as far away as possib le from radar, Inmarsat and Irid ium transmitters . Also ensure that the GPS ante nna is free from direct view of the radar an d the Inm arsat beam.
21 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C If the r ed LED i lluminates continuously, the un it should be ass umed to be f aulty. It s hould either b e s witched off (power r emoved) or, if this is not prac tical, any other vessel position inform ation derived f rom the unit should not be used.
22 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C TX timeout This is a yellow LED which indicates when lit that t he CST DMA transm itter is prevent ed from transm itting. Reasons for this include the following: The transpond er‟s intern al GPS r eceiver is not yet r eady. The y ello w LED will go out a nd the green LED will light when G PS receiver is read y.
23 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C Data A minimum keypad and d ispla y (MKD) unit, chart plotter or other d isplay device may be connected to the N auticast™ -B AIS unit via the a ppropriate cable assem bly. The default baud rate of the data link is 38.4k baud with 8 data b its, one stop bit and no parit y.
24 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C NOTE 2 The sequential mess age identifier prov ides a message identification num ber from 0 to 9 that is sequentially assigned and is increm ented for each new m ulti -sentence m essage.
25 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C 5. VHF data link own vessel messages (NME A 0183 VDO) This mess age describes your own vessel m essage being sent. VDO message f ormat ! -- VDO,x1,x2,x3,a,s -- s ,x*hh<CR>.
26 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C 6. Regional Assignment Channel Assignment Message (NMEA 0183 ACA) A N auticast™ - B unit ca n receive regional channel m anagem ent inform ation in t wo ways: ITU -R M.1 371 message 22 or a DSC te lecom m and received on channel 70.
27 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C 8. AIS alarm messa ges (NMEA 0183 ALR, Text) Local alarm condition and status. T his sentence is us ed to report an alarm condition on a device and its current state of ack nowledgement. ALR message format ! -- ALR,hhmmss.ss,xxx ,A,A,c -- c*hh<CR><LF> field 1 2 3 4 5 Field Format Description 1 x hhmmss.
28 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C A PPENDIX B - SPEC IFICATIONS AN D WARNINGS 1. Specifications Parameter Value Dimensions 7.8 x 6.22 x 1.84 in. ( 198 x 158 x 46.
29 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C 2. Warnings WARNING regarding VHF antenna connectio n: Connecti ng a badl y mismatc hed VHF antenna, leav ing the VHF antenna port d isconnected, or s horting the V HF antenna .
30 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C A PPENDI X D - DATA POWER C AB LE I NFOR M A TION Class B A2 - 07 -0196-1 DATA POWER CABLE J1 J2 Description DB15 DB9 Wire Type Color AWG CABLE # 12V + 1 Tinned Copper RED 18 C.
31 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C APPENDIX E - SUPPORT, W A RRANTY, USEFUL LIFE and NOTICES 1. Support Contact your local deal er for Nauticast™ -B AIS support.
32 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C EC DECL A R ATION OF CO NFORMITY ACR Electronics, Inc . hereby declares that the following pro duct is in conform ity with Directive 19 99/5/EC of the European Parliam ent and o f the Council of 9 March 1999 on Radio eq uipm ent and Telecomm unications Term inal Equipment (R&TTE), and h as been t ype examined as follows.
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