Alarms, 1 arrival alarm, anchor watch alarm, Arrival alarm – Furuno GP-3300 User Manual

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ALARMS

There are six conditions that can trigger audible and visual alarms in
this unit: Arrival alarm, Anchor Watch alarm, Cross-track Error (XTE)
alarm, Border alarm, and Ship’s Speed alarm (two types).

Up to three alarms can be actuated. When an alarm setting is breached,
the audible alarm sounds and the alarm icon appears at the bottom
right-hand corner of the display.

Note: The alarms are useful for alerting you to possibly dangerous
situations. However, the captain is always responsible for the safe
operation of his ship. FURUNO Electric Company will assume no
responsibility for any damages associated with the use of the alarms.

6.1 Arrival Alarm, Anchor Watch Alarm

Arrival alarm

The arrival alarm warns you your ship is approaching a destination
waypoint. The area that defines an arrival zone is that of a circle
which you approach from outside the circle. The alarm will be re-
leased if your ship enters into the circle.

DESTINATION

Audible alarm sounds

Figure 6-1 How the arrival alarm works

To set an arrival alarm limit of 0.05 nautical miles for waypoint 07
(destination waypoint), for example, you would do the following:

1. Press the [ALARM] key to display the ALARM menu.

ALARM

ARR/ANCHOR

= ARR ANCHOR OFF

ALARM RANGE

= 0.500NM

XTE/BORDER

= XTE BORDER OFF

ALARM RANGE

= 0.250NM

SPEED

= IN OUT OFF

UPPER LIMIT

= 15.0KTS

LOWER LIMIT

= 11.0KTS

Figure 6-2 ALARM menu

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