ACR Electronics 2662 - Manual (Page 3)

1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION ...............................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Description of AIS ......................................................................................................................................................1
1.2 AIS in an Operational Environment ............................................................................................................................2
1.3 AIS Networks .............................................................................................................................................................3
2 NAUTICAST ™ ....................................................................................................................................................................4
2.1 System Overview .......................................................................................................................................................4
3 INSTALLATION ...................................................................................................................................................................5
3.1 Installation Requirements ...........................................................................................................................................5
3.2 Installation Overview ..................................................................................................................................................5
3.3 General Interface Description .....................................................................................................................................7
3.4 Interface NMEA Description: ......................................................................................................................................8
3.4.1 Sensor - Interface CH1, CH2, CH3 ...................................................................................................................8
3.4.2 ECDIS – Presentation Interface CH 4 ...............................................................................................................8
3.4.3 Pilot Port CH 5 .................................................................................................................................................9
3.4.4 Long Range CH 8 ............................................................................................................................................9
3.4.5 DGPS – DGNSS Channel 9 ........................................................................................................................... 10
3.4.6 Alarm Circuit – BIIT Channel 10 ..................................................................................................................... 10
3.4.7 Proprietary Sentences .................................................................................................................................... 10
3.5 Sensor Interface Definitions ..................................................................................................................................... 11
3.5.1 Talker drive circuits ........................................................................................................................................ 11
3.5.2 Listener Receiver Circuits ............................................................................................................................... 11
3.5.3 Electrical isolation .......................................................................................................................................... 11
3.5.4 Maximum voltage on the bus .......................................................................................................................... 11
3.5.5 Data transmission .......................................................................................................................................... 11
3.6 Sensor notes............................................................................................................................................................ 12
3.7 Sensor Hardware Installation: .................................................................................................................................. 13
3.7.1 Installation of an RS422 serial interface:......................................................................................................... 13
3.8 Sensor Software Configuration ................................................................................................................................ 14
3.8.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................... 14
3.8.2 Set up Sensor Speed, Checksum (CRC) and NMEA Talker and Sentence ID ................................................ 14
3.8.3 Real-Time Analysis of NMEA Data Streams ................................................................................................... 17
3.8.4 Sensor Monitoring for Problem Analysis ......................................................................................................... 19
3.8.5 Priority Handling of Sensor Sentence ............................................................................................................. 20
3.8.6 Supported NMEA-0183 Sentences ................................................................................................................. 20
3.8.7 Calculated Values .......................................................................................................................................... 24
3.8.8 Versions of NMEA Sentences ........................................................................................................................ 24
3.9 Pin-Description AIS-Cable / Socket 50-Pins: ............................................................................................................ 25
3.10 Pin-Description AIS-Connector: ........................................................................................................................... 26
3.11 Pin-Description Communication-Cable / Socket 50-Pins ..................................................................................... 27
3.12 Communication Cable RS232 (Sub-D 50 Socket) ............................................................................................... 28
3.13 Installation of VHF / GPS Antennas ..................................................................................................................... 29
3.13.1 VHF Antenna Installation ................................................................................................................................ 29
3.13.2 GNSS Antenna installation ............................................................................................................................. 30
3.14 Power Supply ...................................................................................................................................................... 33
4 STARTING THE NAUTICAST ™ ........................................................................................................................................ 34
4.1 Initial Set Up of the NAUTICAST ™ for operation ..................................................................................................... 34
4.2 Entering the MMSI / IMO / DAC / ESN Numbers ...................................................................................................... 35
4.3 Entering Ship Settings ............................................................................................................................................. 37
4.4 Entering Voyage Related Data ................................................................................................................................. 39
4.5 Entering Inland AIS Configuration ............................................................................................................................ 43
4.6 Service and User Passwords ................................................................................................................................... 45
5 TROUBLESHOOTING ....................................................................................................................................................... 48
5.1 Reading and understanding Alarms: ........................................................................................................................ 48
5.2 Alarm Codes ............................................................................................................................................................ 49
5.3 Text Messages ....................................................................................................................................................... 50
5.4 Restarting the NAUTICAST ™ .................................................................................................................................. 50
6 ACCESSORIES................................................................................................................................................................. 51
7 TECHNICAL INFORMATION ............................................................................................................................................ 52
7.1 ERI Ship Types ........................................................................................................................................................ 53
8 CONTACT AND SUPPORT INFORMATION ..................................................................................................................... 54
9 APPENDIX ........................................................................................................................................................................ 55
9.1 Samples for battery calculation ................................................................................................................................ 55
9.1.1 Typical Installation .......................................................................................................................................... 55
9.1.2 RM GMDSS Compact-Console Area A3 with 250 W MF/HF........................................................................... 56
9.1.3 RM GMDSS Compact-Console Area A3 with 400 W MF/HF........................................................................... 56
9.2 Drawings and Approvals .......................................................................................................................................... 57
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