ACR Electronics Nauticast 2607 - Manual (Page 3)

Installation Manual 3 Y1-03-0204 Rev. K
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 NAUTICAST ......................................................................................................... 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 Interface Definitions ................................................................................................... 12
3.5.1 Talker drive circuits ....................................................................................................................................... 12
3.5.2 Listener Receiver Circuits .............................................................................................................................. 12
3.5.3 Electrical isolation ......................................................................................................................................... 12
3.5.4 Maximum voltage on the bus ......................................................................................................................... 12
3.5.5 Data transmission ......................................................................................................................................... 12
3.6 Sensor notes .......................................................................................................................... 13
3.7 Sensor Hardware Installation: ................................................................................................ 14
3.7.1 Installation of an RS422 serial interface:........................................................................................................ 14
3.8 Sensor Software Configuration .............................................................................................. 15
3.8.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 15
3.8.2 Set up Sensor Speed, Checksum (CRC) and NMEA Talker and Sentence ID ............................................... 15
3.8.3 Real-Time Analysis of NMEA Data Streams .................................................................................................. 18
3.8.4 Sensor Monitoring for Problem Analysis ........................................................................................................ 20
3.8.5 Priority Handling of Sensor Sentence ............................................................................................................ 21
3.8.6 Supported NMEA-0183 Sentences ................................................................................................................ 21
3.8.7 Calculated Values ......................................................................................................................................... 25
3.8.8 Versions of NMEA Sentences ....................................................................................................................... 25
3.9 Pin-Description AIS-Cable / Socket 50-Pins: ......................................................................... 26
3.10 Pin-Description AIS-Connector: ............................................................................................. 27
3.11 Installation of VHF / GPS Antennas ....................................................................................... 28
3.11.1 VHF Antenna Installation ............................................................................................................................... 28
3.11.2 GNSS Antenna installation ............................................................................................................................ 29
3.11.3 Power Supply ................................................................................................................................................ 32
4 STARTING THE NAUTICAST ............................................................................ 33
4.1 Entering the MMSI and IMO Numbers: .................................................................................. 33
4.2 Entering Voyage Related Data: .............................................................................................. 35
4.3 Entering Ship Settings: ........................................................................................................... 36
4.4 Service and User Passwords: ................................................................................................ 38
5 TROUBLESHOOTING ........................................................................................ 41
5.1 Reading and understanding Alarms: ...................................................................................... 41
5.2 Alarm Codes ........................................................................................................................... 43
5.3 Text Messages ....................................................................................................................... 44
6 ACCESSORIES .................................................................................................. 45
7 TECHNICAL INFORMATION ............................................................................. 46
8 CONTACT AND SUPPORT INFORMATION ..................................................... 47
9 APPENDIX ......................................................................................................... 48
9.1 Samples for battery calculation .............................................................................................. 48
9.1.1 Typical Installation ......................................................................................................................................... 48
9.2 Drawings and Approvals ....................................................................................................... 53
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