Commissioning alongside, Commissioning during a sea trial – B&G Network Autopilot User Manual

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COMMISSIONING ALONGSIDE

Set the following parameters prior to a sea trial.

BT TYPE Select type of boat
SET RDP Rudder end stop Port
SET RDS Rudder end stop Starboard
SET RDM Rudder Mid position
DRIVE A Select the rudder drive type
ST RDT

Rudder Hard-over time

BLN10.0M Boat waterline length in Metres (or Feet)
BLN 32F Boat waterline length in Feet
DIP 0

Magnetic Dip Angle correction

CMP 000º Compass alignment correction
POWER Power steer mode to verify that the autopilot can drive the

rudder

COMMISSIONING DURING A SEA TRIAL

The following parameters should be set and checked during the initial
sea trial.

SET RDM Rudder Mid position (reset)
SWING Internal

Compass

Deviation

Correction

BLG 0.3

Boat Lag value

RGN 0.50 Rudder Gain value
SC 6.25 Speed sensor calibration Hz/Knot (availability is software

version dependant)

POWER Power steer mode

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