User's Manual

Table Of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENT

1 WHAT IS AIS? ........................................................................ 1

1.1 CLASS A VS. CLASS B AIS ............................................................. 3

1.2 AIS MESSAGE TYPES ................................................................... 4

1.3 AIS REPORT RATE ...................................................................... 4

2 SYSTEM OVERVIEW .............................................................. 5

2.1 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION ............................................................... 5

2.2 EQUIPMENTS IN THE BOX ............................................................. 6

2.3 EXTERNAL CONNECTIONS ............................................................. 7

3 PROGRAMMING YOUR VESSEL DATA .................................... 8

3.1 USB DRIVER INSTALLATION .......................................................... 8

3.2 AIS CONFIGURATION SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ................................ 9

4 INSTALLATION ..................................................................... 10

4.1 INSTALLATION PROCEDURES ........................................................ 10

4.2 MOUNTING TRANSPONDER MAIN UNIT ....................................... 11

4.3 VHF/GPS ANTENNA INSTALLATION ............................................. 13

4.4 GPS ANTENNA LOCATION .......................................................... 14

4.5 CONNECTING POWER AND DATA CABLE ........................................ 15

4.6 CONNECTING WITH NMEA0183 DEVICES .................................... 16

4.7 AIS SILENT MODE CONNECTION ................................................. 20