Operation Manual

28 User Manual

Sending Route

To transmit the Active Route information onto the NMEA output port.

[MENU] + "MENU" + [ENTER] +"ROUTE" + [ENTER] + "SEND" + [ENTER]

The NMEA WPL & RTE messages are sent to the output port.

Receiving Route

To save Route information received from the NMEA input port.

[MENU] + "MENU" + [ENTER] +"ROUTE" + [ENTER] + "RECEIVE" + [ENTER]

The received route is saved on the Active route, overwriting it. The NMEA WPL &

RTE messages are sent to the input port.

Safe Route Checking

This function checks the presence of particular cartographic objects (see the list

below) on a range set by the user for all Route legs:

♦ Land Areas

♦ Shallow Water

♦ Intertidal Areas

♦ Rocks

♦ Wrecks

♦ Obstructions

♦ Shoreline Constructions

♦ Fishing Facility

♦ Dredged Areas

♦ Diffusers

♦ Mooring/Warping Facility

♦ Production Installation

♦ Pingos

♦ No Data Available

If any of these alarm conditions is detected, then the chart plotter highlights the

list of dangerous objects and the correspondant dangerous Route leg. The Route

leg is then drawn in a different color.

To activate this function:

[MENU] + "MENU" + [ENTER] +"ROUTE" + [ENTER] + "AUTOMATIC CHECK"

+ [ENTER]

NOTE If Automatic Check is activated, the modified Route legs are checked

everytime a Waypoint is added, inserted, edited or moved.

To select the width of the detected area aside the Route:

[MENU] + "MENU" + [ENTER] +"ROUTE" + [ENTER] + "ROUTE WIDTH" +

[ENTER] + insert the desired value + [ENTER]

NOTE Safe Route width value represents half the total width checked by the

function.

To select the depth of the detected area aside the Route:

[MENU] + "MENU" + [ENTER] +"ROUTE" + [ENTER] + "ROUTE DEPTH" +

[ENTER] + insert the desired value + [ENTER]

It also possible to select the accuracy for the Route check, among Minimum, Low,

Medium, High and Maximum:

[MENU] + "MENU" + [ENTER] +"ROUTE" + [ENTER] + "ACCURACY" +

[ENTER] + insert the desired value + [ENTER]