Operation Manual

User Manual

3.9 ALARMS

The chart plotter provides alarms for various functions. You can enter the desired

alarm range for each function.

Arrival Alarm

To set an acoustic alarm to sound when the vessel is approaching the destination.

[MENU] + "MENU" + [ENTER] + "ALARMS" + [ENTER] + "ARRIVAL ALARM"

+ [ENTER]

XTE Alarm

To set an acoustic alarm to sound when the vessel is deviating from a defined

course.

[MENU] + "MENU" + [ENTER] + "ALARMS" + [ENTER] + "XTE ALARM" +

[ENTER]

Depth Alarm

To set an acoustic alarm to sound when the received depth value (from the depth

transducer) is too shallow.

[MENU] + "MENU" + [ENTER] + "ALARMS" + [ENTER] + "DEPTH ALARM"

+ [ENTER]

Anchor Alarm

To set an alarm to sound when the ship moves off the current ship's position

location.

[MENU] + "MENU" + [ENTER] + "ALARMS" + [ENTER] + "ANCHOR ALARM"

+ [ENTER]

NOTE By the time the Anchor Alarm is set the current ship's position is saved as

origin position. The alarm goes off when the ship moves away from the origin

position more than the entered alarm range.

Audible Alarm

To enable or disable the alarm beeps sound. The visual alarm window will be

displayed anyway.

[MENU] + "MENU" + [ENTER] + "ALARMS" + [ENTER] + "AUDIBLE ALARM"

+ [ENTER]

Grounding Alarm

To verify potential danger to navigation such shallow water (depth areas), inter-

tidal areas, land, rocks, obstructions and shoreline constructions. The maps are

scanned every 10 seconds. If any of the above objects are found, the chart plot-

ter notifies the danger on a dedicated warning message box. The active "Ground-

ing Alarms" are shown in the Grounding Alarm Report page.

To activate the Grounding Alarm:

[MENU] + "MENU" + [ENTER] + "ALARMS" + [ENTER] + "GROUNDING

ALARM" + [ENTER]

The chart plotter scans a sector in front of the boat. The direction is determined

by the current boat heading. You can select the length and its angle is 30 degrees.

The Grounding Alarm is switched Off by default after a Master Reset.