Operation Manual

M-2 AIS Operation Issue 1 5
M-2 Product description
Key features
• Shipborne Class A AIS
• Versatile Keyboard and Display Unit
• Clear presentation of targets as graphics and text
• Integral 16 channel Space-Based Augmentation System (SBAS)
-enabled GPS receiver
• Differential GNSS (DGNSS) correction
• Interfaces to ECS, ECDIS, ARPA
• Pilot plug connection
• Integral ship’s cable termination board
• Four sensor interfaces
• Long Range port
The M-2 gives a clear indication of identity, proximity and bearing of surrounding
AIS targets. By providing this information in both graphic and text formats the
need for ‘bridge to bridge’ radio voice contact between vessels is much reduced.
AIS targets are unaffected by radar shadow effects and remain visible even
when targets may be lost to the vessel’s radar.
Own vessel static and voyage related information is broadcast automatically
every six minutes. Depending on the speed the vessel is making, dynamic
factors (speed, course, heading and rate of turn) are transmitted at intervals of
between two and twelve seconds or every three minutes when moored.
M-2 Display controller and Transponder unit