Operation Manual

M-2 AIS Operation Issue 1 9
Enter key and Setup mode
The ENTER key confirms the entry of new data, and provides
additional functions:
Text entry mode, to activate the popup keyboard
Setup Mode; enter System Setup Mode by holding down the
ENTER key for more than five seconds.
Navpad
The four-way ‘Navigation Pad’ moves the cursor around the
screen.
It is also used to change data:
UP/DOWN selects the field
LEFT/RIGHT changes the value
Status bar
The information bar at the top of the display shows the current system status.
Alarm window
Alarms relate to own vessel
conditions. A new alarm state is
announced by a popup text box.
Use the ENTER key to
acknowledge the alarm state and
clear the alarm window box from
view. Alarm boxes persist until acknowledged, thus several boxes may be
stacked on top of each other.
Alert LED
The red Alert LED can be set to indicate various functions.
It will start to flash while the system is in the process of initialising after power up
and before setting to work.
Refer to the setup options section for further information.
New message
to read
Current alarm
Service mode
RAIM active
GNSS position
information as
broadcast over
AIS channels
System Date
and Time (UTC)
provided by
GNSS