User's Manual

ED 3100 G 140 / 04 (2011-11)
Operating Instructions
C-1 Voyage Planning
C VOYAGE PLANNING & MONITORING.fm
C-7
NACOS Platinum
1.1.2 Generation, Handling and Administration of the Routes
During the generation of the pre-planned tracks, you can transfer the waypoint positions graphically,
(in Graphic mode) from the electronic chart displayed on the chart area.
You can also edit the waypoint positions by alphanumeric input (in Text mode); all other data, like
- administrative data,
- notes to the waypoints,
- additional route parameters, and
- parameters for the track and speed control functions
must be edited in text mode anyway.
Editing in Text mode means data input in the Waypoint List and the Route List displayed as two
linked tables shown in the lower part of the application area.
In Text mode, the following functions too are possible:
- During the generation of a route, waypoints - including all data assigned to a waypoint - can be
taken over (copied with Copy and Paste) from routes that already exist.
-By means of the Reverse function, the direction of the route can be reversed, i.e. the first waypoint
becomes the last one, and so on.
At any time you can change between graphical editing and text mode as long as the PPI/Chart area
shows the relevant part of the pre-planned track being edited.
Once the route has been generated, it should definitely be checked with the special checking function
available in the header of the Waypoint List.
The route that is checked must be stored in the form of a separate file
1)
on the hard disk of the MFD
and assigned to a catalog. During the editing process, you have to give the route a route name, by
means of which the system - in conjunction with the catalog name - can clearly identify any route. So
that you too can identify the parts of the route later, you should also give some important waypoints an
appropriate waypoint name before you start the storing process.
If a route is to be displayed or modified on the system, you first have to load it. In this process, a route
stored on the hard disk is copied into the main memory of the MFD. Each time you load or reload a
route the results of the route check get lost, i.e. the check route function must be executed once more.
For modifying a route, you have all of the input possibilities that are also available to you for the initial
generation process. After the modification, the route must be stored again. If this is done under the old
route name, the old data set of the modified route is lost. If, during the storing process, you input a
new route name, the modified route is stored additionally as a new route; in this case the original
route continues to exist in unchanged form.
Although it is improbable, hard disk drives can get damaged or the data stored on them can be erased
or be unreadable. So that, in such cases, the stored data are not irretrievably lost, it is absolutely essen-
tial to make a backup copy
2)
at regular intervals, i.e. before such an event can occur. After a hard disk
fault or after the hard disk has been exchanged, the files can then be copied back
2)
to the hard disk
drive. This mechanism can also be used to exchange files between the systems on different
ships.
If your system includes more than one MFD with navigation functionality, all routes generated on one
MFD are also copied automatically to all other MFDs.
1)
In the following, no distinction is drawn between the route and the route file.
2)
On/from a removable device