Instruction manual

Simrad AP16 Autopilot
118 20221560F
Final sea trial
After having completed all settings in the Installation Menu, take
the boat out and perform a final sea trial in open waters at a safe
distance from other traffic. .
− Steer the boat on all cardinal headings in AUTO mode.
− Start with low and medium speeds to get familiar with the
response from the AP16.
− Try the effect of LO and HI parameter settings.
− If the hardware for automatic HI/LO parameter selection is
connected and configured, verify that the HI/LO transition is
occurring, and the HI/LO parameters are changing after the
transition speed is crossed (by more than 1 Knot higher or
lower speed).
− Try the Dodge and U-turn function.
− If a Non-Follow Up lever (or handheld remote) is connected,
test change of modes and verify port and starboard steering
commands of the lever.
− Set waypoints into each navigator connected to the system,
and verify that the AP16 steers in NAV mode for each NAV
source.
− Try the NoDrift mode.
− If the boat is a sailboat use the WIND mode and try the AP16
at different settings of the apparent wind angle. Also try the
WINDN(av) mode, optimized VMG and WCV when sailing
(tacking) to a waypoint.
− If the rudder response feels aggressive during the sea trial,
you may want to reduce the rudder speed to get a smoother
steering.
Alternatively on a sailboat you may want to have a higher
rudder speed when running. The motor Drive out (page
90)
can be set with this in mind. Never adjust in more than 10%
steps with respect to the reading set during the automatic
rudder test (page
90). Always perform a new Autotune after
the adjustment.
− Provide the owner with user training.