Furuno RP-250 User Manual

VIDEO PLOTTERRP-250Back

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 4About the radar/video plotter display When using the radar/video plotter display, you may erase marks, lines, grid, etc. fro

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 51.5 Charts This section shows you how to display charts and correct their position. Both the chart card and memory card ar

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 6Canceling chart position correction 1. Press the [NAV MENU] and [0] keys to show the VIDEO PLOTTER 2 menu. 2. Press the [2

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 75. Press any menu key to close the menu. Note 1: LAND DENSITY fills (ON) or hollows (OFF) land on an electronic chart. Land

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 8For manual input of position (item 4), do the following: a) Press the [4] key. b) Enter latitude in six digits with the nu

92 TRACK This section provides the information necessary for setting the track display conditions for own ship and other vessels. 2.1 Stopping Pl

2. TRACK 102.3 Track Plotting Interval The memory stores ship's position in latitude and longitude at a sampling rate set on the OWN SHIP, TARG

2. TRACK 11 2.4 Smoothing Even when the vessel is sailing in a straight line the track shown on the display looks irregular. This is due to signal v

2. TRACK 122.6 Own Ship Track Color You may display own ship’s track in red, magenta, yellow*, green*, cyan, blue or white* as below. (* = Not avail

133 MARKS, LINES You can inscribe marks on the display to note important points, for example, a buoy or a wreck. The mark memory capacity is 20,000

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3. MARKS, LINES 142. For entry at own ship’s position, enter mark number to choose desired mark, followed by the [ENTER] key. The chosen mark appear

3. MARKS, LINES 153.3 Mark/Line Color Not available on IMO type. 1. Press the [MARK] key. 2. Press [2], [3] and [ENTER] key. 3. Continue pressing

3. MARKS, LINES 163.5 Finding Mark/Line Memory Used 1. Press the [NAV MENU] and [0] keys. Mark memory used appears as below. MEMORY IN USE OWN SH

174 WAYPOINTS, NAVIGATION LINES 4.1 Entering Waypoints 100 waypoints are available. The user may enter position data in waypoints 01-98, by the tra

4. WAYPOINTS, NAV LINES 184.1.3 Entering waypoints at own ship position 1. Press the [NAV MENU], [4] and [2] keys. 2. Press the [2] key to choose

4. WAYPOINTS, NAV LINE 194.3 Displaying Waypoints A waypoint may be shown on the display as below. 4.3.1 Displaying waypoints 1. Press the [NAV MEN

4. WAYPOINTS, NAV LINES 204.4 Deleting Waypoints Waypoints can be deleted individually or collectively. 4.4.1 Deleting individual waypoints 1. Pres

4. WAYPOINTS, NAV LINE 214.5.2 Adding waypoints to navigation lines To add waypoints to a navigation line, do the following: 1. Press the [NAV MEN

4. WAYPOINTS, NAV LINES 224.5.7 Setting up navigation lines Navigation lines may be set up as follows: 1. Press the [NAV MENU] and [3] keys. [NAV

4. WAYPOINTS, NAV LINE 23Note: Waypoints are automatically switched when own ship is either 1/2 of the arrival alarm range or 0.5 nm from next waypo

i NOTICENo one navigational aid should be relied upon exclusively for the safety of vessel and crew. The navigator has the responsibility to check a

4. WAYPOINTS, NAV LINES 244.5.8 Displaying navigation lines Set nav line as show in previous paragraph and then follow the procedure below to displa

255 RECORDING, REPLAYING DATA 5.1 Formatting Memory Cards Before you can use a memory card (RAM card) with the RP-250, the card must be formatted.

5. RECORDING, REPLAYING DATA 265.2 Recording Data When the track memory becomes full, the oldest track is erased to make room for the latest. Further

276 OTHER PLOTTER FUNCTIONS 6.1 Initial Settings An item on the PLOTTER DISP SELECT menu can be deleted through the VIDEO PLOTTER INITIAL SETTING me

6. OTHER PLOTTER FUNCTIONS 286.2 Longitude Error Table (on 96 nm range scale) The longitude lines concentrate on the north pole and south pole, name

6. OTHER PLOTTER FUNCTIONS 29 0.2256 0.4444 0.6496 0.8350 0.9950 1.1248 1.2202 1.2786 1.2980 0.21980213 0.43290201 0.632803 0.81341

6. OTHER PLOTTER FUNCTIONS 30(This page intentionally left blank.)

317 AIS OPERATION The AIS (Automatic Identification System) feature automatically provides navigation data on AIS-equipped ships. AIS symbol and AIS

7. AIS OPERATION 32Note 1: The RP-250 continues to process AIS targets when the AIS feature is switched off. When the AIS is again turned on, symbols

7. AIS OPERATION 33Dangerous target When an AIS target violates the CPA/TCPA alarm setting (set on the ARPA 1 menu in case of ARPA or EPA menu in cas

iiTABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD... iv 1 OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW ... 1 1.1 General...

7. AIS OPERATION 347.4.3 Activating all sleeping AIS targets 1. Press the [AIS MENU] key to open the AIS menu. 2. Press the [7] key (ACTIVATE ALL

7. AIS OPERATION 357.5.2 Extended target data 1. With basic data displayed as in paragraph 7.4.1, press the [AIS MENU] key to open the AIS menu. 2.

7. AIS OPERATION 367.6 Lost Target A target is declared a lost target when no data is received for six minutes or five reporting intervals, whichever

7. AIS OPERATION 373. Press appropriate numeric key among 2-5 to choose the type of message you want to see. The example below shows a safety relate

7. AIS OPERATION 387.8 History Display The history display shows equally time-spaced dots marking past positions of activated targets being tracked.

7. AIS OPERATION 397.8.2 Choosing history display attributes You may choose history point color, the number of history points to show per history pl

7. AIS OPERATION 407.10 Automatic Target Activation You may automatically activate all targets within a specific distance from own ship as below. Not

7. AIS OPERATION 417.12 ROT Display Setting You may set the lower limit of the ROT (Rate Of Turn) at which the heading line on target symbols will po

7. AIS OPERATION 427.13 Combining AIS with ARPA (fusion) If equipped with ARPA it may be jointly used with the AIS. In this case specify the paramete

7. AIS OPERATION 437.14 AIS System Messages AIS system messages are displayed at the bottom right corner of the screen. The table below shows the AI

iii7.4 Sleeping Targets... 33 7.4.1 Sleeping an AIS target ... 33 7.4.2 Sleeping all AIS targets ... 3

7. AIS OPERATION 447.15 AIS Alarm Message The AIS3 menu provides AIS alarm message information ($AIALR sentence) from the AIS transponder.

458 MAINTENANCE 8.1 Replacing the Battery on the RP Board A battery installed on the RP board inside the radar display unit preserves video plotter

8. MAINTENANCE 468.3 System Error If the equipment fails, the message “RP SYSTEM ERROR” appears (in red) at the bottom right-hand corner of the displ

479 INSTALLATION OF VIDEO PLOTTER KIT 9.1 Tabletop/Console Type Necessary parts RP-250-T-2E-N (Code No. 000-080-196), For NAVIONICS specificatio

9. INSTALLATION OF VIDEO PLOTTER KIT 481. Remove the right and left arm covers from the control head. Right and leftarm coversPan Head Screw BM4 x 1

9. INSTALLATION OF VIDEO PLOTTER KIT 494. While raising the monitor until the CRT is horizontal as below, fix the stay as follows: a) Raise the stay

9. INSTALLATION OF VIDEO PLOTTER KIT 50c) Release hand from stopper. Release stopper;stay is fixed. Stay fixed 5. Fasten the M-card case to the rig

9. INSTALLATION OF VIDEO PLOTTER KIT 51Display pedestalFront panel Display pedestal, front view 8. Set the RP Board in the top slot of the pcb card

9. INSTALLATION OF VIDEO PLOTTER KIT 5213. Attach the NH connector assy. (supplied) to the AIS cable and then connect the NH connector to J4 on the R

9. INSTALLATION OF VIDEO PLOTTER KIT 53b) Insert supplied floppy disk in the PC, execute the “upe.bat” file. The PC displays “TARGET POWER ON.” c) Tu

ivFOREWORD A Word to the Owner of the RP-250 FURUNO Electric Company thanks you for purchasing the RP-250 Video Plotter. We are confident you will di

9. INSTALLATION OF VIDEO PLOTTER KIT 5420. Set the #3 and #4 function keys as follows: a) Press [RADAR MENU], [0], [0] and [5]. b) Press [2] to c

9. INSTALLATION OF VIDEO PLOTTER KIT 559.2 Separate Type Control Head Necessary parts RP-250-T-2E-N (Code No.: 000-080-196), For AVIONICS specificat

9. INSTALLATION OF VIDEO PLOTTER KIT 561. Follow steps 1 thru 4 in the previous paragraph to open the display unit. 2. Remove M-card lid, case and

9. INSTALLATION OF VIDEO PLOTTER KIT 576. Fasten the ground wire in the cable assy. of the M-card assy. with an M3 x 8 screw and toothed washer (M3)

58APPENDIX 1. Digital Interface (IEC 61162-2) Input sentences (RP Board, J4) VDM, ALR, VDO Data reception Data is received in serial asynchronous

APPENDIX 59VDO - UAIS VHF Data-link Own-vessel report !AIVDO,x,x,x,x,s--s,x*hh<CR><LF> | | | | | | |

APPENDIX 602. Interface Function (1) Data displayed in the Basic data display - !AIVDM message 1-3 COG, SOG, HDG, ROT - !AIVDM message 5 call sig

APPENDIX 613. Main Board Modification (IEC 60936-1 related items) When the RP-250 is installed in the radar display unit of the FR-2105 series radar,

APPENDIX 624. Conditions Which Display the Alarm for WT and CPA/TCPA • When both VHW and VBW are input, priority is VBW>VHW. • When only VHW is

APPENDIX 635. Menu Tree Video plotter 1 [NAV INFORMATION(1)]2 [WAYPOINT]3 [NAV LINE][NAV MENU] keyVIDEO PLOTTER(1)1 [VIDEO PLOTTER(1)]2 SELECT NAVAID

11 OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW1.1 General The Video Plotter RP-250 is an optional circuit board (RP board) which is accommodated in the display unit of the

APPENDIX 644 [ENTER WPT, NAV LINE]5 [OWN SHIP, TARGET PLOT]6 [CARD] (REPLAY, RECORD)7 PLOTTER PRESENTATION (DEFAULT, USER SET)8 [DISPLAY SELECT]9 [ER

APPENDIX 65AIS [AIS MENU] Key1 [AIS(1)]2 HISTORY (OFF, ON)3 HISTORY POINTS (5, 10)4 HISTORY INTERVAL (10, 30 s; 1, 2, 3 , 6 min)5 HISTORY COLOR (RED,

SP - 1 E3047S01C SPECIFICATIONS OF VIDEO PLOTTER RP-250 1 GENERAL 1.1 Display Display of FR-2115 series Radar 1.2 Display Mode Radar picture

IN-1INDEX A AIS activating all sleeping targets... 34 activating targets... 31 automatic activ

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 21.2 Controls PowerswitchControl headCardslot FR-2105 series radar display unit HLOFF1OFFCENTER4EBL7TARGETTRAILSCANCELPANEL

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 31.3 Choosing Display Mode 1. Press the [RADAR MENU] key. 2. Press the [9] key to choose display mode desired. The illustr