Tresco Radar Overlay Manual de usuario

TRESCO RADAR OVERLAY
Operators’ manual
Tresco Engineering bvba
Version 2.1
© Tresco 2009
This manual may not in any aspect be copied ithout the prior authorization from Tresco bvba

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Table of Contents
Revisions .......................................................................................................................2
Introduction ..................................................................................................................3
Glossary .........................................................................................................................4
Conditions .....................................................................................................................5
Support ..........................................................................................................................6
Product Specification ....................................................................................................7
Characteristics ...........................................................................................................7
Standards, prescriptions and Type Approval............................................................8
Installation .................................................................................................................. 10
1.
PC Installation ..................................................................................................10
2.
Radar connection .............................................................................................10
3. Video s itch installation (optionally) ................................................................10
Installation ith 1 shared monitor for radar and Radar Overlay:.........................11
Installation diagram ith separate monitors: .......................................................11
Using your Tresco Radar Overlay ...............................................................................12
User Instructions .....................................................................................................16
AIS OFF, AIS ON or AIS LABELS ..........................................................................16
CHART OFF, CHART MIN, CHART USER or CHART ALL .......................................16
CHART BRIGHTNESS............................................................................................17
RADAR BRIGHTNESS ...........................................................................................17
TO INFORMATION MODE.....................................................................................17
EXIT ......................................................................................................................17
PICK REPORT .......................................................................................................19
Indications and alarms ...........................................................................................20
Local VHF channel indication ..............................................................................20
Interface Descriptions ................................................................................................21
Interface from Radar to PC .....................................................................................21
Radar echo video signal interface .......................................................................21
Radar parameters interface ................................................................................21
Ship’s heading marker(SHM) or “Bearing Zero” interface .................................. 21
Interface from PC to Radar .....................................................................................21
NMEA Interface bet een GPS(-compass), Rate-Of-Turn indicator, radar, AIS
transponder and the PC ..........................................................................................22
Accepted GPS sentences: ....................................................................................22
Accepted GPS-compass sentences:..................................................................... 22
Accepted Rate-Of-Turn indicator sentences:......................................................22
Accepted AIS sentences: .....................................................................................22
Accepted Radar sentences: .................................................................................22
Maintenance ................................................................................................................23
WARN ING: ...............................................................................................................23
NOTE: .......................................................................................................................23
Troubleshooting ..........................................................................................................24
No Chart underlay ...................................................................................................24
There are no radar echoes visible ...........................................................................24
The R /O menu pane is not visible...........................................................................24

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Revisions
Version
Date Responsible Approved
Changes
1.0 2007-11-28 Yves Hacha First draft
1.1 2008-01-07 Yves Hacha U/I additions
1.2 2008-01-22 Yves Hacha Ne user menu
1.3 2008-02-20 Yves Hacha Details added and manuals
splitted into separate ones
for operation and installation
2008-02-25 Yves Hacha Added info on AIS-targets
1.4 2008-03-06 Yves Hacha Details added (menu tree, …)
2.0 2008-05-19 Yves Hacha User Interface changes.
This is the base document
for translation.
2.1 2009-09-25 Roel Schroeven Adapted for JRC JMA 610

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Introduction
We ould like to thank you for choosing the “Tresco Radar Overlay” system. The
Tresco Radar Overlay product enhances a vessel’s system radar picture by
underlaying Tresco digital charts. This operating mode conforms ith “navigation
mode” as specified in the Inland ECDIS standard.
Attention !
Inland ECDIS equipment like this, hich is able to ork in navigation mode ( ith radar
overlay), may only be installed and configured by authorized companies. The chapter
“Installation” in this manual gives only a system overvie and an interconnection diagram to
kno the main parts of the hole system. The complete installation is explained in a separate
installation manual.
Any parts of the system (PC, Monitors, DGPS- or GPS-Receivers or –Compasses) may be
replaced only by original replacements authorized by Tresco Engineering.
It is important that you read this manual
completely
before you start to install and
use your Tresco Overlay.

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Glossary
AIS Automatic Identification System
Authorized Companies Companies authorized by Tresco Navigation
CCR or CCNR Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine
COG Course Over Ground
DGPS Differential Global Positioning System
DVI Digital Visual Interface
ECDIS Electronic Chart Display and Information System
ECS Electronic Chart System
EGNOS
European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (for GPS)
ENC Electronic Navigational Chart
GPS Global Positioning System
IALA
International Association of Lighthouse Authorities
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
IENC Inland Electronic Navigational Chart
Information mode ECS ithout radar overlay
Inland ECDIS Inland Electronic Chart Display and Information System
Navigation mode ECS or Inland ECDIS ith radar overlay
NMEA National Marine Electronics Association
PC Personal Computer
PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect (PC bus system)
PSU Po er Supply Unit
RIB Radar Interface Board
ROT Rate Of Turn (in degrees per minute)
RTCM
Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services
RX Receive or Receiver
SENC System ENC, or, manufacturer encrypted chart
SHM “Ship’s Heading Marker” or “Bearing Zero” pulse
SOG Speed Over Ground
TRESCO or Tresco Tresco Engineering bvba, Ant erp
TX Transmit or Transmitter
UTC Universal Time Co-ordinated, or, Green ich Mean Time
(GMT)
VGA Video Graphics Array
WAAS Wide Area Augmentation System (for GPS)

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Conditions
Tresco Radar Overlay is a navigation aid and orks in co-operation ith other
similar systems like ECDIS and radar. The installation has to be inspected
regularly as ritten in the legal regulations and checked frequently on its
operational quality by the user. Remember that navigation and life at sea al ays
requires proper seamanship and that the Tresco Radar Overlay is not a
replacement for such qualities.
Tresco Engineering bvba, Ant erp cannot be held liable for any injury or damage
caused by, during or because of the installation and using of the Radar Overlay.
This product is used at your o n risk and it shall be remembered that AIS, GPS,
heading and rate-of-turn data depends on the full co-operation of other users and
systems.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP PROPER LOOKOUT AT ALL TIMES AND TO USE ALL
AVAILABLE MEANS TO AVOID COLLISIONS AND ACCIDENTS.
GPS (AND THUS THE CHART POSITION) MAY FROM TIME TO TIME INCLUDE
ERRORS: THEREFORE, THE POSITION RECEIVED FROM THE GPS SHALL ALWAYS
BE VERIFIED WITH OTHER AVAILABLE MEANS.

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Support
If you need support, please contact the closest reseller or the location here you
acquired the product.
The manufacturer can also give direct support:
Email: [email protected] or Fax: +32 3 829 03 71.
Please register your purchase of Tresco Radar Overlay ith Tresco Engineering,
Ant erp by sending an email to [email protected] stating your vessel name, your
(company) name, your telephone number and your dealer’s/reseller’s company
name.

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Product Specification
Characteristics
Tresco overlay PC: An
approved PC
delivered by Tresco or an authorized
company
Containing the RIB hard are: 1 PCI or PCI-X slot
Power: Uses the host PSU of the PC
Electrical Interfaces: PCI-bus for communication ith host PC
DVI or VGA video signal for communication ith radar
NMEA-183 for communication ith GPS, AIS, rate-of-turn
indicator and compass.
Connectors: PCI-slot
DB-15 VGA connector or DVI connector
DB-9 or DB-25 serial connector for NMEA
Resolution: 1024 by 1280 pixels
Graphical layers: four:
o chart - under radar
o radar echoes
o chart - over radar
o radar top
Positional Accuracy: equal to the accuracy of the positioning device (e.g. GPS)
Radial accuracy: equal to the accuracy of the heading device plus or minus
0.1°

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Standards, prescriptions and Type Approval
This product complies ith the Inland ECDIS standard adopted by the CCNR, the
Danube Commission and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN-ECE).
The standard can be do nloaded on the site of the CCNR. The title is “
Inland ECDIS
Standard Edition 2.0
”. Use the follo ing links:
• English version: http:// .ccr-zkr.org/Files/ris/eri12_e.pdf
• German version: http:// .ccr-zkr.org/Files/ris/eri12_d.pdf
• French version: http:// .ccr-zkr.org/Files/ris/eri12_f.pdf
All River Information Services (RIS) documents can be found at:
http:// .ccr-zkr.org/commun/ris.htm
The prescriptions about the minimum requirements and approval conditions for
navigation mode equipment used on the Rhine:
• German version: http:// .ccr-zkr.org/Files/rp21a_012004.pdf
• French version: http:// .ccr-zkr.org/Files/rp21f_012004.pdf
The prescriptions concerning installation and the functional test for radar
equipment and turn indicators for navigation on the Rhine:
• German version: http:// .ccr-zkr.org/Files/rp23a_012004.pdf
• French version: http:// .ccr-zkr.org/Files/rp23f_012004.pdf
For the list of approved equipment, see section B in:
• German version: http:// .ccr-zkr.org/Files/rp24a_012004.pdf
• French version: http:// .ccr-zkr.org/Files/rp24f_082007.pdf
Tresco charts comply ith the IHO S-57 / S-52 standards.
NMEA-183 serial communication complies ith the IEC 61162 standard.

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This Tresco radar-overlay product has been type approved by the Traffic
Technology Centre of the federal ater ays administration. The certificate as
issued on 15 april 2008 and has the number R-4-102 .
Type Approval
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