Tokyo Keiki EC-8100 8600 Operation Manual

Document No.
E18-6561A
ECDIS
ELECTRONIC CHART DISPLAY AND INFORMATION SYSTEM
EC-8000-A/8500-A, EC-8100/8600
OPERATORS MANUAL
Ed. 1.1
9. 2014
Marine Systems Company
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Warning for Safety
You should follow the description below to use this equipment safely and efficiently. If
not, it might cause a serious result to affect life and death.
Danger, Warning and Caution described in this book mean as follows:
If you should operate this equipment in disregard of this

DANGER indication, there must be high possibility that it cause ones
death or serious injury.

WARNING indication, it may cause ones death or serious injury.

CAUTION indication, it might cause ones serious injury or some
physical damage.
DANGER/WARNING/CAUTION labels are put on the ECDIS stand or units which

consist of ECDIS. When a lot of dirt puts on the surface of them or when they come off,
contact TOKYO KEIKI service or one of the TOKYO KEIKI agencies to get new ones.
You get them at your own charges.
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Stand
Remove the front cover, and you see DANGER, WARNING and CAUTION labels.
(Only for ECDIS EC-8000-A/8500-A)
[EC-8000-A/8500-A] [EC-8100/8600]
LCD
There are DANGER labels on the back.
[EC-8000-A/8500-A, EC-8100] [EC-8600]
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Control Unit
There are DANGER, WARNING and CAUTION labels on the top.
[EC-8000-A/8500-A] [EC-810085600]
Radar Overlay Unit

There are WARNING and CAUTION labels on the top.
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Serial I/F Unit
There are WARNING and CAUTION labels at the bottom. Open the cover, and warning
labels are found.
[EC-8000-A/8500-A] [EC-8100/8600]
Operation Panel
There is a WARNING label on the back.
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Software
CAUTION
This system is controlled by software. If ECDIS does not work successfully, turn off
the ECDIS power once and then turn it on again in a few minutes. Inform a TOKYO
KEIKI service station of this later.
Color Table
WARNING
Select an appropriate color table depending on the brightness in the bridge. Viewing
in an inappropriate color table might cause marine accidents.
Radar Gain, Rain and Sea
WARNING
Be cautious of tuning gain, rain and sea, or it may cause a collision.
Too low/high level of gain, rain and sea may miss the targets or may cause the
delay of the target detection.
When echo of the rain or snow is strong, targets may not be distinguished on the
radar image even if gain, rain and sea are tuned. In this case, take safe measures
such as reducing sailing speed immedeiately to avoide a sea disaster.
Route Monitoring / Track Control
WARNING
When the backup navigator alert is provided, take the safety measures against the
alarm without fail after confirming what happened.
CAUTION
Because turning might be controlled by Autopilot, your Autopilot should be
appropriately adjusted before starting track control. See the Autopilot operators
manual how to adjust it.
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CAUTION
Follow the Autopilot operators manual when you adjust the control gains Rudder
and Rate.
CAUTION
This system is designed to cope with disturbance such as the current of which
speed is 1/4 times of the service speed that is perpendicular to the leg course. The
accuracy of the ship position is not guaranteed under disturbance larger than it.
CAUTION
When End of track alert is provided and you acknowledge it, change the Autopilot
steering mode to AUTO or HAND at once to steer the ship safely.
CAUTION
The all limits defined on the alert window should be set for appropriate values
depending on the ship condition.
CAUTION
When a heading sensor or SGCS has trouble, the rudder is held and unavailable.
See the Autopilot operators manual.
CAUTION
When track control stopped alert is generated, immediately change the steering
mode of Autopilot to AUTO or HAND (PR-61xx/62xx/63xx/64xx/65xx, PR-66x/67xx/
68xx), AUTO (PR-6xxxx-ZZ) or HC (PR-9000 series) and then keep the safe
navigation.
Alarm Setting
CAUTION
Set appropriate values for all limits on the alert window depending on the ship
condition.
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High Voltage and Electric Shock
DANGER
Do not repair or maintain parts inside the ECDIS stand because you may get an
electric shock! If you ever do it by following a TOKYO KEIKI serviceman, turn off the
2 power switches first because high voltage is stored there while the system is
working and also it might remain around some circuits even after turning them off,
so it has to be discharged before maintenance. The possibility of getting an electric
shock is not zero even after turning them off as far as the power is supplied on the
ship.
Maintenance
DANGER
working and also it might remain around some circuits even after turning them off,
so it has to be discharged before maintenance. The possibility of getting an electric
ship.
CAUTION
When you smell something burning from the inside the stand, stop ECDIS at once.
Fill it in the logbook and call a TOKYO KEIKI service station.
PROHIBITION
Do not perform the insulation test by using megger or other insulation testers
because it provides the internal electric parts with a lot of damage. Disconnect the
connected wires from this system first when such a kind of test is performed about
the related power lines.
LCD
CAUTION
Do not tap or beat on the screen surface with metal, hard or sharp-edged goods.
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CONTENTS
Warning for Safety
CHAPTER 1 Overview
1.1 What does ECDIS mean?.................................................................................. 2
1.2 Instruction before Use ....................................................................................... 4
1.3 ECDIS Models ................................................................................................... 5
1.4 System Configuration ........................................................................................ 6
1.5 Name and Function of Each Part ....................................................................... 7
1.5.1 Appearance .............................................................................................. 7
1.5.2 ECDIS Constitution Units .......................................................................... 9
1.6 Operation Panel .............................................................................................. 10
1.7 Media Drive ..................................................................................................... 12
1.8 Screen ............................................................................................................. 13
1.8.1 Chart Screen .......................................................................................... 14
1.8.2 Toolbar ................................................................................................... 15
1.8.3 Other Buttons ......................................................................................... 16
1.8.4 System Data ........................................................................................... 17
1.8.5 Information of Route Monitoring / Track Control ...................................... 18
1.8.6 Cursor Information and Active Chart Information .................................... 19
1.8.7 3 Modes and Menu ................................................................................. 21
1.8.8 Alert Information ..................................................................................... 22
1.8.9 Mode Change Buttons & View-Switching Button..................................... 22
1.8.10 Status Bar ............................................................................................... 23
CHAPTER 2 Getting Started

2.1 Power On/Off ................................................................................................... 26
2.1.1 Power-on ................................................................................................ 26
2.1.2 Power-off ................................................................................................ 27
2.2 Choosing Menu ............................................................................................... 28
2.3 Entering Numerals and Letters ........................................................................ 28
2.3.1 UpDn Control .......................................................................................... 28
2.3.2 List.......................................................................................................... 28
2.3.3 Key-palette on the Screen ...................................................................... 28
2.3.4 Keyboard on the Screen ......................................................................... 29
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2.4 Specifying Position on Chart ............................................................................ 30
2.5 Sensor Setup................................................................................................... 31
2.5.1 Position Sensor ...................................................................................... 31
2.5.2 Heading Sensor ...................................................................................... 34
2.5.3 Speed Sensor ......................................................................................... 36
2.6 Time Indication ................................................................................................ 37
2.7 List Window ..................................................................................................... 38
2.7.1 Removing List Window ........................................................................... 38
2.7.2 Scrolling List Window.............................................................................. 38
2.7.3 Changing List Window Size .................................................................... 39
2.8 Pop-up Window ............................................................................................... 40
2.8.1 Moving Pop-up Window .......................................................................... 40
2.8.2 Closing Pop-up Window ......................................................................... 40
2.8.3 Number Limit of Pop-up Windows........................................................... 41
2.9 On/Off for Beep ............................................................................................... 42
2.10 Letter Color on Menu ....................................................................................... 42
2.11 Screen Brightness ........................................................................................... 43
2.12 Safely Removing Hardware ............................................................................. 45
2.13 Switching Screens (ECDISBridge Monitor) .................................................. 46
CHAPTER 3 Knowledge about Chart

3.1 Changing Chart Scale ..................................................................................... 48
3.1.1 RANGE on the Operation Panel ............................................................. 48
3.1.2 Magnifying Glass Icons on the Toolbar ................................................... 48
3.1.3 Scale Indication Button ........................................................................... 49
3.1.4 Specifying Area ....................................................................................... 50
3.1.5 UpDn Knob on the Operation Panel........................................................ 50
3.2 Color Table ...................................................................................................... 51
3.3 Chart Object Display........................................................................................ 52
3.3.1 Base Display, Standard Display, All Objects Display ............................... 53
3.3.2 Customizing Chart Objects ..................................................................... 55
3.3.3 Displaying Other Chart Objects............................................................... 57
3.3.4 Thinning out Chart Objects ..................................................................... 72
3.3.5 Chart Symbol Style ................................................................................. 73
3.4 Depth .............................................................................................................. 75
3.4.1 Safety Depth ........................................................................................... 75
3.4.2 Safety Contour........................................................................................ 76
3.4.3 Displaying Depth with 2 or 4 Colors ........................................................ 77
3.5 Chart Object Information ................................................................................. 78
3.5.1 Getting Information ................................................................................. 78
3.5.2 Information of Other Ships and User-Created Objects ............................ 80
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3.6 AIO Objects Information .................................................................................. 81
3.6.1 AIO Data Installation ............................................................................... 81
3.6.2 AIO View ................................................................................................ 81
3.6.3 On/Off for AIO Objects ............................................................................ 81
3.6.4 Getting Information ................................................................................. 82
3.7 Chart and Own Ship Display ............................................................................ 83
3.7.1 Chart Orientation: North up, Course up and Route up ............................ 83
3.7.2 Motion between Charts and Ships: True Motion, Relative Motion ........... 85
3.7.3 Making the Own Ship Symbol Off-centered ............................................ 87
3.7.4 Own Ship Symbol Position and Showing Neighbouring Area .................. 88
3.8 Datum.............................................................................................................. 89
3.9 Scrolling Charts ............................................................................................... 89
3.10 Accuracy of Electronic Chart ........................................................................... 90
3.11 Charts in Full-Screen ....................................................................................... 93
CHAPTER 4 Electronic Chart

4.1 Charts Available on ECDIS .............................................................................. 96
4.1.1 Chart Type .............................................................................................. 96
4.1.2 Distinction between Chart Types............................................................. 97
4.1.3 Chart Priority .......................................................................................... 98
4.1.4 Showing Only ENC ................................................................................. 98
4.2 Displaying Chart Area You Like ....................................................................... 99
4.3 Purchasing Charts ......................................................................................... 101
4.3.1 Purchasing ENC ................................................................................... 101
4.3.2 Purchasing C-MAP Professional(+) Chart ............................................. 102
4.3.3 Purchasing ARCS Chart ....................................................................... 102
4.4 Chart License ................................................................................................ 104
4.4.1 Chart License Installation...................................................................... 104
4.4.2 Manual Entry of Chart License .............................................................. 107
4.4.3 ARCS Chart License............................................................................. 108
4.4.4 Checking Chart License........................................................................ 108
4.4.5 Removing Chart License ...................................................................... 112
4.5 Chart Installation ........................................................................................... 114
4.5.1 Installing S-57 Format ENC .................................................................. 117
4.5.2 Installing Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS Service ENC, C-MAP ENC, C-MAP
Professional(+) Chart ........................................................................... 126
4.6 Removing Chart ............................................................................................ 128
4.6.1 Removing Database ............................................................................. 128
4.6.2 Removing Charts Individually ............................................................... 129
4.7 Chart Database Coverage ............................................................................. 132
4.8 Making Charts Visible/Invisible ...................................................................... 134
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4.9 Updating Charts ............................................................................................ 135
4.9.1 Semi-Auto Update ................................................................................ 135
4.9.2 Real-Time Update................................................................................. 138
4.9.3 Manual Update ..................................................................................... 140
4.9.4 Checking Updates ................................................................................ 145
CHAPTER 5 Own Ship

5.1 Own Ship Symbol .......................................................................................... 148
5.1.1 Symbol Type ......................................................................................... 148
5.1.2 Choosing Symbol Type ......................................................................... 149
5.2 Own Ship Vector............................................................................................ 150
5.2.1 Vector Type........................................................................................... 150
5.2.2 Vector Length ....................................................................................... 151
5.2.3 Vector Stabilization (SEA/GROUND) .................................................... 151
5.3 Heading Line ................................................................................................. 152
5.4 Beam Bearing Line ........................................................................................ 153
5.5 Past Position ................................................................................................. 154
5.6 Own Ship Information .................................................................................... 156
5.7 Prediction Line............................................................................................... 157
CHAPTER 6 Other Ships

6.1 On/Off for Targets .......................................................................................... 160
6.2 Target Symbols.............................................................................................. 161
6.2.1 Target in Normal State .......................................................................... 161
6.2.2 Selected AIS Target .............................................................................. 162
6.2.3 Dangerous Target ................................................................................. 162
6.2.4 Lost Target ............................................................................................ 162
6.2.5 AIS Targets Outline .............................................................................. 163
6.2.6 Chart Symbols Exclusive Use of AIS .................................................... 164
6.2.7 Target Symbols When GPS Error Happens .......................................... 165
6.3 Target Vector ................................................................................................. 166
6.3.1 Vector Length ....................................................................................... 166
6.3.2 Vector Stabilization (Sea/Ground) ......................................................... 167
6.3.3 Vector in True Motion and Relative Motion ............................................ 168
6.3.4 Turn Indicator ....................................................................................... 169
6.4 TT/AIS Target Information.............................................................................. 170
6.4.1 TT/AIS Target List ................................................................................. 170
6.4.2 Quick Information ................................................................................. 172
6.4.3 Information on Pop-up Window ............................................................. 173
6.5 Radar as TT Information Source .................................................................... 174
6.6 Distance Limit for AIS Sleeping Targets ......................................................... 175
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6.7 Activating/Deactivating AIS Target ................................................................. 176
6.7.1 Activating Sleeping AIS Target .............................................................. 176
6.7.2 Deactivating Activated AIS Target ......................................................... 177
6.8 Associating/Dissociating AIS Targets and TTs................................................ 178
6.8.1 Criteria for Association .......................................................................... 178
6.8.2 Associating TT and AIS target............................................................... 180
6.8.3 Dissociating Associated Target ............................................................. 181
6.8.4 Automatic Association/Dissociation....................................................... 182
6.9 On/Off for AIS Function.................................................................................. 183
6.10 Past Position ................................................................................................. 184
CHAPTER 7 Route
7.1 Route View .................................................................................................... 186
7.1.1 Route on Chart ..................................................................................... 186
7.1.2 Route Table .......................................................................................... 187
7.1.3 Information of Waypoint and Route ....................................................... 190
7.1.4 Information during Route Monitoring or Track Control ........................... 191
7.2 Entering Waypoints Directly on Chart Screen ................................................ 192
7.2.1 Making Waypoints ................................................................................ 192
7.2.2 Moving a Waypoint ............................................................................... 196
7.2.3 Inserting a Waypoint between 2 Waypoints........................................... 197
7.2.4 Adding a Waypoint to the First/Last Waypoint ....................................... 198
7.2.5 Removing a Waypoint ........................................................................... 199
7.3 Entering Waypoints LAT & LON ..................................................................... 200
7.3.1 Making Waypoints ................................................................................ 200
7.3.2 Moving a Waypoint ............................................................................... 204
7.3.3 Removing a Waypoint ........................................................................... 204
7.3.4 Inserting a Waypoint between 2 Waypoints........................................... 205
7.3.5 Adding a Waypoint before the First Waypoint ....................................... 206
7.3.6 Adding a Waypoint to the Last Waypoint............................................... 207
7.4 Waypoint Attribute ......................................................................................... 208
7.4.1 On the Menu ......................................................................................... 209
7.4.2 On the Route Table ............................................................................... 210
7.5 Route-Check ................................................................................................. 211
7.5.1 Carrying out Route-Check Manually ..................................................... 211
7.5.2 Result of Route-Check.......................................................................... 212
7.6 ETA ............................................................................................................... 216
7.7 Reverse Route .............................................................................................. 217
7.8 Reference Route ........................................................................................... 218
7.9 Route Memo .................................................................................................. 219
7.10 Search Route ................................................................................................ 220
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7.10.1 Planning Search Routes ....................................................................... 221
7.10.2 Modifying Search Routes ...................................................................... 226
7.11 Dealing with Files .......................................................................................... 227
CHAPTER 8 Navigating along a Route

8.1 Route Monitoring and Track Control .............................................................. 230
8.2 Route Monitoring ........................................................................................... 231
8.2.1 Starting Route Monitoring ..................................................................... 231
8.2.2 When Some Danger Detected around Route ........................................ 233
8.2.3 Ending of Route Monitoring .................................................................. 233
8.3 Information during Route Monitoring / Track Control ...................................... 234
8.3.1 Route Information and Ship Condition .................................................. 234
8.3.2 ETA ...................................................................................................... 236
8.3.3 Wheel Over Line ................................................................................... 237
8.4 Safety Check and Alarm ................................................................................ 238
8.4.1 Safety Check ........................................................................................ 238
8.4.2 Alerts During Route Monitoring and Track Control ................................ 239
8.5 Modifying Route during Route Monitoring / Track Control .............................. 240
8.6 Temporary Route Display Off ......................................................................... 242
CHAPTER 9 Navigation Record

9.1 24-Hour Log and 3-Month Log ....................................................................... 244
9.1.1 24-Hour Log ......................................................................................... 244
9.1.2 3-Month Log ......................................................................................... 245
9.2 Showing Log.................................................................................................. 246
9.3 Backup of Navigation Record ........................................................................ 251
9.3.1 Making Backup File of 24-Hour Log and 3-Month Log .......................... 251
9.3.2 Showing Backup Log ............................................................................ 252
9.4 Playing Back Navigation Record.................................................................... 253
9.5 Screen Shot................................................................................................... 255
9.5.1 Taking Screen Shot .............................................................................. 255
9.5.2 Taking Shot Data Out............................................................................ 256
9.5.3 Screen Shot Timer ................................................................................ 256
9.6 Taking Out Navigation Record Files ............................................................... 257
CHAPTER 10 Navline and No-Go Line/Area

10.1 What are Navline and No-Go Line/Area?....................................................... 260
10.2 Drawing Directly on Chart .............................................................................. 260
10.3 Mark .............................................................................................................. 262
10.3.1 Entering Marks ..................................................................................... 262
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10.3.2 Changing Marks ................................................................................... 264
10.3.3 Moving Mark ......................................................................................... 265
10.3.4 Removing Mark Individually .................................................................. 266
10.4 Remark.......................................................................................................... 267
10.4.1 Entering Remark ................................................................................... 267
10.4.2 Moving Remark .................................................................................... 269
10.5 Text ............................................................................................................... 270
10.5.1 Entering Text......................................................................................... 270
10.5.2 Moving Text .......................................................................................... 271
10.6 Line as Navline and No-go Line ..................................................................... 272
10.6.1 Drawing Line and No-go Line ............................................................... 272
10.6.2 Adding/Moving/Inserting Vertex ............................................................ 274
10.6.3 Removing Vertex from Line/No-go Line ................................................ 276
10.7 Area as Navline and No-go Area ................................................................... 277
10.7.1 Drawing an Area and No-go Area ......................................................... 277
10.7.2 Moving and Adding Vertex to Area / No-go Area ................................... 279
10.7.3 Removing Vertex from Area / No-go Area ............................................. 280
10.8 Latitude/Longitude Entry ................................................................................ 281
10.8.1 Entering Position by Lat/Lon ................................................................. 281
10.8.2 Adding, Inserting and Removing Position ............................................. 283
10.9 Removing Navline and No-go Line/Area ........................................................ 284
10.10 Watching by No-go Line/Area ........................................................................ 285
10.10.1 Start Watching by No-go Line/Area ....................................................... 285
10.10.2 Stop Watching by No-go Line/Area ....................................................... 285
10.11 Getting Information of Navline & No-go Line/Area ......................................... 286
10.12 Collating Object on between Object List and Chart ........................................ 287
10.12.1 Which Object Group Corresponds to Object on Chart?......................... 287
10.12.2 Which Object on Chart Corresponds to Object Group? ......................... 287
10.13 Eternal Display of Navline and No-go Line/Area ............................................ 288
10.14 Dealing with Files .......................................................................................... 289
CHAPTER 11 Critical Point

11.1 What Does Critical Point Mean? .................................................................... 292
11.2 Entering Critical Point Directly on Chart Screen ............................................. 292
11.2.1 Making Critical Points ........................................................................... 292
11.2.2 Moving a Critical Point .......................................................................... 294
11.2.3 Removing a Critical Point ..................................................................... 294
11.3 Entering Critical Point LAT & LON ................................................................. 295
11.3.1 Making Critical Points ........................................................................... 295
11.3.2 Moving a Critical Point .......................................................................... 297
11.3.3 Removing a Critical Point ..................................................................... 297
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11.4 Critical Point Attribute .................................................................................... 298
11.4.1 On the Menu ......................................................................................... 298
11.4.2 On the Route Window........................................................................... 299
11.5 CPT Approaching Alert .................................................................................. 300
CHAPTER 12 Copying, Moving, Deleting, Synchronizing Files

12.1 Copying Files................................................................................................. 304
12.2 Moving Files .................................................................................................. 306
12.3 Removing Files.............................................................................................. 308
12.4 Synchronizing Data Files ............................................................................... 309
12.4.1 Group Synchronizing ............................................................................ 309
12.4.2 All Data Synchronizing .......................................................................... 310
12.5 Exporting Route Data .................................................................................... 311
12.6 Importing Route Data and Navline Data ........................................................ 313
12.7 Changing Group Name .................................................................................. 315
CHAPTER 13 Radar Image

13.1 On/Off for Radar Image ................................................................................. 318
13.2 Choosing Radar ............................................................................................ 319
13.3 Adjusting Radar Image .................................................................................. 320
13.3.1 Range Adjustment ................................................................................ 320
13.3.2 Gain, Rain, Sea .................................................................................... 320
13.3.3 Radar Interference Cancellation ........................................................... 321
13.4 Radar Condition ............................................................................................ 322
13.5 Relation between Radar Antennas and Monitor ............................................. 322
13.6 Echo Trails .................................................................................................... 323
CHAPTER 14 EBL and VRM

14.1 EBL/VRM On and Off .................................................................................... 326
14.2 VRM .............................................................................................................. 326
14.3 EBL ............................................................................................................... 327
14.4 EBL/VRM Information .................................................................................... 328
14.5 EBL Offset ..................................................................................................... 329
CHAPTER 15 LOP
15.1 What Does LOP Mean? ................................................................................. 332
15.2 Making LOP................................................................................................... 332
15.3 Removing LOP .............................................................................................. 334
15.4 Estimating Position by LOP ........................................................................... 335
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CHAPTER 16 Navigational Information
16.1 MOB: Man Overboard ................................................................................... 338
16.2 Anemometer .................................................................................................. 339
16.3 Echo Sounder................................................................................................ 340
16.4 Propeller Revolution Counter......................................................................... 341
CHAPTER 17 Alert
17.1 Alerts Provided on ECDIS ............................................................................. 344
17.2 When Alert or Indication is Provided .......................................................... 346
17.3 Alert List ........................................................................................................ 349
17.3.1 Active Alert List ..................................................................................... 349
17.3.2 Alert History .......................................................................................... 349
17.4 Alert Setting ................................................................................................... 350
17.5 Alert Kind....................................................................................................... 351
17.5.1 Anchor Watch ....................................................................................... 352
17.5.2 Depth Under Keel ................................................................................. 354
17.5.3 AIS/TT Invalid Data............................................................................... 354
17.5.4 Timeout ................................................................................................ 354
17.5.5 Position Jumped ................................................................................... 355
17.5.6 Differential Mode Not Available ............................................................. 355
17.5.7 Position Monitor .................................................................................... 355
17.5.8 Heading Monitor ................................................................................... 356
17.5.9 Integrity Monitoring Impossible ............................................................. 356
17.5.10 Connection Error of Disk Drive / CD/DVD-ROM Drive / Radar Signal ... 356
17.5.11 Radar Overlay Unit Internal Error.......................................................... 357
17.5.12 CPA/TCPA ............................................................................................ 357
17.5.13 CPA/TCPA Calculation Impossible ........................................................ 357
17.5.14 Target Lost............................................................................................ 358
17.5.15 Maximum Number of Displayed AIS Targets ......................................... 358
17.5.16 Ground Speed Not Available ................................................................. 358
17.5.17 Track Control Stopped .......................................................................... 359
17.5.18 Off Track ............................................................................................... 360
17.5.19 End of Track ......................................................................................... 360
17.5.20 Approach to Critical Point ..................................................................... 360
17.5.21 ECC/ACC ............................................................................................. 361
17.5.22 Course Difference ................................................................................. 361
17.5.23 Low/High Speed ................................................................................... 362
17.5.24 Unsafe Turning Rate ............................................................................. 362
17.5.25 Unexpected XTD Change ..................................................................... 362
17.5.26 No ENC Available. Refer to Paper Charts. ............................................ 363
17.5.27 Crossing Area with Special Condition ................................................... 363
17.5.28 Screen Shot Capacity Reached the Limit.............................................. 363
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17.6 Guard Frame ................................................................................................. 364
17.6.1 Guard Frame Size and On/Off .............................................................. 364
17.6.2 Safety Height ........................................................................................ 365
17.6.3 Alerts When Guard Frame is Turned On ............................................... 366
17.7 Backup Navigator Alarm ................................................................................ 368
CHAPTER 18 ECDIS in the RCDS Mode

18.1 Overview ....................................................................................................... 370
18.1.1 Restricted Functions ............................................................................. 370
18.1.2 Caution on ARCS Chart ........................................................................ 371
18.2 Purchasing ARCS Chart ................................................................................ 372
18.3 ARCS Chart License ..................................................................................... 374
18.3.1 Entering Chart Permit ........................................................................... 374
18.3.2 Confirming Chart Permit ....................................................................... 376
18.3.3 Removing Chart Permit ........................................................................ 378
18.4 Adding, Removing and Updating ARCS Chart ............................................... 379
18.4.1 Adding ARCS Chart .............................................................................. 379
18.4.2 Removing ARCS Chart ......................................................................... 379
18.4.3 Updating ARCS Chart ........................................................................... 379
18.4.4 Making Sure of Updates for ARCS Chart .............................................. 380
18.5 Showing ARCS Chart .................................................................................... 381
18.5.1 Specifying Chart Area ........................................................................... 381
18.5.2 Choosing Chart Number ....................................................................... 382
18.5.3 Changing between Panel and Plan ....................................................... 384
18.6 Knowledge of ARCS Chart ............................................................................ 385
18.6.1 Indication of RCDS Mode ..................................................................... 385
18.6.2 Scale .................................................................................................... 385
18.6.3 Active Chart .......................................................................................... 386
18.6.4 Chart Information .................................................................................. 387
18.6.5 Chart Object ......................................................................................... 388
18.6.6 Safety Depth and Safety Contour ......................................................... 388
18.6.7 Chart Orientation .................................................................................. 388
18.6.8 Safety Check ........................................................................................ 388
18.6.9 Single Chart Display ............................................................................. 388
18.6.10 Datum Used on ARCS Chart ................................................................ 389
18.6.11 Shift Value between Local Datum and WGS-84 .................................... 392
18.7 Route Monitoring and Track Control .............................................................. 395
18.8 Alert ............................................................................................................... 396
CHAPTER 19 Backup Arrangement

19.1 Roles Backup Arrangement Plays ................................................................. 398
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19.2 Starting Backup ECDIS ................................................................................. 399
19.3 Taking Over Functions ................................................................................... 400
19.3.1 Recognizing as Main ECDIS / Backup ECDIS ...................................... 400
19.3.2 Taking Over Functions and User-Created Data..................................... 400
19.4 Synchronizing Data ....................................................................................... 401
19.4.1 Group Synchronizing ............................................................................ 401
19.4.2 All Data Synchronizing .......................................................................... 402
CHAPTER 20 Maintenance and Troubleshooting

20.1 Inspection and Maintenance .......................................................................... 404
20.1.1 Checks Just After ECDIS Starts ............................................................ 404
20.1.2 General Maintenance ........................................................................... 405
20.1.3 Checking Sensor Signal ....................................................................... 406
20.1.4 Software Version .................................................................................. 406
20.1.5 Network Conditions .............................................................................. 407
20.1.6 LCD Color Adjustment after Long Use .................................................. 408
20.1.7 Maintenance for Parts inside ECDIS Stand ........................................... 409
20.1.8 Periodical Maintenance by TOKYO KEIKI Service ................................ 410
20.1.9 When Error or Failure Happens......................................................... 410
20.2 Software Upgrading ....................................................................................... 411
20.3 Troubleshooting ............................................................................................. 413
20.4 Repairs .......................................................................................................... 421
20.4.1 Service Parts ........................................................................................ 421
20.4.2 Parts Life .............................................................................................. 421
20.4.3 Warranty and Repair ............................................................................. 422
CHAPTER 21 Specifications
21.1 Standards ...................................................................................................... 422
21.2 Main Specifications ........................................................................................ 424
APPENDIX
Appendix 1 Abbreviation ......................................................................................... 436
Appendix 2 Menu Structure ..................................................................................... 440
Appendix 3 Alert List ............................................................................................... 456
Appendix 4 Target Symbols List .............................................................................. 464
Appendix 5 Quick Reference................................................................................... 466
INDEX
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CHAPTER 1
Overview
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1.1 What does ECDIS mean?
ECDIS (Electronic Chart Display and Information System) is developed and designed
to actualize the safe and efficient navigation in conformity with the international
standards1. ENC (Electronic Navigational Chart), which is official charts issued by the
hydrographic office each country, is displayed on the ECDIS screen and the own ship,
tracked targets and AIS targets are shown on the chart screen with some navigational
sensors connected. You get some kinds of navigational information. ECDIS provides a
lot of advantages to the navigation and plays a major role in the safe navigation.
Especially for ECDIS EC-8100/8600, Bridge Monitor as CID (Conning Information
Display) works through the same control unit as ECDIS, and you switch their screens
by use of the view-switching button on the screen. See the Bridge Monitor Operators
Manual for the detail information of it.
TOKYO KEIKI ECDIS provides users with:

- Making route plans and checking routes for the safety,
- Navigating along a pre-planned route with watching danger connecting with
Autopilot - route monitoring or track control,
- Detecting danger around the own ship with alerts,
- Updating electronic charts using update media or entering update data
manually,
- Keeping a navigation log and playing it back,
- Taking navigation notes directly on the chart screen - navline,
- Overlaying a Radar image on the chart screen,
- Showing TT/AIS targets,
- Showing ENC, C-Map Professional(+) chart and ARCS chart
- Showing some other navigational information,
- Switching to Bridge Monitor (CID) screen (only for EC-8100/8600)
etc.
There are 3 operation modes:

- Monitor mode ......... watch how the own ship goes along a pre-planned route
for the safe navigation
- Plan mode .............. make route plans on the chart screen.
- Update mode ......... install, remove and update electronic charts and chart
licenses.
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TOKYO KEIKI ECDIS is designed and developed based on the international
standards as follows: IMO Resolution MSC.232(82), IEC61174 Ed.3, IEC62288 Ed.1,
IEC61162 Ed.1, Ed.2, Ed.3 and Ed.4, IEC60945 Ed.4, IHO S-52, S-57, S-61 and S-63.
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Tokyo Keiki ECDIS is type-approved by DNV and Japanese government. The
certificate number is as follows:
ECDIS EC-8100/8600 ...... XXX-X-XXXX (DNV), 5278 & 5279 (JG)
ECDIS EC-8000-A/8500-A ............ XXX-X-XXXX
This operators manual is described based on the ECDIS software ver. 1.7.0
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1.2 Instruction before Use
ECDIS is useful equipment for navigation but it might not work well because of a
failure of sensor and connected equipment or receiving wrong ship information.
This should be used with adequate caution in order not to cause serious marine
distress such as ship collision, grounding and etc.
You had better not depend only on the information got from ECDIS, because some
error is included in the signals from high-performance sensors (GPS, gyrocompass,
speed log, radar, AIS transponder, etc.) which are connected with ECDIS and the
electronic charts might not be updated. Therefore during navigation you should
judge based on the information from the lookout and other navigators as well as
that from ECDIS.
It is responsible for users to have technical skill about navigation and pay attention
to the safe navigation. ECDIS does not exempt users from their responsibilities at
all.
You should prepare paper charts which cover the navigating sea area onboard if
backup ECDIS is not equipped or you do not have ENC which covers the whole
area.
Only ENC (electronic navigational chart) issued by the hydrographic office in each
country is an official chart for ECDIS.
ECDIS always gets information from such EPFS (electronic position fixing system)
sensors as GPS and etc., to know the own ship position and SOG (speed over
ground), and also all position information of electronic chart, tracked targets, AIS
targets, route data created by a user and etc., is based on WGS-84. Be sure to set
GPS datum for WGS-84 and never change it, otherwise all of the position
information might be shown incorrectly.
The information transmitted from AIS transponder is not always correct. For
instance, when a ship is in port and the only power switch of the AIS transponder is
turned on with the power switches of all sensors onboard tuned off, false
information of latitude, longitude, heading, speed, etc., may transmit to ECDIS. In
this case, [****.*] is shown on the ECDIS screen, but this is not an error.
In using ECDIS, read this book carefully and persons who are familiar with this
ECDIS should operate.
See operation manual for track control system and autopilot operators manual
as well as this book about the track control.
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1.3 ECDIS Models
This manual describes instructions for ECDIS EC-8100, EC-8600, EC-8000-A and
EC-8500-A. ECDIS EC-8100 and EC-8600 are the new type of ECDISes and the
difference between them is the LCD size. EC-8100 is 19-inch LCD and EC-8600 is
26-inch LCD. EC-8000-A and EC-8500-A have the old type of hardware and the new
version of ECDIS software which is same as EC-8100/8600 is installed on them.
ECDIS EC-8100/8600 has an extra LCD for Bridge Monitor as CID (which is an
optional function), and you see both screens. The screens are switched by the
view-switching button on the screen. There are more detailed models for
EC-8100/8600 depending on with/without an extra LCD and its screen size and the
model indication is as follows:
EC-8
LCD size Stand type or console type

1: 19 inches None: Stand type
6: 26 inches K: Console type
With/Without Bridge Monitor Size of extra LCD

display, With/Without extra LCD 0: Same as the primary LCD
0: Without Bridge Monitor display, or without an extra LCD
no extra LCD 1: Different from the primary
1: With Bridge Monitor display, LCD
no extra LCD
2: With Bridge Monitor display and
1 extra LCD
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1.4 System Configuration
This system consists of a control unit, a serial interface unit, an operation panel, a
radar overlay unit and 1 or 2 LCD(s). The following figure is a system configuration
diagram for ECDIS EC-8100/8600. The basic system configuration for EC-8000-A and
EC-8500-A is same as EC-8100/8600, however, they have no LCD2 and the models of
the units are different except the operation panel.
LCD 1 (ECDIS) LCD 2 (CID)
Radar signal(s),
Radar images,
Trigger signal(s),
etc.
Radar overlay unit
GPS,
Gyrocompass,
AC 100CV
Speed log,
DC 24V
AIS,
etc.
Control unit Serial I/F unit
Operation unit
NOTE Radar overlay unit and the secondary LCD are optional units.
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1.5 Name and Function of Each Part
1.5.1 Appearance
EC-8100
Screen
Operation panel
Front panel
EC-8600
Screen
Operation panel
Front panel
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EC-8000-A and EC-8500-A
Screen
Operation panel
Front panel
AC/DC breakers
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1.5.2 ECDIS Constitution Units
ECDIS is composed of a control unit, a serial interface unit, an operation panel, a radar
overlay unit and 1 or 2 LCD(s).
Control Unit
The control unit controls almost
all functions of ECDIS.
EC-8100/8600 EC-8000-A, EC-8500-A
Serial Interface Unit

The serial I/F unit receives information from GPS, gyrocompass,
speed log, AIS, etc., and transmits them to the control unit.
Operation Panel
You operate ECDIS through the operation
panel.
Radar Overlay Unit

The radar overlay unit receives radar signals, radar images, trigger
signals, etc., and transmits them to the control unit.
LCD
LCD shows ECDIS screens.
For ECDIS EC-8100/8600,
there are two types of LCDs
(19-inch LCD and 26-inch
wide screen LCD) depending
on the ECDIS models.
ECDIS EC-8000-A has a
19-inch LCD and EC-8500-A EC-8100/8600 EC-8000-A/8500-A
has a 23.5-inch LCD.
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1.6 Operation Panel
AIS
RADAR
TT HIDE
COLOR TABLE
RAIN SEA
UpDn ENT CNCL
POWER GAIN
EBL
RANGE Trackball
HOME ACK VRM
EBL dial
PANEL STD VRM dial
POWER ............. Power on/off

COLOR TABLE .. Change the color table
UpDn ................. Change chart scale, scroll a list, change numerical value
RADAR .............. Radar image on/off
TT ...................... TT target on/off
AIS..................... AIS target on/off
RAIN .................. Radar image adjustment against rain/snow reflection
HIDE .................. Remove all popup windows and list windows on the chart area.
SEA ................... Radar image adjustment against sea reflection
GAIN.................. Adjustment for radar reception
ENT ................... Enter letters, executes and select menu.
CNCL ................. Cancel the currently executed command.
EBL1, 2 .............. EBL on/off, choose one pair of EBL & VRM when 2 EBLs & VRMs are
on the screen.
EBL dial ............. Change the indicated bearing of EBL. EBL offset is available by
pressing this dial.
RANGE +, -........ Change chart scale
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PANEL ............... Illumination adjustment for the operation panel (Also adjust it with
icon on the toolbar.)
HOME ................ Show a chart the own ship position is covered.
STD ................... Show chart objects in standard display
ACK ................... Alarm acknowledgement, Stops alarm sound.
VRM dial ............ Change VRM (bearing ring) size. Parallel lines are available by
pressing this dial.
VRM1, 2............. VRM on/off, choose one pair of EBL & VRM when 2 EBLs & VRMs
are on the screen.
Trackball ............ Move the cursor
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1.7 Media Drive
You see a CD/DVD drive and USB ports when you open the front door on the front
panel.
EC-8100/8600
CD/DVD drive
USB ports
EC-8000-A, EC-8500-A
CD/DVD drive
USB ports
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1.8 Screen
The ECDIS main screen is like this.
Toolbar
System data
Information
of route
monitoring /
track control
Cursor info.
& active chart
info.
Menu
Alert
Chart Mode & view-switching buttons

Status bar
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1.8.1 Chart Screen
A north arrow, unit of depth and height
and scale/latitude bar are shown on the
chart screen.
North arrow
Unit of depth and height
The scale bar is 2-color The longitude bar is

graduation of orange 2-color graduation of
and grey and the whole black and grey and the
length indicates 1 NM. It whole length indicates 10
is shown on charts on a NM. It is shown on charts
scale of over 1/80,000. on a scale of 1/80,000 or
below.
10 NM
1 NM
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1.8.2 Toolbar
You see a toolbar on the top of the chart
screen.
Change the display color according to the

brightness in the bridge from Day, Day Blackback,
Dusk, Night
Show information
of chart objects Activate AIS targets
Go back to the Create/modify

previous chart critical points
Deactivate
display AIS targets
Adjust the Associate targets

brightness of Scroll chart
the operation
panel Create/modify Dissociate targets
waypoints
Enlarge chart
Create/modify navline
Reduce chart and no-go line/area
Make the own ship display Change between true motion

position off-centered and relative motion
Take a screen shot
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1.8.3 Other Buttons
There are buttons other than the toolbar
on the upper right of the screen.
Show information of Enlarge the chart

a man overboard display area
Show the accuracy of the

primary position sensor
Scale indication
and change chart
scale
Choose chart object display from

base display, standard display and
all objects display
Safety contour, Background color stands for

a type of the active chart
Blue: ENC
Green: C-MAP Professional(+) chart
Black: ARCS chart
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1.8.4 System Data
You see system data on the upper right of
the screen. You see the own ship
information at present here. ,
, and are
shown not only as items for information
but as buttons for setting each sensor.
The source name of each primary sensor
is shown on the right and the letter color
stands for the sensor condition by the
integrity check.
NOTE When a sensor is unavailable because of some kinds of error, the last
information from it remains in red.
Own ship position (LAT & LON)

UTC (universal time coordinate)
LAT & LON of the conning or LOC (local time) shown here.
position is indicated as the
own ship position.
NOTE When the position
offset is entered, the letter of
is shown in red
Heading
and the value is also shown
in red on the status bar.
Speed through water

NOTE When the dual axis
log is used, the letter of Under keel clearance
might be STW or SOG
depending on the information
from the speed LOG.
The source name of each primary sensor is
Course over ground shown here. The letter color stands for the
sensor condition by the integrity check.
Speed over ground
The color of the sensor source name
Green: normal
Yellow: doubtful or corrupted data included
Red: invalid
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1.8.5 Information of Route Monitoring / Track Control
There is route monitoring / track control
information under the system data. The
following information is eternally shown
during the route monitoring / track
control.
Set heading
for Autopilot Autopilot
Active route name steering mode
Course differential
angle & limit
Rudder order of Current

Autopilot & rudder leg course
limit of Autopilot
Rate of turn
& unsafe
turning rate
Cross track
distance &
Message during route monitoring / track control
limit
The number of the next waypoint during route monitoring /

track control & its leg course
The number of To-waypoint during route monitoring / track control
Terms
XTD ................... cross track distance, distance deviated from an active route
To-waypoint........ a waypoint the own ship is headed for
Next waypoint .... a waypoint next to To-waypoint
TTG ................... time to go
DTG ................... distance to go
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1.8.6 Cursor Information and Active Chart Information
Cursor Shape
You move the cursor by moving the track
ball on the operation panel. The cross
is shown on the chart screen and the
arrow is shown on the menu as a
cursor shape.
Information of Cursor Position

You see information of a cursor position right on the menu. The latitude and longitude
are shown here as the information of the cursor position.
Cursor position Datum
Required time to the

cursor position from
the own ship display
Active chart information
position
True direction and

distance from the own
ship display position to
the cursor position. Cursor position
Own ship position
When you point a position ahead of the own ship on an

active route during route monitoring or track control, the
required time from the own ship position to the cursor
position is shown as the cursor information.
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Unit of Cursor Position Information
You can choose from NM (nautical
mile) and m (meter) as the unit of the
cursor information.
1) Choose from the

top menu in the monitor mode.
2) Choose tab.
3) Choose or at Distance
on Cursor as the unit of cursor position
information.
Active Chart Information

Active chart information is shown just under the cursor information. The definition of the
active chart is different between the monitor mode, the plan mode and the update
mode.
Cell name Date of issue

Edition number Update number
Active Chart
Monitor mode .................. A chart including the own ship position
Plan & update modes ...... A chart at the center of the chart screen
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1.8.7 3 Modes and Menu
Tokyo Keiki ECDIS has 3 display modes:
monitor mode for monitoring a route and
ships, plan mode for route planning and
update mode for updating charts and
system maintenance. You see menu on
the right side of the screen and it is
displayed in different colors depend on
the mode --- the monitor mode is blue,
the plan mode is brown and the update
mode is green. There are mode change buttons under the menu. The following is a top
menu for each mode.
<Monitor mode> <Plan mode> <Update mode>
Monitor the safety of Make route plans in Install/Uninstall charts

navigation in the the plan mode. and chart licenses, and
monitor mode, and update charts in the
carry out route update mode.
monitoring and track
control.
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1.8.8 Alert Information
Active alert information is shown under
the menu. When an alert is provided, the
alert indication flashes. When more than
one alert is provided, the top-priority alert
is indicated here as well as flashes.
Press to see the alert
window which shows the active alert list,
on/off for alerts and alert limits.
1.8.9 Mode Change Buttons & View-Switching Button

There are mode change buttons and a
view-switching button under the menu.
Press to go to the monitor mode,
to the plan mode and to
the update mode. In any mode, press
to return to the previous menu.
There is a view-switching button ( ) at
the bottom right corner of the screen.
Press it to switch the screen between
ECDIS and Bridge Monitor (CID). It is only available in the plan and update modes.
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1.8.10 Status Bar
There is a status bar at the bottom of the
screen. You make sure of display
conditions and setting conditions in
menu on it.
Item names are in the upper and the
conditions are in the lower.
Chart orientation Position offset

Motion Total sailing distance
Targets vector stabilization
Vector length & motion Route monitoring &

track control
Radar overlay
Display range for AIS
Tracked targets sleeping targets
AIS targets
Orientation Chart orientation: Northup / Route up / Course up

Motion True/Relative
STAB Target vector stabilization: Ground/Sea
VECT Vector length and motion: Length [min.] (True/Relative)
Radar Radar image overlay: Radar number / Off / None
When RADAR switch is turned on, here shows the radar number
which is chosen on tab in menu. For
ECDIS without radar overlay function, None is shown here.
TT Information source of tracked targets: Radar number / Off / Both
(When both No.1 radar and No.2 radar are information sources for TT,
Both is shown.)
The radar number chosen as TT information source on
tab in menu is shown.
AIS AIS targets: ON / OFF / None
When AIS functionality is unavailable as a system configuration or is
set to OFF, None is shown here.
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Filter Display range for AIS sleeping targets from the own ship position
[NM]
RM Route monitoring and track control: RM/TC/OFF
When neither of them is carried out, it shows off.
Total DIST The total distance [NM] which the own ship has sailed and the
information source (L: Log, G: GPS)
When LOG is chosen as an information source and a VLW sentence
which transmits total distance information is not output by speed log,
a red asterisks (***) are shown here.
When a time-out error happens between ECDIS and LOG/GPS or
when the transmitted data is invalid, the value indication just before
the error happens is shown in red.
NOTE Once some kind of error is happened between them, the
indication is not correct because the system stops adding up the total
distance, so you should reset the total distance.
POSN Offset Position offset value which was entered manually is shown in red.
When zero is entered as a position offset, it is not shown in red.
Total Distance
You see total distance the own ship has sailed on the status bar. There are two
information sources of it: GPS and speed log. Choose one of them, and you see
the total distance based on it on the status bar.
When you choose GPS, you see the total distance from when your ECDIS power
switch is turned on to now. When you choose speed log, you see the information
transmitted from the speed log.
1) Choose from the top

menu in the monitor mode.
2) Choose tab.
3) Choose or as Total DIST
Source.
Note is only available when you

choose . Pressing turns the
total distance back to zero. When you choose
here and you reset the total distance
value, you need to reset on the speed log.
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CHAPTER 2
Getting Started
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2.1 Power On/Off
Turn on AC and DC breakers first and then POWER on the operation panel to start
ECDIS. Usually you just hold down POWER to start ECDIS because the breakers are
usually turned on. It is recommended that you should to turn off both the breakers and
POWER when you do not use ECDIS for a long time.
2.1.1 Power-on
<EC-8100/8600> <EC-8100/8600>
Open the small door on the front panel Turn on the AC and DC breakers on
and then turn on the AC and DC the front panel.
breakers.
Left (black): AC
Right (red): DC
Hold down POWER on the operation panel for a few seconds to start ECDIS.
POWER
When it is turned on, the lamp of POWER is lit green and an initial screen in the
monitor mode appears in a few minutes.
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2.1.2 Power-off
Hold down POWER on the operation panel for a few seconds while the system is
working, and the system stops in 30 seconds.
NOTE
When you accidentally press POWER on the operation panel while the system is
not working, press POWER again to turn off after appearing an initial screen in the
monitor mode. If you turn off before seeing the initial screen, that might cause a
crash of the system.
Even if you accidentally press POWER on the operation panel while the system is
working, it can continue to work as long as you do not keep pressing it for a few
seconds.
When you restart ECDIS just after turning off, wait for at least 30 seconds before
turning on the power.
When the temperature in the bridge is below zero degrees Celsius, the system
might not start although you turn on the power. In this case, turn it off once, and then
turn it on again in a few minutes, which is necessary time for the system to warm up.
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2.2 Choosing Menu
Place the cursor on a menu and then press ENT on the operation panel to choose a
menu or an item. You see the menu button or the item button dented.
2.3 Entering Numerals and Letters
You have several ways of entering numerals and letters: UpDn control on the operation
panel, a list, a key-palette and a keyboard on the menu.
2.3.1 UpDn Control

1) Place the cursor on a numerical value button, and it is highlighted.
2) Turn the UpDn control right or left to change the value.
2.3.2 List
1) Choose a value button, and it is dented and the list of
choices appears close to it.
2) Choose one from the list. It disappears and you see the
selected value on the button.
2.3.3 Key-palette on the Screen

1) Choose a value button, and it is dented and a key-palette appears close to it. You
see a value limit at the top of the key-palette.
The value limit to enter
2) Press or to move the cursor
to a place you like.
3) Enter numerals.
4) Press to fix the value. The key-palette

disappears.
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2.3.4 Keyboard on the Screen
1) Choose a value button, and it is dented and a keyboard appears close to it.
2) Press an arrow key to move the cursor to a place you like, if you need.
3) Enter the numerals or letters. (They are inserted.)
4) Press on the keyboard to fix.
, , , , , are exclusive use of this

keyboard and their roles are described below.
.... Copied data is stored. Press key, and you see a

pull-down list for the last 5 copied alphanumeric characters.
Choose one from it to paste.
................. Clear all the alphanumeric characters you are entering.
................. Select alphanumeric characters to copy or cut.
................. Copy the selected alphanumeric characters. To copy them, choose
them with key first and then press key.
................. Paste the last-copied alphanumeric characters.
................. Cut the selected alphanumeric characters. To cut them, choose
them with key first and then press key.
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2.4 Specifying Position on Chart
Choose icon, which serves a function of scrolling charts, on the toolbar first. Place
the cursor on a chart and then press ENT on the operation panel, and the place you
specified is displayed at the center of the chart screen. You see a chart area you like in
this way, and that is called chart scrolling. In the monitor mode, when you specify a
position to scroll a chart, you might see a chart area where the own ship is not. Press
HOME on the operation panel to get back to the chart which covers the own ship
position. When you press HOME in the plan mode or update mode, you see the chart
which covers the own ship position in the monitor mode.
Once You Scroll a Chart in the Monitor Mode

In the monitor mode, once you specify a position to scroll a chart, the chart is
displayed in the free motion, which the chart area is fixed to the screen and not
automatically moved with the own ship movement, and icon is shown on the
toolbar. Ship symbols move on it and some of them might go out of the chart screen
according to their movement.
In order to get back to the true motion, press icon on the toolbar, and you see
icon which stands for the true motion, there. (See 3.5.2 Motion between Charts
and Ships: True Motion, Relative Motion and 3.7 Scrolling Charts.)
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2.5 Sensor Setup
ECDIS gets information from navigational sensors. Set up each sensor correctly for the
safe navigation.
2.5.1 Position Sensor

Press at the upper right of the screen, and the setup menu for the position
sensor appears. Press on the bottom of the menu to return to the top menu.
The latitude &

Press this button to set longitude of the
up the position sensor. conning position is
shown here as the
own ship position.
The kind of the
NOTE When
connected position
GPS is unavailable
sensors and the
because of an
LAT/LON of the conning
error, the last own
position are shown.
ship position
remains in red.
The color of the sensor
type on the left stands for
the working condition.
Accuracy of
The frame color around each sensor
the information stands
for the distinction
between the primary and Specify the primary
the secondary sensors. and the secondary
sensors.
Yellow: info. from
the primary sensor
Blue: info. from the
secondary sensor Enter this if
necessary. When
this is entered, the
letter POSN on the
is shown in
Here shows the
red and the position
discrepancy
offset value is also
between the primary
indicated in red on
and the secondary
the status bar.
sensors
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Own Ship Position
The latitude & longitude of the conning position

is indicated as the own ship position. This is not
the GPS antenna position so it might not be
same as the indication on the GPS receiver.
Primary Sensor & Secondary Sensor
Choose the primary sensor and the secondary

sensor from sensors in the normal condition.
and are available only
when both GPS1 and GPS2 are unavailable.
NOTE Sensors indicated in green is available

and sensors indicated in red or yellow are
unavailable because they include invalid or
doubtful data.
DR Position
DR (dead reckoning) is available when both GPS1 and GPS2 are unavailable.
1) Enter the DR position of

the own ship.
2) Enter the set and drift.

Enter the DR
3) Choose the primary and position.
secondary sensors from Choose the primary &
and . secondary sensors.
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Accuracy of Position Sensor
Accuracy of the position sensors connected with

ECDIS is shown on the right side of the sensor
information. Here shows in mode distinguisher:
sensor kind and the kind is as follows:
Accuracy Indication of Position Sensor
Mode Distinguisher Sensor Name
N .......... Invalid GPS .......... GPS

S .......... Simulator DGPS ....... Differential GPS
M ......... Manual HGPS ....... High-accuracy GPS mode,
E .......... Estimated PPS, Real-time kinematic
A .......... Simple GPS
D .......... Differential Invalid ....... Invalid data (DR, manual
P .......... Precise input, simulator mode, etc.)
R .......... Kinematic Unknown ... No accuracy data from GPS
F .......... Float
NOTE Accuracy of the primary position

sensor is shown on the top right corner of the
screen as well.
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2.5.2 Heading Sensor
Press at the upper right of the screen, and the setup menu for the heading
Press this button to set Information from

up the heading sensor. gyrocompass is
shown here.
NOTE When
The kind of the connected gyrocompass is
heading sensors and the unavailable because
heading & ROT gotten of an error, the last
from them are shown information from it
here. remains in red.

kind on the left stands for
the working condition. Specify the primary
and the secondary
Green: normal sensors.
Yellow: doubtful
or corrupted data NOTE
Red: invalid or and
disconnected are available only
when both Gyro1 &
Gyro2 are not
The frame color around
available. When you
the information stands for
choose ,
the distinction between
you need to enter
the primary and the
the heading in a
secondary sensors.
Manual box.
Here shows the
Yellow: info. from discrepancy between Sensors whose
the primary sensor the primary and the working condition is
Blue: info. from the secondary sensors. indicated in red or
secondary sensor When the secondary yellow are
sensor is unavailable, unavailable
the indication here is because they
doubtful. include invalid or
doubtful data.
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Primary Sensor & Secondary Sensor
Choose the primary sensor and the secondary

sensor from sensors in the normal condition.
and are available
only when both GYRO1 and GYRO2 are
unavailable. When you choose ,
you need to enter the heading in the manual box.
NOTE
Sensors indicated in red or yellow are unavailable because they includes invalid or
doubtful data.
is unavailable when AIS functionality is set for OFF at tab
in menu.
When the own ship is equipped with dual-Gyrocompass system, only one signal
switched by a heading monitor (HDM), which is a signal transfer device, is
transmitted to ECDIS in most cases. The switched signal is received as a primary
sensor and you cannot select a secondary sensor.
When a magnet compass is used as a heading sensor, here indicates MAGNET.
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2.5.3 Speed Sensor
Press at the upper right of the screen, and the setup menu for the speed
Information from LOG

is shown.
NOTE When LOG
Press this button to set is unavailable
up the speed sensor. because of an error,
the last information
from it remains in red.
The kind of the

connected speed Total distance of
sensor and the which information
speed through water, source is shown at
which is longitudinal the right end.
& transverse speed, L: LOG, G:GPS
gotten from it is
shown here. Specify the primary
sensor.
The color of the NOTE
sensor kind on the Sensors indicated
left stands for the
in red or yellow are
working condition. unavailable as the
Green: normal primary sensor
Yellow: doubtful because they
or corrupted data include invalid or
Red: invalid or doubtful data.
disconnected
Information of heading,
course over ground,
speed through water
ECDIS calculates disturbance based on values and speed over ground
transmitted from GPS, speed log and
gyrocompass and shows the result here. The
indicated value might be changed every second.
NOTE
is only available both when all the sensors as well as LOG is unavailable
and when AIS functionality, which is set up at tab in
menu, is set for OFF.
When the own ship is equipped with a dual axis log, the letter on might
change to SOG. This is not an error because the speed log outputs SOG or STW
according to the water depth.
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2.6 Time Indication
The time is based on the information from the primary position sensor. Press
at the upper right of the screen, and the set up menu for the time indication appears.
Press on the bottom of the menu to return to the previous menu.
Press this button

to change the
time indication
Choose
The kind of the (universal time
connected sensors and coordinated) or
the date and time are (local) as
shown here. a time indication
on the system
The color of the sensor data. When you
kind on the left stands choose ,
for the working enter the time
condition. difference.
Green: normal
Yellow: doubtful
or corrupted data
Choose the
Red: invalid or
time format
disconnected
from Y/M/D/T,
T/M/D/Y and
The frame color around T/D/M/Y.
the information stands
for the distinction
between the primary
and the secondary
sensors.
Manual is available
when all GPSes are
unavailable.
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2.7 List Window
2.7.1 Removing List Window

Press on the upper right corner on the list window to remove from the screen.
2.7.2 Scrolling List Window

Move the scrollbar on a list window so that you could see data that you do not see at
present. There are 2 ways of scrolling --- press a blank next to the scrollbar and press
a small triangle button such as , , and .
Scrollbar
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2.7.3 Changing List Window Size
You change list window size with at the upper left corner of a list. Press CNCL on
the operation panel to cancel changing the size on the way.
1) Place the cursor on at the

upper left corner of a list window
and then press ENT on the
operation panel.
2) Move the cursor up or down

with the trackball, and you see
a grey line, which shows the list
window size, moves following
the trackball movement.
Grey line
3) Press ENT when the grey line

gets to a place you like,
changing the list window size is
completed.
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2.8 Pop-up Window
2.8.1 Moving Pop-up Window

You move a pop-up window with at the upper left corner of a window. Press CNCL
on the operation panel to cancel moving on the way.
1) Place the cursor on at the

upper left corner of a pop-up
window and then press ENT on
the operation panel.
2) When you move the cursor with

the trackball, the grey frame,
which shows where it is moved,
moves on the screen.
Grey frame
3) Press ENT when the grey

frame gets to a place you like.
Moving is completed
2.8.2 Closing Pop-up Window

Press at the upper right corner on the pop-up window and then press ENT on the
operation panel, and it is removed from the chart screen.
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2.8.3 Number Limit of Pop-up Windows
You see pop-up windows which show information on the chart screen. They stay there
as long as you do not press at the upper right corner to close them and a new
pop-up window is shown piling up on the last one. You set a number limit of the pop-up
windows which are shown on the chart screen.
When the number of them is over the limit, the new one replaces the oldest one on the
top. For example, when you set for 10 and you are about to open the 11th information
window, the new information replaces the oldest information and the window shows up
on the top.

2) Choose tab.
3) Enter a maximum number of the pop-up
windows as INFO Window Limit. (1 10 is
available to enter.)
NOTE When you change this limit from 10 to 5

while 10 information windows are on the screen,
the old 5 ones disappear and the last 5 are left
on the screen. After that, when you change the
limit to 10 again, the old 5 ones are no longer
shown.
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2.9 On/Off for Beep
You hear beep whenever you choose something on the menu, but you change on/off
for it.
1) Choose menu from

the top menu of the monitor mode.
2) Choose tab.
3) Choose or as Beep On
Click.
2.10 Letter Color on Menu
You change letter colors on menu between white and gold.
1) Choose menu from

the top menu of the monitor mode.
2) Choose tab.
3) Choose or as Text
Color.
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2.11 Screen Brightness
When you choose a color table, the screen is displayed with the standard brightness
which is called calibrated color and is the most suitable chart color defined by the
international hydrographic office, but you can adjust the screen brightness with the
brightness control on the screen frame to get a nice view.
EC-8100
There are two types of 19-inch LCDs for this ECDIS, and they have different types of
the brightness controls. One has a status ring and a menu button on the center and
another has , which are the same type as EC-86xx.
There is a brightness control at the lower right corner of the screen frame. Press +
(up) or (down) to adjust the brightness. You see a status ring at the center of it, and
when the screen is displayed in the standard color (calibrated color), 4 green lamps of
up, down, right and left are lit on it, but when you change the brightness, other lamps
are lit in addition to them.
NOTE When you adjust the brightness, it may inhibit visibility of chart information,
particularly while a night viewing color table is chosen.
Up (+) button
Power/Menu
button
Status ring
Down (-) button
Standard brightness
Adjusted brightness
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EC-8600
There are brightness control buttons ( , ) at the lower right of the screen frame.
Press to reduce the brightness and to increase.
When you change the color table to

another after changing the screen
brightness, the standard brightness
setting for the color table you chose
is applied.
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2.12 Safely Removing Hardware
When you use a USB device, you should carry out the following operation to keep the
data safe on it before taking it out of the port.
1) Choose from
the top menu in the update mode and then
press tab.
2) Press at Eject device,

and a pull-down drive/port list of the
connected device.
3) Choose a port you eject. The pop-up

message (Port name) was successfully
removed appears on the menu.
4) Eject the device.
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2.13 Switching Screens (ECDISBridge Monitor)
The system switches screens

between ECDIS and Bridge
Monitor (as CID) by pressing
the view-switching button on
the bottom right corner of the
screen.
Restrictions for Switching Screens (ECDISBridge Monitor)
- You can switch screens only in the plan and update modes. The view-switching
button is unavailable in the monitor mode.
- When your ECDIS is equipped with an extra LCD

The primary LCD is for ECDIS and the secondary LCD is for Bridge Monitor.
You set up the Bridge Monitor screen display only on the primary LCD.
While a Bridge Monitor screen is being displayed on the primary LCD, you
see a Windows screen on the secondary LCD.
When you do not operate a Bridge Monitor screen on the primary LCD for
30 seconds, the screen automatically returns to an ECDIS screen.
- When your ship is equipped with Main ECDIS and Backup ECDIS,
You change screens between ECDIS and Bridge Monitor individually on
both of them, but do not see Bridge Monitor screens on both at the same
time.
Always ECDIS screen display on Main ECDIS and Bridge Monitor screen
display on Backup ECDIS are available.
In case of Main ECDIS failure, Backup ECDIS takes over almost all
functions. In this case, screen-switching is available on it, but when you do
not operate the Bridge Monitor screen for 30 seconds, the screen
automatically returns to the ECDIS screen.
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CHAPTER 3
Knowledge about Chart
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3.1 Changing Chart Scale
There are 5 ways of changing chart scale: RANGE on the operation panel, magnifying
glass icons, scale indication button, specifying area and UpDn knob on the operation
panel.
3.1.1 RANGE on the Operation Panel

Press RANGE to enlarge a chart and press RANGE + to reduce. You will see a
reduced or enlarged chart with the chart center at the center of the chart screen.
3.1.2 Magnifying Glass Icons on the Toolbar
Press (zoom-in) icon to enlarge the chart and

(zoom-out) to reduce. You see twice the scale of the
chart by and 1/2 times of the scale by . In both
cases, you see the enlarged/reduced chart with keeping Zoom-in Zoom-out
the center position of the chart.
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3.1.3 Scale Indication Button
1) Press the scale indication button. A pull-down list of the scale appears.
2) Select a cell level which is a scale group on the left of the list, and you see some
scales contained in the cell level you selected on the right.
3) Select a scale. The chart scale changes with keeping the center position of the
displayed chart.
NOTE See 3.10 Accuracy of Electronic Chart about the red/green circle marks and
letters on the scale indication button.
Scale indication button

Pull-down list for
scale
Scale and Scale Group
Group Scale Group Scale Group Scale Group Scale

1/40,000,000 1/1,500,000 1/150,000 1/15,000
1/30,000,000 1/1,000,000 1/100,000 1/10,000
General Plan
Overview 1/20,000,000 1/800,000 Approach 1/80,000 1/8,000
1/15,000,000 1/750,000 1/70,000 1/7,500
1/10,000,000 1/500,000 1/60,000 1/5,000
1/5,000,000 1/400,000 1/50,000 1/4,000
1/4,500,000 Coastal 1/300,000 1/45,000 1/3,000
Radar
1/4,000,000 1/250,000 1/40,000 1/2,500
World 1/3,500,000 1/200,000 Harbor 1/35,000 1/2,000
1/3,000,000 1/30,000 1/1,000
1/2,500,000 1/25,000
1/2,250,000 1/20,000
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3.1.4 Specifying Area
When you draw a rectangle on a chart to specify an area, it is enlarged or reduced.
1) Choose icon on the toolbar.

2) Place the cursor on the start position to draw a rectangle on the chart screen.
3) In enlarging, keep pressing RANGE - on the operation panel. In reducing, keep
pressing RANGE + .
4) Move the cursor using the trackball, and you see a rectangle on the chart.
5) When you fix the rectangle size, release RANGE. You see the enlarged/reduced
chart.
<Ex. Enlarging a chart>
Specified area for enlarging
3.1.5 UpDn Knob on the Operation Panel

Turn right to enlarge a chart and turn left to reduce.
NOTE Changing a chart scale by UpDn knob is only available both when (scroll
icon) is pressed on the toolbar and when the cursor is on a chart screen.
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3.2 Color Table
There are 4 color tables: Day, Day Blackback, Dusk, Night. Select a color table
depending on the brightness in the bridge.
Press a color table button on the far left of the

toolbar. Select an appropriate color table from the
pulldown list, and the chart screen is displayed in
the color table you selected.
NOTE It is recommended to choose Day

Blackback when radar image, TT or AIS targets is
displayed on the chart screen so that you could
easily get a nice viewing.
WARNING
Select an appropriate color table depending on the brightness in the bridge. Viewing
in an inappropriate color table might cause marine accidents.
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3.3 Chart Object Display
There are 4 kinds of chart object display: base display, standard display, all objects
display and customized display. Base display, standard display and all objects display
are defined by the ECDIS international standards, but you can customize chart objects
as you like except ones contained in the base display.
Indication on
Chart Object Display Chart Object Display
Button
Display the chart content which cannot
Base display BASE be removed from the chart screen. It is
not sufficient for safe navigation.
Display the standard chart objects.
Intended to be used as a minimum
Standard display STD
during route planning and route
monitoring
Display all chart objects contained in the
All objects display ALL
chart data.
Customized display Custom Display chart objects you customized.
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3.3.1 Base Display, Standard Display, All Objects Display
1) Press a chart object button on the upper Chart object
button
right of the screen. A pull-down list appears
just under it.
2) Choose one from ,

and .
Base Display
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Standard Display
All Objects Display
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3.3.2 Customizing Chart Objects
You can customize chart objects by adding or removing them on the base display,
standard display and all objects display.
Chart object button
1) Press the chart object display button, and
then choose from the
pull-down list. You see 9 categories of chart
objects on the object list.
2) Choose one basic presentation from

(base display),
(standard display) and (all
objects display) in Presets.
3) Press on the right of each category

button to see further items of the category.
4) Choose an object you like to add or remove.

stands for the chosen object and
represents the non-chosen object.
5) Press to return to the top menu.
NOTE
When you customize chart objects, you see charts with the customized display you
last set whenever you choose .
The names of the objects removed from the standard display by customizing are
shown in red on the menu.
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stands for chosen. A
category with it
represents that all items Press to
in the category are see further items
chosen. of the category.
stands for Press to

not-chosen return to the upper
classification.
stands for that some
Restore the object

presentation to the previous
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3.3.3 Displaying Other Chart Objects
You can choose on/off for hazard symbols, boundary, light range, latitude & longitude
grid, texts, etc., apart from chart objects including in base display, standard display and
all objects display. Choose on and tabs in
menu. Objects you can change on/off are as follows:
Shallow Pattern
The shallower area than the safety contour is
emphasized with cross stripes.
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Safety Contour Only
You see contours on charts and the safety
contour is emphasized. When you choose
, only the safety contour at
the present is displayed and the other contours
are hidden.
Safety contour
< ON >
Safety contour
Contour
< OFF >
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Hazard Symbol
You choose on/off for hazard symbols ( ).
< ON >
< OFF >
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Plain Depth Contour
The depth contour is usually displayed with a
depth value. When you choose
, the depth value is hidden
from it and only depth contour is shown..
< ON >
< OFF >
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Overscale ID
When there are charts with different scales in the
same sea area on the system, the system
automatically selects the most suitable scale so
that you could see it.
When a chart or a part of the chart is displayed
on a scale larger than the compilation scale,
vertical lines are shown on the part as overscale
identification because charts of which scale is
larger than the compilation scale are of low
accuracy and are not suitable for the navigation.
Overscale area
Compilation Scale
A chart scale which was used for the chart creation is called compilation scale.
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ENC Boundary
ENC boundary distinguishes ENC from other
charts such as C-MAP Professional(+) chart on
this ECDIS.
ENC
ENC boundary
C-MAP Professional(+)
Scale Boundary
Scale boundary is usually shown in gray line.
Scale boundary
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Chart Boundary
Chart boundary is usually shown in red.
Chart boundary
Plain Borders
Scale boundaries are simplified.
Scale boundary
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Light Real Range
You see broken lines which stand for the actual
range of lights.
Other Symbols
Other symbols such as are shown.
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Latitude / Longitude Grid
Latitude line and longitude line are shown on a
chart.
Latitude and longitude grid
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Check Periodic Dates
Some charts might include a time-limited object.
The object is shown in a style based on a date on
the chart and you see object information on the
object INFO window.
<Ex. Chart object Changing on Feb. 20th>

The following is an object which shows an area. It
is a caution area until Feb 20th, a restricted area
after that, and shows both on Feb 20th. When
is on, you see different
styles of the chart object depending on the date
on the chart. When is
off, you always see both styles of chart objects on
the chart. You see both information of as a
caution area and a restricted area on the object
INFO window regardless of the date and on/off for
.
<Before Feb.20th> <On Feb.20th> <After Feb.20th>
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Light INFO
Literal information classified as light information
is shown.
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Text (Important)
Literal information classified as important is
shown.
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Text (Generic)
Literal information classified as generic is shown.
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Text (Other)
Literal information classified as other is shown.
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Language on Chart [English/National]
When literal information is shown on charts, you
usually see it in English. When you choose
, you see it in a
local language of a chart area.
NOTE Every chart does not always have chart

information in a local language because it
depends on a chart creation organization.
ON
(Japanese is shown because this area is Japan)
OFF
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3.3.4 Thinning out Chart Objects
When you zoom out the detailed chart, some objects might be piled up and hidden by
others. That is not suitable for navigation. The system automatically thins out chart
objects to prevent from such bad condition when the detailed chart is zoomed out.
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3.3.5 Chart Symbol Style
You can choose chart symbol type from 3 styles: simple, paper chart and C-Map chart.

menu.
2) Choose tab.
3) At Chart Symbol, choose from ,
and .
....... ENC original style

..... Paper chart style
..... C-MAP Professional(+)
chart style
NOTE is only available

when ENC distributed by Jeppesen-PRIMAR
ECDIS Service, C-MAP ENC or C-MAP
Professional(+) is installed.
(ENC original style)
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(Paper chart style)
(C-MAP Professional(+) style)
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3.4 Depth
Enter the safety depth value taking the own ship draft and UKC (under keel clearance)
into account. The suitable depth contour is emphasized as a safety contour based on
the safety depth you entered, and also the depth area is distinguished by using
different blue.
3.4.1 Safety Depth

2) Choose tab.
3) Enter the safety depth value at Safety Depth
taking the own ship draft and UKC into
account.
NOTE Whenever ECDIS starts, the safety

depth is set to 30m.
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3.4.2 Safety Contour
Safety contour value
When you enter the safety depth value, you
see the value on the top right of the screen and
the shallower area than it is filled with deep
blue on a chart. The safety depth you entered
is, however, not always included in every chart
data. When it is included in chart data, it is
regarded as the safety contour and
emphasized on charts, but when it is not, the deeper contour closest to it is
emphasized instead of it. In other words, the safety depth value you entered is not
always equal to the safety contour and the safety contour changes depending on a
chart which covers the own ship position.
5m
10m
20m
200m
5m
10m
20m
200m
This is a screen when the safety depth is set for
20m or set to between 11m and 19m. The deep
contour of 20m is emphasized and the
shallower area than it is filled with deep blue.
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3.4.3 Displaying Depth with 2 or 4 Colors
You can change the depth color between 2-color display and 4-color display.

menu.
2) Choose tab.
3) Choose or at
Depth, In 2-color display, you see the
shallower area than the safety contour is
filled with deep blue.
4) In 4-color display, set the values for the
shallow contour and deep contour under
/ . You see the
chart used 4 colors for depth according to
the set value.
NOTE The safety contour changes depending

on a chart which covers the own ship position. The safety depth you entered is not
always equal to the safety contour.
4-color display
2-color display
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3.5 Chart Object Information
You get information of charts, chart objects, AIO objects, ships, waypoints and
user-created objects with icon on the toolbar.
3.5.1 Getting Information

2) Choose a chart object, a ship
symbol, etc., on the chart screen with the cursor.
3) An object information window appears on the lower
side of the screen. When a ship symbol is close to the
chart object you choose or when you choose a ship
symbol, an information window like a figure on the right
appears. Choose to see chart
object information. Choose a ship number to see ship information. You see
information of the object you choose on the object information window.
There are tabs ( , , , etc.) on the object information

window. You see chart objects classified into categories at tab, information
of an item you chose at tab is shown at tab, and you see
information of the current chart at tab.
Also, press or icon at the upper right corner of the object information window,
you see the item you chose highlighted. Press to clear highlighted.
<Example of tab and tab in the object INFO window>
<Example of tab in the object INFO window>
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Highlighting Chart Object
You see a relevant chart object highlighted on the chart screen by use of ,
and at the upper right of the object information window.
............... Put or hatching on the item, which you choose on tab,

on the chart screen.
............... When there is not the item, you choose on tab, on the
current chart screen, the system looks for it and then put or
hatching on it to highlight.
............... Clear highlighted
<Highlighting - > <Highlighting - Shaded area>
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3.5.2 Information of Other Ships and User-Created Objects
You see information of tracked targets, AIS targets, waypoints, navline, no-go line/area
and AIO objects with use of icon on the toolbar as well as chart objects. See below
for the details of getting information of them.
TT/AIS targets ... Chapter 6

Waypoints.......... Chapter 7
Navline .............. Chapter 10
AIO objects........ 3.6 AIO Objects Information
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3.6 AIO Objects Information
AIO objects information is only available on ENC from AVCS. When AIO data is
installed on your ECDIS and a chart area which covers AIO objects is displayed on the
screen, you see them on your ECDIS.
3.6.1 AIO Data Installation

You need to install a permit for the cell number GB800001 and AIO data in order to
show AIO objects. Install them in the same way as cell permits and ENC. (See 4.4.1
Chart License Installation and 4.5.1 Installing S-57 Format ENC.)
3.6.2 AIO View

Areas with AIO are displayed as
polygons (rectangles in most cases)
filled with red/green/blue/grey and
have specified numbers.
3.6.3 On/Off for AIO Objects

You change On/Off for AIO object display at
AIO layer on tab in
menu.
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3.6.4 Getting Information
You get AIO object information with use of icon on the toolbar, same as other chart
objects. (See 3.5.1 Getting Information.) For AIO objects, you will see tab on the
object information window.
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3.7 Chart and Own Ship Display
3.7.1 Chart Orientation: North up, Course up and Route up

Charts are shown in north up, course up and route up.
1) Choose from
the top menu in the monitor mode.
2) Choose tab.
3) Choose , or
at Orientation.
NOTE Neither course up nor route up is

available in the plan and update modes.
Chart Orientation
The north is always up.

The own ship heading at the moment is pressed
is up.
The leg the own ship sails along at present is up.
NOTE is only available during route monitoring or track control.
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North Up
The north is always up.
Course Up
The ship heading at the moment
is pressed is always up.
You see the value of the ship heading at the

time under on the menu.
Whenever is pressed, the chart

orientation and heading value shown under
are updated.
Route Up
The current leg is always up.
You see the value of the current leg course at the

right of .
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3.7.2 Motion between Charts and Ships: True Motion, Relative Motion
You can change between true motion and relative motion.
<By Menu>
1) Choose from
2) Choose tab.
3) Choose or at
Motion. On the toolbar, you see icon in
the true motion and icon in the relative
motion.
<By the Icon on the Toolbar>

Whenever you press (T) or (R) icon on
the toolbar, the motion changes between true
and relative.
In the Relative Motion
- Chart scrolling is unavailable, but the position of the own ship symbol can be
changed by the off-center function. (See 3.7.3 Making the Own Ship Symbol
Off-centered.)
- Basically the own ship vector is not shown, but you can choose ON/OFF for the
own ship vector on tab in menu.
- The own ship heading line is automatically shown. Press at Heading
Line on tab in menu to remove it.
(See 5.3 Heading Line.)
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True Motion, Relative Motion and Free Motion
True motion ................. Ship symbols move on a chart screen according to ships
actual movement and when the own ship symbol goes out
of the chart screen the chart displaying area is changed as
well in accordance with the own ship position.
Relative motion .......... A chart moves with the own ship symbol position always
fixed at the center of the chart screen. The own ship vector
is not basically shown (but you can choose ON/OFF for the
own ship vector on tab in
menu) and the chart moves to the opposite direction to
COG. Other ships are basically shown with their relative
vectors (but you can choose their vectors from true/relative
and sea/ground on tab in
menu). Chart scrolling is unavailable but the off-center of
the own ship symbol is available to get a wider view.
Free motion ................. A chart displaying area is fixed to the screen and the ship
symbols move on it. They go out of the chart screen
according to ships movement. When you scroll a chart in
the true motion, the motion automatically change to the
free motion, in which icon appears on the toolbar.
Press to get back to the true motion. (See 2.4
Specifying Position on Chart and 3.9 Scrolling Chart.)
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3.7.3 Making the Own Ship Symbol Off-centered
It is called off-centering of the own ship symbol position to change it on the chart
screen. It is useful for looking ahead in the relative motion. Once off-centered, the own
ship symbol remains to be the same position on the chart screen until you cancel
off-centering.
1) Make sure that you are in the relative motion in the monitor mode. (In the relative
motion, you see icon on the toolbar and is chosen at
tab in menu in the monitor mode.)
2) Press icon on the toolbar. Specify here with

You see cursor and an orange cursor.
square frame around the own ship
symbol.
3) Specify a display position of the

own ship symbol within the orange
frame, and you see the specified
position at the center of the chart
screen and the cursor changes Own ship symbol
from to .
Press icon to cancel off-centering.
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3.7.4 Own Ship Symbol Position and Showing Neighbouring Area
The chart displayed on the screen is changed depending on ships movement in the
true motion. When the own ship symbol approaches the edge of the chart screen,
ECDIS automatically shows a chart of the neighbouring area. You can specify the
timing to change it.
1) Choose from
2) Choose tab.
3) Enter the suitable value as Ships Area.
When the own ship symbol reaches the
edge of a range you specify here, the chart
display changes to the neighbouring area.
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3.8 Datum
ENC and C-MAP Professional(+) chart are always shown in WGS-84.

When ARCS chart is available on your ECDIS, however, some ARCS charts might be
displayed in other datum. You should enter the shift value to WGS-84 on them to adjust
position error.
3.9 Scrolling Charts
Shifting a chart is called scrolling a chart. You can scroll charts in 2 ways. One is by
icon on the toolbar. When you press icon on the toolbar and specify a position
on a chart screen, the chart is shown with the specified position at the center of it. The
other is by (scroll cursor). When the cursor approaches the edge of a chart screen,
the cursor shape changes to a black arrow ( ). Press ENT on the operation panel with
the black cursor, the chart is scrolled to the cursor direction. You look ahead especially
in the monitor mode by these scrolling ways. Even if the own ship is invisible by
scrolling, pressing HOME on the operation panel can take you to the sea area which
covers the own ship position.
NOTE The chart scrolling is unavailable in the relative motion.
Free Motion Display by Chart Scrolling

Once you scroll a chart in the true motion, the motion changes to the free motion,
which the chart displaying area is fixed to the screen without changing a chart
display area, ships move on it and some of them might go out of the chart screen
according to their movement. Press icon on the toolbar to change to the true
motion.
You see icon on the toolbar in the true motion and in the free motion.
(See 2.4 Specifying Position on Chart and 3.7.2 Motion between Charts and
Ships: True Motion, Relative Motion.)
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3.10 Accuracy of Electronic Chart
You can enlarge and reduce charts on the screen but it is most precise to see on a
compilation scale. This ECDIS has 5 terms to express chart accuracy.
Accuracy Indicator for Charts

When you press the scale button at the top right of the screen, the scale list appears.
The scale condition of the active chart* is indicated at the top of the list.
Scale condition of
an active chart Scale indication button
Scale
Compilation Scale
The chart scale which was used for the chart creation is called compilation scale.
Active Chart, Active Position
Monitor mode Plan and Update modes

A chart including the own A chart at the center of
Active Chart
ship position the chart screen
The center position on

Active Position The own ship position
the chart screen
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5 Terms as Accuracy Indication
There are 5 terms to show the relation between the current display scale and the
compilation scale of a chart: normal scale, over scale, under scale, larger scale and
best scale.
Scale Condition
Normal scale
When an active chart is displayed on a scale of 1/2 - 1.2 times denominator of
the compilation scale.
Over scale
When an active chart is enlarged and displayed on a scale of less than 1/2
times denominator of the compilation scale.
Under scale
When an active chart is reduced and displayed on a scale of more than 1.2
times denominator of the compilation scale.
<Ex.> Compilation scale: 1/500,000

Normal scale: 1/250,000 1/600,000
Over scale: larger than 1/250,000
Under scale: smaller than 1/600,000
Larger scale
When some other detailed charts (larger scale charts) which cover the active
position* are available.
Best scale
When the most detailed chart which covers the active position is shown with
the compilation scale.
<Ex.> Suppose that there are 3 charts which cover the active position
Chart A: 1/200,000, Chart B: 1/500,000, Chart C: 1/2,500,000
Larger scale: when B or C is the active chart
Best scale: when A is the active chart with the normal scale (1/100,000
1/240,000)
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You see green or red circles both on the scale button and on the top of the scale list. It
shows the scale condition described above. Green is suitable and red is unsuitable.
Green Red
over scale
When the condition is both best
Scale Button under scale
scale and normal scale
larger scale
over scale
normal scale
Top of the Scale List under scale
best scale
larger scale
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3.11 Charts in Full-Screen
You see the chart display full screen. Press on the top right corner of the screen,
and the chart display area is enlarged and you see a chart full screen. You always see
the system data window and the monitoring data window in full-screen. The system
data window contains cursor information, active chart information and alert indication.
The monitoring data window contains active route information. You move both windows
on the screen. The system data window is not allowed to be removed from the screen,
but the monitoring data window can be removed except in route monitoring or track
control. Press on the top right corner of the screen, close the system data window
by pressing or press on the bottom of the screen to return to the normal
chart display. You also return to it during route monitoring or track control by closing the
monitoring data window.
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Press to see the chat full screen.
<Normal Chart Display>
System data window Press to return to

the normal chart
display.
<Chart Display in Full-Screen>
Monitoring data window
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CHAPTER 4
Electronic Chart
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4.1 Charts Available on ECDIS
4.1.1 Chart Type

ENC, C-MAP professional(+) chart and ARCS chart are displayed on the Tokyo Keiki
ECDIS. (Displaying ARCS chart is an optional function.)
NOTE AVCS chart is ENC which UKHO collectively distributes.
ENC Distribution Format
ENC is an official chart, which is in conformity with the international standards S-57
and S-63 issued by IHO, and is issued by the hydrographic office in each country.
ENC data is converted into a special format called SENC to be stored on ECDIS.
ENC is recognized to be distributed in both S-57 format and SENC format, and
Tokyo Keiki ECDIS supports both of them. SENC format is unique to each system,
and a SENC format compatible with Tokyo Keiki ECDIS is CM93/3 format by
Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS service or Jeppesen Marine.
NOTE
IHO .......... International Hydrographic Office
S-57 ......... One of the international standards issued by IHO. ENC data format is
defined.
S-63 ......... One of the international standards issued by IHO. ENC data protection
scheme is defined.
SENC ....... Data format when ENC is stored on ECDIS. Unique to each ECDIS.
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4.1.2 Distinction between Chart Types
ENC, C-MAP professional(+) chart and ARCS chart are available on this ECDIS.
Though ARCS chart is only shown in the RCDS mode, ENC and C-MAP
professional(+) chart might be displayed adjoiningly if C-MAP professional(+) chart is
installed on your ECDIS. They are so similar in appearance that it is difficult to
distinguish. There are two ways of distinguishing between them as follows.
Distinction by Color
The background
color of the safety
contour indication is <Background color>
different depending Blue: ENC
on the type of an Green: C-MAP
active chart. professional(+)
Black: ARCS chart
Distinction by ENC Boundary

Showing ENC boundary which distinguishes ENC from C-MAP professional(+) chart is
available.
1) Choose
from
the top menu and then ENC
choose tab.
2) Choose
to show ENC boundaries
which distinguish ENC from ENC boundary
C-MAP professional(+)
chart.
C-MAP professional(+)
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4.1.3 Chart Priority
Only ENC is an official chart which is issued by the hydrographic office in each country,
so it always has a priority to show over any other chart. When both ENC and C-MAP
professional(+) chart which cover the same sea area are installed on the system, you
usually see ENC, and only see C-MAP professional(+) chart on sea areas ENC does
not cover. You see these 2 types of charts without a gap because they look like each
other. The ARCS chart is independently displayed in the RCDS mode.
4.1.4 Showing Only ENC

There are two ways of displaying only ENC though both ENC and C-MAP
professional(+) chart are installed on your system. One is choosing ENC Only and
another is making C-MAP professional(+) chart invisible.
On/Off for ENC Only
1) Choose from the

top menu in the monitor mode and then
choose tab.
2) Press at ENC Only.
Making C-MAP Professional(+) Chart

Invisible
1) Choose from
the top menu in the update mode.
2) Choose tab.
3) Choose Professional or Professional+
from the database list on the menu.
4) Press , and
mark disappears from Professional or
Professional+ on the database list. C-MAP
professional(+) chart is not displayed on the
chart screen.
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4.2 Displaying Chart Area You Like
There are two ways of selecting a chart area to display --- specifying an area on the
small chart and on a small-scale chart.
Specifying an area on the small chart
1) Choose from the top menu.

2) Choose tab. You see a small chart on the menu.
3) Specify a point on it with the cursor or enter latitude and longitude of the place you
like at Position.
4) When you like to see a chart on the best scale, press at Best Scale. When
you like to see it on the same scale as the small chart, press .
5) Press , and you see the specified chart area on the chart screen.
This is a small chart. Specify a position on it with the cursor, and the
chart which covers the position is shown on the chart screen.
The pink frame on the small chart represents the chart area displayed
Enter LAT & LON of The sea area

the place you like. that covers the
current own
ship position is
shown on the
small chart.
If there is more than

one chart which covers
the position you Show the world
specify, the most chart.
detailed chart is shown
with pressed.
The same scale chart
as the small chart is The specified position by
Enlarge/Reduce
entering LAT & LON is
shown with the small chart
pressed. reflected to the main chart
by pressing this button.
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Specifying an area on a small-scale chart
1) Reduce the chart scale to find a sea area you like.
2) Specify the place you like with the cursor, and you see a chart around it.
3) Enlarge the chart to see on the appropriate scale.
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4.3 Purchasing Charts
You purchase ENC from organizations that issue ENC in each country, agencies, or
ENC distributors. You purchase C-MAP professional(+) chart from Jeppesen Marine in
Norway or its offices near you. In both cases, you have to inform a user ID which is
called user permit for ENC and system ID for C-MAP professional(+) chart.
NOTE A user permit and a system ID are unique to each system.
4.3.1 Purchasing ENC

Order ENC from the hydrographic office in each country, its agency or an ENC
distributor. See the web site to know how to order ENC. The user ID for ENC is called
user permit and the ENC license is called cell permit.
Inform a chart distributor or its Get cell permits

Select ENC cells
agency of your user permit and and ENCs on
to buy
ENC cell names. CD/DVD.
Getting User Permit
1) Choose from the top menu in the update mode.

2) Press . You see your user permit at the bottom of the menu.
User permit
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4.3.2 Purchasing C-MAP Professional(+) Chart
Order C-MAP professional(+) chart from Jeppesen Marine in Norway or its office near
you. See the web site of Jeppesen Marine (http://ww1.jeppesen.com/marine) to know
how to order charts. The user ID for it is called system ID.
Inform Jeppesen Marine

Select zone(s) Get charts and
of your system ID, zone(s)
and area(s) chart licenses.
and area(s) of charts.
NOTE You might get chart licenses as an attached file to an e-mail. You need to copy
them to a USB memory stick before applying to ECDIS.
Getting System ID

2) Press . You see your system ID at the bottom of the menu.
System ID
4.3.3 Purchasing ARCS Chart

See 18.2 Purchasing ARCS Chart.
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Copying User Permit or System ID
You can copy your user permit (for ENC) and your system ID (for C-MAP
professional(+) chart) to an external media.
1) Choose from
2) Choose or on
the menu.
3) Insert an external media like a USB
memory stick into the appropriate port and
check the access lamp is lit.
4) Press , and you see a

pull-down list of the available drive and
port.
5) Choose a drive/port to copy the user
permit or system ID.
6) When you finish copying, a message
below appears. Press on it.
Your ENC user permit is saved on the external media as the file
user_permit.enc and the system ID is saved on it as the file user.usr in the
LICENSE folder. You can read both files through a text editor like Notepad.
7) Eject the external media.
8) Press on the bottom of the menu to return to the top menu in the update
mode.
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4.4 Chart License
Chart licenses are necessary to display charts. ENC license is called cell permit. When
chart licenses expire, you only see rough charts without detailed information and
cannot update them. Check the expiry date of your chart licenses and update them
before they expire.
4.4.1 Chart License Installation

When you get new or renewed char licenses, install them following the procedure
below. When you first install ENC, you need to install cell permits before chart
installation. When you install ENC distributed by Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS service,
C-MAP ENC and C-MAP professional(+) chart, install charts before license installation.
NOTE When you get chart licenses as an attached file on an e-mail, copy them to
another media like a USB memory stick before installation.
Installation Order of Charts and Licenses
Installation order of chart and license is different among charts.
<ENC including AVCS chart>
Licenses (Cell permits) Charts
<ENC distributed by Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS service, C-MAP ENC and C-MAP

Professional (+) chart>
Charts Licenses
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1) Choose from the
top menu in the update mode.
2) When your chart is ENC distributed by the

hydrographic office, press . When
your chart is ENC by Jeppesen-PRIMAR
ECDIS service, C-MAP ENC or C-MAP
professional(+) chart, press .
3) Choose .
4) Insert a media which includes chart licenses

into the appropriate drive.
5) Press and then choose

(CD/DVD drive) from the pull-down
list. If the chart licenses are on another media,
choose the appropriate drive. You see the
license list in the center of the menu.
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6) Press to start
installing all chart licenses on the media.
When you install only the selected licenses,
(this is only available for ENC distributed by
the hydrographic office.) select licenses from
the list box under and
then press at the bottom of
the menu.
7) When you see a pop-up window like a

figure on the right, chart license
installation is completed. Eject the
media.
8) Press on the bottom of the menu to go back to the top menu for the update
mode.
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4.4.2 Manual Entry of Chart License
Manual entry of chart license is only available for ENC distributed by
Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS service, C-MAP ENC and C-MAP professional(+) chart.

2) Press and then choose .
3) Choose a database at Database.

4) Choose a zone at Zone and then an area at
Area.
5) Press a license string box and enter a license
string consisted of 16 alphanumerical letters.
6) Press .
7) When the license installation is completed,
press to go back to the top menu in the
update mode.
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4.4.3 ARCS Chart License
See 18.3 ARCS Chart License.
4.4.4 Checking Chart License

You make sure of chart license number and expiry date.
License Information
1) Choose from the

2) Press or , and then

choose . (Press
here when your chart is ENC
distributed by Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS
service, C-MAP ENC or C-MAP
professional(+).)
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3) Choose one database at Database. The cell
list for ENC or the zone number for C-MAP
professional(+) chart is shown on the menu.
4) Choose one cell or a zone from the list.

You see the license description at the
lower side of the menu.
5) Press to go back The license description

to the top menu in the whose cell you chose
is shown
update mode.
ENC Data & Distributors ID of Cell Permit
Choosing , you
see a list of ENC cell permit on the menu. The two alphabets at the end of a cell
permit name means a chart distributors ID. (Ex. GB: Great Britain, JP: Japan) This
ID is included in ENC data as well as a cell permit name, and unless the ID is
identified between a cell permit and ENC data, the chart cannot be installed on
ECDIS.
For example, you can purchase Japanese ENC from both JHA (Japan Hydrographic
Association) and UKHO (United Kingdom Hydrographic Office). ENC data and cell
permits distributed by JHA have JP as an ID and ones by UKHO have GB. If the
distributor is different between your ENC data and cell permits, your ENC is not
installed on your ECDIS, so you need to use ENC data and cell permits with the
same ID.
On menu, you see the distributors ID as follows:
<Cell permit list> <License description>
Distributors ID
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Expiry Date

menu in the update mode.
2) Press or (press
for C-MAP professional(+), ENC
by Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS service, C-MAP
ENC) and then choose
.
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3) Choose one database at Database.
4) Specify the month and year at Expiry Date.

You see cell names or zones which expire on
the specified date on the list. You also make
sure of the license description at the lower
side of the menu when you choose a cell or
zone on the list.
Message against the Expiry Date of Chart Licenses
When one month or less is left before the expiry date or when it passes the expiry
date without a license updating, a message is provided whenever ECDIS starts.
When the license is updated, you will see no message about it.
<ENC>
<C-MAP Professional+>
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4.4.5 Removing Chart License
You remove ENC licenses on the menu. Licenses for ENC distributed by
Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS service, C-MAP ENC and C-MAP professional(+) chart are
removed at the same time as when you remove a chart database.
1) Choose from
2) Press and then choose

menu.
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3) Choose a database at Database. When you
remove all the permits, press .
When you remove one by one, choose one cell
permit from the list and then press
. In both cases, you see a
pop-up window for confirmation. Press
to remove.
4) Press to return to the top menu in the update mode.
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4.5 Chart Installation
Chart installation is called adding chart on this ECDIS. There are two ways of installing
ENC: installing all charts on a chart media and installing only selected charts. For ENC
distributed by Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS Service, C-MAP ENC and C-MAP
professional(+), you have a single way of installing all charts on a chart media.
ENC is distributed in two formats: a format in conformity with S-57 and S-63 and a
SENC format. (See 4.1.1 Chart Type about the ENC distribution format.) You can
install all charts in the same way but you see some different messages depending on
the chart type, so the description about the chart installation is divided into two parts.
NOTE
Chart installation is unavailable during route monitoring and track control.
AVCS is a service which UKHO distributes each countrys ENC collectively.
The way of AIO data installation is same as S-57 ENC.
This ECDIS satisfies the requirements of IHO S-63 (ENC decryption) and when
some error is detected on chart data, an alarm or a warning is provided during chart
installation.
A message Exception in sample: Loader
from CM93/3 might appear during chart
installation. It means that the system found
new objects on chart data. Press
on it to acknowledge. If you ever press ENT
on the operation panel without the cursor on
, you cannot continue chart
installation any more and you need to restart
ECDIS to install charts again.
Installation Order of Charts and Licenses

Installation order of chart and license is different among charts.
<ENC including AVCS chart>
Licenses (Cell permits) Charts
<ENC distributed by Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS service, C-MAP ENC and C-MAP

Professional (+) chart>
Charts Licenses
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Before Installing AVCS Chart
When you install AVCS chart, you might see an error message about a SA
certificate and cannot move on to the next step. In order to prevent that, you should
load a certificate file iho.crt which proves that your ENC is official in advance.
You find iho.crt on your char media. You also download it from the IHO website. In
this case, you need to save it on a USB memory stick beforehand.
1) Insert an AVCS chart media or a USB

memory stick which includes iho.crt into
the appropriate drive/port.
2) Choose from
3) Press button.
4) Choose .
5) You see the tree construction of drives
under Select SA Public Key file. Choose
E\ (CD/DVD) drive or F\ (USB memory
stick) here. You see a file name iho.crt
under it.
6) Choose it to highlight and then press
to load.
7) Eject the media.
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ENC Data & Distributors ID of Cell Permit
Choosing , you
see a list of ENC cell permit on the menu. The two alphabets at the end of a cell
permit name means a chart distributors ID. (Ex. GB: Great Britain, JP: Japan) This
ID is included in ENC data as well as a cell permit name, and unless the ID is
identified between a cell permit and ENC data, the chart cannot be installed on
ECDIS.
For example, you can purchase Japanese ENC from both JHA (Japan Hydrographic
Association) and UKHO (United Kingdom Hydrographic Office). ENC data and cell
permits distributed by JHA have JP as an ID and ones by UKHO have GB. If the
distributor is different between your ENC data and cell permits, your ENC is not
installed on your ECDIS, so you need to use ENC data and cell permits with the
same ID.
On menu, you see the distributors ID as follows:
<Cell permit list> <License description>
Distributors ID
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4.5.1 Installing S-57 Format ENC
Installation Process
Decrypt ENC Convert ENC data Store chart data

data into SENC on the system
ENC data is encrypted, so the system decrypts the data first, and then converts it into
SENC format checking the data integrity, and store it on the system at the end. The
required time for this process depends on the volume of data involved.
NOTE
Tokyo Keiki ECDIS converts ENC data into SENC in CM93/3 format.
When your ENC is on a DVD issued by AVCS, update data which is up to the date
of issue is included. The update data is also installed with chart data, so you do not
have to update charts from menu. Even if you do from
, the update data is not installed.
The way of AIO data installation is same as S-57 ENC installation.
How to Install
NOTE You need to install chart permits before installing ENC.
1) Choose from
2) Insert a chart media into the appropriate

drive.
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3) Press . The system starts
reading the chart media. When your ENC is on
a DVD from AVCS, move on to 4). When your
ENC is on a CD, skip to 5).
4) For ENC on a DVD from AVCS, you see a

pop-up window to choose a chart volume
on the menu. Choose an appropriate
volume and then press . Decryption
of charts will be started.
NOTE You can choose only one volume here.
5) You see a pop-up window on the

right while the system is decrypting
charts.
Stop decrypting chart data.
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6) After decryption, you almost always see a
message on the menu (the figure on the
right) to inform that the system found
decryption errors. Press on the
message. You also see the decryption log
(as below) on the chart screen. You might not be able to continue the chart
installation depending on the kind of error messages beginning with SSE**. Check
what they mean on the decryption error log seeing 20.3 Troubleshooting.
NOTE On the decryption error log above, you might see an error message SSE 11
Cell permit file not found. Load the permit file provided by the data supplier. This
means that there is a chart cell you have not purchased yet, so it can be ignored.
When some errors are detected as a result of decryption, you see the error
kind on the top left and the number of the relevant cells on the right side of it.
OK means no errors. Total means the total number of cells on the chart
media.
When you choose an error on the left, the

error description is shown here.
Country ID which chart

cells are issued by.
When you see more
than one IDs here and
you choose one, you
see the relevant cell
names under the IDs.
Cell names which

are relevant to the
country ID you
chose.
Press to update
the cells indication.
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7) When ENC decryption is finished, ENC is
chosen at Chart Type and the cell level, which
means a scale classification, contained on the
chart media is shown at Cell Level. You see
S57_ENC as a chart database name at
Database. It is automatically named but you
can change it if necessary, by pressing a
database name button.
8) You can install only charts you selected, not all
the charts on the chart media. When you
select charts to install, choose
to see a list of the
charts which are on the chart media. Skip to
10) when you do not need to select charts.
Database Name
The system automatically gives a name to an ENC database.
ENC (S57 format) .................................................................... S57_ENC
ENC by Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS service (SENC format) ..... JeppesenPRIMAR
You can rename S57_ENC but cannot rename JeppesenPRIMAR. Once you
rename it, when you install ENC next time, the name which was previously changed
is shown as a default on the database button. Be careful not to overwrite another
type of charts on the existing database.
Sea Area Which Chart Media Covers

You can make sure of a sea area
which a chart media covers.
(This is not available for ENC
distributed by Jeppesen-PRIMAR
ECDIS service, C-MAP ENC and
C-MAP professional(+) chart.)
Choose before
pressing (before the
procedure 4.5.1 - 10)), and blue
rectangles which show chart areas are
displayed on the chart screen. When
you do not see them, change the chart
scale.
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9) You see all chart file buttons dented just after you press . The
dented buttons stand for selected. Press file buttons for charts you will not install,
and they stand out. Select charts to install in this way.
Selected files
(Dented buttons
Not-selected
files
Select all Show only

chart files on the list the selected files
Show all
Cancel chart files
the selected file
Make sure of the chart area

you selected.
Select chart file button(s) on this list first

and then press , and you see
the chart area which the selected charts
cover, on the chart screen.
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10) Press to start chart
installation, verifying charts one by one. You
see a pop-up window like a figure below on
the menu and both a list of charts contained in
the chart media and an ENC conversion log
window on the chart screen.
Stop chart installation. Even Press when

if you press , the you do not see the ENC
charts/cells before the cell conversion log window
name shown on the pop-up on the chart screen.
window at present has been
installed.
ENC Conversion Log
You see the ENC conversion log window on the lower side of the chart screen
during ENC installation. It shows a verification result for an individual chart. When
the system detects some error, the result is displayed as shown below
Non critical errors can be ignored
Errors
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Chart List Shown during Chart Installation
Chart cell name
Chart type
Country which a chart cell was issued
Scale Date a chart cell was issued
Edition number of a chart cell
Date which update data for the update number

on the right was issued
Update number
Date a chart cell was installed or updated on this ECDIS
The state of a chart cell during chart installation

Converted: An ENC cell was converted to SENC
Processing: An ENC cell is being converted to SENC
Not in use Not installed: An ENC cell has not been installed yet
Installed: An ENC cell was successfully installed
Only for ARCS chart
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and Progress Report
S-57 format ENC is installed verifying one by one. Every time some kind of error is
detected on chart data as a result of verification, the system interrupts chart
installation to show a progress report (in a pop-up window on the menu). Check
what error it is like on the ENC conversion log window on the chart screen. Almost
all errors are not so critical that it could be safe to move on to the next step.
Press one of , , and on the progress report.
Press (Continue All) to install charts without showing progress reports
any more.
Continue to install charts without Skip the current cell/chart
showing progress reports any more
Continue to install
the current cell/chart
Stop chart installation, but up to the Show ENC conversion log window
cells/charts before the cell number
shown here at present were installed.
You see beside on the menu. You usually

see dented (= chosen). That means same as pressing on
the progress window. That is, when you start chart installation with
chosen, chart installation is automatically finished without showing any progress
reports. When you start with stood out, the progress report is shown
every time some kind of error is detected.
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11) When the chart installation is completed,
you see a pop-up message to tell ENC
database has been successfully converted
on the menu. Check a result of the chart
installation in the ENC conversion log
window shown on the chart screen. Then
press on the pop-up window on the menu.
NOTE Checking the ENC conversion log is also available even after pressing
on the pop-up window telling ENC database has been successfully converted.
12) Eject the chart media.
13) Press to return to the top menu for the update mode.
Result of Chart Installation
When chart installation is finished, you see a summary status of the installed charts
on the ENC conversion log window.
Choose Result <Result>

Green: Verification Ok
Yellow: Minor warnings, Includes trivial errors but
charts are available.
Red: Critical errors. Charts has not been installed
You see this summary status when you press on the

menu, too.
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4.5.2 Installing Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS Service ENC, C-MAP
ENC, C-MAP Professional(+) Chart
1) Choose from
2) Insert a chart media into the appropriate

drive.
3) Press . The system starts

reading from the chart media. A pop-up
window to inform of copying database files
appears on the menu.
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4) When reading from media is finished, you see
C-MAP button dented at Chart Type on the
menu. The database name is automatically
shown and you cannot change it.
5) Press to start
installing charts. The pop-up window below
appears on the menu.
6) When a pop-up window like a figure on the

right appears, the chart installation is
completed. Press .
7) Eject the chart media.
8) Press to return to the top menu in the update mode.
NOTE When you finish installing or updating C-MAP professional(+) chart, restart
your ECDIS to initialize the system.
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4.6 Removing Chart
Charts are stored as a database by type on this ECDIS. Removing charts means
removing a database, that is, removing all charts contained in the database. However,
for S-57 format ENC, you can remove not only a database but charts you choose.
4.6.1 Removing Database
1) Choose from the

top menu in the update mode
2) Choose tab and then press

.
3) Choose a chart database from the list.
Choose a database
4) Press to start
removing.
4.6.2
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4.6.2 Removing Charts Individually
Here describes how to remove charts you choose. This is not available for ENC
distributed by Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS service, C-MAP ENC and C-MAP
professional(+) chart.
1) Choose from the

2) Choose tab.
3) Choose a database for ENC S57_ENC at

Database.
4) Choose and then you

see a chart list.
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5) Select chart file/cell button(s) you are going to remove from Chart No.
6) Press to start removing.
Selected files
(Dented buttons
Not-selected
files
Select all Show only

chart files on the list the selected files
Show all
Cancel chart files
the selected file
Make sure of the chart area

you selected.
Select chart file button(s) on this list first

and then press , and you see
the chart area which the selected charts
cover, on the chart screen.
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Making Sure of Chart Area Whose Cells You Choose
Choose before
pressing
(before the procedure 4.6.1 - 4) ). The
chart area whose cells you choose is
shown with blue squares and mesh. If
you do not see them, change the chart
scale to see them.
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4.7 Chart Database Coverage
Charts installed on the system are stored as a database depending on the chart kind.
You check a chart coverage of each database.
1) Choose from
2) Choose tab.
3) Choose a database at Database.
4) You see pressed at the

bottom of the menu. (Press this button if it is
not pressed.) The cell level (buttons) of the
charts contained in the database and the
hydrographic offices which issued the charts
are shown on the menu. The chart coverage is
shown with rectangles on the chart screen. (If
you do not see them, reduce the scale to see
them.)
Press to see a chart list
of the database you choose.
Chart database
Cell level
The rectangles represent the chart coverage. You see them with
pressed. Their color stand for the chart type ---
blue is ENC, green is C-MAP professional(+) chart, black is ARCS Hydrographic offices which issued
chart. the charts
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Chart cell name
Chart type
Country which a chart cell was issued
Scale Date a chart cell was issued
Edition number of a chart cell
Date which update data for the update number

on the right was issued
Update number
Not in use Date a chart cell was installed or updated on this ECDIS
The state of a chart cell in chart installation
Only for ARCS chart
Pressing , you see a list like this.
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4.8 Making Charts Visible/Invisible
You make all charts contained in a database visible/invisible.
1) Choose from the

2) Choose tab.
3) On the menu, a database name with

stands for visible and one without
stands for invisible. Choose a database with
and press
at the bottom of the menu to make it invisible
on the screen. Choose a database without
and press to
make it visible.
NOTE
does not mean
removing the chart database from the system,
but just making charts contained in the
database invisible.
When you press to make charts visible, if charts with
their licenses expired is included in it, only the rough charts are shown without
detailed information.
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4.9 Updating Charts
Whenever you get update data, you should update charts to keep them latest and to
maintain the safe navigation. There are 2 ways of updating charts: semi-auto update
which charts are updated automatically by using an update media and manual update
which you modify chart objects individually seeing notices to mariners issued by the
hydrographic office in each country.
NOTE Chart updating is unavailable during track control.
4.9.1 Semi-Auto Update

The chart update easily completes by using an update media. You should use update
data gotten from your chart distributor. When your chart is ENC distributed by
Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS service, C-MAP ENC or C-MAP professional(+) chart, you
can get update data on a CD/DVD or attached on an e-mail. The latter is called
real-time update on this ECDIS.
S-57 format ENC

This is available for ENC with S-57 format. Semi-auto update is carried out in almost
same way as ENC installation. See 4.5.1 Installing S-57 Format ENC for the ENC
decryption log, ENC conversion log and result of chart update.
NOTE You need to follow another way to update ENC distributed by

Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS service, C-MAP ENC and C-MAP professional(+) chart.
(See the page after next.)
1) Choose from the

2) Insert an update media into the CD/DVD drive

and make sure that the disc lamp is lit.
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3) Press to start decrypting
update data, and a pop-up window like a figure
below appears. When it disappears, decryption
is finished.
4) Make sure that a database name you are

updating is correct at Database. When it is
wrong, choose an appropriate one.
5) Before starting Apply Updates, decide if you

see a progress pop-up window in chart updating. See 4.5.1 Installing S-57 Format
ENC - 10) for that. Typically is pressed on the menu so that the
progress window does not show up and you could continue to update charts
without checking errors.
6) Press to start
updating charts, verifying data one by one.
You see a pop-up window (a figure on the
right) on the menu and both a
data list contained in the update Stop chart updating. Even if Press when
you press , the you do not see the ENC
media and an ENC conversion charts/cells before the cell conversion log window
log window on the chart screen. name shown on the pop-up on the chart screen.
window at present has been
installed.
7) When you see a pop-up window
like a figure on the right, the updating is
completed. Check a result of the chart
update in the ENC conversion log window
shown on the chart screen. Then press
on the pop-up window on the menu.
(Checking the ENC conversion log is also available even after pressing on
this pop-up window.)
8) Eject the update media.
9) Press to return to top menu in the update mode.
NOTE The chart updating process is almost same as chart installation. See ENC
conversion log and progress report columns described in 4.5.1 Installing S-57 Format
ENC - 10) and result of chart installation column described in 4.5.1 Installing S-57
Format ENC - 11).
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ENC (distributed by Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS service), C-MAP ENC and C-MAP
Professional(+)
The way of updating ENC distributed by Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS service, C-MAP
ENC and C-MAP professional(+) chart is same as that of installing them. Follow the
procedure in 4.5.2 Installing Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS Service ENC, C-MAP ENC,
C-MAP Professional(+) Chart.
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4.9.2 Real-Time Update
You can get chart update data as an attached file on an e-mail from your chart
distributor and apply it to charts. It is called real-time update on this ECDIS. It is only
available for ENC distributed by Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS service, C-MAP ENC and
C-MAP professional(+) chart.
Create an Send the order Get update Apply update

order file by e-mail. data by e-mail data
1) Choose from the

2) Insert an USB memory stick into the

appropriate drive.
3) Press a database box at Request C-MAP

Updates to choose a database you are going
to update from the pull-down list.
4) Specify a maximum size of the update data

which is attached to one e-mail by pressing
Max return e-mail size box and choosing
data size from the pull-down list.
5) Press to choose a drive

which an order file (.ord) is saved on, and it is
saved.
6) Eject the USB memory stick.
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7) Send the order file(s) to your chart distributor by e-mail. For C-MAP ENC and
C-MAP professional(+) chart, send to Jeppesen Marine real-time updating service
(updates@c-map.no) .
8) You will get reply mail(s) with files (.ans) attached after a while.
9) Save all the attached update files on a USB memory stick.
10) Insert the USB memory stick which the update data is included in into the
appropriate drive on ECDIS.
11) Apply the update data to your ECDIS following the procedure of 4.5.2Installing
Jeppesen-PRIMAR ECDIS Service ENC, C-MAP ENC, C-MAP Professional(+)
Chart.
Max Return E-mail Size

The update data is sent to you by e-mail. You can specify the maximum data size
that is attached to one e-mail to receive without fail.
If the updates are 250kb in size and you have requested max file size of 100KB
then you will receive 3 files in return (2x100kb + 1x50kb). If you select 10MB then
you will get files that are maximum 10MB. So if there are 5MB of updates you will
get one 5MB file. If there are 15MB of updates you will get 1x10MB and 1x5MB.
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4.9.3 Manual Update
You modify objects directly on the chart screen following notices to mariners issued by
the hydrographic office.
Presentation of an Updated Object

A distinguishable mark is put on a manually-updated object.
<Old Object> <New Object>
Old object after updating Updated object

Shown with mark Shown with mark.
Adding a New Object

1) In the update mode, show a chart area which
should be updated.

menu in the update mode.
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3) Choose tab.
4) Choose a database from the pull-down list

gotten by pressing the database name
button. Choose here to
see updates on any charts regardless of
chart scale.
5) Press , and the menu including

the object category list appears.
6) Choose a chart agency at Source Producing

Agency if necessary and choose a chart file
at Source Identification Code. (When you
chose in the above 4),
this operation is not available.)
7) Choose an object you like to add from Object

Category. In this list, press to show
the object list and to return to the
previous stage.
8) After choosing the object, specify the object

type from , and
under the list.
9) Press at the bottom of the menu.
Specified position
10) Specify the position on the chart screen, and
by the cursor
you see a black circle mark on the cursor
position.
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11) You see the menu including ,
and tabs. Modify
attributes of the object on these tabs if you
need. How to modify is described in the next
section Modifying Objects.
12) Press to save the

updated data. Enter your name and then
press to save.
13) You see the added object with mark on the

specified position and the menu returns to the
top menu of the manual updating with the
added object on the list.
Object list
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Modifying Objects
Modifying an Object Chosen from the Update List
1) In the update mode, show a chart which

covers an object which should be modified.
2) Choose from the

3) Choose tab.
4) Choose a database name or

at
Database. Choose a hydrographic
office from HO if necessary and a
chart name from Chart No. Then Object list
the list of the updated object

appears.
5) Choose an object from the object list.

Buttons for
modification
6) Press one of the modification buttons.
Highlight the selected Reject the manual update for the

object. selected object.
Clear the highlighted
mark.
Show the update
history. Reject all manual updates
from the database.
Show the object
Hide the object
Add new object Modify the attribute of

the object
Move the object by moving directly
Remove the chosen object from
on the chart or entering latitude
the chart which this belongs to.
and longitude.
7) After modifying, press . Enter your name and then press

to save the data.
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Modifying a Highlighted Object on the Chart
1) In the update mode, show a chart which

covers an object you want to modify.
2) Choose from the

3) Choose tab.
4) Specify an object with icon on the toolbar.
5) Choose a corresponding object to one you

chose at tab on the object
information window on the chart screen.
6) Press on the upper right corner of the

object information window to find the
highlighted object with mark. The object
information is shown on the menu.
7) Press to modify the attribute,

to change the position or to remove it from the chart.
8) After modifying, press . Enter your name and then press

to save the data.
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4.9.4 Checking Updates
You check where and what were updated by semi-auto update.
1) Choose from the

2) Press a database box to choose a database

at Database.
3) At IHO, Chart No. and Update No, choose

each item (if necessary).
4) You see a summary of the updates at

tab and the updated parts at
tab.
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< tab> < tab>
Choose one item from

the list of Registered
Updates and then
press
button, and a relevant
object is highlighted
with a white arrow ( ) or
with a filled area.
Press
to clear highlights
Press
when you do not accept the On/Off for the update log
updates.
<Examples of >
<Highlighted buoy>
<Highlighted contour> <Highlighted area>
<Update Log Table>
Update number State of updates: Accepted or rejected

Chart cell name Accepted date of updates
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CHAPTER 5
Own Ship
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5.1 Own Ship Symbol
5.1.1 Symbol Type

You see 2 types of the own ship symbols depending on the chart scale: true-scaled
outline which is based on your ship size and symbol which is irrespective of the scale.
Both of them have SEA vectors which represent HDG & STW, GROUND vectors which
represent COG & SOG, and heading lines.
A point of intersection
between a beam
bearing line and a
vector represents the
conning position. Beam bearing line
GROUND vector
(COG + SOG)
GROUND vector
SEA vector
(COG + SOG)
(HDG + STW)
SEA vector
(HDG + STW)
<(True-scaled) Outline> <Symbol>
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5.1.2 Choosing Symbol Type
You choose the own ship symbol type from true-
scaled outline and symbol at tab in
in the monitor mode.
The outline is shown mainly on a large scale chart, and when the outline size is less
than 6 mm on the chart screen by a scale change, it automatically changes to a
symbol even if is chosen on the menu. Also, when the condition of the
primary heading sensor is invalid (see 2.5.2 Heading Sensor), the symbol is shown
instead of the outline.
When you choose , the symbol is always shown regardless of the chart
scale.
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5.2 Own Ship Vector
5.2.1 Vector Type

There are 2 types of own ship vectors: SEA vector (HDG & STW) and GROUND vector
(COG & SOG). SEA vector has a single arrow and GROUND vector has double arrows.
Both vectors are shown with graduations indicated a minute, and a bold line which
represents 6 minutes is put only on Ground vector.
Time increment
A time increment to indicate
6 minutes distance is shown
in a bold line
GROUND vector SEA vector

(COG & SOG) (HDG & STW)
NOTE
When the own ship speed is 0 kn, you only see arrows as vectors.
When GPS is unavailable because of an error or something, the own ship symbol
stops moving, stays at the last position, and is shown in red. The GROUND vector is
also shown in red with the last condition but SEA vector is shown in black and
available as long as LOG and Gyrocompass are available.
Terms
HDG................... Heading
STW................... Speed through the water
COG .................. Course over the ground
SOG................... Speed over the ground
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5.2.2 Vector Length
The length of the own ship vector represents the
distance which the ship sails in a set time at the
present speed. You set the vector length at the
tab in for
the monitor mode. The setting here is effective
for both the own ship and other ships.
5.2.3 Vector Stabilization (SEA/GROUND)

You choose vector stabilization for the own ship
from two types: SEA (HDG & STW) and
GROUND (COG & SOG). You choose it at
Vector at tab in
menu in the monitor
mode.
... SEA vector, showing HDG & STW

... GROUND vector, showing COG &
SOG
It is based on TT/AIS targets vector (which is set

on tab in
menu in the monitor mode), so when [SEA],
which is equivalent to STW for the own ship, is chosen as a target vector, is
automatically chosen as the own ship vector and you cannot turn it off on the menu, but
can change on/off for .
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5.3 Heading Line
You choose the type of the heading line from long, standard and none.
1) Choose from the

2) Choose tab.
3) Choose from , and .
.......... An orange line from the own

ship symbol to the edge of a
chart
.......... Standard & prescribed length
from the own ship symbol
.... No heading line
NOTE In the relative motion, the heading line is

automatically shown instead of the speed vector.
Heading line
< > < >
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5.4 Beam Bearing Line
Beam bearing line represents the own ship

width.
Beam bearing line
You set on/off for the beam bearing line and its
length at tab in
menu in the monitor
mode. The length can be selected from
2xBreadth 20xBreadth.
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5.5 Past Position
The own ship past position is shown by dots or a line on the chart. The time label is
available beside it.
1) Choose from the

2) Choose tab.
3) Press to show the own ship past
position at Past Position.
4) Choose the past position style from

and at Mark.
5) When you choose , specify how
often the dots are shown from the pulldown list
at Interval.
6) Press to show the time label at

Time Label and specify its interval at Interval.
NOTE.
The indication (UTC or Local) of the time label follows that of the system time which
is specified on the menu opened by pressing or button on the
system data.
Press button to delete the existing past position data from the
system, and it starts making a record of the own ship position again.
The maximum number of is 200.
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Own Ship Past Position
Own Ship Past Position
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5.6 Own Ship Information
You see the own ship information on the system data and on the route monitoring /
track control information. See 1.8.4 System Data and 1.8.5 Information of Route
Monitoring / Track Control.
System data
Route monitoring / track

control information
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5.7 Prediction Line
While the own ship is turning, you see

a curved arrow which shows the
turning direction. It is called a
prediction line. You set on/off for it on
the menu.
Prediction line
Vectors
1) Choose from
2) Choose tab.
3) Press to show the own ship
prediction line at Prediction Line.
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CHAPTER 6
Other Ships
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6.1 On/Off for Targets
TT stands for a tracked target by Radar. Turn on TT / AIS on the operation panel to
display tracked targets (hereinafter referred to as TT(s)) or AIS targets on the screen.
Every time you press it, you change on/off for them.
Targets acquired by radar are displayed as TTs and ones transmitted from an AIS
transponder are displayed as AIS sleeping targets.
The Maximum Number of Targets This System Can Display
Sleeping AIS targets: up to 400

Activated AIS targets: up to 100
TTs: depends on the number which acquired on Radar
NOTE The number of AIS targets depends on the AIS range filter described in
6.6 Distance Limit for AIS Sleeping Targets.)
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6.2 Target Symbols
6.2.1 Target in Normal State

A TT symbol is a green circle with a vector and an ID number starting with TT. An AIS
sleeping target symbol is a green triangle. An activated AIS target is a green triangle
with a vector, a heading line and an ID number starting with AIS.
Vector
(Doted line)
Sleeping AIS target
Heading line
(Solid line)
Vector
(Doted line)
The third letter stands for
the radar number that is a
TT information source
TT (tracked target) Activated AIS target
NOTE
Just after ECDIS starts and when AIS on the operation panel is turned on, AIS
targets are displayed as sleeping targets except for dangerous targets.
When the system does not get a correct position of the own ship because of GPS
error, etc., an alert is provided and TT symbols are unavailable.
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6.2.2 Selected AIS Target
When you select an AIS target to activate, deactivate, associate
or dissociate brackets like the figure is shown around the target
symbol.
6.2.3 Dangerous Target

TTs or AIS targets in CPA/TCPA alert state are called dangerous targets. When a
CPA/TCPA alert is provided, symbols of the dangerous targets flash in red. Once the
alert is acknowledged, they stop flashing. While they are in the alert condition, you see
them in red.
Dangerous AIS target
Dangerous TT
6.2.4 Lost Target

When a TT or an activated AIS target is lost, an alert is provided and a target symbol
with a red flashes. The lost target disappears when you acknowledge the alert.
When a sleeping AIS target is lost, no alert is provided and it disappears in a few
seconds.
Lost TT Lost AIS target
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6.2.5 AIS Targets Outline
The true-scaled outline for activated AIS targets is available.

menu in the monitor mode and then choose
tab.
2) Choose or at AIS
Target --- Target Outline.
NOTE This outline is not shown when AIS

target heading is unknown or the beam of the
outline is less than 7.5mm.
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6.2.6 Chart Symbols Exclusive Use of AIS
The following 3 chart symbols are displayed only when AIS targets are shown on the
screen.
Real AIS ATON (ATON: aids to navigation).
Virtual AIS ATON
AIS SART (AIS - search and rescue transmitter)
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6.2.7 Target Symbols When GPS Error Happens
When ECDIS does not receive data from GPS
because of an error, etc., an alert is provided,
the information from the position sensor is
shown in red on the system data, and all the
target symbols stop moving and stay at the
position just before the alert happens. They
stand for invalid. In order to remove them from
the chart screen, press at Disable
Targets when invalid POSN at
tab in in the monitor
mode.
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6.3 Target Vector
A TT is shown with a vector. An activated AIS target is shown with both a vector and
heading line.
Heading line
(Solid line)
Vector
(Doted line)
Tracked target Activated AIS target
6.3.1 Vector Length

The vector length for targets follows that for the own ship, which is specified at
tab in menu for the monitor mode. (See 5.2.2 Vector
Length)
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6.3.2 Vector Stabilization (Sea/Ground)
The vector length of TTs and AIS targets is dependent on that of the own ship and the
vector stabilization is specified by a user. Select from sea and ground.
1) Choose from the

2) Choose tab.
3) Choose or at Vector
Stabilization. This is effective in both TTs and
AIS targets.
NOTE
The vector stabilization of the own ship symbol
follows that for targets. For example, when
is chosen as a target vector, the
own ship symbol is always shown with the
ground vector and you cannot turn it off, but
you can choose On/Off for the STW vector.
Which vector stabilization is chosen at present is indicated on the status bar.
Calculation of Targets Sea Vector
Subtracting the set and drift from a targets ground vector gets a sea vector for it.
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6.3.3 Vector in True Motion and Relative Motion
Usually the true vector is shown in the true motion and the relative vector is in the
relative motion, but you can change a target vector to true/relative regardless of the
true/relative motion.
1) Choose from the

2) Choose tab.
3) Choose True or Relative at Vectors.
Calculation of Targets Relative Vector
Subtracting the own ship true vector from a target true vector gets the relative vector
of a target.
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6.3.4 Turn Indicator
The turn indicator for AIS targets is shown when
the rate of turn exceeds the set value. Heading line with
a turn indicator
1) Choose from the

2) Choose tab.
3) Enter a threshold by pressing Turn IND

Threshold box.
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6.4 TT/AIS Target Information
There are 3 ways of showing targets information: target list, quick information and
information on a popup window.
6.4.1 TT/AIS Target List
Choose from the top menu in the monitor mode to show a

target list. You see TT information at tab and information of AIS targets at
tab. You see AIS targets which are activated, associated or regarded to be dangerous
on the list. What information you see on the list is as follows:
- ID - STW: speed through the water

- Associate: ID of the associated TT - CPA: closest point of approach
- Call Sign - CPA Limit
- MMSI number - TCPA: time to CPA
- Ship name - TCPA Limit
- BRG: bearing - ROT: rate of turn (if available)
- RNG: range - LAT: latitude
- HDG: heading - LON: longitude
- COG: course over the ground - TIME (UTC)
- SOG: speed over the ground
- CRS: course
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TT Information
Ships acquired by radar are displayed as TTs (tracked targets) on a chart and their
information is shown at tab of the target list. TTs in the CPA/TCPA limit are
regarded as dangerous targets and are shown in red on the list.
AIS Information
All AIS ships are displayed on a chart. AIS ships which are activated and are regarded
as dangerous targets are shown at tab of the target list. AIS sleeping targets are
not shown on it.
Sorting TT and AIS Target List
Press , , , or on the upper right of the target list to

sort the information.
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6.4.2 Quick Information
Place the cursor just on a target, and
quick information appears close to it.
NOTE
When is selected as vector
stabilization for targets, you see COG
and SOG on the quick information.
When is selected you see
CRS and STW.
When you place the cursor just on the
own ship symbol, quick information as
one of AIS ships appears close to the
own ship symbol.
6.4.3
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6.4.3 Information on Pop-up Window
You see target information on a pop-up information window.

2) Choose a target on the chart screen, and a pop-up
window like a figure on the right appears.
3) Choose a target ID button

on the pop-up window,
and a target information
window appears on the
chart screen. When you
choose another target,
another information
window appears on the
top.
NOTE
Showing the information
window of sleeping AIS
targets is not available.
When a pop-up window
of AIS target information
is shown, you see further
information by pressing
at the
bottom of the window. Also, when the information of a associated target is shown,
press on it to see the original TT information.
Detailed information: Static data
Basic information: Static and

dynamic data of an AIS target
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6.5 Radar as TT Information Source
TT information is transmitted from connected Radar. You choose a number of Radar

which TT information is based on from No.1 and No.2.

2) Choose tab.
3) At Tracked Target Radar System, choose

, or . When you choose
or , TT symbols transmitted
from the Radar you choose is shown on the
screen. When you choose , those
transmitted from both No.1 Radar and No.2
Radar are shown on the screen.
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6.6 Distance Limit for AIS Sleeping Targets
You see 400 AIS targets at the maximum on the screen, and set a distance limit to AIS
sleeping targets from the own ship position.

2) Choose tab.
3) Enter a distance (NM) from the own ship

position to display AIS sleeping targets as
Range Filter.
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6.7 Activating/Deactivating AIS Target
When you first turn on AIS on the operation panel after ECDIS starts, all AIS targets are
shown as sleeping targets. Adding a vector and a heading line to a sleeping target is
called activating and removing the vector and the heading line from an activated AIS
target is called deactivating.
This system can display up to 400 AIS targets (sleeping targets, activated targets and
dangerous targets) and the maximum number you can activate is 100. When the 100th
AIS target is activated, an indication is provided. However, the number of displaying
AIS targets depends on the range filter. (See 6.6 Distance Limit for AIS Sleeping
Targets.)
6.7.1 Activating Sleeping AIS Target
1) Choose on the toolbar.
2) Place the cursor just on a sleeping AIS target you are going to
activate on the chart screen. It is surrounded with mark.
3) Press ENT on the operation panel to settle. You see the

AIS target with a vector, a heading line and a target ID
beside it.
NOTE
When sleeping targets go into the CPA/TCPA limit, they
are automatically activated and change to dangerous
targets.
When the 100th AIS target is activated, when you try to
activate the 101st AIS target, or when the total number of AIS targets displayed on
the system reaches 400, an alert or indication is provided respectively.
In automatic activation of AIS targets, When the number of the activated AIS targets
have been already 100 before another AIS sleeping target is automatically activated,
an activated target which is the farthest from the own ship returns to a sleeping
target without a message because the automatic activation has a priority.
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6.7.2 Deactivating Activated AIS Target
2) Place the cursor on an activated AIS target on the

chart screen. It is surrounded with mark.
3) Press ENT on the operation panel to settle. The

selected target changes to a sleeping AIS target.
NOTE It is impossible to deactivate dangerous AIS

targets.
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6.8 Associating/Dissociating AIS Targets and TTs
When both TTs and AIS targets are displayed on the chart screen and 2 target symbols
(one TT and one AIS target) are regarded as identical, you can deal with them as one
target symbol by association. Also, you can dissociate it into the 2 target symbols.
There are 2 ways of targets association/dissociation --- manual and automatic.
6.8.1 Criteria for Association

You set the maximum value for bearing, distance, speed and course difference
between 2 targets as association criteria. When they are within the criteria, association
is possible.
1) Choose from
2) Choose tab.
3) Set the maximum value for the bearing,
distance, course and speed differences
between 2 targets.
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Value Available for Association Criteria
Bearing: 0.1 20.0 degrees

Distance: 20 4000 m
Course: 10 60 degrees
Speed: 0.1 10.0 kn
Distance difference
between 2 ships
Bearing difference
(between 2 ships seen
from the own ship)
Course difference
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6.8.2 Associating TT and AIS target
2) Select one of AIS targets you are associating on

the chart screen. It is surrounded with mark.
3) Place the cursor on a TT you are associating.
4) Press ENT on the operation panel to fix, and the two

targets are associated into one target and it gets a
new ID number which begins with ASS.
NOTE When you cannot associate targets, make sure

of the association criteria.
Display Position of an Associated Target
An associated target is displayed on an original position of a TT because the

data-transmitting period of TTs is shorter than AIS targets, so the position is more
accurate. The ship information is gotten from an AIS target because it has much
more detailed information than a TT.
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6.8.3 Dissociating Associated Target
2) Place the cursor on an associated target on the chart

screen. It is surrounded with mark.
3) Press ENT on the operation panel to fix,

and it is dissociated into a TT and a
sleeping AIS target.
NOTE The associated target is

automatically dissociated with an alert when
the information of one target is not acquired.
TT
Sleeping AIS target
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6.8.4 Automatic Association/Dissociation
Based on the association criteria, the relevant symbols of a TT and an AIS target are
automatically associated or dissociated.
1) Choose from the

2) Choose tab.
3) Press at Automatic Association.

When one TT symbol and one AIS target
symbol is within the criteria set in 6.8.1
Criteria for Association, the two symbols are
automatically associated. When their
condition is out of it, the associated symbol is
automatically dissociated.
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6.9 On/Off for AIS Function
You choose whether AIS function is applied on this ECDIS. When you choose ,
all functions about AIS targets are unavailable.

2) Choose tab.
3) At AIS Target --- AIS Functionality, choose
to enable AIS function. Choose
to disable AIS function.
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6.10 Past Position
Dots are shown on the chart screen as the target past position. (10 dots at max per one
ship) How often they show up depends on the own ship past position. (See 5.5 Past
Position.)

2) Choose tab.
3) Press to show TT and AIS target
past position at Past Position. The target
past position is shown with dots and how
often they show up depends on that of the
own ship.
NOTE
The time label is unavailable for the target
past position.
Press at Past Position to
delete all past position data for targets from
the system and the system starts making a
record for the past position again.
You see past positions only for the activated
AIS targets.
When the AIS function is , you do not
see AIS target symbols and their past
positions.
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CHAPTER 7
Route
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7.1 Route View
7.1.1 Route on Chart

A route consists of waypoints, their attributes (turn radius, reach, XTD (cross track
distance) limit, planned speed and leg type), and legs which are straight lines
connecting 2 waypoints. XTD limit is shown with dotted lines on the both sides of the
route and the planned sailing speed and leg course are also shown.
Leg course [degree], T: True]
Planned speed
Leg
Leg
Wheel over point
Waypoint
XTD (cross track distance) limit

Curved leg
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7.1.2 Route Table
While you are planning a
route in the plan mode,
you see a route table
which shows the route
details by pressing
. It
Route
consists of 6 tabs:
, ,
, ,
and .
Route table
Tab
You see the detailed information of waypoints.
Waypoint name Turn radius

(Name as you like.)
Latitude & longitude Reach
Waypoint ID
Planned speed Rhumb line / Great circle Distance between

2 waypoints
XTD limit
Leg course Distance from
Rate of turn
WPT1
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Tab
You see details of critical points.
Critical point ID The criteria to generate an alarm.

You can choose from distance or
Critical point name time
Alert limit
Latitude & longitude Alert message
Tab
You see ETA information.
Speed to the next waypoint
Distance to go ((Distance between waypoints)

Waypoint ID
Time to go (Time required Lay days/hours
Waypoint to the next waypoint)
name Arrival time Departure time
Tab
You see dangers on and around the route.
Dangers Detail information of the area you choose on the left.
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Tab
You see things you should be cautious around the route.
Cautious
Detail information of the area you choose on the left.
Tab
You see the result of the geometry check for the route.
Waypoint ID
The result of the geometry test Remark
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7.1.3 Information of Waypoint and Route
In the monitor mode, press icon on the toolbar and then specify a waypoint, and
you see information of the waypoint in a pop-up window.
NOTE This is available only in the monitor mode.
When you choose WPT7 with

icon, a waypoint information
window appears.
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7.1.4 Information during Route Monitoring or Track Control
During route monitoring or track control, you see information of an active route and the
own ship in the route information area above the menu.
Autopilots set heading & Steering condition

leg course Active route name
Course difference & limit
Rudder order & limit
Rate of turn, unsafe turn
rate
Cross track distance
& XTD limit
To-Waypoint, TTG, DTG
Next waypoint & leg course
Message about route * To-Waypoint: the waypoint the own ship is heading for
monitoring / track control * TTG: time to go
* DTG: distance to go
Press button on menu in the monitor

mode to see further information of route monitoring or track control.
To-waypoint
information
Plan: ETA based on the

Last waypoint
planned speed
information
Actual: ETA based on
the current speed
DTA: Distance to arrival

TOA: Time of arrival
ETA: Estimated time of arrival
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7.2 Entering Waypoints Directly on Chart Screen
7.2.1 Making Waypoints
Show a chart area Choose a Make

you make a route Save the route
file. waypoints
1) Display a chart area you make a route on in

the plan mode.
2) Choose from the

top menu in the plan mode.
3) Choose tab.
4) Choose a route file in order of a group a file.

Choose when you make a
new route. Choose an existing file when you
modify a route.
5) Press to make a new

route. Press to modify
an existing route.
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6) Name a route file when you make a new route
--- a) Press button, b)
Delete the letter New Route, c) Enter a new
name. Press ENT on the operation panel or
Enter key on the keyboard to fix the entry.
NOTE The file name New Route is automatically

given when you choose file. It is
recommended to rename it.
7) Enter waypoint attributes (turn radius, reach,

XTD limit, speed and leg type) on
tab. These values are applied to the next
waypoint, that is, a waypoint you are about to
make. (See 7.4 Waypoint Attribute for the
details of the waypoint attribute.)
NOTE You change waypoint attributes

respectively on the route table later.
8) Specify the first waypoint position on the chart screen,

and mark appears there.
9) The first waypoint
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9) When you move the cursor, a straight line which is called leg is drawn to the cursor
position from the WPT1. Specify the next waypoint position. mark appears
there.
WPT1
WPT2
A leg: a straight
line drawn from
the waypoint
Leg
10) Make other waypoints following the procedure of 7) - 9). (You need to follow 7) only
when you change the waypoint attributes for the next waypoint.) The moment one
waypoint is entered, the route-check is automatically carried out.
11) When you finish entering the last waypoint,

press button, and the pop-up
window below which shows the route-check
result appears on the menu. Press
button on it to save the route.
Press to see the details of the
route-check result.
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When You Make a Waypoint outside the Current Chart Area
When the cursor approaches the edge of the chart screen, you see the black arrow
cursor ( ). Press ENT on the operation panel there with . The chart is scrolled
and you see a chart area of the cursor direction.
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7.2.2 Moving a Waypoint
1) Make sure that you see icon

pressed on the toolbar. If not, press it
and then choose
from the pulldown menu. Add/Insert/Modify WPT
2) Place the cursor on a waypoint you

like to move, and mark appears
just on it. Press ENT on the operation
panel, and changes to .
A waypoint you are

about to move
3) Move the cursor to where you like and

then press ENT to fix the position.
NOTE The route-check is carried out as

soon as a waypoint is moved.
Moved waypoint
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7.2.3 Inserting a Waypoint between 2 Waypoints

and then choose
2) Place the cursor on a leg you like to

insert a waypoint, and mark
appears there. Press ENT on the
A waypoint is inserted
operation panel, and mark here.
appears and a waypoint is inserted.
NOTE. The waypoint numbers of the

existing waypoints are automatically
updated after inserting a waypoint.
3) Move the cursor to where you like and then

press ENT to fix the position. Insert more
waypoints following this procedure.
NOTE The route-check is automatically carried

out when a waypoint is inserted.
Move the inserted

waypoint here.
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7.2.4 Adding a Waypoint to the First/Last Waypoint

and then choose
2) Place the cursor on the first or last

waypoint. mark appears just on it.
When you move the cursor, a leg is
automatically extended from there.
Specify the first or

last waypoint.
3) Move the cursor to where you like

and then press ENT on the operation
panel to fix the position, and a
waypoint is added. You can add more
waypoints in this procedure.
NOTE The route-check is automatically

carried out when a waypoint is added.
Added waypoint
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7.2.5 Removing a Waypoint
1) Press icon on the toolbar and

choose from the
pulldown menu.
Add/Insert/Modify WPT
2) Place the cursor on a

waypoint you like to
remove. mark appears
just on it.
A waypoint you remove
3) Press ENT on the

operation panel to
complete removing. The
waypoints IDs are
updated.
NOTE The route-check is

automatically carried out as
soon as one waypoint is
removed.
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7.3 Entering Waypoints LAT & LON
7.3.1 Making Waypoints
Show a chart area Choose a Make waypoints Save the

you make a route file. by LAT&LON entry route
1) Display a chart area you make a route in the

plan mode.

menu in the plan mode.
3) Choose tab.

When you make a new route, choose
. When you modify a route,
choose an existing file.
5) Press to make a new

route. Press to modify
an existing route.
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6) Name a route file when you make a new
route --- a) press , b)
delete the letter New Route, c) enter a new
name. Press ENT on the operation panel or
Enter key on the keyboard to fix the entry.
NOTE. The file name New Route is

automatically given when you choose
file. It is recommended to rename
it.
7) Press to show a route

table on the chart screen.
8) Choose tab on the route table. In making a new route, you see an
empty data on it.
9) Enter waypoints attributes (turn radius, reach,

XTD limit, speed and leg type) on
tab. These values are applied to
the waypoint you are about to make and
waypoints after it, and not applied to the
existing waypoints. (See 7.4 Waypoint
Attribute for the details of the waypoint
attribute.)
NOTE You can change waypoint attributes

respectively on the route table later.
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10) Press on the route table, and you see latitude and longitude of the center
of the current chart screen as WPT1. ( makes a new waypoint next to the
last one.)
11) Press LAT or LON button of the waypoint to correct the position by using the
key-palette.
NOTE You see a waypoint on the chart screen at the same time as LAT/LON entry on
the route table.
12) Make more waypoints following the procedure 9) - 11) above. (You need to follow 9)
only when you change the attributes of the next waypoint.) The moment one
waypoint is entered, the route-check is automatically carried out.
13) When you finish entering the last waypoint,

press on the menu. A pop-up
window below shows up. Press
on it to save the route. Press to
see the details of the route-check result.
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, , on the Route Table
...... Adds a waypoint to the last.
....... Adds a waypoint before the one you choose.
....... Removes a waypoint.
Finding a Relevant WPT between on the Chart and on the Route

Table [ icon]
1) Show a route and its route table.

then choose Add/Insert/Modify WPT
from the pulldown menu.
3) Choose a waypoint ID on the route table, and you see close to the relevant
waypoint on the chart screen.
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7.3.2 Moving a Waypoint
Change LAT/LON of a waypoint to move.
1) Press a LAT/LON button of the waypoint you like to move on the route table.
2) Enter the appropriate value. Moving is completed.
NOTE The route-check is carried out every time a waypoint is made or modified.
WPT you are about Change the LAT & LON

to move by use of the key-palette.
7.3.3 Removing a Waypoint
Choose a waypoint and then press to remove. Remove a WPT
1) Press a waypoint ID button you like to remove on the route table.
2) Press button on the route table, and the waypoint you choose is removed
from the route.
WPT you are about

to remove
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7.3.4 Inserting a Waypoint between 2 Waypoints
Choose a waypoint ID and then press to add a

new one in front of the waypoint you choose. For
example, when you insert a waypoint between WPT A Add a WPT before the
and WPT B, choose WPT B on the route table and one you choose.
then press , and a new waypoint is inserted
between WPT A and WPT B (= added in front of WPT
B).
1) Choose a waypoint ID which is in the back of the two on the route table.
2) Press on the route table, and a new waypoint is inserted in front of the
waypoint you choose.
Choose WPT10 when you insert

a waypoint between WPT9 and
WPT10.
3) Choose the LAT/LON button of the inserted waypoint, and you see a key-palette.
4) Enter the appropriate LAT/LON by use of the key-palette to adjust the position.
Change the LAT & LON

by use of the key-palette.
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7.3.5 Adding a Waypoint before the First Waypoint
Choose the first waypoint ID and then press to

add a new one in front of the first waypoint.
Add a WPT before the
one you choose.
1) Press the first waypoint ID button on the route table.
Choose WPT1
2) Press on the route table to add a waypoint before the first one. You see a
new waypoint at the center of the chart as a first one.
3) Enter the correct latitude & longitude to adjust the position using the key-palette.
Added WPT
Change the LAT & LON
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7.3.6 Adding a Waypoint to the Last Waypoint
Press to extend a route.
Add a waypoint to the

last.
1) Press on the route table. A new waypoint is made as the last one.
2) Enter the correct latitude & longitude to adjust the position using the key-palette on
the route table.
Added waypoint Change the LAT & LON

NOTE. The route-check is carried out every time a waypoint is made or modified.
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7.4 Waypoint Attribute
Every waypoint has 5 attributes: turn radius, reach, XTD (cross track distance) limit,
planned speed and leg type, and is made based on these values. You see them at
tab. When you change at least one of them at tab while
you are making a route, the changed value is applied to all waypoints you make after
this. You change attributes for every waypoint on the route table.
NOTE
On the route table, every time a leg type button is pressed, the indication is changed
to RL GC.
The route-check is automatically carried out every time an attribute of a waypoint is
changed
Straight leg
Waypoint
Curved leg
Turn radius
Reach
WOL (wheel over line)
WOP (wheel over point)

A ship takes a rudder here.
Own ship
XTD Limit
(cross track distance
limit)
Own
Route
ship
XTD (cross track Waypoint
distance)
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7.4.1 On the Menu
You set waypoint attributes (turn radius, reach, XTD limit, planned speed and leg type)
on tab on the menu. The values you set here are applied to the next
waypoint you are making and waypoints after it, not to the existing waypoints.
Enter a reach, which is a

distance between where
the own ship takes a rudder
Turn radius and where it actually starts
turning. Normally reach is
supposed to be 2 to 2.5L.
(L: length of the ship)
limit. Enter the limit for
the route deviation. Planned speed
Leg type
(Rhumb line / Set the values of
attributes with mark
Great circle) to all the waypoints on
the route.
XTD Limit
XTD: Cross track distance, A distance the own ship deviates from a route
XTD limit: Limit value of a distance the own ship deviates from a route. When the
own ship deviates from a route and goes out of a XTD limit during route monitoring
or track control, off track alarm is provided.
When the route-check detects some danger on or around a route, relevant legs or
waypoints are highlighted with red bold lines. You see a route-check result at
, and tabs on a route table.
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7.4.2 On the Route Table
You see attributes of each waypoint on the route table.
Waypoint attributes: turn radius, reach, XTD limit,

planned speed and leg type (rhumb line / great
circle).
Press each value button to enter an appropriate
value on the key-palette. ROT (rate of turn) is
automatically calculated from radius and planned
speed
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7.5 Route-Check
To check danger on and around a route is called `route-check` and the system checks
within XTD limit. Normally it is automatically carried out while you are planning a route
and when you save it. Checking manually is available, too.
Area where Route-check is Carried Out = XTD Limit
XTD Limit
(cross track distance
Own
Route
XTD (cross track Waypoint
7.5.1 Carrying out Route-Check Manually

1) Choose a route file on the menu. When you
do not see the route on the chart screen,
press to show.
2) Press , and the

route-check starts immediately.
3) When the route-check finishes, a pop-up

window like the figure below appears on the
menu. Press to remove. Press
to see the details of the
route-check result.
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7.5.2 Result of Route-Check
As a result of the route-check, when some danger or areas you need to pay attention to
is detected within XTD limits or when the waypoints arrangement is unsuitable for the
navigation, the relevant legs are emphasized with red bold lines and you see detailed
result of the route-check on a route-check window.
Route-Check Pop-up Window

When the route-check is finished, the pop-up
window to show a result appears on the menu.
You see the result classified into 3 fields:
dangers, cautions and geometry. When there is
no problem, you see OK on the pop-up
window. When some danger is detected you
see Available as dangers. When some areas
you need to pay attention to is detected you
see Available as cautions. Also, when the
waypoints arrangement is unsuitable for the navigation, Failed is shown as geometry.
You see the details of these 3 classified results on the route-check window described
below.
NOTE
When you see Failed as the result of the geometry check, the route is unavailable
for the track control though available for the route monitoring.
When you start route monitoring or track control though the result of the route-check
does not say OK here, pay attention to danger detected by the route-check.
Legs Including Danger

When some danger is detected within
the XTD limit of the route, relevant
legs are highlighted with red bold
lines.
A leg which some danger is included

in, highlighted with red bold line
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Details of Route-Check Result
You see details of the route-check result on the route-check window. Press
on the pop-up window for the route-check (described in 7.5.1) to see it.
Danger is classified into 3 tabs of , and on it: dangerous
objects are on tab, objects you should be cautious at tab and the
result of the waypoints arrangement check at tab.
Dangers tab (An example of the cautions tab is omitted because it is similar to the dangers tab)
Geometry tab
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< and tabs>
Choose one item at or tab on the route-check window, and you
see details at tab.
Press at the upper right corner of the window with one item chosen at or
tab, and you see the relevant object with mark or the relevant area filled
with pink. When you do not see the highlights, press to show. Press to clear
the highlights.
<Dangers tab>
<Cautions tab>
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< tab>
At , you see whether the waypoints arrangement is suitable as a result of the
geometry check. When a waypoint is available as the result of the geometry check,
Passed is shown. When unavailable, Failed and the reason are shown. Modify the
route so that you do not see Failed here.
NOTE When you see Failed here, the route is unavailable for the track control
though available for the route monitoring.
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7.6 ETA
You see ETA for a planned route based on the planned time for departure.
1) Choose a route file at tab in

menu for the plan
mode.
2) Press .
table.
4) Choose tab on the route table.

5) Choose tab on the menu if it is not
shown.
6) Enter the planned time for departure at
Departure Time on the menu. You see the
departure time and ETA for each waypoint
based on the entered time on the route table.
NOTE.
The time indication follows which is chosen or on the system data
You can enter lay days if you have.
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7.7 Reverse Route
You make a reverse order of the waypoints. It is called reverse route.
1) Choose a route file at tab in

menu in the plan
mode to show a route on the chart screen.
2) Press .
3) Press at
tab to show a reverse order of
the waypoints.
NOTE When you save a reverse route, the

original route file is overwritten. It is recommended
to copy it before you make a reverse route.
Original route
Reverse route
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7.8 Reference Route
You see existing routes for reference and that is available both in the plan mode and in
the monitor mode. You see dark gray reference routes and up to 5 routes are shown at
one time.
1) Choose from the

top menu.
2) Choose tab.
3) Choose a route file for reference in order of a
group a file. You see a reference route on
the chart screen. You can choose up to 5
routes for reference at one time. The file
names are shown at Selected Routes.
All the reference routes shown on

the chart screen disappear.
Original route (Pink)
Routes are displayed in

different colors depending
Reference routes
(Dark gray)
on route types. Routes in
planning, modifying or
just showing are pink, an
active route, which is
used for route monitoring
or track control, is orange
and reference routes are
dark gray.
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7.9 Route Memo
You make a route memo for reference.
1) Choose a route file on tab in

for the plan mode.
2) Press or .
3) At Memo, enter a note or comment about the
route. Whenever you choose the route file,
you see it on the menu.
When you choose a route

file, you see the note.
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7.10 Search Route
Routes used for searching for someone or something are called search routes. There
are 4 types of search patterns depending on search way --- parallel, square, trapezoid
which is called creeping and sector.
<Parallel> <Square>
<Creeping (trapezoid)> <Sector>
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7.10.1 Planning Search Routes
The way of planning a search route is almost same as usual routes. The difference is
that setting a search pattern first and then converting it into a usual route.
Setting a Search Pattern Converting into a Route
Show a chart
Choose Set a search Save the Convert Save the
area to plan
a file. pattern. pattern. into a route route
a route
1) Show a chart area for planning a search

route in the plan mode.
2) Choose from
the top menu in the plan mode.
3) Choose tab.
4) Choose a route file in order of a group an

empty file ( ).
5) Press button.
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6) Choose tab. New Route is
automatically put as a file name. Rename it if
necessary by pressing a file name button.
7) Choose a search pattern from

, ,
and .
8) Two ways of entering a

search pattern are
Specify the position
available. One is enter of a search pattern
LAT & LON on the menu, with the cursor on
the chart.
and a search pattern
appears on the position
you entered. Another Enter the position of
a search pattern.
is press
and then move the Detailed settings

cursor on the chart for the search
pattern.
screen, and a search
pattern is shown around
the cursor position.
Move the search pattern
to the appropriate position and then press ENT on the operation panel to fix.
9) Set the details of the search route --- course (start direction), direction, width,
height, radius, track space, etc.
NOTE The procedure 8) and 9) are reversible.
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Parallel search

Track space
Search area
Search pattern
Height
(Search width)
Start point
& course
Width (Search direction)
Square search
Width
Start point & course
Search pattern
Width
Search area
Track space
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Creeping (trapezoid) search
End width
Search area
Heigh
Track space
Start point
& course
Start width
NOTE
In creeping (trapezoid) search, the course means the
search direction not the start direction.
Sector search
Track step
Search area
Radius
Start point & course
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10) When you modify the search pattern later,
press on the menu. A pop-up
window for the route check appears and
press on it to save the search
pattern. That is all for making a search pattern.
Move on to 11) when you apply it as a route.
11) Press on the right of the menu to go down and then press to
convert the search pattern to a route.
NOTE Once you press , you can no longer change the search pattern.
12) Press on the menu again. The

route check window appears. Press
on it to save the search pattern
as a route.
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7.10.2 Modifying Search Routes
The search route is a kind of a usual route and the search pattern is just a pattern not a
route, therefore, the way of modifying them is different.
Modifying a Search Route (After Applying as a Search Route)

Once you press , the search pattern is converted into a route. The way of
modifying a search route is same as that of a normal route. See 7.2 Entering
Waypoints Directly on Chart or 7.3 Entering Waypoints LAT & LON about how to
modify routes.
Modifying a Search Pattern (Before Applying as a Search Route)
As long as you do not press on the menu, the search pattern is not
recognized as a search route. When the search pattern is not applied as a route yet,
follow 7.10.1 Planning Search Route.
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7.11 Dealing with Files
You can copy, delete, move and synchronize route files, change file group name, bring
the route data through an external media such as a USB memory stick and take it out
from ECDIS at tab in in the plan mode. On this
ECDIS, bringing the route data through an external media is called data import and
taking it out from ECDIS is called data export. See Chapter 12 Copying, Moving,
Deleting, Synchronizing File for how to do them.
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CHAPTER 8
Navigating along a
Route
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8.1 Route Monitoring and Track Control
There are two ways of going along a route --- route monitoring and track control. (Track
control is an optional function.) The route monitoring is that the own ship navigates
along a planned route with monitoring both XTD (cross track distance) and
approaching waypoints. In route monitoring, you need to set a course on Autopilot or
steer manually whenever the own ship passes a waypoint. The track control is an
automatic steering with a feedback of the own ship position, heading and speed to
keep the XTD smaller so that the own ship could navigate exactly along a planned
route while both it is going on a straight leg and making a turn. See the operation
manual for track control system for the details.
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8.2 Route Monitoring
8.2.1 Starting Route Monitoring
Steer the own ship

Choose a Choose a start Start route
to the start point
route file. point on a leg. monitoring
on the route.
1) Choose
from the top menu in the monitor mode.
2) Choose tab.

The route you chose is shown with a broken
line on the chart screen. Press
when you do not see it.
4) Steer the own ship to the start point on the

route. (You can omit this procedure, but we
recommend that you do.)
5) Press .
Active Route
A route that is being used for Route Monitoring or Track Control is called active
route.
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6) When the cursor approaches
around the position you like Planned route
to start route monitoring on
the route, an area
recommended as a start
TWPT1
point is highlighted. Specify (Start point)
TWPT0
a start position on the
highlighted area. (You can
select another position on Temporary route,
which connects the
the not-highlighted area on start point for the
the route.) A temporary route route monitoring with
the own ship position
and temporary waypoints
(TWPT0, TWPT1) are
Highlighted area
created from the own ship
position to the specified
position.
7) Press . The temporary

route and the planned route are immediately
checked. When the route monitoring is
available as a result of the route-check, route
monitoring automatically starts. When the
system detects some danger around the route,
you see a red Available or Failed on a
route-check pop-up window. Press
on it to start the route monitoring
after you check the danger. See 8.2.2 when
some danger is detected as a result of the
route-check.
8) Change the Autopilots rudder order or set

course for every waypoint to go along the
route.
Safety Check during Route Monitoring

A guard frame is useful for safety check during route monitoring. (See 17.6 Guard
Frame.)
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NOTE
When route monitoring or track control
starts, the name of an active route is
indicated under the system data and the
Autopilot condition is shown beside the
active route name.
When route monitoring starts, ECC
(early course change) alert and ACC (actual course change) alert are provided at
the specified time.
8.2.2 When Some Danger Detected around Route

When some danger is detected as a result of
the route-check, a route-check pop-up window
showing that appears.
You can start the route monitoring by pressing
on it in spite of danger and you
should watch danger carefully during it. When
you press on it, the route
monitoring does not start. When you press
, the route-check window appears on a chart screen to show the detailed
information gotten from the route-check. See 7.5.2 Result of Route-Check about how
to see the route-check result..
8.2.3 Ending of Route Monitoring

When the Own Ship Approaches the Final Waypoint
When the own ship gets to the position where it takes the specified time to the final
waypoint, End of Track Alarm is provided. Press or ACK on the operation
panel. When the own ship passes the final waypoint, the route monitoring automatically
finishes. The route which had used for the route monitoring is shown in orange dotted
line.
Stop Route Monitoring on the Way
Press the dented on the menu to stop the route monitoring on

the way.
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8.3 Information during Route Monitoring / Track Control
8.3.1 Route Information and Ship Condition

During route monitoring, you see information about the active route and the own ship
condition.
Active Route Information

During route monitoring / track control, press
on the menu to see information about
the active route.
To-waypoint information
Final waypoint Information based on

information the planned speed
Information based on
the current speed
DTA: Distance to arrival
TTA/TOA: Time to arrival
ETA: Estimated Time of arrival
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Own Ship Condition
The following information is eternally shown under the system data during route
monitoring / track control.
Set heading by Autopilot
Course difference between heading

and the leg course at present
Rudder order. When the Autopilot

steering mode is not NFU, rudder
order is shown here. When it is
NFU, ***.* is shown.
Rate of turn
To-waypoint, which the own ship is

headed for at present
Next waypoint, which is a waypoint TTG: Time to go

next to the To-waypoint DTG: Distance to go
Message during route monitoring /

track control
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8.3.2 ETA
Press on the menu to show ETA on

the route table.
NOTE
All waypoints ETAs are calculated based on
the current ship speed (SOG).
Arrival time is an estimated arrival time at each
WOL (wheel over line).
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8.3.3 Wheel Over Line
A line the ship actually starts a course change is called WOL (wheel over line). Press
on the menu to switch on/off for a WOL of To-waypoint.
Own ship
WOL
To-waypoint
When the own ship crosses a WOL during route monitoring or track control, it
disappears and the WOL for the next waypoint is shown.
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8.4 Safety Check and Alarm
8.4.1 Safety Check

During route monitoring / track control, it is recommended that you should show the
guard frame of the own ship. Without it, no alerts are provided to inform of danger but
CPA/TCPA alarm. With showing it, when the own ship approaches danger (= when the
guard frame crosses danger), an alarm/warning is provided. (See 17.6 Guard Frame.)
In track control, the

safety check is
automatically
performed within a WP
rectangle which is
composed of the XTD Limit
length of the guard
frame and the width of WP
XTD limit even if the Guard frame length

guard frame is turned
off.
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8.4.2 Alerts During Route Monitoring and Track Control
Alerts peculiar to route monitoring and track control are as follows:
ECC (Early Course Change)

Provided when the own ship approaches a WOL before To-waypoint and comes to
the ECC limit, which is defined on the alert window.
ACC (Actual Course Change)
Provided when the own ship approaches a WOL before To-waypoint and comes to
the ACC limit, which is defined on the alert window. During track control, the own
ship automatically makes a turn and goes along an active route regardless of
acknowledgement of this alert.
Off Track
Provided when the own ship deviates from the route and the XTD (cross track
distance) exceeds the limit.
Course Difference
Provided when the difference between the current leg course and the heading
exceeds the limit, which is defined on the alert window.
Low Speed
Provided when the ships STW is lower than the limit, which is defined on the alert
window.
End of Track
Provided when the own ship reaches the position which is before the set time to
the final waypoint. (The set time is defined on the alert window.)
The all limits defined on the alert window should be set for the appropriate
values according to the ship condition.
When a heading sensor or SGCS has trouble, the rudder is held and
unavailable. See the Autopilot operators manual.
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8.5 Modifying Route during Route Monitoring / Track
Control
You can modify an active route except To-waypoint, next waypoint and passed
waypoints in the monitor mode.
Own ship
To-waypoint
Next-waypoint Waypoint possible to

modify
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1) Choose from the
2) Choose tab.
3) Press .
4) Press on the toolbar. You see a pulldown

menu.
Waypoint modifying icon
5) Choose to add or insert a

waypoint. Choose to
remove a waypoint. How to modify a waypoint
is same as modifying in the plan mode. You
can modify any waypoints except To-waypoint, Next-waypoint and passed
waypoints.
6) After modifying, press to apply the modification or press

not to apply it.
NOTE
You cannot modify To-waypoint, Next-waypoint and passed waypoints on an active
route.
The modified route in the monitor mode is not saved on the system.
You see a route table by pressing but cannot modify
waypoints on it.
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8.6 Temporary Route Display Off
You make an active route invisible temporarily during route monitoring / track control.
1) Choose
from the top menu in the monitor mode.
2) Choose tab.
3) Press to make the active

route invisible for about 10 seconds.
NOTE Legs including danger as a result of the

route-check are emphasized with red bold lines.
Once you press to make
the active route invisible and then when it gets
back to the visible condition again, you see it
without any red bold lines.
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CHAPTER 9
Navigation Record
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9.1 24-Hour Log and 3-Month Log
Navigation record is a log which ECDIS keeps while working. It is stored divided into 2
types: 24-hour log and 3-month log.
9.1.1 24-Hour Log

24-hour log is divided into an active log which is a current days log and a history for
the past 10 days that ECDIS worked. When the number of the history file is over 10,
the oldest file is automatically removed from the system. You back up log files so that
you could keep them as long as you like.
Items for 24-Hour Log
System Data ...... Logged every 10 seconds. tab

- Time (UTC)
- Position (LAT & LON, sensor source name, state)
- Heading (Heading, sensor source name, state)
- STW (Speed thorough water, sensor source name, state)
- COG
- SOG
- UKC (Under keel clearance, sensor source name, state)
- Wind direction, speed
Autopilot Control Info. ...... Logged every 10 seconds, tab
- Steering mode, set heading, rudder order, actual rudder
Other Ships (Target) Info. . Logged every 10 seconds, & tabs
- TTs (ID, position, COG, SOG, CRS, STW, distance and bearing from the own ship,
CPA, TCPA, CPA/TCPA limit, association), Saved data of 10 TTs increasing order
of distance from the own ship position.
- Activated AIS targets (ID, ship name, MMSI code, position, COG, SOG, heading,
distance and bearing from the own ship, CPA, TCPA, CPA/TCPA limit, association)
Chart and Position Offset Info. Logged every 10 seconds, tab.
- Chart source (Organization name) - Edition of the chart (File name and edition)
- Date of the chart (Published date) - Chart cell
- Updated history - Position offset (Offset value)
- Active route ( Active route name, to-waypoint, leg course)
Active Route Info. ............ tab
- Active route name, to-waypoint, leg course, XTD
Alert Info. ........... Logged whenever an alert is provided, tab
- Alert ID, alert text, time (UTC), alert source, priority (A/W/C), action
System Info........ Logged whenever an event happens, tab
- Event (LOP, hourly report, screen view change, etc.), time
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9.1.2 3-Month Log
3-month log consists of the current month log and the past 3 months log. A log file over
3 months is automatically removed from the system. You back up log files so that you
could keep them on the system as long as you like.
Items for 3-Month Log
Logged every 4 hours

- Time (UTC)
- Position, heading, STW, SOG, COG of the own ship
- Autopilot steering mode
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9.2 Showing Log
1) Choose from
the top menu in the plan or monitor mode.
2) Choose tab.
3) Press to see a
current days log. Press
to see a 3-month
log. When you see a past 24-hour log,
choose one date from the history and then
press under it.
Show todays log
Show 3-month log
History of 24-hour
log (for the past
10 days)
Show a log whose file you choose

from the history.
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24-Hour Log
24-hour log is shown classified into 5 tabs of , , , , and

on the log book window.
Press to update an active log. New data is added to the top of the table. Press
to change the time indication between UTC and LOC.
< tab>
Own ship data is shown at tab.
Update the active log. New data
is added to the top of the table
Change the time indication between UTC and LOC

kind means sensor
condition by integrity
check
Green: normal
Yellow: doubtful or
corrupted data
included
Red: invalid
Autopilot condition Information during track control or route monitoring.

When neither of them is carried out, asterisks (***)
TRACK STBY: A start waypoint is specified and
are shown.
just before track control is started
TRACK: During track control
While no track control is carried out, an autopilot
steering mode is shown.
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< tab>
TTs information is shown on tab.
CRS: Course
BRG: Bearing
RNG: Range, Distance from the
own ship
AIS target ID which is associated with
< tab>
AIS targets information is shown on tab.
TT ID which is associated with

BRG: Bearing
RNG: Range, Distance from the own ship
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< tab>
Information of the provided alerts is shown on tab>
Alert text Time of alerts
Alert ID Equipment which an Alert state

alert happened.
Distinction of alerts:
alarm/warning/caution
< tab>
System information is shown on tab.
Equipment which an event What the event is

happens on.
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3-Month Log
Only the own ship information is shown on 3-month log.
Autopilot condition
TRACK STBY: A start waypoint is specified
and just before track control
is started
TRACK: During track control
While no track control is carried out, an
autopilot steering mode is shown.
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9.3 Backup of Navigation Record
9.3.1 Making Backup File of 24-Hour Log and 3-Month Log

The 24-hour log is stored for 10 days on the system and the 3-month log is stored for 3
months. Log files which such days passed are automatically removed from the system
but you can back them up so that you could keep as long as you like.
1) Choose from the

2) Choose tab.
3) Choose an empty file in order of a group a
file.
4) Press to back
up a 24-hour log. Press
to back up a
3-month log. You see a period as a file name
and or put in front of it.
The period is shown as a file name.

... 24-hour log
... 3-month log
Make a backup file of an active

log and history for 10 days.
Make a backup file of 3-month log.
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9.3.2 Showing Backup Log
You see backup logs and their file list.
1) Choose from
the top menu in the plan mode.
2) Choose tab.
3) Choose a file in order of a group a file.
4) Press to show a log on

the chart screen.
Show all dates contained in a backup file

you choose. Press the pressed [Show Files]
button to return to the previous menu.
Show all log data contained

in a backup file you choose.
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9.4 Playing Back Navigation Record
You play back an active log and a backed up 24 hours log in the plan mode.
1) Choose from the top menu in the plan mode.

2) Choose tab.
3) Press button to play back an active log. Press to play
back a backed up log.
4) When you press , choose one 24 hours log file from the file list. The
menu returns to the previous menu page.
NOTE You distinguish an active log from a backup log by mark in front of the
button name.
5) Enter start time and finish time if you need.
6) Press to start playing back. While the

log is being replayed, you always see mark
which shows replaying on the top left corner
of the chart screen, press
at the bottom of the menu to see a log list, and
you see mark in front of the each item on
the system data.
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is put on the system data
while a log is being played back
is shown while a log

is being played back
Own ship with

past track
Press button during replaying

to show a log book window.
Press to highlight the currently replaying data in red on
the log book window and to scroll the log automatically. When
is not pressed, the log is not automatically scrolled.
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9.5 Screen Shot
You take screen shots of ECDIS as a part of navigation record. One screen shot is
saved in one file. Screen shot data is stored in a specified folder on the system. You
take it out by saving it on an external media like a USB memory stick.
9.5.1 Taking Screen Shot
Display an ECDIS screen you like and then press icon on the toolbar to take a
screen shot. It is saved on the system at the same time.
NOTE
The screen shots are saved on a specified folder in the system. You can set the limit
of data capacity on the folder at tab in the alert window. When the amount of
the screen shots reaches the limit, a warning or indication is provided, but you can
take more shots and they are saved.
If your ship is equipped with VDR and while Radar images are being overlaid on the
chart screen, icon on the toolbar is not available. However, the screen shot
timer function is available. (For ECDIS EC-8000-A/8500-A, you can take
screenshots even while Radar images are being overlaid.)
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9.5.2 Taking Shot Data Out
You take out screen shot data from the system.
1) Insert an external media like a USB memory

stick into the appropriate port.
2) Choose from
the top menu in the monitor mode and then
choose tab.
3) You see how many shots are saved on the
system at Extract Screen shots on the menu.
4) Press . A pull-down list

for the drives/ports appears.
5) As soon as you choose an appropriate port,
the system starts moving all the shot files
saved on the system to the external media.
You find them on \EC-8x00\ScreenShots on
your media.
9.5.3 Screen Shot Timer
You take screen shots periodically. While screen shot timer is turned on, you see
icon as a screen shot icon on the toolbar.
1) Choose from
the top menu in the monitor mode and then
choose tab.
2) Press of Screen shot

Timer to show a pull-down list.
3) Choose one interval.

means that screen shot timer is turned off.
The system automatically takes screen shots
every time you set.
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9.6 Taking Out Navigation Record Files
You copy, delete, move, synchronize navigation record files which are backed up and
change file group name at tab in in the plan
mode. You can take out navigation record files following the way of copying files. See
Chapter 12 Copying, Moving, Deleting, Synchronizing Files.
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CHAPTER 10
Navline and No-Go
Line/Area
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10.1 What are Navline and No-Go Line/Area?
Navline is a navigational memo you enter directly on a chart screen and has 5 types of
objects: mark, remark, text, line and area. no-go line/area is a line/area the own ship
should pay attention to or should not go into. You draw a no-go line/area in the same
way as navline and when the own ship guard frame gets it, an alert is provided. You
draw navline and no-go line/area in both the plan and the monitor mode.
10.2 Drawing Directly on Chart
Show a chart Choose Choose Enter a navline or Save

area you like a file. an item no-go line/area objects
1) Display a chart area you enter navline or

no-go line/area in the plan or the monitor
mode.
2) Choose from
the top menu.
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3) Choose tab.

Choose when you draw new
navline or new no-go line/area. Choose a file
which includes data when you modify the
existing data.
NOTE The name of navline and no-go line/area

files is automatically put and you are not allowed
to rename.
5) Press .
6) Choose one item from ,

, , , ,
and .
Object list
7) Press to enter a new

object. When you modify an existing object,
choose it from the object list first and then
press . When you do not
see the object you are going to modify on the
chart screen, press to show
it with a red circle and an arrow.
8) Enter or modify navline or no-go line/area. (See further information in 10.3 and
after.).
9) After entering/modifying, press to save the data in the file.
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10.3 Mark
There are 52 marks available on the chart.
10.3.1 Entering Marks

1) Choose a navline file following the procedure
of 10.2 Drawing Directly on Chart and then
press on the menu.
2) Press , and a mark list

appears.
3) Choose a mark from the mark list. Press

or on the right side of it to move the list up
or down.
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4) Specify a position you like to enter the mark on the
chart screen. A dot appears on it. Repeat this to
enter the same marks more.
NOTE
When you choose another mark from the mark list
after one mark is entered, the new one replaces the The position you
enter a mark.
already entered one.
When you enter another mark after entering one kind
of mark, save the data once and then start with pressing on
the previous menu. (See 10.3.1 Entering Mark - 2).)
5) Enter the mark name at Object Name under

the mark list. You easily distinguish objects on
the object list by this object name though it is
not always necessary to be entered.
6) Press to save the entered

mark. (Press on the list to
cancel it.) The menu returns to the previous
stage and you will see the entered mark on
the chart and a mark group you entered at the
center of the menu.
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10.3.2 Changing Marks
1) Display a mark you like to modify on the chart screen following the procedure 10.2
Drawing Directly on Chart.
2) Press , and you see a red

dot on the mark.
Object list
Marks with red dots
3) Choose a new mark from the mark list.
4) Press to save the data.

You see new mark(s) on the chart screen.
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10.3.3 Moving Mark
2) Press , and you see a red

dot on the mark.
Object list
Marks with red dots
3) Press icon on the toolbar to choose

from the pull-down menu.
Modify metric icon
4) Place the cursor on a red dot you like to move, and appears
on it. Press ENT on the operation panel to choose.
5) Move the cursor to a new place and then press ENT. Move
other dots if you need.
6) Press to save the data. You see mark(s) on the new position.
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10.3.4 Removing Mark Individually
Here describes how to remove a mark individually when one object group contains
more than one mark. (See 10.9 Removing Navline and No-go Line/Area to remove a
group of navline.)
2) Press , and you see red

dots on the marks.
Object list
Marks with red dots
3) Press icon on the toolbar and then choose

from the pull-down menu.
Modify metric icon
4) Place the cursor on a red dot you like to remove, and

appears on it. Press ENT on the operation panel to remove it.
Remove other dots if you need.
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10.4 Remark
Remark is a mariners note which consists of one or more than one line.
10.4.1 Entering Remark

of 10.2 Drawing Directly on Chart and press
on the menu.
Object list
2) Press to enter a new remark,

and the remark menu appears. When you
modify the existing remark, choose a remark
group from the object list first and then press
to show the remark menu, and
skip to 5).
3) Specify a point of the new remark on the

chart screen. You see a black dot there.
The position you

enter a remark
4) Enter a title of a mariners note at Remark and

an object name. The title is shown on the chart
screen and the object name is shown on the
object list on the menu.
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5) Press , and a new line
appears to enter a mariners note at Mariners
Note. When you modify the existing mariners
note, choose a line to modify.
6) Press the empty line and enter a mariners

note. Repeat the procedure 5)
and 6) to enter more notes. Enter notes
here
Press with
the cursor on a line to remove.

You see a remark title you entered as the
object name on the object list on the menu
and with the title which you entered as
remark are shown on the chart screen.
The remark data you have entered is

added on the object list.
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10.4.2 Moving Remark
1) Display a remark you like to modify on the chart screen following the procedure
10.2 Drawing Directly on Chart.
2) Press to show a dot for the

remark.
Object list

Modify metric icon
New position
4) Choose the dot which stands for the
remark, so that it could move with the
cursor movement. ( mark and the
remark title stay on the old position.)
5) Specify a new position on the chart

screen.
Old position
6) Press to save
the data. You see the remark on the new position.
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10.5 Text
You enter one line comment on the chart screen as text.
10.5.1 Entering Text

on the menu.
Object list
2) Press when you enter

a new text. When you modify the existing text,
choose a text group from the object list and
then press .
3) Specify a point you enter text or choose an existing

text you modify on the chart screen. You see a black
dot there.
The point you enter
text
4) Enter a text title at Remark which you will see

on the chart, a note at Mariners note if
necessary and an object name at Object
Name which will be shown on the object list on
the menu so that you could distinguish from
the other data.

You see a text, which you entered as Remark
on the menu, on the chart screen.
Entered text
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10.5.2 Moving Text
1) Display a text you like to modify on the chart screen following the procedure 10.2
2) Press to show a dot

which stands for a text on the chart screen.
Object list

Modify metric icon
4) Choose the dot which stands for a text, and

you can move it with the cursor
movement, though the text New position
description stays on the old position.
5) Specify a new position on the chart screen.
6) Press to save the

data. You see it on the new position.
Old position
10.6
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10.6 Line as Navline and No-go Line
You draw both line as navline and no-go line in the same way and how to draw them is
similar to making a route. In the monitor mode, when the own ship guard frame is on
and it gets to a no-go line, an alert is provided.
10.6.1 Drawing Line and No-go Line

or on the menu.
Object list
2) Press to enter new

line or no-go line. When you modify the
existing data, choose a line or no-go line
group from the object list and then press
.
3) Enter a line
or no-go line
name at
Object
Name if
necessary.
This is not
shown on
the chart
screen but
useful to
distinguish
from the
others on the
object list.
< Line menu> <No-go line menu>

4) Choose the
line width and type for navline line at Line width / Line type. Those for no-go line is
fixed so you cannot specify.
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5) Specify the first point of the line/no-go line on the
chart. A dot is shown on the point and a line
appears from the point with the cursor
movement.
The first point and a line which moves

with the cursor movement.
6) Specify the next point and more if you need.
7) After specifying the final point, press to save the data and fix
the line. The menu returns to the previous stage and you see one object added in
the object list.
No-go line
Object list
Line (Navline)
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10.6.2 Adding/Moving/Inserting Vertex
1) Display a line or no-go line you like to modify on the chart screen following the
procedure 10.2 Drawing Directly on Chart.
2) Press to show an
emphasized line or no-go line.
Object list

Modify metric icon
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4) You see a new line drawn from one end.
Adding a vertex before/after one end

Place the cursor on one end and then move
it, and you see a new line move with the
cursor movement. Press ENT on the
New line drawn
operation panel to fix the position. from one end
Moving a vertex
Choose one vertex first and then move the
cursor to the position you like. Press ENT on
the operation panel to fix the position.
New position
Old position
Inserting a vertex
Specify a point just on a line/no-go line to
insert a vertex and then move the cursor to
the position you like. Press ENT on the
operation panel to fix the position.
New inserted
point
Old line
5) Press to save the data. You see the modified line/no-go line.
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10.6.3 Removing Vertex from Line/No-go Line
1) Display line or no-go line you like to modify on the chart screen following the
2) Press to show an
emphasized line/no-go line.
Object list

Modify metric icon
4) Choose a vertex you like to

remove. Removing is completed.
5) Press to
save the data. You see the
modified line/no-go line.
After removing
Before removing
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10.7 Area as Navline and No-go Area
Area as navline and no-go area are drawn in the same way. In the monitor mode, when
the own ship guard frame is on and it gets to a no-go area, an alert is provided.
10.7.1 Drawing an Area and No-go Area

or on the menu.
Object list
2) Press when you enter new

area or no-go area. When you modify the
existing data, choose one area or no-go area
from the object list and then press
.
3) Enter an area or no-go area name at Object Name if necessary. This is not shown
on the chart screen but is useful to distinguish from others on the object list.
4) Choose the
line width,
line type and
area type for
navline area
at Line
width, Line
type and
Area type.
Those for
no-go area
are fixed and
you cannot
choose.
< Area menu > < No-go area menu >
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5) Specify the first point of area/no-go area on the
chart, and you see a dot on the point. A line appears
from it and moves with the cursor movement.
The first point and a

line which moves with
the cursor movement
6) Specify 2 more points, and you see a triangle which

consists of these 3 points and a line drawn from the
last specified point. It moves with the cursor
movement.
7) Specify a point just on one side of the triangle to add

a new point. The point moves with the cursor
movement.
8) Move it to the place you like and then press ENT on

the operation panel to fix the position.
9) When you finish making the area, press

to save the data. The menu returns
to the previous stage and the area you made is added to the object list.
Object list
Navline area
No-go area
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10.7.2 Moving and Adding Vertex to Area / No-go Area
1) Display area or no-go area you like to modify on the chart screen following the
2) Press to show an
emphasized one.
Object list
3) Press icon on the toolbar and then

choose from the pulldown menu.
Modify metric icon
4) Moving a vertex
Choose one vertex first and move the New position
cursor to the position you like, and it
moves with the cursor. Press ENT
on the operation panel to fix the Old position
position
Adding a vertex
Choose one side of area/no-go area Old side
first and then one point is added. It

moves with the cursor. Press ENT on the
operation panel to fix the position.
New point

You see the modified area / no-go area.
10.7.3
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10.7.3 Removing Vertex from Area / No-go Area
1) Display area or no-go area you like to modify on the chart screen following the
2) Press to show an
emphasized area / no-go area.
Object list

Modify metric icon
4) Specify a vertex you like to remove.

Before removing
5) Press to
save the data. You see the modified
area / no-go area. After removing
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10.8 Latitude/Longitude Entry
You can enter navline and no-go line/area by latitude and longitude. How to enter is
same for all navline items and no-go line/area, and this section describes taking a
navline mark as an example.
10.8.1 Entering Position by Lat/Lon

1) Choose a navline file following 10.2 Drawing
Directly on Chart and then choose one item
from , , ,
, , and
. (Here describes taking a mark
as an example.)
2) Press .
3) Choose a mark from the mark list.
4) Press . You see a menu to

enter latitude and longitude.
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5) Press . You see latitude and longitude of the center position of the
chart screen as ID 1 on the menu and a small black circle at that position on the
chart screen.
6) Press a value button of latitude or longitude,

and you see a key-palette just under it.
Change latitude and longitude value. (Dont
forget to press on the key-palette
to fix the value at the end.) The black circle on
the chart moves at the same time as changing
latitude and longitude.
7) When you enter another point (another same

mark), press . The same
latitude and longitude value as ID 1 is added
as ID 2 on the menu. Change the latitude and
longitude value following the procedure 6) to
move the position. You can add more points or
marks in this way.
8) When you finish entering, press to save the data. The menu
returns to a menu for choosing a navline item. Press the pressed [LAT/LON] button,
and the menu goes back to the previous menu.
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10.8.2 Adding, Inserting and Removing Position
1) Display a navline or a no-go line/area you are going to modify on the chart screen
following the procedure 10.2 Drawing Directly on Chart. Here describes taking a
navline mark as an example.
2) Press .
3) Press , and you see a position list on the menu.
4) Adding a Position
a) Choose an ID, and it is highlighted.
b) Press , and a new point is
added/inserted next to the ID you chose.
(e.g. When you choose ID 1, a new point is
added/inserted as ID2.)
Removing a Point
a) Choose an ID, and it is highlighted.
b) Press , and the point you
chose is removed.
5) When you finish modifying, press

to save the data.
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10.9 Removing Navline and No-go Line/Area
Here describes how to remove an object group(s) from the object list.
1) Display navline or no-go line/area on the screen following the procedure of 10.2
Drawing Directly on Chart and choose one item from , ,
, , , and .
2) Choose one object group from the object list.
3) Press to remove it. Press to remove all the objects on

the object list.
Object list
Press to
Press to remove all the object
remove only one object groups from the list.
group from the list.
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10.10 Watching by No-go Line/Area
When the own ship guard frame gets across a no-go line/area, an alert is provided to
inform of danger is close to the own ship. Watching by no-go line/area is only available
both when a no-go line/area is displayed on a chart and when the guard frame is ON.
10.10.1 Start Watching by No-go Line/Area

1) Display a chart you like on the screen in the monitor mode.
2) Choose from the top menu in the monitor mode.
3) Choose tab.
4) Choose a file you like in order of a group a
file. You see a no-go line/area on the chart
screen.
5) Choose to go back to the top menu in

the monitor mode.
6) Choose from
7) Choose tab.
8) Press , and you
see a guard frame around the own ship
symbol and watching by no-go line/area starts.
9) Set the guard frame size seeing 17.5 Guard
Frame.
10.10.2 Stop Watching by No-go Line/Area

Cancel the selection of the no-go line/area file in the monitor mode to stop watching by
no-go line/area.
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10.11 Getting Information of Navline & No-go Line/Area
You see detailed information of navline and no-go line/area you entered with icon
on the toolbar.
1) Press icon on the toolbar.

2) Choose a remark or a no-go line/area on the chart screen. An object information
window appears.
3) You see an item beginning with Mariners for navline and an item beginning with
Prohibited for a no-go line/area on tab. Specify an item of navline or
no-go line/area, and you see detailed information of it on tab on the
right.
Press to clear highlighted.
When you do not see the relevant object on the current

chart screen even though pressing , press to
jump to it and highlight with .
Press after choosing an item on tab,

and the relevant object is highlighted with .
Detailed information
Terms describing Navline and No-go Line/Area
Mariners marks aggregation: mark
Mariners notebook: remark
Mariners text: text
Mariners line: line
Mariners area: area
Prohibited line: no-go line
Prohibited area: no-go area
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10.12 Collating Object on between Object List and Chart
There are 2 ways of finding an object --- finding from the chart and from the object list.
10.12.1 Which Object Group Corresponds to Object on Chart?

1) Choose a navline file following the procedure 10.2 Drawing Directly on Chart.
2) Choose one item from , , , , ,

and .
3) Specify one object group from the object list.
4) Press .
5) You see the object(s) highlighted with a red circle and a white
arrow ( ) on the chart screen. Press to
clear highlighted.
NOTE When the guard frame is on, such highlight might

disappear soon. To prevent from that, it is recommended that the
guard frame should be off when you highlight an object.
10.12.2 Which Object on Chart Corresponds to Object Group?

1) Choose a navline file following the procedure 10.2 Drawing Directly on Chart.
2) Choose one item from , , , , ,

and .
3) Press icon on the toolbar and then choose from the pulldown
menu.
4) Specify an object on the chart screen. You see a relevant object highlighted on the
object list.
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10.13 Eternal Display of Navline and No-go Line/Area
Usually the data you entered is shown only when the file is chosen, but you can make
navline and no-go line data visible or invisible by and even
when you do not choose the file. The data which can be eternally shown has in
front of the file button and also the data saved in the group is eternally
shown regardless of pressing .
1) Choose from the top menu and then tab.

2) Choose a file.
3) Press to make the data eternally visible. is put in the front of

the file button. Press to make it invisible. disappears
from the file button.
Files which are eternally

The data in group shown
is eternally shown regardless of
pressing .
Press to make
the chosen file invisible but it is
automatically shown again when
you start ECDIS next time.
Groups except for
can be set show / hide as you
like.
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10.14 Dealing with Files
You copy, remove, move and synchronize navline and no-go line/area files, change file
group name and bring navline and no-go line/area data used on the old type of Tokyo
Keiki ECDIS through an external media like a USB memory stick, (which is called data
import) at tab in both in the monitor mode
and in plan mode. See Chapter 12 Copying, Moving, Deleting, Synchronizing File for
the details.
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CHAPTER 11
Critical Point
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11.1 What Does Critical Point Mean?
You can put a mark on a point where you should pay attention to around a route. These
marks are called critical point (CPT). When the own ship gets closer to a CPT, an alert
is provided during route monitoring or track control. You save CPTs in a route file with
route data. When a route including CPTs is active, you see both the route and CPTs on
the chart screen.
11.2 Entering Critical Point Directly on Chart Screen
Show a route. Enter CPTs Save the route file
11.2.1 Making Critical Points
1) Choose from the

2) Choose a route file you like to make critical

points (CPTs) on tab.
3) Press .
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4) Choose icon on the toolbar and
then from the
pulldown menu.
Edit CPT
5) Specify a point you make a CPT on

the chart screen, and a CPT symbol
appears there. Make more CPTs
in this procedure. Every CPT has an
ID number.
CPTs
6) Press to save CPTs in

the route file. Press to
cancel the created ones without saving.
When You Make a CPT outside the Current Chart Area

When the cursor gets closer to the edge of the chart screen, a black arrow cursor
( ) appears. Press ENT on the operation panel with the cursor on the point so that
you could see a chart area of the cursor direction.
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11.2.2 Moving a Critical Point
1) Display critical points (CPTs) following the procedure 11.2.1 Making Critical Points.

pulldown menu.
Edit CPT
3) Place the cursor on a CPT ( ). You
see just on it and then press ENT on the operation panel to specify.
4) Move the cursor to the point you like. The moves with the cursor, too. Then
press ENT to fix the position.
CPT you are going

to move
Moved here
11.2.3 Removing a Critical Point

1) Display critical points (CPTs) following the procedure 11.2.1 Making Critical Points.

pulldown menu.
Edit CPT
3) Place the cursor on a CPT ( ). You
see just on it.
4) Press ENT on the operation panel to remove it.
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11.3 Entering Critical Point LAT & LON
11.3.1 Making Critical Points
Show a route Enter CPT Save the route

table LAT & LON file

menu in the plan mode.
2) At tab, choose a route file you like to

make critical points (CPTs).
3) Press .
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window.
5) Choose tab in the route table.
6) Press in the upper right of the route window to

make/add a CPT. You see CPT1 data in the route table and
its mark ( ) is shown on the chart screen.
7) Enter the appropriate LAT & LON in the route table. Add
more CPTs following the procedure 6) 7) .
8) When you finish entering, press to save the data.
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11.3.2 Moving a Critical Point
Change latitude/longitude value in the route table to move a critical point (CPT).
1) Choose a route file which covers CPT(s) you like to modify and then show a route
window, following the procedure 11.3.1 Making Critical Point.
2) Press tab in the route window.
3) Enter the appropriate LAT and LON. When you finish entering, you see the CPT on
the new position.
4) Press on the menu to save the route file.
11.3.3 Removing a Critical Point

1) Choose a route file which covers CPT(s) you like to modify and then show a route
window, following the procedure 11.3.1 Making Critical Point.
2) Press tab in the route window.
3) Choose a CPT ID in the route window.
4) Press on the top right of it to remove.
5) Press on the menu to save the route file.
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11.4 Critical Point Attribute
There are time and distance as an attribute for critical point (CPT). When the own ship
gets to the time/distance limit, an alert is provided during route monitoring or track
control. You set the time/distance and the limit value at tab on the menu
and also change them respectively in the route window.
11.4.1 On the Menu
You set CPT attributes (time, distance) at tab on the menu. The values
you set here are applied to the next CPT you make and ones after it.
Choose or
as a criterion for alerts.
Enter the time or distance

limit. When the time/distance
to a CPT is within the limit,
the system informs of it
sounding alert.
Set all CPTs attributes

to the indicated value.
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11.4.2 On the Route Window
You see attributes of each critical point (CPT) in the route table.
Whenever you press a type Press a value button

button, the indication changes to change the value.
between and
.
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11.5 CPT Approaching Alert
When the own ship approaches a CPT and when the time/distance is within the set
value, an alert is provided.
Specifically, you draw a line
Required time or
perpendicular to the current leg
distance
from a CPT and when the
estimated time/distance to the
line is equal to the set value or
less than it, a CPT approaching
alert is provided.
A line perpendicular to
the current leg from
the CPT
Enter a CPT name.

Enter an alert message.
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Finding a Relevant CPT between on the Chart and In the Route Table
1) Show a route table and then press tab in it.

pulldown menu.
Edit CPT
3) Place the cursor just on a CPT and then press ENT on the operation panel to
choose. You see on it and close to it. The relevant CPT ID is highlighted
on the route table.
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CHAPTER 12
Copying, Moving,
Deleting, Synchronizing
Files
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12.1 Copying Files
You copy files of route, navline, no-go line/area and navigation record.
1) Insert a USB memory stick in an appropriate port, if needed.
2) Choose , or
from the top menu in the plan mode, and then choose tab.
3) Choose , and the file operations window appears on the chart
screen.
4) Press at From and choose an appropriate drive or port.
System
CD/DVD
USB memory stick
Remote ECS
6) Press at To and choose a drive or port which the file will

be saved in.
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7) Choose an empty file from the file list at To in order of a group a file. If you
choose a file which contains some data here, it is overwritten.
An empty file
you chose
8) Press at the center of the list to copy the file. You see a message window to
tell that the file copying is completed, and press in it.
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12.2 Moving Files
You move files of route, navline, no-go line/area and navigation record.
2) Choose , or
from the top menu in the plan mode and then choose tab.
3) Choose , and a file operations window appears on the chart
screen.

(The drive configuration differs depending on the system.)
System
CD/DVD
USB memory stick
Remote ECS
6) Press at To and choose an appropriate drive or a port

which the file will be moved to.
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7) Choose an empty file from the file list at To in order of a group a file. If you
choose a file which includes some data here, it is overwritten.
A file you chose
8) Press at the center of the list to move the file. You see a message window to
tell that the file moving is completed, and press in it.
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12.3 Removing Files
You remove files of route, navline, no-go line/area and navigation record.
2) Choose , or
3) Choose , and a file operations window appears on the chart
screen.

System
CD/DVD
USB memory stick
Remote ECS
6) Press button at the center of the list to remove the file. You see a message
window to tell that the file removing is completed, and press in it.
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12.4 Synchronizing Data Files
You synchronize files of route, navline, no-go line/area and navigation record between
Main ECDIS, Backup ECDIS and Remote ECS(es). There are two types of
synchronizing files: synchronizing each group and synchronizing all files at one time.
NOTE The synchronizing overwrites the existing data files and you do not find them
after it is completed.
12.4.1 Group Synchronizing

2) Choose , or
from the top menu in the plan mode, and then press tab.
3) Choose , and a file operations window appears on the
chart screen.

System
CD/DVD
USB memory stick
Remote ECS
5) Choose a group you like to synchronize at From.
6) Press at To and choose an appropriate drive or port.

7) Choose an empty group at To. If you choose a group which includes at least one
file, it is overwritten by synchronizing.
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8) Press (upper button at the center of the file list) to synchronize the group. You
see a message window to tell that the synchronizing is completed, and press
in it.
NOTE Synchronizing overwrites the existing files on the receiving system.
12.4.2 All Data Synchronizing

2) Choose , or
3) Choose , and the file operations window appears on
the chart screen.
System
CD/DVD
USB memory stick
Remote ECS

6) Press (lower button at the center of the file list) to synchronize all data files.
You see a message window to tell that the synchronizing is completed, and press
in it
NOTE
Synchronizing overwrites the existing files on the receiving system.
Data is not synchronized from one drive to another on the same system.
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12.5 Exporting Route Data
You save ECDIS route data on another media like a USB memory stick and it is called
route data exporting. When you export route data, it is converted to CSV format.
1) Insert a USB memory stick in an appropriate drive.
2) Choose from the top menu in the plan mode and then
choose tab.
3) Choose . You see a file operations window on the chart

screen.
4) Make sure that is chosen at From, and then choose a

route file in order of a group a file.
5) Choose a drive or port at To. (Also choose a folder and a file if necessary.)
Choose a folder and a

file if necessary.
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6) Choose as a file format on the lower right corner of the file
operations window. Choose [EC-6000 format] here to save the route data in the
format of the old type of Tokyo Keiki ECDIS.
7) At File, you see a file name you are going to export on the lower right. Rename it if
you need. When you enter or choose the same name as the existing route file, it is
overwritten.
8) Press button at the center of the window to export. You see a message
window to tell that the route data exporting is completed, and press in it.
Exporting Format for Route Data

ECDIS route data can be exported in the format of the old type of Tokyo Keiki
ECDIS (EC-6000(-ED3) and EC-5000), in Microsoft EXCEL format, and in the
CSV format. Exporting in the EXCEL format is only available on remote ECS
which EXCEL is installed on.
Choosing Export Format
In the exporting procedure 6) above, choose for the old
type of Tokyo Keiki ECDIS, for the CSV format,
for the EXCEL format.
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12.6 Importing Route Data and Navline Data
You bring route data in CSV format and navline data which entered on the old type of
Tokyo Keiki ECDIS into this ECDIS. This is called data-importing. The data you are
importing should be saved on an external media like a USB memory stick. When you
import route data, it is converted to the Tokyo Keiki ECDIS format first and then saved
on your ECDIS. The navline data format you can import is .dat.
NOTE You cannot import route data to ECDIS directly from remote ECS and other
equipment, so you need to copy a route to an external media once before importing.
1) Choose from the top menu in the plan mode and then
choose tab.

chart screen.
3) At From, choose a drive and a folder which includes data you are going to import.
Specify a drive
Choose a folder
4) When you import a route data, choose as a route file format

at the bottom of the file operations window, and then choose a file you are going to
import. When you import a route data of the old type of Tokyo Keiki ECDIS, choose
. When you import navline data, choose .
After choosing a data format, choose a file you are importing.
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5) At To choose an empty file in order of a group a file. If you choose an existing
file, it is overwritten.
A file you chose
6) Press button at the center of the file operations window to import. You see a
message window to tell that the data importing is completed, and press in it.
The route file, navline and no-go line/area file you chose is converted to the ECDIS
format and then the data importing is completed.
Importing Route Data in EXCEL format

[Function limited to remote ECS] Remote ECS which the Microsoft EXCEL is
installed on can import a route data in the EXCEL format. ECDIS cannot import it.
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12.7 Changing Group Name
You change a file group name of route, navline, no-go line/area and navigation record.
1) Choose , or
chart screen.
3) Choose a group you change a name.
4) Press a group name button on the left of the file operation window, and a key board
appears. Enter a new group name and then press Enter key on it to fix at the end.
You see the new name on the group name box and the key board disappears.
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5) Press button at the center of the window to apply the name.
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CHAPTER 13
Radar Image
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13.1 On/Off for Radar Image
Turn on RADAR on the operation panel to overlay Radar images on the chart screen.
Every time you press RADAR, you change on/off for Radar images.
Own ship
Azimuth circle
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13.2 Choosing Radar
When you overlay Radar images on the ECDIS screen, you choose an image source
from Radar No.1 and No.2.
1) Choose from the

choose tab.
2) Choose or .
On ECDIS you see an image from Radar you
chose.
NOTE
You only see Radar images in the monitor
mode.
Radar image is shown based on the Radar
antenna position, not based on the conning
position.
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13.3 Adjusting Radar Image
13.3.1 Range Adjustment

The Radar range is automatically adjusted on
ECDIS harmonizing Radar and you make sure it
at Radar Ranges on tab in
menu in the monitor
mode.
When it is not same between ECDIS and Radar
(this might happen when your Radar model is old),
adjust it on this menu, choosing the same range
as Radar from the pull-down list at Radar Ranges
on the menu. (Available Radar range is 0.125,
0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1.5, 3, 6, 12 and 24.)
13.3.2 Gain, Rain, Sea

You adjust gain, rain and sea with GAIN, RAIN and SEA controls on the operation
panel.
GAIN......... Adjust the receiving sensitivity for Radar image.

RAIN ......... Remove the rain/snow clutter because the image of rain, snow and fog may
hide targets. When there is no rain or snow clutter, turn RAIN knob fully to
the left.
SEA .......... Adjust the clutter by the surface of the sea because it may cause the
difficulty of targets distinction.
Be cautious of tuning gain, rain and sea controls, or it may cause a collision.
Too low/high level of gain, rain and sea may miss targets or may cause the late
detection of targets.
When echo of rain or snow is strong, targets may not be distinguished on the
Radar image even if gain, rain and sea are tuned. In this case, take safe
measures such as reducing sailing speed immedeiately to avoide a sea disaster.
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13.3.3 Radar Interference Cancellation
There are 4 levels to get rid of Radar interference
on a Radar image. Choose the level from 0 3 as
RIC at Digital Filters on tab in
menu in the
monitor mode. 0 means none and 3 is the
highest.
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13.4 Radar Condition
The condition of Radar you chose at Radar on

tab is shown at Radar Status. If
abnormal is shown here, it means a Radar signal
error and Radar images are not shown on ECDIS.
NOTE The Radar condition display is divided

into upper and lower parts. For ECDIS
EC-8100/8600, you only see the lower part and
for ECDIS EC-8000-A/8500-A, both is shown.
13.5 Relation between Radar Antennas and Monitor
The relation between 2 Radar antennas and 2

Radar monitors is indicated at RADAR Inter
Switch on the menu. (This is only available when
the Radar inter-switch is installed.)
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13.6 Echo Trails
You see echo trails when Radar images are overlaid on the ECDIS screen.
1) Choose from the

choose tab.
2) At Trail, choose to show echo
trails.
Reset echo trails
Threshold means the strength of Radar

echo to show echo trails. Choose from 1
to 255. When you set big value, the trails
are only shown for stronger echoes, and
when you set smaller value, they are
shown for weak echoes as well. Set the length of echo
trails by time (minute).
Choose or as
the display motion.
AIS targets with echo trails
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CHAPTER 14
EBL and VRM
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14.1 EBL/VRM On and Off
EBL (electronic bearing line) and VRM (variable range maker) are shown in pairs on
this ECDIS. Press EBL or VRM on the operation panel to show a pair of EBL/VRM.
Every pressing either of them makes it turned on/off. The EBL direction and the VRM
size are changed with each control dial on the operation panel. This ECDIS shows 2
pairs of EBL/VRM.
NOTE The display position of EBL/VRM is fixed on a geographical position of a chart,

not fixed on the screen.
14.2 VRM
VRM has 3 types: circle, line, parallel lines. A bearing circle is shown with the chart
scale 1/300,000 and over, a line is shown with the chart scale less than 1/300,000, and
parallel lines are shown regardless of the chart scale. You need to press VRM dial to
show parallel lines. Press it again to return to the previous VRM type.
Scale less than 1/300,000
Scale 1/300,000 and over
Parallel lines
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14.3 EBL
There are two types of showing EBL: rhumb line and great circle.
1) Choose from the

choose tab.
2) Choose or at EBL
Type.
Great circle EBL
Rhumb line EBL
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14.4 EBL/VRM Information
The information of EBL/VRM 1 is shown at the lower left on the chart screen and
EBL/VRM 2 is at the lower right. When two pairs of EBLs/VRMs are shown on the chart
screen, the information of the active one is highlighted.
EBL/VRM 2
EBL/VRM 1
EBL/VRM 1 information EBL/VRM 2 information

Highlighted because EBL/VRM 1 is active.
Changing Active EBL/VRM
When two pairs of EBLs/VRMs are shown and EBL/VRM1 is active, the
EBL/VRM1 information is highlighted. Press EBL2 or VRM2 on the operation
panel to make EBL/VRM2 active. You see the EBL/VRM2 information highlighted.
When you press EBL or VRM which is active, the EBL/VRM disappears.
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14.5 EBL Offset
Normally EBL/VRM is displayed from the own ship symbol position, but EBL offsetting
can change the displaying position of it.
1) Press EBL 1 / VRM 1 or EBL

2 / VRM 2 on the operation
panel to show a pair of
EBL/VRM.
2) Press EBL dial on the

operation panel, and the
cursor shape changes to .
3) Specify a position on the

chart with cursor. You
see the EBL/VRM displayed
from the specified position.
Press the EBL dial again to
cancel EBL offset, and the
EBL/VRM returns to the own
ship position.
NOTE When you scroll a chart

or change a chart display area
after an EBL offsetting, the
EBL/VRM is shown from the
offset position on the screen.
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CHAPTER 15
LOP
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15.1 What Does LOP Mean?
A LOP (line of position) is a line which is drawn based on both the position of an
observable chart object which is already known and the bearing or distance from the
own ship position to the object. It is useful to estimate the own ship position when GPS
is unavailable. An intersection of more than one line is regarded as the own ship DR
position.
15.2 Making LOP
1) In the monitor mode, specify a chart object

you pay attention to so that it would be
shown on the center of the chart screen.
2) Choose from
3) Choose in the Position frame at

the lower side of the menu. You see a LOP
window on the chart screen.
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4) Make sure that tab is chosen in the LOP window and the chart object
you specified is at the center of the chart screen. Press , and you see
LAT and LON of the position you specified in 1) above.
LAT & LON of the center position of the chart screen
5) Enter a bearing or distance from the own ship position to the chart object you
specified 1) above. You see a line as LOP on the chart screen. When the own ship
speed or vector is available, the LOP moves following the own ship movement and
is shown with a broken line.
LOP
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15.3 Removing LOP
1) Choose a LOP you like to remove from the LOP window.
2) Press button to remove.
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15.4 Estimating Position by LOP
When you enter more than one LOP at tab in the LOP window, you will get
information of LOPs intersection at tab. You can use it as the own ship DR
position.
1) Choose tab in the LOP window. When you made more than one LOP,
you see information of the LOPs intersections.
2) Choose one position you think more suitable for a predicted own ship position at
Sources on the list, and an EP mark appears on it. It is used as the own ship
DR position.
Press one position to apply

as a DR position.
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NOTE Press in the system data
to make sure the DR position.
Estimation of the Own Ship Position
[1] The position of an observable chart object and either bearing and distance
from the own ship to it have been already known.
At in the LOP window, make 2 LOPs.

Enter the bearing for one LOP and the distance
for another. At , choose information X
created by these 2 LOPs.
[2] The positions of three chart objects and their bearings from the own ship have
been already known.

Enter the bearings for 3 LOPs respectively.
A triangle by the 3 LOPs is created and the
barycenter of it is regarded as an estimated
position of the own ship. At , choose
information by these 3 LOPs.
[3] The positions of three chart objects and two bearings and one distance from
the own ship have been already known.

Enter two bearings and one distance
respectively. A sector by the 3 LOPs is created.
Decide one point from three points as an
estimated position of the own ship. At ,
choose the intersection information from two
LOPs you chose.
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CHAPTER 16
Navigational
Information
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16.1 MOB: Man Overboard
If a man were to fall overboard, you find where he is in the sea and how far he is away
from the own ship by [MOB] function.
1) Press on the toolbar as

soon as you got the information
that someone fell overboard.
2) An MOB mark ( ) appears on the own ship position

of when button is pressed and a MOB window
which gives information of the man overboard
appears on the chart screen.
Period elapsing
between pressing
and now
Position of MOB (
position on a chart)
Time to (Calculated
based on the actual
ETA to
Press
True bearing to after entering the estimated
set & drift to see the
Distance to
estimated position of the
from the own ship
MOB ( ) based on the set
& drift.
Cancel the MOB function
Enter the estimated set and drift if needed.

(Usually they are automatically entered
referring the set & drift values for the own ship.
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16.2 Anemometer
You see the information from the anemometer. (This is optional.)
1) Choose from the

2) Choose for Anemometer. You see

an anemometer window.
Choose or
as an anemometer indication.
Choose or as a unit
of the wind speed.
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16.3 Echo Sounder
You see the information from the echo sounder. (This is optional.)
1) Choose from
2) Choose for Echo Sounder. You

see an echo sounder window which shows
the depth at the own ship position.
The red broken line stands for

the limit for the depth under keel
The blue area stands for

the depth at that time.
The vertical axis stands for the depth (m). Press

button on the echo sounder window to change the depth
range between 0-200 and 0-50.
The horizontal axis stands for the elapsed time (min).
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16.4 Propeller Revolution Counter
You see the information from the propeller revolution counter. (This is optional.)
1) Choose from
2) Choose for Revolution Counter,

and a revolution counter window which
indicates the revolution speed and pitch of the
propeller appears on the chart screen.
This indication is based on the information from the connected propeller revolution
counter. When the information is invalid, you see no indicator and the center part of the
meter and the numerical indication are shown in red. When the information is doubtful,
they are indicated in yellow.
When your ship has 2 propeller shafts, the propeller revolution meters of both starboard
side and port side are shown. Also, when the propeller pitch is variable, the meter for it
is shown.
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CHAPTER 17
Alert
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17.1 Alerts Provided on ECDIS
Alarms, warnings and cautions are collectively called alerts. When an alert is provided,
you see alert information on the bottom right of the screen and the detailed information
in the alert window by pressing on the screen.
When a warning or alarm is provided and not acknowledged for 30 seconds, the
warning escalates to an alarm and the alarm escalates to a backup navigator alarm.
Some of alerts do not escalate and are provided again. When a caution is provided and
not acknowledged for 30 seconds, it is neither escalated nor provided again.
Alerts provided on navigational equipment are classified into categories which are
defined in the international standard. When an alert happens on one device on your
ship, it is indicated and goes off on other equipment, too, and you can acknowledge it
on every device except for the category-A alerts. The category-A alerts can be
acknowledged only on a device which they are generated on. For example, when
CPA/TCPA alert which is one of the category-A alerts is provided on ECDIS, the alert is
indicated and sounds on every device on your ship but it can be acknowledged only on
ECDIS. If you try to acknowledge it on other devices, that is refused. When a
category-A alert is provided on Autopilot, the alert is indicated and goes off on every
device but it can be acknowledged only on Autopilot, cannot on ECDIS. See Appendix
3 Alert List for the details of the alert escalation and category.
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Category-A Alerts Provided on ECDIS
The following alerts are classified into the category-A and can be acknowledged
only on ECDIS. If you try to acknowledge them on other equipment, that is refused.
[ECDIS] [Targets]
Anchor watch bearing/distance Associated target lost
Approach to critical point CPA/TCPA
Crossing area with special condition CPA/TCPA alarm impossible
Crossing No-Go Line/Area Target lost
Crossing safety contour Target automatically dissociated
Depth exceeded the limit TCPA alarm
[TCS] [AIS]
ACC: Actual course change AIS Display Max
Back-up navigator
Course difference [System]
ECC: Early course change AC voltage below the specified limit
End of track Connection error of CD/DVD-ROM drive
Off track Connection error of disk drive
Unexpected XTD Connection error of LCD
Wheel over line Connection error of operation panel
Connection error of Pilot Control
[Sensor] Connection error of Radar inter-switch
Heading monitor Connection error of Radar signal
Integrity monitoring impossible
Position monitor
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17.2 When Alert or Indication is Provided
When an alarm or a warning is provided, alert sounds and alert information flashes on
the bottom right of the screen. For alarms, three-short-beep sounds and it repeats
every 7 seconds. For warnings, two-short-beep sounds and it does not repeat. When a
caution is provided, alert information is shown there but it is silent and does not flash.
When an alert is provided, press on the screen or ACK on the operation panel
to acknowledge, and the alert stops sounding and the alert information stops flashing.
When an indication is provided, it is silent and a pop-up window for it is shown on the
chart screen. Check the message and then press in it to disappear.
When more than one alert is active, the alert sounds and the information of the
top-priority alert flashes. In this case, even when you acknowledge it, you still see the
information of the second-priority alert flashing and hear the alert sounding. When
more than one alert is active, you can acknowledge alerts individually on the active
alert list in the alert window. (Press under the menu to show the alert
window, and then choose tab to show the active alert list.) Check the
alert causes to remove after you acknowledge the alerts.
There is a function to silence alerts. It means just to silence all active alerts at the same
time, not to acknowledge them. Press under the menu to show the
alert window, and then choose tab in it to show the active alert list. Press
on the top right corner on it. All the active alerts are silenced for 30 seconds.
Distinction between Alarm, Warning, Caution and Indication
You distinguish between alarm, warning, caution and indication from the color.
Red......... alarms
Orange ... warnings
Yellow ..... cautions
Blue ........ indications.
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Indication
[ALERTS] button Red: The number of active alarms

The number of unacknowledged
alerts is shown in parentheses Orange: The number of
active warnings
[ACK] button Yellow: The number of
active cautions
Alert code &
alert name
Alert icon Alert information
Silence all active alerts
Press to acknowledge alerts individually
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Alert Icons and Alert State
Alarm (Icon color: red)

Icons State
Active unacknowledged, Flashing.
3-short-beep is repeated every 7seconds.
Active silenced, Flashing
Active acknowledged
Active responsibility transferred
Rectified unacknowledged
Warning (Icon color: yellowish orange)

Icons State
Active unacknowledged, Flashing.
2-short-beep sounds only once.
Active silenced, Flashing
Active acknowledged
Active responsibility transferred
Rectified unacknowledged
Caution (Icon color: yellow)

Icons State
No flashing (Only one icon for cautions)
Others
Icons State
Shows alert aggregation. Presented together with icons number 1
to 11.
Alarm-acknowledgement refused. Category-A alarms cannot be
acknowledged on remote devices.
Warning-acknowledgement refused. Category-A warnings cannot
be acknowledged on remote devices.
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17.3 Alert List
Press on the bottom right of the screen, and you see the alert
window, which consists of tab and tab. The list of active alerts are
shown at tab and the list of alerts which you can set on/off and the limit
values at tab.
17.3.1 Active Alert List
Choose tab to show the alert window. You see a list of active alerts and
the following items are shown in it --- alert icons, alert codes, alert names, parameters,
alert sources, activated time, acknowledged time and [ACK] buttons.
On this list, alarms are shown in red, warnings are in orange and cautions are in yellow.
Active alerts are shown in order of alarms, warnings and cautions from the top. Also
they are shown in order of priority and the top-priority alert is on the top. Alerts which
were acknowledged but whose causes still remain are placed lower on the list. You see
alert icons which stand for the alert state. When the alerts are not acknowledged, the
icons flash. Once they are acknowledged, their icons stop flashing.
There is on the top right corner of the alert window. When you press it, all
active alerts are silenced for 30 seconds.
Silence all active alerts
Select an alert to acknowledge individually
Unacknowl-
edged alarms
Unacknowl-
edged warnings
Acknowledged
alarms
Acknowledged
warnings
Acknowledged
cautions
17.3.2 Alert History

Alerts which both acknowledged and resolved are removed from the active alerts list
and you see them in an active log of the navigation record as an alert history.
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17.4 Alert Setting
Press under the menu to show the alert window and then choose
tab. You set on/off and the limit for alerts individually on the alert list.
On/Off for alarms.

Press each limit button and then enter
(pressed): alarm on value referring to Min-Max on the right.
(non-pressed): alarm off
Copy the settings between
main ECDIS, backup ECDIS
Choose A (alarm), W (warning), C (caution) or
and remote ECS.
I (indication) which an alert is supposed to be
provided as.
CAUTION
The all limits defined on the alert window should be set for appropriate values
depending on the ship condition.
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17.5 Alert Kind
The alerts which you can set on/off and the limit individually are as follows:
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17.5.1 Anchor Watch
When the own ship is at anchor, it may be drifted because of the tidal current and wind.
ECDIS watches how much it is drifted and when it lies out of the limit, an alert is
provided. It is generated as an alarm at first but is escalated if it is not acknowledged
within 30 seconds.
1) Press under the menu and choose tab.

2) Make both anchor watch distance and anchor watch bearing active on the alert list.
(The pressed button stands for alert turned on and a non-pressed button
stands for alert turned off.)
3) Press each limit button to set the appropriate value for the 2 alerts.
4) Choose from the top menu in the monitor mode and then
choose tab.
5) Press for Anchor Watch to start the
anchor watch, and the limit circle is shown
around the own ship symbol. An anchor watch
alert is provided as an alarm when the own ship
exceeds at least one of the two types of limits.
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: alert on Provided as an alarm at first
: alert off
Enter the alert limit
The heading of when anchor watch

is turned on is automatically set as
the reference line.
Adjusting Reference Position for Anchor Watch

Anchor watch is carried out on the basis of the own ship conning position at the time
when is pressed at Anchor Watch on the menu. While anchor watch is
active, you see a circle for anchor watch which is centered at the own ship position
at that time.
When you prefer anchor watch based on the anchoring position to the own ship
position, press on the menu. cursor appears.
Specify an anchoring position on the chart as a reference position with cursor, so
that you would see another circle centered at the position you specified and anchor
watch starts again.
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17.5.2 Depth Under Keel
When the depth information received from echo sounder exceeds the limit, an alert is
provided. Even if it is not acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is not escalated but
repeated. It only occurs when your ship is equipped with an echo sounder.
Enter the total value of draft and UKC (under keel clearance) as the limit.
17.5.3 AIS/TT Invalid Data

When received AIS/TT information is invalid, an alert is provided. It is generated as a
warning at first. If it is not acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is escalated.
Make sure of the relevant target whose number is shown on the alert window or at the
alert indication. When ECDIS does not get valid information for it after this alert
happens and that lasts for a while, it may be displayed because it is regarded as a lost
target.
17.5.4 Timeout
When ECDIS does not communicate with a sensor for the set time (second), an alert is
provided as a warning at first. If it is not acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is
escalated. Set the limit within 3sec to 20sec on the alert list.
When it happens, the sensor name in the alert condition is shown in red at the alert
indication and in the alert window until it is resolved.
Check the sensor condition on the ECDIS screen. When the condition of sensor
timeout is not resolved soon, change the primary sensor to another.
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17.5.5 Position Jumped
When information from the position sensor changes by the set value or more for 1
second, an alert is provided as a warning. Even if it is not acknowledged within 30
seconds, it is not escalated but repeated. Set the limit within 200m to 1000m.
When this alert is provided, the sensor name in the alert condition is shows in red at
the alert indication and in the alert window until it is rectified.
Check the sensor condition on the ECDIS screen. When the alert condition is not
resolved soon, change the primary sensor to another.
17.5.6 Differential Mode Not Available

When the differential mode of GPS is not available, an alert is provided as a warning.
Even if it is not acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is not escalated but repeated.
This alert means that the GPS differential mode which is more accurate is unavailable.
GPS is available even in this case, so do not worry about it.
17.5.7 Position Monitor

When the difference between the information from the primary sensor and that from the
secondary sensor exceeds the limit, ECDIS generates an alert as a warning. If it is not
acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is escalated. Set the limit within 0.02-0.50NM.
When it provided, you should check the primary sensor and the secondary sensor,
comparing information from another sensor, and then adopt one you make sure of
being correct as the primary sensor.
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17.5.8 Heading Monitor
When the difference between the information from the primary sensor and that from the
secondary sensor exceeds the limit, ECDIS generates an alert as a warning. Even if a
heading monitor alert is not acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is not escalated but
repeated. Set the limit within 5.0-15.0 degrees.
When it provided, you should ascertain which sensor is correct, the primary or the
secondary, comparing information from another sensor, and then adopt one you make
sure of being correct as the primary sensor.
17.5.9 Integrity Monitoring Impossible

When ECDIS does not compare the information from the primary sensor with the
secondary sensor because of some error though it usually watches the difference
between them, an alert is provided as a warning. If it is not acknowledged within 30
seconds, it is not escalated but repeated.
Do not worry about this because ECDIS refers to the sensor information which is
available.
17.5.10 Connection Error of Disk Drive / CD/DVD-ROM Drive /

Radar Signal
When the connection error with the disk drive, CD/DVD drive or radar signal occurs,
ECDIS generates an alert as a caution.
Check the condition of connecting with them if possible. If not, contact to a TOKYO
KEIKI agent or a service engineer when the ship calls at port.
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17.5.11 Radar Overlay Unit Internal Error
When the radar overlay unit has a trouble, an alert is provided as a caution. When this
alert happens, you do not see radar images on ECDIS until the alert condition is
resolved.
Contact to a TOKYO KEIKI agent or a service engineer when the ship calls at port.
17.5.12 CPA/TCPA
When an AIS/TT target approaches the own ship and both CPA (closest point of
approach) and TCPA (time to CPA) are less than each limit, this alert is provided as an
alarm. Even if it is not acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is not escalated but repeated.
Set the limit within 0.1-10.0NM for the CPA alert and 1-30min for the TCPA alert.
Steer the ship so that you would not make a collision.
17.5.13 CPA/TCPA Calculation Impossible

When ECDIS does not get enough information to calculate CPA/TCPA of a specific
target, an alert is provided as a warning. Even if it is not acknowledge within 30
Pay attention to the movement of the relevant target.
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17.5.14 Target Lost
When an activated AIS target or a TT (tracked target) is lost, an alert is provided as a
warning. Even if it is not acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is not escalated but
repeated.
Check the lost target. When you acknowledge this alert, it disappears from the screen.
17.5.15 Maximum Number of Displayed AIS Targets

When the number of the displayed AIS targets exceeds the maximum number (400), an
alert is provided as a warning. Even if it is not acknowledged within 30 seconds it is not
escalated but repeated.
It is provided just to inform that the number of displayed AIS targets reached the
maximum displaying number.
17.5.16 Ground Speed Not Available

When ECDIS does not get SOG information from GPS, an alert is provided as a
warning. Even if it is not acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is not escalated but
repeated.
Wait for a while until SOG is restored.
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17.5.17 Track Control Stopped
Track control stopped alert is provided in track control. When it is provided, track
control stops. It is provided in the following cases.
- When the communication error happens between ECDIS and Autopilot,
- When ECDIS receives Autopilot error such as steering gear failure, SGCS (steering
gear control system) failure, HCS (heading control system) failure and TCS (track
control system) failure,
- When a primary position sensor or a primary heading sensor error happens and it is
not resolved within 30 seconds,
- When position jumped alert happens and the alert condition is not resolved within
30 seconds,
- When end of track alert is provided as a warning and it is not acknowledged within
30 seconds, or
- When the own ship passes through the final waypoint.
It is provided as a warning at first. If it is not acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is

escalated to an alarm. If it is not even acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is escalated
to a BNA (backup navigator alarm).
Set the limit for track control stopped alert anywhere between 15 300sec.
CAUTION
When track control stopped alert is generated, immediately change the steering
mode of Autopilot to AUTO or HAND (PR-61xx/62xx/63xx/64xx/65xx, PR-66x/67xx/
68xx), AUTO (PR-6xxxx-ZZ) or HC (PR-9000 series) and then keep the safe
navigation.
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17.5.18 Off Track
When the own ship deviates from the XTD (cross track distance) limit during route
monitoring or track control, an alert is provided as an alarm. Even if it is not
acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is not escalated but repeated. Set the XTD limit
when you make a route plan.
Steer the ship along the route as much as possible.
17.5.19 End of Track

During route monitoring or track control, when the own ship arrives at a specified area
where is the set time before the final waypoint, an alert is provided as a warning at first.
If it is not acknowledged within 30 seconds it is escalated to an alarm. If it is not even
acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is escalated to a BNA (backup navigator alarm).
Set the time limit within 1 5min.
You should get ready for the next steering after the own ship passes the final waypoint.
17.5.20 Approach to Critical Point

When the own ship arrives at a specified area where is the set time/distance before a
CPT (critical point), an alert is provide as a warning. Even if it is not acknowledged
within 30 seconds it is not escalated but repeated.
Steer the ship with paying attention to the CPT.
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17.5.21 ECC/ACC
ECC (early course change) and ACC (actual course change) are both provided in route
monitoring or track control.
When the own ship arrives at a specified area that is the set time before a WOL (wheel
over line) of a waypoint, an ECC alert is provided as a warning ECCW at first. If it is
not acknowledged within 30 seconds it is escalated to an alarm ECCA. Also, it is not
Set the time limit within 3 6 min.
When the own ship arrives at an area that is 30 seconds before the WOL of the
waypoint, an ACC alert is provided as a warning ACCW at first. If it is not
acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is escalated to an alarm ACCA. It is not even
If you do not acknowledge it, the own ship automatically starts course change in track
control and then sails along the preplanned route. In route monitoring, the own ship
goes following your steering way regardless of the acknowledgement of ECC/ACC.
When the Autopilot steering mode is AUTO (PR-6000) / HC (PR-9000), which is an
example of Tokyo Keiki Autopilot, the own ship sails keeping the set course of Autopilot.
When it is HAND, the own ship goes depending on the rudder at that time.
17.5.22 Course Difference

When the difference between heading and leg course exceeds the limit, an alert is
provided as a warning. Even if it is not acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is not
escalated but repeated. Set the limit within 10.0 40.0 degrees.
Steer the ship along the route as much as possible.
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17.5.23 Low/High Speed
When STW is less than the low speed limit, a low speed alert is provided as a warning.
When it exceeds the high speed limit, the high speed warning is provided. Even if they
are not acknowledged within 30 seconds, they are not escalated but repeated. Set
each limit using a percentage of the own ship service speed.
In view of the environment, the suitable speed is set by a Tokyo Keiki service man in
advance.
Track control is not started while the low speed alert is active.
17.5.24 Unsafe Turning Rate

When the actual ROT (rate of turn) of the own ship exceeds the limit in route
monitoring or track control, an alert is provided as a warning. Even if it is not
acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is not escalated but repeated. Set the limit within
30 120 degrees/min.
Highs speed turning is dangerous, so make a turn at the appropriate speed.
17.5.25 Unexpected XTD Change

When XTD value exceeds the limit in route monitoring or track control, an alert is
provided as a warning. Even if it is not acknowledged within 30 seconds it is not
escalated but repeated. Set the limit within 100.0 9999.9m. This alert is provided with
position jumped alert in most cases.
Pay attention to XTD indication comparing with the own ship position on the chart.
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17.5.26 No ENC Available. Refer to Paper Charts.
When there is no ENC available around the own ship position in the monitor mode, this
indication is provided.
Refer to paper charts.
17.5.27 Crossing Area with Special Condition

When the own ships guard frame crosses a prohibited or specially defined area, an
alert is provided as a warning. Even if this warning is not acknowledged within 30
Steer the ship carefully so that the ship would not get into the area.
Choose W (warning) or C (caution). When you choose C, this alert is neither
escalated nor repeated.
17.5.28 Screen Shot Capacity Reached the Limit

When the screen shot data capacity exceeds the limit, an indication is provided. Set the
limit within 0.0MB 1024MB.
You should take out the existing screen shots data. This is an indication just to inform
that the capacity of the screen shots folder exceeds the limit and you can still save new
screen shot data after this alert is provided.
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17.6 Guard Frame
When guard frame is shown around the own ship symbol and crosses a dangerous
point/area or a point/area you should pay attention to, an alert is provided.
17.6.1 Guard Frame Size and On/Off
1) Choose from the top menu in the monitor mode.
2) Choose tab.
3) Press to show guard

frame around the own ship symbol and start
the safety watch. Every pressing
toggles on/off for it.
4) Set the guard frame size. Choose

or as front length
and then enter the value at Forward. Choose
width at Sideward.
Guard frame
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17.6.2 Safety Height
Set the safety height which is enough height from the surface of the sea to pass under
bridges, power lines, etc. When the guard frame is on and the own ship does not get
enough height to pass under an object, an alert is provided. It is not generated with the
guard frame off.
1) Choose from
2) Choose tab.
3) Enter the appropriate value at Safety

Height.
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17.6.3 Alerts When Guard Frame is Turned On
Showing Danger Caught by Guard Frame
When a guard frame is turned on and it crosses a no-go line/area, safety contour,
prohibited area or other special area, an alert is provided and the dangerous area or
spot within the guard frame is highlighted.
Safety contour
Highlighted spots
No-go area
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Information of Danger Caught by Guard Frame
You see information about a dangerous spot caught by the guard frame in the guard
frame info window.
Press at tab in
menu. Choose an item at the tab in the guard frame info window, and you
see information at tab. Press icon at the upper right corner of the
window to highlight the relevant object with mark on the chart screen. When you do
not find it on the chart screen, press icon to see it with the highlight. Press
icon to clear the highlight.
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17.7 Backup Navigator Alarm
When ACC (actual course change), end of track or track control stopped is provided
(as a warning at first) but it is not acknowledged within 30 seconds, it is escalated to an
alarm. When it is not acknowledged even within 30 seconds, it is escalated to backup
navigator alarm. It is transferred to the backup navigator alarm box BNA-200 or
BNWAS (bridge navigational watch alarm system), so when your ship is equipped with
the backup navigator alarm box, you hear alarm sounding from it, too. When your ship
is equipped with BNWAS, you also hear alarm sounding from buzzer units in the
captain room, officer rooms, etc. to notify that some abnormal condition happens in the
bridge.
<When equipped with backup navigator alarm box BNA -200>

When a backup navigator alarm is provided, alarm
sounds and the ALARM ACK lamp on the back up
navigator alarm box turns red and flashes. (It is
normally green.) Hold it down to acknowledge first,
and the alarm stops sounding and the lamp stops
flashing and lights a red lamp. And then, go straight
to your ECDIS to acknowledge the alarm and take
the safety measures. When the alarm condition is
resolved, the ALARM ACK lamp lights green.
<When equipped with BNWAS>

When a backup navigator alarm is provide, you hear alarm sounding from buzzer units
in captain room, officer rooms, etc. Go straight to your ECDIS to acknowledge the
alarm and take the safety measures. When you acknowledge it on ECDIS, alarm stops
sounding.
WARNING
When the backup navigator alert is provided, take the safety measures against the
alarm without fail after confirming what happened.
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CHAPTER 19
Backup Arrangement
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19.1 Roles Backup Arrangement Plays
A backup arrangement for ECDIS is called Backup ECDIS. TOKYO KEIKI supplies
with it to ensure the safe navigation in case of ECDIS failure. When your ship is
equipped with 2 ECDISes, one is called main ECDIS and another is backup ECDIS.
(This is an option.)
In case of main ECDIS failure, the backup ECDIS takes over almost all the functions of
the main ECDIS to carry out the rest of the navigation safely and successfully. When
your ship is equipped with 2 ECDISes, normally the backup ECDIS is connected with
the main ECDIS via LAN (local area network), receives the same sensor information as
it and provides the same alarms, however, charts and user-created data such as routes,
navline, etc., should be individually installed, updated, copied or synchronized on each
system.
NOTE You do not necessarily need to put the backup ECDIS into the operation while
the main ECDIS is successfully working. However, you should take the user-created
data out of it beforehand in case of main ECDIS failure.
Restricted Functions on Backup ECDIS Which is Acting as Main ECDIS
- Track control is not performed on the backup ECDIS.

- User-created data such as routes, navline, etc., are not automatically taken
over, so you need to copy or synchronize them by yourself in case of main
ECDIS failure.
- Chart data is not automatically synchronized between the main ECDIS and the
backup ECDIS, so you need to install and update charts individually on each
system.
- Navigation record is saved independently on both the main ECDIS and the
backup ECDIS.
- While the main ECDIS is working properly, on the backup ECDIS you just see
the same screen in the monitor mode and cannot operate, but you can operate
it in the plan mode and the update mode.
- When you start only the backup ECDIS without starting the main ECDIS, the
backup ECDIS acts as a main ECDIS (track control is unavailable on it).
- When you turn on the power on the main ECDIS or it is restored to normal
while the backup ECDIS is working as a main ECDIS, the backup ECDIS goes
back to the behavior as a backup arrangement.
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19.2 Starting Backup ECDIS
The way of power on/off for the backup ECDIS is same as the main ECDIS. When you
start both the main ECDIS and the backup ECDIS, you see on the upper right
corner of the chart screen of the backup ECDIS and no sign on the main
ECDIS.
When you start the backup ECDIS

without starting the main ECDIS,
the backup ECDIS regards itself
as a main system and works as it
In this case, track control is
unavailable on it.
19.3
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19.3 Taking Over Functions
19.3.1 Recognizing as Main ECDIS / Backup ECDIS

When the main ECDIS cannot work normally because of failure while two ECDISes are
working, you see an alert message Workstation not available: Main ECDIS on the
backup ECDIS screen and the backup ECDIS starts working as the main ECDIS. Press
or ACK on the operation panel to acknowledge. The sign of disappears
from the backup ECDIS screen.
When the main ECDIS is restored while the

backup ECDIS is working as the main ECDIS,
you see an indication Detected workstation:
Main ECDIS on the backup ECDIS screen. The
main ECDIS starts working normally and the backup ECDIS gets back to its original
working. Press on the message. The sign of appears on the chart
screen of the backup ECDIS.
When the main ECDIS is restored while route monitoring is being carried out on the
backup ECDIS, it continues working as the main ECDIS until the route monitoring is
finished, and then it gets back to its original working when the route monitoring is
finished.
19.3.2 Taking Over Functions and User-Created Data

In case of main ECDIS failure, the backup ECDIS can take over almost all functions of
the main ECDIS, but track control cannot be carried out on the backup ECDIS.
User-created data such as route data and navline data is not automatically taken over,
so you should synchronize them in advance. (See 19.4 Synchronizing Data.)
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19.4 Synchronizing Data
The user-created data should be synchronized between the main ECDIS and the
backup ECDIS in case of main ECDIS failure. There are two ways of synchronizing:
synchronizing each group and synchronizing all data at one time.
NOTE It is impossible to synchronize data during track control.
19.4.1 Group Synchronizing

2) Choose , or
the chart screen.

System
CD/DVD
USB memory stick
Remote ECS
5) Choose a group to synchronize at From .

6) Press at To and choose an appropriate drive or port
7) Choose an empty group at To. If you choose a group which includes at least one
file, it is overwritten by synchronizing.
A group you chose
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8) Press (upper button at the center of the file list) to synchronize the group. You
see a message window to tell that the synchronizing is completed, and press
in it.
NOTE Group synchronizing overwrites the existing files and you do not find them
after synchronizing is complete.
19.4.2 All Data Synchronizing

2) Choose , or
the chart screen.
System
CD/DVD
USB memory stick
Remote ECS

6) Press (lower button at the center of the file list) to synchronize all data files.
You see a message window to tell that the synchronizing is completed, and press
in it.
NOTE
Synchronizing overwrites the existing files on the receiving system.
Data is not synchronized from one drive to another on the same system.
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CHAPTER 20
Maintenance and
Troubleshooting
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20.1 Inspection and Maintenance
ECDIS is designed and manufactured with much allowance for durability so that it could
work normally even in such severe circumstances as high temperature and high
humidity. Routine inspection and maintenance help the system keep good performance
and good working. A periodical maintenance by TOKYO KEIKI service engineers is
recommended.
20.1.1 Checks Just After ECDIS Starts

Operation Check
Check if keys on the operation panel and menu buttons on the screen function correctly
just after starting ECDIS.
Self-diagnosis Items to be conveyed at ECDIS failure
ECDIS diagnoses itself whenever it starts. - Vessel name

When no error is found, you see a screen in - Owner name of the vessel
- Port name
the monitor mode, but if some error is - (Estimated) time & date of arrival
detected, an alert is provided. The system - Lay days
TEL/FAX/e-mail of yours or ship agent
works as long as the error is not fatal but -
- Name & type of the equipment
some functions might be ineffective. If the - Manufacturers serial number
error is fatal, ECDIS does not start. In this - Failure info.
What is shown on the screen
case, contact a TOKYO KEIKI service agent
-
and inform of the information on the right.
In the self-diagnosis, data drive, CD/DVD drive,

Radar card, serial card, operation panel, LCD,
network, cooling fan, USB port and DIO port are
checked, and you see the result of it at
tab in
menu in the update mode. Just after choosing
tab, the last result is shown here, so
press to see the latest one. The
colors of the self-test items represent the
condition.
Green: normal
Red: error
Blue: not connected
NOTE When no USB memory stick is inserted in a port or when Radar power is turned
off, USB and Radar card is indicated in red on the menu.
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20.1.2 General Maintenance
- Clean ECDIS stand with a clean cloth to remove dust, dirty spots, etc.
- If you smell bad like something burning from ECDIS stand, contact TOKYO KEIKI
service to get advice.
- The surface of the screen easily collects dust because of electrification. It is hard to
see the screen display with dust on it. Soak a cloth a little in the lukewarm water
which neutral detergent is dissolved and clean the screen with it.
CAUTION
When you smell something burning from the inside the stand, stop ECDIS at once.
Fill it in the logbook and call a TOKYO KEIKI service station.
CAUTION
Do not tap or beat on the screen surface with metal, hard or sharp-edged goods.
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20.1.3 Checking Sensor Signal
ECDIS works by receiving information from kinds
of sensors and it is possible to check whether
ECDIS receives it successfully on the menu.
TOKYO KEIKI service engineers check it so users
do not usually have to do that.
When you do it, press one COM number button at
tab in
for the update mode to see the result window on
the chart area.
Shows the received Clears the screen

sentences display
Save the data

into a file.
20.1.4 Software Version
You see an ECDIS software version at

tab in for the update
mode.
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20.1.5 Network Conditions
You check the network conditions which are connecting condition among connected
equipment on tab in for the update mode.
When you press tab, you see a table of connected equipment on the chart
screen. It shows all equipment which is to be connected with ECDIS and the condition.
The equipment which is in error condition or is not connected is shown in red.
The arrow shows the own instrument
Shows instruments which are supposed to

be connected
IP address
Condition of instruments
RM/TC: During track control
RM: During route monitoring
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20.1.6 LCD Color Adjustment after Long Use
A screen will have poor quality after a long use (usually about 5 years, though it is
different depending on how often it has been used.). In general, the symptom is weak
brightness even with the same brightness control as before. If your screen has such
condition, adjust color following the order.
1) Choose
from the top menu in the update mode.
2) Choose tab. and you see a color

patterns below
3) Adjust the brightness of the screen so that you
could see every slanted line clearly.
20.1.7
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20.1.7 Maintenance for Parts inside ECDIS Stand
You should leave maintenance for parts inside the ECDIS stand to TOKYO KEIKI
service engineers because you might get an electric shock by doing that.
DANGER
working and also it might remain around some circuits even after turning them off, so
it has to be discharged before maintenance. The possibility of getting an electric
ship.
PROHIBITION
Do not carry out the insulation test by using megger or other insulation testers
because it provides the internal electric parts with a lot of damage. Disconnect the
connected wires from this system first when such a kind of test is carried out about
the related power lines.
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20.1.8 Periodical Maintenance by TOKYO KEIKI Service
It is recommended that you should have an inspection by Tokyo Keiki service engineers
at least once a year in order to keep ECDIS in good repair, though the period is
dependent on frequency of use.
20.1.9 When Error or Failure Happens

When some errors or failures happen, check Items to be conveyed at ECDIS failure
the system conditions seeing the description
Vessel name
in 20.3 Troubleshooting. Contact a TOKYO
-
- Owner name of the vessel
KEIKI service station and inform the following - Port name
(Estimated) time & date of arrival
things when the condition is not improved. -
- Lay days
- TEL/FAX/e-mail of yours or ship agent
- Name & type of the equipment
- Manufacturers serial number
- Failure info.
- What is shown on the screen
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20.2 Software Upgrading
When a new version of ECDIS software is released, you can upgrade it by yourself.
ECUpdater.exe and ECUpdater.pac are necessary to upgrade the ECDIS software.
The data size is about 5MB in all. Before start upgrading, you need to save the new
software on an external media such as a USB memory stick or a CD.
NOTE Software upgrading by users is unavailable for ECDIS EC-8000-A/8500-A.
1) Connect a USB mouse to ECDIS. (You see

USB ports when you open a small door on the
front panel.)
2) Insert an external media which includes the

new version of ECDIS software in an
appropriate port or drive of the system.

menu in the update mode
4) Press tab to make sure of the

current version of ECDIS software.
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5) Press tab, and then press
at the bottom of the
menu.
6) You see a confirmation message on the menu.

Press . The system quits ECDIS software
automatically and starts getting ready for the
upgrade program.
When the system does not find the

necessary files for upgrading, the
message Updater was not found
appears. Check the external media you
inserted.
7) The system returns to a

Windows screen and
you see a dialogue box on
the right. Press
to start upgrading by use
of the USB mouse you
connected first. (The
trackball is disabled on
Windows screens so you
need to use the USB mouse to click here.)
8) When you see a message

Update succeeded! in it,
the software upgrade is
successfully finished.
Press , and
Windows shut down
automatically.
9) Eject the USB mouse.
10) Start ECDIS by turning on POWER on the operation panel. (The trackball works on
ECDIS screens.) Check if the description of the software version is updated by
pressing in the update mode tab.
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20.3 Troubleshooting
When you are in trouble with your ECDIS, follow the troubleshooting described below.
When it does not work normally though you followed it or there is no description of your
trouble, call a TOKYO KEIKI service station.
The screen display wont change and no operation is effective

The system freezes. You need to restart ECDIS.
Keep pressing POWER switch on Press POWER switch on

the operation panel for 10 30 the operation panel again
seconds to shut off the power supply to restart ECDIS.
In this case, a message like a

figure on the right might
appear. You need to restart
ECDIS as well.
The message S.M.A.R.T. Status BAD, Backup and Replace. Press F1 to Resume.
is shown while the ECDIS is starting (the system stops starting process at this time)
This message means that the data disc drive exceeds its life span. Tell that to a Tokyo
Keiki service station as soon as possible to replace it.
ECDIS temporarily starts by carrying out the following.

1) Insert a USB keyboard into a USB port on your ECDIS.
2) Turn off the power switch on the operation panel once.
3) Turn it on to restart.
4) When you see the message mentioned above, press F1 key to start the system.
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The operation panel is ineffective and nothing is displayed on the screen
Usually alert sounds but no alert might sound just after such a trouble happened.
The brightness control is set for the minimum.

Green
Green The power is not supplied to the LCD.

What color is
POWER lamp
on the The power is not supplied to ECDIS.
operation Red
panel?
Red The AC voltage is less than the limit.
The button lamps

on the operation The communication error between the
panel are flashing system and the operation panel
happens.
on and off.
Hold down POWER on the operation Adjust the brightness

panel to turn off the power and then
hold it down again in a few minutes to
turn on the power.
Nothing is displayed on EC-81xx (19 inches) screen

LCD settings might be changed. Press MENU button on
the lower right corner of the screen frame for a few
seconds to see LCD setup menu. Choose [Display]
[Source] [Single] [Analog RGB1] on the menu, and
you see an ECDIS screen.
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Blackout
When blackout happens, nothing is displayed on the EC-8000-A/8500-A and EC-8100
screens because no power is supplied to their LCDs, but you see a screen display on
EC-8600 because DC power is supplied to its LCD.
When blackout happens, AC voltage below the specified time alert is provided as a
warning, you hear continuous alert sound from the operation panel, and the lamp of
POWER on the operation panel turns to red. The system is shut down in a minute. The
alert sound changes to intermittent sound at the same time as the system shutdown. It
typically continues to sound for about 30 seconds (it might keep sounding for 3 minutes
at maximum) and then the system completely stops. When the power is restored, turn
on ECDIS power to restart.
When the AC power is supplied within a minute after the blackout, you can operate
ECDIS as usual. If one minute and more are passed, the system automatically stops
like the description above.
NOTE
Even if the system suddenly stops or blackout happens, the system can keep the
data you created, so you do not have to worry about it, except for the data which you
were creating just before the blackout and not saved.
When blackout happens and then alert sounds from ECDIS but the power supply is
restored before pressing ACK on the operation panel to stop alert sounding, you
cannot stop alert sounding with ACK because it is not effective even if ECDIS is
working, but you can stop alert sounding with any other button on the operation pane.
ECDIS wont start.

ECDIS may not start at -15 degrees Celsius or less in the bridge. In this case, restart
ECDIS following the procedure below.
Wait for a few minutes Turn off the power once

Turn it on to
with the power turned and wait for at least 10
restart ECDIS
on. seconds.
An alert DC backup voltage not available is provided.

ECDIS adopts two types of power sources: AC and DC. AC is usually used for ECDIS
working and DC is for backup in case of blackout and ECDIS failure. This alert is
provided as a caution when DC power is not supplied. Data backup is not available
even though ECDIS continues to work.
When it is provided, once press POWER on the operation panel first to turn off the
power and then turn off the AC and DC breakers. Check the DC power source on the
ship to see which part is wrong. When no error is detected, start ECDIS again.
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Backup ECDIS wont be recognized
Check the network condition at tab in for the

update mode. When you choose tab, you see a list of connected equipment
When a connection error happens on the backup ECDIS, a line/description of backup

ECDIS is shown in red on the list above. When you find workstation name in red, check
if the network cable is connected correctly.
Cannot install ENC

- When your ENC is AVCS, you should load IHO.crt or primar.crt in
in menu in the update mode
before installing charts. ( 4.5 Chart Installation)
- When you installed the chart licenses which were issued for another user permit and
then you try to install charts, you see an error message of SSE11 or SSE26 and
cannot install them. Check your user permit between described on the chart CD and
shown at the bottom of menu.
Error Messages beginning with SSE**

In installing charts or updating charts, you might see error messages beginning with
SSE** on the decryption error log just after chart decryption. They are error messages
for chart decryption.
Error Code Message Measures
SA Digital Certificate (X509) IHO.crt or primar.crt as a certificate

file is not available. A valid file is necessary to install ENC. Get
SSE 05 certificate can be obtained from IHO.crt from IHO website to install to
the IHO website or your data your ECDIS or load primar.crt from
supplier the latest AVCS base chart media.
The SA Signed Data Server

Certificate is invalid. The SA
Get the latest IHO.crt as an ENC
may have issued a new public
certificate from IHO website to install
key or the ENC may originate
SSE 06 to ECDIS. Load primar.crt as a
from another service. A new SA
certificate file from the latest AVCS
public key can be obtained
base chart media.
from the IHO website or from
your data supplier
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SA signed DS Certificate file is
not available. A valid certificate
SSE 07 to ECDIS. Load primar.crt as a
can be obtained from the IHO
website or your data supplier
base chart media.
SA Digital Certificate (X509) file Get the latest IHO.crt as an ENC
incorrect format. A valid certificate from IHO website to install
SSE 08 certificate can be obtained from to ECDIS. Load primar.crt as a
the IHO website or your data certificate file from the latest AVCS
supplier base chart media.
SSE 09 ENC Signature is invalid to ECDIS. Load primar.crt as a
base chart media.
Permits not available for this There might be no cell permits or cell
Data Server. Contact your data permits might not be for your user
SSE 10
supplier to obtain the correct permit. Insert the correct cell permit
permits. media.
- Check if the media contains cell

permits.
Cell Permit file not found. Load - The cell permit might be for another
SSE 11 the permit file provided by the user permit. Check the user permit
data supplier. on both the cell permit media and
your ECDIS and insert a correct cell
permit media.
Cell Permit format is incorrect. Cell permits might not be for your user
SSE 12 Contact your data supplier and permit. Insert the correct cell permit
obtain a new permit file. media
Cell Permit is invalid
(checksum is incorrect). Get the new cell permits from your
SSE 13
Contact your data supplier and data supplier.
obtain a new permit file.
Incorrect system date, check

that the computer clock (if Check if your system clock is set
SSE 14
accessible) is set correctly or correctly or contact TOKYO KEIKI.
contact your system supplier.
The cell permit has expired. Possible

Subscription service has to install the chart cell but you see it in
expired. Please contact your the monitor mode with a warning
SSE 15
data supplier to renew the which means that its not suitable for
subscription licence navigation.
Get the latest cell permits to install
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ENC CRC value is incorrect.
Contact your data supplier as Contact your data supplier to get the
SSE 16
ENC(s) may be corrupted or correct data of ENC.
missing data.
Permits are not valid for this
Your e-token is not inserted or a
system. Contact your data
SSE 19 wrong e-token is inserted. Check it
supplier to obtain the correct
and insert a correct one.
permits
Subscription service will expire

Your ENC cell permits will expire in
in less than 30 days. Please
SSE 20 less than 30 days. You should get the
contact your data supplier to
new ones before they expire.
renew the subscription licence
- The cell permits might be for

Decryption failed no valid cell
another user permit. Check user
permit found. Permits may be
permit on both the cell permit media
for another system or new
SSE 21 and your ECDIS and insert the
permits may be required,
correct user permit media.
please contact your supplier to
- Get the new cell permits from your
obtain a new licence
data supplier.
SA Digital Certificate (X509) The latest certificate file IHO.crt or

has expired. A new SA public primar.crt. is necessary. Get IHO.crt
SSE 22 key can be obtained from the from IHO website to install to your
IHO website or from your data ECDIS or load primar.crt from the
supplier. latest AVCS base chart media.
Non sequential update,

Update data is to be applied
previous update(s) missing try
sequentially but the update number
SSE 23 reloading from the base media.
you are trying is not sequential. Go
If the problem persists contact
back to old update and try.
your data supplier.
The latest certificate file IHO.crt or

ENC Signature format primar.crt. is necessary. Get IHO.crt
SSE 24 incorrect, contact your data from IHO website to install to your
supplier ECDIS or load primar.crt from the
latest AVCS base chart media.
Viewer The permit for

When a chart of which cell permit has
ENC<cell name> has expired.
expired is displayed on the screen,
SSE 25 This cell may be out of date
you see this message. Get the new
and MUST NOT be used for
cell permit from your data supplier.
Primary NAVIGATION.
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You might see this error message
when primar.crt is included in the
base chart media or when there is no
This ENC is not authenticated
cell permits for ENCs on the chart
SSE 26 by the IHO acting as the
media at all. Possible to install charts
Scheme Administrator
if you have at least one cell permit file.
When you have no cell permits, get
the latest ones to install.
Viewer ENC<cell name> is

not up to date. A New Edition, The chart cell is old. For it, there is a
Re-issue or Update for this cell new edition of the chart cell, a
SSE 27
is missing and therefore MUST re-issued chart cell or a new update
NOT be used for Primary data. Apply it to the cell.
NAVIGATION.
Charts wont be displayed

- A chart on the current scale might not be installed on the system. Change the scale.
- Charts which cover a sea area you like might not be installed. Check if charts you
like are installed. ( 4.7.)
- The database that covers the charts you like might have been unloaded. ( 4.8.)
- The chart license(s) might have expired or it/they might not have been entered. (
4.4.4)
Chart objects wont be shown

- When a chart license is not entered or has expired, you do not see any chart objects
though you only see a rough chart. Check the chart license and the expiry date. (
4.4.4)
File data wont be shown

- The file you chose might be empty.
- The sea area you see on the screen at the present might be different from that of
your file data. Press on a file choosing menu to show it. ( is
available for navline and no-go line/area to see the file data.)
Radar image wont be shown

- Check if radar power switch is turned on.
- Check if radar switch on the operation panel is turned on.
- Check if the correct radar number (No.1 or No.2) is chosen.
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TTs wont be shown
- Check if TT switch on the operation panel is turned on.
- Check if power switch of the radar which is chosen on ECDIS is turned on.
- Check if radar acquires targets.
AIS targets wont be shown

- Check if AIS switch on the operation panel is turned on
- AIS functionality might be off. Check it on tab in
menu in the monitor mode. ( 6.8.)
- When the indication of the position sensor is invalid (=indicated in red) on the
system data, AIS targets are not shown.
Screen display is not clear

- Adjust the screen with the LCD brightness control.
Data cannot be read from media

- Try again after the disc/drive lamp is turned on.
- CD or DVD might be inserted upside-down.
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20.4 Repairs
20.4.1 Service Parts

We will hold service parts for ECDIS for 10 years after we stop manufacturing this series
of ECDIS.
20.4.2 Parts Life

Parts have their lives. You should mainly pay attention to the deterioration of parts below
and replace them when the time as a suggestion comes.
Average life
Parts Amount
(Recommended time to replace)
Rubber cushion 4 4 years
Button battery 1 7 years
Data disc 1 45000 hours
Non-stop battery 1 91000 hours
DVD drive 1 45000 hours
Filter (fixed in front of the control unit) 1 5 years
Cooling fan 1 60000 hours
LCD 1 50000 hours
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20.4.3 Warranty and Repair
Warranty Period
For 12 months after ECDIS delivery
Repairs and Warranty Information

We will repair damage, breakdown or poor functioning that we think is clearly caused by
our design, development, manufacture or materials.
The following cases are not included in the warranty.

- Troubles or failure caused by inappropriate operation, improper dealing or wrong
maintenance
- Parts altered by users without permission from Tokyo Keiki Inc, and troubles caused
by them
- Secondary damage happened by the system trouble
- Inevitable damage and accidents by earthquake, fire, etc.
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CHAPTER 21
Specifications
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21.1 Standards
TOKYO KEIKI ECDIS is developed based on the international standards below.
IMO Resolution MSC232 (82)

Adoption of the revised performance standards for electronic chart display and
information systems (ECDIS)
IEC 61174 Ed.3 (2008)

Electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS) Operational and
performance requirements, methods of testing and required test results
IEC 62376 Ed.1

Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems Electronic
chart system (ECS) Operational and performance requirements, methods of
testing and required test results
IEC 62288 Ed.1

Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems
Presentation of navigation-related information on shipborne navigational displays
General requirements, methods of testing and required test results
IEC 61162-1 Ed.4

Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems Digital
interfaces Part1: Single talker and multiple listeners
IEC 61162-450 Ed.1

Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems Digital
interfaces Part 450: Multiple talkers and multiple listeners Light-weight ship
systems interconnection
IEC 60945 Ed.4

Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems General
requirements Methods of testing and required test results
IEC 62065 Ed.2

Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems Track
control systems Operational and performance requirements, methods of testing
and required test results
IEC 61924-2 Ed.1

Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems Integrated
Navigation Systems Part2: Modular structure for INS Operation and
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IEC 61097-6 Ed.2
Global maritime distress and safety system (GMDSS) Part 6: Narrowband
direct-printing telegraph equipment for the reception of navigational and
meteorological warnings and urgent information to ships (NAVTEX)
IEC 61097-14 Ed.1

Global maritime distress and safety system (GMDSS) Part 14: AIS search and
rescue transmitter (AIS-SART) Operational and performance requirements,
methods of testing and required test results
IEC 61993 Ed.2

Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems Automatic
identification systems (AIS) Part 2: Class A shipborne equipment of the universal
automatic identification system (AIS) Operational and performance requirements,
methods of test and required test results
IEC 62320-2 Ed.1

Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems Automatic
identification system (AIS) Part 2: AIS AtoN Stations Operational and
IEC 62388 Ed.2

Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems Shipborne
radar Performance requirements, methods of testing and required test results
IHO S-52
Specifications for chart content and display aspects for ECDIS
IHO S-57
Transfer standard for digital hydrographic data
IHO S-61 (1999)

Product specification for raster navigational charts (RNC)
IHO S-63
Data protection scheme
IHO S-64
Test data set for ECDIS
IHO S-4 Part B

Regulations for International (INT) Charts and Chart Specifications of the IHO
B-122 International Abbreviations
ITU-R M.1371-1
Technical characteristics for a universal shipborne automatic identification system
using time division multiple access in the VHF maritime mobile band
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21.2 Main Specifications
Operating System
EC-8100/8600 EC-8000-A/8500-A
Microsoft Windows Embedded Windows XP Pro Embedded

OS
Standard 7 (WES7) OEM Product
CPU Intel Core i5 3.3GHz Core 2 Duo 1.83GHz
Memory DDR3 SO-DIMM 4GB 1 or 2 GB

VGA integrated in Intel
Display interface Intel HD Graphics 4000
945GM
8GB (C-drive, EWF protected,
System drive ROM-Win card 4GB
SLC)
DOM (Disk on Module) 8 or
Data drive 16GB (D-drive)
16GB
CID component Flash Lite (applicable only to Bridge Monitor)
Network
1000BASE-T, LAN Adaptor x2
Unit connection IP: 192. 168. 1. 100-105
VDR connection IP: 176.*.*.*
Category of Related System

Environmental Test Standard (IEC60945)
Protected
TCS
Satisfied with IEC62065 Ed.2 Category C (with TOKYO KEIKI Autopilot
PR-6000/9000 series)
Backup arrangements
Satisfied with IEC61174 Ed.3 Annex F when ship is equipped with 2 ECDISes.
Ships with only one ECDIS should be equipped with paper charts.
Operation as RCDS in using ARCS charts
Satisfied with IEC61174 Ed.3 Annex G.
System Configuration
LCD (x1 or 2), Radar overlay graphic board (x1), control unit (x1), serial I/F unit (x1)
and operation unit (x1)
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Display Unit
EC-81xx EC-86xx
LCD 19 inches 26 inches
Effective display range 376 301mm 550 343mm
Resolution SXGA (1280 1024dots) WUXGA (1920 1200 dots)
Dot pitch 0.294 mm 0.287 mm
LCD type TFT active matrix
Display color Max. 16.7milion colors (Depending on a graphics card)
EC-8000-A EC-8500-A
LCD 19 inches 23.1 inches
Effective display range 376 301mm 470 352mm
Resolution SXGA (1280 1024dots) UXGA (1600 1200 dots)
Dot pitch 0.294 mm
LCD type TFT active matrix
Display color Max. 16.7milion colors (Depending on a graphics card)
Radar Overlay Graphic Board

Radar images are overlaid on a video signal (HDMI/DVI) output from the control unit,
and controlled through an internal LAN, which uses a different subnet from the backup
ECDIS and remote ECSes. If the graphic board is damaged, the video signals are
transmitted by the loop through communication to show the images other than the
radar images. The echo trail function is available.
Control Unit
It deals with dual display output and extended display (different images are displayed
on an individual LCD, with 3 channels).
SSDs are for the system drive (C:) with the write-protect function. The data drive is D:.
4 USB ports (extended by hub, another 5V power supplied separately)
Serial Interface Unit

USB interface and 8-channel serial communication ports. (16-port serial
communication is possible by adding one more serial I/F unit.)
Port Assignment
Ports Tx/Rx Sensors
1 Rx No.1 position sensor
2 Rx No.1 heading sensor
3 Rx Speed LOG
4 Rx Echo sounder
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Ports Tx/Rx Sensors
5 Rx No.1 Radar / TT
6 Rx No.2 Radar / TT
7 Rx Anemometer
8 Rx No.2 position sensor
9 Rx NAVTEX
10 Rx Revolution counter
11 Rx Engine telegraph
12 Rx Meteorological graph
13 Tx/Rx Autopilot
14 Tx/Rx No.2 heading sensor
15 Tx/Rx AIS
16 Tx/Rx HC-01
Extension I/O
A Tx/Rx Reserved A
B Tx/Rx Reserved B For BNWAS, inter switch,
BAM/INS-AMS, thruster, actual
C Tx/Rx Reserved C rudder, BAS-1000, BM-3000, etc.
D Tx/Rx Reserved D
2 LAN ports on the control PWB (One for VDU-connection only, another for 5-port
switching hub connection in the serial I/F unit).
Port Assignment
Connect to
Main ECDIS Backup ECDIS
Ports
1 Control unit Control unit
2 Radar overlay unit Radar overlay unit
3 Backup ECDIS Main ECDIS
4 Sensor I/F unit Remote ECS#2
5 Remote ECS#1 Remote ECS#3
Digital Input/Output
DO1 BNWAS reset (Dry contact)
DO2 BNA alarm (Dry contact)
DO3 Reserve out (Dry contact)
DI1 Buzzer stop in (Dry contact)
Operation Unit
Users operate the system by the operation panel. For the system with 2 LCDs, it is
equipped with one operation unit. The operation is only effective for the application on
the primary LCD.
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Operation Mode
Plan mode, Monitor mode, Update mode
Display Mode
Chart Object Display ... Base display, Standard display, All objects display, Custom
display
Chart Orientation ........ North up, Course up, Route up
Motion ......................... True motion, Relative motion
Vector Stabilization ..... Sea stabilization, Ground stabilization
Chart
Chart type .......................... ENC IHO S-57 Edition 3.1, C-MAP CM93 Edition 3, ARCS
Encryption.......................... Based on IHO S-63 Ed 1, 1.1
Projection........................... Mercator projection, plane projection (partially), Transverse
Mercator projection (only for ARCS chart)
Effective projection range... Below latitude 70 degrees
Chart medium .................... CD/DVD
Position
Position sensor
GPS, DGPS, GNSS (2 position sensors are available at the maximum)
Dead reckoning
Dead reckoning position calculation based on the signal from gyrocompass or
speed log
Filter
Filter may be designed for measures against the position jump by the position
sensor and noise.
Communication protocol: Based on IEC61162-1 Ed.1, Ed.2, Ed.3
Position sentence................... GNS, GGA, RMC, GLL
SOG sentence ....................... VTG, RMC
Date and time sentence ......... ZDA
Datum sentence ..................... DTM
Communication data
Position (Lat, Lon), Speed over ground, Course over ground, Date & Time, Datum
Speed
Speed sensor
Speed log
Sentence..... VBW, VLW
Communication data
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Speed through water, Speed over ground (only when dual axis log is equipped),
total distance
Heading
Heading sensor
Gyrocompass (2 heading sensors are available.), Magnetic compass
Communication protocol: Based on IEC61162-1 Ed.1, Ed.2 and Ed.3, IEC 61162-2
Heading sentence ....... HDT (HDG is used when magnetic compass is connected.),
THS
Turn rate sentence ...... ROT
Communication data
Heading, Rate of turn
Depth
Depth sensor
Echo sounder
Sentence..... DPT, DBT
Communication data
Water depth
Wind
Wind sensor
Anemometer
Sentence..... MWV, MWD
Communication data
Wind speed and angle
Propeller Shaft Revolution

Equipment
Propeller shaft revolution meter
Communication protocol: Based on IEC61162-1, Ed.1, Ed.2, Ed.3
Sentence..... RPM
Communication data
Number of propeller shaft revolution, number of shaft center, propeller angle
Measuring Objects, Indicating Pointer

Cursor ....... Indication of pointer position (latitude and longitude), Indication of bearing
and distance from the own-ship position --- available in the Monitor mode
EBL........... 2 electronic bearing lines. (Indication of true/relative direction from both the
own-ship and an arbitrary position.)
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VRM ......... 2 variable range markers. (Distance (nm, m) from the own-ship and an
arbitrary position.) Parallel line is also available only on the scale 1/320000
and over.
Route Planning
Routes are planned by both entering a waypoint directly on the chart and entering
waypoint data such as latitude, longitude, etc., on the route table in the plan mode.
Waypoints are created/modified simultaneously both on the chart and on the route
table.
Search routes are planned in the plan mode. They have 4 kinds of patterns: parallel,
square, creeping (trapezoid) and sector. Once they are fixed as search routes, you can
modify them in the same way as normal routes.
The route-check, which is a function to detect some danger included in the cross track
distance limit for the route, is automatically carried out while creating/modifying a route.
When some danger is detected, the part which includes the danger is shown in bold
red.
Input method ...................... On-screen planning, Numeral input

Route modification ............. Route name, Addition, deletion and position change of a
waypoint, Waypoint attribute, Cross track distance limit
Sailing ................................ Rhumb line sailing, great circle sailing
Number of saved route ...... 64 routes
Number of displayed route . 5 routes at the same time (as routes for reference)
Number of waypoints ......... 300 waypoints (max.)
Route name: ...................... 20 alphanumerical letters (max.)
Route table display: ........... Planned route, waypoint list, and they should be displayed
and modified simultaneously.
Displayed item: .................. Rout name, waypoint number, waypoint name, waypoint
position, turn radius, reach, rate of turn, planned ship speed,
cross track distance limit, leg course, rhumb line / great
circle, planned rate of turn, distance between each
waypoint, accumulated distance and time to each waypoint,
ETA
Route Monitoring
In the monitor mode, geometrically fixed hazard, TTs, AIS targets and radar image are
overlaid on a chart and the system monitors the movement of floating hazards and
generates alerts and indications if needed. The necessary information for the situation
awareness is provided for OOW to contribute to the safe navigation.
Alerts or indications are provided in the following cases:
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- When the own ship guard frame crosses the safety contour, safety depth, restricted
area, geometrically fixed hazard, no-go line/area, etc. (Users set the guard frame
size.)
- When cross track distance (XTD) is larger than XTD limit of the active route.
- ECC (early course change) and CC (course change) are provided when the own
ship reaches a position specified time before WOL (wheel over line).
- When the own ship gets closer to the end of an active route.
- When a TT or AIS target approaches the own ship and comes into the limit of
CPA/TCPA.
- When the own ship reaches a critical point within the set time/distance on an active
route.
It is possible to scroll a chart for look ahead in true motion in the monitor mode and to
return to the chart which covers the own ship position by pressing HOME on the
operation panel. When the own ship symbol is invisible by chart scrolling, an indication
or alertis provided with sounding buzzer lightly 3 times.
Track Control (Option)

The track control in the category C, which is satisfied with the IMO and IEC
international standards, is performed.
The system calculates cross track distance referring to both the position of the own
ship which goes along the active route and the position indicated on the system data in
order to follow legs on an active route.
Communication protocol (Based on IEC61162-1 Ed.2, Ed.3)

Sentence..... HTC, ZDA, VBW, XTE, PTKM, HSC (ECDIS Autopilot)
HTC (ECDIS Autopilot PR-xxxx-ZZ)
HTD, RSA, ALR (Autopilot ECDIS).
Alerts and indications during track control:

- ECC (Early course change)
- ACC (Actual course change)
- WOL (Wheel over line)
- Course difference (When the difference between the heading and a leg course
exceeds the limit)
- Steering mode change indication
- Others (Messages during override steering, etc.)
- AC power low voltage, power failure for back-up 24VDC
- Position monitor (Usually monitored by both the main and 2nd sensors. When the
deviation between 2 position sensors of the main and the 2nd exceeds its limit.)
- Heading monitor (Usually monitored by both the main and 2nd sensors. When the
deviation between 2 heading sensors of the main and the 2nd exceeds its limit.)
- Sensor signal (Failure of the position sensor, sensor for speed through water and
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heading sensor. Wire broken, abnormal state and abnormal data. An alert is
provided when the signal from the 2nd sensor is abnormal.)
- Off track (When the own ship exceeds the cross track distance limit.)
- Unsafe turning rate (When the actual ROT of the own ship exceeds the limit)
- Low speed (When speed through water exceeds the limit peculiar to the ship.)
- High speed (When speed through water exceeds the limit peculiar to the ship)
- End of track (Generated in 1 to 5 minutes before the own ship passes the final
waypoint.) Both ECC and ACC are not generated near the final waypoint.
- Track control stopped (Generated 1 to 5 seconds after the communication error
happens between ECDIS and HCS (Heading Control System). Generated when the
position sensor error or speed through water sensor error happens.)
NOTE When track control stopped alert is provided, the system should
automatically change to the heading control if it is available.
- Backup navigator alarm
It is provided during the track control when the system is connected with Autopilot
PR-6000/9000 series and when the ship is equipped with the backup navigator
alarm box BNA-200. It is generated to the bridge alarm transfer system in the
following cases. (Dry contact signal)
- When CC is provided near a waypoint and 30 seconds pass after the own ship
passes the WOL without acknowledgement
- When the end of track alert or the track control stopped alert is generated and
no one acknowledges within 30 seconds.
Navigation Record
(a) 24 Hours Log
- System data (Logged every 10 seconds)
Time, position, heading, STW, COG, SOG, UKC, wind direction, wind speed
- Autopilot control info. (Logged every 10 seconds.)
Steering mode, set heading, rudder order, actual rudder
- Targets (Logged every 10 seconds)
TT, activated AIS targets, associated targets, dangerous targets
- Chart and position offset info (Logged every 10 seconds or when data is changed.)
Chart info, position offset info, active route
- Active route
Active route name, to-waypoint, leg course, XTD
- Provided alerts
Alert ID, alert text, time, alert source, priority, action
- System info. (Logged whenever an event happens.)
Event, time
(b) 3 Months Log (Logged every 4 hours)
Time, position, heading STW, SOG, COG, Autopilot steering mode
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Navline and No-go Line/Area
Navline is navigation memo, drawing a mark, text, line, area and remark. The moment
the own ship guard frame crosses a no-go line/area, an alert is generated. Navline and
no-go line/area data can be eternally displayed whenever a chart with navline or no-go
line/area data is displayed as an active chart.
Number of memos and objects ....................... 1000 marks (max.)

Number of saved files into master directory .... 8
Radar Overlay (Option)

Radar signal ...........Video signal, trigger signal, heading signal, antenna pulse signal
Connectable radar ..TOKYO KEIKI BR series, others produced by other manufacturers
Number of connectable radars .. 2
Tracked Target
Number of connectable signal for TT information: 2 channels
Communication protocol (Based on IEC61162-1 Ed.1, Ed.2, Ed.3)
TT sentence ...................................... TTM, TTD
Radar system data and own ship data RSD, OSD
The identified targets between a tracked target (TT) and an AIS target can be
associated into one. A new ID such as ASS001 is provided for the associated target.
ASS represents an associated target and the number is same as the original AIS
target. The associated target is displayed on the original TT position. A TT and an AIS
target can be associated either manually or automatically. When either a TT or an AIS
target which composes an associated target is lost, it is automatically dissociated into
the original 2 targets with an alert.
AIS Target
Number of displaying AIS targets ........... 400 (max.)
Number of displaying activated targets .. 100 (max.)
Based on IEC62288
Communication protocol (Based on IEC61162-1 Ed.3)
Sentence for essential data of AIS target, dynamic data ......... VDM
Sentence for own ship data, dynamic data ............... VDO
An AIS target is activated/deactivated by a user and an activated one is shown with a
heading line and a SOG/STW vector. When a user identifies a TT with an AIS target,
they can be manually associated and also dissociated. AIS target display and
functional performance are satisfied with the following standards: IEC62288
Alert and Indication

When an alert which is defined in the national standards of ECDIS and TCS is
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generated, it sounds based on IEC62288 and an alert indication flashes in accordance
with a method prescribed in IMO A830, 686 and IEC61924-2 Ed.1.
System Backup (Option)

In case of the main ECDIS failure, the main ECDIS is connected with the backup
ECDIS through Ethernet, data and information can be copied between them so that it
could take over the functions and maintain the safe navigation successfully. Sensor
signals are individually input to each system.
Datum
WGS-84 (Other datum is available on ARCS chart.)
Self-Diagnosis
This is carried out when ECDIS starts and when you click Renew button on the
self-diagnosis menu in the update mode.
Items to be diagnosed: Data drive, CD/DVD drive, radar card, serial card, operation
panel, LCD, network, fan, USB drive, DIO port
Power Supply
AC100/110/115/220V, 1, 50/60Hz
Rated value Voltage: within 10%, Frequency: within 5%
DC24V
Rated value Voltage: 30% within -10%
AC/DC
AC DC
Model
EC-8100/8600 300VA 15A (max.)
EC-8000-A 200VA 5.0A (max.)
EC-8500-A 250VA 5.0A (max.)
Environment for Operation

Temperature ..0 to +45C
Humidity.........Max. 95%RH (35C)
Vibration ........Based on IEC-60945 Ed.4 (Protected)
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ECDIS
ELECTRONIC CHART DISPLAY AND INFORMATION SYSTEM
EC-8000-A/8500-A, EC-8100/8600
OPERATORS MANUAL Ed.1.1
[Document No. E18-6561A]
Jun. 2014 (1st edition)

Sep. 2014 (2nd edition)
2-16-46 Minami-kamata, Ohta-ku, Tokyo

144-8551 Japan
Tel. +81-3-3737-8611, Fax. +81-3737-8663
NOTICE
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Danger, Warning and Caution described in this book mean as follows:

If you should operate this equipment in disregard of this

If you should operate this equipment in disregard of this

If you should operate this equipment in disregard of this

DANGER/WARNING/CAUTION labels are put on the ECDIS stand or units which

(Only for ECDIS EC-8000-A/8500-A)

[EC-8000-A/8500-A, EC-8100] [EC-8600]

(Only for ECDIS EC-8000-A/8500-A)

Radar Overlay Unit

(Only for ECDIS EC-8000-A/8500-A)

Radar Gain, Rain and Sea

Route Monitoring / Track Control

CHAPTER 2 Getting Started

CHAPTER 3 Knowledge about Chart

CHAPTER 4 Electronic Chart

CHAPTER 5 Own Ship

CHAPTER 6 Other Ships

CHAPTER 8 Navigating along a Route

CHAPTER 9 Navigation Record

CHAPTER 10 Navline and No-Go Line/Area

CHAPTER 11 Critical Point

CHAPTER 12 Copying, Moving, Deleting, Synchronizing Files

CHAPTER 13 Radar Image

CHAPTER 14 EBL and VRM

CHAPTER 18 ECDIS in the RCDS Mode

CHAPTER 19 Backup Arrangement

CHAPTER 20 Maintenance and Troubleshooting

TOKYO KEIKI ECDIS provides users with:

There are 3 operation modes:

LCD size Stand type or console type

With/Without Bridge Monitor Size of extra LCD

LCD 1 (ECDIS) LCD 2 (CID)

Radar overlay unit

EC-8100/8600 EC-8000-A, EC-8500-A

Serial Interface Unit

Radar Overlay Unit

has a 23.5-inch LCD.

POWER ............. Power on/off

The ECDIS main screen is like this.

Chart Mode & view-switching buttons

Unit of depth and height

The scale bar is 2-color The longitude bar is

Change the display color according to the

Go back to the Create/modify

Adjust the Associate targets

Make the own ship display Change between true motion

Take a screen shot

Show information of Enlarge the chart

Show the accuracy of the

Choose chart object display from

Safety contour, Background color stands for

Own ship position (LAT & LON)

Speed through water

Rudder order of Current

The number of the next waypoint during route monitoring /

Information of Cursor Position

Cursor position Datum

Required time to the

True direction and

Own ship position

When you point a position ahead of the own ship on an

1) Choose from the