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Electronic Chart Display and

Information System (ECDIS)

FEA-2100/2105

(VER. 02.03)
Your Local Agent/Dealer

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Nishinomiya, Japan

Telephone : 0798-65-2111
Telefax : 0798-65-4200

All rights reserved. Printed in Japan


FIRST EDITION : SEP. 1999
F : MAY. 08,2003
PUB.No. SME-41200-F
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BY
1.0 7.9.1997 Initial release of Technical manual

1.1 18.2.1998 Based ECDIS version B1.14/B1.00


1.2 13.12.1998 Draft release of new hardware
1.21 15.1.1999 Draft release of new hardware
1.22 24.5.1999 Draft release of new hardware
1.23 7.9.1999 Draft release of new hardware
1.24 3.11.1999 Draft release of new hardware

2.0 24.01.2000 Release of BSH type approved system


2.01 10.04.2000 New release for ECDIS version 02.01
2.02 03.10.2000 New release for ECDIS version 02.02
2.021 19.12.2000 Some corrections added.
Based on software version 02.02
2.03 08.04.2003 New release for ECDIS version 02.03
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Contents
1. Functional description 3
1.1 Introduction ........................................................................................ 3
1.2 Block Diagrams of ECDIS .................................................................. 4
1.3 ECDIS specifications .......................................................................... 8
1.3.1 General................................................................................ 8
1.3.2 Chart.................................................................................... 8
1.3.3 User interface ...................................................................... 8

2. Installation 13
2.1 General signal requirements ............................................................ 13
2.2 Sensor signal requirements.............................................................. 14
2.2.1 Introduction ........................................................................ 14
2.2.2 Standard interfaces............................................................ 14
2.2.3 Optional interfaces ............................................................. 15
2.3 Drawings .......................................................................................... 16
2.3.1 Dimensional ....................................................................... 16
2.3.2 Typical cabling ................................................................... 25
2.3.3 Typical connection ............................................................. 29
2.4 Hardware installation ........................................................................ 41
2.4.1 Pentium II Processor board ............................................... 41
2.4.2 SIO386 .............................................................................. 42
2.4.3 Radar Overlay.................................................................... 43
2.4.4 B-Adapter .......................................................................... 45
2.4.5 Ethernet cable connection.................................................. 47
2.5 Software installation ......................................................................... 48
2.5.1 Installation of Windows NT ................................................ 48
2.5.2 First time installation of ECDIS software ............................ 62
2.5.3 Upgrade of ECDIS software............................................... 67
2.5.4 Installation of Network connections.................................... 75
2.5.5 Removal of Network connections....................................... 77
2.5.6 Installation of a telecommunication connection to a RENC 78
2.6 Sensor installation ............................................................................ 86
2.6.1 A-Adapter .......................................................................... 86
2.6.2 B-Adapter .......................................................................... 87
2.6.3 Radar Overlay.................................................................... 88
2.6.4 Parameters ........................................................................ 89

3. Selftest 113
3.1 Introduction .................................................................................... 113
3.2 Functional tests .............................................................................. 114
3.2.1 CPU and Memory test...................................................... 114
3.2.2 Display test ...................................................................... 115
3.2.3 Analog test....................................................................... 117

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3.2.4 Alarm test ........................................................................ 117
3.2.5 Drives test ....................................................................... 118
3.2.6 Network test .................................................................... 118
3.2.7 Control Panel test ............................................................ 119
3.3 Color Calibration ............................................................................ 120
3.3.1 Initial factory calibration ................................................... 120
3.3.2 Field service check of calibration without any instruments120
3.3.3 Field service check of calibration using MINOLTA CA-100122

4. Maintenance 125
4.1 Trouble shooting of the ECDIS processor ...................................... 125
4.1.1 Hardware structure of the ECDIS processor .................... 126
4.1.2 Windows NT users Ecdis and Administrator .................... 133
4.1.3 Hard disk related problems .............................................. 136
4.1.4 Display related problems ................................................. 137
4.1.5 ARCS charts related problems ........................................ 138
4.1.6 Control panel related problem.......................................... 140
4.1.7 Floppy or CD-ROM related error...................................... 143
4.1.8 Network related problems ................................................ 144
4.2 Trouble shooting of the interfaces .................................................. 147
4.2.1 Navigation sensors don't have any names or their names are
corrupted .................................................................................. 147
4.2.2 SIO386 communications processor problems.................. 148
4.2.3 Serial data Sensor interface problems ............................. 151
4.2.4 Analog Sensor interface problems ................................... 157
4.2.5 Radar Overlay interface problems ................................... 161
4.2.6 Track Pilot communication problems ............................... 162

5. Failure mode analysis 163


5.1 Introduction .................................................................................... 163
5.2 Failure mode analysis of minimum system..................................... 163
5.2.1 External failures............................................................... 165
5.2.2 Internal failures ................................................................ 166
5.3 Failure mode analysis of minimum system with Track Pilot............ 168
5.3.1 External failures............................................................... 170
5.3.2 Internal failures ................................................................ 172

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1. Functional description

1.1 Introduction

The ECDIS has been designed to meet ECDIS Type Approval standard IEC 61174 including
RCDS requirements of the Chapter 7. This ECDIS includes a lot of functionality which goes
over the minimum ECDIS performance requirements of IMO as specified in IEC 61174.

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1.2 Block Diagrams of ECDIS

FIG. 1.1. General layout of ECDIS. System composition including all optional units.

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FIG 1.2. Layout of ECDIS EC1000.

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FIG 1.3. Layout of ECDIS EC1000 with Track Pilot.

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FIG 1.4. Layout of ECDIS EC1000 as Planning / Backup Station.

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1.3 ECDIS specifications

1.3.1 General

ECDIS processor consists of an electronics cabinet, control keyboard and interface adapters.
Connection to the control keyboard is made with serial communication line. Connection to
interface adapters are from special ports.
One single ECDIS processor can be used for both route planning and route monitoring. There
can be an additional identical ECDIS processor, which is used for route planning, to fulfil
backup arrangements for replacing of the paper charts. These two ECDIS processors are
connected together with Local Area Network of ETHERNET type.
The unit is completely self powered from the 24 VDC supply.
Equipment category of the ECDIS according IEC 60945 is "protected from the weather".

1.3.2 Chart

Chart
Usable chart material:
IHO/IMO S57 edition 3 ENC vectorized material
BA ARCS rasterized material
C-MAP CM93/2 vectorized material
Graphical display of the chart
underscale indication
overscale indication
true and relative motion north-up presentation
manual and automatic true motion reset with user definable distance from the border
set chart center and set ship offcenter function
selection of displayed items of the chart (if chart data content allows)
Chart updating
Loading and conversion to internal format from following standards:
S57ed3
British Admiralty ARCS
Loading of automatic updates
S57ed3
British Admiralty ARCS

1.3.3 User interface

Navigation calculation
navigation calculation could handle 5 position fixing systems, 2 gyro compasses, single axis
log and dual axis log.
it calculates own ship navigation data as follows:
primary source is either any single position fixing system, any combination of two
or more position fixing systems or Kalman filter based on one or more position
fixing systems.

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secondary source is any single position fixing system.
last backup source is dead reckoning based on gyro and log.
Kalman filter automatically exclude sensors whose output data is unreliable
minimum configurations for Kalman filter are: gyro + log + position or gyro + 2
positions with smg/cmg.
navigation calculation performs required datum conversions in order to have all
positions in equal datum
navigation calculation accepts manual data for speed, course and drift.
navigation calculation alarms about unreliable sensors (position, gyro and log)
navigation calculation alarms about missing sensor signals (position, gyro and
log)
acceptance of position adjust with radar trackball
discrepancy check and alarm between primary and secondary position
calculation of own ship predicted position
graphical display of own ship on both ECDIS and radar screens
graphical display of own ship at predicted position on both ECDIS and radar screens
Route monitoring
there are two routes: monitored and planned
monitored route is used for steering
planned route is editable
user can exchange monitored and planned route together
user can copy monitored route to planned route
graphical display of route center line for both monitored and planned
shows monitored route center line on radar screen (last + 4 next waypoints)
numerical and graphical display of monitored route limits
shows monitored route limits on radar screen (last + 4 next waypoints)
when current route leg is great circle then it is automatically divided into successive 10 NM
rhumbline segments
display of current planned and next planned course
display of turn radius and rate for the next waypoint
calculation and display of off-track and an alarm if needed
calculation and display of distance to wheel over point
calculation and display of time to wheel over point
calculation and display of distance to final waypoint
calculation and display of ETA to final waypoint using planned speed profile, current speed
or trial speed
calculation and display of ETA to selected waypoint using planned speed profile, current
speed or trial speed
display of planned speed if specified
display of planned ETA to final waypoint if using timetable
calculation and display of off plan (time) if using timetable
calculation and display of suggested speed if using timetable
alarm for crossing the own ship safety contour
indication for grossing a prohibited area or an area with special conditions
User Chart
graphical display of the user chart over the chart
shows "nearest" part of the user chart on radar screen (60 lines and 20 symbols)
Navigation notebook
automatic and/or manual notebook function to tell operator position based information like:
passing distance, pilot calling, shallow water warnings etc. This function is called Pilot Data.
Notebook pages are displayed both on ECDIS and radar screens

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ARPA Target display
displays range, bearing, speed, course, CPA and TCPA of selected ARPA Radar target.
displays graphically ARPA Radar targets over the nautical chart
Voyage recording
there is a round buffer recording for previous 12 hours
previous 12 hour recording includes:
own ship data:
time
position
position adjust offset
heading
speed
chart data:
source
edition
issue data
cell/chart identifier
update history
chart data:
ENC source
ENC edition
ENC date
ENC cell
ENC update history as latest update included
previous 12 hour recording can be stored for later use
there is also recording of an entire voyage
user selects time mark interval between 15 minutes to 4 hours
entire voyage recording include same own ship data as previous 12 hour
recording
entire voyage recordings can be stored for later use
direct pushbuttons for storing include:
MOB = Man Over Board
event
there is also recording of danger targets
user selects TCPA and logging interval for recording:
time
position
type
speed
course
CPA
TCPA
danger targets recordings can be stored for later use
Paper copy of recordings
user can print recorded data:
last 12 hours recordings (details log)
entire voyage recordings (voyage log)
danger targets recordings (danger targets log)
Plotting
user defined time for plotting and plotting interval for:
own ship

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targets
maximum recorded time is previous 120 minutes
Navigation tools
navigation tools include:
2 pieces of EBL
2 pieces of VRM
2 pieces of parallel index line
2 sets of range rings
2 pieces of reference points
Data exchange with radars
Following data is exchanged between connected radar displays and the ECDIS:
speed (bi-directional)
course (bi-directional)
heading (bi-directional)
tracked targets for position calculation (bi-directional)
other tracked targets (receive)
curved headline (transmit)
notebook pages (Pilot Data 15 characters * 10 lines)
charts (80 elements of lines and symbols)
position adjust (bi-directional)
Compass heading correction
automatic gyro error compensation based on radar tracked targets which could be used in
addition to build speed/latitude corrector of the gyro system
alternatively speed/latitude error compensation based on well known correction table method
manual gyro correction
Route planning
creation of a route
modification of an existing route
one route has max 200 waypoints
parameters defined during the planning stage:
general parameters:
name
speed limit
max latitude
min latitude
ETD for the first waypoint
ETA for the last waypoint
waypoint parameters:
name
latitude
longitude
radius of turn
channel limits
rhumb line or great circle
speed limits
based on the defined data, the ECDIS processor calculates optimum speed and course
between each waypoint, ETA and fuel consumption. There are 4 calculation strategies: Max
Speed, Timetable, Lowest Cost and Best Profit. In case of great circle sailing between two
waypoints the Basic System calculates max and min latitudes and if needed adds an extra
waypoint not to go over min or max latitude.

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checking for crossing the safety contour and for entering a prohibited area
User Chart planning
one user chart consists of following elements:
max 2000 lines
max 1000 symbols
max 200 drawing points which are used for making sub-charts for radar displays
full editing capabilities including erase, change, copy etc.
during navigation from the user chart a sub-chart with 80 nearest elements is superimposed
on radar picture
Reference targets
one reference target file consists of following elements:
max 100 targets for position calculation
full editing capabilities including erase, change, copy etc.
during navigation from the reference target file a subset-with 8 nearest targets is tracked
with ARPA radar to solve own ship position
Navigation notebook planning
full notebook (Pilot data) creation and editing facilities
one notebook page includes:
position
range of usability
text
Other functions
installation parameters maintenance
Radar Echo Overlay
Radar Echo Overlay can be displayed on chart display
three different radar antenna locations can be detected
independent adjustment for each radar:
gain
sea clutter
rain clutter
common adjustment for all radars
video polarity
trigger polarity
hi-Z or 75W video input impedance
hi-Z or 75W trigger input impedance
Chart Alarm
full selection of IMO defined alarm categories with S57 charts
additional user defined alarm category
manual updates can be used to create unsafe areas and points
user defined and manual update based chart alarms operate even with ARCS charts
own ship safe sector
check of planned route
highlight of dangers for monitored route
highlight of dangers for planned route
Manual Updates
full editing capabilities of S57 chart objects
easy editor for most common sea marks
possibility to store and recall
operates both with IMO/IHO S-57 and ARCS charts

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2. Installation

2.1 General signal requirements

Power requirements
Main supply 24 VDC +30%...-25% 4A
Control Panel
one interface
Service Keyboard
one interface to standard PC AT keyboard with 5-pin DIN connector
Printer
Centronics parallel connector
Any Windows NT compatible printer can be used using installation instruction provided with
the printer
LAN
IEEE 802.3 ETHERNET
Cable connector RJ-45.
Video output
one output
15 pin PC-connectors
signals: Red, Green, Blue, Horizontal Sync and Vertical Sync
video timings
Operating PC Boot PC Setup Graphics VESA 60 Hz: Graphics VESA 75 Hz:
mode WinNT Boot FEA-2105 CONRAC 9821
CONRAC 9521
Hor pixel 640 640 1280 1280
Ver pixel 350 350 1024 1024
Hor Sync 31 kHz 31.5 kHz 64 kHz 80 kHz
Ver Sync 69 Hz 70 Hz 60 Hz 75 Hz
Hor Sync posit. negat. posit. posit.
Ver Sync negat. posit. posit. posit.

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2.2 Sensor signal requirements

2.2.1 Introduction

The main method to transfer data between a sensor and the ECDIS is IEC-61162-1 Ed.1
Standard serial communication link.
In the standard configuration the system has one serial communication channel interface, A-
Adapter, to communicate with up to eight external devices in serial format.
Optionally the ECDIS can be interface to analog signals through a B-Adapter.

2.2.2 Standard interfaces

Gyro compass
One serial type of gyro compass ( IEC 61162-1 Ed.1 message $XXHDT..., min 1 message
per second. With Radar overlay the recommendation is 5 messages per second)
Speed log
One serial data output dual axis speed log ( IEC 61162-1 Ed.1 message $XXVBW.... or
NMEA V1.5 message $PKVBW or NMEA V1.5 message $PSALL, min 1 message per 2
seconds).
Positioning equipment
Two positioning equipment can be connected using one of the following communication
protocols:
1. IEC 61162-1 Ed.1 messages $XXGLL, $XXVTG and $XXZDA
2. IEC 61162-1 Ed.1 messages $XXGGA, $XXVTG and $XXZDA
3. NMEA V1.5 messages $XXPAT, $XXSHR,POS, $XXVTG and $XXZDA (NOTE! Not
covered by IEC 61174 type approval of the system)
4. Furuno CIF Format (NOTE! Not covered by IEC 61174 type approval of the system)
5. Sercel Syledis Format (NOTE! Not covered by IEC 61174 type approval of the system)
notes:
min message rate is 1 message per 5 seconds
recommended rate is 1 message per second
alternatives 1, 2 and 3 has separate talker identifier selection for VTG and
GLL/GGA/PAT
message $XXZDA should only be used with one of the position equipment
only alternatives 2 and 3 has Differential-flag for DGPS use.
only equipment, which has fixed datum (like WGS-84) in their position message
should be used.
ARPA Radar
Two ARPA radars can be connected using one of the following communication protocols
1. IEC 61162-1 Ed.1 standard messages $XXOSD and $XXTTM for receive and messages
$ECGLL, $ECDPT and $ECMWV for transmit. Targets numbered from 1 to 40 are accepted
in TTM message. The datum of GLL message is fixed and it is WGS84.
2. FURUNO interface with IEC 61162-1 Ed.1 standard messages $XXOSD and $XXTTM for
receive and messages $IIGLL, $IIOSD for transmit + proprietary messages for user charts,
routes, curved ebl etc.
3. Selesmar Special binary format

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Alarm outputs
ECDIS failure as open contact (Contact closed is No Failure)
Service Keyboard
one interface to standard PC AT keyboard with 5-pin DIN connector

2.2.3 Optional interfaces

Track Pilot
Serial data interface based on NMEA V1.5 messages for EMRI SEM-200 trackpilot (NOTE!
Not covered by IEC 61174 type approval of the system)
Or serial data interface based on NMEA messages for YOKOGAWA autopilot (NOTE! Not
covered by IEC 61174 type approval of the system)
Gyro compass
One analog type gyro compass (90-135VAC Synchro 1:360 or 20-48 VDC Stepper 1/6)
Speed log
One analog pitot log (200 pulses/nm)
Echo Sounder
One serial output type echo sounder (IEC 61162-1 Ed.1 message $XXDBT... , min 1
message per 5 seconds)
Wind measuring device
One serial output type wind sensor (IEC 61162-1 Ed.1 message $XXMWV..., min 1
message per 10 seconds)
Positioning equipment
one additional positioning equipment
Route Backup to GP-80
One serial input type Furuno DGPS receiver GP-80 (IEC 61162-1 Ed.1 based proprietary
messages)
Alarm outputs
ROUTE MONITOR: OUTSIDE CHANNEL LIMITS alarm as open contact (Contact closed is
No Alarm)
ROUTE MONITOR: WAYPOINT APPROACH alarm as open contact (Contact closed is No
Alarm)
ECHO: DEPTH BELOW LIMIT alarm as open contact (Contact closed is No Alarm)
NAVIGATION SENSOR ALARM as open contact (Contact closed is No Alarm)
ANY ECDIS ALARM as open contact (Contact closed is No Alarm)
OPERATOR FITNESS notice as closed contact (Contact open is No activity)
Radar Overlay
Video: min 2 Vpp, max 5 Vpp, positive or negative polarity
Trigger: min 5 V, max 30 V, positive or negative polarity, zero distance
Headline: min 5 V, max 30 V, positive or negative polarity
Azimuth: min 5 V, max 30 V, positive polarity, 1281024 pulses / 360
Selection: 2 pieces of selection inputs to define parameter set selection for Radar Overlay.
The inputs are coded and give a possibility to define 3 alternative radars. Selection input:
min 5 V, max 24 V

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2.3 Drawings

2.3.1 Dimensional

This paragraph includes following figures:


FIG. 2.1. ECDIS processor dimensions - top.
FIG. 2.2. ECDIS processor dimensions - left.
FIG. 2.3. ECDIS processor dimensions -front.
FIG. 2.4. ECDIS processor dimensions - right.
FIG. 2.5. Control Panel dimensions.
FIG. 2.6. A-Adapter dimensions
FIG. 2.7. B-Adapter dimensions
FIG. 2.8. Console Mounting, alternative 1

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FIG. 2.1. ECDIS processor dimensions - top.

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FIG. 2.2. ECDIS processor dimensions - left.

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FIG. 2.3. ECDIS processor dimensions -front.

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FIG. 2.4. ECDIS processor dimensions - right.

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FIG. 2.5. Control Panel dimensions.

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FIG. 2.6. A-Adapter dimensions

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FIG. 2.7. B-Adapter dimensions

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FIG 2.8. Console Mounting

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2.3.2 Typical cabling

This paragraph includes following figures:


FIG. 2.9. Typical cabling.
FIG. 2.10. Typical cabling with options.
FIG. 2.11. Typical cabling with Track Pilot.

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FIG. 2.9. Typical cabling

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FIG. 2.10. Typical cabling with options

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FIG. 2.11. Typical cabling with Track Pilot

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2.3.3 Typical connection

This paragraph includes following figures:


FIG. 2.12. ECDIS Processor
FIG. 2.13. A-Adapter
FIG. 2.14. A-Adapter with options
FIG. 2.15. A-Adapter with Track Pilot
FIG. 2.16. A-Adapter as Planning / Backup Station
FIG. 2.17. B-Adapter
FIG. 2.18. ECDIS Processor connectors - back panel
FIG. 2.19. ECDIS Processor connectors - front panel
FIG. 2.20. Control Panel connector.
FIG. 2.21. A-Adapter connectors
FIG. 2.22. B-Adapter connectors

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FIG. 2.12. ECDIS Processor

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FIG. 2.13. A-Adapter

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FIG. 2.14. A-Adapter with options

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FIG. 2.15. A-Adapter with Track Pilot

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FIG. 2.16. A-Adapter as Planning / Backup Station (only one position receiver connected)

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FIG. 2.17. B-Adapter

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FIG. 2.18. ECDIS Processor connectors - back panel.

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FIG. 2.19. ECDIS Processor connectors - front panel.

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FIG. 2.20. Control Panel connector.

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FIG. 2.21. A-Adapter connectors

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FIG. 2.22. B-Adapter connectors

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2.4 Hardware installation

2.4.1 Pentium II Processor board

Used Pentium II processor board is TEKNOR PCI-941 Pentium II Industrial SBC

The PCI-941 jumper settings are shown on Figure below.

W3
W16
W18 W5 W6 W7 W8
10
1 3 2 4 1 3 1 3 2 8
2 W2 W4 2 6
1 7 1 5
1 1 3 1 3
1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3
9
W14 W13
W1 W9 W10 W11 W12
W15

W17

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2.4.2 SIO386

RESET
SWITCH

S1
1
+5V LED1 LED2 LED3 X7 2
3
4
5
6
7
8

X6

X5

To set card address, use S1 DIL switch according following table:


S1/1 S1/2 S1/3 Address
ON ON ON 200h Factory default
ON ON OFF 220h
ON OFF ON 240h
ON OFF OFF 260h
OFF ON ON 300h
OFF ON OFF 320h
OFF OFF ON 340h
OFF OFF OFF 360h

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2.4.3 Radar Overlay

Hi/Lo
Video
Diff.
Gain
STC STC
Shape Length

R11
R87 R89 R12 R14 J8 1

3
R88 R53 R13 J6 1 J7 1
3
3
Radar 1 Radar 3 J11 3 1 J12
2
1
Radar 2 Radar 2 2 J13
1
Radar 3 Radar 1
3 1

J10

1 2 3 4
ON
OFF
SW1

Potentiometer Function
R53 Difference between HI and LO video
R11 Video gain

Radar 1 Radar 2 Radar 3 Function


R12 R13 R14 STC length
R87 R88 R89 STC shape

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Jumper Position Furuno Selesmar Function
J6 1-2 1-2 Factory default
2-3 2-3
J7 1-2 1-2 Positive Video Polarity
2-3 2-3 Negative Video Polarity Factory default
J8 1-2 1-2 Positive Video Polarity Factory default
2-3 2-3 Negative Video Polarity
J10 1-2 Positive HL Polarity
2-3 2-3 2-3 Negative HL Polarity Factory default
J11 1-2 1-2 1-2 Trigger Polarity Positive Edge Factory default
2-3 Trigger Polarity Negative Edge
J12 ON Video 75W terminator in use Factory default
J13 ON Trigger 75W terminator in use Factory default

To set card address, use SW1 DIL switch according following table:
SW1/1 SW1/2 SW1/3 SW1/4 Address
ON ON ON ON 200h
OFF ON ON ON 220h
ON OFF ON ON 240h
OFF OFF ON ON 260h
ON ON OFF ON 280h
OFF ON OFF ON 2A0h
ON OFF OFF ON 2C0h
OFF OFF OFF ON 2E0h
ON ON ON OFF 300h
OFF ON ON OFF 320h
ON OFF ON OFF 340h
OFF OFF ON OFF 360h Factory default
ON ON OFF OFF 380h
OFF ON OFF OFF 3A0h
ON OFF OFF OFF 3C0h
OFF OFF OFF OFF 36Eh

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2.4.4 B-Adapter

All setting of B-Adapter are for gyro compass.

J1 J2
TS13
IC 1
1

400

ST SY

1 2 3

GYRO PHASE 1
GYRO PHASE 2
GYRO PHASE 3
GYRO REFERENCE

ASPO SYSTEMS OY

ADAPTER B

IC 1 IC 1

-COMMON +COMMON

1 1

Jumper Position Function


400 open 50/60 Hz Synchro
1-2 400 Hz Synchro
ST SY 1-2 Stepper
2-3 Synchro

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CONNECTION-B

R22 R21

R20 R19

R18 R17

SYNCHRO 90-135VAC STEPPER 20-48VDC

R17 2K2 1K
R18 10K 2K7
R19 10K 2K7
R20 10K 2K7

Factory default is SYNCHRO 90-135 VAC. If you have a STEPPER 20-48 VDC, you need to
replace resistors R17, R18, R19 and R20 with values given in the table above.

Connector J38 pin Stepper Synchro


S0 common not used
S1 phase 1 phase 1
S2 phase 2 phase 2
S3 phase 3 phase 3
R1H not used live of reference if peak voltage is more than 60V
R1L not used live of reference if peak voltage is less than 60V
R2 not used common of reference

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2.4.5 Ethernet cable connection

One ECDIS can be connected to another ECDIS through LAN (Local Area Network) using RJ45
connectors. Cable used between two ECDIS devices should be UTP (Unshielded Twisted
Pair). See figures and tables below:

Figure 1. RJ45 Female connector (At the ECDIS)

Figure 2. RJ45 Male connector (At the cable)


Table 1. Pinout of female connector at ECDIS
Pin Name Description
1 TX+ Tranceive Data+
2 TX- Tranceive Data-
3 RX+ Receive Data+
4 n/c Not connected
5 n/c Not connected
6 RX- Receive Data-
7 n/c Not connected
8 n/c Not connected
Table 2. Wiring of the twisted cable
First end Second
Pin end
Pin
1 3
2 6
3 1
6 2

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2.5 Software installation

2.5.1 Installation of Windows NT

To install Windows NT4.0 you need 3 Setup boot disks labelled as Microsoft Windows NT
Workstation and CD labelled as Microsoft Windows NT Workstation, Operating System
Version 4.0.
1. Insert Windows NT Setup Boot Disk #1 to drive a: and press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys. During the
installation Setup will read files from floppy disk.
2. Insert floppy disk #2 to floppy disk drive, when Setup asks you to do it. During the
installation there will be a few windows with questions. Answer the question as follows:
In Welcome to Setup window press <enter>
In next window Setup tries to find mass storage, press <enter>
3. Insert floppy disk #3 to floppy disk drive. During the installation Setup will find Adapter
SCSI-driver for CD-ROM drive and PCI IDE Controller and show name of drivers on the
screen.
Do not specify additional mass storage devices to continue press <enter>
4. Insert WINDOWS NT WORKGROUP CD-ROM in CD-ROM drive and press <enter>.
Licence agreement window use Page down to move end of document. If you agree it press
F8
In Hardware Setup window
Computer: Standard PC
Display: Auto detect
Keyboard: XT, AT, or Enhanced Keyboard
Keyboard layout: US
Pointing device: Microsoft Serial Mouse
At the end highlight No Changes and press <enter>
In Partition window select partition, in which Windows NT installs
If the only partition is C: NTFS or unpartitioned space, press <enter>
If there are other partitions, highlight each partition one by one and press <D> , until you
have only partition C: NTFS then press <enter>
Setup will install Windows NT into partition C: NTFS select option format the partition
using NTFS file system and press <enter>
Confirm the path \WINNT in which files are saved pressing <enter>
Setup will examine the hard disk, press <enter>
Setup asks you to remove floppy disk and CD-ROM from drives. Remove them and press
<enter>. The computer will be shut down and restart automatically and then Setup will
continue.
Insert Disk Dialog box. Insert CD-ROM to drive and press OK.
Windows NT Setup
Select option 1 of 3
1) Gathering information about your computer
press Next
Setup Options
Select Typical
press Next
In Name and Organisation dialog box fill the fields as follows
Name: ECDIS
Company: <empty>
press Next

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In Registration dialog box
Enter Product ID from Certification of Authenticity of Windows NT
press Next
In Computer name dialog box
Computer name: EC1000
press Next
In Administrator Account Setup dialog box
Password: Administrator
Confirm password: Administrator
press Next
In Emergency Repair Disk Dialog box
Select Yes
press Next
In Windows NT Components dialog box
Select Install the most common components
press Next
Windows NT Setup
Select option 2 of 3
2) Installing Windows NT Networking
press Next
In Network dialog box
Select
This computer will participate on a network
and also
Wired to the network
press Next
To search Network Adapter
press Search now
if Intel 82557 -based 10/100 Ethernet PCI Adapter found
Press Next
In Intel PROset dialog box
press OK
Windows NT is ready to start the Network
press Next
Select the networking protocol as
NetBEUI Protocol
press Next
Windows NT is now ready to install networking components.
Press Next
Enter participating Workgroup
Make this computer member of Workgroup:
ECDIS
press Next
Windows NT Setup
Select option 3 of 3
3) Finishing Setup
press Finish
In Date/Time Properties dialog box
Set desired time and zone
then press Close
In Detected Display dialog box shows
cirrus compatible display adapter
press OK

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In Display Properties dialog box set
Color Palette: 16 colors
Desktop Area: 800 by 600
Refresh Frequency: 75 Hz
press Test
NOTE! 256 colors and 1280 by 1024 will be selected later !
Confirm Testing
press OK
Test window appears, if you saw it properly press Yes in Testing Mode dialog box.
In Display Settings dialog box
To save settings
Press OK
To close Display Properties Dialog box
press OK
In Setup dialog box
Insert floppy disk Emergency repair disk into drive A:
press OK
In Windows NT Setup dialog box
Windows NT has installed successfully
press Restart to restart computer

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2.5.1.1 Creation of user ECDIS

Stand Alone ECDIS program has to have Username called ecdis in Windows NT. To create
Username ecdis and install software proceed as follows:
1. Login as Administrator.
2. Select Programs>Administrative Tools>User Manager from the Start menu

An User Manager window appears.


3. Select New User from the User menu.

4. A New User dialog box appears

Complete the dialog box as shown above. Press Groups button.

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5. A Group Membership dialog box appears.

Complete A Group Membership dialog box and press OK.


6. Close A New User dialog box, press OK.
7. Now you have an ecdis username.

Select Exit from the User menu.


8. Select Shut down from Start menu and select Close all programs and log on as a
different user in Shut Down Windows dialog box.

9. Login as user ecdis

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2.5.1.2 Setup of Windows NT Service Pack

To install Windows NT Service Pack, proceed as follows:


1. Open Windows NT Explorer.
2. Insert ECDIS - Software Installation CD-ROM into CD-ROM drive.
3. Run Update Application in D:\Support\NT4sp4\I386\Update directory

4. In Service Pack Setup dialog box, select Accept the License Agreement as shown below
and press Install.

5. Setup updates system files. If following message appears "C:\winnt\system32 already


exists. Do you want replace this file?"
Press No.
6. After Setup has completed the updating it will ask you to restart computer, to restart press
Restart.
7. Logon as ecdis user
8. Following dialog box appears. This is indication of incorrect driver of Network Adapter. The
driver will be updated later.

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Press OK.
9. Following dialog box appears

Press No.
10.Open Windows NT Explorer.

Run Y2ksetup application in D:\Support\NT4sp4\I386\Update directory.


11.In Windows NT Service Pack dialog box

press Yes to install correct versions.

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12.The Setup will take care of installation as follow

13.When Year 2000 installation is completed restart your computer,

to restart press OK.


14.After restart Setup continues as follow,

15.When setup of Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 is ready, following window appears,

Close the window.

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16.When you next time start Windows NT you will get following window:

Remove selection in "Show this next time you log in" and press Close.

2.5.1.3 Update of Network Adapter software

In order to get Network running you have to update your Network Adapter drivers. To do this,
proceed as follows:
1. Logon as ecdis user.
2. Open Control Panel window from Start menu.
3. Double click Network icon in Control Panel window.
4. Open Adapters sheet in Network dialog box.

Press Update button.


5. A following dialog box appears,

type path and press Continue the Setup will update Adapter.

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6. Press Close in Network dialog box.
7. In Network settings change dialog box press Yes to restart your computer.
8. Logon as ecdis user.
9. Open Control Panel window from Start menu.
10.Double click Intel PROset icon in Control Panel window.

11.In Adapter Properties dialog box

press Settings button


12.In Adapter Settings dialog box

press Advanced button.

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13.In Advanced Adapter Settings dialog box

Set Adaptive Transmit Treshold's and Adaptive Technology's values Off. Press OK.
14.Close Adapter Settings dialog box, press OK. Close Adapter Properties dialog box, press
OK.

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2.5.1.4 Installation of Display Adapter software

In order to get higher resolution and more color in use, proceed as follows:
1. Logon as ecdis user.
2. Open Control Panel window from Start menu.
3. Double click Display icon in Control Panel window.
4. Select Settings sheet in Display Properties dialog box.
5. Press Display Type button.
6. In Display Type dialog box press Change button.

7. In Change Display dialog box press Have Disk button.


8. Insert ECDIS software installation CD-ROM and enter path

and press OK.


9. Confirm that you are installing Third-party driver by pressing OK.
10.In Installing Driver dialog box, press OK. To close Display Type dialog box, press Close. To
close Display Properties dialog box, press Close.
11.To restart computer press Yes.
12.Open Control Panel window from Start menu.
13.Double click Display icon in Control Panel window.

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14.Select Settings sheet in Display Properties dialog box.

Settings should be as shown above for Settings should be as shown above for
CONRAC 9821 or CONRAC 9521 FEA 2105
15.Test your settings, press Test button.
16.Close Display Properties dialog box, press OK.

2.5.1.5 Installation of Network printer

Hardware installation of HP JetDirect EX Plus3


1. Connect the print server to the network.
2. Connect the print server to the printer, attach printer to port 1 (config page).
3. Plug the power module into the back of print server.
4. Plug the power module into the wall outlet.
5. Check the LEDs on the print server. The Status LED should be green. For troubleshooting
information, see the Troubleshooting chapter in the HP JetDirect Family of Print Servers
Software Installation Guide.
6. Turn on the power to your printer.
7. Print a configuration page by pressing and releasing the test button on print server.
8. If the configuration page displays the message I/O CARD READY, you have successfully
completed the hardware installation. If not, see the Troubleshooting chapter in the HP
JetDirect Family of Print Servers Software Installation Guide.

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2.5.1.6 Installation of HP LaserJet 6MP printer software

Installing the DLC Transport and driver for the HP JetDirect print server
1. Login as Administrator.
2. Double click the Control Panel icon, then double click the Network icon.
3. Click Add Software and Select DLC Protocol in the Add Network Software window.
4. Insert WindowsNT workstation installation CD-ROM to CD-ROM drive.
5. In WindowsNT Setup window, check path is D:\i386\ and press Continue.
6. Click Continue, then reboot your system for the installation to take effect.
7. To verify the DLC software installed, make sure that DLC protocol appears in the Installed
Network Software list box of the Networks Settings window.
8. Select Print Manager from Main group.
9. Select Create Printer from the Printer menu.
10.In Create Printer window, type a name for the printer in the Printer Name field.
11.Select Hp LaserJet 5MP from the Driver list box.
12.Select Other from the Print to list box.
13.In Print Destinations window select Hewlett-Packard Network Port from the Available
Print Destinations list. (NOTE, if Hewlett-Packard Network Port does not appear as a
choice in the window, the DLC Transport and driver are not installed, continue step 2.
14.In Add Hewlett-Packard Peripheral Port window type a name for port in the Name field.
15.Type LAN HARDWARE address in the Card Address field. This address must match the
one listed under "LAN HW ADDRESS" on the network configuration page (also called a self-
test page or configuration plot).
16.Click OK to exit the window.
17.To share the printer, click Share the Printer on the Network in the share box. The share
name defaults to the printer name. Click OK to exit the Create Printer window.
18.A window from selected model's device driver appears.

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2.5.2 First time installation of ECDIS software
1. Login as user ecdis
2. Open Start menu of Windows NT, select Run from the menu
3. Enter following to Open line in Run window:

And press OK.


4. A following Warning window appears, press OK button and installation continues.

5. A Setup wizard starts a guided ECDIS software installation.

If window above appears, you have to set Administrator privilege for ecdis user.
6. Select "ECDIS Version 02.03" type of Setup

and press Next button.

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7. Select desired components to install

and press Next button. Note: above example is with optional radar overlay (default).

Note: above example is without optional radar overlay.


8. Enter password for ecdis user and HASP Pin NO

and press Next button.

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9. To share directory of ants_system and CD-ROM for Network use enter names into fields

and press Next button.


10. Select Base Port and Interrupt for SIO386 card

and press Next button.


11. If you have an optional Radar Overlay card installed, select Base Port

and press Next button.

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12. Select monitor

13. To start installation press Next button.

14. You can view progress of installation.

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15. When installation is completed following window appears

Press Finish to shut down and restart the computer.

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2.5.3 Upgrade of ECDIS software

2.5.3.1 Important things to do before upgrade

When you upgrade ECDIS system some information will be removed permanently from the
hard disk. Some of the information may need later, therefore if it is necessary make paper
copy of Voyage Log files. Make also notes of manual updates which you have to make
manually again after upgrading.
Note! When upgrading the ECDIS software, check also that Service Pack 4 of Windows NT
has been installed. For more information to install Windows NT Service Pack, see "Setup of
Windows NT Service Pack" on page 53

2.5.3.2 Loading of ECDIS software

You can upgrade ECDIS software by using ECDIS installation CD-ROM. To upgrade ECDIS
software, proceed as follows:
1. Logon as ECDIS user. Note! When your system runs ECDIS program, you are already
logged as ECDIS user.
2. You already have ECDIS installed and you have to shut down ECDIS program before you
can make a new installation. To shut down ECDIS program, use ECAWATCH window to
do it

Press Shutdown the ECDIS button.


3. Then you will get an empty screen which prevents normal user to enter the operating
system. You close the empty screen by pressing Alt and F4 keys of the service keyboard
together.

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4. Open Start menu of Windows NT, select Run from the menu
5. Enter following to Open line in Run window:

And press OK.


6. A following window appears to remind you that you have to "Shut down the ECDIS" using
ECAWATCH program in step 2 and to close background window in step 3. If you forget to
do either step 2 or 3, then later the installation is terminated by the error message described
in step 17.

7. A Setup wizard starts a guided ECDIS software installation.

If above window appears, you have to set Administrator privilege for ecdis user.
8. Select "ECDIS Version 02.03" type of Setup

and press Next button.

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9. Select desired components to install

and press Next button. Note: above example is with optional radar overlay (default).

Note: above example is without optional radar overlay.


10. Confirm your old password for ecdis user and HASP Pin NO

and press Next button.

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11. To share directory of ants_system and CD-ROM for Network use enter names into fields

and press Next button.


12. Confirm old settings of Base Port and Interrupt for SIO386 card

and press Next button.


Note, If your system have different Base Port and Interrupt, confirm the old value of your
system.
13. If you have an optional Radar Overlay card installed, confirm old settings of Base Port

and press Next button.

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14. Select "Leave calibration unchanged" if you are upgrading the software.

15. Automatic erase of the old situation memory and internal files using older internal format.

When you install new version of ECDIS software, make selection as above.
Press Next button.
NOTE! If you reinstall the equal version of the ECDIS software to solve some service
problem, you may remove the tick from "S57 Senc files". If you do so, then you do
not need to wait several hours while the ECDIS convert the SENC files again after the
upgrade.
16. To start installation press Next button.

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17. You can view progress of installation.

18. If errors occur during installation following message appears:

Reason for failure is that one or more components of ECDIS program are running. Press
OK, then logoff Windows NT and start from step 1. NOTE! Typical reason for above
message is that you forgot to perform steps 2 and 3 properly.
19. When installation is completed following window appears
Press Finish to shut down and restart the
computer.

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2.5.3.3 Important things to do after upgrade

After the ECDIS program has been upgraded you have to do some initialisation of ECDIS to get
back the situation you had before upgrading.
Automatic erase of the old situation memory and internal files has removed following setups
and files from hard disk.
Chart details has been set as initial default values. More information to set desired values,
see Operators Manual chapter "Control of visible chart features".
Select Navigation sensors used in Sensor page.
SENC format of S57 charts has been removed. Convert S57 charts into SENC format, see
chapter "How to convert already loaded S57 charts into SENC format" on page 73.
Manual Updates has been removed. Make Manual Updates based on the Notes you made
before Upgrade.

2.5.3.4 How to convert already loaded S57 charts into SENC format

You can reconvert S57 charts which are already located in the hard disk into SENC format by
doing as follows:
1. Press CHART PLAN button, select Catalogue from the menu.
2. Press Group button in Catalogue window lower part.
A Group window appears. 3. Press New button and enter name (ALL)
for group and press OK.

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4. Paint all the charts in a list box of Outside and after that press << button.

All the charts will move to a list box of Inside.


5. Press Save button to save content of group "ALL"
6. Press Set button to make group "ALL" as active group.

7. Press CANCEL in Control Panel twice to close Group window and Catalogue window.
8. Press CHART PLAN and select SENC Convert from the menu.
9. In SENC Convert window the name of active group is shown (ALL). Press Convert button to
start conversion for charts in the Group named as ALL.

The list of charts which will be converted into SENC format is displayed in the Conversion
List.
Note, conversion may take several hours. When Conversion List is empty again, conversion
is completed.

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2.5.4 Installation of Network connections
You can install network connections between Navigation ECDIS and Planning/Back-up ECDIS.
To install proceed as follows:
1. Login as ECDIS user
2. If you already have ECDIS installed, then you have to shut down ECDIS program before you
install network connections. To shut down ECDIS program, use ECAWATCH window to do
it

Press Shutdown the ECDIS button.


3. Open Windows NT Explorer, select Tools and Map Network Drive

4. Select drive E: for the hard disk of the other ECDIS computer. Browse the other ECDIS
computer from ECDIS workgroup. In the example below the name of the other ECDIS

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computer is EC1000_002. Select ANTS_SYSTEM and press OK.

5. Select Tools and Map Network Drive again.


6. Select drive F: for the CD-ROM drive of the other ECDIS computer. Browse the other
ECDIS computer from ECDIS workgroup. In the example below the name of the other
ECDIS computer is EC1000_002. Select EC1000_002_CD and press OK (note
EC1000_002 should be replaced with the name of the other computer).

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7. If you have succeed to install network connections, then Windows NT Explorer should be
such as below.

2.5.5 Removal of Network connections


You can remove network connections between Navigation ECDIS and Planning/Back-up
ECDIS. To remove proceed as follows:
1. Open Windows NT Explorer, select Tools and Map Network Drive
2. Select Disconnect Network drive in the Tools menu

3. Highlight drive you want to disconnect and press OK.

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2.5.6 Installation of a telecommunication connection to a RENC
The ECDIS can use a telecommunication connection to a RENC using the Internet. To make
remote connection to a RENC, an external modem such as Inmarsat-B or GSM mobile phone is
needed. The modem is connected to COM2 port of ECDIS EC1000.
To install software of connected modem see manual of modem's manufacturer.

2.5.6.1 First time installation of a modem for Dial Up Networking

After you have connected your modem to the ECDIS and you have installed software for the
modem, you have to use Dial-Up Networking to create connection to your Internet provider:
1. Open Dial-Up Networking using Start>Programs>Accessories>Dial-Up Networking

2. Insert Microsoft Windows NT workstation installation disk into CD-ROM drive

3. If you have not already installed TCP/IP, do it now

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4. Double click Remote Access Service

5. Press Network button

6. Select TCP/IP and NetBEUI

7. Insert Microsoft Windows NT workstation installation disk into CD-ROM drive

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8. Change selection as Optain an IP address from a DHCP server

9. Restart Computer

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2.5.6.2 Setup of the Internet connection

To create name for connection use Dial-Up Networking using


Start>Programs>Accessories>Dial-Up Networking
1. Type name for Internet connection

2. Enter Phone number for Internet connection. You have got phone number from your
Internet provider

3. You have create name for Internet connection

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4. Press More button to enter settings for Internet connection

Select Edit entry and moden properties


5. Open Server page

Press TCP/IP button

Enter here IP address and Primary and Secondary DNS, use addresses you have got from
Internet provider.

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6. Open Security page, make selections as shown below:

7. Press Dial button

8. Type User name and Password you have got from your Internet provider as shown below:

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9. To set Dial-Up monitor to be top of display when you have connection, proceed as follows:
Open Control Panel and double click Dial-Up Monitor icon

10.Set as shown below:

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2.5.6.3 Setup of service addresses of the RENC

Service addresses of the RENC are set using Installation Parameters of ECDIS, see Technical
Manual of ECDIS EC 1000 chapter "2.6.4 Parameters" for more information to activate
Installation parameters.

2.5.6.3.1 Addresses of the PRIMAR for normal operation


To setup addresses of the PRIMAR for RENC Telecomm service, use Installation Parameters >
RENC Connection to define them.

2.5.6.3.2 Addresses of the PRIMAR for test purposes


These addresses are used for testing PRIMAR connection.

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2.6 Sensor installation

2.6.1 A-Adapter

2.6.1.1 Serial data channels in general

An example of serial channel (here channel 1)


RX1+ input terminals for electrical standards IEC 61162-1, RS-232 and RS-422
RX1- RX+ = A and RX- = B as defined in IEC 61162-1
TX1+ output terminals for electrical standards IEC 61162-1 and RS-422
TX1- TX+ = A and TX- = B as defined in IEC 61162-1
TX1 output terminals for electrical standard RS-232
GND ground terminal for RS-232
Module RIF is used for receive only channels and module SIF is used for receive and transmit
channels.

2.6.1.2 Standard serial data channel assignment

channel module input usage output usage


1 RIF GYRO1 not available
2 - reserved for options reserved for options
3 - reserved for options reserved for options
4 RIF DUAL AXIS LOG not available
5 SIF RADAR 1 RADAR 1
6 SIF RADAR 2 RADAR 2
7 RIF POSITION SENSOR 2 not available
8 RIF POSITION SENSOR 1 not available

2.6.1.3 Optional serial data channel assignment

Recommended
channel module input usage output usage
2 or 3 RIF ECHOSOUNDER not available
2 or 3 RIF WIND SENSOR not available
2 or 3 RIF POSITION SENSOR 3 not available
2 or 3 SIF RADAR 3 RADAR 3
2 or 3 SIF not available Route backup to GP-80
3 SIF TRACK PILOT TRACK PILOT

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2.6.2 B-Adapter

2.6.2.1 Optional Analog interfaces

System failure
ECDIS Control panel has an output for ECDIS system failure.
Pin 10 output terminals for system failure (open = state is failure)
Pin 11-
Status output channels in general
An example of status output channel (here channel 1)
STO1+ output terminals for status output (closed = state is ON)
STO1-
Status output channels assignment
Channel state
1 RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE
2 ROUTE MONITOR: OUTSIDE CHANNEL LIMITS
3 ROUTE MONITOR: WAYPOINT APPROACH
4 ECHO: DEPTH BELOW LIMIT
5 RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE
6 NAVIGATION SENSOR ALARM
7 OPERATOR FITNESS
8 ANY ECDIS ALARM
Pitot log
Pitot log input is for 200 pulses/NM log signal with forward/astern flag.
LOG+ input terminals for log signal
LOG-
F/A+ input terminals for forward/astern signal (closed = astern)
F/A1-
Gyro
Gyro input is for stepper (6 steps per degree) of synchro (1:360).
S1 input terminals for gyro phase signals (stepper & synchro)
S2
S3
S0 input terminal for stepper common signal
R1H input terminals for synchro reference signal
R1L R1H & R2 for high synchro voltage reference (135-90 VAC)
R2 R1L & R2 for low synchro voltage reference

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2.6.3 Radar Overlay

Radar overlay has input for one set of radar signals. Radar Overlay can be used to read
picture from three different radar transceivers, because it has two status inputs which change
following characteristics of the Radar Overlay:
video gain operating area (low and high voltage)
FTC adjust operating area (low and high voltage)
STC adjust operating area (low and high voltage)
STC curve length and shape
number of azimuth pulses per 360
radar antenna headline detector offset
radar trigger range offset
offset of the radar antenna from the conning position
Following characteristics of the Radar Overlay are common for all radar transceivers:
video polarity (positive or negative) and impedance (hi-Z or 75W)
trigger active edge (positive or negative) and impedance (hi-Z or 75W)
headline polarity (positive or negative)
HI and LO video detection level difference

If you want to utilise multiple radar transceivers, then you must build outside the ECDIS an inter
switch for radars, which reports to the status inputs of Radar Overlay the radar transceiver
currently in use.
See more details in chapters about Hardware installation and Parameters.

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2.6.4 Parameters

NOTE! Special attention of following topics is required to maintain "Common Reference


System"
The values of Center and Conning positions are depending on size and geometry of the
ship. See an example in Chapter "General" on page 91.
Offsets from Antenna Position to Conning Position of Position Sensors are depending on the
location of Position Sensor antennas. See an example in Chapter "Position Equipment" on
page 100.
Offsets from Antenna Position to Conning Position of Radars are depending on the location
of Radar antennas. See an example in Chapter "Radar Overlay" on page 103.
Installation parameters have limited access witch is controlled by a Authorizing key disc. The
Authorizing key disc is a floppy which contains necessary key to allow access into editing of the
installation parameters.
In order to set installation parameters, proceed as follows:
1. Put an Authorizing keydisk into the floppy drive
2. Press Initial Settings pushbutton.
3. Select Installation parameters command from the menu.
If you get following dialog box, the system has not detected any Authorizing keydisk. Start
again from the step one.

If you had a valid Authorizing keydisk, It will appear a main dialog from where user is able to
select Installation parameters to edit. Select in Parameter category field desired parameters
from combo box. After have selected parameters group from combo box, it will open up
corresponding parameters dialog.

There are four buttons in this dialog which are listed below:
OK
This closes Installation parameters dialog and accept changes to parameters.

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Cancel
This closes Installation parameters dialog without accepting changes to parameters.
Get default parameters
This restores Installation parameters which are saved as a backup copy by service personnel.
Use this function if you are not sure values of Installation parameters

What happens after pressing OK


The system resets internal data collection card called SIO and shows the message below until
the data collection card has read the new parameters.

After pressing OK you may get one of the following alarms


"4000 No Sensor parameters"; the Sensor Parameters have been corrupted, use backup of
Parameters.
"3000 Param change disabled"; the ECDIS cannot accept change of parameters if Kalman
Filter is ON or ECDIS is part of steering. Use manual or autopilot steering and change
Kalman Filter OFF when you change Parameters.
"2459 Steering parameter error"; There are incorrect values in Trackpilot installation
Parameters, check values of Trackpilot parameters.

Channel Usage
This shows how the serial channels of A-Adapters has been configured and which analog
sensor are connected to the system through B-Adapter. Notation x(nnnn) (below is an example
of x(GYRO2)) is used to show that some sensor data is collected from the data flow of the main
sensor.

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2.6.4.1 General

If there is no optional B-
Adapter, it has to be set as
No as shown here:

If there is an optional B-
Adapter, it has to be set as
Yes as shown here:

NOTES:
Center position is geometrical center of the ship.
Conning Position is the point of observation.
Select Connected = NO, if optional B-Adapter is not used.
Select Connected = YES, if optional B-Adapter is used.

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Radar Antenna
Position

Conning Position

Breadth = 30 m GPS Antenna


Position
Dual Axis Log
Position

From Center Position to


Bow Position =100 m

From Center Position to


Dual Axis Log Position = 70 m
Lenght = 200 m

Center
Position

From Center Position to


Conning position = -60 m

From Center Position to


Stern Position = -100 m

Side Position = 15 m

From Center Position to


sidewise Conning position = 10 m

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2.6.4.2 Gyro 1

Settings when Gyro is using IEC-


61162-1.

Settings when Gyro is Stepper or


Synchro with 1:360 gearbox with
optional B-Adapter.

Settings when Gyro is Synchro


with 1:180 gearbox with optional
B-Adapter.

Notes:
talker identifier is ignored with IEC 61162-1
Analog is either synchro or stepper from optional B-Adapter
IEC-61162-1 uses HDT
Sindel is a special case for Nautical school simulators.
GPS gyro is ASHTECH ADU2 connected to position sensor channel. It uses GPPAT and
GPSHR,POS-message.
Trackpilot is EMRI Trackpilot connected to trackpilot channel.

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2.6.4.3 Gyro 2

Settings when Gyro 2 is receiving


from Trackpilot.

Settings when Gyro 2 is not


connected.

Notes:
Trackpilot is EMRI Trackpilot connected to trackpilot channel.
GPS gyro is a special case for ASHTECH ADU2 connected to position sensor channel. It
uses GPPAT and GPSHR,POS-message.

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2.6.4.4 Log

Settings when Log is using


Analog Pulses 200 p/nm. Note
that Log is used for water speed
component if the Dual axis log is
available.

Settings when Log is used to find


out water speed component from
a dual axis log using IEC-61162-
1. Sensor Log uses water track
values of VBW message.

Notes:
talker identifier is ignored with IEC 61162-1
Analog pulses are from optional B-Adapter.
Sindel is a special case for Nautical school simulators.

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2.6.4.5 Dual Axis Log

Settings when using IEC-61162-1

Settings when no dual axis log is


available.

Notes:
talker identifier is ignored with IEC 61162-1
IEC 61162-1 uses VBW
if you selected VBW message, then bottom track is available from Dual Axis Log and water
track could be available from Log.
Sindel is a special case for Nautical school simulators.
DS-30 is a special device Furuno DS-30.
Emri is a special device sending PSALL.

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2.6.4.6 ARPA Radars

In the Display field you can select ARPA


radar displays one by one and define if it is
in use etc. Rest of edit boxes are for all the
radars in order to define Reference target
tracking general parameters.

Identification and sends id -fields are used


to select indirectly radar antenna offsets
from Conning position which is defined as
Conning position in General parameters
page. In the example above ARPA radar
display 1 send identifier 1, if it is connected
to Radar1 defined in Radar overlay
parameter page, and ARPA radar display 1
send identifier 2, if it is connected to Radar2
defined in Radar overlay parameter page.

There are 3 basic device interface


alternatives:

1) Device interface IMO IEC 61162-1 uses


TTM message for ARPA radar target
data receive interface and OSD message
for ARPA radar speed and course
receive. It sends standard ECGLL,
ECDPT and ECMVW messages to the
ARPA radar.
2) Device interface FURUNO: IEC 61162-1
includes all standard messages for an
ARPA radar target data receive interface.
Besides it contain also a lot proprietary
messages supporting integrated
navigation features such as user charts,
routes, curved ebl, etc.
3) Device interfaces of type Selesmar
Status nn bytes are all related with
different models of Selesmar ARPA
radars which are using proprietary binary
messages.

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Below is an example with Selesmar ARPA radar:

Below is an example with generic ARPA radar using only IMO standard message

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Below is an example with Selesmar ARPA radar using new protocol including checksums:

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2.6.4.7 Position Equipment

Below is an example of DGPS receiver with talker identifier GP defined for both GGA and VTG
messages

Below is an example of GPS receiver with ignored talker identifiers for both GLL and VTG
messages

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Below is an example of Syledis receiver

NOTES:
talker identifier can be separately defined for speed and course (VTG-message) and for
position (GLL, GGA or PAT message). If talker identifier is defined as XX, then it is ignored.
IEC 61162-1 GGA uses messages VTG and GGA. Recommended for DGPS. Correct
operation of a DGPS sensor requires that the system receives also VTG message. If no
VTG message is received then the system thinks that there is something wrong in the DGPS
and the system downgrades the DGPS as a ordinary GPS-sensor
IEC 61162-1 PAT uses messages VTG, PAT and SHR,POS. Alternative for a DGPS which
gives also pitch and roll data.
IEC 61162-1 GLL uses messages VTG and GLL. Recommended for non differential
position receivers.
Use of differential signal with GPS can be detected with GGA and SHR,POS. A device
using identification GLL and device type 8 (= DGPS) will always be detected as differential
regardless of receiver status.
Cmg delay is delay between own ship turning and course made good in the VTG-message
to detect turning. Typically values are from 0 to 15 seconds.
Because no message has any datum indication, the user is responsible for used reference
system in position receiver. GGA message is supposed to be always in WGS-84, but
unfortunately some manufacturer does not follow standards.
Only one of connected sensors is allowed to send ZDA message, which will be used to
adjust the system clock, if time difference is larger than 5 seconds and if the system is not a
part of steering (ie. mode is not Goto Wp, Goto Track or Program Track Turn) and if the
system has Kalman filter in OFF position.
Offset from antenna position to Conning position is essential for speed, course, drift and
predictor related calculation.
Roll&pitch receive enable is used only with PAT.
First two channels could operate also as general purpose outputs. Checksum related
parameters are for outputs only. Sent messages are GLL, VTG and HDT. NOTE. Output
operation requires a SIF module instead of RIF module in A-Adapter.

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Radar Antenna
Position

Conning Position

GPS Antenna
Position
Dual Axis Log
Position

From Antenna Position to


Conning position = 5 m

From Antenna Position to


Conning position = 10 m

From Antenna Position to


Conning position = -5 m

From Antenna Position to


Conning position = 10 m
Note for service engineer:
If the vessel has main and backup system, then you must yourself set proper antenna offset for
both systems. Keep in mind that they are two independent and separate systems, but they
should share common antenna offset in case that they are connected to the same position
antenna.

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2.6.4.8 Radar Overlay

Here is an example of mast


mounted S-band radar, when
mast is in about same position
as the conning position

Here is an example of bow


mounted radar with large
distance from the conning
position

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Here is an example of mast
mounted X-band radar, when
mast is in about same position
as the conning position

Radar Overlay has status inputs which are used to select between 3 different setup for
parameters. This arrangement allow installation of three different radar transceivers and
antennas. Fox example a normal set of one S and one X-band radar in the mast and then a
third radar in bow. See examples above.
Each radar can have an antenna with different amount of pulses per revolution. Also
operational area of FTC (Rain clutter), STC (Sea clutter) and gain is separately defined for each
radar. Offset defined here are also used indirectly by the ARPA radar display. See separate
chapter.

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Radar Antenna
Position

Conning Position

GPS Antenna
Position
Dual Axis Log
Position

From Antenna Position to


Conning position = -150 m

From Antenna Position to


Conning position = -5 m

From Antenna Position to


Conning position = 10 m

From Antenna Position to


Conning position = 12 m

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2.6.4.9 Echo Sounder and Weather

NOTES: (echosounder)
talker identifier is ignored
Simrad is a special case.
NOTES: (weather temperature)
Not used by this system, should have Connected = NO
NOTES: (air temperature)
Not used by this system, should have Connected = NO
NOTES: (air pressure)
Not used by this system, should have Connected = NO

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2.6.4.10 Wind Sensor

Here is an example of wind


sensor which calculates internally
true wind i.e. the wind sensor has
connection to dual axis log.

Here is an example of wind


sensor which just measures
relative wind.

Definitions:
NORTH Wind measured like in a coastal station.
TRUE North wind relative to own ship heading.
RELATIVE Relative wind to own ship.
NOTES:
talker identifier is ignored
THIES is a special case.
Calculate true from relative can only be used, if wind sensor sends TRUE wind according
definition above.

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2.6.4.11 Trackpilot

Settings when no trackpilot is connected

Settings for EMRI AEU511Trackpilot:

NOTES:
In general all setting above are mandatory for EMRI AEU511 trackpilot. Following
parameter can be used to tailor the system to the vessel
Steering Sources
Minimum turn radius
Turn Endline in route steering
From Conning position to XTE calculation position
WP approach rule (NOTE! Only "BSH" and "DNV" can be used)

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Settings for Yokogawa auto pilot (DNV rule mandatory)

NOTES:
In general all setting above are mandatory for YOKOGAWA autopilot. Following parameter
can be used to tailor the system to the vessel
Steering Sources
Minimum turn radius
Turn Endline in route steering
From Conning position to XTE calculation position

2.6.4.11.1 EMRI AEU511 Trackpilot


EMRI AEU511 Trackpilot processor is a separate unit. If it is used with ECDIS some
parameters must be as below. See more detail in separate manual.
The values of following remote interface parameters must be checked:
VMS 0 Vector interface
ctsdef 0 cts=hsc when leaving remote (continue turn)
seldef 1 display hsc as cts during remote track turns
lindef 1 default condition
e2Kp xxx Track regulator propotional gain. Some examples:
16.0 Tanker 200m Dwt 50000
16.0 Ferry 203m
use larger value for smaller or shorter vessel
use smaller value for bigger or longer vessel
e2Klci 0.04 Track regulator integral gain
firw 0.05 Track regulator integrator reset limit [NM ]
fiondly 60 Track regulator integrator on delay [sec]
Rrudabs xxx Rudder limit for Radius and Track mode
sleng xxx Ships length [m]

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2.6.4.12 ROT Gyro

No ROT Gyro connected, the


system calculates from
movement of Gyro heading.

ROT gyro value is received


from Dolog 23 dual axis log

ROT gyro value is received


from gyro connected as
Gyro1.

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ROT gyro value is received
from Trackpilot.

ROT gyro value is received


using analog interface directly
from a ROT gyro sensor.

2.6.4.13 SatCom/External Computer/Sindel repeaters

Settings for Route backup to Furuno GP-80 GPS receiver

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2.6.4.14 Sensors which are not connected

In installation parameters there are several sensors in a list which are not used with ECDIS and
their status should be Connected = NO.
The list of sensors which are not connected:
Rudders
Propellers 1-4
Position equipment 4-6
Thrusters 1-4
Main Engine Start Air Pressure
Fuel Consumption
Alarm Inputs
Engine Control
Electronic Chart

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3. Selftest

3.1 Introduction

Selftest has two functions. One is to check to check functionality of ECDIS processor, if user
has doubts about failure of hardware. Another is to perform Color Calibration related functions.
One common colour calibration related function is check of grey scale (see chapter 3.3.2).
Before starting Selftest shut down and restart the computer in order to get the latest information
of CPU and Memory, Drives and Network. The Selftest is partly using the event log of
Operating System Windows NT where information of CPU, memory, drives and network was
recorded when Windows NT was started.
The following parts of ECDIS hardware can be tested:
CPU and Memory
Display
Hard disk, CD-ROM and Floppy Drives
Network
Control Panel
Analog interfaces
Alarm interfaces
Note, during Selftest the ECDIS is unable to do any navigation related things and as an
indication the System Failure is activated in the Control Panel.
To start Selftest, proceed as followed:
1. Press INITIAL SETTING button and select Selftest from the menu.
2. Confirm starting Selftest, press OK.

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3. The system will end normal operating and start a Selftest module.

4. Execute desired part of Selftest pressing soft key button.


5. Stop Selftest pressing End Test, The system will start normal operating.
Note! The tests for analog voltages and alarms operate only with Stand Alone ECDIS models.

3.2 Functional tests

3.2.1 CPU and Memory test

The Selftest is viewing information of CPU and Memory.

Pay attention to value of Total Physical Memory:


In case 64 MB installed the value should be 66510848 bytes
In case 128 MB installed the value should be 133021696 bytes.
Check that correct values are displayed. Press OK to return back to Selftest main menu.

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3.2.2 Display test

Display test has various functions available.


Black Area, White Area, Grey Area and Grey Scale are intended
for white point color calibration and color temperature tracking.

Start S52 Color Verification and Show S52 Color Verification are
intended for instrumental verification of Color Calibration with
MINOLTA CA-100 CRT color analyser.

Start S52 Color Calibration, Load S52 Color Calibration, selection


of DAI-file and S52 Color are intended for Initial Factory Color
Calibration.

Cross, Rectangle, Vertical Lines, Horizontal Lines and Circle are


intended for check of monitor geometry.

Red Area, Green Area and Blue Area are intended both for check
monitor color performance and for Initial Factory Color
Calibration.

Clear is used to clean the test picture before new tests.

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3.2.2.1 Check of monitor geometry

Use Cross, Rectangle, Vertical Lines, Horizontal Lines and Circle to check monitor geometry.

3.2.2.2 Check of red, green and blue

Use Red Area, Green Area and Blue Area to check monitor color performance.

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3.2.3 Analog test

This test is used to view analog voltage inputs A1IN - A8IN and status inputs STI1 - STI16 of B-
Adapter.

3.2.4 Alarm test

This test is used to view status of Alarm outputs STO1 - STO8 of B-Adapter.

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3.2.5 Drives test

This test is used to view information of available Hard disk, CD-ROM and Floppy drives.

If more than one hard drives installed, select another drive in Hard drive(s) list box.
If more than one floppy drives installed, select another drive in Floppy drive(s) list box.
If more than one CD-ROM drives installed, select another drive in CD-ROM drive(s) list box.
Press OK to return back Selftest main menu.

3.2.6 Network test

This test is used to view information of available Network adapters and protocols.

If more than one Network cards installed, select another card in Network card list box.
Press OK to return back Selftest main menu.

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3.2.7 Control Panel test

This test is used to verify correct functionality of Control Panel.

Test functionality of buttons


press one by one buttons in Control Panel and check that corresponding button is pressed
down in Panel Test panel.
Test audible and visual alarm.
Press ALARM ACK ON button, Alarm Ack lamp and buzzer in Control Panel should turn on.
Press ALARM ACK OFF button, Alarm Ack lamp and buzzer in Control Panel should turn
off.
Test System Failure signal, which is generated in Control Panel.
Press SYSTEM FAILURE OFF button, System failure lamp should turn off in Control Panel
and after 20 to 40 seconds the lamp should start flashing and the buzzer should turn on.
Press SYSTEM FAILURE button to test buzzer turn off and to test change from flashing
lamp to constant ON lamp.
Press x-sign upper right corner to return back Selftest main menu.

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3.3 Color Calibration

3.3.1 Initial factory calibration

The Selftest provides all features required for complete Initial factory calibration. However the
procedure is quite complicated and it has no relevance for field service No further
documentation is available for out of factory use.

3.3.2 Field service check of calibration without any instruments

Set Brilliance and Contrast to calibrated positions.


Use Grey Scale to visually inspect neutral shades of grey.

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After Selftest check with S57 Chart display good visibility of all Color Palettes. Perform as
follows:
Press Chart Plan, Select ECDIS chart 1, use Set Chart Center and Zoom In pushbuttons to call
Color Differentiation diagram on the display. Check with all palettes that you can discriminate
the lines from the background color of the boxes.

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3.3.3 Field service check of calibration using MINOLTA CA-100

Connect MINOLTA CA-100 CRT Color Analyser with a serial cable to COM2: port of the ECDIS
processor. If you miss the connection to MIN0LTA, then you get the message below during
measurement.

3.3.3.1 Mount probe of MINOLTA in the center of the monitor

Use Cross to help mounting of probe in the middle of


the screen.

3.3.3.2 Verify black and white

Set Brilliance and Contrast to calibrated positions.


Use Black Area to check that "black is black". Minolta should measure x=000, y=000 and
Y=0.00 cd/m.
Use White Area to check white point. Minolta should measure x= 285 - 295, y= 295 - 305 and
Y= 80 - 90 cd/m.

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3.3.3.3 Perform automatic measurement

Use Start S52 Color Verification to start automatic measurement.

3.3.3.4 Check result of automatic measurement

Use Show S52 Color Verification to view result of automatic measurement. Below is an
example.

The report should be empty as above. Only following exceptions are allowed.
Colours that can't be distinguished can contain following color pairs:
DEPMD and any of following: CHWHT, DEPDW or UIBCK
CHBRN and any of following: ADINF
DEPMS and any of following: DEPVS or UIAFD
DEPMD and any of following: CHGRF or NODTA
CHGRF and any of following: CHGRD, SNDG1, DEPCN, SYTRK, RESGY, UIBDR or UINFF
NODTA and any of following: CHGRD, SNDG1, DEPCN, SYTRK, RESGY, UIBDR or UINFF

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4. Maintenance

4.1 Trouble shooting of the ECDIS processor

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4.1.1 Hardware structure of the ECDIS processor

4.1.1.1 Layout of ECDIS EC-1000

FIG. 4.1. Serviceable units ECDIS EC1000.

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FIG. 4.2. Internal layout ECDIS EC1000

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+
G
-

FIG. 4.3. Power arrangements of ECDIS EC1000

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4.1.1.2 Layout of Pentium II Processor board

J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 J6 J7
J8 J9 J10 J11 J12 J13 J14 J15
J16
J18
J19 J17
J20

J21

J24
J23
J22

J26
J28

J27
J29

J30

Connectors:
J2: Hard Disk & CD-ROM (40 -pin flat cable connector)
J4: Floppy Disk (34 -pin flat cable connector)
J5: Service Keyb (16 -pin flat cable connector)
J6: Control Panel (10 -pin flat cable connector)
J7: COM2 (10 -pin flat cable connector)
J21: SDRAM DIMM (128MB)
J24: CRT Interface
J27: LAN Ethernet 10/100Base-T

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4.1.1.3 Layout of SIO386

RESET
SWITCH

S1
1
+5V LED1 LED2 LED3 X7 2
3
4
5
6
7
8

X6

X5

Connectors:
X5: A-Adapter
X6: Optional B-Adapter
X7: Reserved for future use (second A-Adapter)

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4.1.1.4 Layout of Radar Overlay

J3

J4

J5
1 2 3 4
ON
OFF
SW1

Connectors:
J3: Video
J4: Trigger
J5: Headline, Azimuth, Radar Selection

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4.1.1.5 Layout of Power supply unit

Fan

Diode D1 Fuse
FE5D9904 25 A / 125V

The Power supply unit is protected, but excessive amount of reverse voltage at input could burn
protection Diode D1 (of type FE5D9904) or fuse (of value 25 A / 125 V).

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4.1.2 Windows NT users Ecdis and Administrator

ECDIS processor uses Windows NT operating system. During Windows NT installation there
was defined two users to operate this computer, Administrator and ecdis.
When ECDIS is displaying electronic seachart and operating as a user interface, it is used as
user ecdis.
However sometimes the operating system may require that you perform certain functions as
user Administrator.

4.1.2.1 How to logoff as user ecdis and how to logon as Administrator

1. Connect a service keyboard a service mouse to the system.


2. Move cursor to lower left corner, a task bar with Start button appears.
3. Select Shut Down from Start menu.

4. Select Close all programs and log on as a different user in Shut Down Window.

Press Yes.
5. The system should start close all active windows.

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6. Press shift-key and keep it pressed down until Logon Information dialog box appears.
Enter to:
User name: Administrator
Password: Administrator
7. Press OK button.
8. If you succeed to logon as Administrator there will appear following window:

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4.1.2.2 How to logoff as Administrator and logon as user ecdis

1. Connect a service keyboard a service mouse to the system.


2. Move cursor to lower left corner, a task bar with Start button appears.
3. Select Shut Down from Start menu.

Select Close all programs and log on as a different user in Shut Down Window.
Press Yes.
4. The system should start close all active windows.
5. While all the windows has closed, following message appears

Press OK
6. A Logon Information dialog box appears. Enter to:
User name: ecdis
Password: ecdis
7. Now the system will start automatically ECDIS program.
NOTE!
If you have been logged in as an Administrator and the system will restart from Power ON, then
you will get following window:

After clicking OK continue from step 7.

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4.1.3 Hard disk related problems

4.1.3.1 How to replace hard disk by a pre loaded and tested spare part

Pre loaded and tested spare part hard disk contains factory default computer name,
WindowsNT license number and registered user. They must be changed for proper operation.
If you use two ECDIS devices connected together with Local Area Network (LAN) it is important
that you have correct computer names in use. After you changed the hard disk of the ECDIS it
is important that you use the same computer name as before the change of hard disk to
enables transfer of information between the ECDIS devices and their CD-ROM drives.
ECDIS installation CD-ROM contains program HDChange which assists you to set proper
computer name of ECDIS and to set proper Windows NT license number and registered user.
To set WindowsNT license number and computer name to a pre loaded and tested spare part
hard disk proceed as follows:
1. Insert ECDIS installation CD-ROM to drive. Select Run from Start menu. Run a file
HDChange.exe in directory D:\support\

Press OK.
2. HDChange starts a program which assists you to set computer name and to set Windows
NT License number and registered user.
3. Set in this window proper computer name, Windows NT license number and registered user

Computer and Reg. names are "EC1000_" + serial number of the system in 4 digit (some
examples s/n 123 = EC1000_0123, s/n 1234 = EC1000_1234).
Windows NT licence number you can obtain from the Microsoft Windows NT Certificate of
Authenticity (name as Product ID in the Certificate)
Press Next button after you have set correct values.
4. When the program has finished setting of computer name, Windows NT licence number and
registered user, press Finish button.

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4.1.4 Display related problems

4.1.4.1 Cirrus Logic CL-GD 755x 1.31 Graphics Adapter

In order to check display setting proceed as follows:


1. Logon as user ecdis.
2. Open Control Panel window from Start menu.
3. Double click Display icon in Control Panel window.
4. Select Settings sheet in Display Properties dialog box.

Settings should be as shown above for Settings should be as shown above for
CONRAC 9821 or CONRAC 9521 FEA 2105
Check you have correct values.
If you can not change correct values, press Display Type button.
5. Check that you have correct Adapter Type.

If not, reinstall Adapter's software, see chapter "Installation of Display Adapter software" on
page 59.
6. Close Display Type dialog box.

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4.1.5 ARCS charts related problems

ARCS charts are for licensed use only. Use of ARCS charts is protected by security device
(named as dongle). This security device can be internal or outer. Internal HASP card is
connected to ECDIS computer motherboard and outer device is connected to printers output
port (LPT1). User needs also permit for all the charts he wants to use in ARCS system. The
permits are delivered in floppy disk by British Admiralty (UKHO).
If you activate ARCS chart and you will get ARCS error message (No connection to dongle
etc.).

Test the system. See


How to test the
system below.

Error message, a chart first Check connection to


No errors
will not open security device

after connection
check Reinstall the ARCS
system. See How to
initially install or OK
reinstall ARCS system
below

after resinstall of
ARCS system
Install HASP driver.
See How to install
security device below

after all above


Change security device

How to test the system


1. Press Chart plan from Control Panel and select ARCS Catalogue from the menu.
2. From the ARCS Catalogue window select all items from View Filters and Scale fields.
3. Red borders indicate charts available in ARCS system and green borders indicate charts
which have permit loaded into the system.
4. Select one of the green one by taking cursor to border and press SELECT button from
Control Panel.
5. Use Preview button to see low resolution image
6. Use Open button to select that chart for normal display.
How to initially install or reinstall ARCS system:
1. Remove ARCS chart permits. (For more information, see "How to remove ARCS permits"
from Operators Manual.)

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2. Load ARCS chart permits from floppy diskette. (For more information, see "How to load
ARCS permits" from Operators Manual.)
3. Load ARCS chart from CD-ROM delivered by British Admiralty. (For more information, see
"How to load a new ARCS chart into the system" from operators Manual.)
4. Load ARCS updates from weekly CD. (For more information, see "How to update ARCS
chart" from operators Manual.)
How to install security device software:
In order to reinstall Security device driver, use ECDIS software installation CD-ROM and install
only HASP software. For more information of using ECDIS software installation CD-ROM, see
"Upgrade of ECDIS " on page 67.
When reinstalling security device driver select None of components to be installed as below.

If you just installed Security device software you can leave old files in your system.

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4.1.6 Control panel related problem

Connection between ECDIS processor and the Control Panel is made with serial
communication line.

When you start ECDIS processor and the system starts Windows NT operating system, you see the first graphic
screen as figure above. You see the cursor arrow if Control Panel communicates.

To find out problem with Control Panel, see flow chart shown below:

Do you have cursor No


arrow on windowof Switch power OFF/ON
first graphic screen
Check cabling between
Control Panel and ECDIS
Yes processor

Switch power OFF/ON


Move track ball Swap mouse buttons.
See, How to swap
Check 24V power for
mouse buttons
Cursor Control Panel.
moves Use multimeter
Selects

Use Select push-button Try Chart Align


push-button Switch power OFF/ON Chance hardware
to select something Not
to select
select

Selects
Install AESMOUSE. See,
Try execute functions by
How to install
push-buttons Only AESMOUSE driver
Select
A few of operates A few of
push-buttons push-buttons
are not are not
operating operating

Change Control Panel

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4.1.6.1 How to swap mouse buttons

In order to swap mouse buttons, proceed as follows:

NOTE!
Before you have swapped mouse push-buttons the operation of SELECT and CHART
ALIGN push-buttons is reversed. In this case use CHART ALIGN for selection before
you have swapped mouse buttons.

1. Open Control Panel in Start menu.


2. Open Mouse in Control Panel window.
3. Select Left handed

and press OK. to close Mouse Properties dialog box.

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4.1.6.2 Trackball of the control panel is slow

If you feel that the trackball should move cursor faster, then check that mouse motion selection
is fastest possible.
1. Open Control Panel in Start menu.
2. Open Mouse in Control Panel window.
3. Select Motion page
4. Check status of Pointer speed.

4.1.6.3 How to install AESMOUSE driver and library files

In order to install AESMOUSE driver, use ECDIS software installation CD-ROM and install only
User Panel software. For more information of using ECDIS software installation CD-ROM, see
"Upgrade of ECDIS " on page 67.
When reinstalling AESMOUSE driver select no components to be installed as below.

If you just installed User Panel software you can leave old files in your system.

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4.1.7 Floppy or CD-ROM related error

If you are operating with ECDIS and you try to load new chart(s) or try to make backup copies
from routes etc. and you notice that desired drive is missing, go through the following flow
chart.

No operation
(Floppy and/or CD-ROM
drives)

Open Windows NT
File Manager, check
floppy and/or CD-ROM
drive(s) are available (See
How to select desired drive
in Windows NT Explorer)

NO YES

Hardware failure
Select desired drive
(shut down and
power off)

Check cabling between


No file list File list appears
ECDIS computer and
OK
floppy and CD-ROM
drives. Check also
network cable terminators

Floppy and /or CD-ROM


disk corrupted
Power on, logon as
ecdis user

NO Have you done this YES Floppy and/or CD-ROM


before drive(s) fails

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How to select desired drive in Windows NT Explorer
1. Connect service keyboard to ECDIS.
2. Use pressing Ctrl+Esc keys to open Start menu.
3. Select Windows NT Explorer from the menu.

4. Check that desired drives are available (floppy drive is A: and CD-ROM drive is D:).
5. Click desired drive in the list of all Folders. There should appear file list of selected drive in
Contents window. Note, you have to insert CD-ROM or floppy disk into drive in order to get
list of files.

4.1.8 Network related problems

4.1.8.1 Behaviour of the ECDIS during power on sequence

Normally, if the other ECDIS is already running, your ECDIS start totally automatically.
However if the other ECDIS has power down or if the other ECDIS has been turned on at the
same time, then your ECDIS may detect a missing network connection and the message below
is shown. Just press OK and continue normal operation.

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4.1.8.2 How to check operation of an already established network connection

If you have troubles to use a network connection, you can check the connection using
WindowsNT Explorer.

The picture above shows normal situation, when the ECDIS has working network connection.

The picture above shows a situation, when the ECDIS has lost working of network connection.
Move the cursor over the network connection icon and double click the icon. That should
refresh the connection and make it working again. As an indication of working connection, the
cross over the network cable disappears (see below an example).

Network drive not working Working network drive connection

4.1.8.3 How to check network name of the ECDIS

To check network name of the ECDIS, you have to connect service keyboard to the ECDIS.
Press ctrl+alt+del keys, you will get Windows NT Security Window on display. In this
window in Logon Information -field is shown Network Name/User Name.
To close the window press Cancel button.

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4.1.8.4 How to change network name of the ECDIS

To change network name of the ECDIS, proceed as follows:


1. Open Control Panel in Start menu.
2. Open Network in Control Panel window.

3. Press Change button in Identification page.


4. Enter new Computer Name.

5. Restart the Computer.

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4.2 Trouble shooting of the interfaces

4.2.1 Navigation sensors don't have any names or their names are
corrupted

Most probable reason for such behaviour is corrupted "old situation memory files". You need to
erase the current "old situation memory files" in order to solve the problem.
1. Connect service keyboard.
2. Select ECAWATCH using Alt+Tab keys.
3. Press "Shutdown the ECDIS" button in ECAWATCH window.
4. Activate Windows NT Explorer.
5. Select sub directory c:\ANTS_SYSTEM\bin
6. Select file "apositio.sav"
7. Delete it
8. Select file "abackup.sav"
9. Delete it
10.Exit from Windows NT Explorer
11.Restart the ECDIS
Check that Navigation sensors have correct names.

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4.2.2 SIO386 communications processor problems

All serial sensor and analog sensor interfaces of ECDIS EC 1000 goes trough SIO386
communications processor. To find out possible problems use following flow chart

Error Message:
System Failure
SIO Booting
It can stay up to
one minute

Did you get


error message: No

System Failure
StandIns Failure

Yes

Check Interrupt and Base


SIO386 card is OK
Port Address, see chapter
How to check Interrupt
and Base port address
used by SIO386
Check also DIL switch of
SIO 386 card, see
chapter SIO386

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4.2.2.1 How to check free Interrupt and base port address for SIO386

1. Select Windows NT Diagnostics from the Start menu.

2. A Windows NT Diagnostics Dialog box appears. Open Resources flip card; Interrupt
numbers are listed under IRQ field. Check that for example IRQ 10 is not used by any
device. If IRQ 10 is used then check availability of other possible alternatives which SIO386
could use are: 11, .12 and 15

3. Press I/O Port button. Base port addresses are listed under Address field. Check that for
example 0x200 is not used by any device. If 0x200 is used then check availability of other
possible alternatives, which SIO386 could use are: 0x220, 0x240, 0x260, 0x300, 0x320,
0x340 or 0x360.

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4.2.2.2 How to check Interrupt and Base port address used by SIO386

1. Select Windows NT Diagnostics from the Start menu.

2. A Windows NT Diagnostics Dialog box appears. Open Resources flip card; Interrupt
numbers are listed under IRQ field. Check which number is used by Device wntsiodd.
Possible alternatives which SIO386 could use are: 10, 11, .12 and 15

3. Press I/O Port button. Base port addresses are listed under Address field. Check which
address is used by Device wntsiodd. Possible alternatives, which SIO386 could use are:
0x200, 0x220, 0x240, 0x260, 0x300, 0x320, 0x340 or 0x360, .

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4.2.3 Serial data Sensor interface problems

Sensors which use serial data channels are Echo Sounder, Wind sensor, Track Pilot, Log,
Radars, Position sensors, Gyros and ROT gyros.
To find out, if the ECDIS receives serial data from a sensor, you can check it from A-adapter.
The A-adapter card has eight channels for sensors to receive and transmit data. RIF module is
for only receiving and SIF module can receive and transmit. Each channel in A-adapter card
has LED lights for received and transmitted data.

5 V led Led lights of Led lights of


indicator received data transmitted data

Rx Tx
J1 +5V 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 C1 C2 C3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R1 R2 R3

CTS1 CTS2 CTS3

CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 CH5 CH6 CH7 CH8

Option Option
for for
RIF or RIF or
RIF SIF SIF RIF SIF SIF RIF RIF

12 V
ASPO SYSTEMS OY 12/24 V led
indicator 24 V
ADAPTER A
TS1 TS3 TS5 TS7 TS9 TS11
F1

Fuse

TS2 TS4 TS6 TS8 TS10 TS12

Simplified layout of A-adapter card. For example, if Rx3 led light is flashing, it is receiving data from channel 5 and if
Tx5 led light is flashing, it is transmitting data.

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4.2.3.1 Receive problem

You can use this flow chart to debug following sensors:


Position receiver using IEC-61162-1 protocol
Gyro using IEC-61162-1 protocol
Dual axis log using IEC-61162-1 protocol
Wind sensor using IEC-61162-1 protocol
Echosounder using IEC-61162-1 protocol
ARPA radar using IEC-61162-1 protocol
Track Pilot using Aspo-Emri protocol

Check cabling No data from


and connection connected sensor
between A-adapter
and SIO card.

no light
5 V LED indicator
no light Shift place of two
light After check at SIF modules
sensor side See How to shift
after change no flash place of SIF
of SIF modules Check receiving module
no flash data in A-adapter
card (led lights)
first time Check installation
no flash of sensor
flash
but no data

Check cabling
and connection
between A-adapter
and SIO card.

no data

Analyze content of
data sent from the required messages missing
sensor (To analyze
use Protocol Analyzer
or INS line test disk)

all messages seen


but no data
Change channel of
sensor. See How to
change channel
still no data

Change hardware

Flow chart to find out why the system receives no data from the connected sensor.

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4.2.3.2 Transmit problem

You can use this flow chart to debug following sensors:


ARPA radar using IEC-61162-1 protocol
Track Pilot using Aspo-Emri protocol

No data to
connected sensor

no
24V LED indicator Check supply of 24V
light
light
no Replace power
12V LED indicator converting device
light

light

Check cabling and Check transmitted flash


no Check receiving
connection between data in A-adapter
flash sensor
SIO card and PC card (led lights)
no data
no data
Connect service Configuration check
keyboard. to receiving sensor
Use service system:
PERF no data

error no error Check signal available.


reports reports Use Multimeter,
Oscillosscope, test SW
Switch power OFF of sensor etc.
Consult factory
and ON
no signal

Shift place of two SIF


modules. See How to
shift place of SIF
module
Signal transmitted
but no data

Analyze content of
all messages seen data sent from the
Change hardware but no data sensor (To analyze use
Protocol Analyzer)

Flow chart to find out why the system transmits no data to the connected sensor.

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4.2.3.3 Special cases

If you have in use ARPA radar model from SELESMAR use flow chart below to debug
problems.
No data to
connected sensor

no
24V LED indicator Check supply of 24V
light
light
no Replace power
12V LED indicator converting device
light
light
no
5V LED indicator Check supply of 5V
light
light

Check cabling and Check transmitted


no flash Check INC ON
connection between data in A-adapter
flash push button on radar
SIO card and PC card (led lights)
no data OK
Connect service
keyboard. Switch ON/OFF
Use service system: radar
PERF
Still no data
error no error
reports reports Check signal available.
Use Multimeter,
Switch power OFF Oscillosscope, test SW
Consult factory
and ON of sensor etc.

No signal
Shift place of two SIF
Signal transmitted modules. See How to
Change hardware but no data shift place of SIF
module

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4.2.3.4 Position information missing or incorrect position in the ECDIS

If you do not get position in the ECDIS and you have checked from the A-Adapter that ECDIS is
receiving data from the Position receiver. Reason for missing position may be incorrect
settings of Position receiver set into the ECDIS Installation Parameters. Incorrect setting may
cause also incorrect position in the ECDIS. Use flow charts below to check parameters of
Position Equipment:

No position from Incorrect position


the sensor in the ECDIS
Open Installation Open Installation
Parameters Parameters

Check that it is Check correct


Connected Device Datum

Check correct Check correct


Device Interface Device Type
Weight Factor
Antenna Offset

Check correct
Interface

Correct position
Check that selected in the ECDIS
channel is not used by
other device

Check correct
Identification

Check correct
Talker Identifier

Check correct
Checksum usage by
Position Receiver

Position is available
in the ECDIS

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4.2.3.5 How to shift place of SIF or RIF module

1. Check from Installation parameters which channel is in use for sensor. For more
information, see "Parameters" on page 89.
2. Switch power off ECDIS processor unit.
3. Shift SIF or RIF module of sensor's channel with another SIF or RIF module in order to find
out if SIF or RIF module is defective.
4. Switch power on.

4.2.3.6 How to change channel

In order to change Serial data channel, proceed as follows:


1. Check from Installation parameters which channel is in use for sensor. For more
information see chapter "Parameters" on page 89.
2. Connect sensor next free available channel in a Connection box. To find available channel,
see "Standard serial data channel assignment" on page 86.
3. Change SIO channel of connected sensor in Installation parameters.

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4.2.4 Analog Sensor interface problems

The following sensors use analog data communications:


analog gyro
pulse type log
alarm outputs

Connector to 18-channel Phase 1


Connector to Connection-B
data communication co-processor Phase 2
Connector to GYRO Phase 3
24V Power Supply Reference
Pulses
LOG
Forward/
OUT 8 Astern
RC1 RC2 RC3 RC4 RC5 7
RC6 RC7 RC8
6
5
Alarm
4 output
POWER Alarm output relays 3 LEDs
CONVERTER
V3 2
1
IN 16
15
14 Reserved
13 status
POWER 12 input
CONVERTER 11 LEDs
V1
10
9
8
7
6 Analog
5 signal
4 status
3 input
2 LEDs
POWER 1
CONVERTER +24V
V2 Software
ASPO SYSTEMS OY running
indicator
Reseived
+15V
Power indicator message
GND indicator
leds
ADAPTER B 12ISO
+5V

Simplified layout of B-adapter.

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4.2.4.1 General check of B Adapter

Use this flow chart to check that B Adapter itself is fully operational.
Does Received no
No data from Check cabling
message indicator
one of analog sensor
LED flash

yes
Check Conning System
Check 24V LED light B-adapter fully installation parameters
operational
light
no GENERAL:
light B-Adapter channel = 17
Check other LEDs of Sensor msg interval = 2
Check 24V power Analog Sensor B-Adapter connected = Yes
power indicator
input to B-Adapter reading problem.
no Continue with
light sensor flowchart

Faulty power Change hardware


converter V1, V2 or V3.
Change hardware

4.2.4.2 Interface problem with analog gyro of synchro type

To find out communication problem with analog gyro, see flow chart below:
Try
No data from
INITIAL SETTING
gyro if already tried
and GYRO set
initial setting of gyro

ON
Check gyro
Check reference
OFF 1) HW configuration
LED
2) signals
one
or 50% of
two light
ON
all OFF Use
Check phase
1) multimeter
LEDs
2) oscilloscope

all ON
Check gyro phases

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4.2.4.3 Interface problem with analog gyro of stepper type

To find out communication problem with analog gyro, see flow chart below:
if already tried
Try initial setting of gyro
No data from
INITIAL SETTING
gyro
and GYRO set
Check gyro
1) HW configuration
2) signals
one
or
two
ON
all OFF Use
Check phase
1) multimeter
LEDs
2) oscilloscope

all ON
Check gyro phases

4.2.4.4 Interface problem with log

To find out communication problem with analog pulse type log, see flow chart below:
no pulses
No log speed Check log LED Check cabling

pulses

Check ECDIS Check log sensor


installation
parameters

If still problems
check pulses with
oscilloscope

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4.2.4.5 Interface problem with alarm outputs

To find out communication problem with alarm outputs, see flow chart below:

Alarm or operator fitness relay output


do not operate properly

Check LED 24V of no Check 24V power


B-Adapter light input to B-Adapter

light

Check other Power Press Alarm Ack.


indicator LED of in ECDIS Control
B-Adapter light B-Adapter and
Panel. Did Alarm yes
ECDIS connection
output LED number 7 is OK
no
(operators fitness)
light
change its status ?

Faulty power no
converter V1, V2
Relay
or V3. Does Received defective
Change B-Adapter message indicator or incorrect
LED change its field cabling
no status regularly ?
Alternative faults are: yes
A) Temporary SW error,
B) Faulty B-Adapter
or field
C) Faulty SIO386 inside cabling
the ECDIS computer is OK

Have you
Have you restarted ECDIS
changed no computer ?
B-Adapter ?

yes no yes

Change SIO386
Restart B-Adapter Change
inside ECDIS
ECDIS computer is defective B-Adapter
computer

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4.2.5 Radar Overlay interface problems

D37 D27 TP7


TP10
D36 D38 D26 D34
TP9

Trigger TP8
D12 D11
Azimuth TP11 TP17

Headline
J3

TP12
J4

TP16

J5

LED lamp Function Test point Function


D11 Azimuth FIFO empty TP7 Video after common gain and
D12 Range FIFO empty polarity

D26 Azimuth TP8 STC curve

D27 Headline TP9 Video after STC

D34 Trigger TP10 Video after FTC

D36 Range FIFO overflow TP11 Azimuth 2048 pulse / 360

D37 Azimuth FIFO overflow TP12 Trigger

D38 Command from Host PC TP16 Azimuth


TP17 Headline

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no pulses Check Trigger
No Radar Picture Check Trigger LED
cabling

pulses

Check Headline no pulses Check Headline


LED cabling

pulses

no pulses Check Azimuth


Check Azimuth LED
cabling

pulses

Check Video
Check Radar sensor
cabling

If still problems
check signals with
oscilloscope from
testpoints

4.2.6 Track Pilot communication problems

To test bi-directional data communication between the ECDIS processor and Track Pilot
proceed as follows:
Enable Track Pilot from main steering selector.
Press RADIUS CONTROL from Track Pilot panel and check that RADIUS CONTROL
pushbutton has light
Press PROGRAN TRACK TURN from Track Pilot panel and check that PROGRAM TRACK
TURN push button has light
If you were successful with all steps, then communication is OK.
If you have communication problem, see "Serial data Sensor interface problems" on page 151

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5. Failure mode analysis

5.1 Introduction

As ECDIS is very flexible for system composition, it is impossible to make one general failure
mode analysis for all possible cases. Therefore here is analysed one system which represents
minimum compositions and one system which represents minimum compositions with track
pilot.

5.2 Failure mode analysis of minimum system

Minimum ECDIS-system consist of:


ECDIS processor
A-Adapter
ECDIS control panel
ECDIS monitor
to which is connected:
gyro compass of interface type IEC 61162-1
speed log of interface type IEC 61162-1
one radar display of interface type IEC 61162-1 (+ASPO/FEC extensions) or Selesmar
(Special protocol)
two position receivers of interface type IEC 61162-1
alarm transfer system receiving alarm condition

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FIG. 5.1. Minimum system.

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5.2.1 External failures

5.2.1.1 Gyro compass fails

outside of the system:


gyro used for steering is the selected one for all the other purposes like
repeaters, radars, direction finder etc.
all gyro repeaters follow failing gyro compass
ECDIS generates "Alarm 4005 Gyro error". If ECDIS does not have any other heading
source selected (radar is a possible source), then ECDIS generates also "Alarm 2002 No
course available"

5.2.1.2 Speed log fails

ECDIS generates "Alarm 4009 Dual axis log error"


the system uses also position receivers as alternative speed source. So the system knows
smg also from position receivers. Nothing else than alarm happens
If the ECDIS doesn't have any other speed source selected (radar or position receivers are
possible sources) then the ECDIS generates also "Alarm 2001 No speed available"

5.2.1.3 Radar display fails

ECDIS generates "Alarm 2055 ARPA radar communication error"


radar targets will be lost from the ECDIS chart

5.2.1.4 One of two position receivers fails while using together with Kalman-filter

5.2.1.4.1 Failure of type no signal


ECDIS generates "Alarm 4012 Position equipment error" (for position receiver channel 1)
and "Alarm 4013 Position equipment error" (ch 2)

5.2.1.4.2 Failure of type wrong position


system automatically excludes position receiver giving wrong position

5.2.1.5 All position receivers fails while using all together with Kalman filter

5.2.1.5.1 Failure of type no signal


ECDIS generates alarms. Alarms are "4012 Position equipment error" (for position receiver
channel 1) and "4013 Position equipment error" (ch 2)
ECDIS generates "Alarm 2000 Position unreliable" and system changes automatically to
backup deadreckoning based on log and gyro (if no log available then speed of backup
deadreckoning is based on last known speed before failure)

5.2.1.5.2 Failure of type non-equal wrong positions


ECDIS generates "Alarm 2000 Position unreliable" and system changes automatically to
backup deadreckoning based on log and gyro (if no log available then speed of backup
deadreckoning is based on last known speed before failure)
nothing else happens

5.2.1.5.3 Failure of type equal wrong positions


like Failure of type wrong position, if check against log and gyro reveals a failure

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in worst case the system does not detect failure. The worst case is when all position
receivers deviate so slowly to same wrong position that check against gyro and log cannot
detect deviation. This could be dangerous. Recommendation is that position receivers
should be different ie. using different method (like GPS and LORAN) or if using same
method (like two GPS) then at least different models (preferably from different
manufacturers)

5.2.2 Internal failures

5.2.2.1 Power supply fails

no picture, equipment totally death

5.2.2.2 CPU fails

like Power supply fails

5.2.2.3 Hard disk fails

like Power supply fails

5.2.2.4 Floppy disk fails

nothing happens immediately


service engineer must replace internal floppy if he needs to do lowest level hardware service
like preformatting of a new hard disk. This kind of service requires anyhow a qualified
service engineer

5.2.2.5 Graphic adapter fails

like Power supply fails

5.2.2.6 CD-ROM fails

nothing happens immediately


any update or use of chart material which requires CD-ROM is impossible

5.2.2.7 LAN interface fails

nothing happens because LAN interface is normally used for connection with separate
planning station, which is not part of minimum system. Also, if the system includes a
planning station, nothing happens, because LAN interface between the Navigation and the
Planning Station is only used with user activated Backup and Restore functions to move
chart, user chart, route, pilot data etc. information between the station

5.2.2.8 COM-channel for ECDIS control panel fails

nothing happens immediately


it is impossible for user to operate ECDIS
it is possible to continue already selected route of any length until end, but it is impossible to
select alternative routes

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5.2.2.9 SIO386 fails

1. Total failure
"StandIns failure" System failure indication
like Gyro compass fails, Speed log fails, Radar display fails and Failure of type no signal
together
2. One of 18 channels fails
A. 1 out of 2 position receiver input channels fails
like Failure of type no signal.
B. Radar display channels fails
like Radar display fails
C. Dual axis log channels fails
like Speed log fails.

5.2.2.10 A-Adapter fails

1. 1 out of 8 channels fails


A. 1 out of 2 position receiver input channels fails
like Failure of type no signal
B. Radar display channels fails
like Radar display fails
C. Dual axis log channel fails
like Speed log fails
2. Isolating Power supply fails
like Gyro compass fails, Speed log fails, Radar display fails and Failure of type no signal
together

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5.3 Failure mode analysis of minimum system with
Track Pilot

Minimum ECDIS-system with Track Pilot consist of:


ECDIS processor
A-Adapter
ECDIS control panel
ECDIS monitor
to which is connected:
track pilot interface type IEC 61162-1 & EMRI
gyro compass of interface type IEC 61162-1
speed log of interface type IEC 61162-1
one radar display of interface type IEC 61162-1 (+ASPO/FEC extensions) or Selesmar
(Special protocol)
two position receivers of interface type IEC 61162-1
alarm transfer system receiving alarm condition

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Fig. 5.2. Minimum composition of the system with track pilot

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5.3.1 External failures

5.3.1.1 Gyro compass fails

outside of the system:


gyro used for steering is the selected one for all the other purposes like
repeaters, radars, direction finder etc.
all gyro repeaters follow failing gyro compass
ECDIS generates "Alarm 4005 Gyro error". If ECDIS does not have any other heading
source selected (radar is a possible source), then ECDIS generates also "Alarm 2002 No
course available"
Track Pilot generates alarm 10

5.3.1.2 Speed log fails

ECDIS generates "Alarm 4009 Dual axis log error"


the system uses also position receivers as alternative speed source. So the system knows
smg also from position receivers. Nothing else than alarm happens.
If the ECDIS doesn't have any other speed source selected (radar or position receivers are
possible sources) then the ECDIS generates also "Alarm 2001 No speed available". Nothing
happens for steering.

5.3.1.3 Steering system fails

If Track pilot is interfaced to a external rudder servo system, then the Track pilot starts to
flash ON LIMIT warning. Later the Track pilot generates OFF COURSE alarm.
If the Track pilot is interfaced to a bang-bang rudder control, then the Track pilot generates
alarm 4
user must make a decision to continue or to change to other means of steering

5.3.1.4 Radar display fails

ECDIS generates "Alarm 2055 ARPA radar communication error"


radar targets will be lost from the ECDIS chart

5.3.1.5 One of two position receivers fails while using together with Kalman-filter

5.3.1.5.1 Failure of type no signal


ECDIS generates alarms. Alarms are "4012 Position equipment error" (for position receiver
channel 1) and "4013 Position equipment error" (ch 2)

5.3.1.5.2 Failure of type wrong position


system automatically excludes position receiver giving wrong position

5.3.1.6 All position receivers fails while using all together with Kalman filter

5.3.1.6.1 Failure of type no signal


ECDIS generates alarms. Alarms are "4012 Position equipment error" (for position receiver
channel 1) and "4013 Position equipment error" (ch 2)

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ECDIS generates "Alarm 2000 Position unreliable" and system changes automatically to
backup deadreckoning based on log and gyro (if no log available then speed of backup
deadreckoning is based on last known speed before failure)

5.3.1.6.2 Failure of type non-equal wrong positions


ECDIS generates "Alarm 2000 Position unreliable" and system changes automatically to
backup deadreckoning based on log and gyro (if no log available then speed of backup
deadreckoning is based on last known speed before failure)
nothing else happens

5.3.1.6.3 Failure of type equal wrong positions


like Failure of type wrong position, if check against log and gyro reveals a failure
in worst case the system does not detect failure. The worst case is when all position
receivers deviate so slowly to same wrong position that check against gyro and log cannot
detect deviation. This could be dangerous. Recommendation is that position receivers
should be different ie. using different method (like GPS and LORAN) or if using same
method (like two GPS) then at least different models (preferably from different
manufacturers)

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5.3.2 Internal failures

5.3.2.1 ECDIS processor fails

5.3.2.1.1 Power supply fails


no picture, equipment totally death
nothing happens to steering
it is possible to continue already selected route of any length until end, but it is impossible to
select alternative routes

5.3.2.1.2 CPU fails


like Power supply fails

5.3.2.1.3 Hard disk fails


like Power supply fails

5.3.2.1.4 Floppy disk fails


nothing happens immediately
service engineer must replace internal floppy if he needs to do lowest level hardware service
like preformatting of a new hard disk. This kind of service requires anyhow a qualified
service engineer.

5.3.2.1.5 Graphic adapter fails


like Power supply fails

5.3.2.1.6 CD-ROM fails


nothing happens immediately
any update or use of chart material which requires CD-ROM is impossible

5.3.2.1.7 LAN interface fails


nothing happens because LAN interface is normally used for connection with separate
planning station, which is not part of minimum system. Also, if the system includes a
planning station, nothing happens, because LAN interface between the Navigation and the
Planning Station is only used with user activated Backup and Restore functions to move
chart, user chart, route, pilot data etc. information between the station.

5.3.2.1.8 COM-channel for ECDIS control panel fails


nothing happens immediately
it is impossible for user to operate ECDIS part
it is possible to continue already selected route of any length until end, but it is impossible to
select alternative routes

5.3.2.1.9 SIO386 fails


1. Total failure
"StandIns failure" System failure indication
like Gyro compass fails, Speed log fails, Radar display fails and Failure of type no signal
together
2. One of 18 channels fails
A. 1 out of 2 position receiver input channels fails
like Failure of type no signal.
B. radar display channels fails

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like Radar display fails.
C. Dual axis log channels fails
like Speed log fails.
D. Track Pilot channel fails
like Primary power fails of Track pilot processor

5.3.2.1.10 A-Adapter fails


1. 1 out of 8 channels fails
A. 1 out of 3 position receiver input channels fails
like Failure of type no signal .
B. Radar display channels fails
like Radar display fails.
C. Dual axis log channel fails
like Speed log fails.
D. Track Pilot channel fails
like Primary power fails of Track pilot processor
2. Isolating Power supply fails
like Gyro compass fails, Speed log fails, Radar display fails and Failure of type no signal
together

5.3.2.2 Track pilot processor fails

5.3.2.2.1 Primary power fails


Track pilot panel generates an alarm
ECDIS generates "Alarm 2480 Track pilot receive error"
impossible to continue any of the advanced steering modes
user must continue with wheel

5.3.2.2.2 Secondary power fails


Track pilot panel generates alarm 06
circuit to generate an alarm about failing primary power supply lose it power
nothing else happens

5.3.2.2.3 CPU fails


Track pilot control panel generates error 12.
Impossible to operate advanced steering modes
User must continue steering with wheel

5.3.2.2.4 Gyro inputs fails


Track pilot generates alarm 10 for used gyro and alarm 11 for backup gyro.
Impossible to operate advanced steering modes
User must continue steering with wheel
user must select other gyro (selection is external to system, normally the selection follows
selection of gyro for the gyro repeaters)

5.3.2.2.5 Speed log input fails


The Track pilot generates an alarm and flashes SPEED WARNING
the operation of the Track pilot continues with the last known speed
user must make a decision to continue, to change to manual speed at Track pilot control
panel or to change course control mode

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5.3.2.2.6 ECDIS processor communication channel fails while in Route steering or
Program track turn
Track pilot generates alarm 12 and continues with RADIUS CONTROL or COURSE
CONTROL mode
any steering order received from ECDIS processor will be fulfilled ie. last proper order will be
the set course

5.3.2.2.7 ECDIS processor communication channel fails while not in Route steering or
Program track turn
nothing happens to steering
any attempts to activate Route steering or Program track turn will lead to alarm 5 or 7

5.3.2.2.8 Steering system interface fails


If Track pilot is interfaced to a external rudder servo system, then the Track pilot starts to
flash ON LIMIT warning. Later the Track pilot generates OFF COURSE alarm.
If the Track pilot is interfaced to a bang-bang rudder control, then the Track pilot generates
alarm 4
user must continue with wheel or with direct operation of rudder pumps

5.3.2.2.9 Control panel communication channel fails


impossible to operate advanced steering modes
user must continue steering with wheel

5.3.2.3 Track pilot control panel fails

impossible to operate advanced steering modes


user must continue steering with wheel

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