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GPS on the chart

Note that on the large Scale charts (precise) you can see the distances realized thanks to the red circle traced all around the waypoint to be reached.

How to enable the Auto-Scale function

Choose [Options...] from the [Route] menu to call up the Route options dialog, which enables you to modify following parameters such as :

1. The Label waypoint format (by default it is the waypoint name)

2. The Label Leg format by clicking on the button bar.

3. Check the box depending on your choice to assign each leg (The Label name format is selected by default).

4. Note that if the Name label is empty it is replaced by a number which is the FID number as it is shown in the picture next to by numbers: 1,2,3,3,4. The dots line in black shows you the selected leg and the arrow shows its direction.

5. Choose the Set Leg Scale as true to enable this function.

Get more information on Route options in related topic: Option: Route

How to assign a new scale to a chosen leg route:

Following modify can be done only when the present route is selected on plan route and not active route. You can assign a scale for each route leg directly in the Planning Route center. To do so click in each scale cell and choose a value under the pull down menu. Repeat as many time as you wish for assigning a scale to route leg line in the center.

Note that the software keeps the current scale if the field is "Empty".

Now the software will automatically detect the moment when GPS position is close enough to the waypoint and will change the chart scale.

Following animation shows you for example when the position is close enough to the "waypoint route number 3", the scale changes automatically from a scale 500 000 to 100 000.

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"Out of limits" positioned

When the GPS position moves off-course, a visual and audio alarm is activated. The "Out of limits" function can be adjusted only when your route is selected on Planning route and not on active route.

Two methods are proposed for configuring this alarm:

1 - By choosing X.T.E. value by default:

• Select [Options...] from the

[Route ] menu.

• Choose Display XTE as true for activating XTE alarm.

• Choose the Default Leg XTE range by clicking in the corresponding field.

• Enter a distance value directly or using the virtual numeric keyboard.

Note that the default value is equal to 0,500Nm.

2 - By choosing a specific X.T.E. value applied on each leg of a route.

•Select a Leg by clicking it on the chart displayed and choose the "Properties" option in the contextual menu list.

•or by select a waypoint line in the Planning Route Center and click the "Properties" button on the center header toolbar.

•The Waypoint properties window appears on the screen

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•Enter directly (or using the virtual keyboard), a distance value in the XTE zone area (by default this value is equal to 0,5Nm)

When you will activate the route the XTE limits are drawn on the chart as it is shown in following example. note that the XTE limits are not drawn when the route is a planning route.

When you activate the Display XTE, the Security XTE area is delimited with two dotted lines, green and red, on each side of the active route .

For example following picture shows a XTE value equal to 0,8Nm chosen for the Leg between route points number 2 and 3.

Man Overboard

The "Man Overboard" function ( MOB ) is a necessity. It can be a useful tool when placing luminous buoys on the water, monitoring floating objects in the water, etc.).

Select the buoy icon from the Toolbar..

The following warning applies:

Once this warning is acknowledged, the software passes immediately into Man Overboard mode:

•The MOB and the Track ON/OFF buttons are both activated in the Toolbar as it is shown with number (1) in the following picture.

•The chart is displayed in Centered ship mode at a detailed scale (1/2 500) as it is shown in following picture number (2).

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•The active course is removed and a Waypoint is placed where the ship was when the Buoy icon was clicked (Man Overboard point).

•A Waypoint is created at the boat position and it appears as a graphical representation and continually shows the heading and distance to return to the MOB point. At the same time an active route is created named Man Over Board (see number 3 in following picture).

•The Track and a point are drawn on the chart and the boat's speed is written in the active layer when MOB function is activated.

IMPORTANT - The overboard position depends on the precision of the GPS at the moment when the function is activated.

The person/object overboard may drift due to winds and currents.

Returning to Normal Mode

You may cancel the MOB active route by choosing [Cancel Active Route] from the [Route] menu. A waypoint Man Over Board is automatically created and added in the Waypoints Center.

You may change the chart scale, select the previous route and restart it again.

You can erase the MOB waypoint using the Delete tool,or by selecting it with the finger tool and hitting backspace or under the Waypoint Center list.

Modify the Boat Position to Make a Test Route

The Dead Reckoning function is used for testing, planning, or should the vessel’s GPS system fail. It is a convenient and versatile function since it is so crucial to the day's work in ocean navigation.

Use the [Dead Reckoning] function to modify the boat position, this is accessed through [Utilities] on the Menu bar.

Click “OK”, and you are now in Dead Reckoning mode.

Modify the position using the Dead reckoning palette

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1 - Click on the Modifying boat position symbol in the Dead Reckoning palette. The "Change Mobile Position" window appears and now you can choose the boat position.

3 - Choose latitude an longitude values using the pull down menu and then, click OK.

4 - Or center it around middle of the screen by clicking on the "Get chart center coordinates".

Modify the position using the Position modification tool

You can modify the ship position using the Position modification tool , click one of the plotted Ship icon, then, holding the mouse button down, drag and release the button when the cursor is located on the new desired position.

During the move a screen tip indicates the new direction and distance calculate from the boat position actual.

Adjusting Dead Reckoning Speed and Heading using the Dead Reckoning palette

To fix the ship COG , or speed

•Click on one of each symbol or to adjust the speed . At this moment the speed data is updated in the DataNav palette.

•Click on each symbol or to adjust heading (clockwise or counter clockwise). The modified heading appears above in the DataNav palette.

To turn off the Dead Reckoning function go to the [Utilities] menu and choose [Dead Reckoning] again.

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The Auto Center button is present in each open chart window. You can activate this mode on only the windows you choose.

Customizing the Auto Center mode display

Defining the automatic boat centering zone

The boat centering zone corresponds to that part of the screen that the boat symbol will not cross in Auto mode. The chart is moved under the boat icon so the boat symbol is re-centered.

The automatic auto center settings will correspond with the direction layout of the chart display.

1.Customizing the auto center mode according to North Up layout orientation

2.Customizing the auto center mode according to Course Up layout orientation

3.Customizing the auto center mode according to Head Up layout orientation

Centering on specific geographic locations

You can quickly move the chart to frequently visited locations by defining centering points.

To define centering points which permit you to directly center the chart on the recorded points:

1.Choose [Center On] from the [Display] menu .

2.A list is displayed in left zone area of the dialog (by default the zone is empty, see the related topic "Creating centering points").

3.Select a location in the list

4.Click the "Center On" button to automatically center the chart on the chosen location.

Centering on Radar overlay location

As you do for the automatic screen centering you can automatically centered on the Radar Overlay zone if your radar is turned on.

Click the "Navnet Radar" button in the chat toolbar and this function puts the chart in centered mode. If the chart was not previously centered on GPS position, it is redrawn and centered on the chart in the radar operating zone.

When the Radar Auto Centering function is toggled On and the Radar Range is modified in MaxSea (under MaxSea or NavNet), the Chart's scale will change.

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Double click the Compass tool in the Toolbar to erase the track created.

Heading & Distance from the ship position

Double click one or several points on the chart to obtain the same calculation as above, but for between the ship and the double clicked point (s).

Double click the Compass tool selected on Line option in the Toolbar to erase calculation displayed on the chart.

You can repeat these operations several times as it is shown in following picture.

Note: you can double click on any point on the chart, even if the ship icon is not visible on the screen. Check however, when moving the chart, that the course indicated does not cut dry land or cross hazards!

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