Sea Trial Setup: Steps
10.Calibrate your compass. The autopilot compass is made with a fluxgate. Like all compass installations, fluxgate installations are susceptible to local magnetic disturbances that will cause erroneous heading outputs. The autopilot computer can detect and correct deviations caused by magnets and iron materials around the fluxgate- if the earths’ magnetic field near the compass isn’t too distorted. Even though the compass corrects iron induced errors, don’t expect the correction to solve all ills associated with iron near the compass, placement of the compass in an iron free area is critical. You should only calibrate the compass on calm water. Stay away from large steel structures. Calibration will not work right if you try to do calibration with your boat on the trailer because the trailer is made with iron. Find some smooth water where you can drive in circles without running into anything.
1. Turn System On. Autopilot will be in Standby [STBY Mode] Step A. Press
and Release Deckmount Switch to turn autopilot on. Deckmount will begin to flash
Step C. When the Autopilot is done loading the [STBY] LED will light solid.
2. Press, release and light up the [Setup] LED on the Handheld, and enter code 47 on the handheld.
Step A. Press and release | Step B. Press and release |
[Setup] button once to | [Left Chevron] button |
illuminate [SETUP] LED. | once to illuminate the #4 |
| LED. |
Step C. Press and re- lease [Right Chevron] button once to illumi- nate the #7 LED.
3. To start Compass calibration.
Step A. Start driving the boat in a straight line.
Step D. Release [Select
Load] button
Step G. When the up arrow starts blinking, begin turning the boat to starboard.
Step B. Press and
HOLD the
[Select Load]
GPS button.
Step E. The [UP] arrow LED will light solid. (Continue driv- ing in a straight line.)
Step C. While holding down the [Select Load] button. Press and Release the [Deckmount] button once quickly.
Step F. Continue to drive in a straight line and watch for the [UP ARROW] LED to start blinking.
Step H. Turn at a rate that makes a full 360 degree turn in about 30 seconds. You will need to make at least 3 or more full turns. Keep turning until the [UP ARROW] & [DOWN ARROW] LED’s both light up. They will stay lit for about 5 seconds and the system will completely power down. Your compass is now calibrated.
•If Up and Down Arrows both blink continuously, compass calibration has failed - you must turn the system off by holding the Deckmount On/Off button down in order to try calibration again. Make sure the compass is mounted at least 24” away from any magnetic material, i.e. radios, speakers etc. Make sure it is orientated in the bracket correctly.
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