Furuno ARP-17 manual Specifications of Auto Plotter

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SPECIFICATIONS OF AUTO PLOTTER

ARP-17

1. GENERAL

(1)

Functions

Calculation/indication of own ship speed relative to a fixed target

 

 

Manual target acquisition, automatic tracking

 

 

Target information:

 

 

Distance and bearing from own ship to target

 

 

Moving direction and speed

 

 

History presentation

(2)

Acquisition and Tracking

 

 

 

Manual acquisition by trackball and cursor

 

 

Maximum number of targets: 10

 

 

Acquisition range: 0.2 to 32 nm

 

 

Tracking range: 0.1 to 32 nm

(3)

Vector

Vector length: 30 sec; 1, 2, 3, 6, 15, 30 min

 

 

Mode: true velocity or relative velocity

(4)

History

plotting interval: 30 sec; 1,2,3,6 min

 

 

Number of plotting points: 10 per target

(5)

Alarms

Visual and audible alarm against target violating CPA/TCPA limits

 

 

Visual and audible alarm against guard-zone limits (5 targets max.)

 

 

Visual alarm against lost target, target full and system failure

(6)

Compatible Radar

FR-1700 series, FR-1500 Mark-3 series

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Contents Automatic Tracking AID B . N o . O M E 3 0 4 6 Safety Instructions Table of Contents Foreword FeaturesWord to Furuno ARP-17 Owners Acquisition and tracking Operational OverviewIntroduction Criteria of TrackingOther ship maneuvers Qualitative description of tracking errorAutomatic acquisition areas and suppression lines Own ship maneuversControls Controls, Menu DescriptionMenu description Menu treeEntering Own Ship’s Speed Activating, Deactivating the ATAAutomatic speed input Manual acquisition Acquiring TargetsManual speed input Target-based speed inputAutomatic acquisition Changing plot symbol shapeVectors Terminating Tracking of TargetsDisplaying Target Data Selecting plotting interval Past Position DisplaySet and Drift Displaying dataCPA/TCPA alarm AlarmsTrack Test Simulation Display Silencing CPA/TCPA audible alarmLost target alarm Guard zone alarmCPA Tcpa Diagnostic SequenceOutputting Target Data Specifications of Auto Plotter Index