9-4 AIS Information and display

CAUTION

Not all vessels transmit AIS information and therefore not all vessels will be displayed

or listed in the following AIS screens.

AIS vessel information can be displayed on the radios LCD screen:

1.Press the AIS/IC button to display the AIS plotter screen

Note: You must have LAT/LON position information for targets to be displayed on the plotter PPI.

2.AIS target details will be displayed on the left of the screen. Either the vessels name or MMSI will be displayed (if the information is available) depending on the setting you selected in Section "6-2 AIS data display format (AIS DISPLAY)". Also the targets bearing

and distance to you are displayed.

Note: it could take some time before AIS targets are displayed.

3.A simple plotter PPI on the right hand side of the LCD shows the geographical location of the AIS targets with respect to your position which is in the center of the plotter PPI.

4.Press the Zoom In (3CH +/-) or Zoom Out (Scan) keys to change the scale of the plotter. The scale available is 1nm / 2 nm / 4 nm / 8 nm / 16 nm / 32 nm.

5.Press the AIS/IC key again to change the display to T/CPA Approach screen.

6.Rotate the knob to highlight any AIS target shown on the plotter screen. The selected target will have the target symbol filled in.

NAME:OCEANIC.DISCOVERER

MMSI:503492000

IMO: 9292747

CALL SIGN:VMQ8808

DIST: 1.62nM

BEAR: 285°

TCPA: -----

HEADING: 195.0°

CPA: 1.62nM

ROT: 0.0 /min

WIDTH: 0.0m

SOG: 9.9KTS

LENGTH: 60.0m

COG: 219.0°

RECEIVED: 1M19S

LAT: 36°45.785’S

DRAUGHT:-----

LON:174°49.157’E

TYPE: PASSENGER SHIP - ALL SHIPS

OF THIS TYPE

STATUS:UNDERWAY USING ENGINE

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