NorthStar Navigation NS3300 manual

Northstar NS3300 Pilot System

Reference Manual

Contents

Main Contents Page Page 1 Introduction Using this manual 1-1-1 Operat i n g modes 1-1 Autopilot Modes 1-1-2 St e e r ing m o des 1-1-3 Power steering modes 1-1-4 Turn modes 2 Quickstart 2-1 Starting the autopilot system 2-2 Using the autopilot to steer the boat automatically 2-3 Changing course during a voyage 2-4 Changing steering mode during a voya ge 2-5 Regaining manual control 2-6 Action in an emergency Page 3 Autopilot operation Button Function 3-1-1 AUTO key 3-1-2 STBY key 3-1-3 Dodge keys 3-1-4 Turn key 3-1-5 MODE key 3-3 Turnin g the NS3300 Pilot off 3-4 Backlight 3-5 Engaging autopilot 3-6 Disengaging autopilot 3-7 Se tting the steering mode 3-8-1 Changing course in compass mode 3-8 Changing course 3-8-2 Changing course in GPS mode 3-9-1 Dodging in compass mode 3-8-3 Changing set wind angle in wind mode 3-9 Dodge 3-9-2 Dodging in GPS mode 3-9-3 Dodging in wind mode 3-10 Turn modes Reference Manual 3-10-1 Auto tacking in compass mode A B 3-10-2 Turns in compa ss mode 3-10-3 Auto tackin g or gybing in wind mode Page 3-11 Power steering 3-12 A larms 3-12-1 The alarm w indow 3-12-2 Active alarms 3-12-3 Alarm history 3-12-4 Alarm details 3-13 Keylock 4 The displays 4-1 Display > Basic 4-2 Display > Pilot 4-3 Display > Compa ss 4-4 Display > Dat a 4-5 Display > Active alarms 5 Data headers 6 Menus 6-1 Setup > System 6-2 Setup > Profiles 6-3 Setup > Options 6-4 Setup > Vessel 6-5 Setup > A larms 6-6 Setup > Units 6-7 Setup > Comms 6-8 Setup > Calibrate Page 7 Steering modes 7-1 Compass steering mode 7-1-1 Compass steering data 7-1-2 Engaging and disengaging the autop ilot in compass mode Reference Manual 7-2-1 GPS navig ation da ta 7-2 GPS steering mode 7-2-2 Engaging and disengaging the au topilot in GPS mode 7-2-3 Arriving at waypoints 7-2-4 GPS gai n Boat heading 7-3-1 Wind steering data 7-3 Wind steering mode 7-3-2 True and apparent wind speed and direction 7-3-3 Engaging the autopilot in wind mode Page 8 Optimizing steering performance 8-1 Steering parameters 8-2 Profiles 8-3 Adjusting the steering parameters Page 9 Troubleshooting 10 Sp ec i fi ca ti on s