4 The displays

Tip: Repeated pressing

Press

to show the Display menu, select a display option using the Control Dial and press

.

will cycle the

 

 

 

menu selection and will

 

 

 

automatically select after

 

 

 

1 second.

 

 

 

4-1 Display > Basic

Basic displays

Displays a standard autopilot display with just the essential autopilot data.

Display area

Function

 

 

 

 

Drive

Left and right boxes light up to indicate when the autopilot is

 

indicators

driving the rudder

 

Heading

Large digits show the heading of the vessel

 

 

 

 

Info panel

This panel can be configured to display different data items.

 

 

Default: Automatically switches between Rudder angle, Course

 

 

error and Cross track error.

 

 

 

 

Set course

STBY mode: shows ‘---’ since the set course is not valid in

 

 

standby mode

 

 

AUTO mode: digits show the current course to steer (CTS), except

 

 

for WIND mode: digits show the current set wind angle (SWA)

 

 

The colored ring is yellow in STBY mode, green in AUTO mode,

 

 

magenta in H-STEERmode and red when there is a critical alarm

 

 

 

 

Steering

Shows the steering mode (COMPASS, GPS, WIND)

 

mode

 

 

panel

 

 

 

 

 

Operating

Shows the operating mode (Standby, Auto, H-Steer). Panel

 

mode

changes to blue when in AUTO mode.

 

panel

 

 

 

 

Options menu:

 

Data setup - Selects what data is displayed in the info panel.

Auto Rd/CE/XTE – Automatically switches the displayed data between rudder, course error and cross track error depending on the operating mode.

Course error – Shows a course error bar in the info panel.

Rudder angle – Shows a rudder angle gauge in the info panel.

XTE – Shows a cross track error bar in the info panel.

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NorthStar Navigation NS3300 manual Displays, Display Basic

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