NorthStar Navigation NS3300 manual Display Compass

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4-3 Display > Compass

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

Display area

Function

 

 

 

 

Data

Customizable data cells. Each display page has a separate

 

Header

header configuration. Default: Course to steer, Heading, Alarm

 

 

Status (see section 5).

 

 

 

 

Drive

Left and right boxes ‘fill up’ to indicate when the autopilot is

 

indicators

driving the rudder and how much power is being used by the

 

 

drive system

 

 

 

 

Compass

Compass card rotates to show the heading of the vessel under

 

card

the lubber mark.

 

 

 

 

Course

STBY mode: points to the current heading

 

arrow

AUTO mode: points to the set course, except for:

 

 

GPS mode: points to the bearing to waypoint

 

 

 

 

Deviation

Moves laterally to show course information.

 

bar

Note: This bar can be configured to display different items.

 

 

Default: Automatically switches between Rudder angle, Course

 

 

error and Cross track error.

 

 

 

 

Deviation

Indicates what data the deviation bar is currently showing and

 

scale

the magnitude

 

 

 

 

Mode

Left hand side: shows the steering mode (COMPASS, GPS, WIND)

 

panel

Right hand side: shows the operating mode (Standby, Auto,

 

 

H-Steer) inside a colored tab.

 

 

Panel changes to blue when in AUTO mode. The colored tab

 

 

is yellow in STBY mode, green in AUTO mode, magenta in

 

 

H-STEERmode and red when there is a critical alarm.

Compass displays

Options menu:

Deviation bar Selects what data is displayed by the deviation bar.

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

Course error – Shows course error using the deviation bar.

Rudder angle – Shows a rudder angle gauge using the deviation bar.

XTE – Shows a cross track error bar using the deviation bar.

Header — Menu for configuring the data header in this display (see section 5).

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