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AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM - INLAND Installation Manual
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ACR Electronics, Inc.
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Installation Manual
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NAUTICAST Installation Manual Index
Page Number
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GENERAL INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................................1 1.1 1.2 1.3 Description of AIS ..........................................................................................................................................................1 AIS in an Operational Environment ...............................................................................................................................2 AIS Networks .................................................................................................................................................................3
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NAUTICAST ............................................................................................................................................................................4 2.1 System Overview...........................................................................................................................................................4
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INSTALLATION .......................................................................................................................................................................5 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4
3.4.1 3.4.2 3.4.3 3.4.4 3.4.5 3.4.6 3.4.7
Installation Requirements ..............................................................................................................................................5 Installation Overview......................................................................................................................................................5 General Interface Description ........................................................................................................................................7 Interface NMEA Description: .........................................................................................................................................8
Sensor - Interface CH1, CH2, CH3 ........................................................................................................................................... 8 ECDIS  Presentation Interface CH 4 ....................................................................................................................................... 8 Pilot Port CH 5 .......................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Long Range CH 8 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9 DGPS  DGNSS Channel 9 .................................................................................................................................................... 10 Alarm Circuit  BIIT Channel 10 .............................................................................................................................................. 10 Proprietary Sentences............................................................................................................................................................. 10
3.5
3.5.1 3.5.2 3.5.3 3.5.4 3.5.5
Sensor Interface Definitions.........................................................................................................................................11
Talker drive circuits ................................................................................................................................................................. 11 Listener Receiver Circuits ....................................................................................................................................................... 11 Electrical isolation ................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Maximum voltage on the bus .................................................................................................................................................. 11 Data transmission ................................................................................................................................................................... 11
3.6 3.7
3.7.1
Sensor notes................................................................................................................................................................12 Sensor Hardware Installation:......................................................................................................................................13
Installation of an RS422 serial interface: ................................................................................................................................. 13
3.8
3.8.1 3.8.2 3.8.3 3.8.4 3.8.5 3.8.6 3.8.7 3.8.8
Sensor Software Configuration....................................................................................................................................14
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................. 14 Set up Sensor Speed, Checksum (CRC) and NMEA Talker and Sentence ID ........................................................................ 14 Real-Time Analysis of NMEA Data Streams ........................................................................................................................... 17 Sensor Monitoring for Problem Analysis.................................................................................................................................. 19 Priority Handling of Sensor Sentence...................................................................................................................................... 20 Supported NMEA-0183 Sentences ......................................................................................................................................... 20 Calculated Values ................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Versions of NMEA Sentences ................................................................................................................................................. 24
3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13
3.13.1 3.13.2
Pin-Description AIS-Cable / Socket 50-Pins:...............................................................................................................25 Pin-Description AIS-Connector:..............................................................................................................................26 Pin-Description Communication-Cable / Socket 50-Pins........................................................................................27 Communication Cable RS232 (Sub-D 50 Socket)..................................................................................................28 Installation of VHF / GPS Antennas........................................................................................................................29
VHF Antenna Installation......................................................................................................................................................... 29 GNSS Antenna installation...................................................................................................................................................... 30
3.14 4
Power Supply..........................................................................................................................................................31
STARTING THE NAUTICAST ...............................................................................................................................................32 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Initial Set Up of the NAUTICAST for operation............................................................................................................32 Entering the MMSI / IMO / DAC / ESN Numbers.........................................................................................................33 Entering Ship Settings .................................................................................................................................................36 Entering Voyage Related Data ....................................................................................................................................38 Service and User Passwords.......................................................................................................................................41
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TROUBLESHOOTING...........................................................................................................................................................44 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Reading and understanding Alarms: ...........................................................................................................................44 Alarm Codes ................................................................................................................................................................45 Text Messages ...........................................................................................................................................................46 Restarting the NAUTICAST .........................................................................................................................................46
6 7 8 9
ACCESSORIES.....................................................................................................................................................................47 TECHNICAL INFORMATION ................................................................................................................................................48 CONTACT AND SUPPORT INFORMATION ........................................................................................................................49 APPENDIX.............................................................................................................................................................................50 9.1
9.1.1 9.1.2 9.1.3
Samples for battery calculation....................................................................................................................................50
Typical Installation................................................................................................................................................................... 50 RM GMDSS Compact-Console Area A3 with 250 W MF/HF ................................................................................................... 51 RM GMDSS Compact-Console Area A3 with 400 W MF/HF ................................................................................................... 51
9.2
Drawings and Approvals............... ...
