Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product RP-250 Furuno
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VIDEO PLO TTER RP-250 Back.
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i NOTICE No one navigational aid should be relied upon exclusively for the safety of vessel and crew. The navigator has the responsibility to check all aids available to confirm his position. Electronic aids are not a substitute for basic navigational principles and common sense.
ii T ABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWOR D ........................................... iv 1 OPERA T IONA L OVER VIEW ............... 1 1.1 General ............................................... 1 1.2 Controls .............................................. 2 1.3 Choosing Displa y Mode .
iii 7.4 Sleeping T argets............................... 33 7.4.1 Sleeping an A IS target ........... 33 7.4.2 Sleeping all A IS targets .......... 33 7.4.3 Activ ating all sleep ing AIS targets ..................................... 34 7.5 Displayin g T arget D ata .
iv FOREWORD A Word to the O w ner of the RP-250 FURUNO Electr ic Company thanks you for purchasing the RP-250 Video Plotter . We are confident you will discover why the FURUNO nam e has become synonym ous with quality and reliabilit y .
1 1 OPERA TIONAL OVER VIEW 1.1 General The Video Plotter RP-250 is an option al circuit board (RP board) which is accommodat ed in the display unit of the FR-2105 series radar .
1. OPER A TIONAL OVERVIE W 2 1.2 Controls Power switch Control head Card slot FR-2105 series radar di splay unit HL OFF 1 OFF CENTER 4 EBL 7 T ARGET TRAILS CANCEL P ANEL BRILL 2 VECTOR 5 CHART ALIGN 8.
1. OPERA TIONA L O VER VIEW 3 1.3 Choosing Dis p lay Mode 1. Press the [RADAR MENU] key . 2. Press the [9] key to choose displa y mode desired. The illustration at the bottom of the page shows a sample video plotter displa y . Note that t he video plotter is not available when SHIP TYPE is set for DEEP SEA.
1. OPER A TIONAL OVERVIE W 4 About the rada r/v ideo plotte r display W hen using the radar/video plotter disp lay , you m ay erase marks, lines, grid, etc. fr om the display to give priority to t he radar displa y . T his is also useful f or brightening charts.
1. OPERA TIONA L O VER VIEW 5 1.5 Chart s This section shows you how to display charts a nd correct their position. Both the chart card and m emory card are susceptible to sunlight . Handle t hem carefully , f ollowing the g uidel ines belo w . • Keep them a way from direct sunlight and heat sources.
1. OPERA TIONA L OVERV IEW 6 Cancel i ng ch art p ositi on co rrect i on 1. Pr es s t he [NA V MENU] and [0] k ey s to show t he V I DEO PLOT T ER 2 menu. 2. Pr es s t he [2] key to choos e NA V DA T A POSN. 3. Pres s t he [ENT ER] k ey t o cancel c or r ec t ion.
1. OPERA TIONA L O VER VIEW 7 5. Press any menu key to close the m enu. Note 1: LAND DENSITY fills (ON) or hollows (OFF ) land on an electronic chart . Land will be hollo w when w rong card or wrong scale is used, regardless of LAND DENSITY set ting. Note 2: O W N SHIP PL OT functions as follows: OFF: Ow n t rack is neither plott ed nor recorded.
1. OPER A TIONAL OVERVIE W 8 For manua l input of positio n (item 4), do the follo wing: a) Press the [4] k ey . b) Enter latitude in six digits with the numeric keys. c) Press the [ENT ER] key . (T o change coor dinate, press t he [4] key and then press the [EN T ER] key).
9 2 TRACK This section provides th e inform at ion necessary for setting t he t r ack display conditions f or own ship and other vessels. 2.1 S topping Plott ing of O w n Ship's T rac k 1.
2. TRAC K 10 2.3 T rack Plotting Interval The m emory stores ship's posit ion i n latitude a nd longitude at a sam pling rate set on the OW N SHIP, TARGET PLOT menu. The position data so sto red is used to display past own ship's t rack on the screen.
2. TRAC K 11 2.4 Smoothing Even when the vessel is sailing in a straight lin e the track sho wn on the display looks irregular. T his is due to signal variation of the external navai d. You can compensate f or this irregularity with smoot hing. A smoot hing factor between 1 and 9 is ava ilable.
2. TRAC K 12 2.6 Ow n Sh ip T rack Co lor Y ou m ay display own ship’s track in red, m agenta, yellow*, green*, cyan, blue or white* as below . (* = Not available on I MO type.) 1. Press the [NA V MENU] key and the [ 5] key to choose OW N SHIP , T A RGET PLOT .
13 3 MARKS, LINES You can inscribe m arks on the display to note im portant point s, for example, a buoy or a wreck. The mark mem ory capacity is 20,000 po int s . 3.1 Choosing Method of Entry Marks can be entered by cursor positio n, specif ic latitude and longit ude or own ship position.
3. MARK S, LINE S 14 2. For entry at own ship’ s position , enter m ark nu m ber to choose desired mark, follo wed by the [ENTER] key . The chosen m ark appears at own ship position. 3. For entry by cursor , operate the trackball t o place the cursor on the position desired f or the mark.
3. MARKS, LINES 15 3.3 Mark/Line Color Not available on I MO type. 1. Press the [MARK] key . 2. Press [ 2 ] , [ 3 ] and [ E N T ER] ke y . 3. Continue pressing the [ ENTER] t o choose desired m ark color . 4. Press the [CANCEL] key to close the m enu.
3. MARK S, LINE S 16 3.5 F i n din g Mark/L in e Memory Used 1. Press the [NA V MENU] and [0] keys. Mark m emory used appears as belo w . MEMORY IN USE O W N SHI P = 03456 TARG ET = 01124 MARK = 00021 MEMO R Y IN USE dis p la y 2. Press the [NA V MENU] key to close the m enu.
17 4 W A YPOINTS, NA VIGA TION LINES 4.1 Enter ing W aypoint s 100 waypoints are a vailable. The user m ay enter position data in waypoints 01-98, by the t rackball, by latitu de and longitu de position, and at own ship position. W aypoint 00 is reserved f or own ship position and waypoi nt 99 is f or a waypoint f rom external equipment .
4. WA YPOINTS, NA V LINES 18 4.1.3 Entering way p oints at o w n ship position 1. Press the [NA V MENU], [ 4] and [2] keys. 2. Press th e [2] key to choose O W N SHIP POSN. 3. Press the [3] key to choose W PT NO. 4. Enter waypoint num ber in two digits with the num eric keys and then press the [ENTER] ke y .
4. WA YPOI NTS, NA V LINE 19 4.3 Display ing W aypoint s A waypoint may be sho wn on the display as bel ow . 4.3.1 Display ing w ay point s 1. Press the [NAV MENU] and [2] keys to choose t he W AYPOI NT menu.
4. WA YPOINTS, NA V LINES 20 4.4 Dele ting W aypoint s W aypoints can be deleted individua lly or collect ively. 4.4.1 Deleting individual w a y poi nt s 1. Press the [NAV MENU], [4] and [3] keys to display the waypoint list. 2. Press the [0] key to display the p age which cont ains the waypoint yo u want to delete.
4. WA YPOI NTS, NA V LINE 21 4.5.2 Adding w aypoint s to navigation lines To add waypoint s to a navigatio n line, do the f ollowing: 1. Press the [NAV MENU], [4] and [5] keys. 2. Press the [2] key. Enter navigati on line num ber and then press the [ENT ER] key twice.
4. WA YPOINTS, NA V LINES 22 4.5.7 Setting up navigati on lines Navigation lin es may be set up as f ollows: 1. Press the [NAV MENU] and [3] keys. [NAV LINE] 1 [NAV INFORMATION(1)] 2 NAV LINE OFF/ON 3 NAV LINE NO. 4 NAV WIDTH OFF/ON 0.00NM 5 6 WPT NO.
4. WA YPOI NTS, NA V LINE 23 Note: Way points are aut omat ically switched when o wn ship is either 1/2 of the arrival alarm range or 0.5 nm from next waypoint, whichever figure is larger . F or example, the arrival alarm range is 2 miles. Since 1/2 of the arrival al arm range is 1 m ile and it is larger than 0.
4. WA YPOINTS, NA V LINES 24 4.5.8 Displ ay ing naviga tion li nes Set nav line as show in previous paragraph a nd then follo w the procedu re below to displa y nav line. 1. Press the [NA V MENU] and [3] keys. 2. Press the [3] key to choose NA V LINE NO .
25 5 RECORDI NG , REPLA YING DA T A 5.1 Formatting M emory Car ds Before you can use a mem ory card (RAM card) w ith t he RP-250, the card m ust be form atted. Form atting prepares the recordin g surface of the card f or use with the system. The RAM card co m es in t hree types shown below.
5. RECO RDING , REPLA Y ING DA T A 26 5.2 Record ing Dat a W hen the track memory becomes full, the oldest track is erased to m ake roo m for the latest . Further, when the m ark memory becomes full you cannot enter another mark unless yo u erase a mark.
27 6 OTHER PLOTTER FUNCTIONS 6.1 Initial Settings An item on the PLO TT ER DISP SELECT menu can be deleted through t he VIDEO PLOTT ER INITIAL SETTING m enu. To restore the item reselect it on the [PLOTTE R DISP SELECT] menu, follo wing paragraph 1.6.
6. OTHE R PLOTTER FUNCTION S 28 6.2 Longitude Er ror T able (on 96 nm range scale ) The longitud e lines concent rate on the north po le and south pole, nam ely, 1 nm is equivalent t o 1 minute at 0 degree latitude, 2 minut es at 60 degrees latit ude, 3 minutes at 70 degrees latitude and so on.
6. OTHE R PLOTTE R FUNCTI ONS 29 0.2256 0.4444 0.6496 0.8350 0.9950 1.1248 1.2202 1.2786 1.2980 0.21980213 0.43290201 0.632803 0.8134132 0.96923215 1.09551918 1.1884382 1.24517456 1.26402037 0.21229339 0.41810678 0.61115946 0.78556318 0.93600295 1.05790007 1.
6. OTHE R PLOTTER FUNCTION S 30 (This page intentio nally left blank.).
31 7 AIS OPERA TION The AIS (Automatic Identif ication System) feature autom atically provides navigation data on AIS-equip ped ships. AIS sym bol and AI S menus 1-3 are available in the Ra dar/Video Plotter and Video Plott er displays. It is not available in the Ra dar mode.
7. AIS OPERA TION 32 Note 1: The RP-250 continu es to process AIS targets when the AIS f eat ure is switched off. W hen the AIS is again turned on, sym bols are immediat ely displayed. Note 2: AIS symbols are m omentarily erased after the screen is redrawn when bow direction is change d in t he Head-up m ode.
7. AIS O PERA TIO N 33 Dange rous t arge t W hen an AIS target violates the CP A/TCP A alarm setting (set on t he ARP A 1 menu in case of ARP A or EP A menu in case of EP A) its sy m bol changes t o the dangerous target sym bol (red and flashing) an d the indication “CO LLISION” appears.
7. AIS OPERA TION 34 7.4.3 A c tivating all slee ping A IS t argets 1. Press the [AIS MENU] key to open t he AIS m enu. 2. Press the [7] key (ACTI V A TE ALL T ARGETS). 3. Press any menu key to close the m enu. 7.5 Displa ying T arg et Data 7.5.1 Basic t arget dat a 1.
7. AIS O PERA TIO N 35 7.5.2 Extended t arget dat a 1. W ith basic data displayed as in paragraph 7.4.1, press the [ A I S MENU] key to open the AIS menu. 2. Press the [4] key (EXTENDED DA T A) t o display t he select ed target’s extended data. [EXTENDED DATA] 1 [AIS1] NAME VOYAGER CALL SIGN 1436782 LAT 34 44.
7. AIS OPERA TION 36 7.6 Lost T arget A target is declared a lost target when no data is received f or six minutes or five reporting inter vals, whichever is the shorter. W hen this occurs, the target is marked with the (f lashing) lost target symbol and t he indication “LOS T” appears.
7. AIS O PERA TIO N 37 3. Press appropriate num eric key among 2-5 t o choose the type of message you want to see. The example belo w shows a saf ety related message (addressed).
7. AIS OPERA TION 38 7.8 History Display The history displa y shows equally tim e-spaced dots m arking past positions of activated targets being tr acked. A ne w dot is added at preset tim e intervals until the preset num ber is reached. If a target changes its speed, t he spacing w ill be uneven.
7. AIS O PERA TIO N 39 7.8.2 Choosing hi stor y display attributes Y ou m ay choose history point color , t he number of hist ory points to show per history plot interval and the history plot interval as below . 1. Press the [AIS MENU] key to open t he AI S menu.
7. AIS OPERA TION 40 7.10 Automatic T ar get A cti vation Y ou m ay automat ically activate all targets w ithin a specif ic distance from own ship as below . Note that you m ay also automatically activat e all targets within the ARP A ’s automatic acquisition zone or guard zone.
7. AIS O PERA TIO N 41 7.12 ROT Display Setting Y ou m ay set the lower lim it of t he ROT (Rate Of Turn) at which the heading line on target symbols w ill point in direction of turning. 1. Press the [AIS MENU] key to open t he AI S menu. 2. Press the [0] key to show the AIS2 m enu.
7. AIS OPERA TION 42 7.13 Combining A I S w ith A RP A (fusion) If equipped with ARP A it m ay be jointly used wit h the AIS. In this case specif y the parameters for which an ARP A target is converted to an AIS target.
7. AIS O PERA TIO N 43 7.14 A IS S ystem Mess ages AIS system messages are displayed at t he bottom right corner of the screen. The table below sho ws the AIS system messages and their m eanings. AIS system messages Message Meanin g ARP A FUSION ARP A target converted t o AI S target.
7. AIS OPERA TION 44 7.15 AIS Alarm Message The AIS3 menu provide s AI S alarm message inf ormation ($AI ALR sentence) from the AIS t ransponder ..
45 8 MAINTENANCE 8.1 Rep l acin g the Battery on th e RP Board A battery installed on the RP board inside the radar displ ay unit preser ves video plott er setting data when the po wer is turned off. The life of the batt ery is about f ive years. W hen the battery voltage is low , NG (No G ood) appears at the diagnost ic test for the RP board.
8. MAIN TENANCE 46 8.3 System Error If t he equipment f ails, the message “RP SYSTEM ERROR” appears (in red) at the bottom right-hand corner of t he display , the equipm ent switches to the radar mode and the aud ible alarm sounds. W hen this occurs, turn the display unit off and on again.
47 9 INST ALLA TION OF VIDEO PLOTTER KIT 9.1 T abletop/Co nsole T ype Necessary part s RP-250-T -2E-N (Code No. 000-080- 196), For NA VI ONICS specificat ion RP-250-T -2E-C (Code No. 000-080- 197), For C-MAP specification Name T ype Qty Code No. Remarks IF boa rd Cable assy .
9. INS T ALLA T ION OF VIDE O PLOTTER KIT 48 1. Remove the right and le ft arm covers fr om the control head. Right and left arm covers Pan Head Screw B M4 x 10, 2 pcs. Control Head Control head 2. Unfasten bolts (M10, 2 pcs.)hidden b y arm covers to separate the display unit f rom the processor unit.
9. INS T ALLA TION OF V IDEO PL OTTER K IT 49 4. W hile raising the monitor unt il the CRT is horizo ntal as below , f ix the stay as follo ws: a) Raise t he stay as shown below . Stay HORIZONTAL W ARNING P ossibility of injur y . Hold handle when mounting displa y unit.
9. INS T ALLA T ION OF VIDE O PLOTTER KIT 50 c) Release hand from s topper . Release stopper; stay is fixed. S tay fixed 5. Fasten the M-card case to the right arm cover as follo w s: a) Fast en the ground w ire wit h an M4 x 8 scr ew an d toothed washer (supplied) as shown below .
9. INS T ALLA T ION OF VIDE O PLOTTER KIT 51 Display pedestal Front panel Display pedestal, f ront view 8. Set the RP Board in the t op slot of the pcb card case. 9. Run the cable assem bly from t he card assy. in front of the G YRO CONVERTER Board. 10.
9. INS T ALLA T ION OF VIDE O PLOTTER KIT 52 13. Attach the NH connect or assy . (supplied) to the AIS cable and then con nect the NH connector to J4 on t he RP Board. 20 mm (1) Cut shrink tubing in 20 mm lengths and slip onto each wire. (3) Heat shrink tubing with soldering iron.
9. INST A LLA TION OF VID EO PLO TTER KI T 53 b) Inser t suppl i e d fl op py di s k in the PC , exec ute t he “up e.bat” fil e. T h e PC displays “T A R GET PO W ER ON.” c) T urn o n the dis play unit to lo ad th e progr am. Th e PC di s plays “F inis h V ersi on up.
9. INS T ALLA T ION OF VIDE O PLOTTER KIT 54 20. Set t he #3 and #4 function keys as f ollows: a) Press [R ADAR M ENU], [0 ], [0] and [5]. b) Pr ess [2] to choose O PERA TION and then press the [ENTER] key . c) Rotat e the trackball to choose AIS DA T A and then press the [ENTER] key .
9. INS T ALLA T ION OF VIDE O PLOTTER KIT 55 9.2 Sep arate T ype Control Head Necessary part s RP-250-T -2E-N (Code No.: 000-080-196), For A VIONI CS specification RP-250-T -2E-C (Code No.: 000-080-197), For C-MAP specification Name T ype Qty Code No.
9. INS T ALLA T ION OF VIDE O PLOTTER KIT 56 1. Follow steps 1 thru 4 in t he previous paragraph t o open the display unit. 2. Remove M-card lid, case and case co ver from M-card assy. The case and case cover may be discarded. 3. Fasten the M-card assy.
9. INS T ALLA T ION OF VIDE O PLOTTER KIT 57 6. Fasten the ground wire in the cable ass y . of the M-card assy . with an M3 x 8 screw and toothed washer (M3) as shown on t he previous page. 7. Unfast en four pan head screws (M 4 x 8) from the display pedestal t o remove the f ront panel lid.
58 APPENDIX 1. Digit al Interface (IEC 61 162-2) Input sentences (RP Board, J4) VDM, ALR, VDO Dat a reception Data is received in serial asynchrono us form in accordance with the standard ref erenced in IEC 61 162-2.
APPEND IX 59 VDO - UA IS VHF Dat a-link Own-vessel rep ort !AIVDO,x,x,x,x,s--s,x*hh<CR><LF> | | | | | | | | | | | | | +--- 7 | | | | | +----- 6 | | | | +-------- 5 | | | +------------ 4 | | +-------------- 3 | +---------------- 2 +------------------ 1 1.
APPEND IX 60 2. Interface Function (1) Data displayed in the Basic data displa y - !AI VDM message 1-3 CO G , SOG , HDG , RO T - !AI VDM message 5 call sign, ship ’s name (2) Data displayed in the E.
APPEND IX 61 3. Main Boar d Modification (IEC 60936-1 related items) W hen the RP-250 is installed in the radar displa y unit of t he FR-2105 series radar , the follo wing modificat ions are done to the main board (SPU board, 03P9253): • The program of the main board (SPU board) is changed.
APPEND IX 62 4. Conditions Which Display the A l arm for WT and CP A/TCP A • When both VHW and VBW are input, priority is VB W >VHW . • When only VH W is received, status is as below . • When only VB W is received, status is as below . • When neither VHW or VBW is input, log error is displayed.
APPEND IX 63 5. Menu T ree Video plotter 1 [NA V INFORMA TION(1)] 2 [W A YPOINT] 3 [NA V LINE] [NA V MENU] key VIDEO PLOTTER(1) 1 [VIDEO PLOTTER(1)] 2 SELECT NA V AID ( GPS+LC , DEAD RECKONING, AIS) 3 OWN SHIP POSN ( OFF , L/L) 4 POSN (Enter own ship position.
APPEND IX 64 4 [ENTER WPT , NA V LINE] 5 [OWN SHIP , T ARGET PLOT] 6 [CARD] ( REPLA Y , RECORD) 7 PLOTTER PRESENT A TION (DEF AUL T , USER SET ) 8 [DISPLA Y SELECT] 9 [ERASE] 0 [VIDEO PLOTTER2] 1 [VID.
APPEND IX 65 AI S [AIS MENU] Key 1 [AIS(1)] 2 HISTORY ( OFF , ON) 3 HISTORY POINTS ( 5, 10) 4 HISTORY INTERVAL ( 10 , 30 s; 1, 2, 3 , 6 min) 5 HISTORY COLOR (RED, MAGENTA, YELLOW*, GREEN*, CYAN , BLUE, WHITE*) 6 SYMBOL COLOR (RED, MAGENTA, YELLOW*, GREEN*, CYAN , BLUE, WHITE*) 7 ROT TAG (Enter shIp ’ s rate of turn.
SP - 1 E3047S01C SPECIFICATIONS OF VIDEO PLOTTER RP - 250 1 GENERAL 1.1 Display Display of FR - 2115 series Radar 1.2 Display Mode Radar picture overlaid on plotter picture 1.3 Presentation Mode North up (NU), True motion (TM), Course up (CU), Head up (HU), Cur sor Gyro (CG) HU and CG modes display ship ’ s course, marks and course line only.
IN-1 INDEX A AIS activati ng all sl eeping targets ..................... 34 activati ng targets ........................................ 31 automa tic acti vation ................................... 40 dangerous t a rgets .............................
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