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ACR Electronics AIS-300 manual

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    2 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C In the United State s W ARNING: It is a violat ion of the rules of the Federal Com m unications Comm ission to input an MMSI t hat has not b een pro perl y assigned to the end user, or to other wise input any inaccurate data in t his device. WARNING: T his product is a supp lemental navigat ion tool only! The user assum es al[...]

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    3 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C Table of Contents SECTION 1 - WHAT IS AIS? ____________________________________________________________ 4 SECTION 2 - INSTALLATION ___________________________________________________________ 6 SECTION 3 - USING THE TRANSPONDER ________________________________________________ 20 SECTION 4 - MAINTENANCE ________________________[...]

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    4 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C SECTION 1 - W HA T IS A IS? 1. Overview AIS is an acronym for A utomatic I dentification S ystem . AIS increases navigational safety and collision avoidance b y tr ansmitting vessel i dentification, helping to reduce the d ifficulty of identif ying ships when not in sight (e.g. at night, in radar blind arcs or s hadows or at [...]

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    5 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C On the bot tom, a t ypical N auticast ™ -B AIS installation in a com mon environm ent is shown. The Nauticast ™ -B AIS is connec ted t o the vess el ‟ s power supply, and, in connecti on with the VHF and GPS antennas, th e m inimal requirements for transpond er operation are f ulfilled. Both vessels in the above illustr[...]

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    6 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C In order to m eet carriage re quirements f or Class A and Class B AIS s ystems, dedic ated GPS and VHF anten nas must be fit to the transponders. ACR has include d GPS and VHF antenn as that have been spec ifically designed, tes ted and approved f or use with th e Naut icast ™ -B. A CR Electron ics Inc . does not recomm end[...]

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    7 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C 2. Installa tion overview and prerequisites In the United State s W ARNING: It is a violat ion of the rules of the Federal Com m unications Comm ission to input an MMSI t hat has not b een pro perl y as signed t o the end user, or to oth erwise input an y inaccurate data in t his device. The US FCC regulat ion states that “[...]

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    8 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C Or, when you have do wnloaded an upgr ade: Unzip the pack age when necessar y and start the installer prog ram as des cribed in “Installatio n of the Link2AIS™ Software” (later in this secti on). If one of the f ollowing dialogs is shown w hen the installation proc ess is started, the .NET ® framework and/or the W indo[...]

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    9 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C W hen you are not connected to the internet, an error m essage like the one below will be shown. From the CD If y ou do not want to download the .NET ® f ramework from the Microsoft website, terminate th e do wnload process by click ing the “Cancel” button in th e do wnload dialog b ox and insta ll the pack age directly [...]

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    10 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C W hen the i nstallation pro cess has finished, you MUST reboot your c omputer in order to install th e Link2AIS ™ Software: 6. Installation of the Link2AIS™ Software Unzip the downloade d pack age when necessary. Locate the files “setup .exe” and the accom panying “msi” file, then doubl e - click on “s etup.exe[...]

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    11 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C A dialog box will appear re m inding you to uninstall any prior v ersions of the L ink2AIS™ software ( if applicable) before c ontinuing the instal l process. Read through and ac cept the license agreem ent and click Next.[...]

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    12 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C The next screen will allow you to pick options to be installed. T hese options ar e check ed by default. Choose a director y where the software will be installed . Make note of this d irectory, as you will need to manuall y copy files to this location later on in the instal l process.[...]

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    13 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C The software will ask you to choose a locati on in the Start m enu to place the pro gram‟s s hortcuts: The next screen will ask y ou to conf irm the install setti ngs you have pro vided in the pre vious steps:[...]

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    14 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C Now the application will install autom atically in the folder you have chosen : The install program will tell you when ins tallation has b een completed. C lick Finish. Finally, find the Coas tlines folder on the insta llation CD and copy to the insta ll directory chosen dur ing the install process. If you are unable to find[...]

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    15 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C You will find the instal led program shortcuts i n the Star t Menu / All Programs/ ACR Electronics director y (unless you chose a dif ferent location durin g the install proc ess) . A shortcut nam ed “Link2AIS” will be place d on your desk top. Use either shortcut to launch the program . 7. Connecting to a personal compu[...]

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    16 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C Start up Link2AIS ™ Softwa re program on PC . The initial app lication screen wil l appear as shown: The application requires a s erial connection to a N auti cast™ - B AIS transponder. Connect the transponder to an available seria l port. If y our serial port is not located in the drop down box, s elect „New…‟ and[...]

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    17 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C To configure the transpo nder all of the dat a fields m ust be completed and sa ved to the AIS. WARNING: Per FCC rules (United States users only) the static data of the vessel cannot be changed once programm ed. Do not pr ogram the static data unless you are certain y ou have the correct inform ation. Please check the num be[...]

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    18 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C For additional sof tware ap plications unrelated to the installation, pl ease r efer to the Link2AIS™ Software user guide for technical s upport. 11. Hardware installation WARNING : T he compass safe distance of this unit is 0.5m or gr eater for 0.3 ° dev iation. WARNING: Do not c onnect the N auticas t™ -B AIS unit to [...]

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    19 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C If using PC s erial term inal with third part y AIS ca pable Elec tronic Charting Soft ware, connect the user end of the data interface c able to the displa y device. The sof tware in the displ ay device m ust be configured for AIS operation A ND to ac cept st andard C lass B AI S operation NMEA s entences. T his ex ternal d[...]

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    20 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C The GPS a ntenna has a f ree view thr ough 3 60 degrees with a vertical an gle of 5 to 90 degrees above the horizon. The GNSS ant enna is p laced as far awa y as possib le f rom radar, Inmarsat and Irid ium transmitters . Also ensure that the GPS antenna is free from direct view of the rad ar an d t he Inm arsat beam. T he r[...]

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    21 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C If the r ed LED i lluminates continuousl y, the unit shoul d be as sumed to be fault y. It should either be s witched off (power r emoved) or, if this is not prac tical, any other vessel position inform ation derived f rom the unit should not be used. It shou ld also be ass umed that the unit is not t ransmitting valid posit[...]

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    22 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C TX timeout This is a yellow LED which indicates when lit that t he CST DMA transm itter is prevent ed from transm itting. Reasons for this include the following: The transpond er‟s intern al GPS r eceiver is not yet r eady. The yellow LED will go out a nd the green LED will light when G PS receiver is read y. The trans pon[...]

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    23 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C Data A m inimum k eypad and displa y ( MKD) un it, chart plotter or other display de vice m a y be connec ted to the N auticast™ -B AIS un it via the appro priate c able assembl y . T he def ault baud rate of the data link is 38.4k baud with 8 data b its, one stop bit and no parit y. The data interface conforms to IEC 6116[...]

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    24 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C NOTE 2 The sequential mess age identifier prov ides a message identification num ber from 0 to 9 that is sequentially assigned and is increm ented for each new m ulti -sentence m essage. T he count resets to 0 after 9 is used. For a m essage requiring m ultiple s entences, each se ntence of the m essage contains the sam e se[...]

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    25 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C 5. VHF data link own vessel messages (NME A 0183 VDO) This mess age describes your own vessel m essage being sent. VDO message f ormat ! -- VDO,x1,x2,x3,a,s -- s ,x*hh<CR><LF> field 1 2 3 4 5 6 Field Format Description 1 x Total number of sentences need ed to transf er the message 1 , 1 to 9 2 x Sentence num ber [...]

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    26 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C 6. Regional Assignment Channel Assignment Message (NMEA 0183 ACA) A N auticast™ - B unit ca n receive regional channel m anagem ent inform ation in t wo ways: ITU -R M.1371 message 22 or a DSC te lecom m and received on channel 70. C hannel m anagem ent inform ation is applied based upon the actua l location of the AIS de [...]

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    27 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C 8. AIS alarm messa ges (NMEA 0183 ALR, Text) Local alarm condition and status. This s entence is used to re port an a larm condition on a device and its c urrent state of ack nowledgement. ALR message format ! -- ALR,hhmmss.ss,xxx ,A,A,c -- c*hh<CR><LF> field 1 2 3 4 5 Field Format Description 1 x hhmmss.ss = T i[...]

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    28 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C A PPENDIX B - SPECIFICA TIONS AND WA RNINGS 1. Specifications Parameter Value Dimensions 7.8 x 6.22 x 1.84 in. ( 198 x 158 x 46.7 mm ) W eight 13.2 oz (375g) Power DC (9.6-15.6V), t wo-wire with ne gative ground Average power consum ption 4W Peak current rating 2A GPS Receiver (AIS Intern al) IEC 61108-1 com pliant Electrica[...]

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    29 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C 2. Warnings WARNING regarding VHF antenna connectio n: Connecti ng a badl y mismatc hed VHF antenna, leav ing the VHF antenna port d isconnected, or s horting the V HF antenna port wil l activate the VSW R alarm, c ausing the unit to stop sending p osition reports or ca using dam age to the transpon der and activating the re[...]

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    30 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C A PPENDI X D - D A T A POWER CAB LE INFORMAT ION Class B A2 - 07 -0196-1 DATA POWER CABLE J1 J2 Description DB15 DB9 Wire Type Color AWG CABLE # 12V + 1 Tinned Copper RED 18 CABLE1 12V - 9 Tinned Copper BLACK 18 CABLE1 RS422 TX A 2 Tinned Copper ORANGE 22 - 24 CABLE 2 RS422 RX A 3 Tinned Copper YELLOW 22 - 24 CABLE 2 RS422 T[...]

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    31 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C APPENDIX E - SUPPORT, W A RRANTY, USEFUL LIFE and NOTICES 1. Support Contact your local deal er for Nauticast™ -B AIS support. Please visit the ACR W ebsite for Service centers near you. ACR Electronics Europe GmbH Handelskai 388 / Top 632 A-1020 Vienna, Aus tria Tel: +43 (1) 5 237 237 - 0 Fax: +43 (1) 5 237 237 - 150 Emai[...]

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    32 Y1 -03 - 0222 Rev. C EC DECL A R ATION OF CONF ORMITY ACR Electronics, Inc . hereby declares that the following pro duct is in conform ity with Directive 19 99/5/EC of the European Parliam ent and o f the Council of 9 March 1999 on Radio eq uipm ent and Telecomm unications Term inal Equipment (R&TTE), and h as been t ype examined as follows.[...]