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IHO S-58 Standard - ENC Validation .......... 11

Contents Incorrect chart information .......................... 11
Security Scheme Errors (SSE) ................... 11
Contents ........................................................... 1 Conversion errors ....................................... 12
AVCS ............................................................... 2 Technical support ....................................... 12
Overview....................................................... 2 Emergency chart permits ............................... 12
Quality .......................................................... 2
Carriage compliance ..................................... 2
Licensing ...................................................... 2
SENC Services ............................................. 2
Pay as you Sail (PAYS) ................................ 2
Further information........................................ 2
Getting started with AVCS ................................ 3
Before you start ............................................ 3
Installing permits and data ............................ 3
Exchange set ................................................ 4
Readme file................................................... 4
AVCS permits ............................................... 4
Other important information .......................... 4
Continual delivery of updates ........................ 4
Working with AVCS .......................................... 5
Maintaining your holdings ............................. 5
Downloaded data .......................................... 5
Cancelled ENCs ........................................... 5
Withheld ENCs ............................................. 5
Adding ENC coverage .................................. 5
Holdings Report ............................................ 5
ADMIRALTY Information Overlay (AIO)............ 6
Overview....................................................... 6
Updating AIO ................................................ 6
Content ......................................................... 6
Compatibility ................................................. 6
Managing temporary information with AIO ........ 7
T&P NMs ...................................................... 7
EP NMs ........................................................ 8
‘No Overlay’ feature ...................................... 8
Passage Planning ............................................ 9
Policy of ENC producers ............................... 9
ECDIS symbology ......................................... 9
Using AIO ..................................................... 9
Compliance ................................................... 9
Further guidance ......................................... 10
Frequently asked questions ............................ 10
Troubleshooting.............................................. 11

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AVCS Licensing
The ENCs in AVCS are provided under a licence
agreement that allows their use for defined
Overview
periods of time. AVCS Folios and ENC Units
ADMIRALTY Vector Chart Service (AVCS) is
may be added to an AVCS licence at any time for
produced and distributed according to well-
periods of 3, 6, 9 or 12 months (where data
defined international standards.
supply agreements allow). This offers maximum
This guide provides generic information to assist choice and the flexibility to match your chart
in managing and maintaining your AVCS holdings to your operational patterns.
holdings.
This guide should be used in conjunction with SENC Services
the User Manual supplied by your ECDIS When they are loaded into the ECDIS, ENCs are
manufacturer. converted to the system’s own proprietary format,
known as System ENC (SENC). To allow them to
AVCS brings together official Electronic load more efficiently, some service providers
Navigational Charts (ENC) from national convert AVCS ENCs to SENC ashore, then send
Hydrographic offices around the world. It includes them to the vessel, usually by download.
ENC coverage produced by UKHO in co-
operation with Foreign Governments to provide AVCS SENC services carry full ADMIRALTY
comprehensive worldwide coverage. assurance and accreditation.

Quality
Pay as you Sail (PAYS)
AVCS meets customer requirements for a
PAYS subscriptions provide your vessel with
comprehensive, world-wide, fully carriage-
permits for the majority of the AVCS portfolio, so
compliant electronic chart service. AVCS
they are available for voyage planning. Where the
continues to develop in response to customer
Producer allows their ENCs to be included in the
feedback.
PAYS Service, you avoid having to purchase
UKHO has a programme of assessment by its them individually. You are only charged for their
professional cartographers, where the content of use when your vessel tracks across the coverage
the ENC is compared to relevant paper charts. of each ENC.
Any navigationally significant differences are
communicated to users of AVCS through The ENC data must still be loaded onto your
ADMIRALTY Information Overlay (AIO). See ECDIS either manually or automatically.
page 6.
No other electronic chart service offers this level Further information
of reassurance. NP231 ADMIRALTY Guide to the Practical Use
of ENCs is a comprehensive guide to the ENC
Carriage compliance portrayal, standards and regulations.
AVCS contains Official ENC data that meets
Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Carriage The UKHO website, admiralty.co.uk, has more
Requirements for use within Electronic Chart information and links to resources for use with
Display and Information Systems (ECDIS). AVCS.

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Getting started with AVCS Installing permits and data

Specific instructions for some common models of
This start-up guide is designed to help you to load ECDIS are available at admiralty.co.uk/AVCS.
and maintain your AVCS data easily and
Videos are also available at
quickly. It describes the basic steps necessary to
youtube.com/user/AdmiraltyTV
use AVCS in any ECDIS. The functionality for
loading and maintaining AVCS will differ from one 1. Before loading AVCS ENCs, the ENC Permits
ECDIS to another, so this guide should be used must be installed on the system. The permits
in conjunction with the User Manual supplied by consist of two files for each ECDIS: ENC.PMT
your ECDIS manufacturer. and PERMITS.TXT.
AVCS contains official ENCs issued by Install your permits, referring to your ECDIS User
Government Hydrographic Offices. It is designed Guide.
to be used in conjunction with a type-approved
ECDIS to meet the requirements of SOLAS AVCS customers with multiple ECDIS on board
Chapter V. should be careful to load the correct permits into
the corresponding system.
Before you start Permit sets are labelled MASTER, BACKUP,
1. Your ADMIRALTY Distributor will have provided RESERVE 1, 2 and 3 etc.
the following materials:
2. Load ENCs from exchange sets delivered by
download or physical media. Note that some
A set of ENC Permit files (PERMIT.TXT and
producers (such as the United Kingdom) produce
ENC.PMT) for each ECDIS equipment
data worldwide so folders in data exchange sets
‘Schedule A’ Order Report (a document
do not directly correspond to a geographical
listing the units that you have added to your
area.
new licence).
Access to AVCS ENC base and update data. It is only necessary to load the exchange sets that
This may be by download or physical media. contain licensed ENCs, as listed in the permit file.
AVCS Certificate (a document showing your The ECDIS will manage the loading of all ENC
vessel and licence details). cells based on the installed ENC Permits.
ADMIRALTY Information Overlay (AIO) data
3. Load the ADMIRALTY Information Overlay,
(recommended).
which provides additional information for
passage planning. The Overlay contains
2. Referring to the User Guide for your ECDIS,
Temporary & Preliminary Notices to Mariners
remove any existing ENCs and if possible, any
(T&P NMs) for paper charts and ENC Preliminary
installed permits.
Notices to Mariners (EP NMs), which highlight
You are now ready to load AVCS onto your navigationally significant differences between
ECDIS. ENCs and ADMIRALTY paper charts.

A permit for AIO is provided free of charge with

AVCS. If it does not display, please ask your
ADMIRALTY Distributor to check that it has been
added to your licence and that your ECDIS has
been enabled.

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Exchange set The permits may be supplied on physical media,

ENC data, catalogues and metadata files are separately by email, downloaded over the
organised in an internationally recognised internet, or directly from back of bridge software
standard format that is recognised by the ECDIS. applications. The contents should be extracted
A complete collection is known as an ‘exchange to a file location that is capable of being read by
set’ and will normally be named “V01X01”. the ECDIS system.

AVCS DVDs are supplied in a different Large Other important information

Media Format. DVD1 is named “M01X02” and Information about general cautions when using
DVD2 is named “M02X02”. ENCs within ECDIS is contained in the document
“Important information for AVCS users” which
Readme file can be found on the Support page at
AVCS exchange sets contain a ‘README.TXT’ admiralty.co.uk/avcs and the INFO folder on
file which includes important safety information AVCS DVD exchange sets.
that should be read before using the service and
checked regularly. Updates applied to the ECDIS may have a
navigational impact on an area covered by a
The latest README.TXT file can also be viewed stored route. It is important to check the effect of
on the Support page at admiralty.co.uk/avcs. any updates on these routes prior to their use.

AVCS permits Continual delivery of updates

Each permit is unique and is the method which Most ENC updates are now available from UKHO
gives the user access to the required ENCs. as soon as they are ready and therefore can be
The ENC Permits are supplied in a zipped file and displayed on ECDIS many days earlier than the
the contents of this file will depend on the user’s AVCS weekly batch release. Please ask your
bridge configuration, as each AVCS licence ADMIRALTY Distributor about connecting to this
allows for use on more than one ECDIS. When faster service.
extracted, one or more set of permit files
(PERMIT.TXT and ENC.PMT) will be copied
automatically into folder(s) named MASTER,
BACKUP, RESERVE1, RESERVE2 and
RESERVE3 etc depending on the number of
ECDIS configured on the bridge.
Most ENC Producers grant permission for their
data to be displayed many times on a single
vessel licence. However, where permission is
restricted to a smaller number of ECDIS displays,
those permits will only be included in the
appropriate number of permit files, in the order
given above. It is therefore important that priority
displays are identified correctly on your licence
otherwise some data may not be available when
needed.

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Working with AVCS It is strongly recommended that you choose

to delete any cancelled ENCs from the SENC
as failure to do so may result in the ECDIS
Maintaining your holdings displaying out of date ENCs in preference to
1. A new set of ENC Permits will be supplied by your more up to date data.
ADMIRALTY Distributor whenever an ENC has
been added or removed from your licence. These Withheld ENCs
should be installed on the ECDIS when they are If an ENC in service is found to have a serious
received, before loading any new exchange safety or operational issue, it may be withdrawn
sets. from AVCS until the issue is fixed. This is
extremely uncommon but if this happens, you
If your Distributor provides you with a Holdings
would be advised by your ADMIRALTY
Report (a list of ENCs on your licence), this will
Distributor to remove the ENC from your ECDIS
be updated.
immediately. Since the withdrawal does not
2. Your ADMIRALTY Distributor will supply you with remove the permit from your permit files, you
AVCS update data. should also take steps on board to prevent the
data from being re-loaded at any later date until
Alternatively, you may use your ECDIS or other
the problem is fixed.
software to request and download ENC updates.
A list of withdrawn ENCs is available at
If you are using the AVCS DVD and AIO CD admiralty.co.uk/avcs.
exchange sets on physical media or download,
the data is cumulative. To update the ECDIS, Adding ENC coverage
just load the ENCs from the latest version of
Permits for additional AVCS Units may be
these exchange sets that you hold. Alternatively,
purchased from your ADMIRALTY Distributor.
you may only receive the updated data for the
AIO and ENCs that you hold whenever the Once your order has been approved, you will
updates are released. receive new ENC Permits to ‘unlock’ the newly
added data. These permit files are cumulative so
Downloaded data as well as unlocking the new coverage they will
Your ADMIRALTY Distributor may provide you also hold the permits necessary to unlock all your
with the capability to deliver the ENCs and existing coverage.
updates that you need over the internet or by You can use software applications and some
email. This has the advantage of allowing you to ECDIS to order new permits and data, then have
keep the ENCs on your ECDIS up to date and them delivered direct to your vessel.
avoid the delay when physical media is delivered
by post. Holdings Report
Your ADMIRALTY Distributor may supply you
Cancelled ENCs with a ‘Holdings Report’, generated by UKHO
Periodically, ENCs are cancelled as part of the systems, which shows which ENC permits are
continuous maintenance of ENC coverage held on your licence at the time that the report is
worldwide. If possible, cancelled ENCs are run. The report also states the latest Edition and
replaced with alternative or new coverage so Update number for each ENC.
there is no loss of coverage in your ECDIS.

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ADMIRALTY Information ADMIRALTY File Share Service (FSS) at

https://fss.admiralty.co.uk.
Overlay (AIO) The full ISO and zip file exchange sets are
around 20-30MB in size. The ‘Update-only’
Overview exchange set is less than 1MB. Note that every
The AIO is a worldwide digital dataset that is two years the ‘Week-only’ will be the full New
designed to be displayed over ENCs in ECDIS and Edition of around 20MB.
other chart display systems to provide additional
information during passage planning.
Content
Except for areas where there is no ADMIRALTY
The Overlay displays ADMIRALTY paper chart chart at equivalent scale to the ENC (indicated by
Temporary & Preliminary Notices to Mariners
‘No Overlay’ polygons), AIO covers the whole
(T&P NMs) where temporary information has not
world.
been encoded by the producer into the underlying
ENC. Temporary information is assessed for inclusion
as follows:
The AIO includes ENC Preliminary Notices to
Mariners – EPNMs, which draw attention to areas Considered if it affects an ADMIRALTY paper
where there are differences between ENCs and chart and has been issued as a T&P NM but:
ADMIRALTY paper charts which may affect the - excluded if the information only relates to
passage plan. No other electronic chart service paper charts and is therefore not relevant
offers this level of reassurance. to the ECDIS user or,
- excluded if the producer nation confirms
Updating AIO that they include temporary information in
The AIO is refreshed every week, as part of the their ENCs.
AVCS Weekly Update and is available as a Included as EPNM if the information is about
weekly cumulative disc, ISO and zip file, as well a navigationally significant difference
as a week-only zip file for download. Cumulative between the ENC and the equivalent paper
files contain the base edition and all the updates chart.
to date, so you only need to load the most recent
version. The week-only file is much smaller since Compatibility
it only contains the latest changes but in common The Overlay can be displayed on AIO-compatible
with all ENCs, the Week-only exchange set files ECDIS equipment as well as some software
can only be applied to the most recent base applications. Please see the AVCS Support page at
edition issued and must be applied in sequence. admiralty.co.uk/AVCS for a list of AIO-compatible
A New Edition is issued approximately every two ECDIS or consult your supplier.
years, after 90 weekly updates. The Overlay data is a single S-57 exchange set
which is installed and updated in the same way as
To avoid downloading the same historic data
each week, some bridge software applications ENCs. The AIO permit GB800001 is free of charge
allow the vessel to download the updates each for AVCS users and is added to your licence by
week. default. Please contact your ADMIRALTY Distributor
if you wish to use the Overlay or cannot view it on
The Week-only zip file, Weekly ISO and Weekly your ECDIS.
zip files are available to download from the

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Managing temporary associated diagrams can also be viewed through the

Pick Report.
information with AIO AIO does not contain paper T&P NMs issued
by the ENC producer, unless it has been re-
T&P NMs issued as an ADMIRALTY T&P NM.
The UKHO issues Temporary and Preliminary There may be a time delay between the
Notices to Mariners (T&P NMs) which contains publication or cancellation of national T&P
temporary information of navigational interest to NMs and the publication or removal of the
mariners using ADMIRALTY paper charts. equivalent ADMIRALTY T&P NMs that are
Mariners are only required to hold Notices to included in AIO.
Mariners for paper charts that are on board.
Although UKHO tries to avoid duplication, it is
Like UKHO, Hydrographic Offices around the possible that the AIO will occasionally contain T&P
world issue Notices to Mariners to update their
information similar to that displayed in the ENC.
paper charts. Some countries do not issue T&P
NMs and some do not update their ENCs with AIO does not include T&P NMs that only relate to
temporary information. paper charts. For instance, a non-temporary update
to a local ENC may result in a T&P NM for the
If the producer nation does not include temporary
ADMIRALTY paper chart. Because the information
information in their ENCs but the UKHO has
is contained in the ENC, the ADMIRALTY T&P NM
issued it as a T&P NM for an equivalent scale
would be excluded from AIO.
paper chart, it is added to the ADMIRALTY
Information Overlay (AIO). This allows you to Some ADMIRALTY T&P NMs solely refer to non-
receive extra temporary information which has navigational charts, e.g. Thematic or Maritime
not been included in your subscribed ENCs. Security Charts. As the T&P NM often relates to text
boxes on the paper chart and cannot be geo-
The T&P NMs are displayed as polygons over the
displayed, they are not included in AIO.
ENCs on the ECDIS, labelled with the number of the
ADMIRALTY Notice to Mariners (NM). A list of ENC producers whose policy is to include
T&P NM information in their ENCs can be found at
admiralty.co.uk/AVCS and in the INFO folder on
AVCS DVD and AIO CD Exchange Sets.
Some T&P NMs may display in AIO before they are
published in the ADMIRALTY Weekly Bulletin.
Official ENCs remain the primary source of
information for navigation at all times.

The full text of the NM is included as an associated

text file which can be displayed by selecting the
'Temporary Notice to Mariners' or 'Preliminary Notice
to Mariners' feature in the ECDIS Pick Report. Any

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EP NMs
ENC Preliminary (EP) NMs highlight navigationally
significant differences between ENCs and
ADMIRALTY paper charts.
These NMs are displayed in the same way as T&P
NMs, as a polygon with a hatched fill which indicates
the area affected by the NM. Each NM is allocated a
unique EP NM number and is exclusive to AIO.

ADMIRALTY paper T&P NMs may occasionally

display within a ‘No Overlay’ polygon if the
information has been published for smaller scale
paper charts and is also relevant at a larger scale.

Additional information, such as local T&P NMs,

The full text of the NM can be viewed in the may be available in these areas from other
ECDIS Pick Report. Where additional information sources. When navigating in these areas, users
is needed to explain the NM an associated should ensure that other sources of information
picture file displays the ENC superimposed over such as local web sites, Navtex, port notices etc.
the current paper chart information. have been consulted.

‘No Overlay’ feature

Where there is no ADMIRALTY paper chart at
equivalent scale to the ENC, UKHO is not able to
compare coverage and add additional
information. In these areas, the AIO shows a grey
hatched polygon labelled ‘No Overlay’.

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Passage Planning Using AIO

You should have AIO active on your ECDIS
SOLAS Chapter V states that all information screen during passage planning.
relevant to the passage should be considered
Use the ENCs and route checking in the normal
during planning. Appropriate scale, accurate and
way, noting any features that are described in the
up-to-date charts are to be used for the intended
pick report as being temporary.
passage, as well as any relevant temporary
Notices to Mariners. Check your route with the ECDIS date set to the
planned passage time.
Policy of ENC producers You may see coloured polygons that are
Most producers now include temporary associated with ADMIRALTY paper T&P NMs
information in their ENCs and it is received on issued by the UKHO. The T&P NMs will be giving
your vessel as a normal ENC update or new you additional information that is not already
edition. This means that you can see the change included in your ENCs. You should then open the
on the ECDIS and use the pick report to obtain text of the notice using the ECDIS Pick report to
more information in the normal way. The ECDIS assess and include the information in your
Route Assessment tools will automatically passage plan as necessary. You may wish to
assess the temporary information because it annotate your ECDIS display with key information
appears as standard ENC objects. Your passage from the T&P NM, so it is available as a prompt
plan should be compiled as normal using what for watchkeepers if you prefer to hide the AIO
you see displayed on your ECDIS along with the during passage monitoring.
pick reports.
If you use the mariner’s notes function on your
Some producers do not describe the information ECDIS to mark the temporary items of interest,
as ‘temporary’ or ‘preliminary’ in their ENCs; they your notes should be checked against each AIO
simply issue updates as required. update.

ECDIS symbology Compliance

A ‘d’ symbol is displayed on ECDIS when the ADMIRALTY paper T&P NMs are not issued as
ENC producer codes a feature with time-based corrections to electronic charts. Audit and
attributes such as start or end date. It can be used compliance inspections require you to
for seasonal buoys, traffic separation schemes demonstrate that you are working with the latest
etc. ENC updates for your passage plan.
You are also required to demonstrate that you
have a system in place to reasonably obtain and
assess temporary information. Temporary
information for digital navigation can be obtained
from:
1. The information encoded in the ENC.

Date dependent features display according to the

date set on your ECDIS. Therefore, it is advisable
to plan your route with the ECDIS set to the dates
of the intended passage.
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Will I get a deficiency when the inspector checks

2. Extra information in AIO that may not be my T&Ps?
included in ENCs, where there is equivalent
You will need to show that you have the latest
coverage by ADMIRALTY paper charts.
ENC updates, and that your procedures extract
3. Other sources on board such as Navtex.
all relevant information from them, including any
4. Local authorities, such as agents or port
temporary information. AIO will continue to
authorities.
provide T&P information where it has not been
Where the information is included in the ENC, included in the ENC.
you do not need to assess paper chart notices as Should I mark up the ECDIS with T&Ps?
part of their passage plan, unless you are
If you wish, you can use Mariner’s Notes to
navigating with paper charts.
highlight temporary information in ENC or AIO on
your ECDIS. Temporary information only has a
Further guidance
T&P Notice number when it applies to an
The ADMIRALTY Guide to the Practical Use of
ADMIRALTY paper chart and is in AIO.
ENCs (NP231) gives guidelines for using AIO
and ENCs during passage planning and Why is the list of ADMIRALTY T&Ps in the
monitoring, including the use of T&P NMs. Weekly Bulletin different to AIO?
ADMIRALTY T&P NMs are issued for paper
Frequently asked charts, and therefore may not be added to AIO.
Some of the T&P NMs in the Weekly Bulletin will
questions have been issued in earlier AIO updates.
Why does AIO not have all T&Ps? How do I know which ENCs contain temporary
information?
To avoid duplication and reduce screen clutter.
Many countries now issue temporary information A list of countries that publish temporary
as an update to their ENCs. If you are navigating information in their ENCs is available at
digitally you don’t need to receive and manage admiralty.co.uk/avcs and in the INFO folder of
the information more than once. AVCS DVD and AIO CD exchange sets.
How do I get T&Ps? Which countries are not covered by AIO?
Digital vessels without paper charts receive AIO serves the whole world, but temporary
temporary information as updates and new information is included in the overlay according to
editions of ENCs. AIO also provides additional the rules given in the first section above.
information. If you need all the ADMIRALTY
T&Ps, they can be obtained from the Weekly
Notices to Mariners Bulletin or from digital
services available from your Distributor.
Can I use AIO to receive T&Ps for my paper
charts?
AIO is for digital chart users. Paper chart users
must use the T&P NMs published in the weekly
bulletin, as paper or download versions.

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Troubleshooting
Error messages likely to be displayed in an ECDIS

IHO S-58 Standard - ENC SSE 03

Certificate is invalid (Authentication
failure)
Validation
Format of Certificate is incorrect
The majority of the ENC checks defined in the SSE 04
(Authentication failure)
IHO Standard S-58 are intended for use in the
ENC validation software that is used by SA Digital Certificate file is not
SSE 05
available (Authentication failure)
Hydrographic Offices or Regional ENC
Coordinating Centres. These were not intended SSE 06
SA Digital Certificate is invalid
to be used in ECDIS. However, some system (Authentication failure)

manufacturers have incorporated some, or all the Certificate file is not available
SSE 07
ENC validation checks in their ECDIS software. (Authentication failure)
As a result, you may see misleading messages Format of Private Key is incorrect
SSE 08
indicating that officially produced and released (Authentication failure)
ENC data contains errors, when it does not. In
Signature is invalid (Authentication
some cases, official ENC data may even being SSE 09
failure)
reported as not suitable for navigational use.
Files are different (check after
SSE 10
You should only report these errors where an decryption)
ENC has failed to load. These are normally Cell Permit file not found (Decryption
identified by the ECDIS as a fatal error or ENC SSE 11
failure)
failed import. UKHO will seek to resolve these
Cell Permit format is incorrect
cases with the ENC producer. SSE 12
(Decryption failure)

Cell Permit is invalid (checksum

Incorrect chart information SSE 13 [CRC] is incorrect / decryption
According to IHO rules, each producer is failure)
responsible for producing the ENCs in their own
SSE 14 Incorrect system date
waters. As a result, UKHO is unable correct any
errors that are reported by users, except for GB SSE 15 Subscription licence has expired
ENCs. However, we will pass on any user SSE 16 ENC CRC value is incorrect
feedback to the Producer Nation with the aim of
resolving any issues.
Codes 03 to 09 relate to the ECDIS check of
the authenticity of the exchange sets being
Security Scheme Errors (SSE) loaded
Codes 11 to 13 relate to the permits supplied
As part of the IHO Standard S-63 Data Protection
Codes 14 and 15 relate to checks on licence
Scheme, ECDIS have to include standard error
validity
and warning messages called Security Scheme
Codes 10 and 16 relate to checks carried out
Errors (SSE).
on the consistency of the ENC data

The table below shows a list of the SSE codes:

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Conversion errors When reporting a chart related problem, it is

When ENCs are loaded into an ECDIS they are useful if you can provide the following details:
converted from the standard S-57 format they are Licence Number
supplied into the system specific format of the Vessel Name
ECDIS being used (the System ENC – SENC). ECDIS/Software Manufacturer
Data being supplied within AVCS has been Details of error message – Including ‘SSE’
validated to very high standards but when loading error code
ENCs the ECDIS could report the following error Screen shot(s) of error
conditions: Details of DVD used (date) if applicable
Details of permits used (date)
1. The ECDIS is unable to load the ENC or Update Details of Cell number(s) errors apply to latest
at all, or loads and reports an error. This is not update loaded
common. If the problem persists, please contact Details of User Permit(s)
your ADMIRALTY Distributor.

2. The ECDIS loads the ENC or Update and reports

a warning. This reflects minor differences in the Emergency chart permits
way the ECDIS interprets the S-57 standard. We
are not aware of any evidence that the correct In certain circumstances it may be necessary for
operation of the ENC in the ECDIS is affected in a vessel to get access to an ENC at very short
these cases. notice. Your ADMIRALTY Distributor has access
to the UKHO 24-hour online ordering system and
Technical support can very quickly deliver new permits to you by
You will receive the most effective support if you email or internet. Also, some ECDIS or bridge
address your initial query to the correct software allow you to order and download new
organisation. permits yourself.
Problem Contact If these options are not available to you and you
need new permits due to a medical or safety
Hardware problems: difficulties with the
keyboard, mouse, display or main system emergency only, individual AVCS ENC Permits
console, CD or DVD drive. ECDIS can be obtained from the UKHO at any time.
Software problems: difficulties with Manufacturer Please quote Vessel Name, ECDIS User Permit
configuring or using the ECDIS system Number, required ENC(s) and reason for
software, interfacing problems. request.
Chart installation problems: problems with These permits can be transmitted direct to the
installing certificates, permits and AVCS
ADMIRALTY vessel by email, or simply by reading the
ENCs, standard error codes displayed.
Distributor characters out over the telephone.
Chart content problems: display
anomalies or mismatched data displays.

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