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7013-4 - Basic Nav Functions

This document provides an overview of basic navigational functions in ECDIS. It discusses how to: 1. Switch between ECDIS, radar, and conning displays. 2. Perform essential functions like zooming, panning, changing display modes through dedicated buttons, keyboard shortcuts, or the trackball. 3. Access help functions and understand the user interface, which can vary between manufacturers. 4. Use the task list and tabs to navigate between monitoring, configuration, route editing, and other functions. 5. Demonstrate common operations like controlling the radar, adjusting display settings, recording positions, and showing chart layers.

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7013-4 - Basic Nav Functions

This document provides an overview of basic navigational functions in ECDIS. It discusses how to: 1. Switch between ECDIS, radar, and conning displays. 2. Perform essential functions like zooming, panning, changing display modes through dedicated buttons, keyboard shortcuts, or the trackball. 3. Access help functions and understand the user interface, which can vary between manufacturers. 4. Use the task list and tabs to navigate between monitoring, configuration, route editing, and other functions. 5. Demonstrate common operations like controlling the radar, adjusting display settings, recording positions, and showing chart layers.

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IMO MODEL COURSE 1.

27 ECDIS
Chapter 6. Basic navigational functions

Version 1.1 01/01/2012


Basic navigational functions (IMO MC 1.27 C6)

Introduction

Getting started with a new type of equipment


always requires some time for familiarization.
Every ECDIS manufacturer has a different
understanding of “How to perform” a task in
the most user friendly way and the general look
like of the GUI.
Several regulations take care about the major
capabilities of an ECDIS, stated in the
Performance Standards.
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Training Chapter Objective

• To familiarize the student with the user


interface, the underlying principles of
operation and the operation of basic
navigational functions
• To understand the principles of operation
• Dedicated keyboard operations
• Trackball operations
• Important functions
• Ahead
• Zoom control
• Chart type
• Chart layers
• Warnings & alarms
Basic navigational functions (IMO MC 1.27 C6)

Change from Radar or Conning to ECDIS

Your ECDIS may be part of a Transas Multifunction


Display System. If so this means that your unit may be
used as:
• Radar – ARPA
• Conning display
• ECDIS
It is then important to know how to switch between
these different functions.

There are 2 ways:


• By keyboard, button ECDIS
• By trackball button ECDIS
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The four most important points

1. All important functions can be


performed in several ways!

• From dedicated buttons on the


keyboard
• Using the trackball to push buttons
on the screen
• Using keys on a normal keyboard
Basic navigational functions (IMO MC 1.27 C6)

The four most important points

2. Help is nearby!

• Hover help – by placing the cursor


over a function a yellow help text
appears
• Online help – is available by pressing
function key “F1” or “task” – “help”
• Manuals – Your ECDIS comes with
extensive documentation, including
technical manuals and user manuals
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The four most important points

3. Left click and right click

When you use the trackball in the chart area,


the cursor has several different functions and
appearances

• Right click
• toggle between different functions
• escape from the function in use
• Left click
• activate displayed function
• activate second function

If you feel you are “stuck” in the chart area and


cannot leave, then you probably have a “left-
click function” activated. Right click to escape!
Basic navigational functions (IMO MC 1.27 C6)

The four most important points

4. Three “Quick Access” buttons

There are a few functions that will call up the


ship in monitoring mode with only one push of
a button
• Ahead – will show the ship symbol with
surrounding waters
• Standard display – will clean up the chart to
show minimum required navigational info
layers
• All layers – will show all available
navigational information layers
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Basic navigational functions (IMO MC 1.27 C6)

Chart scaling

The chart may be zoomed in and out and


moved for look-ahead directly from the
chart area, using the cursor
• Zoom in /Zoom out
• Leave ship to look-ahead (just move
the cursor to the edge)
• Go back to ship – “ahead”

The same functions may of course be


found on the keyboard.

On a normal PC keyboard, the functions


are accessed by pressing
• [+]
• [-]
• [F8]

Alternatively, you may also use the scroll


wheel of a mouse.
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Mode and motion

To customize your display, you will need to


set
• North Up – Head Up – Course Up
• Course up will only work when you have
an active route, and the selected course
will be parallel to the active leg of this
route.
Again, the same functions may found on the
keyboard
• True Motion – Relative Motion

On a normal PC keyboard, you may toggle


between NU-HU-CU by the key combination
[Alt] + [H]
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Info and MOB

The “info” (pick report) function allows the


user to question any chart object and to
get a detailed report on everything on this
chart.
This function will be explained in a later
chapter.

The MOB function can be used in case of a


Man-over-Board incident. By pressing this
function the ECDIS is marking the present
position with a life ring symbol.
This function will be explained in a later
chapter.
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Basic navigational functions (IMO MC 1.27 C6)

Key features of the side panel

Information fields
Display panel
Task list
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Key features of the side panel

Chart selection

Display selection
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Key features of the side panel

Alarms and warnings Display


Time
Primary positioning system

Ship motion parameters


Charts area

Display Panel

Operational Panel
Lower Data Group
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Demo task
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Basic navigational functions (IMO MC 1.27 C6)

Key features of the task list

As you activate different tools in the task


list, they open a new window in your ECDIS,
and arrange themselves with tabs in the
lower left corner.

You may at any time jump between your


current task and navigation monitoring by
using these tabs.
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Configuration Tab

The config tab contain many basic setting, including palette.


The tab is subdivided into 5 sub-tabs.
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Monitoring Tab

The Monitoring tab contain setting for navigation monitoring.


This includes settings for ship display and alarm settings.
The tab is subdivided into 3 sub-tabs.
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Monitoring Tab

Here the safety alarm tab is shown


Basic navigational functions (IMO MC 1.27 C6)

Route editor Tab

Route planning is different in ECDIS compared to a paper chart.


You may create your route by trackball or by keyboard. It is also very convenient
to switch to great circle or loxodrome.
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Target Tab

The target tab will show all targets from ARPA and AIS.
Basic navigational functions (IMO MC 1.27 C6)

Other Tabs

There are other tabs that will be


explained in later chapters.
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Demo task
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Basic navigational functions (IMO MC 1.27 C6)
Basic navigational functions (IMO MC 1.27 C6)

Switching radar TX/Standby modes

Running ECDIS, Radar and Cascade palette switching Control the keyboard
Conning tasks Radar settings backlighting
Return to the
display of area
where the own ship
is located
Switching
Opening the between own ship
Transas True Motion and
Integrator Relative Motion
toolbar modes
EBL control Making an instant
position recording in
Turning on the Track Control mode Variable Range Marker control the electronic log
Turning on a temporary route Backlighting the radar picture Show all chart layers
creating mode on the screen Display the Standard mode
Turning off the Track Control mode Selection Chart information of chart layers
Turning on/off display of Turning on/ the Radar overlay
ARPA and AIS targets
Basic navigational functions (IMO MC 1.27 C6)
Basic navigational functions (IMO MC 1.27 C6)
Basic navigational functions (IMO MC 1.27 C6)

Left button for left-handed person

Right button

Scroll wheel

Left button for right-handed person


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Cursors

Zoom Cursor

ERBL Cursor

View Cursor
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View cursor

When View cursor is positioned on a


target it assumes the form . A press on
the left trackball button calls the target
data card.

When View cursor is positioned on a


lighthouse it assumes the form. A press
on the left trackball button calls the
lighthouse data card.
Basic navigational functions (IMO MC 1.27 C6)
Basic navigational functions (IMO MC 1.27 C6)
Basic navigational functions (IMO MC 1.27 C6)

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