The purpose of this guide is to provide the

Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) Operator's Guide basic operation for this equipment. For more
English detailed information, see the Operator's Manual.

Model FMD-3100 All brand and product names are trademarks,

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Display Layout
Status bar (See page 2.)

InstantAccess bar Chart scale/presentation mode box Cursor position box

(See page 3.) Sensor information box

Upper
section
Electronic chart area
Own ship functions box

Route information box

Overlay/NAV
Tools box

Lower
section
EBL1 box, Permanent warnings box VRM1 box,
EBL2 box VRM2 box

Alert box
Status Bar

Status bar

OTHERS: Sets system in standby.

TC:

PLAN: Selects the Voyage planning mode.

CHARTS: Selects the Chart maintenance mode.

NAVI: Selects the Voyage navigation mode.

Operating mode: No use. (Fixed at “ECDIS”.)

How to open a drop-down list

Indicates a
drop-down list.

User profiles, Spinner:

Click button Chart priority: Settings menu: Rotates clockwise
Selects which chart Manages user profiles; if the system is
type to display, working properly.
opens the Setting menu.
vector or raster,
when both are Time:
available. Time (local or UTC).
STD DISP: Displays the operator's Date:
Drop-down Restores IMO standard manual, ECDIS Displays the date; selects the
list display. program no. and time to use, local or UTC.
system information.
CHART ONLY: Chart database:
Shows only the chart, Selects the pre-defined presentations of ENC
when left button is content: IMO BASE, IMO STD or IMO ALL.
pressed and held down.

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Instant Access Bar
Upper section (by operating mode) Lower section
Voyage navigation mode Chart maintenance mode

Opens the Message AUTO Load: SET:

dialog box to Starts automatic installation of the Shows, hides chart
manage AIS Safety chart data (CD or DVD ROM). features; sets chart Chart Legend:
and NAVTEX Select: alerts. Finds data about current
messages. Opens the Select Route dialog box Manage Charts: chart.
Manages chart cells (grouping, TWO DISP:
to select the route to follow. Splits the screen in Viewing Dates:
deleting, etc.).
Unselect: two, horizontally or Sets “display date” and
Stops following monitored route. Cell Status: “approved until” dates.
Manual Update: Shows the chart catalog to get info vertically.
Opens the manual Move to Plan: about charts installed in the system. AIO: Chart 1:
update dialog box Switches mode to Voyage planning Displays Admiralty Provides overview of ECDIS
mode to edit route selected. License: chart symbols.
to insert chart Manages chart licenses. Information Overlay.
update symbols Route INFO:
manually. Displays the Route Information Public Key: Shows, hides soft-
dialog box. Manages public keys. ware keyboard.
Mini Conning:
Shows, hides the Record:
mini conning Sync Config: Records user/position
display. Weather Overlay: Selects ECDIS events to the event log;
Instant Activates or deactivates units to synchronize. accesses various logs.
Track the weather overlay. Sync Status:
Instant Track: Displays sync status; does sync
Provides a temporary track to return Reconvert: status functions. Selects a color palette.
to or deviate from the monitored Reconverts outdated SENC charts to the
route. corresponding current ones.
Adjusts brilliance of
monitor.
Voyage planning mode
MOB:
Marks man
Report:
overboard position.
See reports on waypoints and
Route:
voyage planning related routes
Creates a route (see page 4).
and user charts.
User Chart: Takes a screenshot.
Creates a user chart (see page 6).

Guide Box:
Provides range and bearing information between the last Undoes past action
waypoint and the cursor position when creating a route. (route, user chart).

Manage Data:
Deletes, imports routes and user charts;
exports routes and route data.

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Routes
How to create a route

WPT5
Click a position 161.4° At last waypoint,
to mark a waypoint. 353.3NM right click and
select [Finish].
Delete WPT
Finish
Plan Route WPT6
PLAN -ning
WPT1
WPT1 WPT4
201.5° 309.0°
2137.2NM 971.4NM

Click [New].
WPT2
106.9° WPT3
1748.5NM 25.8°
1470.2NM

Continue entering waypoints.

Enter name
for route.
Click [OK].

Click [Save].

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Routes (con’t.)
How to select a route to navigate

Route32 15 Nov 2012 Route32 15 Nov 2012 To stop navigating a route:

AAAAAA 15 Nov 2012 AAAAAA 15 Nov 2012
Route67 13 Nov 2012 Route67 13 Nov 2012

Right click
Select Route Route Un
[Route]. Unselect NAVI Route
selected. select
Move to Plan Select a route.
Route INFO
Click [Select Route].
ClickStart WPT :
[Open].

How to view route waypoint information

Right click Click

[Route]. Select Route [Waypoints]
Route Unselect tab.
Move to Plan
Route Info

Click [Route Info].

How to delete a route

Manage Check route(s)

PLAN Route to delete.
Data

Click [Delete].

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User Charts
How to create a user chart

Plan User
PLAN -ning Chart

Click [New].

Right-click to
open options.
How to draw a line How to draw a circle How to draw an area
Tidal: (3) Click (1) Click
(2) Click (2) Click
- Predicted - Current Area
(1) Click
Line:
- Coast - Route Circle
- Nav - Depth (4) Right click; (4) Right click;
select [Finish]. select [Finish].
Clearing Line: (1) Click
Label (2) Move cursor; (3) Click
- NMT - NLT
double click.

Click object to draw. Example objects

Enter name
for user chart.

Click [Save].
Click [Save].

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User Charts(con’t)
How to select objects to display in user chart How to link a user chart to a route

Route32 15 Nov 2012

RouteAAAAAA 15 Nov 2012
Route67 13 Nov 2012

DISP SET Symbol Plan Route

DISP PLAN Route selected.
-ning

Click [Select]. Click [Open].

Click [Mariner] tab.

Click [User Chart] UserChart1

Click [Save]. tab. UserChart2
UserChart3

Check item(s).
Select user chart to link. Click [Save].
Click. (Multiple selections
possible.)

How to delete objects from a user chart

Circle or area Point on a line

Edit Edit
Delete DeletePoint

Select [Delete]. Select

[DeletePoint].

Right click Right click the point

to delete.

How to delete user charts

UserChart1

PLAN Manage User Click [Delete].

Data Chart
Check chart(s)
to delete.
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Chart Operations
How to control visibility of chart objects

Basic
Setting
Control basic
chart settings

DISP Chart
SET
DISP
Control chart
objects

Symbol
DISP Tick

Control navigational
features

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Chart Operations (con’t.)
How to set safety contours and chart alerts How to set Display date and Approved until dates

DISP SET Chart Chart Viewing

Alert INFO Dates

Click [Approve All].

Set safety
Click to select chartr alert type:
contours here.
Red ( ): Audio+visual indications
Orange ( ): Visual indication
Yellow ( ): No indication

How to find chart object information (ENC chart)

Ship off center

NAVI Object INFO
Chart Legend Select an
Manual Update object.
Clear Divider
Weather INFO
Select
Right click.
Right-click [Object INFO]. Click [OK].

How to manually insert a “new” chart object

Click [Planning] tab. Select object from

[Drawing Type].

Manual Put cursor on location Click

NAVI
Update Click [Add]. where to enter object [Commit].
then click.

Click object to add.

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TT/AIS Operations
How to find target info
Click a target to show its information.

Title bar Title bar

TT No. Scroll buttons Click to switch level of detail
MMSI Scroll buttons
Vessel name
Bearing TT symbols (main) AIS symbols (main)
Range Bearing Heading Symbol
Symbol Name Name
(Color) Range (Color)
Course over ground Course over ground Rate of
Speed over ground Past position Speed over ground turn Past position
CPA marker
CPA (Green) marker (Green)
TCPA
TCPA Target under Sleeping AIS
Bow cross range
Bow cross range acquisition Bow cross time target
(Green) (Green)
Bow cross time Position
Acquired Navigation Activated AIS
status ABC
(Green) target (Green) target

How to set up TT and AIS on the TT/AIS page in Overlay/NAV Tools box
Vector
Shows, hides AIS display.
Sets TT/AIS Selects
Shows, hides TT display. vector time. TT/AIS vector
reference. (ex. TT)
Enables, disables TT/AIS
CPA/TCPA alarm.
Sets CPA and TCPA conditions for
TT/AIS CPA/TCPA alarm.
Sets TT/AIS lost target alarm
conditions. Sets conditions for
automatic activation of AIS
targets whose CPA is within
Select past position (ex. AIS)
CPA/TCPA setting.
point interval (time).

Check to select radar echo source also

as TT source.
Selects reference for Select TT source, radar antenna or TTM
TT/AIS past position data.
display.
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TT/AIS Operations (con’t) Radar Overlay
Open the menu, select TT/AIS Setting and then Setting.1 or Setting.2 as appropriate. Activates, deactivates the
radar overlay.
AIS filter, how to sleep all AIS targets, auto activation of AIS targets by CPA
Adjusts the strength of radar echo.
Put the cursor on the bar then roll
the scrollwheel.
Sets the degree of transparency for
Filters AIS targets the overlay.
by target category.

Filters AIS targets Sets the item to display when a

by range, speed. chart object and a radar echo share
Sleeps all activated the same position.
AIS targets.
Selects the antenna to feed
the radar echo data.
Status of the radar echo
data, “OK” or “No Data”.
Sets the conditions to activate an AIS target
when its CPA is within the CPA alarm setting.

AIS and TT lost target filters Radar echo

Sets the conditions

for the AIS lost
target filter.

Sets the conditions

for the TT lost
target filter.

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Alert Icons and Their Meanings
Icon Alert state Icon description
Alert priority: Alarm
Not acknowledged, Not rectified Red triangle with black loudspeaker in center
of triangle. Flashing every 0.5 s.

Not acknowledged, Not rectified Red triangle with crossed out black loudspeaker
Buzzer temporarily silenced. in center of triangle. Flashing every 0.5 s.

Acknowledged, Not rectified Red triangle with black exclamation point in

center of triangle.

Not acknowledged, Rectified Red triangle with black check mark in

center of triangle. Lights 3 s, off 1 s, repeat.

Alert priority: Warning

Not acknowledged, Not rectified Yellow-orange circle with black loudspeaker in
center of circle. Flashing every 0.5 s.

Not acknowledged, Not rectified Yellow-orange circle with crossed out black
Buzzer temporarily silenced loudspeaker in center of circle. Flashing every
0.5 s.
Acknowledged, Not rectified Yellow-orange circle with black exclamation
point in center of circle.

Not acknowledged, Rectified Yellow-orange circle with black check mark

in center of circle. Lights 3 s, off 1 s, repeat.

Alert priority: Caution

Caution Steadily displayed yellow square with black
exclamation point in center of square.

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