
Installation Manual II Y1-03-0204 Rev. J
1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................. 1
1.1 Description of AIS ......................................................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 AIS in an Operational Environment .............................................................................................................................. 2
1.3 AIS Networks ................................................................................................................................................................ 3
1.4 Carriage Requirement................................................................................................................................................... 4
1.4.1 Chapter V (Safety of Navigation) Regulation 19, of the SOLAS Convention...................................................... 4
1.4.2 Accelerated Implementation of AIS:.................................................................................................................... 4
2 NAUTICAST ........................................................................................................................................................................... 5
2.1 System Overview.......................................................................................................................................................... 5
3 INSTALLATION ...................................................................................................................................................................... 6
3.1 Installation Requirements ............................................................................................................................................. 6
3.2 Installation Overview..................................................................................................................................................... 6
3.3 General Interface Description....................................................................................................................................... 8
3.4 Interface NMEA Description: ........................................................................................................................................ 9
3.4.1 Sensor - Interface CH1, CH2, CH3..................................................................................................................... 9
3.4.2 ECDIS – Presentation Interface CH 4................................................................................................................. 9
3.4.3 Pilot Port CH 5 .................................................................................................................................................. 10
3.4.4 Long Range CH 8 ............................................................................................................................................. 10
3.4.5 DGPS – DGNSS Channel 9.............................................................................................................................. 11
3.4.6 Alarm Circuit – BIIT Channel 10 ....................................................................................................................... 11
3.4.7
Proprietary Sentences ...................................................................................................................................... 11
3.5 Sensor Interface Definitions........................................................................................................................................ 12
3.5.1 Talker drive circuits ........................................................................................................................................... 12
3.5.2 Listener Receiver Circuits ................................................................................................................................. 12
3.5.3 Electrical isolation ............................................................................................................................................. 12
3.5.4 Maximum voltage on the bus............................................................................................................................ 12
3.5.5 Data transmission ............................................................................................................................................. 12
3.6 Sensor notes............................................................................................................................................................... 13
3.7 Sensor Hardware Installation:..................................................................................................................................... 14
3.7.1 Installation of an RS422 serial interface: .......................................................................................................... 14
3.8 Sensor Software Configuration................................................................................................................................... 15
3.8.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................... 15
3.8.2 Set up Sensor Speed, Checksum (CRC) and NMEA Talker and Sentence ID ................................................ 15
3.8.3 Real-Time Analysis of NMEA Data Streams..................................................................................................... 18
3.8.4 Sensor Monitoring for Problem Analysis........................................................................................................... 20
3.8.5 Priority Handling of Sensor Sentence............................................................................................................... 21
3.8.6 Supported NMEA-0183 Sentences................................................................................................................... 21
3.8.7 Calculated Values............................................................................................................................................. 25
3.8.8 Versions of NMEA Sentences........................................................................................................................... 25
3.9 Pin-Description AIS-Cable / Socket 50-Pins:.............................................................................................................. 26
3.10 Pin-Description AIS-Connector:.................................................................................................
............................ 27
3.11 Installation of VHF / GPS Antennas....................................................................................................................... 28
3.11.1 VHF Antenna Installation .................................................................................................................................. 28
3.11.2 GNSS Antenna installation ............................................................................................................................... 29
3.11.3 Power Supply.................................................................................................................................................... 30
4 STARTING THE NAUTICAST.............................................................................................................................................. 31
4.1 Entering the MMSI and IMO Numbers:....................................................................................................................... 31
4.2 Entering Voyage Related Data: .................................................................................................................................. 33
4.3 Entering Ship Settings: ............................................................................................................................................... 34
4.4 Service and User Passwords:..................................................................................................................................... 36
5 TROUBLESHOOTING.......................................................................................................................................................... 39
5.1 Reading and understanding Alarms: .......................................................................................................................... 39
5.2 Alarm Codes ............................................................................................................................................................... 41
Text Messages ......................................................................................................................................................................... 43
6 ACCESSORIES.................................................................................................................................................................... 44
7 TECHNICAL INFORMATION ............................................................................................................................................... 45
8 CONTACT AND SUPPORT INFORMATION ....................................................................................................................... 46
APPENDIX...................................................................................................................................................................................... 47
8.1 Samples for battery calculation................................................................................................................................... 47
8.2 Drawings and Approvals............................................................................................................................................. 49
(1) Dimensional Drawings
(2) Type Approvals
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