Nmea 0183 Messages; Using Navigator Control; Selecting A Navigator - Vdo Pilot Control Montageanleitung Und Bedienungsanleitung

arrow keys and Course control knob still operate.

NMEA 0183 messages

The Pilot Computer is capable of processing the following NMEA 0183 messages for navigation (it will also
process other messages for instrumentation, see the PILOT BOX Installation Guidel for details). Cross Track
Error, Bearing to Waypoint and Waypoint identifier are required as a minimum.
NMEA Cross Track
Message: Error (XTE)
APB / APA yes
BOD --
BWC --
XTE yes
RMA --
RMB yes
RMC --
VTG --
VHW --
"yes" indicates that the data should be present in the given message according to the NMEA 0183 specifi-
cation, however please note that not all manufacturers provide all the data required by a given message.
Providing the navigator outputs the minimum information, automatic waypoint sequencing can be used.

Using Navigator control

Programme the navigator with a waypoint or route, and select the target. The basic information used for Pilot
control is:
- Bearing to Next Waypoint.
- Cross Track Error: Whether you are port or starboard of the course and by how much, expressed
in units of one hundredth of a nautical mile (60ft).
- Alarm Condition: This indicates if information received from the navigator is valid or not.
- Change of Waypoint Identifier.
Select whether the pilot will use Automatic Waypoint Sequence or Manual Waypoint Acceptance.

Selecting a Navigator

If Nav is not displayed on the right of the LCD, press the key repeatedly until the word Nav flashes. The
option N N A A V V 1 1 is shown in the Information display.
nav 1
Press the MODE key to select the navigator connected to NMEA 2 or NMEA 3.
To engage Navigator control
COURSE CONTROL
Bearing to Waypoint
yes
yes
yes
--
--
yes
--
--
--
This selects the navigator connected to NMEA 1 in the Pilot Computer.
If the system has a PILOT BOX 619, additional navigators can be connected.
Waypoint Identifier
yes
yes
yes
--
--
yes
--
--
--
Velocity
--
--
--
--
yes
--
yes
yes
yes
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