Note:Incomingsafetymessagescannotbedisplayedwhilethe
simulatorisswitchedon.
10.2AISprerequisites
YoumusthavesuitableAIShardwareconnectedtoyour
multifunctiondisplaytomakeuseoftheAISfunctionality.
InordertorunAIS,youwillneed:
•Areceive-onlyAISunitorafullAIStransceiver(aunitthatsends
andreceives).
•AVHFantenna-thisisusuallysuppliedwiththeAISsystem.
•AGPS-toprovidepositiondata.
•TheAISlayerenabledinthechartorradarapplication,as
appropriate.
Note:Areceiverwillallowyoutoreceivedataaboutother
vesselsinyourareabutwillnotallowothervesselsto‘see’you.
AfulltransceivertransmitsandreceivesAISdata,andtherefore
allowsyoutoreceivedataaboutothervessels.Italsoenables
otherAIS-equippedvesselstoseeandreceiveinformationabout
yourvessel.Thiscouldincludeposition,course,speedandrate
ofturndata.
WhentheAISunitisconnectedtoyourmultifunctiondisplay,the
statusoftheunitisindicatedbyanAISiconinthetransducerdata
box.
YoucanconnectanAISunittoyourmultifunctiondisplayusing
NMEA0183orSeaT alk
ng
,dependingontheAISunit.Ifconnecting
usingNMEA0183,youwillnowneedtospecifythe38,400baud
setting(Menu>SystemSetup>SystemIntegration>NMEA
PortSetting)fortheNMEAportthatcommunicateswiththeAIS
transceiverorreceiver.
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