User manual RAYMARINE RAYTECH RNS 6.0

[. . . ] Trademarks and registered trademarks Autohelm, HSB, Raymarine, RayTech, Sail Pilot, SeaTalk and Sportpilot are registered trademarks of Raymarine Limited. Apelco is a registered trademark of Raymarine Holdings Limited (Registered in all major marketing territories). AST, Autoadapt, Auto GST, Autoseastate, Autotrim, Bidata, Marine Intelligence, Maxiview, On Board, Raychart, Raynav, Raypilot, Raystar, ST40, ST60, Seaclutter, Smart Route, Tridata and Waypoint Navigation are trademarks of Raymarine Limited. NVIDIA and GeForce are trademarks or registered trademarks of NVIDIA Corp. [. . . ] If exact tidal heights or times are critical to a particular passage, Raymarine recommends that details are checked against a Tidal Almanac published by the appropriate marine authority. Setting the region To make sure that the correct tide and current information is displayed, you must set the region in which you are operating. 4. Repeat Steps 1 through 4 replacing Tides with Currents to set the correct region. 74 RayTech RNS V6. 0 - Users Guide 9. 2 Tides Tide height data - see page 62 - is a prediction for maximum and minimum tide heights over a 24 hour period for a selected station in a selected region. Data for sunrise and sunset is also provided. As long as you have a valid global positioning system (GPS) time /date signal being received by RayTech, the graph will automatically default to showing today's tides. Some regions have non-sinusoidal tide patterns, with distorted or multiple high and low water peaks and troughs. In such regions, it is better to refer to the graph to determine high and low water times and heights rather than using the textual description above the graph. D8773_1 Open nearest tides The open nearest tides feature enables you to access tidal information from the tide station nearest to a selected position. The tidal information for the tide station nearest your selected position will be displayed in a new page. To display tidal height information for stations other than the nearest: 1. The station name dialog box closes and tidal information for the selected station is displayed. Use the cursor and forward and back arrows to select the correct month. The tidal information is updated. Chapter 9: Using tides and currents 75 9. 3 Currents Current flow data is a prediction for maximum and minimum current flow over a 24 hour period for a selected station. When using current information the default is always the last selected station. As long as there is a valid GPS time/date signal being received by RayTech, the graph will automatically default to show today's currents. If there is no valid signal the graph will default to an earlier date. Open nearest currents The open nearest tides feature enables you to access tidal information from the tide station nearest to a selected position. The current information for the current station nearest your selected position will be displayed in a new page. To display current flow information for stations other than the nearest: 1. The station name dialog box closes and current flow information for the selected station is displayed. Use the cursor and forward and back arrows to select the correct month. The current flow information is updated. 76 D8774_1 RayTech RNS V6. 0 - Users Guide D8773_1 Drop down menus Toolbars Status bar Title bar Pathfinder panel Application display area PC taskbar Power key Function bar RayTech Radar screen D6942_1 Page selection tabs Chapter 10: Working with radar 77 Chapter 10: Working with radar 10. 1 Introduction Data from your series Pathfinder and E-Series radar can be transferred and displayed (repeated) within RayTech. The picture can be displayed on a separate page or you can overlay a radar image on a chart. This chapter explains how to use the radar application of RayTech to find out what is around you and to assist in collision avoidance and includes: · Setting up the radar display. Full functionality of the radar application requires heading and position data. A fast heading sensor is also needed for operating the Mini Automatic Radar Plotting Aid (MARPA) functions and radar/chart overlay. [. . . ] You can connect RayTech using any Ockam RS-232 interface, however for optimum reliability of data transfer the Model 050D is recommended. Connect the cables as follows: Cable color Yellow (Rx) Black (SGnd) Green (Tx) Black (SGnd) Ockam 050D pin Pin 4 Not used Pin 2 Pin1 Connecting to KVH Instruments RayTech connects to KVH instruments via the KVH NMEA box or Race box interface devices. Connecting via the Race box has the advantage of automatically sending RayTech data back to the KVH system displays. Using the Race box also requires you to use the NMEA box, because the Race box does not propagate all of the NMEA data. [. . . ]