1001 Installation & Operation Manual V0r0
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Installation & Operation Manual ComNav 1001 Autopilot COMPLIES WITH CE REGULATIONS P/N 29010007 WARRANTY NOTICE Prior to the installation and/or operation of the Equipment, ensure that you read, understand and accept the conditions of the warranties as detailed on the following pages. OPERATORS WARNING This Autopilot will automatically steer your vessel however, it is only an aid to navigation. Its performance can be affected by many factors including equipment failure, environmental conditions and improper handling or use. This system does not reduce your responsibility for the control of the vessel when underway. You must always be in a position to monitor the course, supervise the Autopilot, and resume manual control if the need to do so arises. Whenever underway, your vessel must be under the control of a qualified and alert person. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1001 AUTOPILOT SYSTEM DRAWING _________________________________________ 3 BASIC OPERATION __________________________________________________________ 3 AUTOPILOT _____________________________________________________________________ 4 REMOTE CONTROL _____________________________________________________________ 6 INTRODUCTION ____________________________________________________________ 7 SPECIFICATIONS ___________________________________________________________ 8 1001 AUTOPILOT INTERCONNECTION DIAGRAM ______________________________ 9 OPTIONAL DRIVE SYSTEMS ________________________________________________ 11 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS _____________________________________________ 12 AUTOPILOT____________________________________________________________________ 12 COMPASS______________________________________________________________________ 13 DISTRIBUTION BOX ____________________________________________________________ 18 RUDDER FOLLOWER___________________________________________________________ 21 NAVIGATION INTERFACE __________________________________________________ 24 CROSS TRACK ERROR RESPONSE ______________________________________________ 26 CHECKSUM EVALUATION ______________________________________________________ 27 DOCKSIDE SET-UP _________________________________________________________ 28 SETTING OF RUDDER TRAVEL LIMITS __________________________________________ 28 ADJUST RUDDER ANGLE INDICATOR (if installed) ________________________________ 29 CONFIGURING THE COMPASS __________________________________________________ 30 NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT INTERFACING _______________________________________ 30 SEA TRIALS________________________________________________________________ 31 CONTROLS ________________________________________________________________ 36 MASTER SELECT SWITCH ______________________________________________________ 36 MEMBRANE KEYPAD___________________________________________________________ 37 SPECIAL TURNS____________________________________________________________ 40 EMERGENCY TURN ____________________________________________________________ 40 CONTINUOUS TURN ____________________________________________________________ 40 U TURN ________________________________________________________________________ 41 OPERATION _______________________________________________________________ 42 STANDBY ______________________________________________________________________ 42 POWER STEER _________________________________________________________________ 43 1 PILOT _________________________________________________________________________ 44 NAV ___________________________________________________________________________ 47 REMOTE CONTROLS ___________________________________________________________ 48 REMOTE CONTROLS _______________________________________________________ 50 COMNAV 101 REMOTE CONTROL _______________________________________________ 50 COMNAV 201 REMOTE CONTROL _______________________________________________ 53 COMNAV 211 REMOTE CONTROL _______________________________________________ 54 ERROR CHECKING _________________________________________________________ 55 PROBLEM SOLVING ____________________________________________________________ 59 CE COMPLIANCE __________________________________________________________ 62 2 1001 AUTOPILOT SYSTEM DRAWING 3 BASIC OPERATION AUTOPILOT 1. TO INITIALIZE THE AUTOPILOT\ 2. TO POWER STEER THE VESSEL\ STANDBY MODE POWER STEER MODE z Turn the master select switch to z To turn the rudder to port and to the STANDBY position. The display will starboard, turn the master select switch to show the vessel's current compass the POWER STEER position. While heading. If the heading displayed by the either the red or green ARROW key is autopilot does not agree with the pressed, the display will show the compass, press the ADJUST key twice to vessel’s rudder angle and will show the display the current heading offset, and vessel's current compass heading at all then use the up or down ARROW key to other times. adjust the offset by the amount of the error. z To display the vessel's rudder angle, press the TURN key once. To z To turn on the speed sensitivity return compass information to the display, that switches between FAST and SLOW press the TURN key again. when in PILOT or NAV, with the Pilot in Standby press the ADJUST key until z To zero the digital rudder angle 'SP: 0' is displayed. Press the up display, turn the rudder to dead ahead, ARROW key until the desired speed is press the ADJUST key until the flashing displayed. rudder angle display appears and press the up or down ARROW key until the z To turn off the speed sensitivity, rudder angle display shows ' :00'. press the down ARROW key until the display reads 'SP: 0'. 3. TO BEGIN AUTOPILOT CONTROL OF THE VESSEL: z If the display is too bright or too dim when viewed in full darkness, press z To have the vessel continue on its the ADJUST key until 'Lt ' is displayed, present heading under autopilot control, and then use the up or down ARROW turn the master select switch to the key to adjust the minimum brightness PILOT position. level between 0-9. z To select either the 'FASt' (High z To select a Special Turn as Speed) mode or the 'Slow' (Low Speed) described in (4) below, press the TURN mode, press the ADJUST key once key followed by either the red or green followed by the up or down ARROW key. ARROW key. This will be done automatically if the speed sensitive switching has been z To initiate a Full Reset, press and turned on in (1) above. hold both the up and down ARROW keys for one second. This will reset all autopilot z To adjust the rudder gain setting parameters back to factory settings and for the High or Low speed mode, press the Pilot will go into Reset mode. A the ADJUST key until 'rud' is displayed, dockside set-up will be required after followed by the up or down ARROW every Full Reset. keys. Similarly adjust the counter rudder ('ctr') and yaw ('YAW') settings for best steering. 4 4. TO CHANGE THE VESSEL'S 6. TO INTERFACE WITH A COURSE: NAVIGATION COMPUTER\NAV MODE z To obtain the desired course, z Start navigating towards a leave the master select switch in the selected route or waypoint, using a PILOT position. Estimate the number of Navigation Computer which has an degrees of course change required. NMEA 0183 output. z Until the display shows the desired z Turn the autopilot master select course, alter the course in one degree switch to the NAV position. The autopilot steps by pressing and releasing either the will set its own course using information red or green ARROW key. sent to it by the Navigation Computer. --- Or --- z To select the response to cross track error (normal or reversed), press the Alter course by ten degrees per second TURN key and then the green ARROW by pressing and holding either the red or key. green ARROW key. z The DODGE keys operate as z To select a special turn (U-turn, described in (5) above, except that the Emergency Turn, or Continuous Turn), vessel will return to the original track to with the Pilot in Standby mode, press the the waypoint, rather than the original Turn key once followed by the Green key course, when the DODGE keys are until the desired Turn is displayed. released. z To adjust the rate at which the For more complete operating instructions, vessel will turn to the new course, press refer to the CONTROLS and the ADJUST key until 'trn' is displayed OPERATION sections. and then press the up or down ARROW key 5. TO DODGE THE VESSEL OFF COURSE\PILOT MODE z To avoid obstacles in the water, press either the red or green DODGE key for a panic turn in the desired direction. z To keep the vessel off course, after it has turned far enough to clear the obstacle, press and hold both DODGE keys. z To return to the programmed course at the rate set by the turn rate control. Release the DODGE key 5 REMOTE CONTROL The autopilot master control unit must be on to use any remote control. The vessel’s compass heading is shown at all times on the display of the unit that is NOT in control. As a further reminder, the function indicator (see Figure 8) will be flashing on the display of the unit that is NOT in control. 1. TO USE THE COMNAV 101 z The 1101 second station operates REMOTE CONTROL: identically to the autopilot, except that the OFF/FUNCTION will not operate. The z To take control at the Remote, autopilot must be turned ON and OFF press both its pushbuttons for one from the autopilot front panel. second. The command point on all displays will move to the REMOTE 3. TO TAKE CONTROL AT THE position. This control operates identically AUTOPILOT FRONT PANEL: to the autopilot, except that there is a toggle switch, used together with one of z To