OPERATORS WARNING - ComNav Marine

1 WARRANTY NOTICEP rior to the installation and/or operation of the Equipment, ensurethat you read, understand and accept the conditions of thewarranties as detailed on the following WARNINGThis Autopilot will automatically steer your vessel however, itis only an aid to navigation. Its performance can be affectedby many factors including equipment failure, environmentalconditions and improper handling or use. This system doesnot reduce your responsibility for the control of the vesselwhen underway. You must always be in a position to monitorthe course, supervise the Autopilot, and resume manualcontrol if the need to do so underway.

2 Your vessel must be under the controlof a qualified and alert OF CONTENTS1001 AUTOPILOT SYSTEM DRAWING_____3 BASIC OPERATION_____3 AUTOPILOT_____4 REMOTE CONTROL_____6 INTRODUCTION_____7 SPECIFICATIONS_____81001 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_____40U TURN_____41 OPERATION_____42 STANDBY_____42 POWER STEER_____432 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_____59CE COMPLIANCE_____6331001 AUTOPILOT SYSTEM DRAWING4 BASIC OPERATIONAUTOPILOT1.

3 TO INITIALIZE THE AUTOPILOT\STANDBY MODE!Turn the master select switch tothe STANDBY position. The display willshow the vessel's current compassheading. If the heading displayed by theautopilot does not agree with thecompass, press the ADJUST key twiceto display the current heading offset, andthen use the up or down ARROW key toadjust the offset by the amount of theerror.!To turn on the speed sensitivitythat switches between FAST and SLOW when in PILOT or NAV, with the Pilot inStandby press the ADJUST key until'SP: 0' is displayed. Press the upARROW key until the desired speed isdisplayed.

4 !To turn off the speed sensitivity,press the down ARROW key until thedisplay reads 'SP: 0'.!If the display is too bright or toodim when viewed in full darkness, pressthe ADJUST key until 'Lt ' is displayed,and then use the up or down ARROWkey to adjust the minimum brightnesslevel between 0-9.!To select a Special Turn asdescribed in (4) below, press the TURNkey followed by either the red or greenARROW key.!To initiate a Full Reset, press andhold both the up and down ARROW keysfor one second. This will reset allautopilot parameters back to factorysettings and the Pilot will go into Resetmode.

5 A dockside set-up will be requiredafter every Full TO POWER STEER THE VESSEL\POWER STEER MODE!To turn the rudder to port and tostarboard, turn the master select switchto the POWER STEER position. Whileeither the red or green ARROW key ispressed, the display will show thevessel s rudder angle and will show thevessel's current compass heading at allother times.!To display the vessel's rudderangle, press the TURN key once. Toreturn compass information to thedisplay, press the TURN key again.!To zero the digital rudder angledisplay, turn the rudder to dead ahead,press the ADJUST key until the flashingrudder angle display appears and pressthe up or down ARROW key until therudder angle display shows ' :00'.

6 3. TO BEGIN AUTOPILOT CONTROLOF THE VESSEL:!To have the vessel continue on itspresent heading under autopilot control,turn the master select switch to thePILOT position. !To select either the 'FASt' (HighSpeed) mode or the 'Slow' (Low Speed)mode, press the ADJUST key oncefollowed by the up or down ARROW will be done automatically if thespeed sensitive switching has beenturned on in (1) above.!To adjust the rudder gain settingfor the High or Low speed mode, pressthe ADJUST key until 'rud' is displayed,followed by the up or down ARROW keys. Similarly adjust the counter rudder('ctr') and yaw ('YAW') settings for TO CHANGE THE VESSEL'SCOURSE:!

7 To obtain the desired course,leave the master select switch in thePILOT position. Estimate the number ofdegrees of course change required.!Until the display shows thedesired course, alter the course in onedegree steps by pressing and releasingeither the red or green ARROW Or ---Alter course by ten degrees per secondby pressing and holding either the red orgreen ARROW key.!To select a special turn (U-turn,Emergency Turn, or Continuous Turn),with the Pilot in Standby mode, press theTurn key once followed by the Green keyuntil the desired Turn is displayed.!To adjust the rate at which thevessel will turn to the new course, pressthe ADJUST key until 'trn' is displayedand then press the up or down ARROWkey5.

8 TO DODGE THE VESSEL OFFCOURSE\PILOT MODE!To avoid obstacles in the water,press either the red or green DODGEkey for a panic turn in the desireddirection. !To keep the vessel off course,after it has turned far enough to clear theobstacle, press and hold both DODGE keys.!To return to the programmedcourse at the rate set by the turn ratecontrol. Release the DODGE key6. TO INTERFACE WITH ANAVIGATION COMPUTER\NAV MODE!Start navigating towards aselected route or waypoint, using aNavigation Computer which has anNMEA 0183 output.!Turn the autopilot master selectswitch to the NAV position. The autopilotwill set its own course using informationsent to it by the Navigation Computer.

9 !To select the response to crosstrack error (normal or reversed), pressthe TURN key and then the greenARROW key. !The DODGE keys operate asdescribed in (5) above, except that thevessel will return to the original track tothe waypoint, rather than the originalcourse, when the DODGE keys more complete operatinginstructions, refer to the CONTROLS andOPERATION CONTROLThe autopilot master control unit must be on to use any remote control. Thevessel s compass heading is shown at all times on the display of the unit that isNOT in control. As a further reminder, the function indicator (see Figure 8) will beflashing on the display of the unit that is NOT in TO USE THE ComNav 101 REMOTE CONTROL:!

10 To take control at the Remote,press both its pushbuttons for onesecond. The command point on alldisplays will move to the REMOTE position. This control operates identicallyto the autopilot, except that there is atoggle switch, used together with one ofthe pushbuttons, to dodge or to initiate aspecial turn.!To recall the vessels last course,hold the toggle switch in the DODGE position while turning the master selectswitch from POWER STEER to course that the autopilot wassteering when it was last in PILOT will berecalled. (If the autopilot has not been inPILOT since it was turned on, the coursethe vessel was on at the moment theautopilot was turned on will be recalled.)