Items on the upper part of the InstantAccess bar:
Monitor Mode
In the Monitor Mode, ship's behaviour can be monitored in relations to the planned route. Various voyage monitoring tools are incorporated into the InstantAccess bar.
Select:
Click to open route selecting menu window to select the route to monitor
Unselect:
Click to stop monitoring the route.
Move to plan:
Click to transfer the route currently being monitored to the Plan Mode in order to amend the route.
Route INFO:
Click to open the route information window where the detailed parameters set for each waypoint within the route as well as the details of the user chart can be verified. Also, notes/cautions on status of the monitored route as well as user chart can be viewed.
Click to open the AIS/NAVTEX message menu window from which the operators can handle AIS/NAVTEX messages, i.e., sending, viewing and deleting the messages
Click to open the manual update menu window by which the operators can update the electronic chart by inserting chart update symbols manually, according to the Notices to Mariners, NAVTEX warnings, etc. Manual update of the chart is required to ensure that the chart is kept up to date at all times. When the of cial chart update containing the changes by the manual update is made, the operator can delete the manual update symbols through the manual update menu window.
Route monitoring
Radar overlay
Chart Maintenance Mode
The Chart Maintenance Mode allows the operators to handle charts to be used in the system
Click to start automatic installation of the chart data from the chart CD or DVD ROM.
Click to manage charts, i.e., grouping chart cells by purposes, deleting unnecessary chart cells, etc.
Click to view the chart catalog that shows general information about the charts installed in the system, i.e.,coverage, license status, availability and other status information.
Click to open the chart license menu window where the operators can view the permit status of the chart installed. Also, the operators can install, backup, restore and export the chart licenses from the same menu window.
Click to open Public Key management window.This allows user to change the Public Keys which are used to authenticate the source and integrity of the chart materials used in ECDIS.
Plan Mode
In the Plan mode, the operators can generate and edit route plans as well as user charts. Also, various detailed reports, generated by ECDIS, on planned routes as well as user charts can be viewed. All these tasks can be accessed from the InstantAccess bar.
Route Planning:
Once left-clicking on "Route", a route planning menu
window will open. The operators can use the trackball
to enter waypoints directly onto the chart. After entering
a waypoint, the operators can edit name, steering
mode, radius, channel limit and other parameters of the
waypoints on the menu window.
Creating User Chart:
When clicking on "User chart", user chart tools
(a palette and a menu window) will be displayed
by which operators can create a user chart.
A user chart is a layer consisting of marks and
lines that can be produced and overlaid onto the
chart. It is intended for indicating safety-related
areas and objects.
Quick access to various reports:
Route reports on waypoints and passage plan
as well as user chart reports on tidals, lines,
user-entered objects and user-de ned areas
can be directly accessed for viewing from the
InstantAccess bar.
A guide box instantly tells the operators the range and bearing between the last waypoint and the cursor position as you drag the cursor.
Clicｋ to open the data management windows for routes as well as user charts where selected routes and user charts can be deleted.
