R4 Combined AIS & Navigation System

137 Pages·2010·3.75 MB·English

by  Hans Svensson

Saab TransponderTech

R4
Combined AIS &

Navigation System

Installation Manual
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R4
Combined AIS & Navigation System
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Disclaimer
While reasonable care has been exercised in the preparation of this manual, SAAB
TransponderTech AB shall incur no liability whatsoever based on the contents or lack of
contents in the manual.
Caution
No single navigation aid should ever be relied upon as the exclusive means for navigating a
vessel. The navigator is responsible for checking all aids available to confirm his position.
Electronic aids are intended to assist, not replace, the navigator.
Software
This manual reflects the capabilities of R4 Combined Display software version 5.2.0, R4
Combined Transponder software version 5.2.0 and R4 Navigational Sensor software version
6.8-S6.
Installation Manual, Part Number and Revision
Part number 7000 109-153, revision C.
This manual is a replacement for the earlier manual 7000 109-153 rev B.
Safety Instructions
Note the following compass safe distances:
Equipment Standard Magnetic Compass Steering Magnetic Compass
R4 Display 0.6 Meters 0.3 meters
R4 Transponder 0.2 m 0.1 m
R4 Navigation Sensor 0.6 Meters 0.4 Meters
(GPS and DGPS)
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WARNING!
RF Exposure Hazard
For installation according to Industry Canada regulations

please observe:

1. Minimum safe distance to antenna is 20 cm (8 in).

2. If an antenna with more than +5dBi of antenna
gain is installed, additional approvals may be
required from Industry Canada.

3. Industry Canada approval is only valid for normal
operation of the transponder.

Disposal Instructions
Broken or unwanted electrical or electronic equipment parts shall be classified and handled
as ‗Electronic Waste‘. Improper disposal may be harmful to the environment and human
health. Please refer to your local waste authority for information on return and collection
systems in your area.
Contact Details
For Information on New Products and Dealers:
Please visit our home page www.transpondertech.se
For Installation, Service and Technical Support:
Please contact your R4 Combined AIS & Navigation System dealer
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Combined AIS & Navigation System
Table of Contents
1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 7
1.1 About this Manual ....................................................................................................7
1.2 System Overview .....................................................................................................7
2 Unpacking the equipment ................................................................................................ 9
3 Installation Cables ......................................................................................................... 12
4 Mounting ....................................................................................................................... 14
4.1 Mount the R4 Display ............................................................................................. 15
4.1.1 Location .......................................................................................................... 15
4.1.2 Physical Size and Mechanical Drawing ........................................................... 16
4.1.3 Gimbal Mounting ............................................................................................. 17
4.1.4 Panel Mounting ............................................................................................... 19
4.1.5 Cabling ............................................................................................................ 24
4.1.6 Power Supply .................................................................................................. 25
4.2 Mount the R4 Transponder ..................................................................................... 25
4.2.1 Location .......................................................................................................... 25
4.2.2 Clearance Area ............................................................................................... 25
4.2.3 Physical Size and Mechanical Drawing ........................................................... 27
4.2.4 Cabling ............................................................................................................ 28
4.2.5 Power Supply .................................................................................................. 28
4.3 Mount the AIS Alarm Unit ....................................................................................... 29
4.4 Mount External Pilot Plug (optional) ....................................................................... 30
4.5 Mount R4 Navigation Sensor .................................................................................. 32
4.5.1 Location .......................................................................................................... 32
4.5.2 Clearance Area ............................................................................................... 33
4.5.3 Physical Size and Mechanical Drawing ........................................................... 34
4.5.4 Cabling ............................................................................................................ 35
4.5.5 Power Supply .................................................................................................. 35
4.6 Mount the R4 Transponder‘s VHF antenna ............................................................ 35
4.6.1 Antenna location ............................................................................................. 36
4.6.2 Antenna type ................................................................................................... 36
4.6.3 Antenna separation ......................................................................................... 36
4.6.4 Clear view of the horizon ................................................................................. 36
4.6.5 Antenna height ................................................................................................ 37
4.6.6 Cabling ............................................................................................................ 37
4.6.7 Cable mounting ............................................................................................... 37
4.6.8 Grounding ....................................................................................................... 37
4.7 Mount the R4 Transponder‘s GPS antenna ............................................................ 37
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4.7.1 Antenna location ............................................................................................. 38
4.7.2 Cabling ............................................................................................................ 38
4.7.3 Cable mounting ............................................................................................... 38
4.7.4 Grounding ....................................................................................................... 39
4.8 Mount the GPS or DGPS Navigation Antenna ........................................................ 39
4.8.1 Antenna Location ............................................................................................ 39
4.8.2 Cabling ............................................................................................................ 39
4.8.3 Cable Mounting ............................................................................................... 40
4.8.4 Grounding ....................................................................................................... 40
5 Wiring Cable Connections ............................................................................................. 41
5.1 R4 Display Cables Description ............................................................................... 41
5.1.1 Power Wires .................................................................................................... 42
5.1.2 R4 Transponder Port ....................................................................................... 42
5.1.3 R4 Sensor Port................................................................................................ 42
5.1.4 Pilot Plug Port ................................................................................................. 42
5.2 R4 Transponder Cables Connections ..................................................................... 42
5.2.1 Sensor 1, 2 and 3 ............................................................................................ 43
5.2.2 Pilot port .......................................................................................................... 44
5.2.3 ECDIS port ...................................................................................................... 44
5.2.4 Long Range .................................................................................................... 44
5.2.5 R4 Display ....................................................................................................... 44
5.2.6 AUX port ......................................................................................................... 44
5.2.7 AIS Relay Binary Port ...................................................................................... 44
5.2.8 Using the C Wires of the ECDIS Port .............................................................. 45
5.3 R4 Navigation Sensor Cable Description ................................................................ 45
5.3.1 System Port .................................................................................................... 46
5.3.2 User Port 1 ...................................................................................................... 46
5.3.3 User Port 2 ...................................................................................................... 46
5.3.4 Power Wires .................................................................................................... 46
5.3.5 Alarm Out Binary Port ..................................................................................... 47
5.3.6 Alarm Acknowledge Binary Port ...................................................................... 47
5.3.7 Speed Log Out Port ........................................................................................ 47
6 System Configuration and Settings ............................................................................... 48
6.1 R4 Display Keys ..................................................................................................... 49
6.2 Status LEDs ........................................................................................................... 51
6.2.1 R4 Display LEDs ............................................................................................. 51
6.2.2 R4 Navigation Sensor LEDs ............................................................................ 51
6.2.3 R4 Transponder LEDs ..................................................................................... 52
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6.3 System Power Up .................................................................................................. 52
6.4 Viewing Active Alarms ............................................................................................ 53
6.5 R4 Transponder Connection Lost Troubleshooting ................................................ 53
6.6 GPS Connection Lost Troubleshooting .................................................................. 54
6.7 Position Data Lost Troubleshooting ........................................................................ 55
6.8 Configure AIS Settings ........................................................................................... 56
6.8.1 MMSI, IMO number, Call Sign, Ship Name, Height Over Keel ......................... 56
6.8.2 GPS antenna position ..................................................................................... 59
6.8.3 Long Range Settings ....................................................................................... 61
6.8.4 Alarm Relay and Poups ................................................................................... 62
6.8.5 I/O Port Settings .............................................................................................. 64
6.9 Check GPS Settings............................................................................................... 67
6.10 Configuring Output Sentences ............................................................................... 67
6.11 System Functional Check ....................................................................................... 68
6.11.1 Check Active Alarms ....................................................................................... 71
6.11.2 Check Navigation Position .............................................................................. 73
6.11.3 Check Transponder‘s Internal GPS Status ...................................................... 76
6.12 Adjusting Other System Settings ............................................................................ 76
7 Serial Communication Interfaces ................................................................................... 77
7.1 Electrical Characteristics R4 Display ...................................................................... 77
7.1.1 Output Drive Capacity ..................................................................................... 77
7.1.2 Input Load ....................................................................................................... 77
7.1.3 Termination ..................................................................................................... 77
7.1.4 Schematics ..................................................................................................... 77
7.2 Electrical Characteristics R4 Transponder .............................................................. 79
7.2.1 Output Drive Capacity ..................................................................................... 79
7.2.2 Input Load ....................................................................................................... 79
7.2.3 Termination ..................................................................................................... 79
7.2.4 Schematics ..................................................................................................... 79
7.1 Electrical Characteristics R4 Navigation Sensor ..................................................... 80
7.1.1 Output Drive Capacity ..................................................................................... 80
7.1.2 Input Load ....................................................................................................... 80
7.1.3 Termination ..................................................................................................... 80
7.1.4 Schematics ..................................................................................................... 80
7.2 ECDIS / Pilot systems interfaces ............................................................................ 82
7.2.1 ECDIS / Pilot systems input data and formats ................................................. 83
7.2.2 ECDIS / Pilot systems output data and formats ............................................... 84
7.3 Sensor interfaces ................................................................................................... 84
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7.3.1 Sensor input data and formats ........................................................................ 85
7.3.2 Position (GGA, GLL, GNS, RMC, DTM etc.) ................................................... 85
7.3.3 Heading (HDT) ................................................................................................ 85
7.3.4 Rate of Turn (ROT) ......................................................................................... 86
7.3.5 Log (VBW) ...................................................................................................... 87
7.4 Long Range equipment interface............................................................................ 87
7.4.1 Long Range communication system ................................................................ 87
7.4.2 Long Range function ....................................................................................... 87
7.4.3 LR input data and formats ............................................................................... 88
7.4.4 LR output data and formats ............................................................................. 88
7.5 RTCM interface ...................................................................................................... 89
7.6 User interface ......................................................................................................... 90
7.6.1 Input Sentences .............................................................................................. 90
7.6.2 Output Sentences ........................................................................................... 90
8 Technical Specifications ................................................................................................ 93
8.1 R4 Display .............................................................................................................. 93
8.2 R4 Transponder ..................................................................................................... 94
8.3 AIS Alarm Relay ..................................................................................................... 95
8.4 R4 Navigation Sensor ............................................................................................ 96
9 APPENDICES ............................................................................................................... 98
Appendix A.1 – Reference Documents .......................................................................... 99
Appendix A.2– Interpretation of IEC 61162-1 Sentences ........................................... 100
Appendix A.3 – Other NMEA Sentences .................................................................... 123
Appendix A.4 – Proprietary Indications (TXT) ........................................................... 125
Appendix A.5 – Proprietary Sentences (PSTT) .......................................................... 126
Appendix A.6 – Pilot Plug Connector Characteristics ............................................... 129
Appendix A.7 – Transponder VHF-Cable Selector ...................................................... 130
Appendix A.8 – Transponder GPS-Cable Selector .................................................... 131
Appendix A.9 – Sensor Antenna Cable Selector ........................................................ 132
Appendix A.10 – Glossary ............................................................................................ 133
Appendix A.11 – Installation Wiring Diagram ............................................................. 135
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1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 About this Manual
This manual, together with the Operator Manual, provides in-depth information to facilitate
installation of the Saab TransponderTech R4 Combined AIS & Navigation System.
The R4 Combined AIS & Navigation System is available in two system configurations:
GPS and DGPS. This manual is valid for both configurations.
1.2 System Overview
Figure 1-1 shows an overview of the R4 Combined AIS & Navigation System. The R4
Combined AIS & Navigation System comes in two configurations: GPS and DGPS. Both
configurations feature an R4 Display and R4 AIS Transponder. The GPS configuration
also features an R4 GPS Navigation Sensor and an MGA-2 GPS antenna, while the
DGPS configuration features an R4 DGPS Navigation Sensor and an MGL-4 combined
GPS/Beacon antenna.
The R4 Display provides a graphical interface to the system. Via the display it is possible
to plot the location of other ships, base stations, aids to navigation and the active route.
Vessels can be listed sorted by range or bearing. The display also makes it possible to
create, edit and modify routes and waypoints, navigate following a route, send and receive
messages, view sensor data, perform setup as well as supervise the systems status.
The R4 AIS Transponder consists of a radio transceiver unit, a GPS receiver and a
controller unit. The transceiver consists of one transmitter and three independent VHF
receivers, two tunable TDMA receivers and one DSC receiver. The transmitter alternates
its transmissions between the two operating TDMA channels and can also be used to
reply to a DSC interrogation (ITU-R M.825-3, Annex 1). The controller unit creates and
schedules data packets (containing dynamic, static and voyage related data) for
transmission based on the IMO performance standard for AIS.
The R4 AIS Transponder shall be connected to the ship‘s sensors as required by the
installation guidelines published by IALA. The R4 AIS Transponder can interface external
navigation and presentation systems that support required IEC 61162-1 sentences as set
out in this manual. The R4 Transponder is prepared for connection to Long Range
systems like Inmarsat C.
The R4 GPS Navigation Sensor features a high-precision GPS receiver, capable of
receiving WAAS, EGNOS and MSAS differential corrections. The R4 DGPS Navigation
Sensor has all the features of the GPS Sensor, as well as a dual channel beacon receiver
for reception of IALA radio beacon DGPS corrections. Both the GPS and the DGPS
Navigation Sensor perform continuous RAIM calculations according to the IEC 61108-1
(2nd edition) standard (see Ref. [5]).
The R4 Navigation Sensor is connected to an antenna, either an MGA-2 GPS antenna or
an MGL-4 combined GPS/Beacon antenna. The MGL-4 antenna is capable of receiving
and interpreting both radio beacon and satellite signals.
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The system provides two user configurable serial ports, of which one is bidirectional and
one used only for output of data. There is also a binary Speed Log port, a navigation
alarm output port, an AIS alarm relay as well as an alarm acknowledge input port. For
more details, see sections further on in this Installation Manual.

Figure 1-1: R4 Combined AIS & Navigation System overview
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