NorthStar Navigation Pilot System NS3300 - Manual (Page 21)

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Reference Manual
4 The displays
Press to show the Display menu, select a display option using the Control Dial and press .
Displays a standard autopilot display with just the essential autopilot data.
Display area Function
Drive
indicators Left and right boxes light up to indicate when the autopilot is
driving the rudder
Heading Large digits show the heading of the vessel
Info panel This panel can be configured to display different data items.
Default: Automatically switches between Rudder angle, Course
error and Cross track error.
Set course STBY mode: shows ‘---’ since the set course is not valid in
standby mode
AUTO mode: digits show the current course to steer (CTS), except
for WIND mode: digits show the current set wind angle (SWA)
The colored ring is yellow in STBY mode, green in AUTO mode,
magenta in H-STEER mode and red when there is a critical alarm
Steering
mode
panel Shows the steering mode (COMPASS, GPS, WIND)
Operating
mode
panel Shows the operating mode (Standby, Auto, H-Steer). Panel
changes to blue when in AUTO mode.
Options menu:
Data setup - Selects what data is displayed in the info panel.
Auto Rd/CE/XTE – Automatically switches the displayed data between rudder, course error and cross track
error depending on the operating mode.
Course error – Shows a course error bar in the info panel.
Rudder angle – Shows a rudder angle gauge in the info panel.
XTE – Shows a cross track error bar in the info panel.
Tip: Repeated pressing
will cycle the
menu selection and will
automatically select after
1 second.
4-1 Display > Basic
Basic displays