NorthStar Navigation Pilot System NS3300 - Manual (Page 22)

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Northstar NS3300 Pilot
Displays an advanced autopilot display with essential autopilot data.
Display area Function
Data
Header Customizable data cells. Each display page has a separate
header configuration. Default: Voltage, Current, Alarm Status
(see section 5).
Heading Large digits show the heading of the vessel
Drive
indicators Left and right boxes ‘fill up’ to indicate when the autopilot is
driving the rudder and how much power is being used by the
drive system
Numerical
data panels Customizable data cells. Default: Course to steer, Course error.
Bar data
panels Customizable indicator bar. Default: Automatically switches
between Rudder angle, Course error and Cross track error.
Mode panel Left hand side: shows the steering mode (COMPASS, GPS, WIND)
Right hand side: shows the operating mode (Standby, Auto,
H-Steer) inside a colored tab.
Panel changes to blue when in AUTO mode. The colored tab
is yellow in STBY mode, green in AUTO mode, magenta in
H-STEER mode and red when there is a critical alarm.
4-2 Display > Pilot
Pilot displays
Options menu:
Header Menu for configuring the data header in this display (see section 5).
Data setup Enters the data set-up mode. Use the Control Dial to highlight a data
cell, press
to display a list of data types that can be displayed in that cell.