## Connecting ECDIS to the Navigation Bridge and Configuration

Connecting ECDIS to the navigation bridge and configuring it must be performed by specialists qualified as information network administrators. Connection and configuration are carried out in accordance with the technical documentation for the ship's networks and the recommendations of the NSR ECDIS NES-3000 manufacturer.

With proper network and firewall configuration, further ECDIS configuration and synchronization occurs automatically.

```{warning}
**Master/Backup** can only be ECDIS units from the same manufacturer.
```

**Viewing the bridge network node composition:**

| Menu path |
|-------------|
| {{ menu }} → {{ settings }} → System → Workstations |
| or |
| {{ btn_backup_mode }} ↔ {{ btn_master_mode }} |

#### Workstations management interface

![](images/image545.png)

| No. | Element | Description |
|---|---------|----------|
| **1** | Master request | Button to request the **Master** role. The **Backup** ECDIS sends a request to the **Master** to transfer the **Master** role |
| **2** | Master accept | Button to accept the **Master** role |
| **3** | Synchronize with Master | Synchronize databases with the **Master** ECDIS |
| **4** | Name | ECDIS name within the navigation bridge |
| **5** | Placement | ECDIS location on the vessel |
| **6** | SFI | System Function Identifier — unique station function identifier according to IEC 61162-450 (e.g., E10002 for ECDIS No. 2) |
| **7** | Transfer | Button to transfer the Master role to the selected **Backup** ECDIS. Available only on the **Master** ECDIS |

```{caution}
When configuring the Bridge, the {doc}`SFI Transmitter </sections/sensors/SFI/index>` must be enabled and configured.
```
