Permanent Indication Area

The permanent indication area displays the ECDIS status:

• AIS (on/off, filtering conditions)

• Sound status

• Set water level above chart datum

• Target CPA criteria

• Settings indication

Permanent Indication Area Elements

№	Element	Description
1	Scale	Scale, scaling factor, ENC statuses
2	AIS filter indicator	Press to navigate to filter settings
3	ASM indicator	Press to navigate to ASM settings
4	AIS auto-activation indicator button	Press to navigate to AIS filter settings
5	Sleeping targets indicator button	Enable/disable sleeping target display. Press to navigate to AIS filter settings
6	Target vector type toggle button	Switch vector type: T — true; R — relative
7	Vector settings	Length, time step marks. Press to navigate to vector settings
8	Calculated dangerous depth value	Automatically calculated dangerous depth value
9	Water level indicator button	Press to navigate to water level settings
10	Navigational hazards highlighting toggle button	Control navigational hazard display on ENCs
11	Excluded areas indicator button	White — all areas enabled; gray — at least one area is excluded. Press to navigate to filter settings
12	Dangerous isoline highlighting exclusion indicator button	White — dangerous isoline enabled; gray — disabled. Press to navigate to filter settings
13	Navigational hazard monitoring exclusion indicator button	White — all hazards enabled; gray — at least one hazard is excluded. Press to navigate to filter settings
14	Temporary sound mute button	Sound on/off. Muting the current alarm audio signal for no more than 5 minutes
15	Alert area	Active alarms, warnings, and cautions are displayed. Press to navigate to the alarm log
16	Alarm, warning, and caution counter	Press to navigate to the alarm log
17	ENC scale decrease	Chart scale decrease button (duplicated by key)
18	ENC scale increase	Chart scale increase button (duplicated by key)
19	Current ENC scale	Current electronic chart scale in the main ECDIS window
20	Installed chart display preset name	Current chart display preset
21	ENC name under ship position	Display of the current electronic navigational chart name
22	Best scale indicator	Shown when a larger scale ENC is available under the ship’s position
23	Scaling factor	Parameter X indicates how much the set scale differs from the ENC compilation scale

Note

Navigational hazard monitoring is performed in the ship’s track lane, regardless of whether hazard highlighting on the ENC is enabled or disabled. Warnings and alarms are generated for navigational hazards within the ship’s track lane.

Scale Operation Modes

№	Element	Description
1	Best Scale	Automatic selection of a larger scale chart under the ship’s position. A larger scale cell will be forcibly loaded and displayed.
2	Fix Scale	Fixes the scale of the displayed cell, and when the ENC scale changes in the main chart window, the fixed scale range will be displayed permanently. The function can also be enabled with the keyboard shortcut:
3	Scale levels list	List of ENC scale levels available at the ship’s position.

Warning

When the scale fix function is enabled, a notification will be displayed in the notification area: “Chart scale fix is enabled. Scale: 1:700000”