Settings Structure

In the Settings section, configuration of all ECDIS operating parameters is available. The settings structure is organized as a hierarchical menu with eleven main categories:

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   Settings
   ├── ENC
   │   ├── Portrayal
   │   ├── Navigational settings
   │   ├── Chart objects
   │   └── Certificates/Permits
   ├── Targets
   │   ├── Portrayal
   │   ├── Settings
   │   ├── CPA/TCPA
   │   └── AIS
   │       ├── Filtration and activation
   │       └── Ownship
   ├── Grounding Check
   │   ├── Settings
   │   └── Alert Filter
   ├── Alerts
   │   └── Route
   ├── AIS Messages
   │   ├── Messages List
   │   └── Send message
   ├── NAVTEX
   │   └── Filtering
   ├── Tools
   │   └── Geocalculator
   ├── Echo
   │   └── Settings
   ├── Ownship
   │   ├── DR/manual input
   │   ├── Dimensions
   │   ├── Registration
   │   └── Trip distance
   └── System
       ├── Interface
       ├── Shortcuts
       ├── Backup
       ├── Remote assistant
       ├── Media devices
       ├── Settings management
       ├── Units
       ├── System information
       ├── System Log
       ├── Software licenses
       ├── Sensors
       ├── Workstations
       ├── Radar
       └── Network
           ├── Connection permission
           ├── Network connections
           └── Network devices

Main Settings Categories

ENC (Electronic Navigational Charts)

• Portrayal — ENC display style configuration

• Navigational Settings — navigational information display parameters

• Chart Objects — control of electronic chart object display

• Certificates/Permits — management of X.509 digital root certificates and ENC licenses

TARGETS

• Portrayal — target display configuration (ship and target vectors, track parameters, time marks on tracks, track clearing)

• Settings — AIS targets, ARPA targets, aids to navigation, guard zone radius, target loss alarm criteria display

• CPA/TCPA — monitoring criteria for Closest Point of Approach and Time to CPA

• AIS — Automatic Identification System

  • Filtration and activation — target auto-activation, sleeping target indication settings, ASM (Application Specific Messages) display configuration, AtoN

  • Ownship — view data transmitted by AIS, own ship registration data, synchronization of operational information with onboard AIS

GROUNDING CHECK

• Settings — navigational safety zone and monitoring sector configuration

• Alert Filter — alarm and warning criteria settings

ALERTS

• Route — route warnings: time to XTD limit, time to course change

AIS MESSAGES

• Messages List — view and manage messages received from AIS

• Send message — send AIS messages

NAVTEX

• Filtering — NAVTEX message filtering settings

TOOLS

• Geocalculator — tool for solving direct and inverse geodetic problems on a plane and on a sphere

ECHO

• Settings — echo sounder operating parameters and echo sounder warning configuration

OWNSHIP

• DR/manual input — simple or composite dead reckoning data entry, manual input of navigational parameters

• Dimensions — water level accounting, ship dimensions and draft, current draft, barge-tow configuration

• Registration — ship registration data, navigational status and ship type changes

• Trip distance — ship’s distance traveled accounting

SYSTEM

• Interface — user interface settings

• Shortcuts — keyboard and pointing device shortcut configuration

• Backup — backup management

• Remote assistant — remote connection to ECDIS

• Media devices — removable (external) USB drive management

• Settings management — create/import/export/delete settings, restore factory settings

• Units — select measurement units, set time zone, configure time synchronization criteria

• System information — system information, User Permit, service mode, check for updates, change system password

• System Log — collect current ECDIS status information, track errors, export system log to external media

• Software licenses — display licenses for software components used

• Sensors — navigational sensor connection settings

• Workstations — workstation configuration (when configuring operation as part of an integrated bridge)

• Radar — connection and configuration of the navigational radar

• Network — network parameters

  • Connection permission

  • Network connections

  • Network devices