User manual RAYMARINE S1000 SMARTPILOT

[. . . ] Raymarine S1000 Autopilot User Guide D76 37-1 Welcome to the S1000 Autopilot This guide explains how to use the S1000. If all you want to do is power up and get going, that's fine. But if you want to know more about what the S1000 can do, this guide will tell you. Document Number: 81245-4 Date: March 2007 Contents 1 - Getting Started System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Changing the Controller batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Unless otherwise stated, you should respond to the alarm by pressing standby to clear the alarm and return to manual control, before you attempt to resolve the problem. In some situations, the S1000 will raise more than one alarm. When you have dealt with the first alarm, it will display the next alarm. ALARM MESSAGE CURRENT LIMIT POSSIBLE CAUSE and SOLUTION Serious drive failure ­ the drive is taking too much current due to short-circuit or jamming. The autopilot is unable to turn the rudder (this occurs if the weather load on helm is too high. This alarm occurs if you try to activate the pilot before it is ready. Your boat must be run at more than 3 knots for longer than 30 seconds before activating the pilot. This alarm will sound when you are more than 0. 3nm from your planned track. The alarm will also state if you are to PORT or STARBOARD of the track, Motor cables are connected to power terminals (and power cables are connected to motor terminals) at course computer. Turn off power and swap over connections. The autopilot is in Track mode and: · the autopilot is not receiving SeaTalk navigation data, or · your GPS is receiving a low strength signal, this will clear when the signal improves Note: The autopilot stops adjusting the heading as soon as it loses data. DRIVE STOPPED INITIALISING LARGE XTE MOT POW SWAPPED NO DATA User Guide 23 ALARM MESSAGE NO GPS COG POSSIBLE CAUSE and SOLUTION The S1000 autopilot is not receiving valid COG data from your GPS system. Check the connections and that your GPS unit is powered on and setup to transmit COG data. Your GPS is receiving a low strength signal, this will clear when the signal improves The controller is not receiving data from the autopilot. Check connections and that the S1000 course computer is switched on. This alarm sounds if you have been off course from the locked heading for more than 20 seconds. It also states if you are to the PORT or STARBOARD of the intended heading. NO GPS FIX NO PILOT OFFCOURSE REGISTRATION INCOMPLETE The registration of your new handset cannot be completed as the system has detected other handsets in the vicinity. Switch off all other remote handheld units. If this error persists, take your boat to open water (with no other vessel within 100 ft) and repeat the registration process. ROUTE COMPLETE This sounds on the completion of a track. Press PILOT to continue on the same heading or STANDBY for manual control. The ships battery voltage has dropped below acceptable limits, check the charge state of the battery. You must be travelling faster for the pilot to operate Fishing patterns will only operate at speeds below 15kts. You have arrived at a waypoint on your route. [. . . ] Navigation signals can produce significant · · · 34 Raymarine S1000 Autopilot errors under some circumstances and the autopilot will not be able to detect these errors. General Care and Safety Do not leave the controller in places where the temperature could exceed 60ºC (140ºF). Do not attempt to dismantle the S1000, the controller or any of its accessories. Switch off your S1000 system at a refuelling point, even if you are not refuelling your own vessel. [. . . ]