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C Manual Footer In the United States WARNING: It is a violation of the rules of the Federal Communications Commission to input an MMSI that has not been properly assigned to the end user, or to otherwise input any inaccurate data in this device. WARNING: This product is a supplemental navigation tool only! The user assumes all responsibility associated with the use of this device and safe navigation. It is important to understand that all vessels may not be equipped with AIS transponders and therefore may not be visible to this transponder. Likewise, certain conditions, such as equipment failures, the environment, improper use and crowded port scenarios, may exist whereby the vessel equipped with this AIS transponder is not visible to other AIS transponders. . CAUTION: Before proceeding to install, test or use your new ACR Electronics. product, please read this Product Support Manual in its entirety. If you have questions regarding the contents of the manual, please contact our Technical Service Department at ACR Electronics, Inc., Telephone +1 (954) 981- 3333. Please be ready to provide the technician with the page number you wish to discuss. If you have a question that is not covered in the manual, please visit our website and access the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) section for further information or call our Technical Services Department. The website address is If in the future you lose this manual, you may access and print a replacement on the ACR website. Manual Footer Table of Contents SECTION 1 - WHAT IS AIS? ____________________________________________________________ 4 SECTION 2 - INSTALLATION ___________________________________________________________ 6 SECTION 3 - USING THE TRANSPONDER ________________________________________________ 20 SECTION 4 - MAINTENANCE _________________________________________________________ 22 APPENDIX A - SERIAL DATA INTERFACE _________________________________________________ 22 APPENDIX B - SPECIFICATIONS AND WARNINGS __________________________________________ 28 APPENDIX C - SYSTEM BLOCK DIAGRAM ________________________________________________ 29 APPENDIX D - DATA POWER CABLE INFORMATION _______________________________________ 30 APPENDIX E - SUPPORT, WARRANTY, USEFUL LIFE and NOTICES _____________________________ 31 PLEASE READ ALL WARNINGS, CAUTIONS AND NOTES CAREFULLY Manual Footer SECTION 1 - WHAT IS AIS? 1. Overview AIS is an acronym for Automatic Identification System. AIS increases navigational safety and collision avoidance by transmitting vessel identification, helping to reduce the difficulty of identifying ships when not in sight (e.g. at night, in radar blind arcs or shadows or at distance) by broadcasting navigational intentions to other vessels by providing ID, position, course, speed and other ship data with all other nearby ships and land based stations. According to International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA) regulations, AIS is defined as follows: AIS is a broadcast transponder system, operating in the VHF maritime mobile band. It is capable of sending ship information such as identification, position course, speed and more, to other ships and to shore. It can handle multiple reports at rapid update rates and uses Carrier Sense Time Division Multiple Access (CSTDMA) technology to meet these high broadcast rates and ensure reliable and robust ship to ship operation. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) defines the performance standards as follows: Ship to ship working, ship to shore working, including long range application, automatic and continuous operation, provision of information messaging via PC and utilization of maritime VHF channels The Modules: GPS system, AIS Transponder, VHF Antenna, and the Data Power Cable (appropriate application software connects the individual modules). AIS are required to function flawlessly in a variety of modes. The regulations require that the system be capable of: . An "autonomous and continuous" mode for operation in all areas. This mode shall be capable of being switched to/from one of the following alternate modes by a competent authority; . An "assigned" mode for operation in an area subject to a competent authority responsible for traffic monitoring such that the data transmission interval and/or time slots may be set remotely by that authority; . A "polling or controlled" mode, where the data transfer occurs in response to interrogation from a ship or competent authority. This illustration depicts a typical AIS System, where two or more AIS equipped vessels (and shore based systems) are automatically communicating with each other. Manual Footer On the bottom, a typical Nauticast™-B AIS installation in a common environment is shown. The Nauticast™-B AIS is connected to the vessel.s power supply, and, in connection with the VHF and GPS antennas, the minimal requirements for transponder operation are fulfilled. Both vessels in ...

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