Chapter 10: AIS 115
Time to safe zone
The time to safe zone feature calculates how long it will take other
AIS equipped vessels to reach your safe zone, based on their AIS
data.
To set the time to safe zone:
1. Press the TARGET TRACKING soft key.
2. Press the AIS OPTIONS soft key. The AIS options dialog box
appears.
3. Select Time to Safe Zone and set the required time.
4. Press OK.
10.5 AIS display options
Displaying AIS vectors
The AIS vector feature gives you the following data for selected
targets:
• A COG/SOG vector indicating the predicted distance that a tar-
get will travel within a given period of time.
• Graphical representation of heading and direction of turn.
To switch AIS vectors on or off
1. Highlight the AIS target for which you want to display vectors.
2. Toggle to your desired setting on the AIS VECTOR softkey.
Displaying safety-critical AIS data
Safety-critical target data such as COG, SOG, CPA and TCPA can
be displayed in the tag alongside each target. You can switch this
data on or off or set it to display it automatically when the cursor is
over the target.
To view AIS data
1. Highlight an AIS target.
2. Toggle to your preferred setting on the AIS DATA softkey:
AUTO (default): safety-critical data shown when the cursor is
over the target.
ON: safety-critical data shown constantly.
OFF: safety-critical data never shown.
