FURUNO ECDIS User Manual

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ECDIS FMD-3100 FMD-3200/3300 CBT: USER MANUAL

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This training application has been developed by ARI.

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acknowledged.

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RECORD OF CHANGES

VER REV DATE PREPARED BY REMARKS

1.0 0 6th Sept ‘14 JG User Manual for the application (FMD-

3100 FMD-3200/3300).

1.1 0 15th Sept ’14 JG Tutorial for Control Unit 3100 added.


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CONTENTS 1 STARTING UP ...................................................................................................... 2

1.1 NEW USER .................................................................................................................................. 3

1.2 USER LOGIN ............................................................................................................................... 4

1.3 ECDIS FMD – 3100 FMD – 3200/3300 CBT ...................................................................... 5

2 UNDERSTANDING THE USER INTERFACE ........................................................... 7

2.1 TUTORIAL .................................................................................................................................... 7

2.2 HELP ............................................................................................................................................. 8

2.3 MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST ........................................................................................................... 9

2.4 VALIDATION AND CERTIFICATION ..................................................................................... 10

2.5 PAUSE ........................................................................................................................................ 12

2.6 EXIT ............................................................................................................................................. 12

3 ANNEXURE: GROUP, CHAPTER & SECTION CLASSIFICATION (TREE STRUCTURE) .......................................................................................................................... 13

3.1 TRAINING – FMD 3100 FMD 3200/3300 ........................................................................ 13


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1 STARTING UP

The application is packaged in the DVD/USB flash drive. It would contain a folder with a setup file

for the application. In case the application does not run automatically, the user must run the setup

by double clicking on it.

Fig. 1. Running the application

This will initiate the installation process for the application. The process would include running a

background check of the availability of flash player and the .NET framework. If these are not

available on the system, the installation process would also include initiating the installation of the

same. Once the pre-requisites for running the application are confirmed, the application will be

launched.

The screen which comes up as the application launches is shown below. This is the login screen.


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Fig. 2. Login Screen

The user must click on the help button provided on the top right corner. This will open the user

manual for reference. Minimize and close buttons have their usual purpose.

The user can enter the login details; a valid user id and password, if these have already been

created. In case, the user has logged in for the first time, he/she needs to register himself/herself

and create the user id and password.

To register, the user needs to click on ‘Create new user’.

1.1 NEW USER

The user clicks on ‘Create new user’. The following screen with ‘Personal Details Form’ comes up.

The user needs to fill the details as necessary and click on ‘Submit’ to register. Since all the fields

are mandatory, the user needs to fill every detail.

‘Help’ button

‘Close’ button

‘Minimize’ button


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Fig. 3. Personal Details Form

After entering the details in the form, the user must click on ‘Submit’. If all the details have been

entered, the user will be created successfully by the application, after accepting the license

agreement terms. Consequently, a message will be displayed, as shown below.

Fig. 4. Message box: Successful user creation

The user must click on ‘OK’. This will direct the user to the login page of the application, where the

recently created User ID and password will be used to login.

1.2 USER LOGIN

The login screen which comes up is shown below. The user must enter the ID and password details

to login.


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Fig. 5. Login screen

After entering the details, the user must click on ‘Login’. With this, the user is ready to take the

training ECDIS FMD-3100 FMD-3200/3300 and start reading the tutorials.

1.3 ECDIS FMD – 3100 FMD – 3200/3300 CBT

Once the user has login the application, he/she can proceed with the tutorials. In order to aid sequential learning, the user is required to go through every tutorial completely, at least the first time. Once the user has gone through a tutorial till the end and has clicked on ‘Close’ button, the next tutorial will be unloacked. For every section/tutorial that has been unlocked, there appears a green indication adjacent to the same.


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Fig. 6. Tutorial

The text box is movable and can be minimized too. The text box can be moved by clicking and dragging it to the desired location. To minimize the text box, the user can click on the minimize button provided on the top right corner of the text box.

The minimized text box is shown in the image below.

Fig. 7. Tutorial – Minimized Textbox

The text box can be restored by clicking on ‘Restore Up’ button located on the top right corner of the minimized text box.

‘Restore Up’ button


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2 UNDERSTANDING THE USER INTERFACE

The ECDIS FMD-3100 FMD-3200/3300 CBT interface presents the tutorials in the form of a tree

structure on the left hand side. In case of lower resolution, the tree structure will be dock-able. The

tree structure will be then available on mouse hover on left side.

2.1 TUTORIAL

A tutorial can be played by clicking on the corresponding name in the tree structure.

Fig. 8. Home Screen

The user can see the tree structure of the contents of training, including the groups; with each group

containing a number of chapters, each chapter containing a number of sections and each section

having various contents. Each content is a topic, corresponding to which there is a tutorial which can

be played by the user.

When the tutorial is being played, the user sees a text box, which contains a textual description

regarding the tutorial. Also, in order to navigate through the tutorial, certain buttons are provided.

The controls available are as follows:

‘Play’ button: This button is used to play the current animation.

‘Replay’ button: This button is used to replay the tutorial from start.

‘Previous’ button: This button is used to go to the previous animation in the tutorial.

‘Next’ button: This button is used to go to the next animation in the tutorial.

‘Close’ button: This button is available only when the user reaches at the end of the

tutorial. It is used to close the tutorial and consequently unlock the next tutorial.

‘Minimize’ button: This button is used to minimize the text box.

‘Previous’ button

‘Replay’ button

‘Next’ button

‘Play’ button

‘Minimize’ button

Tree Structure: Group/

Chapter/Section/ Content

‘EXIT’ button ‘Pause’ button


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2.2 HELP

To aid the training course, the user has been provided with the Help button. This button is available on the top right corner of the application and is being denoted by a question mark - ‘?’ (Refer image below). The user can click on this button at any time of the training.

Fig. 9. Help Button

Clicking on this button will present the screen as shown below. Besides the user manual, there are other documents which are available during the training.

Fig. 10. Help available

‘Help’ button


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Clicking on ‘Documents available during training’ will open another window, as shown below. This is the list of documents available. To open a document, the user must click on the same.

Fig. 11. Help: List of documents available during training

To open the user manual for the training application, the user must click on ‘ECDIS FMD-3100 FMD-3200/3300 CBT User Manual’.

‘Close’ and ‘Back’ buttons are provided on the windows to close and go back to the previous screen, respectively.

2.3 MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST

In order to complete the training, the user needs to answer the questions in the MCT correctly. MCT

will be available once the user has completed all the tutorials.


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Fig. 12. MCT

2.4 VALIDATION AND CERTIFICATION

After the user has passed the assessment test for the course, he/she needs to proceed with issuance of the certificate. To get the certificate issued valid license key needs to be entered in the system. Consequently, the user must click on ‘Validation and Certification’ available in the tree structure. The following screen is visible.

Fig. 13. Validation and Certification: License Key


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The user must enter the license key available for the course. To get the key validated, the user must click on ‘Go’. If the key is valid, a new window opens, where the ship owner details need to be added.

Fig. 14. Validation and Certification: Ship Owner Details

Fig. 15. Validation and Certification: Ship Owner Details added


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Fig. 16. Validation and Certification: Details added successfully

Confirm the details by clicking on ‘Yes’ and proceed.

After validating the key and adding the ship owner, the user must download a training details file. This file can be downloaded by clicking on the ‘Download File’ button available. The user can save the file in the desired location and then send it to the training administrator for authentication of the license key and hence, generating the training certificate.

Clicking on the‘Email’ button will open the email client (if configured). The downloaded training details file should be attached to the same and e-mailed to the administrator. Emailing the training details file to the training administrator will complete the training formalities on the user’s part.

2.5 PAUSE

This button is provided to pause the animation or freeze the application. Clicking on this button will pause a running animation, disable any other control on the tutorial and will not allow any selection from the tree structure.

2.6 EXIT

To exit the application, the user can click on this button.


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3 ANNEXURE: GROUP, CHAPTER & SECTION CLASSIFICATION

(TREE STRUCTURE)

3.1 TRAINING – FMD 3100 FMD 3200/3300

GROUP 1: GENERAL

CHAPTER 1 FAMILIARIZATION WITH AVAILABLE FUNCTIONS

Section 1 INTRODUCTION

Introduction

Start Up and Shutdown

Control Unit – 3200/3300

Control Unit – 3100

Instant Access Knob

Mouse Function

Section 2 INFORMATION BARS

Icons

Status Bar

Instant Access Bar – Common bar

Instant Access Bar – Chart maintenance

Instant Access Bar – Voyage planning

Section 3 INFORMATION BOXES

Sensor Information Box

Own Ship Function Box

Overlay/NAV Tools Box

EBL and VRM Boxes

Section 4 NICE TO KNOW FUNCTIONS

Menu

Standby

Alert list and Alert log

Datum

Customize

Save Button

CHAPTER 2 MANUALS, SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE

Section 1 MANUALS

Operator’s Manual


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Operator’s Guide

Operator’s Manual on pdf

ECDIS Chart 1

Section 2 HARDWARE & SOFTWARE

Hardware & Maintenance

Operating System, Firewall, Antivirus& Software

GROUP 2: PRE-DEPARTURE

CHAPTER 3 SENSORS

Section 1 SENSORS

Kalman Filter

Sensors

Position Event

Dead Reckoning

Section 2 CONNECTED EQUIPMENT

Fall Back

Safety Message

NAVTEX

Common Consistent Reference Point (CCRP)

Section 3 ECDIS MINDSET

ECDIS Mindset

CHAPTER 4 VISUAL SETTINGS AND SAFETY CONTOUR

Section 1 VISUAL SETTING

DISP Setting

User Profiles

CHAPTER 5 DOCUMENTATION AND FILE HANDLING

Section 1 MOB & EVENT

User Event

Man Over Board

Section 2 RECORDS

Voyage Log

Details Log

Alert Log

Danger Target Log

Chart Usage Log


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Playback

Screenshot

CHAPTER 6 CHART HANDLING

Section 1 CHART PRESENTATION

Manage Charts

Cell Status

License

Section 2 LOADING &UPDATNG CHARTS

Load & Update ENC

Update RNC

Chart Legend

Section 3 ADDITIONAL CHART FEATURES

Manual Updates

Delete Chart

Chart Viewing Dates

T&Ps

AIO

CHAPTER 7 PREPARATIONS AND PLANNING

Section 1 ROUTE PLANNING

Ship and Route Parameters

Route Plan

User Chart and Notes

Section 2 ROUTE PLANNING TOOLS

Route Bank

SAR

Hard Copy

Section 3 OVERLAYS

User Chart

Notes

GROUP 3: DURING VOYAGE

CHAPTER 8 MONITORING

Section 1 MONITORING

Route Monitor

Section 2 ETA


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ETD and ETA

Chart Alert

Section 3 MODES OF USING ECDIS

Navigation, Pilot on board, standby

Section 4 MOB & EVENT MARKS

Man Over Board

Event

Section 5 NAVTEX UPDATES

Manual Updates with information from NAVTEX

GROUP 4: AFTER VOYAGE

CHAPTER 9 ARRIVAL

Section 1 ARRIVAL

Voyage Log

Chart Usage Log

Standby

GROUP 5: EXAMINATION

CHAPTER 10 EXAMINATION

Section 1 EXAMINATION

Multiple Choice Test

Validation & Certification

Goodbye and Contact information