Koden MDC-7000 Series, Quick Reference

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Page 3: ...3 2017 08 04 Cover 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Document No Revised Version Norm When part of the document needs to be revised the document has advanced revision number The document No is indicated at the lower right side on the cover and at the left or right side of the footer region of each page 2016 2017 Koden Electronics Co Ltd All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced transmitted tr...

Page 4: ...t of GAIN 1 5 1 6 Reject sea clutter anti SEA 1 5 Selection of MAN SEA and AUTO SEA 1 5 Adjustment of SEA 1 6 1 7 Reject rain snow clutter anti RAIN 1 6 Changing method of CFAR and MAN 1 6 RAIN MAN manual adjustment 1 7 CFAR Constant False Alarm Rate adjustment 1 7 1 8 Change transmission pulse width SP LP 1 8 1 9 Select display Mode 1 8 1 10 Cross cursor operation 1 9 1 11 Measurement of distance...

Page 5: ...ter 2 2 2 5 Enable TT function 2 3 2 6 Manual acquisition 2 3 2 7 Delete TT Target 2 3 2 8 Delete All TT Target 2 4 2 9 Display Target Information 2 4 Chapter 3 Other Setting 3 1 3 1 VECTOR REL TRUE 3 1 3 2 VECTOR TIME 3 1 3 3 CPA TCPA Alarm 3 2 3 4 USB Mouse Trackball Basic Operation 3 3 ...

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Page 7: ...wn time will appear on the center of the display The brilliance of the display is set to the previous value of the last power off During operation POWER LAMP under POWER ON OFF key lights up red Power OFF 1 Press POWER ON OFF key for three sec SHUTDOWN message appears on the center of the display and few sec later will completely power off After radar has been turned off wait at least five seconds...

Page 8: ...adjustment window will appear on the upper left of the display 2 Turn EBL knob to adjust the display brilliance Operation unit Brilliance 1 Press PANEL key The PANEL adjustment window will appear on the upper left of the display 2 Turn VRM knob to adjust the panel brilliance Day Night mode 1 Press DAY NIGHT key When DAY NIGHT key is pressed DAY mode and NIGHT mode change alternately BRILL BRILL ad...

Page 9: ...BY or TRANSMIT and click the left button 1 3 Transmission Transmission ON 1 Press STBY TX key Radar system will start transmission The status of STANDBY changes to TRANSMIT at upper left of the display Transmission OFF 1 Press STBY TX key to stop transmission The status of TRANSMIT returns to STANDBY at upper left of the display ...

Page 10: ...ton To switch MAN GAIN AUTO GAIN move the cursor to MAN or AUTO and click the left button 1 4 Change range scale 1 Press RANGE key The picture zoom out and to observe a wider area 2 Press RANGE key The picture zoom in and to observe closer to Antenna position 1 5 Adjust receiver gain GAIN Selection of MAN GAIN and AUTO GAIN 1 GAIN knob is pressed AUTO GAIN and MAN GAIN change alternately RANGE RAN...

Page 11: ...e adjusted manually 1 Turn GAIN knob clockwise to increase receiving gain 2 Turn GAIN knob counterclockwise to decrease receiving gain When AUTO GAIN is set GAIN is adjusted automatically AUTO GAIN may remove weak target echoes or too much sea clutter may be on the display turn GAIN knob clockwise or counterclockwise to adjust AUTO GAIN effectively 1 6 Reject sea clutter anti SEA Selection of MAN ...

Page 12: ...w weak SEA clutter is displayed by observing the display 3 Adjust SEA knob from time to time to get low weak SEA clutter on the display as intensity of sea clutter changes as time passes High Low SEA When AUTO SEA is set anti SEA is adjusted automatically AUTO SEA may erase weak target echoes If excessive sea clutter erasing or too much clutter is observed turn SEA knob clockwise or counterclockwi...

Page 13: ...ironment RAIN should be turned all the way down via RAIN knob and no white level should be indicated by RAIN window Turning the knob to the right shows profiles of the targets hidden in the rain snow image but care shall be taken that small target may be hidden and not displayed Small target becomes harder to detect when RAIN is used together with SEA CFAR Constant False Alarm Rate adjustment 1 Tu...

Page 14: ...UPRM C UPTM C UPRM N UPTM or N UPRM and click the left button If there are strong echo targets such as in the harbor or channel CFAR tends to suppress targets excessively In that case change CFAR to MAN and use MAN SEA in addition In case of CFAR mode the gain adjustment is not possible 1 8 Change transmission pulse width SP LP 1 Press SP LP key Two different pulse widths are toggled by pressing S...

Page 15: ...tion The information data of cross cursor is displayed at lower right of the display 2 Press ENT key while pressing OFF key to return cross cursor to the reference point position 1 11 Measurement of distance by VRM 1 Press VRM1 or VRM2 key to display VRM1 or VRM2 circle The color of selected VRM key on the operating panel changes to red The distance to the target is indicated on the lower right of...

Page 16: ...t of bearing by EBL 1 Press EBL1 or EBL2 key to display EBL line The color of selected EBL key on the operating panel changes to red The bearing value to the target is indicated on the lower left of the display 2 Turn EBL knob to adjust the line on the desired target Clockwise Counter clockwise EBL knob 3 Another press of selected EBL1 or EBL2 key and the EBL line disappears Selected EBL mark Move...

Page 17: ...earing of EBL 1 13 Measurement of bearing and distance by ERBL 1 Press ERBL key to display ERBL line The bearing and distance value of ERBL is indicated lower right of the display 2 When you press OFF and ENT key simultaneously EREL origin move to own ship position 3 Press ERBL key again The ERBL line disappears 1 14 Trail The trail TIME and REL or TRUE mode can be changed directly on the lower le...

Page 18: ...ner of display and click the left button The trail time changes in following order by ENT key OFF 30sec 1min 3min 6min 12min 30min 60min PERM At the start of trail TRAIL characters at lower left of the display change to yellow When trail time has passed character color turns white Select OFF the trail is not displayed Change motion mode 1 Move cursor to the trail motion mode status box 2 Press ENT...

Page 19: ...Enable AIS function 1 Move cursor to the AIS ON or OFF and press ENT key When ENT key is pressed OFF and ON change alternately 2 2 AIS Active Sleep 1 Move cursor to the desired AIS target and press ENT key The mark of selected AIS will be shown around desired AIS target Selected AIS target information will be displayed on TGT INFO and SELECTED AIS INFO area 2 Press ENT key Selected AIS target will...

Page 20: ...lue Selection values 1 0NM to 64 0NM 2 4 Set AIS filter It is possible to hide unnecessary sleeping targets or to display the necessary targets only by setting AIS FILTER 1 Move cursor to the AIS filter status and press ENT key AIS FILTER menu will be shown Press MENU key to close the menu after setting value AIS filter is indicated in target status window at right of the display FILTER AB The fil...

Page 21: ...ion 1 Move cursor to the TT ON or OFF and press ENT key When ENT key is pressed OFF and ON change alternately Pressing ACQ key in OFF state automatically turns to ON state 2 6 Manual acquisition 1 Move cursor to a target to be acquired and then press ACQ key A symbol is displayed at the cursor location and acquisition starts 2 7 Delete TT Target 1 Move cursor to a target to be deleted and then pre...

Page 22: ...ton 2 8 Delete All TT Target 1 Press MENU key to display Menu 2 TARGET TT ALL DELETE and press ENT key All TT targets will disappear 2 9 Display Target Information 1 Move cursor on the TT or AIS target to display the numerical information and press ENT key The information of the selected TT or AIS targets will be displayed at right side of the display ...

Page 23: ...e and click the left button Chapter 3 Other Setting 3 1 VECTOR REL TRUE 1 Move cursor to vector mode icon and press ENT key to change vector mode When ENT key is pressed R Relative and T True change alternately 3 2 VECTOR TIME 1 Move cursor to set the value window of vector time and press ENT key The vector time changes in following order by ENT key OFF 30sec 1min 3min 6min 12min 30min 60min ...

Page 24: ...ic value will increase decrease by turning the mouse wheel Click the left button and the setting digit can be moved Long press the left button to confirm a setting value 3 3 CPA TCPA Alarm The menu of TARGET CPA TCPA sets the alarm function ON or OFF To avoid collision it sets up LIMIT CPA and LIMIT TCPA 1 Move cursor to the set value window of CPA or TCPA 2 Press ENT key and change the setting va...

Page 25: ...o MENU on the right side of the display and click the left button MENU is displayed on the right side of the display 2 Move the mouse to select the menu item 3 Click the left button to go to the following MENU Click the right button to return to the previous MENU 4 Long press the left button to confirm a setting value 5 Click the right button while holding the left button down to close MENU MOUSE ...

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