6012-12W Installation Manual
Setup – Ship’s Gyro Compass
4.
Click Save, at the bottom left area of
the screen.
5.2.
If there is NO Ships Gyro Compass
Without heading input to the system the MXP will NOT be able to easily target, or stay stabilized ON, a “true”
azimuth pointing angle. This will make satellite acquisition much more difficult and the true azimuth value
that any given satellite should be at will not be displayed correctly.
This mode of operation is NOT recommended for ships or any other vessel that turns in the water. A better
solution would be to provide a Satellite Compass (multiple GPS Antenna device) to provide true heading
input to the ACU. These devices are readily available and are much less expensive than a Gyro Compass.
If there is NO Gyro Compass (ie on a large stationary rig which is anchored to the ocean floor) set the GYRO
TYPE parameter to “No Gyro” or to “Fixed”.
Fixed
mode is used when you do not have a gyro compass, but the ship/vessel/rig is stationary at a
fixed heading that you can manually enter for satellite targeting. This allows you to use a standard
(small) search pattern and acquire the satellite relatively quickly.
No gyro
mode is used when you do not have a gyro compass, the ship does turn and you will use
“Sky Search” to initially acquire the satellite. The Sky Search drives the antenna to the calculated
elevation angle and then drives azimuth CW 360 degrees, steps elevation up and then drives
azimuth CCW 360 degrees and continues to alternately steps elevation up/down and drives azimuth
alternately CW/CCW 360 degrees. Because of this large search area, acquiring the satellite will take
MUCH longer than if you have valid heading input.
1.
Go to the Reflector Configuration page
2.
To change: Set the Scan Rate parameter
to 5 deg/sec.
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