Sperry Marine Rudder Angle Indicator System, Operation, Installaion And Service Manual

Page 1: ...ltmanstr 19 D 20097 Hamburg Germany Tel 49 40 299 00 0 Fax 49 40 299 00 146 E mail service eu sperry ngc com Operation Installation and Service Manual RUDDER RUDDER RUDDER RUDDER X RUDDER RUDDER Rudde...

Page 2: ...es Reproduction of this document for resale or commercial gain is expressly pro hibited Specifications were correct at time of press but may be varied in accordance with NGSM BV s policy of continuous...

Page 3: ...tion 3 1 Alarm Status Output 3 1 Serial Data Alarm Output 3 1 3 2 Alarm Numbers 3 3 3 3 Viewing RAC Errors through SUSI 3 5 Chapter 4 Scheduled Maintenance 4 1 Maintenance by Shipboard Personnel 4 1 4...

Page 4: ...ation using Dummy Values 6 24 Chapter 7 Troubleshooting 7 1 General Troubleshooting Instructions 7 1 Location of Parts on the Rudder Angle Calibrator PCB 7 2 Terminal Boards and Connectors 7 2 Exchang...

Page 5: ...d could result in injury or death of personnel CAUTION A Caution notice contains an operating or main tenance procedure practice condition state ment etc which if not strictly observed could result in...

Page 6: ...ularly check the indication of the RAIs against the actual position of the rudder angle shaft to make sure that calibration is applied properly and the specified accuracy is maintained Note A given al...

Page 7: ...nic circuitry WARNING Risk of personal injury To calibrate the feedback input the rudder has to be moved over its entire range Always make sure that the steering gear is operative and that the rudder...

Page 8: ...setting is INACTIVATED when the RAC is used on a ship under wheelmark certification CAUTION Risk of misusage The RS 422 output 1 and RS 422 output 2 of the RAC is not MED compliant in case 38400 baud...

Page 9: ...der Angle Indicators RAI and a series of Rudder Angle Feedback Units RAFU including limit switches and lever linkages Not Intended Use The Sperry Marine Rudder Angle Indicator System RAIS is designed...

Page 10: ...H 47253 12 HH For further details see Declaration of Conformity on page 1 9 The RAC is used to attain ISO_20673 compliant overall calibration accu racy in RAI systems with conventional moving coil ind...

Page 11: ...rre sponding rudder angle for a number of significant rudder positions The actual feedback voltage is thus converted to a digital rudder angle value and automatically corrected according to the stored...

Page 12: ...RAI third party three face panorama type example 060396 0000 000 range 45 060397 0000 000 range 70 RAI standard type third party example 060327 0000 000 060328 0000 000 060334 0000 000 060335 0000 00...

Page 13: ...own 074723 0000 000 Lever Linkage 020508 0000 000 022501 0000 000 System Component Name Stock No Note For all details regarding the Rudder Angle Indicators refer to the third party documentation from...

Page 14: ...oltage 24 VDC RAC max ripple content 10 20 Vpp RAC power consumption 3 W max Rudder Angle Indicator System power consumption 15 W max in total for rudder angle indicator illumi nation via RAC RAC Magn...

Page 15: ...ngle RSA set alarm state ALR CAUTION Risk of misusage The RS 422 output 1 and RS 422 output 2 of the RAC is not MED compliant in case 38400 baud are selected as interface setting Always make sure that...

Page 16: ...ta RAC Service I O Port USB service port Connects to a Windows host PC through a vendor specific USB communications device class driver The Rudder Angle Calibra tor is accessed via the SUSI applicatio...

Page 17: ...is equipment has been tested to verify compliance with the Regulations and Testing Standards according to implementing regula tion EU 2017 306 as per EC Type Examination Certificate Module B and QS Ce...

Page 18: ...056357 B RAIS 1 10 Declaration of Conformity...

Page 19: ...es in and output calibration according to the stored cali bration tables at all times If no errors are present the only noticeable effect of the RAC being included in the RAIS will be an increased acc...

Page 20: ...056357 B RAIS 2 2 Normal Operational Mode...

Page 21: ...nce is transmitted con taining the corresponding alarm number and description text The alarm will be marked as active and not acknowledged When a given alarm condition is no longer present the RAC tra...

Page 22: ...RAIS 3 2 Alarm Indication Note The RAC does not support remote alarm acknowledgement via the ACK sentence Alarms will be transmitted as being not acknowl edged even if acknowledged locally at the rece...

Page 23: ...cy clically when no ac tive alarm is present none group 400 data I O errors NMEA crosslink between starboard and port RACs in dual rudder system 401 wrong checksum RxD1 faulty checksum in NMEA senten...

Page 24: ...e of data source at the RS 422 input Only the other side s RAC in a dual rudder system may be connected to input 445 error in received NMEA message malformed NMEA sentence received at the RS 422 input...

Page 25: ...rument application SUSI provides an Errors page which displays current state and counts the occurrence of the alarms listed in table 3 1 above Figure 3 1 SUSI s Error Page for the RAC For more informa...

Page 26: ...056357 B RAIS 3 6 Viewing RAC Errors through SUSI...

Page 27: ...anical damage Check the connectors at the RAC the rudder angle feedback unit and the RAIs for signs of corrosion loose contacts etc Inspect the feedback unit and the feedback linkage in particular for...

Page 28: ...056357 B RAIS 4 2 Maintenance by Service Personnel...

Page 29: ...r inclined 5 2 Electrical Installation Rudder Angle Calibrator Wire up the system according to the connection diagrams and other relevant documents provided DANGER Life danger through electrical shock...

Page 30: ...bears the risk of malfunc tion of the steering gear in case of wire breaks or short circuits resulting in possible injury and or damage Under no circumstances must the RAC be connected to a rudder an...

Page 31: ...e feedback input the rudder has to be moved over its entire range Always make sure that the steering gear is operative and that the rudder may be actuated safely without any risk of personal injury or...

Page 32: ...B cable Do not plug in the cable yet 3 Power up the RAC 4 At the PC start up the SUSI application A login dialogue pops up 5 Enter the PIN 20097 This will start up SUSI in the service mode Click at th...

Page 33: ...ow change to green and the status line should read Connected with RAC Upon connection SUSI populates the Application tab with the RAC application controls and displays the application s Main Page 10 I...

Page 34: ...ried out using dummy input signals see Input Calibration using Dummy Values on page 6 24 Continue with the output calibration calibrating at least one of the analogue outputs If no RAI is connected to...

Page 35: ...uration and calibration settings from the RAC back into SUSI s runtime memory A dialog box will pop up asking whether these parameters should be saved as default settings for this device 21 Click to s...

Page 36: ...ings and the Relay Setup Figure 6 1 Controls on the RAC application Main page Feedback Type port rudder starboard rudder single rudder Serial I O RS 422 In Baudrate 38400 9600 4800 Messages RSA RS 422...

Page 37: ...ering gear The RAC s serial data outputs transmit the own rudder angle as the starboard or single rudder sensor angle in the RSA sentence If a valid port rudder angle is read from a sec ond Rudder Ang...

Page 38: ...a is received at 38400 Baud high speed not compliant to IEC 61162 2 Messages Selects the NMEA sentences to receive Settings RSA In a dual rudder system evaluate the RSA sentence received from another...

Page 39: ...tput when the RAC is used on a ship under wheelmark certification Update Rate Selects the rate at which output sentences are transmitted Settings 10 Hz Sentences are transmitted at a rate of 10 Hz Thi...

Page 40: ...lmark certification Update Rate Selects the rate at which output sentences are transmitted Settings 10 Hz Sentences are transmitted at a rate of 10 Hz This option should be selected only if a rate of...

Page 41: ...the output is connected to a VDR it is recommended to limit the message update rate to 1 Hz and to disable transmission of data which is already fed to the VDR from another source Disabling both opti...

Page 42: ...s entire range Always make sure that the steering gear is operative and that the rudder may be actuated safely without any risk of personal injury or damage to equipment especially when the vessel is...

Page 43: ...cator dial and spin box Calibration Point spin box Output Digit sliders and spin boxes Delete and Save buttons 2 2 Note Accessing the calibration page puts the Rudder Angle Calibrator into a special c...

Page 44: ...the optimum calibration is achieved at the rudder angles where the calibration accuracy is to be checked later according to ISO 20673 Additional calibration points may be added later up to a total of...

Page 45: ...rwrit ten if a new point is added for exactly the same rudder angle value The analogue in or output values associated with a given calibration point however may be freely edited after the point has be...

Page 46: ...to be set Errors affecting all outputs including the serial data outputs are cor rected by setting additional input calibration points Errors affecting individual analogue outputs only are corrected...

Page 47: ...hardover port position 5 Read the exact rudder angle from the rudder stock scale and enter it in the input calibration rudder angle control You may edit the displayed angle directly or use the dial a...

Page 48: ...should now read 4 Scroll down the list of calibration points with the spin control and verify that For points 1 to 3 the rudder angles displayed are those you entered for the hardover and midships po...

Page 49: ...e no RAIs are connected to the RAC at this point in time leave all output settings at the default value of 2048 17 Click to set a new calibration point The rudder angle and the corresponding set of ou...

Page 50: ...ectly The calibration point index should now read 4 Scroll down the list of calibration points with the spin control and verify that For points 1 to 3 the rudder angles displayed are those you entered...

Page 51: ...ccur and set calibration points at exactly these angles Repeat this procedure until the required accuracy is met This ensures good calibration with as few calibration points as possible 28 If required...

Page 52: ...total up to 73 points may be entered 6 Click to write back the calibration settings to the RAC and quit the calibration page To add output calibration points 1 If not already connected connect to the...

Page 53: ...s you wish to edit adjust the output slider to bring the respective RAI s indication to the exact value where the calibration point has been set Click to save the edited point 4 Repeat steps 2 to 3 ab...

Page 54: ...out the initial input calibration see Initial Calibration on page 6 16 However instead of putting the rudder to the hardover and midships positions shorten TB 1 4 to 1 5 to connect the negative feedba...

Page 55: ...s must be checked with a voltmeter The data content on serial I O lines must be checked with the aid of suitable analyzing tools such as PC based protocol interpreters or terminal programs Software ai...

Page 56: ...nents Table 7 2 Exchangeable components TB 1 TB 2 CR 34 CR 20 CR 17 J 3 CR 4 CR 33 CR 29 CR 23 CR 16 CR 13 CR 12 CR 9 CR 28 K 2 K 1 Function TB 1 24 VDC supply power in feedback unit supply out feedba...

Page 57: ...Spare on relay attracted CR 9 green activity on RS 422 input CR 12 green system mode status indication both flashing power up in progress both off normal operation mode both on error reading setup dat...

Page 58: ...056357 B RAIS 7 4 General Troubleshooting Instructions...

Page 59: ...eleased for the RAC authorized field service personnel will be provided with the required files upon request DANGER Life danger through electrical shock Certain alarm devices may operate with hazardou...

Page 60: ...hat the port is freely accessible for plug ging and unplugging the USB cable 3 At the PC start up the SUSI application A login dialog pops up 4 You may either Enter the PIN 20097 This will start up SU...

Page 61: ...d with RAC Bootloader Upon connecting SUSI opens the update tab The update tab provides file browsers to select firmware update files for the Rudder Angle Calibrator s system software MCU Applica tion...

Page 62: ...en the update is complete unplug the USB cable at the PC and at the RAC s service port 12 The RAC now reboots with the new firmware Note The file open dialogue searches for files with the extension up...

Page 63: ...Relays The alarm output relays K1 and K2 are socketed solid state relays in a 6 pin DIL package In case of failure these components can easily be replaced against a new ones Both relays are photocoupl...

Page 64: ...056357 B RAIS 8 6 Replacing Alarm Output Relays...

Page 65: ...ACK Acknowledge alarms ADA Name of a Programming Language AIS Automatic Identification System ALR NMEA sentence for alarm status information AMS Alarm Management System ANSI American National Standar...

Page 66: ...er ground COMP Compass Comp Mon Compass monitor CONST Constant contd Continued CORR Correction cos Cosine CR Carriage return CSU Compass Sensor Unit processor D D00 D00 D32 D Code Fault code DAC Digit...

Page 67: ...ronmental conditions EM Log Electromagnetic speed log EN European Norm ERR STAT BITS Validity check of fiber optic sensor data status ESD electrostatic discharge ext External Ext External Ext Sel Exte...

Page 68: ...Satellite System GPS Global Positioning System GPS Global Positioning System GPS AIS Global Positioning System Automatic Identification System GSR Gyrosphere service report GT Gross tonnage H HCS Hea...

Page 69: ...fice IMO International Maritime Organization IMU Inertial Measurement Unit INS Integrated navigation system INT HDG ONLY Internal heading only INT EXT HDG Internal or external heading IP International...

Page 70: ...gation C LSB Least significant Bit M Mag Magnetic Mag Hdg Inp Magnetic heading input MAGN Magnet Magn Cal Tab Magnetic compass calibration table Magn DEV Magnetic deviation Magn VAR Magnetic variation...

Page 71: ...ss notation with requirements for ships largely operating as support vessels for various offshore operations Nav Navigation n c Normally closed NC Normally closed NFU None follow up NG NAVIGAT NG 100...

Page 72: ...OUTP Output P p Pulse P Gnd Power ground P N Part number PAL Pre programmed IC PCB Printed circuit board PLATH Binary protocol of company C Plath PLCC Plastic leaded chip carrier POS Position POSITIO...

Page 73: ...ion NMEA sentence B RMC Recommended minimum navigation information NMEA sentence C RMS Root mean square ROM Read Only Memory ROR Rudder order status ROT Rate of turn ROTI Rate of turn indicator rpm Re...

Page 74: ...d STW Speed through water ship s speed as measured rela tive to the water SUSI Sperry universal service instrument SVDR Simplified voyage data recorder T TB TB 3 11 external input port TB Terminal blo...

Page 75: ...gement system VMS ECDIS Voyage management system electronic chart display and information system VOSS Vessel optimization safety system Vpp Voltage peak to peak VTG Velocity through ground VTS Vessel...

Page 76: ...056357 B RAIS XII Abbreviations Z Z DO 160 Section Z DO 160E Environmental Conditions and Test Procedures for Airborne Equipment...

Page 77: ...in the ship s file When permanent changes are made to the system configuration please return an updated copy of the Setup Table to Sperry Marine Designation Drawing No Faiveley Mors Smitt Rudder Angle...

Page 78: ...112 04 Rudder Angle Indicator System Single Rudder up to 6 indicators Standard Connection Drawing 5014 0153 11 Rudder Angle Indicator System Single Rudder more than 6 indicators Standard Connection Dr...

Page 79: ...te Signature Installation Reference RAC Serial Number Location Software Version System Parameter Settings Feedback Type port rudder starboard rudder single rudder Serial I O RS 422 In Baudrate 38400 9...

Page 80: ...l 49 40 29900 0 Fax 49 40 29900 146 E mail service de sperry ngc com Rudder Angle Calibrator RAC Setup Table Rud Angle A D Digits Rud Angle A D Digits 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2...

Page 81: ...e Office Woltmanstr 19 20097 Hamburg Germany Tel 49 40 29900 0 Fax 49 40 29900 146 E mail service de sperry ngc com Output Calibration Table Rudder Angle Digits Out 1 Digits Out 2 Digits Out 3 Digits...

Page 82: ...ltmanstr 19 20097 Hamburg Germany Tel 49 40 29900 0 Fax 49 40 29900 146 E mail service de sperry ngc com Output Calibration Table continued Rudder Angle Digits Out 1 Digits Out 2 Digits Out 3 Digits O...

Page 83: ...Index Erstellt 06 17 2017 07 03 installation instructions rudder angle indication systems docx Page 1 Installation instructions Rudder Angle Indication Systems...

Page 84: ...0000 000 Range 45 060335 0000 000 Range 70 060331 0000 000 Range 45 060337 0000 000 Range 70 Frontsize 144x144 060338 0000 000 Range 45 060339 0000 000 Range 70 060340 0000 000 Range 45 060341 0000 0...

Page 85: ...7 2017 07 03 installation instructions rudder angle indication systems docx Page 3 Panel cutout Frontsize Dimensions mm A 96x96 92 0 8 144x144 138 1 192x192 186 1 Mounting withe fastening clamp Mounti...

Page 86: ...o zero on the scale Span adjustment At the back of the meter is a small blue potentiometer This is intended for the adjustment of the span of the meter Apply the signal and turn this pot to set the po...

Page 87: ...4x144mm 060327 0000 000 Range 45 060328 0000 000 Range 70 060325 0000 000 Range 45 060326 0000 000 Range 70 Scale 192mmx192mm 060357 0000 000 Range 45 060359 0000 000 Range 70 060332 0000 000 Range 45...

Page 88: ...eter is a small blue potentiometer This is intended for the adjustment of the span of the meter Apply the signal and turn this pot to set the pointer on the desired position Terminals The instrument h...

Page 89: ...nstructions rudder angle indication systems docx Page 7 Instructions for the exchange of the measuring instrument Tools you need inbus 6mm socket wrench 5 5mm small screwdriver Open the case 4x mm inb...

Page 90: ...03 installation instructions rudder angle indication systems docx Page 8 Disconnect cable blue 2 red 1 black 11 gray 12 Instrument with disconnected cable Disconnect the 8x screw which fixing the ins...

Page 91: ...06 17 2017 07 03 installation instructions rudder angle indication systems docx Page 9 Remove the instrument from the housing Check the new instrument is the rubber seal present Put the new instrument...

Page 92: ...allation instructions rudder angle indication systems docx Page 10 8x screw which fixing the instrument 8x M3 screw and key 5 5mm connect cable blue 2 red 1 black 11 gray 12 close the case 4x mm inbus...

Page 93: ...7 07 03 installation instructions rudder angle indication systems docx Page 11 Three face panorama rudder angle indicator Scale 144x144mm 060396 0000 000 Range 45 060397 0000 000 Range 70 Drilling sch...

Page 94: ...ver the potentiometer SPAN1 for PORT side or SPAN2 for STBD side to left or right to adjust the pointer to zero on the scale The instrument must be supplied with 24V For span adjust PORT side apply fu...

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