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Contents 5
USB navigation keyboard................................................................. 139
The controls................................................................................... 139
Installing the RNS keyboard............................................................. 141
Setting up RayTech for use with the RNS keyboard.......................... 141
Troubleshooting RayTech ........................................................143
Introduction...................................................................................... 143
Technical support............................................................................. 149
Charts......................................................................................... 151
Vector............................................................................................ 151
Raster ............................................................................................ 151
Aerial imagery ............................................................................... 152
Waypoints...................................................................................... 152
Routes ........................................................................................... 152
Tracks............................................................................................ 152
Radar.......................................................................................... 153
Introduction...................................................................................... 153
What is radar?.................................................................................. 153
Scanner.......................................................................................... 153
Maximum radar range...................................................................... 153
Range control................................................................................... 154
Standard range scales.................................................................... 154
Interpreting the radar picture........................................................... 155
Identifying false echo returns ........................................................ 155
Sonar.......................................................................................... 159
Introduction...................................................................................... 159
How the sonar works ....................................................................... 159
Bottom indications........................................................................... 159
Displaying targets ............................................................................ 160
Boat speed..................................................................................... 160
Target depth.................................................................................. 160
Target size ..................................................................................... 160
Transducer frequency..................................................................... 160
Factors that can impair an image..................................................... 160
Range and shift values..................................................................... 160
Installation Guidelines............................................................ 163
EMC installation guidelines.............................................................. 163
Suppression Ferrites....................................................................... 163
Connections to other equipment ................................................... 163
System integration ........................................................................... 164
What is System Integration?.......................................................... 164
Basic NMEA and RS-232 cabling principles...................................... 165
NMEA basics.................................................................................. 165
RS-232 basics................................................................................. 165
Circuit grounding issues................................................................... 166
Cables and cable runs ...................................................................... 166
Proper cable shielding...................................................................... 166
Preventing interference and crosstalk .............................................. 167
Interfacing RayTech.......................................................................... 167
Connecting RayTech to your instruments....................................... 167
Connecting directly to an NMEA GPS ............................................ 167
Connecting directly to NMEA equipped instruments ..................... 168
Connecting specific instruments and devices ................................... 168
SeaTalkhs....................................................................................... 168
SeaTalk devices.............................................................................. 172
RayTech SeaTalk/PC/NMEA Interface: ........................................... 173
Mounting the interface box ........................................................... 173
RayTech SeaTalk/PC/NMEA Interface box troubleshooting............ 174
Connecting NMEA directly to Raymarine Pathfinder displays:....... 174
Connecting an hsb2 PCMCIA PC kit............................................... 176
PCI to PCMCIA cardbus adapter .................................................... 177
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Connecting an hsb2 to USB2.0 interface........................................ 177
Connecting to B & G Instruments................................................... 177
Connecting to KVH Instruments..................................................... 178
Connecting to Ockam Instruments................................................. 178
Connecting a USB C-Card Reader................................................... 179
Fully integrated system .................................................................. 179
Integrated system checks............................................................... 179
Toolbars..................................................................................... 183
Main menu..................................................................................... 183
Standard toolbar ............................................................................ 188
....................................................................................................... 188
Routes and waypoints toolbar ....................................................... 189
Charting toolbar............................................................................. 189
Animation toolbar.......................................................................... 190
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Alarms toolbar ............................................................................... 191
Tides/Currents toolbar.................................................................... 191
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3D toolbar...................................................................................... 191
Fishing toolbar ............................................................................... 193
Yacht racing toolbar....................................................................... 193
Pre-start toolbar............................................................................. 194
Weather toolbar............................................................................. 194
Databox toolbar............................................................................. 195
List of abbreviations................................................................ 197
Glossary of terms..................................................................... 199