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The Ships
Own Ship
Display Options
COG Predictor Length (min)
Shows a red dashed line in front of your own boat, with present COG and ends in a small square, whichrepresents where you will be in the set number of minutes, with the present speed. 6 minutes is a goodstarting value for piloting. If your vessel has a SOG of 10 knots the dashed line will be 1 nautical milelong. 60 minutes makes sense on a coastal passage and 24 x 60=1440 minutes on longer blue water
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passages.
Heading Predictor Length
If a heading sensor is available and outputs an nmea data stream, this is shown as a finer line withshorter dashes ending in an open small circle. The length is set in Nautical miles.
The width of the COG Predictor can be adjusted in the opencpn.ini configuration file. Find the line belowand adjust the value.
OwnshipCOGPredictorWidth=3
Warning: Don't edit the opencpn.ini (opencpn.conf) file when OpenCPN is running.
Ship Icon Type
The following options are available for Ownship:
Default
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This will use the icon that comes with OpenCPN, unless you have installed your own icon, “ownship.png”.More about installing your own icons in Marks and Routes .
Real Scale Bitmap
This option will adjust the size of the default icon, depending on your settings. When using this setting,the dialog expands and five more options related to the size of “ownship” become available. See picturebelow
Length Over All (m)
The overall length of Own Ship in meters
Width Over All (m)
The overall width of Own Ship in meters
GPS Offset from Bow (m)
The distance in meters from the bow of Own Ship to its GPS antenna
GPS Offset from Midship (m)
The distance in meters from Own Ship's center line to its GPS antenna. Use a positive value for an offsetto starboard and a negative value for an offset to port.
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Minimum Screen Size(mm)
The size of the Own Ship icon on the screen. Default is set to 1mm.
Real Scale Vector
Works the same as the previous option with the exception that ownship is a somewhat boxy, computerrendered ship. It's currently not possible to change the vector-own-ship.
The dot represents the set location of the GPS.
Show radar rings
These show up as red rings centered on your gps position and can be useful in different circumstances,such as keeping clear of dangers. The settings are, hopefully, intuitive.
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Once the number of radar rings are selected, and not equal to “None” the dialog expands, and showsmore settings. The Distance Unit for Radar rings is set here, and does not follow the the global settings inOptions→Display→Units. The choices are Nautical Miles and Kilometers
Tracks
Automatic Daily Tracks
Automatic Daily Tracking ensures that the track-points collected throughout a single day (midnight tomidnight in local zone time) are stored and managed as a single (possibly multi-segment) track.
If the Automatic Daily Tracking check-box is selected, the “Toggle Tracking” tool will turn tracking on andoff. However, on turning it off, the accumulated track will be extended with the previous one if it does notextend into yesterday. Disjoint segments are kept separate, time-adjacent segments are merged into asingle segment. Disjointed track segments can be joined through the right-click menu when they areselected in the Route Managers Tracks Tab.
Every Midnight the tracking is turned off and on again automatically to ensure that the track does notspan dates. If Automatic Daily Tracking is selected during the day, when some tracks have already beencreated, only the last one will be merged with future daily tracks.
Assuming Automatic Daily Tracking is on, normally during tracking periods there will be two tracks visiblein the Route Manager: the current track (red color track-points on the chart) and the previouslyaccumulated track for the day. After toggling tracking off there will be just one track for this day.
If the timezone needs to be changed, it is a good idea to close OpenCPN application before.
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With the manual capability of splitting and extending, the daily tracks can be easily managed at anytime.
The daily tracks will be automatically named with the date in the local Time Zone, but can of course bechanged manually.
The Automatic Daily Tracks follow the settings in Tracking Precision, see below.
Without Automatic Daily Tracks selected, OpenCPN handles tracks as before.
Highlight Tracks
Shows a 7 to 10m wide highlighting on either side of the track. This is not selectable for individual tracks.The idea of the highlighting is to remind us that following a previous track exposes us to the inherentinaccuracy of GPS, and that the real track followed is most likely within the highlight region, but notnecessarily in the middle. And this says nothing about the accuracy of the underlying cartography. Formany charts it is prudent to assume at least 1.5 mm inaccuracy using the nominal scale of the chart. Fora chart in scale 1:20,000 this translates to 30m.
Tracking Precision
With track button in the ToolBar activated this setting affects the size of the data saved. It also affects
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the “smoothness” of the track, though this is only visible when zoomed in to a very large scale. OpenCPNuses smart dynamic tracking, and only uses those track points that actually contributes anything to thetrack. A straight line track for example is only represented by it's endpoints. This is done by analyzing thetrack just behind the boat. The process is visible in real time, close to Own Ship. The end result is goodtrack accuracy while keeping the size small.
Low: Good for offshore passages.Medium: Very good for all normal uses.High: Only necessary when very tight maneuvering needs documenting.
Routes
NOTE: OpenCPN v5.0.0 Routes has been moved to a new tab Options> Ship> "Routes/Points" Tab
Waypoint Arrival Circle Radius
Gives an answer to this question. When following a Route with the autopilot engaged at what distancefrom the upcoming waypoint should OpenCPN tell the autopilot to change to the next waypoint? Thedefault is 0.05 nautical miles. This is equal to about 93 meters or 300 feet. The default setting does notfit all circumstances. A number of factors are involved, for example,
the type of navigation,the waypoint selected,Own Ship's turning radius and speed.
Find what settings suit your boat by testing.
The arrival radius can also be set individually for each waypoint in the Waypoint Properties dialog.
Advance route waypoint on arrival only
Routes are explained in Marks and Routes . With an active route, the Dialog “This Leg” is visible nearthe upper right corner of the screen. This dialog contains “RNG”, the “actual range”, or distance to thenext waypoint. The “normal range” is different. It is the distance from ownship to a line which passesthrough the destination waypoint and is at right angles to the current route segment. The actual range isalways equal to or greater than the normal range. When the difference is greater than 10% both values
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are shown in “RNG” (Shown in the Active Route Console The “normal” range is thesecond number shown. 1.88 in this case. When following a Route OpenCPN normally decides to advanceto the next waypoint if at least one of the following two conditions apply.
The “normal range” is less than the declared arrival radius.1.Own Ship is moving away from the target waypoint, and has been for more than two seconds.2.
With Advance route waypoint on arrival only activated, OpenCPN only advances the route to thenext waypoint, if condition 1 above is true. Condition 2 is ignored.
This feature is useful when sailing and you can't lay the next mark and are forced to tack a few times toreach it. It allows a ship to move away from waypoint without automatically advancing to next waypoint.This ensures that the next waypoint stays active until you either reach it, or you reach a line through it,which is perpendicular to the marked route. In the latter case you have a cross track error greater thanthe arrival radius.
On the other hand…. Option 2 helps you if you really want to cut a corner by a large distance in such away that the “normal range” will never be less than the arrival radius. We want to automatically advancethe route in this case.
AIS Targets
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Read more about AIS .
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MMSI Properties
Maritime Mobile Service Identifier (MMSI) is a number identifying a ship in communication. MMSI consistsof nine digits. All VHF units using Digital Selective Call (DSC), are programmed with the vessels MMSI.The same applies for AIS and EPIRBs. For more about MMSI from Miltech
MMSI numbers, individual targets, can be handled in a few preset ways. Below we have set 970000099as an MMSI that should be tracked as a MOB. The number could for example belong to a crew member'sPersonal Locator Beacon.
Several MMSI IDs below are set to never show their tracks. This can be used on frequent targets in yourneighborhood, like ferries etc. The MMSI 219000368 is set to never be shown. Be aware that neither thistarget nor its track will ever be seen on your screen.
The MMSI 219010183 is set as “Follower”. This is a buddy and no AIS Alert is shown. The “MMSIProperties” popup becomes available when right-clicking. Doubleclicking on the MMSI bypasses thepopup an takes you directly to the Properties edit dialog.
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Add a new target to track
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MMSI:
Enter the MMSI number that the new action should apply to.
Note: An MMSI Id used to be nine digits. A warning message will be shown if the entry is more or less.
If you for some reason, wish to save a non-nine-digit number click “OK”, otherwise “Cancel” will take youback to edit the number.
MMSI Tracking
Default tracking
This is the normal tracking controlled by Options→Ships “OwnShip” and “AIS Targets” tabs.
Always track and Never track
The MMSI Properties dialog allows one to preset the tracking behavior of a particular MMSI target, even if
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the target is not presently visible. Always track a friend or a ship you are interested in. Ignore that ferrythat just clutters your screen. Just a few examples.
Ignore this MMSI
The target will not show at all on the screen.
Handle this MMSI as SART/PLB MOB.
With this setting a MOB from your Ownship will be signaled immediately. Special Search and RescueTransponders, SARTs, are now available, using the AIS system. Personal Locator Beacons transmitting onthe AIS frequencies are also available. These are sometimes called Personal AIS MOB Devices. Don'tconfuse these with the more common personal EPIRB, that cannot be tracked by OpenCPN.
Entering the the MMSI number makes it possible to use these devices as an onboard emergency MOBtracking system. Setting off a device alarms all vessels that can receive the signal but it tells you thatthis emergency is directly related to your vessel. OpenCPN will now treat this MMSI as a standard MOB.Read more Man OverBoard .
The alarm is entered in Options → Ships→ AIS Targets →“Play Sound on CPA/TCPA and DSC/SARTemergencies.” Have a look at AIS SART to see how OpenCPN reacts to an alarm.
Convert AIVDM to AIVDO for this MMSI
AIVDM NMEA 0183 sentence → AIS position reports from other vesselsAIVDO NMEA 0183 sentence → AIS position reports from own vessel
With this setting you might use every AIS target as if it is your own ship. An incoming AIVDM message isconverted to an AIVDO message and then used to update the own-ship data. Not meant to be used fornavigating, but could be used from ashore to follow a target as if you where onboard of that vessel.
Don't use this if you have also a GPS attached, and don't convert more then one target at a time, as yourown-ship will start jumping between different positions.
This MMSI is my follower – No CPA Alert
When this option is active no AIS Alert will be shown for that target. This can be used for a buddy sailingclose to you and you don't wont a CPA alert message for that target but still for other ships coming tooclose.
The reason to call the MMSI properties “Follower” was to avoid confusion with the VHF DSC BUDDY whichuses Buddy MMSI entered into DSC/VHF resulting in a nmea0183 data stream. The “Follower” functionallows suppression of CPA alarms for a boat following the same track when e.g. cruising together.
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Ships name
The Ship name connected to a MMSI ID will be added to the list once the new ID is saved or edited. Theship name is automatically printed provided that the actual ship is present on screen or has previouslybeen and was saved in the AIS ship name file. In either case the ship name will be added first time theboat is present in OpenCPN.
Routes - Points
Routes - WayPoints Tab is new with Opencpn v5.0.0.
Waypoint Arrival Radius, Waypoint Range Rings, Lock Waypoints
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New Routes
Waypoint Default Icon <selection>Waypoint Arrival Circle Radius (NMi) <value>Advance route waypoint on arrival only <check>
New Waypoints
Waypoint Default Icon <selection>Show waypoints only at a chartscale greater than 1 <scale>Override the settings for chartscale based visibility and show always.
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Waypoint Range Rings <selection>
Control Options
Global Lock and Unlock of Waypoints (Unless waypoint property dialog visible)Confirm deletion of tracks and routes
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