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Features & Benefits Summary
- Flat Screen, Space Saving, Liquid Crystal
Display (two sizes)
- Simple Operation
- Simultaneous Presentation of User Data and Electronic
Charts
- User Data Security Protected
- Memory Back-Up On Power Failure
- Displays Tracks and Targets From Radar
- Remote Trackball Control
- Four Display Mounting Options
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Black backgrounds suitable for
night viewing showing tows
at the top of the display. Seine
net information is shown in the lower part of the
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Four Independent Tracks for Own Ship
• Accepts NMEA information from GPS,
DGPS, Decca and Loran C receivers
• Displays up to four navigation sensor
derived tracks
FishMaster FS has the ability to interface to all
major navigation sensors including Decca, Loran C, GPS and DGPS thus providing
the best possible visual presentation of position. Up to four sensor derived
tracks, each with its own user-selected symbol and track color, can be
displayed.
Sensors may be allocated their own tracking
resolution by distance or time to suit the operational requirement. Each track
is numbered and may be individually switched on or off, or selectively hidden or
shown. Depths can be transferred from a connected echosounder and entered on
demand or recorded continuously with the steer-by track. Depths may be displayed
or hidden for later recall.
The ship’s symbol representing the chosen primary
or steer-by sensor also displays a speed and heading vector. Should the sensor
go into alarm or the input fail, the vessel symbol and sensor identifier change
color.
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Recording of good
fishing
tows off North West
Scotland |
Simple Operation and Data
Entry
• Data entry and operation by trackball
• Qwerty keyboard
option
FishMaster FS is very simple to use. Operation is
by means of on-screen menus in conjunction with a trackball controlled curser
and two buttons. A third dedicated button allows the operator to scroll, center
and zoom in and out regardless of the screen mode displayed.
In addition, FishMaster FS supports a standard
qwerty keyboard.
Simultaneous Presentation of
User Data and Vectorized Electronic Charts
• Simultaneous display
of up to four user-generated chart layers
• Charts are fully vectorized and
include a comprehensive almanac
• Multi-layers allow operator choice of
displayed data
• User maps may be merged into one or divided by window
keep/hide facility
• Radar track table, VRM, EBL displayed
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Recording of successful trawl tows off North Scotland
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FishMaster FS can display vectorized charts and/or
user-generated graphics. Within each vectorized chart an almanac contains
information on lights or buoys giving names, positions and specifications.
Additional information on other chart objects or special warnings, routings,
anchorage cables, etc. is available via the inform function.
User-generated maps may be corrected, edited,
shifted, zoomed or merged as required. FishMaster FS provides a choice of seven
user-selected colors for lines, vessel tracks, symbols, alphanumerics and color
infill for operators wishing to generate their own maps. The system allows four
maps and a chart to be displayed simultaneously.
The charts and maps are multi-layered and allow
the user to decide how much information is displayed. Any information removed
from the display can be reinstated on demand.
FishMaster FS provides audible and visual alarms
in the event of user-selected limits being violated i.e., depth, waypoint
approach and cross-track error. In addition, lines on the display can be
allocated guard line status.
FishMaster FS can simultaneously accept and
display tracked radar targets from a suitable radar system. Tracks from these
targets may be stored and later displayed for analysis in conjunction with
relevant user-generated data or vectorized charts. Successful tows can easily be
displayed and followed.
Automatic Coordinate and Datum
Conversion
• Automatic coordinate
conversion
• Chart datum conversion
Positional data relating to map generation,
waypoints, wrecks and navigational hazards may be expressed in terms of latitude
and longitude, Decca or Loran C coordinates. The position of the cursor on the
screen is also expressed in these coordinates, thus greatly simplifying data
entry.
Vectorized charts are automatically
converted to WGS 84 format, however an operator option allows charts to be
displayed in the original datum.
Vectorized Electronic
Charts
• Uses Transas Marine charts
• Update service
available
FishMaster FS uses Transas Marine charts which are
available from suppliers worldwide and users may subscribe to extensive update
services. These fully vectorized charts, which cover virtually all of the
world’s major fishing areas and shipping lanes, allow the operator to select the
data to be displayed using the twelve layers available.
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The display shows examples of
tows and bottom information entered by the
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Comprehensive Route Planning
• On-screen input and correction of waypoints
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Accepts external waypoints and routes
• Calculates ETA and required speeds
• Displays rhumb line or great circle legs
The FishMaster FS chart video plotter
provides the operator with powerful route planning capabilities enabling the
user to plan and edit comprehensive voyage plans which can then be stored and
recalled as required. Waypoints are entered and corrected using the trackball
and on-screen cursor or via numeric on-screen keyboards.
FishMaster FS will also accept pre-planned
waypoints and routes from external sources via the NMEA0183 interface. In
addition, for the really long distance fishermen, FishMaster FS allows routes to
be planned with great circle legs, shown as curved lines on the display and/or
rhumb line.
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Passage plan out of Zeebrugge.
The display also shows ARPAradar targets and
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Radar Interface
• Displays tracked targets from the radar
FishMaster FS accepts the output from the
track table of a suitable radar fitted with an NMEA0183 track table output, such
as the Decca BridgeMaster equipped with autotrack. This enables the operator to
display and record (if required) radar targets and tracks against the background
of the data displayed. This may be an electronic chart, a user-generated map or
both. Successful tows can be followed, therefore providing the operator with a
greater appreciation of what is happening around his own ship, including the
activities of other fishermen. True or relative tracked target vectors may be
displayed. These tracked target symbols display the color of navigational lights
in aspect, while stationary targets (less than two knots) paint
magenta.
Flexible Mounting Options
• Quick and easy to install
• Easily
configured
FishMaster FS, in its standard configuration, consists of the LCD (screen),
processor and remote trackball. If required, there is supplied a trackball
extension cable which allows the user to control FishMaster FS and enter data
from up to five meters away from the processor unit. In addition, FishMaster FS
readily interfaces with external sensors via its eight configurable input
ports.
Full Data Conversion from CVP3500 Disks
• Easy, secure transfer of valuable data
• No
need to recreate existing user data
Users of any of the Decca CVP3500 color
video plotters will find FishMaster FS particularly attractive because of its
ability to accept data already generated and stored on CVP3500 disks. With a
simple upgrade of software, users can connect the CVP3500 to the FishMaster FS
so there is no need to recreate data.
Data Security
• Data protected from power supply failure
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Optional passcode protection of files
• User data and chart data
encryption system
FishMaster FS is equipped with memory
back-up to protect recorded data in the event of a power failure.
The ability to enter a passcode and the built-in
encryption system ensures that confidential data remains secure from
unauthorized viewing.
Echosounder
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Echogram display behind own ship
• Digital readout of current depth
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Depth recording facility
A window may be called up to allow depths to
be displayed in either meters or fathoms as an echogram. Depths can be recorded
manually or automatically along with ship tracks and displayed at
selected intervals. The interval is determined automatically according to the
level of zoom.
Additional Information
• Choice of display size
• 29 VDC
Supply
FishMaster FS is available with 15 or 18
inch high definition liquid crystal display. The settings for daytime, twilight
and night-time viewing and the variable brilliance control ensure that the
screen brilliance is appropriate to the ambient lighting conditions.
There are many more features including:
- Built in log book
- Automatically records time, date, position, speed and
average speed every hour, every time the tracks are turned on or off, every time
the navigation sensor is changed and every time an event is entered. In
addition, the user can manually enter the following data to be recorded:
weather, relative humidity, dew point, water temperature and
fuel.
- True wind speed and direction calculations
- Optional plug-in qwerty keyboard
- Printer output for screen print, route print and
log book print
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