User manual - JG Technologies

10.1 Autopilot control
You can use your multifunction display to control your autopilot.
Note: For information on connecting your multifunction display
to a Raymarine autopilot system, refer to the documentation that
accompanied your autopilot.
With the Autopilot Control function enabled, you can use your
multifunction display to:
• Engage the autopilot and instruct it to follow a route, or a waypoint.
• Disengage the autopilot.
• Silence the waypoint arrival alarm.
Pilot Control dialog
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Item
Description
1 Pilot Mode.
2 Current Locked Heading.
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3 STANDBY — Disengages the autopilot and return to manual vessel
control.
4 Auto—Engages the autopilot.
5 Turn angle — The turn angle is only available for SPX autopilots
connected using SeaTalk ng . This indicates the direction and severity of
turns to be made under autopilot.
6 Track — Engages the autopilot in Track mode and automatically steers
your vessel along a route plotted on your chartplotter.
7 Dismiss — Dismisses the Pilot Control dialog.
8 Distance to next waypoint.
9 Bearing to next waypoint.
10 Next waypoint name.
Note: The Pilot Control dialog will close if no action is taken
for 10 seconds.
The Pilot Control dialog is displayed in the following situations:
• When you select Menu > Navigate > Goto Waypoint , Goto
Cursor or Follow Route option in the chart application.
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• When you select Goto Waypoint or Goto Cursor using the chart
context menu.
• When you place the cursor over an active route or waypoint
on the chart and select Stop Goto, Stop Follow or Advance
Waypoint from the context menu.
• When you are following a route or going to a waypoint or cursor
position, and select Menu > Navigate > Stop Goto, Stop Follow,
or Advance Waypoint.
• When you arrive at a target waypoint.
Note:
When arriving at a waypoint, the dialog title bar turns red to
indicate waypoint arrival.
1. Select Set-up.
2. Select System Settings.
3. Select Autopilot Control so that On is highlighted.
Selecting Autopilot Control will switch the control between On
and Off.
Disengaging the autopilot in an emergency
With the autopilot engaged:
1. Press and release the POWER button.
2. Select PILOT STANDBY.
The autopilot is disengaged, and put into standby mode.
Disengaging the autopilot
In the chart application with the autopilot engaged:
1. Select Menu > Navigate > Stop Goto or Stop Follow.
The Pilot Control dialog is displayed.
2. Select STANDBY.
The autopilot is disengaged, and put in standby mode.
Engaging the autopilot
In the chart application:
1. Select Menu > Navigate > Goto Cursor, Goto Waypoint, or
Follow Route as appropriate.
The Pilot Control dialog is displayed.
2. Select Engage Pilot — Track.
3. Select the appropriate option to engage the autopilot.
Engaging the autopilot using the context menu
In the chart application:
1. Position the cursor over a waypoint, or a waypoint in a route.
The chart object context menu is displayed.
2. Select Goto Waypoint.
3. Select Engage Pilot — Track.
Dedicated Pilot Button
The following displays include a dedicated Pilot button which can
be used to engage and disengage an installed Raymarine autopilot
system:
• e95 / e97
• e125 / e127
• c95 / c97
• c125 / c127
In Standby mode press and hold the Pilot button to engage the
autopilot system, With the autopilot engaged press the Pilot button
to disengage the autopilot.
Manually displaying the pilot control dialog box
You can also open the Pilot Control dialog at any time from the
homescreen or chart application.
1. From the homescreen:
i. Select Set-up.
ii. Select Pilot Controls.
2. From the chart application:
i. Select Menu.
ii. Select Navigate.
iii. Select Pilots Controls.
Enabling the autopilot control function
From the homescreen:
116 e7 / e7D / e95 / e97 / e125 / e127 / c95 / c97 / c125 / c127