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Following are samples of how SOB implements the AIS technology.
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 English Channel, UK |
 Guernsey, UK |
 Sydney, Australia |
 Curaçao, Caribbean Sea |
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Target display settings |
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Press the 
on the Target form to change AIS display settings
Notes on the screen shots The RED targets are those that pose a collision threat as per the settings in SOB that you enter to define what poses a danger (see image of the SOB Settings options to the right). The YELLOW targets are still "alive" according to the Time to Inactive setting. The GREY targets indicate that a message has not been received from the target for the time set by Time to Inactive. If "Auto purge if Inactive" is checked, or the [Purge Now] button pressed, then all the GREY targets will be removed. |
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| Detailed information is available for each target | |
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Click the [Info] button (or press the [Enter] key) and hover the pointer over a target to get some Quick Information about it.
Note, the "hotspot" for each target is the tip, not the centre.
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| In the following example, the ship CEMSTAR is
selected in the list of acquired targets. Looking at the right-hand panel
tells us that it is an 88 metre long Cargo ship bound for Aarlborg. I would
suggest that it is NOT Sailing (as is listed), however language translations
could easily account for the Ship's officer selecting "sailing" from
his possible choices. There are often errors noticeable in the "Ship's
Static Data" that must be entered by the operator in their AIS
transponder. The dynamic data however, (lat/lng, sog, cog) is never in error
as it originates from the GPS or other instruments, and is not subject
to human mistakes!
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AIS Transponders |
| If you are equipped with an AIS transmitter/transponder, then
SOB makes it easy for you to "set" your AIS details in compatible
devices (your AIS transponder must be capable of receiving static ship's data
via the SSD and/or VSD NMEA sentences)
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Quick Info [Enter]