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- Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 1
988-12786-001* ADDENDUM software release 20.3 for HDS® Live™ and HDS® Carbon® This addendum documents new features that are included in this software release. Feature Device connect and register ITC lighting Navico® WM-4 marine satellite receiver support Fish mapping overlay Radar and AIS feature - Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 2
of Navico Holding AS. • Lowrance® is a trademark of Navico Holding AS. • Broadband Radar™ is a trademark of Navico Holding AS. • Carbon® is a trademark of Navico Holding AS. • Halo® is a trademark of Navico Holding AS. • HDS® is a trademark of Navico Holding AS. • Live™ is a trademark of Navico - Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 3
controls dialog: You can register your device by following the instructions when selecting the 'Connect and Register' button in the system install the controller, refer to the ITC lighting controller documentation. Activating/deactivating the ITC light controller Once the ITC lighting controller is - Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 4
and active zones immediately white, select again to return all zones back to previous state. E Color adjustment of lights in the zone. F Turns on/off the lights in the zone. G Select to define the mode of the lights in the zone: • Color fade • Music sync No connection If a connection problem occurs - Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 5
/audio receiver is supported. When the Navico WM-4 receiver is connected to your system and if you have the appropriate SiriusXM subscription you can include SiriusXM marine weather services and SiriusXM radio on available in your display unit depend on your radar system. ADDENDUM | HDS Series 5 - Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 6
Radar About radar Several radar sensors are supported. This chapter describes features and options for a variety of supported radars. The features and options available to you are dependent on the radar You can use a dual panel page to show radar images from two different radar sources. 6 ADDENDUM - Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 7
option. If you have a multiple radar panel page, the radar is set individually for each radar panel. Activate one of the radar panels, and then select one of the available radars in the radar source menu option put the radar in transmit mode from the system controls dialog. ADDENDUM | HDS Series 7 - Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 8
area on the radar image. Use the zoom buttons to increase or decrease the range. Dual range Ú Note: Halo 20 does not support dual range. When sectors in the image. The sector blanking option is available in the radar installation dialog. Refer to the installation manual. Ú Note: Sectors | HDS Series - Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 9
radar panel, the cursor position window is activated. The cursor assist function The cursor assist cursor without covering details with your finger. Activate the cursor on the panel, then cursor You can navigate to a selected position on the image by positioning the cursor on the panel, and then - Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 10
image The radar image panel main menu. Ú Note: The radar image settings do not affect the AIS targets. Sea sea clutter area. The radar image can be adjusted as described in target discrimination and rapid image updates are needed. Image update rate is slowed and color depth is increased. 10 - Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 11
some cases: • When using Bird mode for both ranges, maximum range is restricted to 24 NM and range resolution is reduced. • Fast scan - The antenna rotation speed is set to the slower of the two modes selected can affect the interference seen or removed on both ranges. ADDENDUM | HDS Series 11 - Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 12
that it is activated in the panel or menu. When Sea clutter is set to Manual, the Directional image might be cluttered with background noise. Gain has a manual and an automatic mode. You toggle between automatic and manual offshore conditions, in addition to the manual mode where you can adjust the - Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 13
zone is an area (either circular or a sector) that you can define on the radar image. When activated, an alarm alerts you when a radar target enters or exits the zone. Defining a guard zone to vessel center - D: Width 5. Select the save option to save your settings. ADDENDUM | HDS Series 13 - Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 14
when a radar target breaches the guard zone limits. You can select if the alarm is activated when the target enters or exits the zone. Sensitivity The guard zone sensitivity can be adjusted to . The yellow color is shown when the radar palette is black/red or black/ green. 14 ADDENDUM | HDS Series - Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 15
Ú Note: The radar target continues to be analyzed by the system when the target association is active. Selected radar target. Lost radar target. Dangerous targets Radar targets are defined as dangerous targets in enabled in the Vessels section of the Alarms settings dialog. ADDENDUM | HDS Series 15 - Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 16
changes, i.e. that vessel becomes safe and then dangerous again. • View, closes the message dialog and opens the Radar panel with the dangerous vessel's pop-up activated. You can select the vessel's pop-up in the radar panel to see the vessel details - Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 17
screen. In some areas where extreme high interference may exist, try OFF for best radar image. Threshold The threshold sets required signal strength for the lowest radar signals. Radar returns below this when the interference or second trace echoes disturb the radar image ADDENDUM | HDS Series 17 - Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 18
VelocityTrack speed threshold. • The target is not geo-stationary (e.g. land or a marker buoy). The following options are available: • Off - turns off Doppler coloring 18 ADDENDUM | HDS Series - Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 19
on the palette used: • Diverging targets are blue colored on all radar image palettes. • Approaching target colors on radar image palettes: - Black/Red palette - Yellow - White/Red palette - Yellow . The illustrations show a target (A) crossing own vessel's (B) path. ADDENDUM | HDS Series 19 - Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 20
is greater than the VelocityTrack speed threshold. The radar palette Different colors (palettes) can be used to represent detail on your radar panel. 20 ADDENDUM | HDS Series - Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 21
its direction according to the ship's heading, while the radar image remains stabilized. The north up orientation is not available if no heading ship's true course measured from north at the time course up was activated. When the ship turns the bearing scale remains fixed, while the HDS Series 21 - Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 22
motion In relative motion your vessel remains in a fixed location on the Radar PPI, and all other objects move relative to your position. 22 ADDENDUM | HDS Series - Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 23
motion is selected, the true motion reset option is available from the menu. This allows for manually resetting the radar image and vessel symbol to its starting position. Ú Note: True motion is only available when the PPI fade out. You can also turn OFF target trails. ADDENDUM | HDS Series 23 - Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 24
center of the vessel. It is, however, possible to offset the reference point to any selected position on the radar image. Defining an EBL/VRM marker 1. Ensure that the cursor is not active. 2. Activate the More menu, select EBL/VRM, and then select EBL/VRM 1 or EBL/VRM 2. The EBL/VRM is now - Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 25
are positioned according to the cursor position. Offsetting an EBLVRM marker 1. Ensure that the cursor is not active. 2. Activate the menu and select EBL/VRM, then select the marker you wish to offset. 3. Select the set on the radar panel from the Advanced settings dialog. ADDENDUM | HDS Series 25 - Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 26
• Range markers • Compass • Heading line • Active route Radar panel symbology can be collectively turned on/off from the Symbology option in the More sub-menu if are only available if you have a capable AIS device connected to your system. Use this option to specify: 26 ADDENDUM | HDS Series - Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 27
set number, only the most interesting targets will be shown. For radars that support tracking targets, the following target filter settings will also apply to tracked targets the separate Radar or the display unit's installation manuals. New antenna setup option The Antenna setup option is added - Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 28
set the antenna height correctly as this will affect the sea clutter function. The antenna span is the total length of the antenna. 28 ADDENDUM | HDS Series - Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 29
can be displayed as overlay on chart and radar images. The AIS is an important tool for safe Refer to chart settings in the operator manual. Searching for AIS vessels You can search for AIS targets is active, the system searches for vessels around the cursor position. Without an active cursor, - Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 30
available from the AIS vessels details dialog. To display the dialog: • select the AIS pop-up • select the info option in the menu 30 ADDENDUM | HDS Series - Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 31
AIS vessel If the system includes a VHF radio supporting DSC (Digital Select Calling) calls over NMEA 2000 use this, refer to your VHF radio manual. There are various types of DSC position SART (Search and Rescue Transponder) is activated, it starts transmitting its position and HDS Series 31 - Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 32
AIS SART. The AIS SART icon is red when in 'Active' state. It is green when in 'Test' state. received AIS SART data is a test and not an active message. AIS SART alarm message When data is received from example, MOB AIS SART 12345678. • Activate the MOB function - The display switches to a zoomed - Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 33
Ú Note: If the MOB function is already active, this will be terminated and replaced by the new route towards the AIS SART position. Ú Note: If the AIS enabled, a dangerous target alert message dialog is displayed. The following options are available in the message dialog: ADDENDUM | HDS Series 33 - Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 34
dangerous again. • View, closes the message dialog and opens the chart panel with the dangerous vessel's pop-up activated. You can select the vessel's pop-up in the chart panel to see the AIS vessel details. AIS size of the vessel as obtained from AIS info, if available. 34 ADDENDUM | HDS Series - Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 35
, the system keeps tracking and visualizing the AIS target. Ú Note: The radar target continues to be analyzed by the system when the target association is active. Selected AIS target, indicated with square corners around the target symbol. ADDENDUM - Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 36
palette is white/red. AIS AtoN (Aids To Navigation) dangerous target. The red color is shown when the radar palette is black/ yellow. AIS SART 'active' icons are red. AIS SART 'tests' icons are green. Vessel settings 36 ADDENDUM - Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 37
entering your own MMSI (Maritime Mobile Service Identity) number into the system. extension lines for your own vessel, refer to Chart settings in the operator manual. Vessels and tracked targets This dialog contains settings for both AIS and For radars that support target ADDENDUM | HDS Series 37 - Lowrance HDS-16 LIVE | HDS LIVE Software 20.3 Addendum - Page 38
. History length Trails can be used to visualize the previous positions of a target. The history length defines the time presentation of the trail. 38 ADDENDUM | HDS Series
ADDENDUM software release 20.3 for
HDS®
Live™ and HDS® Carbon®
| 1
*988-12786-001*
This addendum documents new features that are included in this
software release.
Feature
Page
Device connect and register
3
ITC lighting
3
Navico® WM-4 marine satellite receiver support
5
Fish mapping overlay
5
Radar and AIS feature changes
5
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Radar
6
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AIS
29