Furuno FA-30 Assembly instructions

FA30Setup,InstallationandTroubleshootingTips

TheFA30hasanEthernetportthatallowsdirectconnectiontoanyNavNetNetwork.Thisfeaturedoes

notrequireserialinterfacing,andmakestheNavNetVX2NMEAportsavailableforotherNMEA

interfacingneeds.UsuallytheFA30willbeconnectedtoaNavNetnetworkusingtheEthernetport.This

Documentwillmainlyaddressthistypeofconnection.TheFA30alsohasaregularNMEAinput/output

COMportthatprovidesaserialconnectionforusewithotherAIScapableequipment.Whenusingthe

serialportoftheFA30usethetraditionalmethodsofconfirmingthepresenceorabsenceofdata(such

asPortMonitororHyperTerminal).

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WhenconnectedtoaHUB,usearegularstraightRJ45toRJ45Ethernetcable:

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WhenconnectingtheFA‐30directlytoaNavNetprocessor,useacrossoverRJ45to6PinEthernetcable

(000‐159‐705).

IstheFA30receivinganyAISTargets?

ThefirstthingtocheckistheStatusLEDonthefrontoftheFA‐30.

Obviously,thePWRLEDneedstobeGreenandtheERRLEDmustnotbeON(red).

WhentheFA30receiveanAISmessage,theRXLEDshouldblinkorange.WatchcloselytheRXLEDfor1

minute.IftheLEDisnotblinking,youareeitheroutofrange(noAISTargetsinthearea)ortheVHF

antennaisnotcorrectlywired(ordamaged).

IftheFA30isnotaccessible(orLEDnotvisible),youcanuseaPCtochecktheStatusoftheFA30

remotely.Refertoattheendofthisdocument.

TheFA30receivestargetsbuttheyarenotdisplayedonNavNetVX2

CheckthesoftwareofNavNetVX2(needstoberecent).

MakesurethattheVX2’sAISSetupparametersarenottoorestrictive.Press“Menu”thengoto“System

Configuration”‐>“GeneralSetup”‐>“AISOption”.MakesurethattheAISdisplayrangeisnottoolow.

Inaddition,makesureyourplotterorradar’srangeisonalargeenoughscaletoincludethetargets

withinrange.

ChecktheconnectionFA30‐>NavNetVX2

ThefollowingtroubleshootingtipsrequirehavingaPCconnectedtotheNavNetNetwork.IfthePCis

loadedwithMaxSeaNavNet,itshouldalreadybedone,ifnot,settheIPofthecomputerto172.31.3.50.

IftheFA‐30isnotwithinrangeofanyactualAIStargetsortheVHFantennaisnotyetconnected,you

canusethedemomodeoftheFA30tocheckthenetworkintegrity.OpenInternetExplorerandtype

172.31.24.2

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Clickon“Service”

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EnterthePassword“652111”andclickon“Login

Clickon“Demo”

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Selectthe“Tokyo”demoandpressOK

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NavNetVX2shoulddisplayAIStarget(ontheplotter)intheTokyoBay(makesuretozoomatarangeof

128NMorunder)thusconfirmingtheconnectionFA30‐>NavNet.

IftheAIStargetsarenotshowingontheNavNet,trytopingtheNavNetdisplayusingthecomputer.

First,youhavetoknowtheIPofyourNavnet.Justpressthe“DISP”keyonyourNavnetDisplayand

pressanySoftKey.ThiswillshowyouascreenwithallthenetworkinformationandtheIPofthe

Navnet.Forexample,letassumethattheIPoftheNavnetis172.31.3.3.

Onyourcomputer,clickon“Start”,thenchoose“Run”:

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Type“cmd”andclickon“OK.”

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Typeinthecommandeditorthatjustshowsup“ping172.31.3.3”(enterYOURNavNetIP):

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IftheresultisPackets:Sent=4,Received=4,Lost=0(0%loss),thecommunicationwiththeradaris

OK.

IftheresultisPackets:Sent=4,Received=0,Lost=4(100%loss)orifyouhaveanyerror,thenyou

haveaproblemwiththenetworkconfiguration(inbetweentheHubandNavNet).

Checkthecablesandmakesurethatthe“greenlight”ontheHUBison.

Note:Whenyouaredonetroubleshooting,don’tforgettosettheDemoModeoftheFA30toOFF.

ChecktheconnectionFA30‐>NavNetVX2

IfyouwanttoconfirmthattheFA30“sees”theNavNetVX2,youcanentertheFA30Servicemenuusing

yourcomputerandclickon“IOMonitor”

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MakesurethatatleastoneNavNetoutputsomethingontheNetwork(suchasGGA,VTGand/orHDT)

Select“NavNet”andclickrefresh

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TheFA30willdisplaythesentenceitseesontheNetworkthusconfirmingtheconnectionNavNet‐>

FA30

CheckthereceivingstatususingthePC

IfyoucannotseeandchecktheRXLed,youcanusethePCtomakesurethattheFA30receivesAIS

targets.

GototheServiceMenuandclickon“DeviceTest”

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Performthereceivetest:

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TheFA30willshowyouthenumberofpacketperminutesitreceivesthusconfirmingthatAIStargets

areinrangeandthattheVHFantennaisworking

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ConnecttheFA30andMaxSea

IfyouuseMaxSeaNavNet,justmakesurethataNavNetAISinstrumentisconfiguredunderthe“Radar

&AIS”TaboftheInputOutputpreferences.

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IfyouuseaNon‐Navnet(standalone)versionofMaxSea(suchasNavigator+),the“official”wayto

connecttheFA30isusingtheserialconnection.Meanwhile,itispossibletousethe“NetworkListener”

featureofMaxSeatoconnecttheFA30usingtheEthernet.PleaserefertotheTechnote“SetuptheFA30

withMaxSeaStandalone”(availableintheMaxSeaKnowledgeBase)

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