Simrad AP70 User manual

AP70/AP80

Quick Start Guide

The front panel



TURN

MENUCMD

STBY AUTO NAV WORK

ALARM

1 3

5 6

712

108

119

No. Description

1CMD/Thruster Press once to take/request command.

Press and hold (3 seconds) to activate/deactivate available thrusters

2MENU Press once to display the active steering mode’s quick menu.

Press twice to display the Settings menu

3Power/Light Press to display the Light dialog.

Press and hold (3 seconds) to turn the unit ON/OFF

4Rotary knob (Cource wheel). In menus; turn to select menu item and adjust value,

press to conﬁrm. In FU mode; turn to set rudder angle. In STBY and NFU mode;

press to go to FU mode. In AUTO and NoDrift mode; turn to change set heading/

set course, press to capture present heading. In NAV/TRACK mode, turn to set track

oﬀset

5PORT In menus; press to return to previous menu level. In STBY and FU modes;

press to go to NFU mode. In AUTO and NoDrift modes; press to change set

heading/set course to port

6STBD In menus; press to conﬁrm menu selection/enter next menu level. In STBY

and FU modes; press to go to NFU steering. In AUTO and NoDrift modes; press to

change set heading/set course to starboard

7TURN Press to display the Turn dialog

8STBY Press to switch the autopilot to Standby mode

9AUTO Press to activate Auto or NoDrift mode

10 NAV/TRACK Press to activate NAV (AP70) or TRACK (AP80) steering mode

11 WORK Press to display the Work proﬁle dialog

12 ALARM Press to display the Alert dialog (AP80 only)

13 USB connector (AP80 only)

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The screen

Status icons

Heading repeater

Mode info panel

Mode indication

Work prole

Rudder command Rudder bar

Icon Description

Black icon if one or more thrusters are installed and in use.

Shaded if the trusters are unavailable for steering

Active alerts. Red icon for alarms, yellow for warnings

Control unit locked

Screen alive indication - white and black “balls”fade/swap color

The power key

• Press and hold: Turn unit on/oﬀ

• Single press: Display light dialog

• Repeated presses: Toggle preset brightness

levels

¼Note: If you hold down the power key after the display is turned oﬀ, a Power failure

alarm will be activated. Press any other key on the unit to silence the alarm.

Command transfer and unit lock

CMD CMD

Take command Lock other units

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Thrusters on/o

ON OFF

CMD

3 s

Work proles

Show Work

prole options

WORK

Select prole

Edit prole

Create new prole

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Autopilot modes

Mode Activate Mode display Rotary knob PORT/

STBD keys

Turn Press

STBY

No action Switch to

FU mode

Switch

to NFU

mode

NFU

Press PORT/

STBD keys

in STBY or

FU mode

No action Switch to

FU mode

Give

rudder

command

Press rotary

knob 2 s

in STBY or

NFU mode

Set rudder

angle No action

Switch

to NFU

mode

AUTO

Change

set

heading

Capture

present

heading

Change

set

heading

NoDrift

AUTO

Change

set course

Capture

present

course

Change

set course

NAV/

TRACK

NAV

TRACK

Set track

oﬀset No action No action

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Menus

Quick menu, manual modes

Automatic and manual selection

List of active alerts

Manual setting (Speed)

See Settings menu

Quick menu, automatic and navigation modes

Manual setting (Rudder, Counter

Rudder, Speed and Track

response*)

* NAV/TRACK mode only

See Settings menu

Select menu item,

Adjust value

Return to prev. level,

Remove menu

Conrm

selection



1* Show Quick menu

2* Show Settings menu

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Settings menus

Alerts

Option Result

ACK Stops the siren and removes the alert dialog. The

alert icon will remain active, and the alert will be

included in the alert listing

Mute Mutes the siren locally (for 30 seconds) for all units

in the same SimNet display group. The alert dialog

remains on the display

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