Polaris Sirius-3 Navtex 3-Frequency Owners And Installation Manual

Sirius-3 Navtex 3-Frequency

Sirius-3

GMDSS Tri-Channel Navtex Receiver

Owner’s & Installation Manual

Version 2.6

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Disclaimer

Sirius is a brand name owned by Polaris Electronics A/S, Denmark.

We reserve the right to change specifications and instructions given
in this manual without notices.

No liability can be accepted for any inaccuracies or omissions in the
manual, although every care has been taken to make it as complete
and accurate as possible.

This manual applies to Sirius firmware 3383 (1.1.2008),
Build time December 23. 2011 (5392).

Polaris Electronics A/S

Kaerholt 1

DK-9210 Aalborg SO

Denmark

Telephone: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

Web: www.polaris-as.dk

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Table of Contents Page

Owner’s Manual .............................................................................- 4 -

Safety Notices .............................................................................- 4 -

About the Sirius-3 Navtex receiver .............................................- 5 -

Home Screen ........................................................................- 6 -

Setup Menu .........................................................................- 8 -

System Settings ................................................................. - 10 -

Declaration of Conformity ....................................................... - 14 -

Green Passport ........................................................................ - 15 -

Standard Format of Navtex Messages..................................... - 16 -

Subject Indicators .................................................................... - 17 -

Installation Manual ...................................................................... - 18 -

Sirius-3 Connectors .................................................................. - 18 -

Compass Safe Distance ............................................................ - 19 -

Power Connection ................................................................... - 19 -

Ground Connection ................................................................. - 19 -

Antenna Connection ................................................................ - 20 -

Printer Connection .................................................................. - 20 -

GPS Connection ....................................................................... - 21 -

ECDIS Connection .................................................................... - 22 -

Central Mute Connection ........................................................ - 22 -

Alarm Relay Connection .......................................................... - 23 -

AUX Connection ....................................................................... - 23 -

System configuration - example .............................................. - 24 -

Firmware Update ......................................................................... - 25 -

Warranty and Service .................................................................. - 26 -

Validity ......................................................................................... - 27 -

End of Life Statement .................................................................. - 27 -

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Owner’s Manual

Congratulations with your new Sirius-3 GMDSS Navtex receiver with
touch screen operations.

Safety Notices

Before installation please read the Installation Manual carefully.
The equipment must be 10-32 V DC powered only.

Do not open the Sirius-3 or the active antenna.
Unauthorized opening will invalidate the warranty.

The equipment is designed for operation in temperatures between

-15o C and +55o C. Do not use the Navtex receiver in temperatures
which exceed this range.

The Sirius-3 is waterproof from the front only.

A Navtex receiver is an aid to safe navigation and should not lead to
a reduction in the level of good navigation practice.

The propagation of radio signals may vary over time. No liability can
be accepted for the non reception of Navtex messages.

Connection to a source of UTC data to NMEA 0183 is recommended
for the best operation and automatic date-time information.

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About the Sirius-3 Navtex receiver

Your Sirius-3 has been designed to meet all requirements for use on
board a SOLAS convention vessel.

The Navtex receiver has three separate receiver channels, 490 kHz,
518 kHz and 4,209.5 kHz, for simultaneous reception of Navtex
messages.
It can be set up to filter stations and/or message types that are not
required by the user, however, some message categories at 518 kHz
are mandatory and can therefore not be switched off.

There is no on/off switch, as the equipment must always be turned
on, so that Navtex messages are received even in port.
If the equipment is installed with an external switch at the main
electrical switchboard, please, be sure that the equipment is turned
on at least one hour before departure.

The touch screen is the only Man-Machine-Interface.
It is designed for fingertip operation only.
Please, do not use sharp instruments when keying the buttons or
texts.

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Home Screen

Buttons function description:

Press to switch between daylight and night colour theme.
It will take the Navtex receiver a few seconds to change
theme.

Press to enter “Setup menu”.
The menu will be described in details on page 8.

Press to view a listing of all received messages.
It is possible to view a single message from the list by

touching it. Furthermore, you can select or deselect 490
and/or 4,209.5 kHz messages in the right side. You cannot deselect
518 kHz, as the monitoring of this frequency is mandatory.

Press to view a selected message.

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When the Sirius-3 is at the home screen, a summary of the latest
Navtex messages is shown.

This icon indicates that the Sirius-3 is receiving a Navtex
message at 518 kHz.

If an emergency message is received, a sound warning
will be triggered (if “Alarm sound” is enabled) and a red
dot will appear in this area. Press it to acknowledge.

To enter the message view menu you can either select a message by

touching the text and then press .

From this menu you can choose to print the message ,
lock the message , delete the message or return back to the

home screen .

If a message consists of more than 10 lines, you can toggle up and
down with the arrows in the right side.

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Setup Menu

Filter coast station(s) by designator and/or frequencies.

Select the Coast Stations you want to use for each of the

three frequency bands 490 kHz, 518 kHz and 4,209.5 kHz.

All coast stations are enabled by default as shown in the figure
above. Should you, however, want to disable all coast stations, the
mandatory services A, B, D and L are still received on 518 kHz.

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Filter messages by designators.

Please note A, B, D and L for 518 kHz are mandatory and

will always be displayed.

Locked messages

If messages are locked, they can be deleted in this menu

only and not by the “Delete all messages” button.

Visible messages

A maximum of 1,000 messages are selectable, however,

we recommend no more than 400.

Delete all messages

For safety reasons you have to confirm your choice.

Notice that locked messages cannot be deleted here.

System Settings

The menu will be described in details on page 10.

About

Contains information about firmware version, etc.

Home

Press this button to go back to the home screen.