HOW TO TEST AUTO PILOT

TESTING OF HEADING MONITOR & OFF COURSE ALARM PANEL

GYRO COMPASS HEADING HAS TO DIFFER FROM EXTERNAL SENSOR HEADING BY SET LIMIT OF
OFFCOURSE ALARM. FOR TESTING WE HAVE TO REDUCE OFFCOURSE ALARM LIMIT TO MINIMUM,
CHANGE VARIATION IPUT FROM GPS TO MANUAL INPUT VARIATION VALUE SO THAT DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN GYRO HEADING AND EXTERNALS SENSOR HEADING DIFFERS BY MORE THAN 5 DEGREE. NOW
WAIT FOR ALARM TO ACTIVATE OFFCOURSE ALARM ACTIVATED CODE “O” FOR COURSE ALARM. NOW
CHECK THE DEIFFERENCE BETWEEN SSG & ESE. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ESE AND SSG GIVES OFF COURSE
ALARM.

SSG- GYRO TRUE COURSE

ESE- TRUE ERROR