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E11-1233G
AUTOPILOT
PR-6000
STEERING
STAND
OPERATOR'S MANUAL
2001.7
TOKIMEC INC.
CONTROL SYSTEMS DIVISION
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
1. Safety symbol indications and definitions used in this manual and products are as
follow's.
(1 ) DANGER
WARNING
Main power can cause electric shock.
Do not touch terminal boards, u, evenifpofwer iOFFt.
( 1) Steering stand
f2) General items to be warned for the operating• method (Refer to page 3-1.)
WARNING
REach steering mode of H.AND, AUTO and remote (RC) has specific attention points
for use. These are shown in the corresponding clauses withCAUTION and WARNING, etc. Observe str
RPeriodical repeated training for emergency steering should be performed to deal with smoothly in an em
@Emergency steering• 1
When trouble or failure happens during the AUTO steering (gyro-compass or magnetic compass is bein_• u
HAND position. and turn the steerinp• wheel manually to steer. @Emergency steering 2
When the hand steering is impossible, turn the system selection sw'itch S STEM to another system. and
DEmerp•ency steering 3
When the hand steering is impossible. turn the mode selection switch ODE to the NQ position and st
flEmergency steering 4
When the steering is still impossible, take a means such as ordering astern of the engine, etc., to stop the sh
(4) Warninp• regarding system selection (Refer to pap•e 3-2.)
! WARNING
DFor E type and D type, the steering gear control system is not switched even if the
(5) Warnings when selecting steering mode (Refer to page 3-2.)
system selection switch S STEM is switched.
The steering gear control system is activated by the operation signal of the steering
system.
@Do It not use the auto
is required steering
to switch the until the gear
steering gyro-compass has settled.
when the steering gearIfcontrol
not, own ship is
system does
not set on the desired course and may cause collision or stranding.
flBefore switching the steering mode, be sure to set the rudder at the center, and then switch the mode selectio
If not, an unexpected larp•e rudder may be taken.
flHold the mode selection switch surely with hand and turn it correctly to the mark which shows the correct p
Intemipting the selection on the way may cause malfunction.
In this case, make sure that the steering mode is switched correctly with the steering mode display lamp ( UN
@Loosened play in fixing the knobs for the mode selection switch MODE . system selection switch S YST
Retighten the two screws fixing the knob to the switch, or contact TOKIMEC service department.
RWhen the rudder angle selection switch is installed. setting of the max rudder angle
selection switch should bc used only in the narrow rudder angle side other than when the steering is required a
(7) Warnings to use auto steering (Refer to page 3-7.)
2@WARNING
@Do not use the auto steering in confined sea areas or narrow channels. In addition,
do not switch to the auto steerinq• too,
Prompt avoidance is not in time and may cause collision or stranding.
RWhen the rudder angle selection switch is installed. select the maximum rudder
anp•le of 50‘ during auto steering.
If the maximum rudder of 70" is set and used as is, own ship may overturn with a
rudder of 70' caused by malfunction of auto course changing.
@When the PID control mode is used, the auto steering adjusting knobs [RUDDER
(ratio), RATE. WEATHER) should surely be readjusted if the load condition and the
ship's speed are changed or weather and sea state vary.
The set course cannot be maintained when these knobs are set improperly or not being
readjusted, and may cause collision of the ship or stranding.
MKeep a strict "look out" (watch), in particular. during auto steering. Careless
"look out" (watch) may cause collision or stranding.
@When trouble happens on the gyro-compass. heading monitor (option) or the speed log
(option), make sure the repeated condition of the bearing of the gyro-compass and
the speed of the speed log (option). (Push the switch SJ on the data display
number of times, then make sure the bearing and the speed. For that method, refer
to 3.2.12.) If these data are not correct, the auto steering may not operate properly.
RWhen manual ship's speed input is selected and if ship's speed is not set correctly,
the autopilot can not operate properly due to yawing etc,.
Therefore, when manual ship's speed input is selected. set the ship's speed referring to
3.2.12 (1).
@Do not use the remote auto steering (NAV) in confined sea areas or narrow channels as
a rule.
For using it by any chance in such areas, suitable navigational means such as securing safety around or reduc
@Keep a strict ”look out" (watch), in particular, during remote auto steering. Careless ”look out" (watchJ m
@If an alarm generated in the autopilot or gyro-compass, heading monitor (option), speed log (option) and tra
(10) Warning regarding remote hand steering (remote control) (Refer to page 3-11.)
WARNING
RDo not use the remote hand steering (RC) in confined sea areas or narrow channels. Prompt avoidance is no
RDuring the remote hand steering, always confirm the rudder angle and its direction displayed on the rudder a
@Set the remote control steering knob at the center before switching to the remote hand steering mode from t
@If an alarm generated in the autopilot or remote control unit side durin_• the remote hand steering, make su
(11) Warning while adjustment procedure of the auto steering (Refer to page 3-17.)
@This system has a function to specify the turn rate at the automatic course changing in the
auto steering or remote auto steering (NAV), but sometimes the specified turn rate may not be attained due to
(12 i Warning regarding pre ‘ention of electric shock. etc., w'hen performing maintenance
(Refer to pag•e 5 1.)
RMake efforts to prevent danger, in particular. z lien persons are arranged in the
steering gear room to watch the rudder operation for maintenance and check (pay
attention not to be caught in high speed movinp• cylinders and tiller. or shout each
other to call attention).
@The ship's main power is supplied to the distribution board in this system even when
the main power supply switch (SYSTEhJ SWITCH) of this system is turned OFF.
Electric shock niav occur by touching• inside. Do not touch internal terminal boards, etc.
For PR-6QQQ-E3 system. particularly pay attention to avoid such accident.
For above system, turn OFF the main switch of the steering system. If not,
electric shock may occur by tciuching inside.
The following warning label is attached at the dangerous position inside stand.
t ,§\,WARNING
Main power can cause electric
shock.
Do not touch terminal boards,
etc., even if unit power OFF.
In addition, the following labels are attached to the main positions of this stand to call
attention on electric shock.
WARNING HIGH VOLTAGE or WARNING ELECTRIC SHOCK
@The steering gear connected to this autopilot may cause, although very rarely. hydro lock, etc., whic
@ Although main parts of the autopilot consist of electronic circuitry having high reliability, it cannot
Accordingly, it is absolutely necessary to c out check and maintenance described in this chapter to e
If not, detecting sig•n of failure delays and it yields failure of the system and may result in collision o
When trouble is discovered and cannot be recovered on board, contact TOKIMEC serv ice departmen
(14) Warning for replacement of relay (Refer to page 5 7.)
WARNING
RMake sure the relay pin position and insert it correctly when ralay is replaced.
If not, ship's rudder does not operate properly.
Rlnsert the relay properly. If not, the relay may be loosen due to vibration and may
cause no operation of rudder.
@Do not give strong force for relay replacement. If not, the printed circuite board
may be damaged.
@Do not hang down the steering stand by passing ropes, etc.. on the steering wheel or handle for moving the
CAUTION
RSet the pointer of the order rudder angle indicator on the helm unit at the center before
turning the system selection switch to Noel or No 2 to start the PR-6000, or before turning the mode selec
f17) Caution when adjusting auto :steering knob (Refer to page 3-7.)
,t$gCAUTION
@During the auto steerintr• PID control mode is used. various knobs in the auto
steei'ing adjusting section should be adjusted according to the ship's speed. load
condition and weather, etc. Remaining at the initial settings as they are may cause
sailing without optimum conditions.
RAlways collect, note and accumulate data for the adjusting positions of x arious
knobs of the PID control so that the optimum values can be set according to
variation of sailings conditions.
@Pay attention on the following points u hen selecting the auto steering ADPT
(Selecting OGP / CQ of ADPT / LEATHER knob) (option).
1. When steering in which any turning force is generated with other equipment
than rudder at a speed higher than 7 kt is performed, switch to the PIN
mode after course changing by 10‘ of port and starboard mo or three times in the
hand steering
2 If ueather becomes stormy durinp• using the OPN mode, switch to the
mode when the yawing width (half side) becomes more than 509a of the
pilot watch set value. as the standard.
3. When the yawing width is considered to be large (obserring for approx.
15 minutes), stop using the ADPT mode and steer with the PID control.
4. When yawinp is large in calm sea
When load condition is remarkably changed, yawing may become large at the
depaHure. In this case, steer as follou's.
• Change course by 10" of port and starboard, two or three times with the hand
steering.
• Switch to the OPN mode of the auto steering and observe the state for approx. l5
minutes.
• When the jawing still continues, su itch to the OPN mode, and perform auto
course changing by 10‘ of port and starboard to observe the state.
• When vawing does not settle yet, contact TOKIMEC service department.
OSwitchin,• between the PID mode fWEATHER) and the ADPT mode (OPN/CNF)
(options with the weather adjusting control during auto steering should be made
only while the course is keeping. Sz•itching in a large course changing may cause
trouble in operation of the auto steering.
rt)
(19) Caution in override steering (Refer to page 3-14)
CAUTION
RTaking a luge rudder is dangerous when switching to the external override unit. Pay
attention on such a thing to set the order knob (lever) at the neutral position. RConfirm safety around when s
RWhen switchinp• to the override steering during the auto steering or remote auto steering (NAV), and switc
When the ship is to be kept on the original course or on the new course, operate the course setting knob or sto
(20) Caution when alarm generates (Refer to page 4-1.)
CAUTION
RWhen the alarm p•enerated. confirm the content of the generating alarm at once and take
a suitable means according to the failure phenomena list.
RWhen failure generates, check and take a countermeasure at non-dangerous sea area
afier confirming safety around, and with the ship stopped as a rule (Refer to page 3-5
clause 3.2.4 Emergency steering method).
CAUTION
RTurn OFF the system selection switch, and the service switch located at the front panel
of the control unit before checkings and replacement of fuses, removing the unit of
equipment, connectors, printed wiring boards and terminal cables.
Remaining the switch at Oh position may cause electric shock and failure.
RCheck the autopilot stand inside by instructed procedures and do not touch other
sections than instructed. If not. mav cause electric shock.
(22) Caution for replacement of fuses and relays (Refer to page 5-6, 5-7.1
CAUTION
RDo not release hands from the facia panel till the panel is fixed with the two stoppers.
If not, may cause injury.
RDo not give the facia panel subject to strong vibration or shock when it is fixed with the stopper.
Dropping the facia panel due to loosing the stopper may cause failure of equipment or injury.
PREFACE
(2) The readers of this manual are presumed qualified persons according to Japanese
governmental law for ship's officers (ship under Japanese colors) or the
corresponding laws.
(3) Only qualified persons described above or persons under the supervision of the
qualified person can operate this system. Do not have other persons handled this
system.
(3) This manual should be delivered to the person actuallv handIin• equipment.
The sales mediator of this system such as an agenc› should deliver this manual to the
actual person handling this equipment.
3. ¥t'hen the warning labels become dirt y or come off. contact TOKIME C.
Replacement labels can be supplied at charge.
4. Prohibitions and notes for protection of the system (protecting equipment itself
from damage, maintaining the quality.)
Observe the following for protection of the system.
For details, refer to corresponding pages of this operator's manual. Corresponding pages
are shown in [ ) .
NOTE
This system is an extremely important nav›‘ational equipment which controls
the rudder to determine the advancing course of the ship.
Although safety desip•ns such as providing alarm functions i'or failurc and
miss operation, etc.. are considered, a complete safety equipment is not
available at present.
In addition. because this system has a lot of important functions (multi functional
equipment), anyone cannot am ays use this system without failure.
Failure or miss handling of this system may cause disasters at sea.
Accordingly, full attention should be paid on use of this s3•stem.
And for safety navigation, execution cf navigational technology and cautions
are user's obligation which are not reduced or exempted at all by using this
equipment. In particular, the "look out” (watch) is indispensable for steering in
any steering mode of the autopilot.
In addition, observe the followings notes.
1. Be sure to perform daily check to keep equipment condition normal.
2. When abnormality is discovered as the result of daily checl, investigate
and repair it at once to recover it to the normal condition. If necessary,
request an advice of TOKhMEC service engineer.
3. The steering modes of this system are AUTO steering, HAND steering,
REMOTE steering and NON-FOLLOW UP steering Be familiar with
and skilled in e›cry steering modes.
Be skilled in the emergency steering method to keep quite cool in emergency
situation.
When the alarm system operates, be sure to check it to confirm the cause. and
repair the troubled point.
(2) Note for storage of autopilot (Refer to pa_•e 5—9. i
NOTE
ems for storage.
ches of this system to OFF position, and cut the alarm power (DC 24V) supplied to the autopilot stand.
uld be between —20‘ - +55’C. Avoid the place with high humidity as far as possible. High humidity may cause rust.
ce from generation of corrosive gas, breeding of bacteria such as mold or intrusion of insects and small animals.
vinyl sheet. etc., when generation of dust is considered.
c., are carried out near this system, be sure to mount a suitable protection cover on the steering stand to prevent damage c
CONTENTS
WARNING
DMalfunctions caused by failure of this system and mrs-operation caused by operator's
mistake may cause such disasters at sea as collision with other ship or stranding, resultant property damag
RGreat care should be taken to use this system being well acquainted with limitations of pcrformances an
NOTE
This system is an extremely imponant navigational equipment which controls the
rudder to determine the advancing course of the ship.
Although safety designs such as providing alarm functions for failure and miss
operation, etc., are considered, a complete safety equipment is not ax'ailab1e at
present.
In addition, because this system has a lot of important functions (multi functional
equipment), anyone cannot always use this system without failure.
Failure or miss handlinp• of this system may cause disasters at sea.
Accordinp•ly, full attention should be paid on use of this system.
And for safety navigation, execution of navigational technology and cautions are
user's obligation w'hich are not reduced or exempted at all by using this
equipment. In particular, the ”look out” t w'atch) is indispensable for steering in
any steering mode of the autopilot.
In addition. observe the following notes.
1. Be sure to perform daily check to keep equipment condition normal.
2. When abnormality is discovered as the result of daily check, investigate and
repair it at once to recover it to the normal condition. If necessary, request
an advice of TOKIMEC service engineer.
3. The steering modes of this system are AUTO steering, HAND steering,
REMOTE steering and NOT -FOLLOW UP steering. Be familiar with and
skilled in every steering modes.
4, Be skilled in the emergency steering method to keep qulte cool in emergency
situation.
5. When the alarm system operates, be sure to check it to confirm the cause.
and repair the troubled point.
1.1 General
1.1.1 Autopilot
The autopilot PR-6000 is the system u hich controls the rudder to keep or change the
ship's course.
This system mainly consists of a steering stand installed in the wheel house and equipment
installed in the steering gear room (steering gear control systems.
These two units are connected with cables and two lines of all control circuitry and steering
control systems except for rudder are provided as the standard (user can select to adopt or
not to adopt a part of circuitry).
As two complete systems are provided, accordingly. even if a failure occurs in
operating system, the steering function can be secured by switching to the other.
This operator s manual describes mainly the steerinp• stand of the system. For other
equipment, separate volumes of instruction manuals are provided.
The equipment type is described as follows accordintr‘ to the configuration. The PR-6000 it
self is a generic name of each type and does not give a specific type name.
The equipment type installed on the ship is given by the name plate attached to the
equipment or by the finished plan of that system.
Please understand functions of the corresponding type.
1.3 Warranty
Warranty period : 12 months after delivery of this system.
Warranty Contents TOKIMEC will inunediately undertake to repair this system without
charge in the event of breakdown, failure or defect caused clearly
by TOKIMEC's design. manufacturing or materials supplied by
TOKIMEC.
Items to which warranty is not applied : Warranty is not applied to the following items
Provided. ho ever, that whcn other warranty provlsions have been determined separately in
writing, those should have priority.
1—7
CHAPTER 2 SPECIFICATION AND CONFIGURATION
2.1 General
In this chapter, the configuration, specification and construction, etc., are explained.
This manual does not describe items related to installation of this system. For installation,
refer to the separate autopilot finished plan (documents) kept in the ship.
2.2 Configuration
The system is configured as shown in the tables below according to each type.
(1) PR-6000-DM (for single loop steerinp• gear made by MITSUBISHI HEAVY
IN- DUSTRY and HITACHI SHIP BUILDING, torque motor control)
NO Name Q‘ty Explanation Remark
1. Steering stand 1 Steering control, display stand Installed in wheel house.
2. Repeat back unit 2 DM type Installed in steering• p•ear
room.
Control box 2 For DM type single loop autopilot '
4. Control motor unit 2 TM 60 (made by TOKIMEC) '
Contfol selection bOx 1 Power supply / Sip•nal selection It is provided when
?-4 pumps are used.
(2) PR-6000-DW (for single loop steering year made by KAWASAKI HEA4’Y
IN- DUSTRY. torque motor control)
NO Name Q'ty Explanation Remark
1 | Steering control. display stand Installed in z heel house.
’ Steering stand
2. Repeat back unit 2 DW type Installed in steering
gear room.
3. Control box ' 2 For DW type single loop autopilot '
4. Control selection box 1 , Power supply / Signal selection It is provided when
3-4 pumps are used.
(3) PR-6000-DT (for single loop steering gear madc by HATLAPA, proportional
valve control.I
NO Name Q'ty Explanation Remark
1. Steering stand 1 Steering• control, display stand Installed in wheel house.
Repeat back unit 2 DT type Installed in steering gear
2.3 Specification
Refer to the autopilot PR-6000 finished plan kept in the ship.
2.4 Name and Function of Each Part
( l) Steerinp• stand
Non-follow up unit
When the MODE selection switch is the non-follow up mode U , the
steering is possible with the non-follow up leverQ .
When data display is other than heading, setting value can be changed by push-
inp• or + switch with holding to push DATA CHANGE switch lo-
cated in the right bottom of the AUTO unit. (If only CHANGE switch is
pushed, current setting value i.s displayed.) Details oi’this chanp•e and its
display for each data are as follows.
-S
ill urm indicator —— —-— ——
c. Display / alarm display (Refer to Table 2-1.)
The steering mode display lamps HAND . AUTO , and RQ
are located at the upper right. The system display lamps S1AYS ,
S2AYS and the power supply display lamps l PWR , 2 PWR are
located at the upper left.
The adaptive control display lamp NPT . PID control display lamp PIED .
control mode display lamps such as course keeping preferred mode display
lamp CQ and open sea navigation (econonMc condition preferred) mode
display lamp OPN, and the rudder limit display lamp DRC L are
located at the right middle area.
The group alarm lamps are SYS. , A O A and CAUTIO
, and are located at the left middle
area.
Others are No.l and No.2 power failure alami lamps PD1 F , P Q2
and DC power failure alarm lamp DC PWR .
In addition, as the individual alarm display lamps, No.l and No.2 steering gear
control alarm lamps ISG CNT , 2SG C T , and hand steering mode
failure alarm lamp ATO M , remote steering failure alarm lamp RC M
, gyro failure alarm lamp GPO , pilot watch alarm lamp OUT ,
repeater power failure alarm lamp PHP , AUTO unit display area
failure alarm lamp DILATE , etc., are located at the left middle area.
d. Switches
Switches for lamp test P EL T ST , alarm acknow1edp•ment AQ
ACK , dimmer . data CHANGE are located
at the lower right, and the is at the right
next to the data type display.
Helm unit
When the mode selection switch is in HAND , the steering can be made with
the steering wheel @ , and the mode selection switch is in RAC and the
RC submode is not selected yet (the HAND mode display lamp is lighting and the
RAC mode display lamp is blinking), the steerinp• can be made with the steering
wheel in the same way. Coincide the order rudder angle with the scale of the
rudder angle indi- cator . When turning the steering wheel, the
taking rudder order is output to the steering gear and the P or S display lamp Q
lights according to the taking rudder direction.
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