AIS Vessel Select

Use this to select AIS targets to use as Own-Ship. This is used when aboard a vessel and using a PPU that does not connect directly into the ships AIS pilot plug. By selecting a vessel, SEAiq can know which AIS target is Own-Ship and use this to determine particular, such as name and size. Also, the MMSI number is then used to save certain per-ship settings in a database to be used if you board the ship again.

The most common PPU devices supported by this feature are listed below:

• Navicom Dynamics: Channel Pilot, Harbour Pilot
• AD Navigation: ADX XR, XR2, XR Lite, and ADX DUO
• Trelleborg: CAT II and CAT III
• PilotsTech: KSN-55

• Using an AIS pilot plug for GPS position and it is not connected to Own-Ship socket. It may be helpful to have the ship's name and size automatically filled in from AIS. In this case, AIS data would need to come from an internet source, since your plug is not connected to the ship's system.
• Using internal GPS of your tablet/laptop. Similar to above, it may be helpful to have the ship's name and size automatically filled in from AIS. In this case, AIS data would need to come from an internet source, since your plug is not connected to the ships system.

Vessel Select is different from Virtual Boarding. With Vessel Select, the position, course and other "dynamic" information come from your PPU and the static information come from the AIS target you select. With Virtual Boarding, no PPU information is used: all information comes from the AIS target.

To manually select a vessel, you select the AIS target and view its "Full Details." You will see an option to Select the vessel.

Settings

• Vessel Select (Only SEAiq Pilot) : Vessel Select is used to associate Own-Ship with an AIS target in order to determine vessel name, size, and other information. See also Vessel Auto-Select and Suppress Selected Vessel.

• Vessel Auto-Select (Only SEAiq Pilot) : When enabled, the user is prompted to select a vessel when nearby. The user is prompted when the following conditions are met: the target is not a pilot boat, port tender, tug boat, or recreational vessel, you are most 0.25NM from vessel, your device's course is within 2kn of vessel's course (measured by comparing course vectors). You can be asked to select a target at most once every 5 minutes.

  If you already have a target selected, you must be at least 2NM away from the current target before another target is suggested.

• Suppress Selected Vessel (Only SEAiq Pilot) : When enabled, an AIS target corresponding to the selected vessel is not displayed. This is to prevent duplicate images for the same vessel.