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Target list
• A double click on the target name will centre the chart on the
target.
• A click on the title sorts out the targets.
ECDIS900 acquires targets via serial line from ARPA radar connected to
the system or using MARIS' radar interface kit. In addition ECDIS
receives by serial line the targets from AIS when AIS is interfaced to
ECDIS.

Centre the chart and access Properties
Double click on the target name centres the chart on the target. Right
click on the target's name to access to the properties.

Show Hide targets
Press Hide target to hide the targets. All targets are hidden except the
target on CPA / TCPA alarms which will always been displayed.

Relative vector
Press Draw relative vector button to display the targets with relative
vector. The relative vector is displayed with a dotted line to make a
difference with the absolute vector.
Relative vectors are displayed in dotted lines when True vectors are
displayed with Plain line.

Hot Key: press V to change the True vector to Relative and vice versa.

AIS messages and Start / Stop AIS server
See AIS chapter, paragraph Messages and Annex Pilot functions

Target prediction
To predict the position of the ship and any ARPA targets click on the
Target prediction icon.

The Target prediction window will appear with a time slide bar (in
minutes).
Moving the slide bar will move the ship along its scheduled course and
the targets according to their current course and speed by the
corresponding time margin.

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