Raytheon Anschütz announces that it will demonstrate its latest innovations in navigation[ds_preview] technology at the 2011 Monaco Yacht Show (MYS). Among the innovations are the Synapsis Intelligent Bridge Control system and a newly developed CAN-bus steering control system. The Raytheon Anschütz exhibit is located at stand QP66/Parvis Piscine.
The Synapsis bridge system features a new generation of new wide-screen multifunctional workstations in most flexible configurations, with optional integration to further ship systems such as automation, or DP as needed by the owner. This allows realizing individual bridge layouts with central access to all relevant tasks such as route monitoring, collision avoidance, navigation control, status and data display or alert handling from any dedicated workplace. Accordingly, with regard to the ship’s steering all steering positions are fitted with take-over function and alarm reset button to empower the crew for full control from all over the integrated bridge and navigation system.
A dual Ethernet Bus distributes all navigation data to the workstations, where all information is stored to maintain the independence of each workstation in the network. The configurations and tasks of the single workstations are controlled by the newly developed Synapsis Integration Platform. Once new workstations are connected to the system, the workstations receive their configuration and data from the network automatically. A new Consistent Common Reference System continuously observes the availability, validity and integrity of all sensor data and calculates a quality indicator for each sensor. The Synapsis bridge system will comply with IMO’s new INS Performance Standards.
With its new adaptive NautoPilot 5000 and the latest generation of Nautosteer AS steering control system, Raytheon Anschütz takes further innovations to MYS. Based on reliable CAN-bus technology, NautoSteer AS was developed with regard to fail-to-safe principles. All components include wire break and steering failure monitoring. The most obvious feature of the NP 5000 autopilot is its large graphical color display with touch screen operation. In addition, various new functions, from an integrated heading and rudder plot for optimized steering performance through a new course control steering mode and up to an acceleration monitor for smooth ship movements, add value to the autopilot.
As an example for the high flexibility in creating new shipborne applications, Raytheon Anschütz also showcases its Captain’s Display as a tailor-made solution for mega yacht customers. The Captain’s Display makes possible the graphical display of a wide variety of selected navigational data such as Radar and ECDIS video from selected bridge workstations, heading and position, rudder angles and rate-of-turn, water speed and bottom speed, current depth, relative and true wind, temperature, air pressure and humidity as well as water temperature. Thanks to the unlimited configurability of the navigation data display, the network solution provides a live experience of navigation to passengers and guests on board using TFTs with a single wire connection. The actual control of the ship, however, will be undertaken as usual from the bridge.
