Heading read-out
When enabled, the vessel's current heading is shown on the top bar.
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To see this information on the top bar, you must enable it by using the Top Bar functions in the Display Options dialog box. Select General to open the page. The Display Options dialog box is located on the Display menu.
If a heading sensor (gyro compass) is connected to the SY50 system, the top bar may show you the vessel's current heading.
Note
The information shown on the top bar must not be used for vessel navigation.
You can set up datagram priorities for both heading and course information on the Sensor Configuration page. When enabled, the vessel's current heading is shown on the top bar. If the information from the heading sensor fails, the top bar will change to present the course information instead.
Related functionality
General page (Display Options dialog box)
The General page in the Display Options dialog box controls the location of the menu. You can select which navigational information to be shown on the top bar. You can also choose to see Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) at the bottom of the presentation.
Sensor Configuration page (Installation dialog box)
With multiple sensors connected to the SY50 system, many of them will provide the same datagrams. We cannot expect that these datagrams provide the same information. The Sensor Configuration page allows you to define a datagram priority, so that the information from the "most reliable" sensor is used by the SY50 system. You can also define manual values in case a sensor is unserviceable, or not installed.