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Article 5.05 Colours and symbols Colours and symbols
and the time variable depth information in the IENC shall be displayed regardless of the three display modes.
c) It shall be possible to switch to any display mode and it shall be possible to switch to display mode “Standard Information Density” at any time by a single user action.
d) The feature classes of the selected features shall be in accordance with the definitions in the look-up-tables.
e) It shall be possible to select safety depth limits. The corresponding depth areas shall be displayed according to the selected safety depth limit.
f) If the water depth is below the safety depth limits, Inland ECDIS shall indicate this by an appropriate warning.
Article 5.05
3. Required test result
a) The displayed symbols shall be correct and complete compared to the Inland ECDIS symbol library as defined in Annex 2. The colours of the representative line and area features, as well as the symbols, shall also be correct. The symbols that deviate from the Inland ECDIS presentation library shall:
i) be legible,
ii) have sufficient size to support the nominal viewing distance.
b) At least the colour combinations of day, dusk and night shall be supported.
c) The added symbols to the presentation library by the manufacturer shall be clearly distinguishable from the default Inland ECDIS symbols (as defined in Annex 2)
Article 5.06
Scale dependent information density (SCAMIN)
1. Reference
This clause refers to Part I, Chapter 2, Article 2.03(6).
2. Test method
a) The test shall be performed in a laboratory.
b) The Inland ECDIS shall be set to the standard operation setup as defined in Article 4.02(3).
c) An IENC (“chart 05”), comprising a bridge across a waterway, shall be loaded into the Inland ECDIS.
d) The AIS protocol simulator shall be configured in such a way that the vessel’s own position is shown in the centre part of the IENC.
e) Inland ECDIS is set to minimum scale and switched until maximum scale, step-by-step consecutively. In each scale, the display of the symbols at the bridge shall be inspected with respect to the SCAMIN values.
f) The results obtained shall be compared to the required test results in paragraph 3 in order to prove compliance with the requirement.
3. Required test result
The symbols related to the bridge shall be displayed according to their SCAMIN values.
2. Test method
a) The test shall be performed in a laboratory.
b) The Inland ECDIS shall be set to the standard operation setup as defined in Article 4.02(3) of this Part.
c) Two adjacent IENCs (“chart 05a and 05b”), that both comprise parts of the same feature (e.g. a bridge, that is displayed half in the cell of one IENC and half in the cell of the other IENC) shall be loaded into the Inland ECDIS. That feature shall be correctly encoded. Both parts shall have references to each other.
d) The AIS protocol simulator shall be configured in such a way that the vessel’s own position is shown in the centre part of the IENC.
e) This test shall include the appropriate overlay cells, e.g. with bridge-related notice marks.
The display of the feature shall be compared to the required test results in paragraph 3(a) in order to prove compliance with the requirement.
3. Two adjacent IENCs that are used to define the basic cells for two additional overlay-cells, that comprise part of the same bathymetric IENC feature, shall be loaded into the Inland ECDIS.
These features shall be correctly encoded (depth areas) and the separated parts shall have references to each other. The presentation of the feature shall be compared to the required test results in paragraph 3(b) in order to prove compliance with the requirement.
4. Required test result
a) The feature that is partly in both IENCs shall be visible and correctly displayed as one feature in the SENC.
b) The feature that is partly in both overlay cells shall be visible and correctly displayed as one feature in the SENC.
2. Test method
a) The test shall be performed in a laboratory.
b) The Inland ECDIS shall be set to the standard operation setup as defined in Article 4.02(3) of this Part.
c) An IENC (“chart 07”) shall be loaded into the Inland ECDIS.
d) The AIS protocol simulator shall be configured as an Inland AIS device and in such a way that the vessel’s own position is shown in the centre part of the IENC.
e) A vessel shall be simulated with navigation status set to status of the simulated vessel.
The reporting rate shall be 10 s. The behaviour of the vessel in the chart shall be observed.
f) The simulated vessel shall stop reporting.
g) The time until the vessel is marked as outdated shall be measured.
h) The time until the vessel disappears shall be measured.
i) The results obtained shall be compared to the required test results in paragraph 3(a) in order to prove compliance with the requirement.
j) This test shall be repeated with a simulated Inland AIS device on a vessel at anchor, not moving at more than 3 knots.
k) The results obtained shall be compared to the required test results in paragraph 3(a) in order to prove compliance with the requirement.
l) This test shall be repeated with a simulated Inland AIS device on a vessel at anchor, moving at more than 3 knots.
m) The results obtained shall be compared to the required test results in paragraph 3(a) in order to prove compliance with the requirement.
n) This test shall be repeated with a simulated AIS class B device on a vessel under way using engine.
o) The results obtained shall be compared to the required test results in paragraph 3(a) in order to prove compliance with the requirement.
p) This test shall be repeated with a simulated AIS class B device on a vessel at anchor, not moving at more than 3 knots.
q) The results obtained shall be compared to the required test results in paragraph 3(a) in order to prove compliance with the requirement.
r) This test shall be repeated with a simulated AIS class B device on a vessel at anchor, moving at more than 3 knots.
s) The results obtained shall be compared to the required test results in paragraph 3(a) in order to prove compliance with the requirement.
v) The repeater flag shall be unset.
w) The occurrence of the vessel's own symbol shall be compared to the required test results in paragraph 3(b) in order to prove compliance with the requirement
x) An Inland AIS target shall be simulated with no heading information available. The presentation of this vessel shall be observed in the Inland ECDIS.
y) The result obtained shall be compared to the required test results in paragraph 3(c). The result obtained shall be noted in the test report.
z) Another Inland AIS target shall be simulated with heading information available. The presentation of this vessel shall be observed in the Inland ECDIS.
aa) The result obtained shall be compared to the required test results in paragraph 3(d). The result obtained shall be noted in the test report.
bb) An AIS base station, AIS Aids to Navigation (ATON) and AIS Search and Rescue Transmitters (SART) shall be simulated and displayed on the chart. The symbols shall be compared to similar symbols from table A.1 and table A.2 of the document referred to in Chapter 2(h).
cc) The result obtained shall be compared to the required test results in paragraph 3(d) in order to prove compliance with the requirement.
dd) A simulated vessel with all AIS information shall be fed into the Inland ECDIS. All AIS information shall be requested and displayed. A check that all data are available shall be made.
ee) The result obtained shall be compared to the required test results in paragraph 3(e) in order to prove compliance with the requirement.
ff) An Inland AIS target shall be simulated with three blue cones. The presentation of this vessel shall be observed in the Inland ECDIS. A pick report shall be opened for this vessel.
The pick report shall be inspected regarding the number of blue cones.
gg) The result obtained shall be compared to the required test results in paragraph 3(f) in order to prove compliance with the requirement.
Category of vessel
Nominal reporting interval
Maximum time out
value
Nominal reporting interval
Maximum time out
value class A class A class B class B Vessel at anchor or moored and not
moving faster than 3 knots (class B not moving faster than 2 knots)
3 min 18 min 3 min 18 min
Vessel at anchor or moored and moving at more than 3 knots
10 s 60 s 3 min 18 min
Vessel operating in SOLAS mode, moving 0 to 14 knots
10 s 60 s 30 s 180 s
Vessel operating in SOLAS mode, moving 0 to 14 knots and changing course
3 1/3 s 60 s 30 s 180 s
Vessel operating in SOLAS mode, moving 14 to 23 knots
6 s 36 s 30 s 180 s
Vessel operating in SOLAS mode, moving 14 to 23 knots and changing course
2 s 36 s 30 s 180 s
Vessel operating in SOLAS mode, moving faster than 23 knots
2 s 30 s 30 s 180 s
Vessel operating in SOLAS mode, moving faster than 23 knots and changing course
2 s 30 s 30 s 180 s
Vessel operating in inland waterway mode
2 – 10 s 60 s — —
iii) The symbols shall be marked as outdated if the age of the information exceeds 30 seconds for moving vessels.
b) The position information of the own vessel shall only be displayed when the position is detected by an on-board system and not if the position is received from a repeater station.
Sign and Marking information (AtoN) and AIS Search and Rescue Transmitters (SART) shall be displayed, only if the symbols can be distinguished from other symbols (e.g.
symbols 2.10 and 2.11 of table A.1 and table A.2 of the document referred to in Chapter 2(h)).
e) It shall be possible to display all information transmitted by an AIS on user request:
i) AIS device identity (Maritime Mobile Service Identity, MMSI);
ii) vessel name;
iii) VHF radio call sign of the vessel;
iv) vessel or convoy type;
v) unique European vessel Identification Number (ENI) or, for seagoing vessels that have not been given an ENI number, the IMO number;
vi) overall length of the vessel or convoy accurate to 0,1 m;
vii) overall breadth of the vessel or convoy accurate to 0,1 m;
viii) reference point for the positional information aboard the vessel, accurate to 1 m (this is the position of the GPS antenna of the Inland AIS device);
ix) position of the vessel (derived from GPS in WGS 84 coordinate system);
x) time indication of position determination by the electronic position location device;
xi) speed over ground;
xii) course over ground;
xiii) navigational status.
f) The number of the blue cones/lights shall only be displayed in the pick report.
Article 5.09