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Chapter 12 - Alarms, TideTrack, and Currents
Name of alarm
XTE EXCEEDED
ANCHOR DRAGGING!
Changing alarm
settings
Page 12-6
Table 8: 961 alarms (Continued)
Description
This alarm means you've exceeded the
off-course limit set in the
TRACK
alarm; that is, you've travelled a
specific maximum distance from the
established track line. You set this dis-
tance at the alarms screen. You can com-
pletely disable this alarm; see "Changing
alarm settings" starting on page 12-6.
This alarm means that you've exceeded
the distance set in the
alarm; that is, you've travelled outside the
radius from where you dropped anchor.
You can change the settings for the cross track, arrival radius,
DGPS, and anchor drag alarms:
the CROSS-TRACK ALARM can be set to on or off, and
•
the alarm distance set in nautical miles
the ARRIVAL RADIUS ALARM can be set to on or off, and
•
the alarm radius set in nautical miles
the DGPS ALARM can be set to on or off
•
the ANCHOR DRAG ALARM can be set to on or off, and
•
the alarm radius set in nautical miles
CROSS
ANCHOR DRAG
961 Operations and Reference Manual Rev. D
Auto clear (yes/no)
Yes, but only when
you're well within the
limit.
No, you must manually
clear the alarm. Rais-
ing the anchor does not
ANCHOR
clear the
DRAGGING!
alarm.
Also, if the anchor is
dragging and you press
RAISE ANCHOR
the
ALARMS
key at the
WARNING!
screen, a
dialog box appears tell-
ing you that you've just
raised the anchor, and
that the 961 won't check
for anchor drag any-
more.
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