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MANUAL Simrad IS15Instruments General Manual

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IS15 General Manual 98 20220760L Screen 3 WIND OFFSET, MANUAL CORRECTION Any residual error in the apparent wind angle display can be corrected manua

Setting-Up 20220760L 99 Screen 1 COMPASS CAL. This function will activate the automatic compass calibration procedure. Note ! Do not use the calibr

IS15 General Manual 100 20220760L Screen 4 HEADING SOURCE Test screen on IS15 Combi only 7.10 Rudder Screen Group The Rudder Screen Group applies

Setting-Up 20220760L 101 7.12 Leaving the Installation Menu Return to the main display from the Installation Menu as follows: 1. From any Installat

IS15 General Manual 102 20220760L Installation and Calibration Menu The installation menu is arranged as follows: Screen Display Screen 1 Scree

Setting-Up 20220760L 103 Note ! You can also have individual lighting on all instruments. Then the illumination bank setting must be 0. Screen 2 COM

IS15 General Manual 104 20220760L Screen 4 MAGNETIC OR TRUE HEADING [HdG] The display heading (and bearings) may be set to reference either Magnetic

Setting-Up 20220760L 105 2. When the Roblink has been turned Off it will not default to ON even after a Master Reset. If required it must therefore

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Fault Finding 20220760L 107 8 FAULT FINDING This chart assumes that the instrument is part of an IS15 instrument system including an IS15 Transceiver

Operation of IS15 Combi 20220760L 9 2 OPERATION OF THE IS15 COMBI INSTRUMENT 2.1 General Description The instrument is operated by five buttons.

IS15 General Manual 108 20220760L Condition Probable Cause Action One or more instrument(s) always show ‘----’, with the pointer of analog instrument

Fault Finding 20220760L 109 Condition Probable Cause Action The Wind Speed has always been too low or too high. The wind transducer may be poorly sit

IS15 General Manual 110 20220760L Speed and Temperature Display Faults Condition Probable Cause Action The Boat Speed display always shows “----“ and

Fault Finding 20220760L 111 Condition Probable Cause Action The Boat Speed is too low, when it was previously correct. Dirty paddle wheel or hull. Da

IS15 General Manual 112 20220760L Heading and Autopilot Display Faults Condition Probable Cause Action There are no Heading or Wind Direction display

Fault Finding 20220760L 113 Condition Probable Cause Action Some or all Headings are incorrect, by different amounts. Note : When checking a Compass

IS15 General Manual 114 20220760L Condition Probable Cause Action There are no Waypoint Data displays, even though the Course Over Ground display is

Fault Finding 20220760L 115 DATA DETECTSYC 255 SPD 255DPT 255 POS 255HDG 255 NA1 255WND 255 NA2 255GENERALRoblink Sync.

IS15 General Manual 116 20220760L Send Displays ‘-Tx’ if the particular instrument is sending the particular message on Roblink. Only the instrument

Maintenance 20220760L 117 9 MAINTENANCE 9.1 General Maintenance Caution ! Do not use any abrasives, chemical cleaners, petrol or diesel to clean th

IS15 General Manual 10 20220760L 2.4 Display Screens The Table of Display Screens The display screens of the COMBI instrument are arranged in a ‘tab

IS15 General Manual 118 20220760L 9.4 Return for Service Please ensure that an instrument that is believed to be faulty is correctly installed, the

Spare Parts List 20220760L 119 10 SPARE PARTS LIST 22092167 IS15 Combi Instrument 22092654 IS15 Combi PROM (programmed) V..R.. 20220778 IS15 Combi O

IS15 General Manual 120 20220760L 22092456 IS15 Expander 22093389 Mounting kit 22094270 IS15 Expander PROM (programmed) V..R.. 22092068 Lid 22092076

Operation of IS15 Combi 20220760L 11 Screen Group Screen 1 Screen 2 Screen 3 Screen 4 Screen 5 Screen 6 Screen 7 Group 1 Depth Boat sp

IS15 General Manual 12 20220760L Select timer 5-10 min. 3-6 min. UTC Offset TIMER LOG Select timer 5-10 min. 3-6 min. UTC Offset Mag. Var Mo

Operation of IS15 Combi 20220760L 13 2.5 Screen Group 1: Depth, Speed, Trip Log There are five screens in this group (all have one or more sub scre

IS15 General Manual 14 20220760L Note ! When the sounder is turned off, the display will show OFF instead of the depth reading. Follow the instructi

Operation of IS15 Combi 20220760L 15 Screen 3 has three sub-screens, similar to screen 1. Refer to pages 13 and 14. To Reset the Trim Speed The Trim

IS15 General Manual 16 20220760L Screen 5 SHALLOW ALARM DEEP ALARM ANCHOR ALARM The screen shows the setting of the alarm limits and whether the alar

Operation of IS15 Combi 20220760L 17 2.6 Screen Group 2: Wind There are three screens in this group. Screen 1 APPARENT WIND ANGLE APPARENT WIND SPE

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IS15 General Manual 18 20220760L True Wind Speed Alarm limit Refer to Figure 2-2, page 12 to set the wind speed alarm limit (0-99 knots). Screen 3 W

Operation of IS15 Combi 20220760L 19 2.7 Screen Group 3: VMG There are three screens in this group. Screen 1 VELOCITY MADE GOOD (VMG) TO WIND BOAT

IS15 General Manual 20 20220760L Screen 3 VELOCITY MADE GOOD (VMG) TO WIND APPARENT WIND SPEED APPARENT WIND ANGLE The upper screen section displays

Operation of IS15 Combi 20220760L 21 MAG. VARIATION The IS15 instruments automatically read the Magnetic Variation compensation from a connected GPS

IS15 General Manual 22 20220760L Note ! The direction to the track line may not be the direction to steer directly to the Waypoint, but may be impor

Operation of IS15 Combi 20220760L 23 UTC offset Screen 3 has a sub screen for setting of the UTC offset. To change the UTC offset follow the procedu

IS15 General Manual 24 20220760L Screen 2 RACE TIME RACE LOG LOCAL TIME • The upper section displays ‘RACE TIME’ as on Screen 1. • The middle scree

Operation of IS15 Combi 20220760L 25 5 minutes BEEP (3 minutes if 3-6 timer selected) 1 minute BEEP BEEP 30 seconds BEEP BEEP BEEP 5 secon

IS15 General Manual 26 20220760L Screen 3 CUMULATIVE LOG TRIP LOG PASSAGE TIME • The upper screen section displays ‘LOG’, the cumulative log value a

Operation of IS15 Combi 20220760L 27 2.10 Alarm Sounding The alarm is system wide and all the instruments will sound and flash a warning message. I

IS15 General Manual 20220760L 1 This manual is intended as a reference guide for operating and correctly installing a Simrad IS15 Instrument System

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Operation of IS15 Multi 20220760L 29 3 OPERATION OF IS15 MULTI INSTRUMENT 3.1 General Description The instrument is operated by the five buttons.

IS15 General Manual 30 20220760L 3.4 Display Screens The Table of Display Screens The data screens of the MULTI instrument are arranged in a ‘tabl

Operation of IS15 Multi 20220760L 31 Notes ! 1. If data is not available then “---” will be displayed in place of data on the appropriate screen(s).

IS15 General Manual 32 20220760L UTC Offset RACE Select timer 5-10 min. 3-6 min. UTC Offset NAV 2 Mag. Var. Adjust (Mag. Var. Monitor (Auto

Operation of IS15 Multi 20220760L 33 3.5 Screen Group 1: Depth There are five screens in this group: Screen 1 DEPTH • The upper screen section dis

IS15 General Manual 34 20220760L Screen 2 SEA TEMPERATURE • The upper screen section displays ‘SEA’ and the temperature unit, e.g. ‘°C’. • The lowe

Operation of IS15 Multi 20220760L 35 Deep Alarm limit Refer to Figure 3-2 to set the Deep Alarm limit. Screen 5 ANCHOR ALARM STATUS • The upper sc

IS15 General Manual 36 20220760L Screen 2 TRIM SPEED • The upper screen section always displays ‘TRIM’, a sign ‘+’ or ‘–‘ showing increasing or decr

Operation of IS15 Multi 20220760L 37 Screen 5 BOAT AVERAGE SPEED • The upper screen section displays ‘BOAT AVG’ and the Average Speed unit, e.g. ‘K

IS15 General Manual 2 20220760L Document revisions Rev Date Written by Checked by Approved by G 300301 NG ThH H 290801 NG ThH I 180402 NG IK

IS15 General Manual 38 20220760L Screen 3 TRUE WIND ANGLE • The upper screen section displays ‘TRUE WIND°’ and a wind direction icon. • The lower s

Operation of IS15 Multi 20220760L 39 Screen 5 has a sub-screen for setting the magnetic variation. Refer to page 40 Note ! Refer to notes 1-4 on pa

IS15 General Manual 40 20220760L Screen 4 DISTANCE TO WAYPOINT • The upper screen section displays ‘DIST TO WP’ and the unit, e.g. ‘NM’. • The lowe

Operation of IS15 Multi 20220760L 41 MAG. VARIATION The IS15 instruments automatically read the Magnetic Variation compensation message from a conne

IS15 General Manual 42 20220760L 3.10 Screen Group 6: Race There are three screens in this group: Screen 1 RACE TIME • The upper screen section dis

Operation of IS15 Multi 20220760L 43 To Freeze the Race Timer See page 25. To Reset the Race Timer and Race Log The Race Timer may be stopped and r

IS15 General Manual 44 20220760L To Reset the Trip Log to Zero The Trip Log may be reset together with the Passage Time, Average speed and Max. Speed

Operation of IS15 Compass 20220760L 45 4 OPERATION OF IS15 COMPASS INSTRUMENT 4.1 General Description The display is divided into two sections, t

IS15 General Manual 46 20220760L The Buttons A given press on any of the two buttons will change the mode from ‘Heading’ to ‘Locked Course’ mode and

Operation of IS15 Compass 20220760L 47 Magnetic variation [Var] This is a sub-screen to the Heading display. The IS15 instruments automatically read

IS15 General Manual 20220760L 3 Contents 1 INTRODUCTION...

IS15 General Manual 48 20220760L If you want to change the set course apply short presses on the or button to set the next course to steer to port

Technical Specifications 20220760L 49 5 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS See page 56 for NMEA information. 5.1 IS15 Combi and IS15 Multi Speed Functions Sp

IS15 General Manual 50 20220760L True and Apparent Wind Speed Functions Wind Speed Units Knots, m/s, km/h or Beaufort Scale Wind Speed Display 0 to

Technical Specifications 20220760L 51 Waypoint Functions Waypoint Identity 13 Alpha-Numeric characters Waypoint Bearings 0 to 359° (True or Magne

IS15 General Manual 52 20220760L 5.2 IS15 Compass Heading Functions Heading Display (Digital) Heading Resolution 0 to 359° 1° Heading Display (Analo

Technical Specifications 20220760L 53 Speed/temp transducer, TB2 Pulse rate 4.8 Hz/knot Power supply TB1 10.8 –15.6V 5.4 IS15 Expander General Po

IS15 General Manual 54 20220760L 5.5 Instrument Software Information V1R1: Beta version, not used in ordinary production. V1R2: First production ver

Technical Specifications 20220760L 55 • Increased damping of wind display at level 2, 3 and 4. • Increased damping of boat speed at level 2 and 3.

NMEA messages and data overview for IS15 Remarks:Message ident.HDG(HDM)HDTRSAMWV (VWR) (DBK) DBT DPT MTWVHW VLWGGA GLL RMA RMC VTG ZDA (

Technical Specifications 20220760K 57 5.7 Display head and Transceiver dimensions 110 mm [4,33"]21 mm[0,83"]30 mm[1,18"]85 mm Dia[3,35

IS15 General Manual 4 20220760L 5.5 Instrument Software Information...54 5.6 NMEA messages

IS15 General Manual 58 20220760K 5.8 Transducer dimensions Ø 75 mmØ 75 mmØ 51 mm89 mm5 mm2"-12 UNthreadsFigure 5-3 P19 Depth Transducer Ø 75

Technical Specifications 20220760K 59 Ø78 mmØ 75 mmØ 51 mm5 mm2"-12 UNthreads14 mm35 mm Figure 5-7 ST650/B17 Speed/Temp. Transducer Ø79 mmØ 80 mm

IS15 General Manual 60 20220760K Ø 38 mmM22 x 1.5threadsØ 62 mm29 mm127 mm79 mm Figure 5-11 SS505 Depth Transducer Ø 51 mm2"-12 UNthreads140 mm

Installation 20220760L 61 6 INSTALLATION 6.1 General This section provides detailed information required to successfully install an IS15 Instrument

IS15 General Manual 62 20220760L 1. Do not remove the protection film on the display before the installation and setup is completed. 2. Carefully pos

Installation 20220760L 63 6.3 System layout Basic SDT-1 System Speed/temp transducerDepthtransducerSupply 10,8-15,6VDCSIMRADIS15 Combi10 m (33'

IS15 General Manual 64 20220760L SDT-2 System SIMR AD*IS15 MultiSIMR AD****IS15 Multi0.3m (1')NMEA inputfrom GPS/Chart plotterOutput on NMEAto a

Installation 20220760L 65 6.5 Transducers Follow carefully the instructions that come with the speed/temp. and depth transducers. Mounting Guideline

IS15 General Manual 66 20220760L 6.6 Cabling Figure 6-5 Interconnection – Principle diagram Choosing the Cable Routes After you have decided on th

Installation 20220760L 67 SIMRADINSTR. #1SIMRADIS15TRANSCEIVERINSTR. #730m (99')Max 7 instrument headsTotal length of all Roblink cables, max. 3

Introduction 20220760L 5 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 The Basic IS15 System A basic stand alone IS15 SDT-1 (tri-data) system is shown in Figure 1-1. It compr

IS15 General Manual 68 20220760L Securing the connectors It is recommended that for extra security you secure the connectors with the enclosed self-t

Installation 20220760L 69 Interconnections Connection between the instrument head and the IS15 Transceiver is made by the 10 m (33’) Roblink cable su

IS15 General Manual 70 20220760L Connecting a Simrad Robertson “X” series autopilot NMEA Out This connection will provide speed and depth input to th

Installation 20220760L 71 Connecting a Simrad XX32/XX40/XX50 series GPS Plotter NMEA out This will provide the chart plotter with speed, depth, tempe

IS15 General Manual 72 20220760L Figure 6-13 Connection to AP12H/AP14H Autopilot Figure 6-14 Connection to AP12R/AP14R Autopilot RFC35N (NMEA) and RF

Installation 20220760L 73 6.9 IS15 Transceiver This unit contains the depth and the speed/temperature electronics. The power supply (battery) and th

IS15 General Manual 74 20220760L Figure 6-17 Depth Transducer connections When installing Airmar depth transducers with a 200KHz-G designator, a 2

Installation 20220760L 75 Power connection There is no power cable supplied for the Transceiver. Use a cable with minimum wire gauge of 1.5mm2 (AWG14

IS15 General Manual 76 20220760L Speed/temp transducerDepthtransducerSupply 10,8-15,6VDCSIMRA DWindTransducer*SIMRA D***IS15 Multi (Speed)SIM RADSIMR

Installation 20220760L 77 SIMRADSimradCE-TypeChart Plotter/Echo Sounderor CA Multi-function radar*1.SIMRAD***Roblink cable with connectorOptional ex

IS15 General Manual 6 20220760L The IS15 Instrument System uses a single cable to carry power and data between the IS15 Transceiver and the instrumen

IS15 General Manual 78 20220760L SIMRADSimradCE-TypeChart Plotter/Echo Sounderor CA Multi-function radar*SIMRADSIMRAD*12V Supply****Speed/temp trans

Installation 20220760L 79 6.11 IS15 Expander Mounting The IS15 Expander is not waterproof and should be mounted vertically in a dry place with the c

IS15 General Manual 80 20220760L Speed/temp transducerDepthtransducerSupply 10,8-15,6VDCWindTransducer*** *IS15 MultiSIM RADSIM RAD* *0,3m (1')1

Installation 20220760L 81 Total length of Roblink cables The IS15 Expander can drive a total of 8 instrument heads. They can be connected to J1 (port

IS15 General Manual 82 20220760L Transducers and Power connections Figure 6-26 IS15 Expander – Connector and terminal locations Refer also to Figur

Installation 20220760L 83 Figure 6-27 NMEA out The NMEA “listeners” must be connected to either TB6 or TB7. Figure 6-28 NMEA in The NMEA “talkers”

IS15 General Manual 84 20220760L Interfacing to a Simrad AP11 or AP 20 series autopilot Use a single cable with two twisted pairs of wire for this co

Installation 20220760L 85 Connecting a Simrad XX32/XX40/XX50 series GPS Plotter Use a single cable containing two twisted pairs of wires if you need

IS15 General Manual 86 20220760L Connecting a Simrad AP12 or AP14 Autopilot NMEA Out (TX2, RX2) This connection will provide speed and wind data to t

Installation 20220760L 87 Setting-Up Follow the instructions in Section 7 and in the IS15 Wind Manual, section 6. Expanding the system You may add an

Introduction 20220760L 7 • IS15 Expander (P/N 22092431) IS15 Expander is an upgraded version of the IS15 Transceiver. In addition to electronics fo

IS15 General Manual 88 20220760L Speed/temp transducerDepthtransducerSupply 10,8-15,6VDCWindTransducer**10m (33')30m (99')10m (33')10m

Setting-Up 20220760L 89 7 SETTING-UP 7.1 First time turn on Note ! Always turn on all NMEA “listeners” and “talkers” connected to the system before

IS15 General Manual 90 20220760L Note ! When an instrument is replaced it is important that a Master Reset has been made on the new one before it is

Setting-Up 20220760L 91 1. Press the button and hold for 10 seconds to access the Installation Menu. 2. Apply a short press on the or button to s

IS15 General Manual 92 20220760L Use the above procedure and flowchart as reference when accessing installation screens and adjusting the settings. 7

Setting-Up 20220760L 93 Screen 3 SHOP MODE The instrument has a demonstration mode that can be activated by selecting ‘Shop Mode’ On. This function i

IS15 General Manual 94 20220760L Screen 6 ROBLINK TEST Test screen on IS15 Combi only. This screen is used for trouble shooting. Refer to Chapter 8.

Setting-Up 20220760L 95 Screen 2 DEPTH OFFSET When the depth offset is set to zero, the indicated depth is from the transducer to the bottom. If you

IS15 General Manual 96 20220760L Screen 3 LOG CALIBRATION USING SOG With a GPS connected to the system the log can easily be calibrated using the Spe

Setting-Up 20220760L 97 7.6 Temperature Screen Group Screen 1 TEMP. UNIT One of the following temperature units may be selected: IS Combi and IS15 M