MS CYGNUS LEADER

ECDIS
COMMONLY USED OPERATIONS

MAKING ROUTE

BY TABLE EDITOR
MENU → ROUTE → PLANNING → TABLE EDITOR → NEW → THEN ENTER LAT. &
LONG. → WHEN COMPLETED → SAVE → AND INPUT FILE/ROUTE NAME → OK.

BY GRAPHIC EDITOR
MENU → ROUTE → PLANNING → GRAPHIC EDITOR → NEW → THEN DRAG
CURSOR TO DESIRED POSITION → THEN LEFT CLICK MOUSE TO FIX THE
POSITION, REPEAT THIS STEP UNTIL COMPLETED ENTERING DESIRED WAYPOINTS
→ AFTER COMPLETION OF ENTERING WAYPOINTS, RIGHT CLICK MOUSE → CLICK
ABORT → THEN SAVE → AND INPUT FILE/ROUTE NAME → OK.

SELECTING SAVED ROUTE

MENU → ROUTE → SELECT ROUTE → CLICK DESIRED ROUTE → OK.

OR ON DISPLAY/MONITOR, CLICK ARROW ON ROUTE THEN SELECT DESIRED

ROUTE.

DELETING SAVED ROUTE

MENU → TOOL → FILE MANAGER → SELECT DESIRED ROUTE TO DELETE → THEN

CLICK DELETE.

UPDATING ECDIS CHART PORTFOLIO WITH UPDATE CD

MENU → EXIT → OK → CHART PORTFOLIO → OK → INSERT UPDATE CD → AUTO

DETECT → (OR SOMETIMES AUTOMATICALLY WILL APPEAR) → THEN CLICK
IMPORT/UPDATE → AND ECDIS WILL UPDATE SYSTEM AND WAIT UNTIL
COMPLETED. YOU CAN CLICK LOG TO VIEW PREVIOUS UPDATES AND CURRENT
OR ONGOING UPDATE → WHEN COMPLETED UPDATING, CLICK EXIT → OK →
THEN CLICK NAVIGATION & PLANNING TO GO BACK TO NAVIGATION &
PLANNING MODE.

IF IN DOUBT AND NEED ASSISTANCE..CONSULT OR READ THE MANUAL!

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S P A S (SHIP PERFORMANCE ANALYZING SYSTEM)

FREQUENTLY USED OPERATIONS

MAKING / EDITING SPAS

1. OPEN SPAS
2. SELECT OPERATION. DEPARTURE REPORT(START ABLOG), NOON
REPORT, OR ARRIVAL REPORT(ENDING ABLOG).
3. ENTER REQUIRED DATAS.
4. CLICK OK.
5. SAVE CHANGES, THEN OK.
6. CLICK “CHECK.” CHECK THE ABLOG (ABSTRACT LOG) FOR MISTAKES IF
ANY.
7. CLICK BACK.
8. THEN CLICK SYSTEM EXIT.
9. AFTER EXIT, LZH FILE WILL APPEAR ON MONITOR, JUST CLOSE IT.
10. UPDATED SPAS FILE NOW IS READY TO SEND.

PREPARING SPAS FILE FOR SENDING

NOTE: THE MASTER IS THE ONE SENDING ALL E-MAIL MESSAGES. 2/MATE ONLY
TO PREPARE.

1. ON AMMOS CONNECT EMAIL, CLICK NEW MESSAGE (NEW MSG).

2. ADDRESS SELECTION WILL APPEAR.
3. LOCATE SPAS DATA THEN SELECT.
4. CLICK TO:
5. CLICK CLOSE
6. ON SUBJECT FIELD, TYPE, ABSTRACT LOG / CYGNUS LEADER .
7. CLICK ATTACH.
8. CLICK MY COMPUTER, DOUBLE CLICK OR CLICK OPEN.
9. CLICK C:DRIVE S3A4031D502, DOUBLE CLICK OR CLICK OPEN.
10. CLICK ABLOG, DOUBLE CLICK OR CLICK OPEN.
11. CLIK LZH, DOUBLE CLICK OR CLICK OPEN.
12. CLICK LATEST SPAS FILE (LZH FILE).
13. CLICK OPEN. LZH SPAS FILE IS NOW ATTACHED ON EMAIL MSG. NO NEED
TO WRITE MESSAGES IN MESSAGE FIELD, JUST THE SUBJECT AND THE
ATTACHED LZH SPAS FILE.
14. CLICK SEND.

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EXPORTING AND PRINTING SPAS ABSTRACT LOG (ABLOG)

1. WHEN VOYAGE IS COMPLETED, CHECK THE ABSTRACT LOG IN SPAS CHECK

FUNCTION. AFTER CHECKING AND SATISFIED, FIX THE ABSTRACT LOG.
ONCE YOU FIXED IT, YOU CANNOT AMEND IT ONBOARD. ANY
AMENDMENTS NEEDED AFTER FIXING MUST BE SENT TO SPAS SUPPORT.
PLEASE SEE SPAS MANUAL AND SPAS SUPPORT INSTRUCTION FOR
DETAILED PROCEDURE.
2. AFTER FIXING ABLOG, CLICK EXPORT.
3. MY DOCUMENTS, SPAS ABLOG WILL APPEAR. NAME THE ABLOG FILE AND
SAVE. SAVE IT IN VOYAGE FOLDER.
4. PRINT THE ABSTRACT LOG RECENTLY COMPLETED. LOCATED IN MY
DOCUMENTS, SPAS ABLOG FOLDER, THEN FILE IT IN SPAS FILE FOLDER
FOR A HARDCOPY ONBOARD.

IF IN DOUBT OR NEED ASSISTANCE ..CONSULT OR READ THE MANUAL!

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