Teletype GPS Marine User manual

Marine Manual

Version 022005

TeleType GPS Navigation Software

Version 022005

TeleType Co.

TeleType GPS software is the most flexible and fully featured GPS

enabled mapping software available for Windows CE and Pocket

PC. The same software also supports desktop and laptop systems.

TeleType offers a variety of software & receiver combinations for

worldwide land, air, and water navigation. TeleType's complete

catalog is available online at www.teletype.com.

Table of Contents

Part I Introduction 3

................................................................................................................................... 31 Disclaimer

................................................................................................................................... 32 Welcome

................................................................................................................................... 33 Quick Start Guide

................................................................................................................................... 44 Important Information about Marine Maps

................................................................................................................................... 55 Glossary

Part II Software Installation 7

................................................................................................................................... 71 Installing Marine Charts

Part III How-to-Guide 9

................................................................................................................................... 91 Locking into position

................................................................................................................................... 92 Loading Marine Charts

................................................................................................................................... 113 Unloading Marine Charts

................................................................................................................................... 124 Exporting Marine Charts

.......................................................................................................................................................... 13Transfer Maps to PDA

.......................................................................................................................................................... 14Manage Maps

................................................................................................................................... 155 Changing Navigation

................................................................................................................................... 166 Loading Other Maps

................................................................................................................................... 187 Adding / Deleting Waypoints

................................................................................................................................... 218 Planning a Trip

................................................................................................................................... 239 Loading a Trip

................................................................................................................................... 2410 Editing a Trip

................................................................................................................................... 2511 Starting a Trip

................................................................................................................................... 2612 Using the Simulator

................................................................................................................................... 2713 Set Marine Preferences

................................................................................................................................... 2814 Viewing Marine Navigation Details

................................................................................................................................... 3015 Viewing information about Nautical Objects

Part IV Appendixes 35

................................................................................................................................... 351 Keyboard Shortcuts

................................................................................................................................... 362 Parameters

................................................................................................................................... 363 Marine Legend

................................................................................................................................... 374 FAQ

IContents

I

Part I

Introduction 3

1Introduction

1.1 Disclaimer

It is the user's responsibility to use the product prudently. This product is intended to be used only as a

travel aid and must not be used for any purpose requiring precise measurement of direction, distance,

location, or topography. This product should not be used to determine ground proximity for aircraft

navigation.

For use in vehicles and vessels, it is the sole responsibility of the owner/operator of the TeleType GPS

to place and secure the GPS unit so that it will not interfere with the vehicle operating controls and

safety devices, obstruct the driver's or captain's view of driving/marine conditions, or cause damage or

personal injury in the event of an accident. Do not mount the GPS equipment or computer in a place

where the driver or passengers are likely to impact it in an accident or collision. The mounting

hardware supplied by TeleType Co. is not warranted against collision damage or the consequences

thereof.

When used in vehicles, it is the sole responsibility of the driver or captain to operate the vehicle or

vessel in a safe manner, maintain full surveillance of all driving conditions at all times, and not become

distracted by the GPS system to the exclusion of safe driving/marine practices. It is unsafe to operate

the controls of the GPS system while you are driving or piloting. Failure by the driver of a vehicle or

captain of a vessel equipped with a TeleType GPS system to pay full attention to operation of the

vehicle and road conditions while the vehicle is in motion could result in an accident or collision with

property damage and personal injury.

IN NO EVENT SHALL TELETYPE CO BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR

CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER RESULTING FROM THE USE , MISUSE, OR INABILITY

TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR FROM DEFECTS IN THE PRODUCT. SOME STATES DO NOT

ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE

LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

1.2 Welcome

This manual will help you install and use the converted ENC vector map charts on your PC, Tablet PC,

and Pocket PC.

Note

- Helpful hints and suggestions.

Tip

- Handy shortcuts, functions, or new features within the program.

Warning

- Advice requiring special attention.

1.3 Quick Start Guide

(for PDA use with your GPS receiver)

Preparing for your first Marine to Land trip with TeleType GPS:

1. Install TeleType GPS Pro program to PC (see

Software Documentation

)

2. Install all maps to PC (see

Installing Marine Charts

for Marine maps and

Software Documentation

for Street maps)

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3. Sync PC to PDA

4. Install program to PDA (see

Software Documentation

)

5. Activate the TeleType GPS Pro application on the PC.

6. Using the Manage Maps function, transfer the maps you would like to use on your PDA. See

Exporting Marine Charts

for more information on transferring both street and marine maps. (

Note:

This requires an Active Sync connection)

7. Remove PDA from cradle/sync.

8. Insert CF receiver or pair bluetooth receiver (see

Locking into position

)

9. Activate TeleType GPS on the PDA

Navigating on Water:

1. To begin your marine trip, make sure you are in Marine Navigation (select

Tools > Navigation >

Marine

)

2. Load the appropriate maps (see

Loading Marine Charts

)

3. Set Marine Preferences (see

Set Marine Preferences

)

4. Plan your trip (see

Planning a Trip

)

5. Once your position is locked (see

Locking into position

) you can set out on your trip.

6. You may change preferences, zoom level, or even waypoints while traveling to best suit your needs.

Navigating on Land:

1. Once you arrive at your destination port, it is simple to begin street navigation (select

Tools >

Navigation > Street

)

2. You may create a route to an address (similar to creating a Trip, see

Software Documentation

)

3. You can search for a hotel, restaurant, or address by selecting

Tools > Find

and entering the

appropriate criteria. This will add the location to your waypoints. You can even route directly from

your locked in position to any waypoint you have added. For more information, see

Software Documentation

. (

Note:

Commercial business lookup may require purchase of Yellow

Pages Premium, sold separately).

1.4 Important Information about Marine Maps

·

Marine maps help provide information to users about various waterways and their surrounding

areas. However, marine maps do not provide information about water temperature.

·

The program is unable to create routes specifically on waterways (as street navigation would on

highways), unless a ferry route is available. However, there are alternatives to planning a route via

waterway, see

Plotting a Course

for more details.

·

You will not be able to find a specific body of water by name, rather you will need to search using

waypoint coordinates. You will need to know the approximate location of the body of water, such as

a nearby city or state, load the maps for that particular area, perform a manual search. For more

information on how to load maps, see

Loading Marine Maps

.

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1.5 Glossary

Active Sync

- The Microsoft software that allows your PDA to communicate with your PC.

PC

- Personal computer. Desktop or laptop computer typically used in connection with a PDA.

PDA

- Personal Digital Assistant, such as an HP iPaq or Dell Axim Pocket PC.

Synchronize (Sync)

- The process by which the PDA is connected to the PC through its cradle or

cable. Typically handled by the Microsoft ActiveSync software provided with your PDA. The latest

version of ActiveSync can also be downloaded from

Microsoft's web site

.

Waypoints

- Waypoints are used to mark locations for future reference, and to mark turns as part of a

route. Waypoints can be used to plan a route as well. For more information on waypoints, see the

section on

Adding / Deleting Waypoints

. For information on waypoint routing, see the section on

Plotting a Course

.

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Software Installation 7

2Software Installation

2.1 Installing Marine Charts

Install TeleType GPS Pro program prior to attempting

installation of marine maps.

It is recommended that you close all other programs before

installation. This will ensure proper installation of the marine

maps.

Steps:

1. If you have not installed TeleType GPS Pro program, please refer back to the TeleType GPS Pro

program manual for instructions on installing the software. If you installed TeleType GPS Pro program,

please proceed to step 2.

2. Eject the TeleType GPS Pro program CD from your computer.

3. Insert the Marine Maps disc into the CD-ROM drive of your computer.

4. The Marine Maps disc in your computer should auto-run and a window will come up on your screen.

5. Follow the on-screen instructions.

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How-to-Guide 9

3How-to-Guide

3.1 Locking into position

·

GPS receivers function by line of sight, meaning they function best in an area with a clear and

unobstructed view of the sky. In some cases you may prefer to connect an external antenna and

place it in such an area. Please note that TeleType GPS receivers are neither waterproof nor water

resistant. If no antenna is available, you may need to try areas below deck that still have a view of

the sky or protect your unit accordingly. See GPS Receiver documentation for more help.

·

To see the satellite signal strength, click/tap on

Tools > GPS Status

and then select the "

Status

"

tab. At the bottom of the window will be a list of satellites and their signal strength indicated with

vertical blue bars. Depending on your location and the signal strength, it may take up to 10 minutes

to lock in for the first time. You need at least 4 satellites to lock in. Please note if you are inside, you

will not see any satellites listed. In addition, please make sure that you set your PDA clock to local

time and date accurate to within 1 hour.

·

If you are outside and have a clear view of the sky and still do not see any satellites listed, click/tap

on the "

Status

" tab. You should see strings of data scrolling through the center of your screen. If you

do not, please make sure that your receiver is connected securely to your PDA, the COM port is

correct for your PDA, and the baud rate is set to 4800 bps (may differ if you use third party

receivers). If you do not know the correct port, select

Find GPS Port

. If

Find GPS Port

does not

work either, try each port manually. Do this by selecting a COM port from the list and

clicking/tapping "

Open Port.

" If correct, data should scroll up the screen. If, after checking all ports,

data still fails to scroll, perform a soft reset on your PDA, and try again. Upon opening the program,

data should be scrolling automatically. If data still does not scroll, please visit the

TeleType FAQ page

for suggestions.

3.2 Loading Marine Charts

To load Marine maps

If you currently have Street or Aviation Navigation and Maps on your TeleType Pro GPS screen, please

unload the street and/or aviation maps, then switch to Marine Navigation, and then load the Marine

maps that you need. For information on how to change navigation and change maps, please go to

sections

Changing Navigation and

Loading Other Maps

.

In order to use Marine maps, you must be in Marine

Navigation mode.

Before you can load the Marine maps on to the screen, you

must unload the street and aviation maps first, and then

change to Marine Navigation.

When you change your navigation to Marine, the menu at the top should look like the picture below.

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Two methods for Loading Marine Charts

Method 1 - File names are known:

Select Marine Navigation mode. Then select desired marine maps by clicking on

File

and then clicking

on

Load

and

Load Map

. A small window will come up. At this small window you may select the maps

that you would like to load (maps will appear in a format similar to this example: US3AK8CM_mc.ttm).

Now, you have loaded the Marine Charts. You will need to select what you want to see in the

Marine

Preferences

. For more information about setting the Marine Preferences (such as map detail and

sounding options), please see section

Set Marine Preferences.

Method 2 - File names are unknown:

After changing the navigation mode, you can select what Marine charts you need by clicking on

Marine

and then clicking on

Load Chart.

A small window will come up the screen asking you to select which

chart you would like to load.

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Browse for marine maps when filename is known

Now, you have loaded the Marine Charts. You will need to select the desired level of detail you want to

display using the

Marine Preferences

. For more information about setting the Marine Preferences,

please see section

Set Marine Preferences.

Failure to properly set Marine Preference may result in the

inability to see Nautical Objects on the display

3.3 Unloading Marine Charts

To unload Marine Maps

Unloading maps is the process of removing them from

view; these maps will remain on your computer for future

use.

There are several ways to unload maps from view:

1. To unload maps from the program, select

File

, and select

Manage Maps

. Now select

Unload All

to

unload all the maps you currently have loaded. This will leave only the basemap loaded (such as

us_place.ttm), and unload all other maps. This will also unload any route you may have generated.

You may also select one map at a time from the displayed list and select

Unload Selected Map

.

To unload multiple maps and not all the maps, you may press the

ctrl

key on the keyboard or tap

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the

ctrl

button in your keyboard panel on your PDA.

2. You can unload a map by right-clicking (tapping and holding) on an area and selecting

Load/Unload Maps

from the menu that appears. Then choose

Unload Maps

and select the type of

maps you wish to unload.

3. If you are using the

Auto Load

maps feature, the street or aviation maps for an area will

automatically be unloaded when you leave an area (

Note:

This feature is only available for street

and aviation mode).

Manage Maps Window

3.4 Exporting Marine Charts

There are two ways to export maps to your PDA. If you would like to export street maps to the PDA,

you may use the

Transfer

function. If you would like to export marine maps, you may use the

Manage

Maps

feature. For more information about the transfer function and the manage maps feature, please

see

Transfer

and

Manage Maps

sections.

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3.4.1 Transfer Maps to PDA

Transfer Maps window - Use this to export

street maps to either the main memory or

the storage card of your PDA.

This window will allow you to transfer the maps for all or part of a US state, Canadian province, and all

of a European country to the PDA. The

Refresh

button allows TeleType GPS software to recognize the

PDA if it was not synchronized before opening this window.

The PDA must be in the cradle and synchronized with the PC

for software to recognize your PDA and for the maps to

transfer correctly.

To copy an entire state, check the "select all counties" box

and click Transfer.

To transfer maps to the PDA, follow these steps:

1.

Select

country

from the country list.

2.

Select the state whose maps you want to transfer.

3.

Select the counties you wish to transfer, or tap or click on the box by

Select All Counties

to

highlight all of the maps for that state.

4.

Select the

Setting

button to choose which types of maps (streets, highways, terrain or Yellow

Pages) you would like to transfer.

5.

Select where (Storage Card or Main Memory) you would like to store maps on the PDA. If you

have just inserted your memory card, use the

Refresh

button to view it in the "Select Storage"

menu.

6.

Select

Transfer

and wait for the maps to finish copying. If you selected a large number of

maps or a large state it can take a considerable amount of time to copy.

The Setting option will only be available when transferring

maps of the United States.

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3.4.2 Manage Maps

Note that you cannot export marine maps to the PDA using the

Transfer

function. Instead, use the

Manage Maps

feature to export marine maps to your PDA.

Manage Maps window

1.

Load all the maps you wish to use on your mobile device into the TeleType GPS software on your

PC (See

Loading Marine Maps

).

2.

Select

File

, then

Manage Maps

.

3.

You now have several options:

·

Export Maps to PC

will export all of the currently loaded maps to a directory of your choice on

the PC. They will be copied to the specified directory with the correct directory structure. This is

useful to organize your maps before a trip.

·

To export the maps directly to your PDA, make sure your PDA is currently recognized by

Microsoft ActiveSync, and tap or click on

Export Maps to PDA

.

·

If you wish to export the maps to your PDA's main memory, select

Main Memory

from the

menu that pops up and then press

Transfer

.

·

If you wish to export the maps to a storage card on the PDA, select

Storage Card

from the

menu that appears and press

Transfer

. If the storage card option does not appear, check your

connections and press

Refresh

.

Export Maps to PDA window

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4. Once the files are copied, you will now be able to load all the maps needed for your trip on your

mobile device.

Exporting maps copies the selected maps to the appropriate

location on the PDA. You will still need to follow the normal

procedure for

loading marine maps

once the maps are on the

PDA.

3.5 Changing Navigation

To change the navigation, you can go to

Tools -> Navigation

. Then check the type of navigation that

you want.

The following is a brief description of each of the different types of navigation.

Marine Navigation

Selecting Marine Navigation will allow you to load, display, and edit parameters for marine maps.

Parameters are described in greater detail in the

Parameters

section.

Marine Navigation will display Marine maps and view detailed information about locations of known

ship wrecks, buoys, rocks underneath the ocean, ferry routes, and docks. For more information on

how to use this feature, please see section

Viewing information about Nautical Objects

.

Aviation Navigation

Selecting Aviation Navigation will allow you to load and view aviation maps. Note that you must

purchase Aviation maps from TeleType GPS for this function to work. For more information on

available settings, refer to the Aviation Manual.

Street Navigation

Street Navigation is used for creating and viewing routes on roads across the world. Features include

audible directions, auto load/unload of maps, door to door salesman routing and much more. For

more information on street navigation, refer to the TeleType GPS Pro software guide.

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3.6 Loading Other Maps

To load other maps

In order to load street maps or aviation maps, make sure you

change your navigation mode.

There are several different methods to load maps using your TeleType GPS Pro software:

1.

To load maps, open the TeleType GPS software. You should see a base map showing city points

in your country. (If you do not see this, you need to load

YourCountry_place.ttm

where

YourCountry

is replaced by the name of your country by using Option #2 below.) Zoom in

towards the area you wish to see in a detailed view.

2.

You may also click/tap on

File > Load > Load Map

to select a particular map to load. (Useful for

loading country

basemaps and to manually load any regular maps).

Manually load maps using the above menu.

3.

Maps for a single area can also be loaded by right-clicking on the map (tapping and holding on

PDA) on a particular location and selecting

Load/Unload

from the shortcut menu. Then you can

choose exactly which type of maps to load or unload for a particular area.

4. With the Auto Load feature enabled, the software will automatically load local maps and/or Yellow

Pages/POIs when you drive, fly, or navigate into an area, and unload them when you leave the

area, based on your preference.

5. Alternatively, if you wish to load a large area at one time, select

File > Load > Load in View.

From the

Load in View

, you may choose to load

Street Maps

,

Highway Only

,

Weather Maps

,

TOPO

, and/or

Aerial

. This will fill in the area you can see with the appropriate maps.

The following is a brief description of each type of map:

•

Street Maps

will load the detailed street maps of all towns and cities in the center of your

screen.

•

Highway Only

will load only the highway maps for the states in the center of your screen.

•

Weather Maps

will load detailed weather information from the National Doppler Radar

Service Image.

•

Traffic Maps

will load information about traffic accidents and road construction sites.

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•

Topographic Maps

will load a detailed map that displays elevation, forests, and

streams, and other objects. For more information regarding Topographic maps, see the

TOPO symbols section.

•

Aerial

will load a s

atellite photo of the area, displaying an overhead view of the terrian.

Weather, Traffic, Topographic, and Aerial maps are Add-ons that

need to be purchased separately from TeleType GPS.

On your laptop/desktop, draw a box around an area you wish to load using the left mouse button or

stylus. Once the box is drawn, right-click (tap once on the PDA) inside the box to load the maps within

that box. To unload, after the box is drawn, right-click (tap) outside the box. Left-clicking (tapping)

inside the box will zoom in, and left-clicking (tapping) outside of the box will zoom out. See the table

below for a summary of these functions.

Left-click / Tap

Right-click / Tap

Inside Box

Zoom into box area

Load maps in box

Outside Box

Zoom out of box area

Unload maps in box

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Note that the Right-click commands are

only

for street

navigation, not for marine.

During install, maps are copied to the hard drive but still need

to be loaded into the TeleType GPS software as described

above so you can view them.

To accommodate the limited memory on PDA devices, maps

are only installed to the desktop computer. You will then

decide which maps to export to the PDA and loaded into the

software.

If maps are being loaded from a storage card, that storage

card must remain in the PDA for the program to operate

properly.

The

basemap for a country will have to be loaded manually by

going to

File > Load > Load Maps

once it has been exported

to the PDA.

Weather, Traffic, and Temporary Flight Restriction Maps are

paid subscriptions and required passwords for access.

3.7 Adding / Deleting Waypoints

A

waypoint is a position marker that can be used to help create a route or simply to mark a position for

future reference. You can create waypoints regardless of whether the GPS receiver is active or

inactive.

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