20 ST8002 SmartPilot Controller Operating Guide
What is a Wind Shift warning?
If the autopilot detects a wind shift of more than 15° it will sound the wind shift
warning and display the WIND SHIFT message:
• To cancel the warning, and retain the existing wind angle and new heading,
press
standby and auto together.
• Alternatively, to cancel the warning and return to the previous heading:
• adjust the locked wind angle using the rotary control.
• press
standby to return to hand steering, steer onto the required head-
ing, and press
standby and auto together to return to Wind Vane mode
with the new wind angle.
Operating hints for Wind Vane mode
• Always trim your sails carefully to minimize the amount of standing helm.
• Reef the headsail and mainsail a little early rather than too late.
• In Wind Vane mode the SmartPilot will react to long-term wind shifts, but will
not correct for short-term changes such as gusts.
• In gusty and unsteady inshore conditions, it is best to sail a few degrees fur-
ther off the wind so that changes in wind direction can be tolerated.
2.3 How do I display boat data?
Use the disp button to show ‘data pages’ of SeaTalk or NMEA data:
1. Press disp to access the first data page, and press it again to cycle through
each data page in turn:
• when you cycle past the last data page, the display returns to the current
SmartPilot mode screen (for example, AUTO).
• 4 data pages are set in the factory as a default (see diagram): within User
setup you can select up to 15 pages and control the information they dis-
play (see
SmartPilot Commissioning Guide
).
Notes: (1)
If the SmartPilot system cannot obtain the required information, the data
page will show dashes instead of a value.
(2)
The direction-to-steer arrows relate to the data page information.
(3)
Most data pages show repeated data so you cannot adjust them: the
exceptions are the
RESPONSE
and
RUDDER GAIN
data pages,
which you can adjust using the
up/down
arrow buttons
