271.148 580.hbe

Geamar 120 ISL
Integrated Monitoring and Control System
User Manual
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STN ATLAS Marine Electronics GmbH

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Geamar 120 ISL
User Manual
Purpose
This manual describes how the software of the Integrated Monitoring and Control System
Geamar 120 ISL works, and how to operate it.
Since the manual is general for Geamar 120 ISL, some information and mentioned
functions or features may not be used in your specific installation.
The exact and specific features of your particular installation is found in the project specific
documentation.
Document Versions
This document was printed on 16.10.2000 at 16:41.
Version 1.0 dated 10.09.1999, Melzer

First version.
Version 1.1 dated 07.01.2000, Melzer

Company logo changed. Small corrections.
Version 1.2 dated 19.07.2000, Ackermann

Complete revision.
This manual is copyrighted and all rights are reserved. This document may
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electronic medium or machine readable form without prior consent, in
writing, from STN ATLAS Marine Electronics company. The information in
this manual is subject to change without notice.
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Contents
Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Document Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.1 Organization of the manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.2 Syntax and typographical conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.3 Chapter contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.4 Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.5 Definitions and Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.6 Abbreviations and acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2 System hardware description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2.1 Geamar 120 ISL main components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.2 Application examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.3 A "Stand Alone" alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.4 A "Basic" Alarm System for "Unattended Machinery Space" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.5 An "Extended" Alarm System for "Unattended Machinery Space" . . . . . . . . . . 20
3 System functional description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

3.1 General introduction to the Geamar 120 ISL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.2 Alarm announcement and acknowledgement in general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3.3 Disabling undesired alarms (cut-out) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3.3.1 Manual cut-out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3.3.2 Automatic cut-out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3.4 Alarm groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3.5 The Duty Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3.5.1 Duty Engineer watch system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.5.2 Selection of duty engineer / back-up engineer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.5.3 The DUTY LED, function overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.5.4 Automatic Duty Call announcement at the alarm panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.5.5 All engineers call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3.5.6 Unattended alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3.5.7 Selectable watch-station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3.6 How alarms are indicated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.6.1 Alarm announcements on the operator panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3.6.2 Additional hardware signals for alarm announcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
3.7 Additional functions and facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
3.7.1 Calling System for Engineers (Assist Call) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
3.7.2 Dead Man Alarm Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
3.7.3 Integrated Sub Alarm Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
3.7.4 Interface to External Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
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3.8 The Geamar 120 ISL printer facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

3.8.1 Alarm/event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
3.8.2 Alarm List Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
3.8.3 Cut-out List Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
3.8.4 Normal and compressed Data Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
3.8.5 Print of reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
3.9 Printer hardware information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
3.9.1 Printer Time-out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3.10 Printer operational modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3.11 Printer selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
3.11.1 Managing different reports on one printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
3.12 The channel types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
3.12.1 In- and output channels of PMCSs (I/O) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
3.12.2 Monitoring channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
3.12.3 Alarm channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
3.12.4 Average channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
3.12.5 Event channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
3.13 Channel identifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
3.13.1 Channel Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
3.13.2 Channel text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
4 General description of the operator panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

4.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
4.2 Abbreviations used in this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
4.3 The operator panel types and purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
4.4 Basic design and lay-out of the operator panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
4.5 Hardware parts of the operator panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
4.6 The LCD Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
4.6.1 Display of numerical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
4.7 The keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
4.7.1 Softkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
4.7.2 Cursor and select Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
4.7.3 The [STOP HORN] & [ALARM ACKN] Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
4.7.4 Function / Mode selection keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
4.8 The buzzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
4.8.1 The voltage free output contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
4.9 The dimmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
4.10 Privileged Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
4.10.1 Constructing a Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
4.10.2 Entering a Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
5 Operating instructions for the panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

5.1 Available Modes for the Operator Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
5.1.1 Sub-alarm systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
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5.2 Basic mode (BAT 410.B, BAT 411.C, BAT 411.A, MCP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
5.3 Alarm list mode (BAT 410.B, BAT 411.C, BAT 411.A, MCP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
5.4 Additional list mode (BAT 410.B, BAT 411.C, BAT 411.A, MCP) . . . . . . . . . . . 69
5.4.1 Sub-mode "Suppressed" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
5.4.2 Sub-mode FAIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
5.4.3 Sub-mode ALARMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
5.5 Display Channel mode (BAT 410.B, BAT 411.C, BAT 411.A, MCP) . . . . . . . . 73
5.5.1 Select channel (no channels are displayed in the LCD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
5.5.2 Selecting a channel from the alarm or the cut-out list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
5.5.3 Viewing the channel parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
5.5.4 Sub-mode Edit (BAT 410.B, BAT 411.C and MCP only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
5.6 Watch Selection mode (BAT 410.B, BAT 411.C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
5.6.1 Select as WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
5.6.2 Attended / Unattended WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
5.7 Duty mode (BAT 410.B, BAT 411.C, BAT 411.A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
5.7.1 Reaction to [DUTY] - Cabin panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
5.7.2 Reaction to [DUTY] - Non Cabin Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
5.7.3 [DUTY] - Sub-modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
5.8 Assist Call mode (BAT 410.B, BAT 411.B, BAT 411.A, MCP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
5.9 Printer Control (BAT 410.B, BAT 411.C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
5.9.1 Sub-mode "Alarm List" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
5.9.2 Sub-mode "Add. List" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
5.9.3 Sub-mode "Printer Config " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
5.9.4 Sub-mode "Datalog" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
5.9.5 Sub-mode "Select Channel " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
5.9.6 Sub-mode "Changed Mon. Ch." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
5.9.7 Sub-mode "Alm. Sys. Report" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
5.9.8 Sub-mode "Report Status" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
5.10 Maintenance mode (BAT 410.B, BAT 411.C, BAT 411.A, MCP) . . . . . . . . . . . 99
5.10.1 Display time & date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
5.10.2 Version Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
5.10.3 Set time & date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
5.10.4 Lamp test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
5.10.5 Select UTC/LT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
5.10.6 Change password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
5.10.7 LOP-UCS control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
5.10.8 Store setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
5.11 Deadman mode (BAT 410.B, BAT 411.C, MCP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
5.11.1 Controlling the deadman system(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
5.11.2 Resetting the deadman timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
6 Description and operating instructions for the OWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

6.1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
6.1.1 Definitions and abbreviations used in this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
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6.2 Operational Principles and General Screen Lay-outs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

6.2.1 Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
6.2.2 General lay out of the screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
6.2.3 Screen Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
6.3 General use of keys and Pop-up Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
6.3.1 Use of function keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
6.3.2 Use of [ENTER] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
6.3.3 Use of [ESC] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
6.3.4 Use of [8], [9], [7], [6], [PAGE UP] and [PAGE DOWN] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
6.3.5 Use of [TAB] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
6.3.6 Use of [SPACE BAR] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
6.3.7 Use of [STOP HORN] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
6.3.8 Use of [ACKN] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
6.3.9 Pop-up Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
6.4 Main Modes for the EAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
6.4.1 Group Overview Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
6.4.2 Display of one Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
6.4.3 Alarm list Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
6.4.4 Additional List Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
6.4.5 Display Channel Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
6.4.6 Thermonitor Display Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
7 Trouble-shooting and Spare part Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

7.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
7.2 Failure detection in general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
7.3 System alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
7.3.1 Printer error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
7.3.2 ZM411 communication error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
7.3.3 Panel communication error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
7.3.4 PMCS hardware error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
7.3.5 Geamar 120 ISL database error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
7.3.6 ZM411 CPU alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
7.3.7 Extended Alarm Display error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
7.3.8 Operator Workstation error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
7.3.9 Tracker ball error (OWS only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
7.4 Spare part exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
7.4.1 Alarm Panel exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
7.4.2 ZM411 I/O-module exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
7.4.3 ZM411 CPU exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
7.4.4 Printer exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
7.4.5 Temperature conversion table for temperature sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
7.5 Assistance from STN ATLAS Marine Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
8 Journals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
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8.2 Printer locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
8.3 Journal definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
8.4 Grouping of measuring points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
8.5 Printouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
8.5.1 Start by User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
8.5.2 Start by Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
8.5.3 Start by time schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
8.6 Setup of the Journals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
8.6.1 Modifying an existing journal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
8.6.2 Print journal with fixed time/period (Scheduled Print Out) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
8.6.3 Creating a new jounal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
9 Printer List Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

9.1 General layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
9.1.1 Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
9.1.2 Standard header line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
9.1.3 Alarm system line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
9.1.4 The contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
9.1.5 The terminator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
9.2 Alarm/event log report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
9.2.1 Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
9.2.2 Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
9.2.3 Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
9.3 Alarm list report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
9.3.1 Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
9.3.2 Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
9.3.3 Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
9.4 Cut-out list Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
9.4.1 Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
9.4.2 Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
9.4.3 Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
9.5 Data log report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
9.5.1 Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
9.5.2 Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
9.5.3 Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
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1 Introduction
In this chapter, you will find general information about the user manual which
has been delivered with your Integrated Monitoring and Control System
Geamar 120 ISL.
It will tell you:
‘ how the manual is organized

‘ which typographical conventions has been used
‘ what information you may find in each chapter
‘ how to use the user manual for educating yourself
‘ definitions and terms used both general and specific in the manual.
1.1 Organization of the manual
The contents of the sections are a standard, which is the reason why some of
the sections in this manual may not be relevant to your system.
1.2 Syntax and typographical conventions
When describing a system such as the Geamar 120 ISL, it is necessary to

make use of expressions which may be unfamiliar to you in the beginning.
Most of the special terms will be explained to you as you read your way through
chapters 2, 3 and 4, but we have also provided a list of various definitions,
acronyms (shortforms) and abbreviations, which will be found in a seperate
section of this chapter.
The typographical conventions used in the manual is kept simple, but still it is
essential that you are sure to understand their meaning before reading the
instructions.
The following special signs are used for specific purposes:
[] (square brackets),
<> (triangular brackets),
{} (curly brackets),
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These signs are used as shown in the following examples:
Expression Explanation
[XXXX] Note that the text inside the brackets is written in capital
letters.
Describes an operator key on either a panel or a keyboard.
The text is the same text as on the key. The text can be
letters, digits or signs.
Example:
Press [ALARM LIST] to view the alarm list.
This means that you must press the key with the text
"ALARM LIST" written on it, in order to view the alarm list.
<password> Describes a text string of variable lenght by contents. The

text inside the brackets is not the actual text, but a
reference to a text which is individual to your specific
system. The lenght of the text is not specified by the
expression. The expression can refer to both text and
numbers.
Example:
The display will show <duty officer>.
This means that the display will show the name of the
selected duty officer.
{xxx} Describes a number with a fixed number of digits. The

number of letters inside the brackets describes the number
of digits. The number must not include any decimal point.
Example:
A channel number is entered as {yyy}.
This means that you must enter the number of a unit as a
three digit number, without any decimal point, and using
zeroes (0's) to fill the empty spaces, if the number is less
than 100 (e.g. 056)
{xxx.} Same as {xxx}, except you may place a decimal point at

any place in the number, or leave it out.
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ABCD Note that the expression is written in capital letters, and

bold types.
Describes a specific Geamar 120 ISL function, feature or
operational mode. The text can be in more than one word.
Example:
From any mode you can change to ALARM LIST mode by
pressing [ALARM LIST].
This means that you can jump to the "Alarm list"-mode
from whichever mode you are presently in, simply by
pressing [ALARM LIST].
1.3 Chapter contents
Chapters 2 and 3 of this manual are intended to give you some understanding
on how the Geamar 120 ISL alarm system works. In chapter 2 you will find a
general description of the alarm system's hardware modules and system
configurations, and chapter 3. will give you the necessary knowledge about the
features and functions of the system.
In chapter 4 you will find general information relating to the types of the
operating panels which are used in the system, describing how to use the
keyboard and to read the display.
It is advisable that you read chapters 2, 3 and 4 as they will introduce you to
the terms and expressions used later in the operating instructions.
The panel operating instructions are found in chapter 5. This will tell you what
can be done from the panels, and how to do it.
If your system includes one or more Operator Workstations (OWS, a full screen
operator station), the chapter 6 will give a full description on this, both
functional and operational.
In Chapter 8 you will find recommendations regarding trouble-shooting and

spare part exchange.
Chapter 9 describes the formats of the various possible lists that you can print
on the printers which are included in Geamar 120 ISL, and how to operate the
printer itself, but information on how to make the alarm system print the lists, is
found in the panel operating chapter.
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1.4 Getting started
This manual is a user's manual, and as such one it is also intended to teach
you how to use the Integrated Monitoring and Control System Geamar 120 ISL.
The best way to learn is 'by doing', but before you start 'doing' too much, we
advice that you read (or at least skim) through chapter 2, 3 and 4 to get some
basic knowledledge of the Geamar 120 ISL.
When you start 'doing'; - bring the manual to a panel (or an OWS), and try out
some of the functions described in the chapters covering the operating
instructions.
Some of the functions require that something has happened (e.g. you can not
acknowledge an alarm, if none has occured), but a lot of other functions are
available for trying.
Except from disturbing your colleagues, you can cause no harm in any way by
your 'doing', as it is not possible to make any vital changes in the system
without entering a password level.
So, in general, if you use a little of your time, you will soon get to know the
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1.5 Definitions and Terms
Accommodation Alarm System

An Accommodation Alarm System is the equipment and facilities that shall be
established to ensure that the alarms are relayed to the crew's accommodation
so that the personnel is alerted if a fault occurs.
Alarm announcement
An alarm announcement is carried out by acoustic and visual methods. The
acoustic signal alerts the crew and the visual signal identifies the alarm.
Alarm detection
An alarm detection is specific numerical and logical processing of scanned and
filtered sensor values, e.g. a sensor value is compared with alarm limits and an
alarm state is raised if exceeded.
Alarm group
An alarm group is a logical grouping of related alarm channels. A single alarm
channel can be engaged in more than one alarm group.
Alarm list
The alarm list is a list containing all standing and/or unacknowledged alarms.
Alarm panels
Alarm panels is the common name for the alarm panels of the Duty Alarm
System located on the bridge, the engine control room, and in the
accomodation area.
All Operators Alarm, All Engineers Alarm, All Navigators Alarm

An alarm situation which raises alarms in all engineers / navigators / operators
cabins and public rooms. An All Engineers Alarm is raised if e.g. an alarm has
be unacknowledged for more than e.g. 5 minutes. All Engineers Alarm is
therefore often called "5 min. alarm".
Back-up navigator call

When the ship is sailing with one navigator on the bridge only, another person
qualified to maintain a bridge watch shall be appointed as back-up navigator.
A back-up navigator call is raised by use of the Accommodation Alarm System
(see this) to alert the back-up navigator in case the alarms on the bridge is not
silenced within a specific time.
See "navigator fitness check" too.
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Configuration Database
A database which contains system information, e.g. all alarm channel infor-
mation. It is filled out during the customizing, and is used to load the system
with system specific data.
Cut-out
Under certain conditions (e.g. when the physical device is stopped/not running)
a signal will exceed the preset limit for generating an alarm, while a raise of
alarm is unwanted. To prevent the alarm system from generating an alarm the
alarm channel is suppressed - "cut-out". This Cut-out signal could be
automatically or manually generated.
Data Acquisition
The data acquisition is a function of scanning the analog and binary input
channels, initial filtering, pre-evaluation with limit and range check, wiring moni-
toring and conversion from analog to digital representation.
Duty Engineer call

As a requirement for sailing with Unattended Machinery Space the alarm
system shall be supplied with facilities for call of a "Duty Engineer" in the
accommodation areas if an alarm occurs, see Accommodation Alarm System.
Engineer fitness check

This alarm function is used when a crew member is alone in the engine rooms.
In order to verify the engineers fitness, a system based on interval checking
can be arranged.
Filtering
A means of suppressing noise and other fluctuations in sensor values and
alarm detection. Two commonly applied methods are low pass filtering and
delay of alarm detection. It should be noted that, besides electric and electro-
magnetic noise, the physical environment will impose noise on the sensor
values. The physical environment can introduce considerable noise at the
following frequencies: Level sensors are influenced by the ships roll which lies
in the frequency range 0.1 .. 0.3 Hz, the diesel engine has an ignition
frequency at approximately 1.5 .. 30 Hz, and the main machinery components,
such as the auxiliary diesels, compressors, pumps etc. induce noise in the fre-
quency range from approximately 4 Hz and above.
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Main and Subalarm Systems

The Geamar 120 ISL can be divided in up to four more or less independent
alarm systems, main alarm system and three sub-alarm systems comprised
within the same hardware. The main alarm system is the machinery alarm
system and have some additional facilities compared to the sub-alarm systems
(see alarm priorities).
Main Control Station

The main control station is the Watch Station (see this) of the main alarm
system (see this). The alarms can be acknowledged at this station only, and
not until the horn has been silenced. If more than one location on board the
ship is equipped with full remote indication and control facilities to fulfil the
requirements necessary for main control station, it is possible to select the
locations which shall be the main control station at a present time, e.g. to use
the Deck/Ship Office when the ship is in harbor and the Engine Control Room
at sea.
Navigator fitness check

A navigator fitness check system is used when the ship is sailing with one
navigator on the bridge only. In order to ensure that the bridge is properly
manned, a system is arranged to verify operator fitness. The system can
monitor if e.g. Geamar 120 ISL alarms, echo sounder alarms or ship handling
station alarms are acknowledged within a certain time. Further to the
monitoring of the navigation alarms, the system at fixed intervals verifyes the
fitness of the navigator also. In case of unacknowledged alarms a "back-up
navigator call" is raised.
Notification system
A notification system (or warning system) is used to call the engineers' atten-
tion to the ECR when they are working in the engine rooms. Situations where
the engineers' attention is required could e.g. be telephone calls, telegraph
movements or alarms.
Process Monitoring and Control Station (PMCS)

Cabinets, which can be placed at any location in the environment, and con-
nected together by different communication networks. A PMCS contains the
computers used in the Geamar 120 ISL, i.e. central processing modules of
type ZM411.
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Thermonitor
The Thermonitor is an alarm and monitoring function for supervision of e.g. the
main bearing temperatures or the exhaust gas temperatures on the Main and
Auxiliary Engines. The Thermonitor function includes measurement of the
actual cylinder temperatures, calculation of the average temperature, and
calculation of the difference between the actual cylinder temperature and the
average. All measurements and calculated values include high and low alarm
limits.
Unmanned Watch Station

This is a mode of the alarm system which is selected during periods of unat-
tended machinery space while sailing at sea. During unmanned Watch Station,
the alarms are relayed to the bridge to warn the navigator, and allows him to
make sure that someone takes care of the alarm.
Watch Station
The Watch Station is the location at which the alarms are announced and shall
be acknowledged at. Each alarm system (see Main and subalarm systems)
can have its own Watch Station, and can have the possibility of moving the
Watch Station between different locations.
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1.6 Abbreviations and acronyms
This list contains the abbreviations and acronyms used in this document as
well as a few more as it is intended to be a common standard for general use.
Abbreviations:
AP Alarm Panel
EAD Extended Alarm Display

ECR Engine Control Room
MCP Monitoring and Control Panel

MMI Man Machine Interface
OWS Operator Workstation
PC Personal Computer
PMCS Process Monitoring and Control Station
WS Watch Station
Acromyms:
CCR Cargo Control Room
LCD display of the type Liquid Crystal Display

LED visual indicator "lamp" of the type Light Emitting Diode
UMS Unattended Machinery Space
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2 System hardware description
2.1 Geamar 120 ISL main components
The Geamar 120 ISL is formed by a number of standard hardware components

as shown in fig. 2-1:
a1. Process Monitoring and Control Station (PMCS) with optional Monitoring
and Control Panel (MCP).
a2. Duty Alarm System bridge panel (BAT 410.B).
a3. Duty Alarm System accommodation panel (BAT 411.A).
a4. Duty Alarm System ECR panel (BAT 411.C).
a5. Operator Workstation (OWS) or Extended Alarm Display (EAD).
a6. Alarm / Log printer.
a7. System net.
a8. Alarm / Panel net.
The PMCS handles the functions of the alarm detection, and additionally one
of the PMCSs can control the alarm panels of the Duty Alarm System.
The PMCS can be supplied with a Monitoring and Control Panel (MCP) which
provides the operator with alarm information directly on the front of the PMCS.
The ECR panel of the Duty Alarm System (BAT 411.C) is normally installed in the
engine control room console. The BAT 411.C provides the operator with all
necessary facilities for use of the alarm system including alarm acknowledge,
duty engineer selection, control of printer etc.
The accommodation panel (BAT 411.A) is normally installed in the cabins of the
duty engineers/officers and in the public rooms. The BAT 411.A is used for
alarm signalling and duty call of crew members etc. in the accommodation
areas.
The Extended Alarm Display (EAD) is used together with the BAT 411.C to
extend the amount of information to be displayed simultaneously. (In the
Integrated Monitoring and Control System Geamar 120 ISL, the function of the
EAD is an integrated part of the Operator Workstation OWS).
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The Log Printer is used for printing the different logs and reports.
The system net interconnects the PMCSs and is mainly used for interchange
of information between the PMCSs and the Operator Workstation(s) in a
Geamar 120 ISL configuration including control.
The alarm/panel net connects the PMCSs and the Alarm Panels. One
Alarm/panel net is used for interchange of alarm information between the
PMCSs, a second alarm/panel net is used for communication between one
PMCS and the alarm panels, a third Alarm/panel net is used for communication
to the Monitoring and Control Panel (if included in the PMCS) and a fourth
Alarm/panel net is for communication between the PMCS(s) and the Extended
Alarm Display(s).
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Duty Alarm System

Operator Panels
OWS
Printer
Operator Workstation´s (OWS)
Panel Net
Redundant System Net
Process Monitoring and Control Station´s (PMCS)
Fig. 2-1: Main components of the Geamar 120 ISL
2.2 Application examples
This section describes a number of application examples, from the simple

"Stand Alone" system to a more complex configuration that fulfils the
requirements of "unmanned machinery space" notations.
The Geamar 120 ISL is not limited to the configurations shown in the
examples. Other solutions that will meet the requirements of any project are
possible, as well as the number of panels and units can vary.
Most options are omitted from the examples too, as, e.g. the MCP at the
PMCSs, or the extra Duty Alarm System ECR panel at the chief engineers
cabin.
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2.3 A "Stand Alone" alarm system
Fig. 2-2 shows an alarm system that can supervise a number of sensors and
give audible and visual alarm on the Duty Alarm System ECR panel (BAT 411.C),
including information of sensor that has caused the alarm, and to display the
value of the supervised parameters. As an alternative, the BAT 411.C can be
located directly in the front of the PMCS cabinet.
2.4 A "Basic" Alarm System for "Unattended Machinery Space"
The system of fig. 2-3 has the same basic facilities as the system in the
previous description, but in addition this system contains Alarm Panels that al-
low remote alarm annunciation at the bridge, at the engineer’s cabins and in
the public rooms. A printer that logs all the alarms and events is connected to
the system too.
As the system is selected for "unmanned machinery space" an alarm will cause
audible alarm in the cabin of the engineer who has been selected on duty, as
well as in the public rooms enabling the duty engineer to move freely between
any of these locations, and still be sure to receive the alarm. To acknowledge
the alarm, the Duty Engineer must go to the Engine Control Room.
2.5 An "Extended" Alarm System for "Unattended Machinery Space"
The system of fig. 2-4 has got the same basic facilities as the one described in
the previous section. The only expansion is the one that the system contains
an Extended Alarm Display (EAD), a display that is able to present more
information, giving the operator an improved overview.
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3 System functional description
This chapter is your reference to the functionality of the Geamar 120 ISL alarm
system.
If you are not familiar with this system you should read this chapter once in
order to get acquainted with the functions and features as well as the special
expressions and terms which you will encounter later in the operating
instructions.
The chapter is divided into a number of sections, each one giving you a
detailed description of one of the main topics of the alarm system. It will prob-
ably also mention functions and features which are not available in your
installation.
3.1 General introduction to the Geamar 120 ISL
The purpose of an alarm and monitoring system is to collect the information

concerning the safety on board the ship and to monitor the alarm situations.
After discovering an alarm situation the system must announce this to the duty
personnel, i.e. the following main tasks must be done:
a. Acquisition of supervision data, i.e. sensor values

b. Detection of alarm states, i.e illegal values or states
c. Announcement of detected alarms
d. Supervision of engineer responce
e. Logging of alarms and events
The alarm system gathers raw data by the use of its input channels which are
connected to the various sensor types.
The collected data is passed on to the monitoring channels which interpretes

the data and converts it into information.
A monitoring channel is a piece of software which is able to:
- read an input
- translate the input value/state into understandable information
- compare the value/state to preset alarm limits/states
- announce an alarm
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So in general, when this manual refers to channels of various types it normally

refers to the software, different from the expression input channel which means
an actual physical channel.
When the Geamar 120 ISL detects an alarm it is announced both by a light
and a sound and on the various types of text displays.
In response to the alarm announcement the engineer must stop the

buzzer/horn and acknowledge the alarm to confirm that he is aware of what
has happened.
If the engineer does not respond to the alarm announcement within an

adjustable time the Geamar 120 ISL will announce the alarm in all possible
locations to make sure that the alarm is noticed.
3.2 Alarm announcement and acknowledgement in general
An alarm has four states:
- normal
- present but not acknowledged
- normal and not acknowledged
- present and acknowledged
The alarm announcement refers to the announcement of a new alarm, i.e. an

alarm which has changed from being not present to being present but not
acknowledged.
An alarm announcement includes the use of both the buzzer and the alarm LED
on the alarm panels where it is to be announced, and in addition external horns
or lamps can be used.
When the operator responds to a new alarm, the necessary approach is in

general the same; first the horn/buzzer is stopped and then the alarm at the
watch-station is acknowledged (the location having the watch responsibility).
The alarms are always announced in at least one location (the watch-station),
and must always be acknowledged from here within a preset time. Otherwise,
a 5 MINUTES ALARM, also called ALL OPERATORS CALL, will be announced on all of
the panels of the alarm system.
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The Watch station is the centre of the alarm system, and it is from here that the
alarms must be acknowledged.
Except for the use of the manual cut-outs the alarm announcement can not be
suppressed on the watch station regardless of any of the Geamar 120 ISL
functional modes.
Where else an alarm is announced depends on whether or not the watch-

station is attended and/or if a duty officer has been selected.
Please note that silencing the horn/buzzer has no significance to the alarm
state. The alarm must be acknowledged in order to avoid the ALL ENGINEERS
CALL.
3.3 Disabling undesired alarms (cut-out)
In some cases the engineer may want to disable an alarm, e.g. if the sensor is
malfunctioning or if work is being carried out that may cause undesired alarms.
For this purpose the Geamar 120 ISL features the facility MANUAL CUT-OUT
which will cancel all of the alarm detection and announcement for that
particular channel.
The cut-outs can also be automatic, i.e. the Geamar 120 ISL will disable the
alarm automatically in certain situations.
Such a situation could be to cut-out the low F.O. press. when the main engine
is stopped, and the function is a part of the specification for the F.O. press.
monitoring channel.
3.3.1 Manual cut-out
A manual alarm cut-out refers to a monitoring channel and can be activated

from the watch-station and from the Monitoring and Control Panel after having
inserted a valid password.
This causes all of the alarms for the channel to be suppressed, including
suppression of the channel supervision alarm (sensor failure). The function is
useful in situations where e.g. a sensor is broken and spares are not available
for a period of time. In this case, the alarm can be manually cut-out in order to
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remove its presence from the ALARM LIST. Thus, by manually suppressing the
alarm channels which can not be normalized, the ALARM LIST will contain alarm
channels which should be taken action to only.
Information on alarm cut-outs which are active can be found in both the CUT-
OUT LIST and on the alarm panels at any time.
3.3.2 Automatic cut-out
The automatic cut-out also refers to a monitoring channel and is selected when
the channel is defined during system configuration.
In contrary to the manual cut-out the automatic cut-out does not suppress the
channel supervision alarm, but the defined alarm states are suppressed only.
When the alarm from a monitoring channel is suppressed by an automatic cut-

out, the monitoring channel will be listed in the CUT-OUT LIST at all times
independent of the alarm state of the channel.
The CUT-OUT LIST on the alarm panels is divided into two separate lists. The
MANUAL CUT-OUT LIST containing all of the monitoring channels which are man-
ually cut-out by the operator, and the AUTOMATIC CUT-OUT LIST containing the
monitoring channels which are automatically cut-out by external input signals.
The two lists provide the operator with a fast overview of the alarm channels
which are suppressed.
3.4 Alarm groups
An alarm will normally not be presented to the engineer only as an alarm in

general, but also by an alarm group LED which will enable the engineer(s) to
determine the nature of the alarm quickly, e.g. if it comes from the Main
Engine, Pumps, Power Plant, fire, etc..
The Geamar 120 ISL can handle up to 100 Alarm Groups and each individual
alarm may be assigned a maximum of four of these groups at a time. The BAT
411.C and the BAT 411.A are able to display any 10 of these.
While the ALARM LED will be active at those panels where alarms are directed
only, the alarm group LED's are never suspended. These will always display the
status of the group to which they are assigned.
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The alarm groups feature the following states:
a0. No Alarms and no unacknowledged alarms in group

a1. Alarm in group. Includes "signal validity failure" (sensor failure)
a2. Machinery alarm in group. Excludes "signal validity failure"
a3. Unacknowledged alarms in group
State (a2) is intended for use as an activation signal to output channels which
are used in connection with, for example the slowdown functions.
The panels BAT 411.C and BAT 411.A contains 10 LEDs for indication of up to
10 of the 100 alarm groups independently and individually assigned for display
of the following information:
No alarm in group: LED off

Alarm(s) in group, all alarms acknowledged: LED on
Unacknowledged alarm(s) in group: LED Flashing
Please note that the indication of the alarm groups does not have to be
identical on all of the alarm panels. For example, the alarm groups indicated on
the bridge panel can differ from the alarm groups indicated on the panels which
are located in the cabins of the duty engineers.
In addition the alarm groups can be displayed on the Extended Alarm

Display(s) in the OWS.
3.5 The Duty Alarm System
In addition to the individual alarm announciation and the group alarms, the
Geamar 120 ISL features the facility of advising duty engineers at the
occurence of new alarms making it possible to operate the vessel with
"unmanned machinery space". The advising of the duty engineers takes place
through the accommodation panels (BAT 411.A) which are located in the cabins
of the duty engineers/public rooms and on the bridge panel (BAT 410.B) located
on the bridge.
A total number of 20 operator panels can be connected to the system.
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3.5.1 Duty Engineer watch system
How to select a duty officer, please refer to chapter 3. 5. 2.
At the appearence of a new alarm the Geamar 120 ISL features selective,
automatic call (duty call) in the accomodation area, giving the possiblity of
sailing with "unmanned machinery space".
Selective means that it is possible to select one engineer as duty officer and
that this officer will be able to move freely around the ship's accomodation
area, although he is on duty.
When a duty officer is selected the accommodation alarm panels of the public
rooms give an alert too, as the alarms occur. This alert is normally a short 2
seconds sound, but any engineer can at any public room location, select the
panel buzzer to give a steady sound.
In response to a duty call the officer must perform the same actions as for a
normal alarm announcement; first silence the horn/buzzer and then
acknowledge the alarm at the watch-station.
If the duty call has been acknowledged from the cabin of the duty engineer the
horn/buzzers in the accommodation area and on the bridge will be silenced,
but the horn in the engine room and the alarms must still be acknowledged
from the watch-station.
The horn/buzzer can be stopped locally in the public rooms, but this will not be
interpreted as an acknowledgement of the duty call.
In case the alarms have not been acknowledged within a predetermined time
(typically 5 minutes) an ALL ENGINEERS CALL will be announced on all of the
panels. If the buzzers and horns are activated due to an ALL ENGINEERS CALL,
these can be silenced by the acknowledgement of all of the alarms from the
watch-station only.
Any of the BAT 411.A located in the cabins of the duty officers can be brought
to function as the panels in the public rooms. In this way a cabin panel which is
not selected on duty, can be selected to give alert as the alarms occur, either
with a short tone or with constant sound.
This can e.g. be used by the chief engineer if a special situation causes him to
monitor the alarms, or if a duty engineer visits another cabin than his own. The
function is selected from each individual cabin panel.
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3.5.2 Selection of duty engineer / back-up engineer
One officer/engineer can be selected as duty officer at a time. When selected

"on duty" he is called in his cabin immediately when an alarm occurs in the
alarm system.
It is possible to select during engineering of the system a "preselected state"

for the duty engineer. That means, that the duty officer is only called in his
cabin, if the alarm system is set to unattended.
The duty selection itself must be acknowledged also, but this is simply done
from the cabin of the officer on duty. As an alternative the Geamar 120 ISL can
be customized in a way that the duty selection can be acknowledged from the
watch-station directly or that no acknowledge-ment is necessary.
The selection of a duty engineer and/or a back-up engineer is done from a

predefined location (often the watch-station) with help of the ECR panel of the
Duty Alarm System or the OWS.
When selecting a duty engineer the accommodation panel in the engineer's

cabin will give a steady sound which must be silenced/ acknowledged on the
panel if the selection has to be acknowledged.
In the same way a back-up engineer can be selected. The Geamar 120 ISL
can be customized in a way that the back-up engineer is notified in case that
the duty engineer does not respond to an incoming alarm, or if a dead man
alarm is released.
3.5.3 The DUTY LED, function overview
The DUTY LED is used for the following purposes:
a1. Indicate that a duty officer has been selected

a2. Indicate that a duty call is unacknowledged
a3. Indicate that a duty selection is in progress
The following table gives detailed information of the indication on the various
Alarm panels.
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Panel Function Duty Call / Duty On

Selection
Watch Station (WS) Flash ON
Bridge - Attended WS Flash ON
selected
Bridge - Unattended WS / Flash ON
bridge standby selected
Public Room - Duty Flash ON
selected
Public Room - No duty is Flash
selected
Cabin panel, duty engineer blink ON
cabin panel, not duty en- Flash OFF
gineer
The behaviour of the DUTY LED.
3.5.4 Automatic Duty Call announcement at the alarm panels
A duty call is the alarm announcement in the accommodation area.
When a duty officer has been selected (not only preselected!), a duty call is
given when:
a1. A new alarm appears
The duty call is announced on the following panels:
b1. The panel in the duty officers cabin

b2. The panels operating as public room panels
b3. On the bridge, if "unattended alarm system" is selected
The panels reacts in the following way:
c1. The buzzer sounds

c2. The ALARM LED flashes
c3. The DUTY LED flashes
The duty call is acknowledged in one of the following ways:
d1. By pressing [STOP HORN] in the duty officers cabin

d2. By pressing [STOP HORN] on the BAT 411.C which is selected as
WS
d3. All alarms are acknowledged from the MCPs
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The following will happen when the duty call is acknowledged:
e1. All buzzers which have been started due to the duty call are
stopped
e2. The DUTY LED stops flashing
The ALARM LED flashes for as long as the unacknowledged alarms are present.
Note: If the duty call is acknowledged from the duty officers cabin, the buzzer
on the Watch Station location will continue to sound until [STOP HORN] has been
pressed on the ECR panel or the OWS of the WS.
3.5.5 All engineers call
An "all engineers call" which calls all of the engineers will be raised if an alarm
is unacknowledged for more than a predetermined time (5 min. alarm). The call
will be raised on all alarm panels which are connected to the Geamar 120 ISL
and dedicated to the alarm system, to which the unacknowledged alarm
belongs, no matter if any duty engineer is selected or not.
The "all engineers call" is announced on the following panels:
a1. In all panels operating as a public room panel

a2. In all cabins, which are dedicated to the alarm system
a3. The Watch-Station
a4. On the bridge
The panels react in the following way:
b1. The alarm LED starts flashing

b2. The buzzer is started (using the alarm sound)
When an "all engineers call" is initiated the buzzers cannot be stopped locally.
All of the buzzers sound until all of the alarms have been acknowledged from
the default Watch Station (WS).
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3.5.6 Unattended alarm system
When a duty engineer has been selected it is possible to set the alarm system
to unattended. This will fulfil the requirements for sailing with unmanned machi-
nery space.
As an alternative, the Geamar 120 ISL can be customized in such a way that
it is possible to select unattended watch station without having any engineer on
duty.
If "Unmanned alarm system" is selected the acoustic alert is raised immediatly

in the duty officer's cabin as an alarm occurs, enabling the navigator to
consider these in sailing the ship.
He can also supervise if the alarms are being attended to, as his alarm panel
will show if the alarms are acknowledged by the engineer on duty.
When an alarm occurs the buzzer will sound on the bridge, but the navigator
can silence it locally by pressing [STOP HORN] on the bridge alarm panel - this
will only cause the buzzer on the bridge to be silenced, and not to affect
buzzers/horns anywhere else.
To select/deselect "Unmanned Watch Station" a request is raised from the

Watch Station. The request may either be accepted or rejected on the bridge
as well as the Watch Station may withdraw the request.
As a standard only one bridge panel (BAT 410.B) is located on the bridge.
However, in installations where the design of the bridge requires it, a number
of BAT 410.B can be used.
3.5.7 Selectable watch-station
If the system configuration includes more BAT 411.Cs than the ones normally
placed in the ECR and on the bridge, for example in the Cargo Control Room
(CCR), the Geamar 120 ISL can be customized in a way that the alarms can
be acknowledged either from the ECR or from the CCR. This function is called
"Selectable Watch Station" and is operated from the BAT 411.Cs or the OWS.
The "Selectable WS" function can also be used in system configurations which
includes sub-alarm systems. If, for example, cargo alarms are defined in a sub-
alarm system, the WS for the main alarm system can be transferred to the
cargo control room when the ship is in harbour. In this way also the engine
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alarms can be supervised and acknowledged from the CCR when the CCR is
attended.
3.6 How alarms are indicated
The alarms are indicated to the operator in three ways; by buzzer, by lamps,
and by the display.
The display information can be acquired very fast as it takes one key-press to
jump from any function to the ALARM LIST function only. Here the Geamar 120
ISL will list all of the present alarms and also alarms which are not present but
have not yet been acknowledged.
An indication by the lamps includes the alarm LED and the ten alarm group
LED's on the panels which, in combination, serve to give a quick overview of the
current situation.
The alarm LED is used in conjunction with the announcement of the new alarms
and it has only two states; it will flash when unacknowledged alarms are pres-
ent and it will be off when no unacknowledged alarms are present. However,
the alarm LED on the Monitoring and Control Panel will light steadily in case of
any standing acknowledged alarms, enabling an easy overview in the engine
room of the PMCSs are containing channels in alarm condition.
The behavior of the Buzzer and the alarm LED depends on the actual mode of
the Geamar 120 ISL, but, common for all, is that buzzer and LED is off when all
of the alarms have been properly acknowledged on the watch-station.
The individual behavior of the buzzer and the alarm LED when a new alarm
occurs is described in the below table.
Panel Situation Buzzer Alarm [STOP HORN] effect

LED
Watch-station all ON Blinks Stops all Geamar 120
ISL horns and buzzers.
Bridge Attended watch-station OFF(1) OFF(2) Stops buzzer locally.
Unattended watch-sta- ON Blinks Stops buzzer locally.
tion / bridge stand-by
selected
Public room Duty engineer selected ON Blinks stops buzzer locally.
Duty engineer not OFF OFF no effect
selected
Engineer Engineer on duty ON Blinks stops local-, bridge- and
cabin public room buzzers.
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Panel Situation Buzzer Alarm [STOP HORN] effect

LED
Engineer not on duty Off OFF no effect
(1) Alarms may be defined as "allways announced on bridge, and such alarms will allways
cause the buzzer on the bridge to sound.
(2) Alarms may be defined as "allways announced on bridge, and such alarms will allways
cause the Alarm LED on the bridge to blink.
The alarm LED and buzzer reactions in response to the occurrence of a new alarm.
3.6.1 Alarm announcements on the operator panels
The following description of the alarm announcement on the panels is focusing

on the announcement of the individual alarms. However, please be aware that
any alarm normally will be included in an Alarm Group which will also be
indicated on the operator panels as well as the alarms will be presented as
duty calls when a duty officer has been selected.
Alarm Announcement on the Monitoring and Control Panel

When a new alarm is detected in the Process Monitoring and Control Station
(PMCS) to which the Monitoring and Control Panel (MCP) is connected, the fol-
lowing will happen on the MCP:
a1. the Buzzer is activated

a2. the ALARM LED starts flashing
By pressing [STOP HORN] on the MCP will silence the Buzzer here, but no other
Buzzer or Alarm Horn in the Geamar 120 ISL is affected unless all of the
alarms are acknowledged from the MCP. In that case, all of the Buzzers/Horns
in the Geamar 120 ISL, which are activated due to the incoming alarm, are
silenced.
When the Buzzer has been silenced the alarm channels shown on the display
can be acknowledged by pressing [ACKN ALARM].
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The indication of the MCP ALARM LED has the following meaning:
b1. OFF No Alarms present, no Alarms unacknowledged

b2. ON Alarms present, all Alarms acknowledged
b3. FLASHING Unacknowledged Alarms present
Alarm announcement on the Watch-Station

The alarms are always announced on the Watch-Station (WS) in the following
way:
a1. The buzzer is activated

a2. The ALARM LED flashes
When [STOP HORN]is pressed all of the activated buzzers are stopped. The
ALARM LED continues to flash for as long as unacknowledged alarms are
present. Otherwise the ALARM LED is off.
When [STOP HORN] has been pressed it is possible to acknowledge the alarms
shown on the display. This is done by pressing [ALARM ACKN].
In addition to the buzzer in the panel, a number of alarm horns/lamps can be

activated from the PMCSs of the Geamar 120 ISL. These horns are normally
activated simultaneously with the buzzer in the WS panel. However, the
activation of external horns and lamps can be customized according to the
customers requirements. For example, (in case of a new alarm) the rotating
lamps can be activated for 30 seconds before the horns in the engine room are
switched on.
Alarm announcement on the bridge panel

The alarm announcement on the bridge depends on whether "unattended
Watch Station" is selected or not.
Unattended Watch Station

When "unattended WS" is selected all of the alarms are announced on the
bridge as follows:
a1. The buzzer is activated

a2. The ALARM LED flashes
The buzzer on the bridge is stopped when:
b1. [STOP HORN] is pressed on the bridge

b2. [STOP HORN] is pressed on the WS
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The ALARM LED continues to flash for as long as the unacknowledged alarms
are present. Please note that the alarms can be acknowledged from the Watch
Station only.
Attended Watch Station

When "attended WS" is selected the alarms with the attribute "always
announced on the bridge" only will be announced on the bridge. This type of
alarms must, as any other alarm, also be acknowledged from the Watch-
Station.
3.6.2 Additional hardware signals for alarm announcement
All necessary acoustic and visual alerts are available on the alarm panels, but
for additional external signals/responses the following input/output channels
can be included in each of the PMCSs:
a1. Horn/new alarm in unit (wired "OR" facility) output

a2. Alarm in unit output
a3. Stop "horn" input
The outputs can be used for activation of e.g. lamps and sirenes in the engine
rooms.
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3.7 Additional functions and facilities
3.7.1 Calling System for Engineers (Assist Call)
This system is an integrated part of the Geamar 120 ISL and includes
individual or general call of engineers from both the ECR panel of the Duty
Alarm System, the accommodation panels, and from the Monitoring and
Control Panels (if included on the PMCSs).
On the operator panels which are located in the public rooms, both the
information "who is called" and "to where" is available on the LCD-Displays
which enable the called engineer to direct himself to the location needing
assistance, no matter where on board he is situated at the moment of the
calling.
This function enables the engineers to call for assistance both from the bridge,
from the engine control room, and from the PMCSs (if MCP is included)
3.7.2 Dead Man Alarm Systems
The Geamar 120 ISL can handle up to four (4) independant dead man alarm
systems. If a "Dead Man Alarm System" has not been acknowledged regularly
from either the reset pushbuttons or from a specified ECR panel an alarm will
be raised, first in the cabin of the selected "back-up" engineer and afterwards,
if no attention has been payed to the alarm, in all of the duty engineer's cabins
and in the public rooms. A warning will be given before the "Dead Man" alarm
is released.
The activation of the system and the reset of the "Dead Man" timer is done
from the ECR panel from where the password protected adjustment of the
timer (reset period) takes place also. In addition, reset of the dead man timer
can be done from the Monitoring and Control Panels (if included on the
PMCSs)
A "Dead Man Alarm System" can be activated/deactivated in two ways, either

from the ECR panel or from an external switch, for example a switch located by
the entrance to the engine room.
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3.7.3 Integrated Sub Alarm Systems
The Geamar 120 ISL is able to handle one main and three fully integrated sub
alarm systems. The only relation between the alarm systems is that they share
the Process Monitoring and Control Stations and the Alarm Panels. The
following systems can be present:
a1. Main alarm system.

a2. Sub alarm system A (SUB A).
a3. Sub alarm system B (SUB B).
a4. Sub alarm system C (SUB C).
The use of sub alarm systems provides that, for example, cargo alarms or
reefer alarms can be acknowledged from a ECR panel located in the Cargo
Control Room (CCR) and that these alarms, during unattended CCR, can be
directed to a separate duty officer.
The Geamar 120 ISL can be customized in a way so that if no attention is paid
to a cargo or reefer alarm, an alarm is released in the main alarm system after
period of time.
By integrating the sub alarm functions into the already existing hardware,
information from main and sub alarm systems can be presented on both the
alarm panels and on the screen of the Extended Alarm Displays and the
general functions and facilities of the Geamar 120 ISL are available in all of the
integrated alarm systems.
If an alarm occurs in one of the alarm systems, it is announced independently

of the other alarm systems. The alarm announcement procedure is identical for
the four alarm systems.
For the four alarm systems the following can be selected independently:
b1. Duty officer.

b2. Backup officer.
b3. WS
b4. Deadman system status
b5. Unattended WS / bridge standby
Note : One person may be duty/backup officer in more than one alarm system
at a time and one BAT 411.C may be WS for more than one alarm
system at a time.
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In basic mode an Alarm Panel displays, for example, the oldest

unacknowledged alarm, the number of alarms and if manual cut-outs are
active. As the four alarm systems shares the AP it is not always obvious to
which alarm system the oldest unacknowledged alarm is related to. Hence in
the following it is defined from which alarm system or combination of alarm
systems the oldest unacknowledged alarm, the number of alarms and if
manual cut-outs are active are taken from. Furthermore, it is described which
alarms are announced.
The following rules apply:
AP Location / Function Mix of alarm systems Alarm announcement

BAT 411.C selected as WS Only the alarm systems Only alarm from the alarm
(engine control room) which the BAT 411.C is WS systems which the BAT
for is included. 411.C is WS for is an-
nounced
BAT 410.B The following alarm systems Alarms from the following
(bridge) are included: alarm systems are
announced:
- Main alarm system.
- Alarms from the main
- All alarm systems which alarm system, defined
are selected as 'una- with the attribute 'always
ttended WS / bridge announced on the
standby'. bridge'.
- Alarm systems for - All alarm systems which

which the BAT 411.C is are selected as 'una-
selected as WS. ttended WS / bridge
standby'.
- Alarm systems for which

the BAT 410.B is selected
as WS.
Public room panels All alarm systems are Alarms for all systems
included. where a duty engineer is
selected is announced.
Cabin panel. The person is All alarm systems are No alarms are announced.
neither duty or backup for included.
any of the alarm systems.
Cabin Panel. The person is Only alarm from the alarm Only alarms in the alarm
selected as duty officer or systems for which the person systems for which the
backup officer in one or is duty or backup officer are person is duty officer are an-
more alarm systems. included. nounced.
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Example.
An officer is customized to interface the main alarm system and SUB A

(this means that he can be selected as duty and backup officer for both
of the alarm systems). He is selected as duty officer for SUB A and he
is not selected as duty officer for the main alarm system.
An alarm in SUB A causes the following to happen on the officers AP.
c1. The alarm is announced in his cabin.

c2. The alarm is displayed in the oldest unackn.alarm field in the
LCD.
An alarm in the main alarm system causes:
d1. The alarm is not announced, and not displayed in the oldest
unackn. alarm field.
3.7.4 Interface to External Applications
Data received through Serial Interface.

The Geamar 120 ISL can receive data such as analog values and alarms
through a serial interface from, for example a tank radar system. The data will
then be treated by the Geamar 120 ISL in the same way as for the
alarm/events which are defined based on individual digital and analog I/O-
channels.
Data transmitted through Serial Interface.

The Geamar 120 ISL can transmit data such as tank levels on request through
a serial interface to, for example, a Loading Computer.
3.8 The Geamar 120 ISL printer facility
Printer control is possible from the ECR panel of the Watch Station and on the
bridge. However, only print of reports can be initiated from the bridge. The
printer set-up can be done from the BAT 411.C of the WS only.
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The Geamar 120 ISL is capable of handling up to two printers for the printing of
the following lists:
a1. Alarm/Event log.

a2. Data log.
a3. Alarm list
a4. Cut-out list
The print formats are described in detail in chapter 9, and the following is a
short description of the contents only.
3.8.1 Alarm/event Log
The Alarm/Event Log contains all events concerning:
b1. Alarms changing from normal to alarm and visa versa

b2. Change of state of event channel
b3. Channels entering and leaving cut-out states
b4. System and Configuration Error Messages
b5. Entering and leaving of privileged modes
b6. Change of duty- officers and "Unmanned Watch Station" status
b7. Change of system date and time
3.8.2 Alarm List Report
The Alarm List Report is a print of the content of the Alarm List. It contains all
of the standing and unacknowledged alarms in the alarm system at the
moment when the report is ordered.
3.8.3 Cut-out List Report
The Cut-out List Report is a print of the content of the Cut-out List. It contains
all of the channels which are in the automatic or manual cut-out state
respectively.
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3.8.4 Normal and compressed Data Log
The Data Log is a report on channels showing their current value (for analog
channels) or their status (for binary and event channels).
3.8.5 Print of reports
The Alarm/event Log is running continuously, but it may be interrupted shortly

by reports of the other types.
The print of the other types of reports can be initiated by the operator from the
panels as described in the Panel Operating Chapter, and these can be printed
with regular intervals initiated by the system.
3.9 Printer hardware information
The intention of this section is to give an overview of the hardware which is in-
volved in the print of the reports.
The reports are produced by the Master Process Monitoring and Control
Station which is equipped with current loop ports for the printer connections.
The printers must be able to supply a ready/busy signal. This signal must be
busy (seen from the Master PMCS) when the printer is off line, if it is without
power, or if it is missing.
The printers must at least be able to handle the following setup:
a1. 9600 baud

a2. 8 data bits
a3. Even parity
a4. 80 characters per line
a5. 60 lines per page
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3.9.1 Printer Time-out
If a printer has been busy for more than 2 minutes it is regarded as having
failed and a printer alarm is generated. The busy state can be caused by e.g.
paper out, power off, or missing connection to the Master PMCS.
When a printer has failed, any report or part of a report which was sent prior to
the failure may have been lost because the content of the buffer within the
printer might not have been printed at the time of the printer failure.
Alarms and other events for an Alarm/event Log will be kept in an internal
buffer (buffer size: 75 lines) in the Master PMCS until the printer becomes
ready again or until the internal buffer overflows. Whenever it is possible to
detect loss of events for an Alarm/event Log it will be indicated in the Log at the
place where the alarms and events may be missing.
3.10 Printer operational modes
The reports can be divided into two groups with respect to mode of operation.
Group 2 reports can be initiated from the BAT 411.C both at the WS and on
the bridge.
Group 1: Alarm/event Log
Group 1 reports runs continuously on the printers to which is is

assigned and can be stopped only by disabling its assignment to a
printer.
Group 2: Alarm List Reports

Cut-out List Reports
Data Logs.
Group 2 reports can be initiated by the operator from the BAT

411.C or automatically. This automatic print is specified by a setup
procedure from a BAT 411.C. The print times are specified as a
start time and a time interval. If the time interval is zero, no
automatic print will take place.
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3.11 Printer selection
Any report can be assigned individually to either printer 1, printer 2 or to no

printer at all. The assignments are made by a setup procedure. The printer set-
up can be changed by the operator from the BAT 411.C of the WS.
3.11.1 Managing different reports on one printer
Different reports can share the same printer. This is done in two ways.
All of the reports in group 2 consist of a finite number of pages. These reports
are just printed one after another, each print-out having page numbers starting
with 1.
The Alarm/event Log, however, is in principle infinite as the alarms can occur
or turn to normal at any time. The other types of reports are allowed to be
printed by interrupting the Alarm/event Log. During this interruption, the alarms
and events for the Alarm/event Log are kept in an internal buffer. In the very
rare case that this buffer is full, additional alarms and events are lost until the
printer is available again. Loss of alarms and events are marked in the
Alarm/event Log at the place, where they are missing.
Whenever an interrupting report is completed the buffer is printed on a new

page of the Alarm/event Log before any other report is permitted to interrupt.
3.12 The channel types
The Geamar 120 ISL features a number of different channel types, and it is
essential to understand the basics of these in order to understand the system.
As mentioned above both the hardware channels and the software channels
are used, and it is very important to distinguish between these.
The Hardware Channels are the actual physical input channels and output
channels of the PMCS to which the external Sensors are connected; for
example contacts and transducers.
These Channels will be referred to as either input channel, output channel or

I/O channel, and it is important not to confuse them with input signals and
output signals as these terms always refer to software channels.
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The Software Channels are the internal channels which are created in the
Geamar 120 ISL computer program when a channel is defined.
These channels are known as monitoring channels.
All of the monitoring channels belong to the same "family" and as such they
have both common and individual features.
The family may be seen upon as a "tree" where all features of the "parent"
group are inherited by all of the "children" groups.
As an example, all information about the monitoring channels will refer to any
channel, while the general information about the event channels will refer to the
analog event channels and the binary event channels only.
The "family tree" is as follows:
Monitoring Channels
T
/)Q Alarm Channels
* /)Q Analog Alarm Channels
* /)Q Binary Alarm Channels
* .)Q Average Channels
*
.)Q Event Channels
/)Q Analog Event Channels
/)Q Analog Hysteresis Event
Channels
.)Q Binary Event Channels
This means that in order to understand the binary alarm channel in full you
must read the general descriptions of monitoring channels and alarm channels,
and the specific description of the binary alarm channels.
The section is arranged so that you will find the general information followed by
a more specific information about each monitoring channel type.
Please note that not nescessarily all of the channel types have been used in
your installation.
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3.12.1 In- and output channels of PMCSs (I/O)
The inputs of the PMCSs are customized to make the sensor values available
as input to the monitoring channels by defining:
a1. Physical channel address

a2. Sensor type
a3. Range and engineering unit
These definitions are all made in the setup of the I/O-channel which is defining
the hardware input/output to which the sensor is connected
The Geamar 120 ISL is capable of directing the states of the monitoring
channels to physical output channels also.
The following states of a monitoring channel can be directed to the output

channels of the alarm and control computers. The list is an example only as
some channel types may differ.
b1. The supervised state of binary channels

b2. Alarm state of alarm channels
b3. Unacknowledged state of alarm channels
b4. High alarm state of analog channels
b5. Low alarm state of analog channels
b6. Automatic cut-out state
b7. Manual cut-out state
b8. Signal validity failure (sensor failure)
b9. Event State
b10. Internal system alarms and failures
Also, the state of the alarm groups can be directed to the output channels:
c1. Alarm in group (including sensor failure)

c2. Machinery alarm in group
c3. Unacknowledged alarm in group
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3.12.2 Monitoring channels
The monitoring channels are divided into groups and types as mentioned in the
introduction of the previous section, and each one has its own special features.
Inputs to monitoring channels

The input signals to the monitoring channels are either binary (on/off signals)
or analog signals. These input signals can be taken from the hardware I/O
channels, from another monitoring channel, from the system variables etc..
Several of the monitoring channel types can accept more than one input.
An input signal to monitoring channels can be:
d1. Input channels on the alarm PMCSs which are connected to the
external sensors/transducers and are used for measuring values
or states of the machinery or other external equipment.
d2. Internal signals from other STN ATLAS Marine Electronics’
equipment which are received via the STL-network.
d3. Output signals from other monitoring channels, e.g. the average
value from an average channel.
d4. Constants, i.e a constant value typed when defining the channel.
d5. System values, e.g. individual hardware errors.
The above signals (d1), (d2) and (d3) can be used by more than one monitor-
ing channel. This means that e.g. two alarm limits, "high" and "high-high", can
be implemented by using the same signal as input signal to two monitoring
channels.
The input signals are supervised for validity when the signal types makes it is
possible. This is the case for most of the analog sensors and for the "Normally
Open" binary sensors which are submitted with a resistor across the switch for
cable supervision.
In case of an input signal failure, the monitoring channel enters a "signal valid-
ity failure" state. This causes an alarm and all other results of the monitoring
channel to be suppressed.
The only exception is when a MANUAL CUT-OUT for the monitoring Channel is
present as this will suppress the signal validity failure alarm.
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Output from monitoring channels

The output from a monitoring channel depends on whether the channel is con-
figured as an alarm channel or as an event channel.
The value/state of a monitoring channel can be used for an input to another

monitoring channel as well as it can be routed to a hardware output channel for
external communication. For example, activating an output ordering a main
engine slow-down.
Types of monitoring channels

The Monitoring channels are used either for detection of alarms or for detection
of events. As a consequence of this the monitoring channels are divided into
two groups called main types:
a1. Alarm channels

a2. Event channels
The Monitoring channels have different types of input signals and/or different
functional requirements, and therefore, the two main types are divided again
into a number of specific monitoring channel types:
b1. Binary alarm channel

b2. Analog alarm/indication channel
b3. Binary event channel
b4. Analog event channel
b5. Analog event channel with hysteresis
b6. Average channel
The functions of each of the channel types are described in the following sub-
sections.
The Binary monitoring channels can use one or two input signals. If two input
signals are being used, the monitored state can be defined by a number of
different logic conditions of the input signals as follows:
A )
+), +),
A )1 * A )1 *
* AND /) * XOR /)
B )1 * B )1 *
.)- .)-
+), +),
A )1 * A )1 *
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* OR /) * XNOR /)
B )1 * B )1 *
.)- .)-
The selection of which logic condition to use is done when defining the channel
(the inputs are named A and B in the following and "high" is equal to alarm or
event state "on"):
a1. High if A high (single input, default type)

a2. High if A and B in high states (AND gate)
a3. High if A or B in high state (OR gate)
a4. High if A different from B (XOR gate)
a5. High if A equal to B (XNOR gate)
Application examples of logic used in the alarm channels:
b1. By using an "AND" gate an alarm is raised if a pressure is low and

a pump is not started.
b2. By using an "XOR" gate and an appropriate time delay an alarm is
raised if e.g. a valve with switch feedback does not have a position
equal to the command.
b3. By using an "XNOR" gate and an appropriate time delay the
double indicating signals such as e.g. main-breaker closed / main-
breaker open, can be supervised for inconsistency.
The Analog monitoring channels (except the average channel) have 3

analog input signals, and the monitored value is the result of the 3 inputs using
the formula:
Monitored value = A + B - C
+),
Main )1 A *
Add )1 B /)
Subtract )1 C *
.)-
The inputs B and C are automatically set to 0 if they are not used.
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Application examples:
c1. Compensation of the relative measuring sensors by adding an ab-

solute offset to give absolute values, e.g. cold junction compen-
sation of NiCr/Ni sensors.(Remember from an earlier section that
an input to a monitoring channel can be a constant value).
Alternatively, the compensation can be done by using a PT100
sensor located at the cold junction point. In this case, the
measures value of the NiCr/Ni sensor is compensated by the
actual ambiant temperature.
c2. Relative measuring, e.g. deviation values for measurement of the

exhaust gas temperatures are made by subtracting the average
value from the actual cylinder temperature.
c3. Offset of a measuring value, e.g. the "equalize" function of the

thermonitor is made by adding a constant to the measuring value.
c4. Supervision of control functions, e.g. that a temperature controller

or a position controller, e.g. for propeller pitch or a valve functions
properly. This is done by subtracting the setpoint from the actual
value and setting a proper time delay.
The interpretation of the monitored state depends on whether the channel is an

alarm channel or an event channel.
3.12.3 Alarm channels
The alarm channels supervise signals for being in either normal or alarm state.
Once a signal has entered the alarm state, all information about the alarm is
registered in the alarm channel. This information is kept by the alarm channel
until the operator has seen and acknowledged the alarm. This is independant
of whether the signal remains in alarm state or returns to normal before the
acknowledgement.
This gives the alarm channel the following main functional states:
a1. Normal
a2. Alarm, unacknowledged
a3. Alarm, acknowledged
a4. Normal, unacknowledged
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The channels in state (a2), (a3) and (a4) are placed in the alarm lists.
Binary alarm channels

The Alarm channels can be either analog or binary. The Binary alarm channels
are used for supervision of switches or other binary signals, and a binary alarm
channel can be selected to give an alarm when the switch is open or when it is
closed.
The latter is for use when cable supervision is required, e.g. if the channel is
used for slowdown in addition to the alarm function in which case a cable break
should not cause any other alarm than the cable failure alarm.
A binary alarm channel enters the alarm state when the monitored signal, e.g.
a switch has been on for more than a predefined delay time. The channel
leaves the alarm state when the monitored signal has been off for more than
another predefined delay time (On/Off delay).
Analog alarm channels

The analog alarm channels are used for supervision of analog inputs, and all
of the signals are validity checked.
The analog inputs can be recieved from the transducers sending voltage or
current signals, or from sensors such as PT100, NiCrNi, potentiometers etc.
Further information on this is found in the Technical System Description.
An alarm is announced when the monitored value exceeds the preset high
limit - or drops below the preset low limit for more than a predefined delay time,
and returns to 'normal' as the monitored value has been within the limits for
more than another predefined delay time.
3.12.4 Average channels
This channel type can be used for supervision of the average value of up to 16
input signals.
The average value is calculated as the sum of the signal values divided by the
number of signals.
Each of the input signals can be omitted from the average calculation dynami-
cally, e.g. caused by an alarm situation indicating that an input signal is invalid
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for the average calculation In case of a sensor failure or a manual cut-out of an

input channel, the input channel is automatically excluded from the average
calculation.
The average channels have upper and lower alarm limits, and alarm detection
such as the analog alarm channel.
Application example:
The supervision system for the cylinder exhaust gas temperature or the main
bearing temperature monitoring with supervision of high temperature deviation
of each cylinder compared to the average values is often called a
"Thermonitor" function.
For implementing a thermonitor, an average channel is used together with two

sets of analog alarm channels, one set supervising the actual sensor signals
from which the average value is calculated, and one set supervising the
deviations between the average value and each of the sensor signals.
3.12.5 Event channels
The event channels are used for logging of events/states, e.g. an engine is
stopped or running, and they can be used as cut-out inputs for the alarm
channels.
The events can be logged in the alarm print logs and the event logs by using
two customized texts to identify the actual state. For example: Purifier
"Running" or "Stopped".
The binary event channel can detect one of two states, e.g. running or
stopped, which are controlled by a switch or by another binary input signal.
The analog event channel detects which of two states a component is in, by
supervising if an analog signal is above or below a preset limit, e.g. an engine
is considered running or stopped dependant on whether the speed is above or
below a preset running level.
The analog event channel with hysteresis detects if the value of an analog
signal changes more than a preset hysteresis. This enables the channel to be
printed each time the hysteresis is exceeded.
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3.13 Channel identifiers
3.13.1 Channel Number
All channels are identified by two channel identifiers (numbers); internal ID and
User ID.
Each channel number consist of 8 characters.
Channel ID :
Format : <xxxxxxxx> 'x' is digit or letter.
A space may be placed anywhere in the ID.
In this manual the notation <cno> specifies a channel number displayed in the
above defined standard format, i.e. Channel ID.
For displays, where only one of the <cno> are displayed, the User Channel ID
is default.
3.13.2 Channel text
The channel text is used for identification of a channel by text.
Channel Name:
Format : <xxxx....> An ASCII text string which consists of a maximum
of 30 characters.
In this manual, the notation <channel name> specifies a channel name which
is displayed in the above defined standard format.
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4 General description of the operator panels
4.1 Introduction
User Interface is an expression covering the various ways which the System
'Talks' with its Operator, often called Man-Machine Interface (MMI) or User-IF.
In this Section you will find a short introduction to the MMI of a STN ATLAS
Marine Electronics Integrated Monitoring and Control System Geamar 120 ISL
giving you basic understanding of the philosophy behind it.
Sounds (Horns or Buzzers), indications (Lamps or LED's), clear Text (Panel

Displays), and ultimate graphical presentation (Extended Alarm Displays, EAD)
are used to present information to the user.
In order to make sure that the user is made aware that his attention is required
the Geamar 120 ISL will make use of its horns / buzzers whenever a change in
the alarm system environment takes place, and by the sound pattern the user
will get information of what has happened also.
Such changes may be the occurrence of new Alarms, Duty Calls, Watch
Changes etc., and the call for attention will always demand that the Operator
responds in some way.
In general, all response from the User is done by using the dedicated "Keys"
which serve clearly defined purposes, e.g. [STOP HORN] or [ACKN. ALARM].
In the same way, the user may acquire various detailed information from the
Geamar 120 ISL by using a few simple key-strokes enabling him to survey the
Machinery Environment from one single location.
By use of the Passwords the system is protected against any unintentional use
of essential functions or change of parameters, meaning that only privileged
crewmembers can gain access to these and that the general staff can operate
the System without fear of "messing things up".
This chapter contains a description of the basic lay-out, operation, and

functional modes for the Operator Panels used in the Geamar 120 ISL, i.e.
MCP, BAT 411.A and BAT 411.C.
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4.2 Abbreviations used in this chapter
MCP Monitoring and Control Panel

WS Watch Station.
4.3 The operator panel types and purposes
Four types of Panels are available for the Geamar 120 ISL:
a1. Monitoring and Control Panels (MCP)

a2. Duty Alarm System bridge panels (BAT 410.B)
a3. Duty Alarm System accommodation panels (BAT 411.A)
a4. Duty Alarm System ECR panels (BAT 411.C)
The MCP is an optional User-Interface which is mounted directly on the front of

the PMCS cabinet.
The BAT 411.Cs and the BAT 411.A are stand-alone interfaces and the BAT
411.C can be equipped with an Extended Alarm Display (EAD) which serves as
an enhancement for the BAT 411.C, giving the user an extended overview with
a large screen which is able to present more immediate information.
The Extended Alarm Display is described separately.
The main difference between the Monitoring and Control Panel (MCP) and the
other two panel types is the fact that the MCP gives the operator access to the
Channels which are defined in the Process Monitoring and Control Station to
which the MCP is connected only, not the entire Geamar 120 ISL.
The panels of the Duty Alarm System are normally used at the following
locations:
b1. On the bridge (only BAT 410.B)

b2. In the engine control room. The panel is used as Watch Station
(only BAT 411.C).
b3. In the public rooms (normally BAT 411.A)
b4. In the officers cabins (normally BAT 411.A)
During the periods when the Engine Room / ECR is manned the alarms are
announced and acknowledged from the ECR BAT 411.C or the related MCP.
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When the Engine Room / ECR is unmanned the BAT 411.A enable the system
to distribute the alarm announcement to the duty engineers cabin, to the public
rooms, and to the bridge.
4.4 Basic design and lay-out of the operator panels
The various operator panels are similar with a few exceptions only.
The following is a short description of all of the parts of a panel, and in the
trailing sections it is determined which parts are available for each specific
panel type.
The LCD Display:

The accommodation panel (BAT 411.A) contains a four-line display.
The four-line display which is used in the ECR panel (BAT 411.C) is illuminated
and the light intensity can be adjusted by pressing the [DIMMER] key available
on the panel.
The Buzzer:
The buzzer is used to draw the personnel's attention to any new situation in the
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The Keyboard:
The keys of the panel keyboards are divided into the following functional
groups:
Softkeys:
The panel has four softkeys, placed just below the display.
The softkeys serve different purposes and, when enabled, the function
of a key is shown on the display.
Cursor and select keys:

For scrolling in lists, pointing at elements, and selecting levels the
panel provides the four keys; [7], [6],[8] and [9] which are placed in the
lower right corner of the Panel.
The [ENT] and [ESC] keys are used to accept or discard the respective
selections.
Function keys:
On the left side of the panel the dedicated hardkeys for the functions
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and facilities of the system are found. Each hardkey enables the ope-
rator to access a unique function or mode in the Geamar 120 ISL.
The keys available at a panel is determined by the available modes of

that particular panel.
When one of the function keys are pressed a LED on the key will be il-
luminated for as long as the selected Function is active.
ALARM LED:
The alarm LED is used for indication of unacknowledged alarms. In addition to
the unacknowledged alarms the MCP will indicate the standing alarms.
DUTY LED:
The Duty LED functions together with both the [DUTY] Function Key and as a
separate indication of the Automatic Duty Call Functions.
Group Alarm LEDs:

The panels, except for the MCP, are able to display the status of ten different
alarm groups via the group alarm LEDs.
4.5 Hardware parts of the operator panels
The panels consists of:
a1. A four line LCD display with backlight

a2. A buzzer
a3. An alarm LED
a4. A keyboard
a5. Alarm Group LED's
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4.6 The LCD Display
4.6.1 Display of numerical data
The operator panels can present values ranging from 0.0001 to 99999, both
positive and negative.
A numerical value always occupies seven (7) characters on the LCD.
The numerical presentation format includes:
a1. 1 to 5 digits
a2. A decimal point, when specified
a3. A sign
If the number of the presented decimals are less than the precision of the
actual value the presented value is rounded (e.g. 12.44 is displayed as 12.4,
12.45 is displayed as 12.5).
Note: The range and resolution for a specific value depends on the definition of
the presentation format, as a value is specified to be presented with a fixed
number of decimals related to the "engineering unit" selected.
In this paper the notation <value> specifies a numeric value displayed in the
above defined standard format.
4.7 The keyboard
The Keyboard Functions comprise entering text or figures and performing

general communication with the Geamar 120 ISL.
The basic concepts for these operations are described in the following Sec-
tions, while a more detailed explanation is found in the chapter describing the
operating instructions of the panels.
4.7.1 Softkeys
In some modes the panel offers a set of softkeys. In such cases the panel
displays:
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15 5
25 5
3 5* S* <soft * S* <soft * S* <soft * S* <soft 5
4 5* 1* keytxt> * 2* keytxt> * 3* keytxt> * 4* keytxt> 5
948
Fig. 4.1 Softkeys on a BAT 411.C. Line 3 and 4 always describe the current function
of the softkeys. Line 1 and 2 can contain additional information, depending on
the current mode.
The <softkey txt> identifies the function of the softkey.
If more than four functions are available for a Mode the softkey text for [S4] will
be "MORE". Pressing [S4] then causes the panel to display the next set of
softkeys.
4.7.2 Cursor and select Keys
Use of [ENT].
The [ENT] key is a general accept key. The [ENT] is e.g. used to accept an
entered numeric value.
Use of [ESC].
The [ESC] key is a general quit key. When [ESC] is pressed the operator gen-
erally takes one step up (backwards) in the tree structure, and the current
operation is cancelled.
This means that if [ESC] is pressed during numeric entries the entered value is
neglected.
Use of [8], [9], [7] and [6].

The up/down keys ([8], [9]) function depends on the mode in which the AP oper-
ates.
If the panel operates in a mode where a value or a text is adjusted the up/down
keys are used to change the adjusted value (e.g. [8] is used to increase the
dimming level).
If the panel operates in a mode where more display data are available than the
AP is able to display at a time the up/down keys are used for scrolling through
data one page at a time. For example if an alarm list is displayed, pressing [9]
causes the AP to show the next page of the alarm list.
If the panel is operating in a mode where the cursor is displayed the [6] and [7]
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are used to move the cursor right/left.
4.7.3 The [STOP HORN] & [ALARM ACKN] Keys
Pressing [STOP HORN] causes the buzzer in the panel to stop except when it has
been started by an "All Operators Call".
After having pressed the [STOP HORN] key the [ALARM ACKN] key on the Watch-
Station (and only there) can be used for acknowledging the unacknowledged
alarms.
If several new alarms has appeared it is nescessary to press the [ALARM ACKN]
key a number of times as you are allowed to acknowledge the alarms being
displayed only.
4.7.4 Function / Mode selection keys
The panel functions are implemented as a number of Operational Modes, each

selectable by use of a dedicated key on the keyboard.
The only exception is the Basic Mode. This mode is entered whenever the
Geamar 120 ISL is reset or entered at any time by pressing [ESC].
When pressing one of the Mode selection keys the panel will enter the selected
Mode immediately, regardless of the current state of the Panel.
A total of ten modes are available, all of which are available from a BAT 411.C,
eight are available from an BAT 411.A, and seven from a MCP.
Available at: Mode: Key:

a1. (BAT 411.C, BAT 411.A, MCP) Basic No dedicated key
a2. (BAT 411.C, BAT 411.A, MCP) Alarm list [ALARM LIST]
a3. (BAT 411.C, BAT 411.A, MCP) Additional list [ADD. LIST]
a4. (BAT 411.C, BAT 411.A, MCP) Display channel [DISPLAY CHANNEL]
a5. (BAT 411.C) Watch Selection [WATCH]
a6. (BAT 411.C, BAT 411.A) Duty Call Functions [DUTY]
a7. (BAT 411.C, BAT 411.A, MCP) Assist call [ASSIST CALL]
a8. (BAT 411.C) Printer controls [PRINTER CONTROL]
a9. (BAT 411.C, BAT 411.A, MCP) Maintenance mode [MAINTENANCE]
a10. (BAT 411.C, BAT 411.A, MCP) Deadman system [DEADMAN]
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The functions of each of the main modes are organised in a tree structure.
When one of the main modes are selected the presentation on the LCD
display of the panel starts in Level 1 of the structure. From this point the
operator is guided through the tree structure by means of text and softkeys.
[ADD. LIST]
*
+)2,
* Select *
* List *
.)0-
* *
+)- .),
+)2, +)2,
* Supress * * Fail *
* * * *
.)- .)-
Example of tree structure for the Cut-out List Mode. First [ADD.LIST] was pressed and now the
operator must select between the automatic and the manual cut-out list. As a response to the
Operators choice the system will display either the manual or the automatic cut-out list.
4.8 The buzzer
The panels are equipped with a Buzzer which is activated by the following con-
ditions:
a1. All operators call

a2. Alarm announcement/duty call
a3. Duty engineer selection
a4. "attended WS" and "unattended WS" change-over
a5. Assist call
a6. Illegal key pressed
The list also represents the rank of priority for the conditions which are used in
cases where more than one condition is present at a time.
In such cases the condition with the highest priority will decide the Buzzer's
sound sequence.
The buzzer will sound with different patterns, based on the present condition.
The sound will conform to one of the following five sequences:
1. All operator calls, alarm announcement, duty call, assist call:
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) Buzzer on
Buzzer off
2. Duty engineer selection or change between "attended WS" and

"unattended WS / bridge standby":
+), +), +), +), Buzzer on

)- .)- .)- .)- .) Buzzer off
3. Illegal key press:
+), Buzzer on
)- .) Buzzer off
.)- = 1 second
.)- = 5 seconds
In addition to the buzzer sound the conditions [a1] to [a5] are also indicated by
a LED indication.
These are the standard setup sounds, but during the customizing it is possible
to change the sounds given by the conditions [a1] to [a5]. The illegal key press
is always indicated by buzzer sound 3.
4.8.1 The voltage free output contact
Each Alarm Panel is equipped with a voltage free contact. This contact is
closed when the panel buzzer is sounding. It is performing the ON / OFF
sequence as the buzzer does.
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4.9 The dimmer
The display of the BAT 411.C has adjustable backlight (LCD and LED’s).
When [DIMMER] is pressed the dimmer mode is selected. The [8] and [9] keys are
used to change the back light intensity. If the highest level is reached the
buzzer will sound.
4.10 Privileged Access
An operator panel can operate in four privileged access levels and varyous
sub-functions of the main modes require that you enter one of these levels.
During normal operation the operator panel is used for e.g. alarm
acknowledgedment, display of alarms, display of channel set up, selection of
duty officer, i.e. functions which do not require privileged mode.
1st privileged access level is used for e.g. adjustment of alarm limits, alarm
delays and making manual Cut-outs.
2nd privileged access level is used when more advanced changes are
required. For example change of the printer set-up.
3rd privileged access level is available for control/adjustments of the dead man
alarm system(s)
4th privileged access level is available during commissioning and service only,
and is limited to STN ATLAS Marine Electronics use only.
Each password level has 2 passwords:
a1. One fixed password which cannot be altered,

a2. One customer specified password (can be changed by the
user).
During normal use of the Geamar 120 ISL the customer specified passwords
are used.
To avoid use of the fixed passwords they should be known by the persons
responsible for the Alarm System only. Use of the fixed password MUST be
restricted to situations where the crew forget the customer specified password.
In such cases it should be used for entry of a new customer specified
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password only.
If the operator panel prompts for e.g. password level 1 the panel will accept
either one of the passwords for level 1, 2, 3 or 4.
4.10.1 Constructing a Password
A password can be specified to consist of from 1 to 6 key entries. The pass-

word is a sequence of key entries.
The numerical keys can be used as password keys.
4.10.2 Entering a Password
When the Operator requests a function which demands a Password the text
ENTER PASSWORD - LEVEL X :
will be displayed on the LCD and the remaining lines in the display are blanked.
'X' in the above stands for the required password level (1-4).
The cursor is placed one position to the right of ":", and every time a key
(except [ENT] or [ESC]) is entered the cursor has moved one position to the right
and an "X" is written in the LCD.
Example:
647
5 5
5 5
5 ENTER PASSWORD - LEVEL 2 : XX 5
5 5
948
Entering a password from a BAT 411.C.
When the full password has been entered [ENT] is pressed to accept it. If
the password is legal the panel enters the corresponding access privileged
mode. If the password is illegal the LCD displays:
ILLEGAL PASSWORD - ENTER PASSWORD
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This text is displayed until a key is pressed. When a key is pressed the
system once again displays:
ENTER PASSWORD - LEVEL X : X
and the pressed key is used in the password entry.
If [ESC] is pressed at any stage while entering a password the system returns to
the mode in which it was operating just before the password entry began.
If the operator enters more than 6 key entries before [ENT] is pressed these are
ignored and the password is treated as illegal when [ENT] is pressed.
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5 Operating instructions for the panels
The Geamar Operator Panel
5.1 Available Modes for the Operator Panels
A total of ten functions/modes are available. All of these are available from a
BAT 411.C, eight are available from an BAT 411.A, and seven from an MCP.
All channels in the entire Geamar 120 ISL system are available from the Duty
Alarm System panels. From the MCP, channels defined in the outstation to
where the MCP is connected are available only.
Available at: Mode: Key:

a1. (BAT 411.C, BAT 411.A, MCP) Basic No dedicated key
a2. (BAT 411.C, BAT 411.A, MCP) Alarm list [ALARM LIST]
a3. (BAT 411.C, BAT 411.A, MCP) Additional list [ADD. LIST]
a4. (BAT 411.C, BAT 411.A, MCP) Display channel [DISPLAY]
a5. (BAT 411.C) Watch Selection [WATCH]
a6. (BAT 411.C, BAT 411.A) Duty Call Functions [DUTY]
a7. (BAT 411.C, BAT 411.A, MCP) Assist call [ASSIST CALL]
a8. (BAT 411.C) Printer controls [PRINTER CONTROL]
a9. (BAT 411.C, BAT 411.A, MCP) Maintenance mode [MAINTENANCE]
a10. (BAT 411.C, BAT 411.A, MCP) Deadman system [DEADMAN]
The above functional main modes are selected by using the related function
key.
The functions of each Main Mode are organized in a tree structure. When the
panel enters one of the main modes, it starts in level 1 of the structure.
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From this point the operator is guided through the tree structure by means of
text and softkeys as illustrated below:
Function key level: [DISPLAY]
Select step all, step analog

or user ID
Level 1:
Lev
display all display only User ID e l
channels analog channels
2:
In the following sections, the use of each function available is described further.
5.1.1 Sub-alarm systems
In system configurations which include one or more sub-alarm systems, a

choice of alarm system has to be made when the panel enters a main mode.
When, for example, [ALARM LIST] is pressed on a BAT 411.A which has display
right for both the main alarm system and three sub-alarm systems, the LCD
displays:
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1 SELECT ALARM SYSTEM

2 <alm> <alm> <alm> <alm>
3 S MAIN S S S 
4 1 2 3 4
Selection of an alarm system. identifies the different sub-alarm systems, and
<alm> indicates the number of standing and unacknowledged alarms within each alarm
system.
Example:

2 17 2 6
3 S MACHINE S NAVIG. S CARGO
4 1 ALARMS 2 ALARMS 3 ALARMS
Example of the selection of an alarm system.
Each Alarm Panel will in Basic mode indentify the alarm systems for which the
panel has access right on the upper line of the LCD display.
Example:
1 * 12 ALARMS (M,N,C) MAN CUT OUTS

2
3
4
Example of a Display in Basic Mode.
Each sub-alarm system for which the panel has access right is in the
above example identified by a character
M = Machinery alarms
N = Navigation alarms
C = Cargo alarms
If any alarms occur, the display in the basic mode additionally shows the
unacknowledged alarms:
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1 * 12 ALARMS (M,N,C) MAN CUT OUTS

2 +* M.E. SEA WATER COOL OUTLET TEMP HIGH
3 * CARGO PUMP LEAKAGE ALM
4 +* M.E. FUEL OIL INLET PRESSURE LOW
Example of a display in basic mode.
5.2 Basic mode (BAT 410.B, BAT 411.C, BAT 411.A, MCP)
At power-up, reset of the panel, or reset of the the Process Monitoring and
Control Station, the basic mode will automatically be selected. The basic mode
can be selected by the operator at any given time by pressing [ESC].
In the basic mode the panel displays the following:
a1. The number of alarms + unacknowledged normal alarms,

a2. If manual cut-outs are present.
a3. The oldest unacknowledged alarm(s).
Example:
1 * 12 ALARMS MAN CUT OUTS

2 +* M.E. SEA WATER COOL OUTLET TEMP HIGH
3 * CARGO PUMP 1 LEAKAGE ALM
4 +* M.E. FUEL OIL INLET PRESSURE LOW
Example of a display in basic mode.
The * in line one indicates that unacknowledged alarms are present in the
alarm system. The MCP will only display unacknowledged alarms present in
the Process Monitoring and Control Station to which the MCP is connected.
The + indication in a line which displays an alarm channel, indicates that the
channel is in the alarm state.
The * indication in a line which displays an alarm channel, indicates that the
alarm is unacknowledged.
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5.3 Alarm list mode (BAT 410.B, BAT 411.C, BAT 411.A, MCP)
The panel enters the alarm list mode when [ALARM LIST] is pressed.
The ALARM LIST LED is illuminated when the panel operates in the alarm list
mode.
The alarm list includes all standing and unacknowledged alarms. The alarms
are placed chronologically in the alarm list.
When [ALARM LIST] is pressed, the LCD displays:
1 * 7 ALARMS ALARM LIST MAIN ALARM SYS

2 + CARGO PUMP 1, LEAKAGE ALM
3 +* CARGO PUMP 2, STANDBY START ALM
4 +* M.E. FUEL OIL PRESSURE LOW
Example of an alarm list displayed on a BAT 411.C. "M.E. FUEL OIL PRESSURE" is the
newest of the alarms.
Line 1 of the LCD is used to display the total number of alarms and the name
of the selected list ("ALARM LIST"). The next line(s) is used for displaying of
standing- and unacknowledged alarm(s).
By means of the [8] / [9] keys, the operator can select the previous / next 3
alarms in the alarm list. This means that [8] will give older alarms, and [9] will
give newer alarms.
When the operator reaches the start/end of the list, this is indicated by:
START OF LIST or
END OF LIST
If no alarms are present in the list, the No. of alarms is 0 and the line(s) used to
display the alarm(s) is blanked.
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5.4 Additional list mode (BAT 410.B, BAT 411.C, BAT 411.A, MCP)
A panel enters the additional list mode when [ADD. LISTS] is pressed.
The ADD. LISTS LED is illuminated, when the panel operates in the additional list
mode.
The additional list mode consists of three sub-modes:
1 SELECT LIST TYPE

2
3 S SUP S FAIL S ALARMS
4 1 PRESSED 2 3
The operator must choose between the sub-modes suppressed, fail and alarms.
5.4.1 Sub-mode "Suppressed"
If the sub-mode suppressed is chosen the LCD displays:
1 SELECT SIMULATED LIST TYPE

2 0 0 0
3 S SIMU- S MANUAL S AUTO
4 1 LATED 2 CUT-OUT 3 CUT-OUT
The operator must choose between the simulated and the manual or automatic cut-out
list.
A choice between the three sub-modes must be made. The digits in the
second line show how many cut-outs or simulated channels are existing.
Sub-mode "Simulated"
If the softkey [S1] "SIMULATED" is pressed, the LCD displays a list of all
simulated channels. The simulated channels are arranged according to their
channel number. The channel with the lowest number is placed at the
beginning of the list. Furthermore, the total number of simulated channels in
the list is displayed.
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Example:
1 5 SIMULATED CHANNELS MAIN ALARM SYS

2 S ME SB COMMANDO LEVER BRIDGE NORM
3 S SHAFT PS SPEED NORM
4 LO PUMP 1 FAIL NORM/CA
Example for a simulated channel list. The “S” in front of every channel stands for
“simulated”.
simulated channels in the list. This means that [8] will give channels with a
higher, and [9] will give channels with a lower channel number.
START OF LIST or
END OF LIST
In order to start a simulation the operator can use the sub-mode Edit (see
chapter 5.5.4)
Sub-mode "Manual Cut-Out " and "Automatic Cut-Out "

The channels inhibited are included in:
a1. Manual cut-out list or

a2. Automatic cut-outs list.
If a monitoring channel is both automatically and manually cut-out it will be

presented in the manual cut-out list.
If an alarm channel is unacknowledged it is present in the alarm list,

independently from the cut-out status. It will not be present in the cut-out list
until it has been acknowledged.
If a cut-out list is selected the LCD displays the channel with the lowest channel
number which is inhibited by a cut-out. Furthermore, the total number of cut-out
channels in the list is displayed.
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Example:
1 * 11 AUTO CUT-OUTS MAIN ALARM SYS

2 + M.E. FUEL OIL DIFF PRESS ACUT
3 + M.E. FUEL OIL INLET PRESS ACUT
4 + M.E. FUEL OIL INLET TEMP ACUT
Example of an automatic cut-out list. 11 automatic cut-outs are present.
The + indication is present only when the channel would give alarm if it was not
inhibited (cut-out).
The * in line 1 indicates that unacknowledged alarms are present in the alarm
system.
A * indication in the line(s) where cut-outs are displayed is not possible.

Unacknowledged alarms are always placed in the alarm list.
5.4.2 Sub-mode FAIL
The fail mode provides information about the sensors and devices which have
a malfunction.
If the sub-mode fail is chosen the LCD displays:
1 SELECT FAILURE LIST TYPE

2
3 S SENSOR S DEVICE
4 1 FAIL 2 FAIL
The operator must choose between sensor fail or device fail list.
Depending on the choice of the operator, the LCD displays either a list of all
sensors or a list of all devices which failed. The failures are placed
chronologically in the list.
sensors/devices which failed. This means that [8] will give older failures, and [9]
will give newer failures.
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START OF LIST or
END OF LIST
If no failures are present in the list, the No. of failures is 0 and the line(s) used
to display the failure(s) is blanked.
5.4.3 Sub-mode ALARMS
The alarms mode offers the possibility to generate lists of alarms with different
priorities. The operator can select between a list of alarms of the priority 1, of
priority 1+2 or a list of all alarms.
If the sub-mode alarms is chosen the LCD displays:
1 SELECT ALARM LIST TYPE

2
3 S PRIO 1 S PRIO 1+2 S ALL
4 1 ALARMS 2 ALARMS 3 ALARMS
Alarms of different priorities can be chosen to be displayed.
When one of the lists is selected, the LCD displays all standing and
unacknowledged alarms of the chosen group. The alarms are placed
chronologically in the alarm list.
alarm in the alarm list. This means that [8] will give older alarms, and [9] will give
newer alarms.
START OF LIST or
END OF LIST
If no alarms are present in the list, the No. of alarms is 0 and the line(s) used to
display the alarm(s) is blanked.
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5.5 Display Channel mode (BAT 410.B, BAT 411.C, BAT 411.A, MCP)
A panel enters the display channel mode when [DISPLAY] is pressed.
The DISPLAY LED is illuminated when the panel operates in the display channel
mode.
The selection of a channel to be displayed can be done either by entering a

channel identifier or by pointing out a channel when displayed, for example
from the ALARM LIST.
5.5.1 Select channel (no channels are displayed in the LCD)
If [DISPLAY ] is pressed while the panel does not display any alarm channels, the
following is shown in the LCD display:
1 USER IDENTIFIER: <cno>

2
3 S STEP S STEP S USER
4 1 ALL 2 ANALOG 3 ID
Selection of a channel number from a BAT 411.C
The softkey [S2] "STEP ANALOG" provides a list of all analog channels which
are defined in the system, whereas [S1] "STEP ALL" makes it possible to step
through all alarm channels which are defined in the system, both analog and
binary, by the use of the [7] and the [6] keys.
1 <cno> <channel text>

2 PRESS [LEFT] FOR PREV., [RIGHT] FOR NEXT
3
4
Display when a "step channel" function is selected
When the channel to be displayed appears in the LCD the channel is selected
by pressing the [ENT] key.
If [ESC] is pressed while the panel operates in a "Step Channel" mode the panel
returns to the "select channel" display. If [ESC] is pressed again the panel
returns to basic mode.
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The softkey [S3] "USER ID" offers the possibility to choose a channel by its ID-
number.
<cno> (the channel number) is initialized to the last selected channel number.
The <cno> is a string which consist of 6 characters.
By pressing [S3] the cursor is placed below the first character. With the [7] and
the [6] keys the operator can skip from one digit to another in order to enter the
ID-number of the channel which is to be displayed. The channel is selected by
pressing [ENT].
For further information about viewing a channel please see chapter 5.5.3.
If the entered channel number is illegal (i.e. the Geamar 120 ISL does not have
an alarm with the entered <cno>), the LCD displays:
1 **CHANNEL NOT DEFINED - PRESS [ESC] **

2
3
4
Warning of an illegal entered channel number.
5.5.2 Selecting a channel from the alarm or the cut-out list
If [DISPLAY] is pressed while a panel displays an alarm channel, the operator

can select one of the displayed channels.
1 SELECT CHANNEL TO BE DISPLAYED:

2 • *M.E. LUBOIL INLET TEMP NORM
3 +M.E. SEA WATER COOL INLET TEMP HIGH
4 +M.E. FUEL OIL INLET PRESSURE LOW
Selection of a channel for the display channel function when 3 alarm are displayed.
The cursor is placed by the first alarm. The cursor can be moved by use of [8]
and [9]. The operator can choose between the displayed alarms only (scrolling
in e.g. the alarm list is not possible).
If [ENT] is pressed the channel which is pointed out by the cursor is selected for
the display channel function.
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5.5.3 Viewing the channel parameters
When a channel is selected the LCD displays:
1 LO PUMP 1 FAIL ALM

2 55100 ALARM
3 LOCAL TIME: 00-07-20 13:00:12
4 L1: ALARM PRIO2
Example: The 1st display of a binary channel
By use of [8] and [9] the operator may scroll through the different parameters in
the channel set-up. The available parameters are shown below.
no: Presentation lay-out at the LCD display:

1 <channel text> <status>
2 <cno> <value>
<status>
3 LOCAL TIME: <date>
<time>
4 L1: <min/max/alarm> <limit> <value> <priority>
5 DELAY(SEC)ON:<value>/HYSTERESIS <value> OFF: <value>
6 CUT-OUTS:<off/on> MAN:<off/on>
7 SIMULATION: <off/on>
8 TYPE:<binary/analog>
9 ALARM GROUPS: <grp> <grp> <grp> <grp>
10 ALARM SYSTEM: <alarm system>
11 IN DATALOG:<yes/no>
12 MAIN INPUT: <input>
Note: Weather a parameter is displayed or not depends on the properties of

a channel.
By using the [7] and the [6] keys when a channel parameter is selected it is
possible to step through the channels which display the same parameters. This
function makes it easy, for example, to compare the individual cylinder
temperatures of the main engine.
If [ESC] is pressed while the panel displays a channel parameter the panel
returns to the basic mode.
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5.5.4 Sub-mode Edit (BAT 410.B, BAT 411.C and MCP only)
EDITis a sub-mode to the display channel mode. The EDIT mode is available
from the BAT 410.B respectively BAT 411.C which is serving as watch-station
and from the MCP, enabling the operator to make minor adjustments of the
channel set-up parameters.
[EDIT]is active only when the panel is in the display channel mode and a chan-
nel parameter which can be adjusted is displayed.
Entering privileged access level

If [EDIT] is pressed while the panel is in non privileged access mode, the
operator must enter a password.
Example:
1
2
3 ENTER PASSWORD - LEVEL 1:
4
[EDIT] is pressed while the panel is in the "display channel" mode. The operator must
enter a password.
The EDIT LED begins to flash when the password is entered. It continues to flash
as long as the panel is operating in the privileged access mode.
The privileged access mode is maintained for as long as the panel is operating
in the display channel mode.
Adjusting a parameter
If the legal password has been entered, or if the system is in privileged access
mode already, the operator can change some of the channel parameters.
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Example:
1 ME PS COMMANDO LEVER BRIDGE NORM

2 13141 0% NORMAL
3 LOCAL TIME: 00-07-24 13:15:27
4 SIMULATION: OFF VALUE: 0
Entering of a new value. At entry the cursor is placed below the first changeable
parameter.
In order to change a parameter the cursor has to be placed below it. It is

possible to skip from one parameter to another by using the [7] and the [6] key.
The cursor only moves to parameters which can be changed. The [8] and [9]
keys are used to view the parameters in the previous/next display. When the
cursor is placed below the parameter which is to be changed the operator must
press [ENT].
Example (parameter SIMULATION is to be changed):
1 ME PS COMMANDO LEVER BRIDGE

2
3 SIMULATION STATE OLD VALUE: OFF
4 NEW VALUE: ON
The status of the parameter SIMULATION is changed by selecting the new

state with the [8] and [9] keys. The new status is accepted by pressing [ENT].
When the status of SIMULATION changes from “on”to “off”the system returns
to the display channel mode. If the status is changed from “off” to “on” the
system automatically asks for the new value of the selected channel.
The new value is entered by using the normal procedure for entering numerical
data. After pressing [ENT] the LCD displays:
Example:
1 S ME PS COMMANDO LEVER BRIDGE NORM

2 13141 11% NORMAL
3 LOCAL TIME: 00-07-24 13:16:27
4 SIMULATION: ON VALUE: 11
Simulation has been switched on. The new value is 11.
Note: The first character in line 1 is an “S”which stands for simulated.
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An upper and lower limit is specified for each of the numeric values. When a
limit is reached the adjusted value is not increased / decreased any more,
even if [8] or [9] is pressed.
Similar to the change of the SIMULATION status the following parameters can
be adjusted from the BAT 410.B, BAT 411.C and MCP:
a1. Simulation status

a2. value: high and low alarm limits (analog channels only) and
on/off (binary channels only)
a3. Manual alarm suppression (cut-out) of the channel
a4. Time delays
a5. Log time (sec) / Hysteresis
5.6 Watch Selection mode (BAT 410.B, BAT 411.C)
In the watch selection main mode the operator has the possibility of selecting
between "attended WS" and "unattended WS". [WATCH] is available on BAT
410.B and BAT 411.C only.
The WATCH LED is illuminated steadily on the BAT 410.B respectively BAT
411.C which has been selected as WS:
When [WATCH] is pressed on the Watch Station (WS), the BAT 410.B
respectively BAT 411.C enters the watch selection mode. The LCD displays:
1 SELECT WATCH FUNCTION

2
3 S SELECT S ATT/UN-
4 1 AS WS 2 ATT WS
[WATCH] is pressed at the WS
Note: The softkey [S1] will appear if the system is customized for for the
function "Selectable Watch Station" only.
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5.6.1 Select as WS
Only Basic Alarm Panels which, during the customizing are specified as being
allowed to be Watch Station, include this function. Furthermore this function is
only available in systems with more than one selectable Watch Station.
When "SELECT AS WS" is selected the LCD displays:
1 WATCH STATION: <ws in control>

2 <alarm system>
3 S QUIT S SELECT
4 1 2 AS WS
Select the BAT 411.C as watch station. <ws in ctrl> is the present watch station.
If "SELECT AS WS" is pressed, the watch responsibility is transferred to the

BAT 410.B respectively BAT 411.C. Hereafter the BAT 410.B respectively BAT
411.C returns to basic mode.
In a traditional system only the BAT 411.C in the ECR is allowed to be WS. In
more advanced systems, e.g. both the ECR and the ships office can be
selected as WS.
5.6.2 Attended / Unattended WS
The selection of attended / unattended Watch Station is a communication

between the bridge and the WS.
The selection can be initiated from the WS only, and normally only when a duty
officer has been selected (for selection of duty officer see chapter 5.7.3). As an
alternative, the Geamar 120 ISL can be customized in a way, so that
"unattended WS" can be selected without having to select a duty officer.
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The selection has got the following procedure:
Start of selection from the WS

If "ATT/UNATT WS" is pressed from the WS the LCD displays:
1 SELECT WATCH FUNCTION: UNATTENDED

2 MAIN ALARM SYS
3 S QUIT S SELECT
4 1 2 ATTENDED
Example for the selection between attended/unattended watch station. Line 1 indicates
the present status.
(If the status of the WS was “ATTENDED”[S2] would be “SELECT UNATTENDED”)
If a new status of the WS is selected the WATCH LED starts to flash, and the
LCD displays:
1 WS STATUS CHANGE TO: <ws stat>

2 MAIN ALARM SYS UNACKN
3 S STOP
4 1 CHANGE
A status change has been ordered.
Accept from the Bridge

On the bridge the buzzer is started, and the WATCH LED starts flashing.
When [WATCH] is pressed on the BAT 410.B on the Bridge the LCD displays:

2
3 S REJECT S ACCEPT
4 1 CHANGE 2 CHANGE
The new status must be accepted from the bridge.
If accept change is pressed the WATCH LED stops flashing, the buzzer is silen-
ced, and the BAT 410.B on the bridge returns to basic mode.
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The WATCH LED on the WS BAT 410.B stops flashing too, and the LCD
displays:

2 ACKN
3 S QUIT
4 1
The display on the bridge shows the new status (<ws stat> ) of the WS.
If "QUIT" or [ESC] is pressed from the WS, the BAT 410.B returns to basic
mode.
Reject from the Bridge

If "REJECT CHANGE" or [ESC] is pressed the change is cancelled. The buzzer
on the bridge BAT 410.B is stopped. The WATCH LED stops flashing and the
BAT 410.B returns to basic mode. The status change is neglected.
The WATCH LED on the WS BAT 410.B continues to flash, and the buzzer is ac-
tivated. The LCD displays:
1 ATT/UNATTENDED WS CHANGE IN PROGRESS

2 STATUS CHANGE DENIED
3 S QUIT
4 1 CHANGE
WS status change rejected from the bridge.
The Operator on the WS BAT 410.B must press "QUIT CHANGE" in order to
acknowledge the rejection.
Stop from the WS

If the operator of the WS regrets the change, he can stop it by pressing "QUIT
CHANGE" or [ESC].The WS BAT 410.B then returns to basic mode and the
WATCH LED stops flashing.
If the operator on the bridge has pressed [WATCH] before the WS regrets the
change, the following display appears on the bridge:
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2 CHANGE STOPPED FROM THE WATCH STATION
3 S QUIT
4 1
WS status change procedure stopped from the WS.
If the change is stopped from the WS the WATCH LED stops flashing, the
buzzer is stopped and the BAT 410.B remains in its present mode. When
"QUIT" is pressed the BAT 410.B enters basic mode.
5.7 Duty mode (BAT 410.B, BAT 411.C, BAT 411.A)
The [DUTY] key is the operators interface to:
a1. Display the present status.

a2. Select a duty officer.
a3. Acknowledge a duty officer selection.
a4. Select the panel buzzer function.
a5. Select the panel to function as a public room panel.
When [DUTY] is pressed the reaction of the operator panels depends on the
location status of the panels.
5.7.1 Reaction to [DUTY] - Cabin panels
1 SELECT DUTY FUNCTION

2
3 S PANEL S SYSTEM
4 1 SETUP 2 STATUS
Select duty function, BAT 411.A placed in a cabin.
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5.7.2 Reaction to [DUTY] - Non Cabin Panels

2
3 S BUZZER S SYSTEM S DUTY
4 1 CONTROL 2 STATUS 3 SELECT
Select duty function, WS placed on the bridge or in the engine control room. (The
presence of the softkeys [S1] “BUZZER CONTROL”and [S3] “DUTY SELECT”depends
on the way the system is customized)
Whether the softkeys “BUZZER CONTROL”and “DUTY SELECT”are present

on a panel or not depends on the way the system is customized.
If a panel is customized in a way that only one softkey woul appear, the system
will skip the select duty function when [DUTY] is pressed, because no choice
would have to be made. In this case the LCD automatically displays the system
status.
5.7.3 [DUTY] - Sub-modes
Sub-mode "Panel Setup"

Available from cabin panels only.
If "PANEL SETUP" is pressed the LCD displays:
1 PANEL STATUS: CABIN

2
3 S QUIT S SELECT
4 1 2 PUBLIC
Example for the selection of the panel status.(If the actual status was “PUBLIC”, the
softkey [S2] would be “SELECT CABIN”)
If "SELECT PUBLIC" is pressed:
a1. All calls announced in the public rooms will be announced on

the panel.
a2. The DUTY LED operates as for a public room panel.
"SELECT CABIN" is used for reversing of the select public function.
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"BUZZER CONTROL" is present at the bridge panel, the public room panels,
and at cabin panels selected to function as a public room panel only.
Sub-mode "Buzzer control"

If "BUZZER CONTROL" is selected the LCD displays:
1 BUZZER CONTROL: <status>

2
3 S SHORT S ON
4 1 BIP 2
Buzzer control. <status> identifies the present buzzer status (e.g. SHORT BIP).
The public room panels can be customized to the following buzzer function to
a new alarm.
a1. Continuous buzzer sounds until [STOP HORN] is pressed on the

WS, or on the specific public room panel.
a2. Select between [a1] or a short buzzer activation on a new
alarm.
If [a1] is selected during customizing the "BUZZER CONTROL " softkey does
not appear.
The bridge panel can be customized to have the following buzzer reactions to
a new alarm.
b1. Continuous buzzer sound until [STOP HORN] is pressed on the

WS or on the bridge BAT 410.B.
b2. Select between [b1] or a short buzzer activation on a new
alarm.
b3. Continuous buzzer sounds until [STOP HORN] is pressed on the
bridge BAT 410B and BAT 411.C.
If [b1] or [b3] is selected the "BUZZER CONTROL " softkey does not appear.
Sub-mode "System Status"

If "SYSTEM STATUS" is selected, the LCD displays
a1. The alarm group

a2. The physical location of the WS and if the WS is
attended/unattended
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a3. Who is selected as duty officer

a4. Who is selected as (optional)
a5. The crew name
a6. The panel location
a7. The buzzer’s reaction to an incoming alarm
Note: Line 5 is only displayd on cabin panels (BAT 411.A).
The above mentioned information is presented on the LCD. The operator

selects between the displays by use of [8] and [9].
1 WATCH : ECR /UNATTENDED

2 DUTY : 1. ENGINEER
3 BACKUP : 3 RD ENGINEER
4 CREW NAME : 4 TH DUTY ENG.
Display of status - Example of 1. display on BAT 411.A.
1 PANEL : CABIN
2 BUZZER : CONTINUOUS
3
4
Display of status - Example of 2. display on BAT 411.A.
Sub-mode "System Status" incl. deadman alarm system

If the Geamar 120 ISL System includes one or more deadman alarm systems
the LCD displays the following when "DISPLAY STATUS" is selected.

2
3 S DEADMAN S SYSTEM
4 1 STATUS 2 STATUS
The softkey "SYSTEM STATUS" will provide the general system information
described in the previous section.
If "DEADMAN STATUS" is pressed and more than one alarm system is

existing, the LCD displays:
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2
3 S MAIN S S S 
4 1 2 3 4
Selection of deadman alarm system. This display is omitted if one deadman alarm system
is included only.
After selecting one of the deadman alarm systems the LCD displays:
Example:
1 DEAD MAN ER
2 STATUS: OFF
3 BACKUP: NOT SELECTED
4 RESET TIME: 2 MIN
Display of the deadman systems status- display 1.
1 DEAD MAN ER
2 PANEL: 2 nd ENG ROOM
3 BUZZER: CONTINUOUS
4
Display of the deadman systems status- display 2.
Sub-mode "Duty Select"

For the softkey “DUTY SELECT”two kinds of customization are possible:
a1 The duty selection can only be initiated from the current WS

(BAT410.B or BAT 411.C)
a2 The duty selection is independant from the WS. It can only be
initiated from a (during the customization) preselected panel
(e.g. BAT 411.C).
The selection of a duty officer is communication between the initiating panel

and the panel located in the requested duty engineers cabin.
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Start of the selection

When [DUTY SELECT] is pressed at the initiating panel the LCD displays:
1 SELECT DUTY OFFICER : <alarm system>

2 SELECTED DUTY OFFICER: <duty officer>
3 S NO DUTY S <person S <person S <person
4 1 OFFICER 2 1> 3 2> 4 3>
Selection of a duty officer. <duty officer> identifies the present selected duty officer.
If more than 3 persons can be selected <person 3> is substituted by "MORE".
If "NO DUTY OFFICER" is pressed the selected duty officer is released from
duty.
Note : If it is specified that unattended WS is allowed only when a duty

engineer is selected, the "NO DUTY OFFICER" softkey is omitted
when unattended WS is selected.
If a new duty officer is requested the DUTY LED in the following locations starts
flashing when the duty selection is initiated:
a1. On the WS.

a2. On the bridge.
a3. On panels operating as public room panels.
a4. In the cabin of the selected officer.
The buzzer is started in the above mentioned panels, except for the panel
which initiated the request.
The panel which initiated the request displays:
1 DUTY REQUEST - SELECT: <duty officer>

2 UNACKN
3 S STOP S ACKN
4 1 SELECT 2 SELECT
Display when a duty request is started - on the BAT 410.B/BAT 411.C which initiated the
selection. <duty officer> identifies the person that is selected.
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Acknowledge of a duty request from the requested persons cabin

If [DUTY] is pressed in the requested officers cabin the LCD displays:
1
2
3 <alarm system> : DUTY OFFICER REQUEST
4 PRESS [ENT] TO ACCEPT
Acknowledge of a duty request.
When the duty request is accepted by the duty officer the buzzer in the accom-
modation is stopped, and the duty officers panel enters basic mode.
The requested officer is selected as duty officer, and the previous selected
officer is deselected.
The panel which initiated the request displays:
1 DUTY REQUEST - SELECT: <duty officer>

2 ACKN
3 S QUIT
4 1
Duty selection acknowledged. The "ACKN" displayed in the 2nd line indicates, that the
selection has been acknowledged from the selected engineers cabin.
When "QUIT" or [ESC] is pressed the panel enters basic mode.
Display of a duty selection in progress

If [DUTY] is pressed on a panel which is not involved in the on-going duty
selection the panel displays:
1 <alarm system> : DUTY OFFICER REQUEST

2 SELECTION OF : <person>
3
4 PRESS [ESC] TO ENTER BASIC MODE
Display of a duty request from an BAT 411.A
By pressing [STOP HORN] the buzzer can be stopped locally.
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Acknowledge of the duty selection from the requesting panel

The "ACKN SELECT" softkey is present in case that the Geamar 120 ISL is
customized in a way, so that the duty selection can be acknowledged directly
from the panel which initiated the request, without acknowledgement from the
selected engineers cabin.
By pressing "ACKN SELECT" the requested officer is selected as duty officer

and the previous selected officer is deselected.
Note: During customizing of the Geamar 120 ISL, it can be specified if

"ACKN SELECT" from the WS may be performed.
Stop of the duty selection from the requesting panel

If "STOP SELECT" or [ESC] is pressed on the panel which initiated the request,
the duty selection procedure is cancelled. The previously selected duty officer
remains on duty, and the panel enters basic mode.
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5.8 Assist Call mode (BAT 410.B, BAT 411.B, BAT 411.A, MCP)
The call for assistance can be initiated from specified Basic Alarm Panels,
Accommodation Alarm Panels and from the Monitoring and Control Panels (if
included in the Process Monitoring and Control Stations).
Initiation of the call

When [ASSIST CALL] is pressed at the BAT 410.B, BAT 411.B or at the MCP the
LCD displays:
1 ASSIST CALL
2
3 S ALL S <person S <person S <person
4 1 2 1> 3 2> 4 3>
Selection of the officer to be called.
If more than three persons can be called, <person 3> is substituted by

"MORE".
The function provides individual call of officers for assistance, but by pressing
the softkey "ALL" all of the persons who are specified will be called
simultaneously.
If an "Assist Call" is initiated the ASSIST CALL LED in the following locations starts
flashing when the duty selection is initiated:
a1. On the panel from where the call is initiated

a2. On the bridge
a3. On panels operating as public room panels
a4. In the cabin of the called officer(s)
The buzzer is started in the above mentioned panels, except for the panel
which initiated the call.
The panel which initiated the call displays:
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1 ASSIST CALL: <called officer> UNACKN

2 TO LOCATION: <location>
3
4 PRESS [ENT] TO STOP CALL
Display when an Assist Call is initiated from a BAT 410.B/BAT 411.C. <called officer>
identifies the person that is called. <location> identifies the place from where the assist
call comes.
Acknowledge of Assist Call from the called persons cabin

If [ASSIST CALL] is pressed in the called officers cabin the LCD displays:
1 ASSIST CALL: <called officer>

3
4 PRESS [ENT] TO ACKNOWLEDGE ASSIST CALL
Assist Call display in the cabin of the called officer.
When the call is acknowledged by pressing [ENT], the calling status UNACKN
on the panel from which the call was initiated, will be replaced by ACKN in
order to inform the person calling for assistance that his request has been
noted.
When the assist call request is accepted by the called officer the buzzer in the
accommodation is stopped, and the called officers panel enters basic mode.
The ASSIST CALL LEDs will continue flashing until the Assist Call has been
stopped from the calling panel.
The expression <location> identifies from where the assist call is initiated. If for
example the call is initiated from an MCP located on an outstation in the
generator room the text <location> is substituted by "GENERATOR ROOM",
thus providing time-saving information to the called officer about where to go.
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Display of an assist call in progress

If [ASSIST CALL] is pressed on a panel in a public room the panel displays:
1 ASSIST CALL: <called officer>

3
4 PRESS [ESC] TO RETURN TO BASIC MODE
Assist Call display on a public room panel.
By pressing [STOP HORN] the buzzer is stopped locally.
In cabins which are not involved in the on-going Assist Call the ASSIST CALL LED
does not start to flash. If [ASSIST CALL] is happened to be pressed during an
Assist Call in progress the panel displays:
1 ASSIST CALL IN PROGRESS

2
3 REQUEST DENIED
4 PRESS [ESC] TO RETURN TO BASIC MODE
Assist Call display on a non-involved cabin panel.
Stop of the Assist Call from the requesting panel

The assist call procedure is stopped by pressing [ENT] on the panel which
initiated the call.
5.9 Printer Control (BAT 410.B, BAT 411.C)
The [PRINTER CONTROL] key is the operators interface to printers which are
connected to the Geamar 120 ISL.
The Geamar 120 ISL maintains up to 2 printers. From the BAT 410.B/BAT
411.C located at the WS the printer control function enables the operator to
initiate the print of different reports, specify on which of the printers he wants
various prints, adjust automatic log intervals etc. From the bridge print of
reports may be requested only.
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The following prints are available:
a1. Data log

a2. Print of alarm list
a3. Print of add. list
a4. Alarm/Event log
The print formats of the lists are described in a seperate chapter of the manual.
When [PRINTER CONTROL] is pressed the selection of the available printer

control commands appears. The following 3 displays are available:
1 PRINTER CONTROL:
2
3 S ALARM S ADD. S PRINTER S MORE
4 1 LIST 2 LIST 3 CONFIG 4
Select printer control function - display 1.
1 PRINTER CONTROL:
2
3 S S SELECT S DATALOG S MORE
4 1 2 CHANNEL 3 4
"PRINTER CONFIG" is only available from the BAT 411.C.
1 PRINTER CONTROL
2
3 S CHANGED S ALM.SYS S REPORT S MORE
4 1 MON.CH. 2 REPORT 3 STATUS 4
5.9.1 Sub-mode "Alarm List"
When "ALARM LIST" is pressed the list is printed immediately.
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5.9.2 Sub-mode "Add. List"
If "ADD. LIST" is pressed the following display appears:
1 PRINTER CONTROL:
2
3 S SUP S FAIL S ALARMS S
4 1 PRESSED 2 3 4
Selection between print-out of manual / auto cut-out list.
The sub-mode Add. List enables the operator to print every list he can
generate with the main mode Add. List. See 5.4 Add. List mode for further
information about the different lists that can be generated with this mode.
5.9.3 Sub-mode "Printer Config "
When "PRINTER CONFIG" is pressed the operator must enter a password.

Password level 2 is required. If a legal password is entered the PRINTER CONFIG
LED starts to flash and the operator can select between the following functions:
a1. Datalog format (compressed/extended)

a2. Adjustment of the auto print-out timers.
a3. Printer selection for each of the mentioned reports.
a4. Cancel print (only visible if any print jobs are existing)
The four functions are displayed as follows:
1 PRINTER CONTROL:
2
3 S DATALOG S AUTO S CHOOSE S CANCEL
4 1 FORMAT 2 PRINT 3 PRINTER 4 PRINT
Set-up of the printer configuration.
Note: Softkey [S4] “CANCEL PRINT”only appears if any current print job is existing.
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Change of datalog format

If "DATALOG FORMAT" is selected the LCD displays:
1 SELECT DATALOG FORMAT MAIN ALARM SYS

2 <datalog form>
3 S COM- S EX- S S
4 1 PRESSED 2 TENDED 3 4
Select datalog format. <datalog form> identifies the present datalog format (COM-
PRESSED / EXTENDED).
After selecting a format the diplay returns to basic mode.
Adjustment of the auto print timers

The Geamar 120 ISL can be configured to print the following lists at fixed times
and intervals:
a1. Alarm list

a2. Add. list (i.e. the lists belonging to this main mode)
a3. Data log
a4. Manoeuvre alarm log
For each of the above mentioned Lists, the following can be adjusted:
b1. Start time

b2. Print interval
If "AUTO PRINT" is selected the following display appears:
1 PRINTERR CONTROL:
2 SELECT AUTO PRINT-OUT FUNCTION
3 S ALARM S ADD. S DATALOG S MANOEUV
4 1 LIST 2 LIST 3 4 ALM.LOG
Auto print selection.
If, for example, "ADD. LIST" is selected the following display appears:
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1 PRINTER CONTROL:
3 S SUP- S FAIL S ALARMS
4 1 PRESSED 2 3
Selection of auto print of cut-out lists.
If " SUPPRESSED" is selected the following is displayed:
1 PRINTER CONTROL:
3 S SIMU- S MANUAL S AUTO
4 1 LATED 2 CUT-OUT 3 CUT-OUT
Selection of auto print of suppressed lists.
When an auto print-out function has been selected the following display
appears:
1 SELECT AUTO TIMES MAIN ALARM SYS

2 <time> <interval> PRINTER NO. 1
3 S START S INTER-
4 1 TIME 2 VAL
Example of selection between adjustment of the start time or interval.
This display also appears when instead of Add. list one of the other functions
would have been chosen after the selection of "AUTO PRINT". Only when Add.
list is selected the operator first has the possibility to choose one of eight sub-
functions to Add. list.
If "START TIME" is selected the LCD displays:
1 ENTER NEW START TIME MAIN ALARM SYS

2
3 NEW VALUE : 1 2:00
4 OLD VALUE : 12:00
Adjustment of the auto print start time.
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If "INTERVAL" is selected the following display appears:
1 ENTER NEW INTERVAL MAIN ALARM SYS

2
3 NEW VALUE : 2 4:00
4 OLD VALUE : 00:00
Adjustment of the auto print interval. The intervall is entered in hours (HH:MM).
Note: If the print interval is set at 0, no auto print is carried out.
Printer Selection
When "CHOOSE PRINTER" is pressed the operator can select on which
printer each of the following reports are to be printed:
a1. The alarm list print-out

a2. The add. list print-out
a3. Datalog print-out
a4. Manoeuvre alarm log
a5. The alarm/event log
The above selection controls both manual ordered print-out and auto print-out.
When "CHOOSE PRINTER" is pressed the following two displays are

available:
1 SELECT DESTINATION PRINTOUT:

2
3 S ALARM S ADD. S PRINT S MORE
4 1 LIST 2 LIST 3 DATALOG 4
st
Allocation of report prints to available printers(s). - 1 display
1 SELECT DESTINATION PRINTOUT:

2
3 S MANOEUV S S ALARM/ S MORE
4 1 ALM.LOG 2 3 EVENT 4
nd
Allocation of report prints to available printer(s). - 2 display
When a function is selected normally the display below appears. But if the
softkey "Add. List" is pressed the operator has further possibilities: According
to the description of the Add. List mode (see 5.4) he can choose between eight
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different lists. After having chosen one of these functions the LCD also
displays:
PRINTER CONTROL:
<print func> <sel. printer>
S PRINT S PRINTER S PRINTER
1 DISABLE 2 1 3 2
Printer Selection. <print func> identifies the printer function for which assignment is to be
carried out for (e.g. alarm list). <sel printer> identifies the present selected printer (e.g.
PRINTER 2".
By pressing "PRINTER 1" or "PRINTER 2" the operator chooses on which

printer the selected list is to be printed.
The softkey "PRINTER 2" is omitted if one printer is connected to the alarm
system only.
By pressing "PRINT DISABLE" the selected list will not be printed on any
printer.
If no printer is connected to the alarm system the LCD displays:
1 *** COMMAND IGNORED - PRESS [ESC] ***

2
3 PRINTER NOT READY OR REPORT NOT ASSIGNED
4
Information display: no printer is connected or the printer failed.
5.9.4 Sub-mode "Datalog"
When "DATALOG" is selected the datalog is printed. The selection between

extended / compressed datalog is a sub-menu to "PRINTER CONFIG".
5.9.5 Sub-mode "Select Channel "
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5.9.6 Sub-mode "Changed Mon. Ch."
If "Changed Mon. Ch." is chosen a list of all Monitoring Channels which were
changed since the last download is printed.
5.9.7 Sub-mode "Alm. Sys. Report"
If "Alm. Sys. Report " is selected a report of the current status of the alarm
system is printed
5.9.8 Sub-mode "Report Status"
If "Report Status " is chosen the Printer Configuration is printed.
5.10 Maintenance mode (BAT 410.B, BAT 411.C, BAT 411.A, MCP)
[MAINTENANCE] offers the following functions of which no. 6, 10, 11, 13, and 14
are available to the STN ATLAS Marine Electronics engineers or other qualified
personnel only.
No: Function Available from

1 Display time & date All panels
2 Version control All panels
3 Set time & date WS* and MCP
4 Lamp test All panels
5 Select UTC/LT WS* and MCP
6 Enter Commissioning Mode WS* and MCP
7 Change password - level 1 WS*
11 System Password - level
12 LOP-UCS control
13 Watch dog test WS*
14 Store setup WS*
*Note: With regard to the availability of the functions two kinds of

customization are possible:
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a1. The functions marked with WS are always available from the
current Watch Station (BAT 410.B or BAT 411.C).
a2. The functions marked with WS are only available from one
(during the customization) preselected panel (e.g. BAT
411.C).
When [MAINTENANCE] is activated the following five displays are available:
1 SELECT MAINTAIN FUNCTION:

2
3 S DISPLAY S VERSION S SET S MORE
4 1 TIME 2 CONTROL 3 TIME 4
Select maintenance function, display 1.

2
3 S LAMP S SELECT S COMMISS S MORE
4 1 TEST 2 UTC/LT 3 MODE 4

2
3 S CHANGE PW S CHANGE PW S CHANGE PW S MORE
4 1 LEVEL 1 2 LEVEL 2 3 LEVEL 3 4

2
3 S CHANGE PW S SYSTEM S LOP-UCS S MORE
4 1 LEVEL 4 2 PW LEVEL 3 CONTROL 4

2
3 S WATCH DOG S STORE S MORE
4 1 TEST 2 SETUP 4
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The MAINTENANCE LED flashes while the system is in either commissioning mode
or LVM password level.
5.10.1 Display time & date
If "DISPLAY TIME & DATE" is selected the LCD displays:
1 DISPLAY TIME & DATE

2 HH:MM:SS YY.MM.DD
3 LOCAL TIME: 19:12:00 00.07.20
4 UTC TIME: 19:12:00 00.07.20
Display time and date.
5.10.2 Version Control
If "VERSION CONTROL " is selected the LCD displays:
1 VIEW LOAD FILE DATE AND SEQ. NO.

2 VERSION/TYPE NO. : 4.11/970.409.101
3 LOAD FILE DATE : 20000721
4 LOAD SEQ. NO. : 731
Example of a version control display.
5.10.3 Set time & date
For this function password level 1 is needed. If "SET TIME & DATE" is selected
and the legal password was entered the LCD displays:
1 SET TIME & DATE

2
3 S SET S SET
4 1 UTC 2 LT
Set time and date.
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Changing the UTC settings

If "SET UTC" is selected the LCD displays:
1 SET UTC TIME & DATE

2
3 S SET S SET
4 1 TIME 2 DATE
Set UTC time & date.
If the operator selects "SET TIME" in order to cange the UTC time the following
is displayed:
1 SET UTC TIME

2
3 ENTER NEW TIME: 19:12:0 0
4 TIME AT ENTRY : 19:12:00 <HH:MM:SS>
Set UTC time.
Note: The time displayed in the 4th line is the time of entry to the display.
This time is not updated.
By means of the [7] and [6] keys the operator can skip from one digit to another
and enter the new time. In order to accept the new time [ENT] must be pressed
and the display enters set UTC time & date mode.
If "SET DATE" is selected the LCD displays:
1 SET UTC DATE

2
3 ENTER NEW DATE: 00-01-15
4 DATE AT ENTRY: 00-01-15 <YY-MM-DD>
Set UTC date.
After entering the new date [ENT] must be pressed in order to accept the
changes. The display will return to
Changing the local time settings

If "SET LT" is selected the LCD displays:
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Example:
1 SET LOCAL TIME

2
3 S SET S ZONE S TIME S TIME
4 1 TIME 2 ADJUST 3 +60 4 -60
Set local time.
Note: In the softkeys [S3] and [S4] the period of time can be different from 60 min.
If "SET TIME" is selected the following is displayed:
1 SET LOCAL TIME

2 UTC TIME : 12:39:00
3 NEW OFFSET: 01:30
4 OLD OFFSET: 01:30 (+-HH:MM)
Set local time. In this display the difference between UTC and LT can be entered.
As an alternative to changing the offset by entering ciffers the softkeys [S3] and
[S4] can be used. They offer the possibility to increase/ decrease the present
(local) time quickly.
If "TIME + 60" is chosen the LCD displays:
1 CHANGE LOCAL TIME

2 INCREASE PRESENT TIME 60 MIN.
3 S QUIT S ACCEPT
4 1 2
Increase local time by 60 min.
The display which appears when "TIME - 60" is selected is similar to the above
shown display. Only one difference exists: “Increase” is supported by
“Decrease”.
If "ZONE ADJUST" is selected the LCD displays:
1 ENTER NEW TIME ZONE ADJUST VALUE

2
3 ENTER NEW VALUE: 60
4 CURRENT VALUE : 60 MIN.
Zone adjust.
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This function has effect on the softkeys [S3] and [S4]. "ZONE ADJUST" offers
the possibility to change the period of time by which the local time can be
increased/decreased with the above mentioned softkeys.
The value which is to be entered can consist of no more than two characters.
After having chosen a new value the operator must press [ENT] . The display
returns to maintenance mode.
5.10.4 Lamp test
If "LAMP TEST" is selected all LEDs on the panel should be illuminated.
5.10.5 Select UTC/LT
If "SELECT UTC/LT" is chosen the operator can decide whether UTC-time or

local time is to be displayed and used by all panels.
5.10.6 Change password
If one of the change password functions is selected, for example "CHANGE

PASSWORD - LEVEL 1", the following display occurs:
Example:
1
2
3 ENTER PASSWORD - LEVEL 2:
4
For changing the password - level 1, the operator is prompted for the password - level 2.
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After entering a valid password the LCD displayes:
1 CHANGE PASSWORD
2
3 ENTER NEW PASSWORD - LEVEL 1: *****
4 CONFIRM PASSWORD - LEVEL 1:
Changing the password. The password consists of up to 6 characters.
On entry the cursor is placed at the first character of the new password. 14
keys are available for entering a password: [S1] to [S4] and 0 to 9.
After entering the first digit the cursor automatically skips to the next digit. The
password can consist of up to six characters (i.e. a password consisting of less
than six characters is possible) and it must consist of at least one character.
After having entered the new password, [ENT] has to be pressed if the
password consists of less than six characters. If it consists of six characters the
cursor automatically skips to the next line where the password must be
confirmed. After the confirmation the operator must press [ENT].
If the operator decides not to change the password while the system is in the
change password mode, [ESC] can be pressed in order to return to
maintenance mode. If [ESC] is pressed once more the display returns to basic
mode.
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5.11 Deadman mode (BAT 410.B, BAT 411.C, MCP)
5.11.1 Controlling the deadman system(s)
Each of the four independent deadman alarm systems can be customized as

follows:
a1. The system is set ON/OFF automatically controlled by a

binary input. (e.g. the navigator deadman system is set ON
when one of the steering gear pumps is running).
a2. The operator selects between ON and OFF.
a3. The operator selects between ON, OFF and AUTO.
For each dead man alarm system a Basic Alarm Panel is customized to control
the deadman status selection. The following selections can be done:
b1. Selection only from a unique (during the customization)

preselected panel (e.g. BAT 410.B).
b2. Selection from the WS (BAT 410.B or BAT 411.C)
If the operator wants to change the status of the deadman system he must
press [DEADMAN]. If the panel is allowed to control the status of more than
one of the deadman systems the LCD displays:
1 SELECT DEAD MAN ALARM SYSTEM

2
3 S DEADMAN S DEADMAN S DEADMAN S DEADMAN
4 1 <a> 2 3 <c> 4 <d>
Selection of deadman alarm system. This display is omitted if the panel can change the
status for one of the systems only.
After choosing an alarm system the operator has the possibility to make
changes to the system´s status:
1 DEADMAN SYSTEM <dm system>

2 <dm stat> <time>
3 S START S ADJUST
4 2 4 TIME
Control of the deadman system´s status. <dm stat> is the present status (e.g. MANUAL
OFF), <dm system> identifies the selected deadman alarm system, and <time> indicates
the current setting of the deadman timer.
Note: The system can be customized in a way that additionally the selection S3 “AUTO”
is possible or in a way that no choice is possible and the deadman is controlled by a
binary input.
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For any changes to the Deadman system - except for resetting the system -
password level 3 is needed. In order to start the deadman system "START"
must be selected and a legal password must be entered. After entering the
password the [DEADMAN LED] is illuminated and the display shows to the
following:

2 <dm stat> <time>
3 S STOP S ADJUST
4 1 4 TIME
After pressing "ADJUST TIME" a legal password must be entered in order to

enter the following display.

2 <dm stat> <time>
3 DEADMAN TIME: 2 MIN
4 ENTER NEW VALUE [1-30]: 2
Adjustment of the deadman time
The time can be adjusted in the interval 1 - 30 min.
5.11.2 Resetting the deadman timer
Each BAT 410.B, BAT 411.C or MCP can be customized to reset the deadman
timer in one of the four available deadman alarm systems. Activation of any of
the keys on the panel resets the dead man timer.
If the timer has not been reset within the deadman time a warning is given. In
this situation the DEADMAN LED flashes and the buzzer is activated.
The Dead Man Warning is reset by activation of [DEAD MAN] or any other key.
If a panel can reset a deadman alarm system, the DEAD MAN LED is illuminated
steady when the deadman system is active.
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6 Description and operating instructions for the OWS
6.1 Introduction.
This chapter is your reference to the functions and operation of the Operator
Workstation (OWS) used in the Integrated Monitoring and Control System
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The user interface of an Operator Workstation is a standard colour monitor and

a standard PC with keyboard and pointing device. The OWS is designed to run
on a PC with a monitor capable of a display resolution of 1024*768 pixels
(Large Fonts) in 256 colours (if IGSS 32 is used on the same PC, the graphics
card must be setup to display 65536 colours - this require that the card has at
least 2Mb of video memory).
A Geamar 120 ISL can be equipped with up to six EADs or eight OWSs.
If an Operator Workstation is placed on a watch station location from where

acknowledgement of alarm is required, the Operator Workstation is used
together with a Duty Alarm System ECR panel.
The EAD offers the following functions:
a1. Stop horn and alarm acknowledge

a2. Display of oldest unacknowledged alarm
a3. Group Overview
a4. Group Display
a5. Display of alarm list(s).
a6. Display channel.
a7. Display of thermonitor (e.g. exhaust gas temperatures).
Note: The examples of screen lay-outs shown in this chapter may in a few
cases differ slightly from the actual screen lay outs.
6.1.1 Definitions and abbreviations used in this chapter
Please refer to chapter 1 for standard abbreviations.
SUB A, SUB B, SUB C:

The Geamar 120 ISL can contain up to 3 integrated sub-alarm systems. In
some of the examples and descriptions in this chapter the sub-alarm systems
are not named. In this case they are referred to as SUB A, SUB B or SUB C.
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Channel State:
A channel's state (<st>) is on the Operator Workstation identified by a 7
character text. The meaning of <st> is given below:
Channels State <st> Text Message Text
Device Fail ? DEV. FAIL
Sensor Fail, at least one limit is not man. Cut-out FAIL SENS FAIL
or
JUMP FAIL
Sensor Fail, all limits man. Cut-out NORM/CA SENS FAIL

or
JUMP FAIL
Limit n in alarm, Limit (>n) in norm, No cut-outs ALM Limit n mes txt
(i.e. that if limit (<n) is in alarm, this can not be seen,
as limit n is considered more important)
One ore more limits are in alarm & cut-out, No limits NORM/CA limit txt for channel
are in alarm & without cut-out. which is in alarm &
(i.e. the message text describes the state of the cut-out
channel, which it would be in, if it was not cut-out. If
more limits are in alarm&cut-out, the highest limit is
selected)
Limit n in alarm, Limits (>n) either in normal or cut- ALM/CA limit n mes txt
out, at least one limit # n in alarm & cut-out, limit n
not in cut-out
All limit are normal, no sensor fail NORM norm mes txt
The state text (<st>) is colour encoded according to the table below (if the state
text is flashing it indicates that an alarm is unacknowledged).
<st> Text Colour Channel State
Red Priority 1 alarm

Violet Priority 2 alarm
Yellow Priority 3 alarm
White Priority 4 alarm

Blue Manual cut-out
Green Normal
Additionally, an entire line in a list can be displayed using white text instead of
green. This indicates that the channel is either in device fail, or that it will be
removed from the list the next time it is updated/refreshed.
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6.2 Operational Principles and General Screen Lay-outs
6.2.1 Modes
The Operator Workstation can operate in several different main modes (e.g.
alarm list mode, group display mode). Each main mode is activated by a
function key. A function key is a key on the keyboard specially assigned to a
main mode. The possible modes and their related function keys are listed in
section 6.3.
Alternatively, a main mode can be activated (using the pointing device) by

clicking one of the “function buttons” displayed on the right side of the EAD
screen (if enabled from the menu VIEW|SHORTCUTS), or from the menu line
in top of the screen (please reefer to the general layout of the screen on the
following page).
When one of the above mentioned function keys is pressed the EAD enters
the top level in the corresponding main mode. This happens no matter in which
mode or on which level the EAD is operating at the time the key is pressed.
If the Geamar 120 ISL includes a main alarm system only, the related pictures
will appear at the moment when the function key is pressed. If one or more
sub-alarm systems are defined, the operator will, after pressing a function key,
often have to select between the defined alarm systems.
6.2.2 General lay out of the screen
The screen of the Operator Workstation is divided into 3 parts. On the top
there is a header displaying information about the state of the sub-systems
independent of the current operational mode of the Operator Workstation.
The middle part of the screen (the dark gray area of the screendump below) is
mode dependent. Lines of text or graphics can be displayed in this area.
On the bottom there is a footer displaying information about the state of the
alarm system(s) independent of the current operational mode of the Operator
Workstation.
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Figure : General screen layout of the EAD.
6.2.3 Screen Header
Two different headers are used in the EAD. One header is used when sub-
alarm systems are integrated in the system, another is used when only the
main alarm system is present.
The header is always displayed independent of the mode in which the EAD
operates.
Both headers occupy the same area on the top part of the screen, and they
both contain two buttons - One to stop the horn, and one to acknowledge
alarms.
Screen Header with no Sub-Alarm Systems Defined

The header contains the following information:
a1. Line with identification of the product (caption), local (LT) or

UTC time and date (Written in white on blue background.
When a pop-up window is active, the background colour of
this line in the header changes to gray). This line will also
show what is currently displayed in the mode dependant part
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of the screen (e.g. an alarm list for the main alarm system).
a2. The menu line.
a3. The number of alarms.
a4. The number of manual cut-outs.
a5. The number of automatic cut-outs.
a6. The location of the watch station and whether it is attended or

unattended.
a7. The duty officer (if any).
a8. The backup officer (if any).
a9. The oldest unacknowledged alarm.
Example:
Figure : Header with no sub-alarm systems defined.
Screen Header with Sub-Alarm Systems Defined

When more than one alarm systems is defined, the header contains the
following information:
a1. Line with identification of the product (caption), local (LT) or

UTC time and date (Written in white on blue background.
When a pop-up window is active, the background colour of
this line in the header changes to gray). This line will also
show what is currently displayed in the mode dependant part
of the screen (e.g. an alarm list for the main alarm system).
a2. The menu line.
a3. One line for each alarm system included. The line hold the
following information: The total number of alarms present,
“SUPPRESSIONS” if any channels are cut-out (“-” if none),
whether the watch station is attended or unattended and
finally the oldest unacknowledged alarm for the alarm system.
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The oldest unacknowledged alarm is displayed as the channel text and state.
A flashing channel state indicates that the alarm is unacknowledged.
Example:
The alarm system's placement in the header is defined during customizing.
6.3 General use of keys and Pop-up Windows
The keyboard of the Operator Workstation is a standard PC keyboard. The use

of the keys is described in details in the following.
6.3.1 Use of function keys
The 12 functions keys are used in the following way:
Key Key Alias Main Mode
F1 Reserved
F2 ALARM LIST Alarm list mode

Alt+F2 THERMONITOR Thermonitor display mode
F3 GROUP OVERVIEW Group overview mode
F4 GROUP DISPLAY Selection of a group display
F5 ADDITION LIST Additional (Suppressed, Failure or Alarm Prio.) list mode

F6 Reserved
F7 Reserved
F8 DISP CHANNEL Display channel mode
F9 Reserved
F10 Reserved
F11 STOP HORN No mode shift - Horn is stopped
F12 ACKN No mode shift - Displayed alarms are acknowledged - if
allowed.
When one of the above mentioned keys is pressed the Operator Workstation
either enters the corresponding main mode or prompts for required information
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for the new mode.
6.3.2 Use of [ENTER]
The [ENTER] key is a general accept key. In pop-up windows it normally

corresponds to clicking the OK button. If a list is displayed pressing [ENTER] will
start the display channel mode, and show the channel which was selected by
the blue line cursor bar in the list (same as double clicking on the line using the
pointing device).
6.3.3 Use of [ESC]
The escape key is a general quit key. When [ESC] is pressed the current oper-
ation is cancelled without any error message. This means that if [ESC] is
pressed while the operator is prompted for an entry, the prompt is cancelled
and the EAD continues to operate in the current mode. In pop-up windows it
normally corresponds to clicking the CANCEL button.
6.3.4 Use of [8], [9], [7 ], [6], [PAGE UP] and [PAGE DOWN]
If the EAD operates in a mode where more display data are available than the
EAD is able to display on one page, the page up/down keys are used for
paging data. E.g. if an alarm list is displayed, pressing [PAGE DOWN] causes the
EAD to fetch the next page of the alarm list.
If the EAD is operating in a mode where the cursor is ON, the [6] and [7] are
used to move the cursor right/left. The up/down keys ([8] and [9]) are used for
placing the curser on a specific line or used to scroll the displayed information
one line at a time. Also, the arrow keys can be used to select an alarm group
in the group overview mode. Please see also [TAB] key below.
6.3.5 Use of [TAB]
The [TAB] key can be used to select between controls (e.g. lists, edit fields,
buttons, etc.) in a pop-up window. This is an alternative to selecting the desired
control using the pointing device.
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6.3.6 Use of [SPACE BAR]
Pressing [SPACE BAR] causes the selected control (e.g. a check box) to be
activated. This is an alternative to clicking on the desired control using the
pointing device.
6.3.7 Use of [STOP HORN]
The function of [STOP HORN] is identical to the [STOP HORN] key on the related
BAT 411.C if the EAD is placed on a watch station location.
6.3.8 Use of [ACKN]
Pressing [ACKN. ALARM] causes the alarm currently displayed in the EAD header
to be acknowledged.
6.3.9 Pop-up Windows
Messages to the operator and some of the operator dialogues are done via
pop-up windows. When, for example, display channel mode is started and the
operator must select a channel to display, the following pop-up window
appears:
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Figure : Select channel to display.
The different areas (controls) in the pop-up windows (e.g Channel or Browse
Type in the figure above) can be selected either by using the pointing device,
or by using the TAB, ENTER and SPACE BAR keys as described above.
6.4 Main Modes for the EAD
The EAD can operate in the below mentioned main modes which are selected
by means of function keys as described in section 6.3
ALARM LIST mode

GROUP OVERVIEW mode
GROUP DISPLAY mode
ADDITIONAL LIST mode
DISPLAY CHANNEL mode
THERMONITOR DISPLAY mode
When the system is started it enters the GROUP OVERVIEW mode.
All lists (i.e. in ALARM LIST, GROUP DISPLAY and ADDITIONAL LIST mode) use the
layout seen in the figure below (in the small column without any header text it
is indicated if the channel is suppressed).
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The Entry indication shown in the button right corner of the list screen indicate
the number of channels on the current page plus the total number of channels
on all pages. In the example above, “Entry 1-3 of 3" means that all three
channels in the list is displayed on this page.
6.4.1 Group Overview Mode
When [GROUP OVERVIEW] is pressed the EAD displays an overview the defined
alarm groups.
Example:
Figure : Example of a Group Alarm Overview picture.
The display consists of a number of alarm groups. For each alarm group, the
following is displayed:
a1. A square, indicating the alarm state of channels in the group.
a2. The alarm group number.
a3. The alarm group state.
The alarm group's state are indicated by the square placed left to the group
number. The alarm marker (square) can indicate:
State Indication
Unacknowledged channels Red flash

present in the group
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State Indication
Alarms present in the group. All Red

alarms acknowledged
None of the above White border
Using the arrow plus ENTER keys (or the pointing device) to activate the alarm
marker square, the operator can start the group display for the desired alarm
group directly from the group overview picture.
6.4.2 Display of one Group
If the [GROUP DISPLAY] function key is pressed, the following pop-up window
appears:
Figure : Pop-up window for selection of a group.
After selecting a group the EAD displays the channels which are included in the
alarm group. The channels are sorted after the user ID. If the group contains
more channels than can be displayed on one page, the operator can step
between the channels by using the [PAGE UP] and [PAGE DOWN] keys. There is no
limit to the number of channels in a group.
The information displayed for each channel within the group can be seen from
the general list layout in section 6.4.
6.4.3 Alarm list Mode
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The EAD enters the ALARM LIST mode when [ALARM LIST] is pressed.
The Geamar 120 ISL can handle the following alarm lists:
a1. List of all alarms in the main alarm system
a2. List of all alarms in Sub Alarm System A
a3. List of all alarms in Sub Alarm System B
a4. List of all alarms in Sub Alarm System C
Each alarm list consists of all of the alarms within the list which are pending or
unacknowledged. The alarms are placed in the alarm list in the time order of
their occupance. The newest alarms are placed in the bottom of the list.
If more than one alarm system is included, a pop-up window for selection of
alarm system appears when [ALARM LIST] is pressed.
The information displayed for each channel in the list can be seen from the
general list layout in section 6.4. The last column (UTC) indicate the time the
channel entered the alarm list. If the alarm has been present in the list for more
than 24 hours, the time is replaced with the date on which the alarm occurred.
6.4.4 Additional List Mode
When the [ADDITION LIST] is pressed the following pop-up window appears:
Figure : Pop-up window for selecting one of the different

additional list types.
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Selecting a Suppressed List, the EAD can display channels which are either
simulated, manually blocked by the operator (MANUAL CUT-OUT LIST mode) or
automatically blocked from an external signal such as "Finished With Engine
(AUTOMATIC CUT-OUT LIST mode). When the Manual or the Automatic Cut-out
List has been selected, the EAD displays the present channels which are cut-
out (blocked).
Selecting a Failure List, all channels in Device, Sensor or Earth Fail can be
displayed.
Finally, Alarm Lists can be displayed according to the desired priority of the
alarms in the list (e.g. priority 1 and 2 alarms only).
The general list layout is used, and the display channel mode can be started
directly by selecting a channel (line) with the arrow keys and then press the
ENTER key (or by using the pointer device, and double click on a channel).
Using this method it is possible to quickly get information about a monitoring
channel, e.g. how the signal is calculated or which channel is used for
automatic cut-out of a channel in a suppressed list..
The channels displayed in the lists are sorted after user ID.
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6.4.5 Display Channel Mode
The EAD enters the DISPLAY CHANNEL mode when [DISP CHANNEL] is pressed.
In this mode it is possible to display the channel specification for all monitoring
channels in the Geamar 120 ISL including all sub-alarm systems.
When [DISP CHANNEL] is pressed the operator must select which channel is to be
displayed. If the EAD operates in one of the following list modes,
a1. Alarm List Mode.

a2. Additional List Mode.
a3. Group Display Mode.
and at least one monitoring channel is displayed, a blue cursor bar appears on
the line with the channel placed in the top of the display (excluding channels
displayed in the oldest unacknowledged field in the header). By the use of [9]
and [8] the operator can move the cursor and in this way select between the
displayed channels. When [ENTER] is pressed, the channel is selected and the
data displayed. The selection can also be made using the pointing device
simply by double clicking on the line holding the desired channel.
In addition to the above cursor selection procedure, the following pop-up

window appears when [DISP CHANNEL] is pressed again or when [DISP CHANNEL]
is pressed when no channels are displayed.
Figure : Pop-up window for selection of entry mode for display of a channel.
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The operator can browse between either all the channels, or just the analog or
binary channels. To do so, check the desired Browse Type, and then activate
the Browse button. The channels will be listed in the Channels list, and the
number in brackets will indicate the total number of channels to select from.
When a channel is selected the data associated with the channel is displayed.
Example:
Figure : Display Channel of an Analog (Out of Range) Alarm Channel.
The Alarm Groups list include all (i.e. up to four) alarm groups that the displayed
channel is included in.
The Channel Parameters list displays limit related data for each limit included in
the channel definition (up to three limits).
The Signal Calculation list displays information regarding each of the inputs to
the monitoring channel (Main, Subtract and Add signal). Only the inputs used
are listed.
When adjust mode is entered, a blue cursor box is used to select between the
fields that can be adjusted. When a field is activated a pop-up window is used
to adjust the value.
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Figure : An example on how to adjust a channel

parameter from display channel.
By using the [PAGE UP] and the [PAGE DOWN] keys when a channel is selected it
is possible to step through the channels which were displayed on the page from
which the DISPLAY CHANNEL mode was selected. This function makes it easy to,
for example, compare the individual cylinder temperatures of the main engine
and to compare parameters of related channels.
6.4.6 Thermonitor Display Mode
The Geamar 120 ISL can contain up to 16 thermonitors (for example exhaust
gas temperature measurement including actual cylinder temperatures, average
temperature and deviation from average temperature. For further description of
the thermonitor function, please refer to chapter 3 and section named "Average
Channels".
When the [THERMONITOR] function key is pressed, the EAD displays the
following pop-up window with a list of all defined average channels.
Figure : Selection of a thermonitor to display.
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After selecting an average channel the thermonitor is displayed in the following

way:
Example:
Figure : Thermonitor with display of exhaust gas temperatures for 5 cylinders.
The name of thermonitor can be seen from the top header line (caption).
The dark table in the left of the display show the average channel’s value in the
first line. The following lines in the table (one per cylinder) hold the user ID and
value of the channel with the absolute cylinder temperature (input channel),
along with the deviation from the average value in the last column. The square
displayed to the left of the values indicate if the channel is in alarm. If so, the
square is coloured red (flashing red if the alarm is unacknowledged.
A graphic representation of the values in the table is displayed using a

bargraph for each channel (average channel, input channels and deviation
channels). The markers on the graphs indicate the alarm limits. If the channel
is in alarm the bar is coloured solid red (flashing red if unacknowledged),
otherwise it is solid green.
The display range for the bargraphs is defined during customizing of the
system. If less than the maximum number of 16 inputs channels are used, only
the defined channels are shown.
If the average channel can be equalized, both the thermonitor and the display
channel mode display will include a button to facilitate this operation.
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7 Trouble-shooting and Spare part Exchange
7.1 Introduction
This chapter contains guidelines for the actions that can be taken in case the
Geamar 120 ISL is not functioning properly.
The chapter is divided into a number of sections containing list of error

messages, instructions regarding spare part exchange, jumper settings on the
printed circuit boards, and other relevant information needed in the trouble-
shooting aspect.
7.2 Failure detection in general
The Geamar 120 ISL is self-testing. This means that the system continuously
tests its hardware and software. If a defect is detected it is reported appropriate-
ly.
Any detected failure will cause an alarm to be raised and announced as any
other alarm - if possible.
Recommendations of what to be done in case any malfunction occurs is

described in a later section of this chapter.
If a defect is detected due to a failure in a hardware component the correct

replacement module must be chosen. Please follow the procedure described in
a later section of this chapter.
7.3 System alarms
When a defect is detected in the Geamar 120 ISL one of the following system
alarms is raised (please note that regarding the hardware errors individual
alarms can be defined for each hardware module in the Geamar 120 ISL. (MCP
(Monitoring and Control Panel), ZM411(CPU-Module), SAM401 (Systemnet
Adapter Module), SIM401 (Serial I/o Module), I/O-module, printer, Extended
Alarm Display etc.):
a1. PRINTER ERROR

a2. ZM411 COMMUNICATION ERROR
a3. PANEL COMMUNICATION ERROR
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a4. MODULE HARDWARE ERROR

a5. Geamar 120 ISL DATABASE ERROR
a6. EAD ERROR
In addition to the system alarms an error code will, in most cases, be directed to
the printer if possible, giving more detailed indication of the nature of the defect.
Please refer to the section which show the available error codes and their
meaning.
7.3.1 Printer error
The printer error alarm will occur because of one of the following reasons:
b1. The power to the printer is switched off / fuse broken

b2. The printer is set "off-line"
b3. The communication cable to the printer is disconnected
b4. A fuse on the SIM401-Module controlling the printer is broken
b5. The SIM401 module controlling the printer is faulty.
The corrections of b1, b2, b3 and b4 are self explaining. In case of b5, the
SIM401 module located in the cabinet of the selected master Process
Monitoring and Control Station (PMCS) (or standby master) must be replaced.
Please follow the procedure for spare part exchange.
7.3.2 ZM411 communication error
The alarm will occur in case of communication failure between the selected
master PMCS and the "slave" PMCS because of one of the following reasons:
c1. The 24Vdc power to the slave ZM411 is switched off / fuse broken.
c2. The ZM411 CPU for the slave PMCS is faulty
c3. The communication cable interconnecting the PMCS´s is discon-
nected.
c4. The SIM401 module controlling the communication network in the
slave PMCS is faulty.
c5. The SIM401 module controlling the communication network in PMCS
No. O is faulty.
The correction of c1 and c3 are self explaining. In case of c2, c4 or c5 the

SIM401 module located in the cabinet of the PMCS must be replaced. Please
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follow the procedure for spare part exchange.
7.3.3 Panel communication error
The alarm will occur in case of communication failure between the selected
master ZM411 and one or more of the alarm panels because of one of the
following reasons:
d1. The 24Vdc power to the panel is switched off / fuse broken.
d2. The communication cable interconnecting the alarm panel(s)
and the ZM411 of the PMCS is disconnected.
d3. The SIM401 module or the BASIC-Module controlling the
panel communication network in the PMCS is faulty.
The correction of d1 and d2 are self explaining. If a panel is operating and the
communication to the ZM411 of the PMCS is lost the panel will raise a local
alarm, indicating the following in the LCD display:
647
5 ----- NETWORK TIME-OUT ----- 5
5 ----- CONNECTION LOST. ----- 5
489
Panel communication failure indication at an BAT 411.A.
The alarm will also occur at the moment when the power is connected to the
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In case of d3 the SIM401 module which is located in the cabinet of the PMCS
must be replaced. Please follow the procedure for spare part exchange.
The above mentioned procedure for trouble shooting is also valid if a local
Monitoring and Control Panel is out of order. Please note that the MCPs are
conected to the ZM411 of the PMCSs through individual communication lines.
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7.3.4 PMCS hardware error
The alarm will occur in case of a failure in the input/output system of the
PMCSs. One alarm will be available for each individual PMCS. The alarm will
be raised because of one of the following reasons:
e1. An I/O-module placed in the cabinet of the PMCS is faulty.

e2. A flat cable connecting the I/O-module is disconnected or
faulty.
Any of the reasons will cause the alarm channels connected to the I/O-module
to enter the alarm state. In case an I/O-module be replaced. Please follow the
procedure for spare part exchange.
7.3.5 Geamar 120 ISL database error
The alarm will occur in case of a failure in the database of the PMCSs. One
alarm will be available for each individual PMCS. The alarm will be raised
because of the following reason:
f1. The Flash memory circuits containing the database are faulty.
The correction of f1 the ZM411 CPU in question must be replaced. Please

follow the procedure for spare part exchange.
7.3.6 ZM411 CPU alarms
On the front plate of the ZM411 CPU the LEDs indicate the power, running and
watchdog status of the ZM411 PMCS. Four yellow LEDs indicate running- and
watchdog status of the ZM411 CPU itself.
Furthermore, the ZM411 CPU contains a reset switch which, when activated,
will reset the ZM411 PMCS in the same way as after power up.
In the case where an error is detected in the ZM411 CPU the status of the
above mentioned LEDs should be noted and, if assistance is required, informed
to STN ATLAS Marine Electronics.
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7.3.7 Extended Alarm Display error
The alarm will occur in case of communication failure between the PMCSs and
one Extended Alarm Display (EAD) because of one of the following reasons:
g1. The power to the EAD is switched off / fuse broken.

g2. The communication cable interconnecting the EAD and the
ZM411 of the PMCSs is disconnected.
g3. A fuse on the SIM401-Module (to which the EAD is connected)
is broken
g4. The SIM401-Module controlling the communication network in
the PMCS is faulty.
g5. The net-cable interface board inside the System Processing
Unit of the EAD is faulty.
The correction of g1, g2 and g3 are self explaining. If an EAD is operating and
the communication to the PMCSs is lost the EAD will raise a local alarm.
In case of g4 the SIM401-Module or the SIM401 module which is located in the

cabinet of the PMCS must be replaced. Please follow the procedure for spare
part exchange.
In case of g5 the interface board which is located inside the System Processing
Unit of the EAD must be replaced.
7.3.8 Operator Workstation error
The alarm will occur in case of communication failure between the PMCSs and
the Operator Workstation (OWS) because of one of the following reasons:
e1. The power to the OWS is switched off / fuse broken.

e2. The communication cable interconnecting the OWS and the
PMCSs is disconnected.
e3. The SAM401 Module in the PMCS is faulty.
e4. The net-cable interface board inside the System Processing
Unit of the OWS is faulty.
The correction of e1 and e2 are self explaining. If a OWS is operating and the
communication to the PMCSs is lost the OWS will raise a local alarm.
In case of e3 the SIM401 module which is located in the cabinet of the PMCS
must be replaced. Please follow the procedure for spare part exchange.
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In case of e4 the SNB501 interface board which is located inside the System
Processing Unit of the OWS must be replaced.
7.3.9 Tracker ball error (OWS only)
In case that the tracker ball of the OWS is not operating it can be due to one of
the following reasons:
e1. The communication cable interconnecting the trackerball and

the OWS is disconnected.
e2. The trackerball is faulty.
The correction of e1 is self explaining. In case of e2, the trackerball must be

replaced.
7.4 Spare part exchange
In this section procedures are given on how a faulty module is to be replaced by

a new one is given. It is assumed that the faulty part has been identified.
The lay-out drawings, including jumper settings for the different modules and
connection boards used in the Geamar 120 ISL, is found in a separate section
of this chapter.
As a general rule the jumper setting (if any) on the new part should be set
identical to the faulty part before installed.
After replacement, the faulty part should be forwarded to STN ATLAS Marine
Electronics for repair.
The spare part exchange procedures cover the following main parts:
a. MCP/DAP Panel exchange

b. PMCS I/O-module exchange
c. ZM411 CPU-module exchange
d. Printer exchange
A general rule: NEVER REMOVE ANY PART WITH THE POWER ON
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7.4.1 Alarm Panel exchange
The exchange procedure cover the following types of panels:
- DAP (Bridge, ECR) Duty Alarm Panel

- DAP (Accommodation) Panel
- MCP (local Monitoring and Control Panel)
For exchange of a panel please follow the below procedure.
a1 Remove the 24Vdc power supply to the panel
a2. Loosen the panel physically from its location
a3. Remove the connections of the cables by removing the plug-

terminals located on the back side of the panel.
a4. Set the switch address setting on the new panel exactly as on
the faulty panel (the switches are located on the back side of
the panel).
a5. Connect the cables to the new panel and place in its location
a6. Connect the 24Vdc power supply to the panel
7.4.2 ZM411 I/O-module exchange
The recommendations cover the following types of I/O-modules located in the

cabinet of the PMCS:
- Analog Input module, AEM402/MXM401/MXM402-module

- Digital Input/Output module, DEM401/DRM401-module
- Serial Input/Output module, SIM401-module
For exchange of an I/O-module please follow the below mentioned procedure.
b1. Remove the 24Vdc power supply to the PMCS (none of the
two power LEDs at the front plate of the ZM411 CPU should
light).
b2. Remove the I/O-module from the cabinet
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b3. Set the jumper setting (if any) on the new I/O-module exactly
as on the faulty I/O-module. Please note that the SIM401-
module contains EPROM circuits which on the new module
must be identical to the ones located on the faulty module.
b4. Place the new module in the cabinet
b5. Connect the 24Vdc power supply to the PMCS
7.4.3 ZM411 CPU exchange
For exchange of a ZM411 CPU please follow the below mentioned procedure.
It is assumed that the new ZM411 CPU has been loaded with a valid database.
d1. Remove the 24Vdc power supply to the PMCS (none of the
two power LEDs at the front plate of the ZM411 CPU should
light)
d2. Remove the ZM411 CPU from the cabinet
d3. Set the jumper setting and switches on the new ZM411 CPU
module exactly as on the faulty ZM411 CPU module.
d4. Place the new ZM411 CPU module in the cabinet
d5. Connect the 24Vdc power supply to the PMCS
7.4.4 Printer exchange
For exchange of a printer please follow the below mentioned procedure:
e1. Remove the power supply to the printer
e2. Disconnect the power supply cable and the communication

cable from the printer
e3. Remove the printer from its physical location
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e4. Set the switch setting on the new printer exactly as on the
faulty printer (the switches are located on the back side of the
printer.
e5. Place the new printer in its physical location
e6. Connect the power supply cable and the communication cable
to the printer
e7. Connect the power supply to the printer
7.4.5 Temperature conversion table for temperature sensors
Degree Degree Pt 100 NiCr/Ni Fe-Ko

Celsius Fahrenheit O mV, mV, Cj.EC
Cj.EC
- 90 - 130 64.25 - - 4.33
- 80 - 112 68.28 - - 3.89
- 70 - 94 72.29 - - 3.44
- 60 - 76 76.28 - - 2.98
- 50 - 58 80.25 - - 2.51
- 40 - 40 84.21 - - 2.03
- 30 - 22 88.17 - - 1.53
- 20 -4 92.13 - - 1.02
- 10 14 96.07 - - 0.51
0 32 100.00 0 0
5 41 101.95 0.198 -
10 50 103.90 0.397 0.52
15 59 105.85 0.597 -
20 68 107.80 0.797 1.05
25 77 109.74 1.000 -
30 86 111.68 1.203 1.58
35 95 113.61 1.407 -
40 104 115.54 1.611 2.11
45 113 117.47 1.817 -
50 122 119.40 2.022 2.65
55 131 121.32 2.229 -
60 140 123.24 2.436 3.19
65 149 125.16 2.643 -
70 158 127.08 2.850 3.73
75 167 129.00 3.058 -
80 176 130.91 3.266 4.27
85 185 132.81 3.473 -
90 194 134.70 3.681 4.82
95 203 136.60 3.888 -
100 212 138.50 4.095 5.37
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Cj.EC
105 221 140.40 4.302 -
110 230 142.29 4.508 5.92
115 239 144.18 4.714 -
120 248 146.07 4.919 6.47
125 257 147.95 5.124 -
130 266 149.83 5.327 7.03
135 275 151.71 5.531 -
140 284 153.59 5.733 7.59
145 293 155.46 5.936 -
150 302 157.33 6.137 8.15
155 311 159.20 6.338 -
160 320 161.06 6.539 8.71
165 329 162.92 6.739 -
170 338 164.78 6.939 9.27
175 347 166.63 7.139 -
180 356 168.48 7.338 9.83
185 365 170.33 7.538 -
190 374 172.18 7.737 10.39
195 383 174.02 7.937 -
200 392 175.86 8.137 10.95
210 410 179.54 8.537 11.51
220 428 183.20 8.938 12.07
230 446 186.85 9.341 12.63
240 464 190.49 9.745 13.19
250 482 194.13 10.151 13.75
260 500 197.75 10.560 14.31
270 518 201.35 10.969 14.88
280 536 204.94 11.381 15.44
290 554 208.52 11.793 16.00
300 572 212.08 12.207 16.56
310 590 215.62 12.623 17.12
320 608 219.16 13.039 17.68
330 626 222.68 13.456 18.24
340 644 226.20 13.874 18.8
350 662 229.70 14.292 19.36
360 680 233.19 14.712 19.92
370 698 236.67 15.132 20.48
380 716 240.15 15.552 21.04
390 734 243.61 15.974 21.60
400 752 247.07 16.395 22.16
410 770 250.51 16.818 22.72
420 788 253.95 17.241 23.29
430 806 257.37 17.664 23.86
440 824 260.79 18.088 24.43
450 842 264.19 18.513 25.00
460 860 267.57 18.938 25.57
470 878 270.95 19.363 26.14
480 896 274.31 19.788 26.71
490 914 277.64 20.214 27.28
500 932 280.94 20.640 27.85
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Cj.EC
510 950 284.59 21.066 28.43
520 968 287.51 21.493 29.01
530 986 290.79 21.919 29.59
540 1004 294.06 22.346 30.17
550 1022 297.30 22.772 30.75
560 1040 300.54 23.198 31.33
570 1058 303.78 23.624 31.91
580 1076 307.01 24.050 32.49
590 1094 310.23 24.476 33.08
600 1112 313.45 24.902 33.67
620 1148 - 25.751 34.85
640 1184 - 26.599 36.04
660 1220 - 27.445 37.25
680 1256 - 28.288 38.47
700 1292 - 29.128 -
720 1328 - 29.965 -
740 1364 - 30.799 -
760 1400 - 31.629 -
780 1436 - 32.445 -
800 1472 - 33.277 -
820 1508 - 34.095 -
840 1544 - 34.909 -
860 1580 - 35.718 -
880 1616 - 36.524 -
900 1652 - 37.325 -
920 1688 - 38.122 -
940 1724 - 38.915 -
960 1760 - 39.703 -
980 1796 - 40.488 -
1000 1832 - 41.269 -
1020 1868 - 42.05 -
1040 1904 - 42.87 -
1060 1940 - 43.63 -
1080 1976 - 44.40 -
1100 2012 - 45.16 -
1120 2048 - 45.92 -
1140 2084 - 46.67 -
1160 2120 - 47.41 -
1180 2156 - 48.15 -
1200 2192 - 48.89 -
7.5 Assistance from STN ATLAS Marine Electronics
STN ATLAS Marine Electronics can provide the assistance required by the
Geamar 120 ISL user. However, in order to enable STN ATLAS Marine
Electronics’service personnel in providing this assistance certain details will be
required when reporting a suspect fault on the Geamar 120 ISL:
a1. Vessel's name and location (yard and yard newbuilding

number)
a2. If at sea then the intended destination, ETA and ETD
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a3. Details of the nature of the problem
a4. Details regarding the system alarms and error codes printed
a5. Details of the communication routes to the vessel, i.e. vessel's

agent in port of call, vessel's telex / telephone number via
satellite etc.
These details will help the STN ATLAS Marine Electronics’service personnel in
providing the assistance required as quickly as possible.
Communication with STN ATLAS Marine Electronics may be established via the
following means:
Telephone (Germany = +49) (0) 180 / 3 85 53

Telefax (Germany = +49) (0) 180 / 3 85 54
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8 Journals
8.1 Introduction
The possibility to create and print journals is an integrated function in the

Integrated Monitoring and Control System Geamar 120 ISL.
This function allows the operator onboard to specify spontaneous or on a time-

schedule based printouts of selectable measuring points.
8.2 Printer locations
The printouts of the journals are only possible via an Operator Workstation
(OWS). The printer is connected directly via parallel interface to the Operator
Workstation.
8.3 Journal definitions
The definition of journals is integrated into the normal operator interface. All
definition pictures are standard pictures, which cannot be changed during the
normal engineering of a system.
The definiton information is stored on the Operator Workstation where

defined/changed.
On user request the definition information can be transfered to other Operator

Workstations.
Optional (during customizing) the transfere of definition informations to specific

Operator Workstations can be selected as automatic. In this case, the transfere
to the selected Operator Workstations is done automatically.
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8.4 Grouping of measuring points
To give the operator the possibility of specific grouping of information needed,

the following structure of grouping is supported :
Journals
Journal-Group 1 Journal-Group 2 Journal-Group 3 Journal-Group n
Journal-Page 1 Journal-Page 2 Journal-Page 3
Meas. Point 1 Meas. Point 1 Meas. Point 1

Meas. Point 2 Meas. Point 2 Meas. Point 2
Meas.Point n Meas.Point n Meas.Point n
Journals
a number of Journal-Groups (max. 15 groups)
Group
a number of Journal-Pages (max. 10 pages)
Journal-Page
a number of Point-lines (max. 50 points per page)
Point-Line
a line including all relevant information of the selected measuring point
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8.5 Printouts
The printout can be started in three ways :
a1. by user
a2. by event
a3. by time schedule
8.5.1 Start by User
"Start by User" means, that all selected Journal-Groups will be printed

spontaneous on user request.
8.5.2 Start by Event
The function "Start by Event" is based on a process event (event-channel).
During setup-mode the user has to select a event-channel and the state of the
channel to start a printout. The printout is started, when the event-channel turns
his state to the selected state.
The start of printing can be suppressed by the user with the switch "Printout
On/Off"
8.5.3 Start by time schedule
"Start by time schedule" allows two different ways of printouts. The time
schedule is based on a day.
Variant a) time per day
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The user can define a number of time events (hh:mm) to start the printout. If the
time is reached, the Journal-Group is printed.
Variant b) start time per day, cycle time, end time per day
Start-Time End-Time
00:00 03:00 06:00 09:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 21:00 24:00
00:00 03:00 06:00 09:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 21:00 24:00

00:45 Cycle-Time
Printouts
00:00 03:00 06:00 09:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 21:00 24:00
In this case the Journal-Group is printed, when the cycle time is reached, but
only in between the time interval of Start- and End-Time.
In both variants the start of printing can be suppressed by the user with the
switch "Printout On/Off"
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8.6 Setup of the Journals
The complete setup of journals is to be carried out by the user. Please note that
for all working with journals a password is needed. Only opening of an existing
journal is possible without password.
8.6.1 Modifying an existing journal
a1. Click on button Diagram in the system menue. A blank journal

will be shown. The system menue assembly will change.
a2. Click Open. A list with existing journals will be shown.
a3. Select the desired journal by a click. Move the cursor as

shown on the screen (>) to list related pages.
a4. Move the coursor to the desired page and click on it. The
requested journal will be opened. The title and the dedicated
monitoring channels will be shown.
a5. To print this page click Open in the system menue and click
Print.
8.6.2 Print journal with fixed time/period (Scheduled Print Out)
To print a fixed and activated journal, all belonging pages are printed:
a1. Click Edit.
a2. Select Password and insert (1) in the open formular.
a3. Click OK.
a4. Click Edit.
a5. Select Schedule Print Out and click. A menue will be shown.
a6. Fill out the different times (start-, end- and cycle time).
a8. Click OK.
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ATTENTION: If the function Schedule Print Out is marked with T the

function is already switched on.
8.6.3 Creating a new jounal
a1. Click Diagram in the system menue, a selection list will be

shown.
a2. Click Journal, a blank journal is shown. The system menue

assembly will change.
a3. Click Edit.
a4. Select Password and insert (1) in the open formular.
a5. Click OK.
a6. Click Edit.
a7. Select Add groups. Insert the name of the new journal in the
formular.
a8. Click OK. If there are several pages in the new journal you
have to describe them.
a9. Click Edit.
a10. Select Add page.
a11. Insert the title of the new page.
a12. Click OK. A selection list of monitoring channels, Select

Monitoring Channel, will be shown.
Selecting monitoring channels for logging on the journal page:
b1. Select and click the selected monitoring channel in column

Monitoring Channel.
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b2. Click Add >. The selected monitoring channels will be now
shown in the column of the Selected Monitoring Channels.
It is possible to remove monitoring channels from the journal
page by selection with the cursor and clicking on < Add.
Selecting a group of monitoring channels for logging on the journal page:
c1. Click on the first monitoring channels of the selected group and in
simultaneous press the [SHIFT] key on the keyboard and hold it. Then
click on the last selected monitoring channel of the group with the left
mouse button.
c2. Click Add >, the selected group of monitoring channels will be shown
in the column of the Selected Monitoring Channels.
Selecting several non-sequential monitoring channels for logging on the journal

page:
d1. Click on a monitoring channel. Press the [CTRL] key on the

keyboard and hold it. The selected monitoring channel will be
marked.
d2. Click on the next monitoring channel with the left mouse
button. This monitoring channel will be marked also. Follow
this procedure for all requested monitoring channels.
d3. Insert all selected monitoring channels to the journal page by

clicking on Add >. The selected monitoring channels will be
shown in the column Selected Monitoring Channels.
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9 Printer List Formats
This chapter contains a description of the format and lay-out of the available
printer reports of the Integrated Monitoring and Control System Geamar 120
ISL.
Report Types
The following reports can be printed:
a1. Alarm/event Log

a2. Alarm List Report
a3. Cut-out List Report
a4. Extended and compressed Data Log
Normally, a report covers one alarm system only, but the alarm/event log may
be common for both the main alarm system and sub-alarm systems, if included.
In this case, one letter will in each event line identify the alarm system in which
the logged event is defined.
The reports are described in details in the following sections of this chapter.
9.1 General layout
A report consists of one of more pages numbered sequentially from 1. The last
line on the last page of the reports except for the Alarm/event Logs is an "End
of report" phrase.
The layout of a page is a report/page header followed by a number of lines

which is called the contents in the following.
All of the pages of a report are consecutive except for the Alarm/event Logs.
Between their pages reports of the other types can occur.
9.1.1 Header
A header of a page consists of
a1. A general line showing the ships name, the name of the
report, date, time and the page number
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a2. A line which displays general information, such as number of

standing alarms
a3. A solid line across the paper separating the header from the
rest of the page (the contents)
a4. Some types of reports have an extra line in the header

describing each column in the report
9.1.2 Standard header line
The general header line consists of:
a1. Name of the ship

a2. Name of the report
a3. The date and the time of the report
a4. Sequential page number
The page number is indicated as nnnnn (range 1 to 99999). Each print-out of a

report begins with page 1. The Alarm/event Logs starts on page 1 every time
the date advances. Also when the system starts or when the setup of the
Alarm/event Logs is changed the logs restart from page 1.
Layout:
Ships Name Report Name Date & Time Page no.

< 20 > < 24 > < 14 > < 10 >
Example:
M/S Dora Alarm/event Log 91-01-23 09.43 Page 003
9.1.3 Alarm system line
The Alarm System Line contains:
a1. Number of alarms (number of cut-outs in Cut-out List Reports)

a2. Person on duty
a3. Backup person
a4. Watch Station: Attended or unattended
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Layout:
Al.sys.id No.of alarms On duty person Backup person WS stat.

1 Alarms: < 5 > On duty: < 14 > Backup: < 14 > < 10 >
Lay-out of Cut-out List Reports:
Al.sys.id No.of cut_outs On duty person Backup person WS stat.

1 Cut-outs:< 4> On duty: < 14 > Backup: < 14 > < 10 >
Example:
Alarms: 12 On duty: 2ND ENGINEER Backup: NONE ATTENDED
9.1.4 The contents
Each page of a report contains a number of individual entries with the same
layout, each occupying one line. A full page contains 60 lines.
The entries are described later in this chapter, where the different types of
reports are treated.
A " - " in a field indicates that the the value has no meaning, e.g. an low alarm
limit for a binary channel or it indicates that the value is not available.
9.1.5 The terminator
The last line on the last page of the Alarm List Report, the Cut-out List Report
and the Data Log is always an "End of Report" phrase.
9.2 Alarm/event log report
The Alarm/event Log is a report with, in principle, an infinite number of pages

on which all of the important events are printed when they occur.
When the Geamar 120 ISL starts the headers of the Alarm/event Logs are
printed on the assigned printer. The first entry in the log is a system start
message entry logging date and time of the start-up.
To achieve an optimal utilization of the printers other reports can be printed on
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the same printer as described in the panel operating chapter. An interrupting

report will start on a new page. If the current page of the Alarm/event Log was
not full when it was interrupted the phrase
*** Rest of page is intentionally left blank ***
is written as the last line of the page, before the interrupting report is written on
a new page.
During print-out of an interrupting report events to be entered in the

Alarm/event Log are held in an internal buffer. Before a new report can interrupt
any pending events for the Alarm/event Log are printed on a new page of the
log.
When, very seldom, some entries in the log are lost due to internal buffer over-
flow or printer failure the phrase
*** Alarm/events may be missing. ***
is written in the log in the place where they are missing. The phrase is sur-
rounded by empty lines.
The pages of the Alarm/event Reports are numbered in sequence. They re-
start from page 1 whenever the date advances.
9.2.1 Header
The header consists of a general header line, an Alarm system information

Line, a header termination solid line, and a line describing the Alarm Channel
entries of the report.
Example:
M/S Dora Alarm/event Log 92-01-23 09.43 Page 6
M Alarms: 12 On duty: 1ST ENGINEER Backup: NONE UNATTENDED
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Chan.id. Channel description stat value limit unit time
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9.2.2 Content
In the Alarm/event Log the following events are registered:
a1. Alarms changing from normal to alarm and vise versa.

a2. Change of state of event channel.
a3. Channels entering and leaving cut-out states.
a4. System and Configuration Error Messages.
a5. Entering and leaving privileged modes.
a6. Change of duty-/backup operators and "Unmanned/Manned
Watch Station" status.
a7. Change of system time and date.
Whether or not the events a1 - a3 are to be recorded is specified during the

channel definition.
Whenever one of the events a1, a2 or a3 in the list stated above is followed or
preceeded by one of the remaining events (a4 - a7) an empty line is printed in
between.
Logging of alarm channel status change

Seven states of alarm channels exist. Of these Binary Alarm (ALM), Low
Analog Alarm (LOW), High Analog Alarm (HIGH), and Sensor Failure (FAIL)
must be regarded as alarm states, while the rest Manual Cut-out (MCUT),
Automatic Cut-out (ACUT) and Normal (NORM) are normal states.
Transition between any two of these seven states causes the new state to be
logged with the exception which is mentioned in the next section.
It can be specified in the channel setup that entering and leaving the ACUT
state are not to be logged. The purpose of disabling log of entering and leaving
the ACUT state is to prevent log of the following normal sequence of transitions:
NORM -> ACUT -> ( LOW -> NORM ) -> NORM
The states in the brackets are not expressed due to the automatic cut-out.
In connection with the following sequence of transitions:
NORM -> ALARM -> ACUT -> ( NORM ) -> NORM
thus only the events
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NORM -> ALARM -> ACUT
will be logged. In other words, transitions between the ACUT and the NORM
state are not logged. As a consequence the actual state of a channel may be
NORM while the last log entry says ACUT.
If an analog channel is in alarm, because the high or the low alarm limit has
been passed, the limit in question (the passed limit) is printed too.
Layout:
A "+" is printed in the first position of the line, if the channel is in an alarm state.
Information about the acknowledge state is not printed.
passed
Chan.id. Channel description stat value limit unit al time
+ < 6 > < 30 > <4 > < 7 > < 7 > < 6 ><1>< 8 >
Example:
123456 MAIN ENGINE FUEL OIL TEMP. HIGH 85.7 85.0 DEG.C M 18.00.02
+ 123456 RADAR SYSTEM MALFUNCTION ALM - - B 18.11.22
+ 234578 TELEGRAPH POWER FAILURE ALM - - M 18.22.02
+ 345789 MAIN ENGINE LUB. OIL PRESS. FAIL - - M 18.33.02
In the above example the letters "M" and "B" indicates that sub alarm systems
are included, a main alarm system (M) and a bridge alarm system (B)
Logging of event channel status change

Whenever an Event channel changes state, the new state is logged, provided
that the log is specified in the set-up of the channel. Three states exist, the ON
state, the OFF state, and the sensor error state.
The sensor error state is indicated by a "FAIL" text in the channel status field. In
that state it will also be in alarm, allthough it is an event channel. The alarm
state is indicated by a "+" in the first position of the line.
Layout:
Chan.Id. Channel description Channel status time

+ < 6 > < 30 > < 16 > < 8 >
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Example:
012345 Motor status STOPPED 18.07.02
012345 Motor status RUNNING 18.07.02
+ 012345 Motor status FAIL 18.08.02
Logging of cut-outs
When entering and leaving the cut-out state it is handled just like any other
changes in the state of a channel. If specified in the the channel set-up,
changes between the NORM state and the ACUT state are not logged.
Changes to and from the Manual Cut-out state can also be logged.
Layout:
passed
Chan.id. Channel description stat value limit unit time
< 6 > < 30 > <4 > < 7 > < 7 > < 6 > < 8 >
Example:
+ 123456 MAIN ENGINE FUEL OIL PRESSURE MCUT 1.20 - BAR 18.11.22
123457 BOILER CIRC. WATER PRESSURE ACUT - - 18.30.03
Logging of System and Configuration Error Messages

Error messages are logged with the corresponding date and time. They are
entered in all of the Alarm/event Logs of the system. For a list of the error codes
please refer to the trouble-shooting chapter.
Layout:
Describing text date time

< 60 > < 8 > < 8 >
Examples:
Error 8:( var 1, var 2) EVT Gamma: 3 91-12-25 18.00.03

Warning 11:( var 1, var 2) EVT Gamma: 4 91-12-25 19.00.04
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Logging of privileged mode access

These messages are entered in the Alarm/event Logs of the system. The
format is the same as the one for the system error messages, ie. 60 characters
of description text followed by the date and the time. Examples on log of
entering and leaving privileged modes are shown below:
Access privileged level 1 on Gamma 3 91-12-25 18.00.02
Access privileged level 2 on panel 1 91-12-25 18.00.22
Access privileged level 3 on Gamma 3. 91-12-25 18.00.22
Access privileged level 4 on pannel 1 91-12-25 18.00.42
Logging of duty and watch change
Layout:
Person on duty. Al.syst.id. date time

ON DUTY: < 14 > 1 < 8 > < 8 >
Status Al.syst.id. date time

Unmanned Watch Station/Bridge stand-by < > 1 < 8 > < 8 >
Examples:
ON DUTY: 3RD ENGINEER 91-12-25 18.02.02
ON DUTY: NONE 91-12-25 23.03.02
Unmanned Watch Station/Bridge stand-by SELECTED. 91-12-26 18.02.02

Unmanned Watch Station/Bridge stand-by DESELECTED 91-12-26 23.02.02
Logging of change of system time and date

They are entered in all of the Alarm/event Logs of the system.
Layout:
Describing text Old date & time New date & time
< 36 > < 17 > < 17 >
Example:
Time/date changed from 92-03-25 19.00.00 to 92-03-25 18.00.02
Logging of system start-up time

When the Geamar 120 ISL has been started the time is entered in all the
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Alarm/event Logs of the system.
Layout:
Describing text date time

< 60 > < 8 > < 8 >
Example:
System started at 91-12-25 18.00.02
9.2.3 Termination
The log has no end. Between the pages of the log other type of reports can be
printed. If a page of the log is not full when the log is interrupted, a
*** Rest of page intentionally left blank ***
phrase is written.
9.3 Alarm list report
The Alarm List Report is a print of the Alarm List. It contains all the standing and
unacknowledged alarms of the alarm system.
The Alarm List Reports can be activated by the operator from a BAT 411.C or
automatically at predetermined time intervals as described in the panel
operating chapter.
9.3.1 Header
M/S Dora Alarm List Report 92-01-23 09.43 Page 1

Alarms: 13 On duty: 2ND ENGINEER Backup: NONE UNATTENDED
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Ident. Channel description Stat. Value Limit Unit Time
9.3.2 Content
The actual content of an Alarm List Report is the corresponding Alarm List in
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the moment when the print-ount starts. More information about the channels is
displayed in the report than in the Alarm List. The order of the alarms is the
same as the one for the Alarm List.
If an analog channel is in alarm because the high or the low alarm limit has
been passed the limit in question (the passed limit) is printed next to the value
of the channel.
Entry layout
In the first and second position of the line the alarm and unacknowledge state
is indicated by a "+" and a "*" respectively.
Ident. Channel description Stat. Value Limit Unit A.sys.Time

+*< 6 > < 30 > <4 > < 7 > < 7 > < 6 > 1 < 8 >
Example:
*123456 Analog alarm channel descript. NORM 76.5 - DEG.C 18.00.02

+*123456 Analog alarm channel descript. LOW 2.1234 3.2345 METER 18.00.03
+*123457 Binary Alarm channel descript. ALM - - 18.01.02
9.3.3 Termination
Each report is terminated by an
*** End of Report ***"
phrase.
9.4 Cut-out list Report
The Cut-out list report is a print of the corresponding Cut-out List.
Two Cut-out lists are available, one containing the channels in automatic cut-
out and one containing the Channels manual cut-out by the operator.
The Cut-out list reports can be activated by the operator from a BAT 411.C (WS
and bridge) or automatically at predetermined time intervals as described in the
panel operating chapter.
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9.4.1 Header
In the header of this report the total number of alarms indicated in other types
of lists is replaced by the count of Manual Cut-outs and Automatic Cut-outs
respectively.
M/S Dora Man. Cut-out List Report 91-01-23 09.43 Page 1

M Cut-outs: 3 On duty: 2ND ENGINEER Backup: NONE ATTENDED
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ident. Channel description Stat. Value Limit Unit Time
9.4.2 Content
The actual content of a Cut-out List Report is the corresponding Cut-out List at
the moment when the print-out starts. The channels present in the lists are
sorted according to their channel identifier.
More information about the channels is displayed in the report than in the Cut-
out List. E.g. the limit in question (the passed limit) is printed next to the value
of an analog channel if the channel would have been in alarm because the high
or the low alarm limit has been passed if it was not in a cut-out state.
In the first position of the line the alarm state before Cut-out is indicated by a
"+". The acknowledge status is not indicated.
Entry layout
Layout:
Ident. Channel description Stat. Value Limit Unit A.sys Time

+ < 6 > < 30 > <4 > < 7 > < 7 > < 6 > 1 < 8 >
Examples:
123456 Analog alarm channel descript. MCUT 6.1234 - LITER M 18.00.02

+ 123456 Analog alarm channel descript. MCUT 1.1234 4.2345 LITER M 18.00.02
+ 123457 Binary Alarm channel descript. MCUT - - M 18.00.02
9.4.3 Termination
"End of Report"
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phrase.
9.5 Data log report
The Data Log is a report on channels showing their current status and value. All
of the channel types can be included in the Data Log, both binary and analog.
The inclusion of a channel in the Data Log is controlled by the definition of the
channel.
The Data Log is printed in one of two layouts controlled by a set-up, expanded
mode and compressed mode. In compressed mode the channel identification,
the value, and the engineering unit only are printed for analog channels, and for
binary channels the status is logged. In extended mode more information about
the channel is shown by using a whole printer line per channel.
In extended mode each alarm channel occupies one printer line. The following
information is printed:
a1. The "+" if the channel is in alarm.

a2. The channel identifier.
a3. The channel description.
a4. The channel status.
a5. The channel value, if relevant.
a6. High and low alarm limit, if relevant.
a7. Engineering unit, if relevant.
In compressed mode the identification, the value, and the engineering unit
only are printed for analog channels. For binary and event channels the status
is printed only.
The Data Log can be activated by the operator from a BAT 411.C (WS and
bridge) or automatically at predetermined time intervals as described in the
panel operating chapter.
9.5.1 Header
Extended mode:
M/S Dora Data Log 92-01-23 08.43 Page 1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ident. Channel description Stat. Value Low High Unit
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Compressed mode:
M/S Dora Data Log 92-01-27 12.16 Page 1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ident. Value Unit Ident. Value Unit Ident. Value Unit
9.5.2 Content
Entry layout
Three different layouts are used when the channels are logged.
The analog channel layout is used for:
a1. The Analog Alarm/Indication Channel.

a2. The Average Channel.
The binary channel layout is used for:
b1. The Binary Alarm Channel.
The event channel layout us used for:
c1. The Binary Event Channel.

c2. The Analog Event Channel.
Extended mode
Layout of an analog channel:
Low High
Ident. Channel description Stat. Value Limit Limit Unit
< 6 > < 30 > <4 > < 7 > < 7 > < 7 > < 6 >
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Layout of a binary channel:

Ident. Channel description Stat.
< 6 > < 30 > <4 >
Layout of an event channel:

Ident. Channel description Status
< 6 > < 30 > < 16 >
Examples on an analog channel:
123456 Analog alarm channel descript. NORM 4.12 1.50 6.00 BAR
+123457 Analog alarm channel descript. LOW 0.46 1.50 6.00 BAR
+123457 Analog alarm channel descript. FAIL 1.50 6.00 BAR
Example on a binary channel:

+123458 Binary Alarm channel descript. ALM - - - -
Example on an event channel:

123459 Event Channel Description Motor running
Compressed mode
Layout of an analog channel:
Ident. Value Unit Ident. Value Unit Ident. Value Unit

< 6 > < 7 > < 6 > < 6 > < 7 > < 6 > < 6 > < 7 > < 6 >
Layout of a binary channel:

Ident. Status Ident. Status Ident. Status
6 > <4 > < 6 > <4 > < 6 > <4 >
Layout of a event channel:

Ident. Status Ident. Status Ident. Status
< 6 > < 16 > < 6 > < 16 > < 6 > < 16 >
Example on an analog channel:
123456 0.0001 Bar 222222 76.2 DEG.C 222223 FAIL

Example on a binary channel:
123453 ALM 123451 NORM 123452 FAIL
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Example on an event channel:

323450 Motor running 323451 Stopped 323452 FAIL
9.5.3 Termination
"End of Report"
phrase.

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Geamar 120 ISL

Integrated Monitoring and Control System

STN ATLAS Marine Electronics GmbH

This document was printed on 16.10.2000 at 16:41.

Version 1.0 dated 10.09.1999, Melzer

Version 1.1 dated 07.01.2000, Melzer

Version 1.2 dated 19.07.2000, Ackermann

2 System hardware description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

3 System functional description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

3.8 The Geamar 120 ISL printer facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

4 General description of the operator panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

5 Operating instructions for the panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

6 Description and operating instructions for the OWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

6.2 Operational Principles and General Screen Lay-outs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

7 Trouble-shooting and Spare part Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

8.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

9 Printer List Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

It will tell you:

‘ how the manual is organized

1.1 Organization of the manual

1.2 Syntax and typographical conventions

When describing a system such as the Geamar 120 ISL, it is necessary to

The following special signs are used for specific purposes:

These signs are used as shown in the following examples:

<password> Describes a text string of variable lenght by contents. The

{xxx} Describes a number with a fixed number of digits. The

{xxx.} Same as {xxx}, except you may place a decimal point at

ABCD Note that the expression is written in capital letters, and

1.3 Chapter contents

In Chapter 8 you will find recommendations regarding trouble-shooting and

1.4 Getting started

1.5 Definitions and Terms

Accommodation Alarm System

All Operators Alarm, All Engineers Alarm, All Navigators Alarm

Back-up navigator call

Duty Engineer call

Engineer fitness check

Main and Subalarm Systems

Main Control Station

Navigator fitness check

Process Monitoring and Control Station (PMCS)

Unmanned Watch Station

1.6 Abbreviations and acronyms

EAD Extended Alarm Display

MCP Monitoring and Control Panel

OWS Operator Workstation

CCR Cargo Control Room

LCD display of the type Liquid Crystal Display

UMS Unattended Machinery Space

2 System hardware description

2.1 Geamar 120 ISL main components

The Geamar 120 ISL is formed by a number of standard hardware components

a2. Duty Alarm System bridge panel (BAT 410.B).

a3. Duty Alarm System accommodation panel (BAT 411.A).

a4. Duty Alarm System ECR panel (BAT 411.C).

a5. Operator Workstation (OWS) or Extended Alarm Display (EAD).

a6. Alarm / Log printer.

a7. System net.

a8. Alarm / Panel net.