INSTALLATION MANUAL

Version 1.3
 INDEX

Index 1

1. System Overview 2

2. Units Installation 4

3. GNSS Antennas Position Measurement 14

4. Commissioning 17

5. Connecting NaviMotion to NaviGate Software 25

6. Dimensions 26

7. Support and Contacts 27

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 1. System Overview

NaviMotion is a fixed piloting unit system designed to provide to the ship pilots the following
navigational parameters via WiFi:

True Heading from a dual GNSS antenna satellite compass

Rate Of Turn from the internal gyroscope

Position, COG and SOG from a precise GNSS module supporting RTK corrections in UHF

AIS Targets from the internal AIS receiver

All the sensors are inside the Pilot Unit box. The Pilot Unit is powered by an UPS providing
24V DC in output. The UPS should be powered with 90-240V AC and the maximum power
requirement is 40W at 220V AC. The system can work up to 8 hours under UPS batteries.

From the Pilot Unit, an ethernet cable with Power Over Ethernet (POE) is providing power
and data to the WiIFi access point.

Four LMR-400 coaxial cables are connected to the Pilot Unit and to the external antennas
fixed on the monkey island.

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 Example of antennas placement on a container ship monkey island. The GNSS antennas
distance can be in the range 4000 mm to 5000 mm and the ideal safe distance from satcom
and RADAR antennas is at least 3000 mm.

The NaviMotion VHF and UHF antennas are receive-only antennas so they don’t create any
interference to the GNSS antennas.

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 2. Units Installation

Main Pilot Unit

It should be installed levelled on the vessel bridge. Select a location with minimal vibrations,
close to the bridge floor level, possibly near the conning position and with the X axis pointing
towards the vessel bow and the Y axis pointing starboard. The Pilot Unit cannot be installed
upside-down.

A reference point with the X and Y axis is printed on the top cover of the Pilot Unit.

Connection of the 24V DC power to the Pilot Unit internal terminal block

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 It is important to label all the cables

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 Installation Examples

Inside a cabinet with solid wooden base

On metal supports, soldered to the floor by the vessel’s crew

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 On metal cabinet

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 UPS Unit

It can be installed vertically or horizontally at an accessible location, to allow the user to switch
on/off the system. It is recommended to connect the AC power to a vessel’s breaker. The
system maximum power requirement is 2A at 220V AC.

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 NaviMotion UPS internal terminal blocks for AC input and DC output.

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 WiFi Access Point

It should be installed on the ceiling or on the wall near the ship clock, at a central location of
the bridge. The power for the access point is provided directly by the Pilot Unit through the
ethernet cable, using POE (Power Over Ethernet).

WiFi SSID: NAVIMOTION Password: nmotion001

The ethernet cable should be connected to the ETH 1 port of the Mikrotik cAP ac access
point.

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 After the installation of the Access Point, place the adhesive WiFi QR Code card near the
Pilot Plug of the vessel.

GNSS Antennas

The two GNSS antennas should be installed at a location free from interferences from other
equipment, with the same clear view of the sky, at the same height and with the orientation
marks facing the same direction on both antennas.

The True Heading measured by the two antennas is the direction from the Antenna 1 (Position
Antenna) to the Antenna 2 (Heading Antenna). It is possible to adjust the heading offset after
the installation using the web interface of the system.

The recommended distance between the two antennas is between 4 and 5 meters.

Example of starboard to port installation of the GNSS antennas:

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 Example of stern to bow installation of the GNSS antennas:

The orientation marks on top of the antenna can face any direction but it should be the same
on both antennas.

For a better precision, it is important to have the same length of antenna cables and to avoid
making coils with the unused parts of the cables.

Usually, the GNSS antennas are installed on the ship’s monkey island with at least 3 meters
distance from RADAR and high frequency radio transmitters like satcom (Iridium, Inmarsat,
V-SAT).

For the cabling, it is recommended to use the LMR-400 coaxial cable with two TNC male
connectors.

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 UHF and VHF Antennas

The UHF receiver antenna for RTK corrections and the VHF receiver antenna for the AIS
transponder messages should be installed free from interferences from other transmitting
equipment like RADAR or radio transmitting stations.

For the cabling, it is recommended to use the LMR-400 coaxial cable. The UHF antenna
requires a “N” male connector to the antenna and a TNC male to the Pilot Unit.

The VHF AIS antenna requires two “PL” male connectors.

VHF AIS Antenna (receiving only) UHF RTK Corrections Antenna (receiving only)

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 3. GNSS Antennas Position Measurement

When all the antennas and the boxes are properly fitted, it is necessary to take the distances
of the two GNSS antennas from the reference mark on the Pilot Unit box and also it is
necessary to measure the position of the GNSS Antenna 1 from the ship bow and port side.

To help taking the correct measurements, a dedicated Excel sheet is available. It is

recommended to print on paper the first page of the Excel sheet where all the measurements
can be reported with a pen. Then the same measurements can be copied on the Excel sheet
on the laptop.

To take the measurement we suggest to have:

- a laser meter
- a 10/15 meters measuring tape
- a 20 meter string that can be used as a reference line when taking perpendicular
distances

This is the first page of the NAVIMOTION MEASUREMENT CARD Excel sheet and the
measurements from A to L are explained in the next pages.

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 The a label with the reference mark for the conning position from the bow (A) is usually near
the doors of the bridge or on the wings.

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 Example of GNSS antennas installation with the distances from the centerline and from the
monkey island floor:

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 4. Commissioning

CONFIGURATION OF THE GNSS ANTENNA OFFSETS ON THE NAVIMOTION WEB

PAGE

Connect the laptop to the NAVIMOTION WiFi, open the web browser and type the address
192.168.88.200

Then click on the CONFIGURATION and enter the credentials:

User: nmservice

Pwd: navisvc2023

After login, click on menu SHIP SETUP menu and enter the vessel data and the distances of
GNSS Antenna 1 from ship bow, from port side and from keel. You can use a dedicate Excel
worksheet to get the measures. Then press SAVE.

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 The SHIP SETUP values can be directly copied from this section of the Excel sheet:

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 Then click on menu IMU-GNSS OFFSETS menu and enter the distances in meters from the
reference point on the Pilot Unit black box to the center of the GNSS antennas.

GNSS Ant 1 is the POSITION antenna – displayed in the graphic as “1P”

GNSS Ant 2 is the HEADING antenna – displayed in the graphic as “2H”

X is the distance from the IMU reference point to the GNSS antenna in the bow direction. It
is negative if the antenna is placed behind the Pilot Unit (in the direction of the ship stern).

Y is the distance from the IMU reference point to the GNSS antenna in the starboard direction.
It is negative if the antenna is placed at the left side of the Pilot Unit.

Z is the vertical distance from the IMU reference point to the GNSS antenna in the direction
of the keel. It is negative if the GNSS antenna is placed higher than the Pilot Unit.

The Heading Offset fine adjustment on the same configuration page is used only for small
adjustments of the heading because the main offset is automatically calculated from the
GNSS antennas X, Y and Z distances.

We suggest to set this heading offset to 0.0 when the unit is installed. Then check the values
of the heading and, only if required, enter the fine adjustment in this page.

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 The IMU-GNSS OFFSETS values can be directly copied from this section of the Excel sheet:

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 CONFIGURATION OF THE GNSS ANTENNA OFFSETS ON THE IMU WEB PAGE

After setting up the distances of the GNSS antennas on the NaviMotion web page, it is
necessary to copy the same offset in the IMU configuration web page.

Connect an ethernet cable to the Pilot Unit ETH IMU ethernet port and connect it to a laptop
with a fixed IP address, for example with the fixed address 192.168.88.10.

Then open the web browser and enter the address 192.168.88.250

Then prss the Login button to log into the system with:

User: setup

Pwd: navisvc2023

Then click on the Configure button.

Then click on “Aiding Setting” and enter the same offsets used in the NaviMotion web page
for the Primary Antenna (the GNSS Antenna 1 Position) and for the Secondary Antenna (the
GNSS Antenna 2 Heading). Then press Save.

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 The SBG QUANTA GNSS Lever Arms values can be directly copied from this section of the
Excel sheet:

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 FINAL CHECKUP

After setting up the Quanta IMU, you can connect again to NAVIMOTION WiFi network, enter
the page 192.168.88.200 and check the SYSTEM INFO page.

You should check if the GNSS Baseline Set (distance between the two GNSS antennas
calculated from the X,Y,Z values manually set in the IMU-GNSS OFFSETS page) is similar
to the GNSS Baseline Read (distance between the two GNSS antennas read from the LAT,
LON values provided in realtime by the two GNSS modules):

Then you can check if the HDT from the GNSS is very close to the HDT from the IMU and if
the number of satellites in view by the GNSS Ant1 and GNSS Ant2 are similar.

It is also important to compare the HDT value from NaviMotion with the vessel’s Gyro or with
the ECDIS. If there are differences, you can enter again in CONFIGURATION, then IMU-
GNSS OFFSETS and apply a Heading Offset. If the offset is big, probably there are issues
with the measurements of the GNSS antennas positions.

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 It is recommended to save a report from the SYSTEM INFO page when all the configuration
is completed.

It is also recommended to save the installation settings from the MAINTENANCE page:

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 5. Connecting NaviMotion to NaviGate Software

If the vessel is equipped with a laptop with the NaviGate software, it is possible to connect
the laptop to the “NAVIMOTION” WiFi network and configure NaviGate to receive GPS data
from NaviMotion.

To configure NaviGate GPS input, it is necessary to run the NG Gateway Admin Tool that is
available on the same laptop:

Then open the Settings page and set the GPS input by LAN, UDP and port 17608

Press Apply and when the NG Gateway Admin Tool shows that it was successfully rebooted,
you can check in the GPS Incoming data page if some NMEA data is received:

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 6. Dimensions

UPS Box

Pilot Unit

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 7. Support and Contacts

For standard technical support, please contact:

digital@caim.it

+39 010 41001 (8:30 - 18:00 CET)

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