Man Over Board Procedure
To mark the actual OS position as MOB event:
Click '[Link].' below in the function bar.
Click 'MOB' to set an event mark at the actual position.
The event will be automatically marked with the notation ‘MOB’ and a ‘Man over board’
alarm will be triggered. This alarm is shown on all workstations in an ECDIS system.
Note: The MOB-Position is only saved as an event position, not as a waypoint which may
be activated by a one button order.
To see the exact Lat/Lon values of the MOB position, click onto the MOB marking to call
up the pick report.
Mark the object event, if it is not automatically marked, and the position values are shown
in field 'Attributes'.
For Sperry Marine ECDIS:
The Man Overboard (MOB) function enables management of a MOB emergency. When
MOB is active, a symbol is displayed on the chart display representing `Oscar' – the person
in the water. A MOB operation may be immediately activated by clicking on the top-level
MOB (Oscar) button in the upper toolbar. The Oscar button is shown in orange whenever
the MOB event is active. When there is no active MOB event the button is shown in the
standard background color.
Upon activating the MOB event a symbol is dropped at own ship's CCRP. The Oscar button
is displayed with an orange background and the Man Overboard window appears with the
bearing, range and elapsed time values. Elapsed time counts up, while range and bearing
values update automatically based on own ship movements. Oscar will drift from the initial
location based on the own ship set and drift at the time the event started.
A MOB event may also be activated from the Man Overboard window from the Nav. Tools
menu and clicking the Start button on this window. Unlike clicking the Oscar button on
the upper toolbar, accessing the Man Overboard window does NOT immediately generate
a MOB operation. Therefore the preferred method to start an MOB event is via the Oscar
button in the upper toolbar.
For TRANSAS ECDIS:
1. Press MOB button on the Chart panel toolbar.
2. Press <MOB> key on the ES6 keyboard.
3. Press external MOB button
As this is done, the system makes a logbook entry which contains the name of the event:
“MOB ENABLED” and a full set of recorded parameters.
The following parameters can be displayed:
- l coordinates of MOB mode activation;
- l time elapsed since MOB mode was activated;
- l bearing from the ship current position to the activation point;
- l distance from the ship current position to the activation point.
Man Over Board Procedure
If you know the MOB event time, press on Set time… button
In the input window, enter the MOB event time: MOB point is set in the own ship track
point closest to the entered time.
If you know the MOB event coordinates, press Set pos… button
In the input box, enter the MOB coordinates: the MOB display is re-drawn to suit the
entered data (e.g., upon receipt of coordinates from another ship).
You can also use the cursor for setting the MOB coordinates. To do this, press the By
Cursor button.
Move the graphic cursor, which will appear, to the MOB coordinates.
Press the left trackball button, the cursor will assume the form of a free cursor.
Press the OK button in the Enter MOB position window.
The MOB symbol will move to the specified coordinates.
The Show seek circle button is enabled by default. Use the input box to the right of the
button to enter the seek circle expansion rate different from 0.
The Chart panel will display a red-coloured MOB- point-centred seek circle which will be
expanding at the set rate. Turn off the seek circle display as required by releasing the
button.
To turn the MOB mode off, second press button on the Chart panel toolbar or <MOB>
key on the ES6 keyboard.
Press Yes button. Electronic log entry containing “MOB DISABLED” event name, is made.
For the operation of MOB over the AIS, see document Multi-Functional Display (v.
3.00.340). Additional Functions, Chapter 1, section MOB Mode with Use of RDF Rhotheta
RT-202/RT-500M