TRACKPILOT Platinum

Technological advances in ship control have raised the standards in economic, efficient and reliable vessel management. As a result, the demand is greater than ever for highly accurate automated steering to optimize vessel performance whilst reducing the crew workload. Wärtsilä successfully combines decades of experience in heading and track control with the benefi ts of modern platform technologies and innovative user centered design. Thus we can provide navigators with a reliable copilot for the most demanding navigational situations.

Functional Package “Heading Control”

• Heading mode according to the heading control standard
• Intuitive and easy to operate remotely from RADARPILOT/ECDISPILOT/MULTIPILOT (joystick control)
• Radius control with display of curved heading line
• Use of adaptive algorithms based on the internal ship’s model
• Operates with various rudder/propulsion types
• Adjustable from precise to tolerant control (economy)
• Consistent alarm management within all sub-systems of the Platinum series.

Functional Package “Track Control”

• All “Heading Control“ features
• Course mode (compensation of drift)
• Track mode according to IMO/IEC track control standard category C
• Remote maintenance function
• Optional speed control
• Optional anchor control

ALL FEATURES

• Heading mode : In Heading Mode the TRACKPILOT steers with with a pre-set heading. Wind and current influences are not corrected.
• Course mode : In Course Mode the TRACKPILOT steers with a pre-set course. Wind and current are considered and a drift correction angle will be calculated.
• Track mode : In Track Mode the TRACKPILOT steers with a sequence of waypoints. Wind and current are considered and a drift correction angle will be calculated.
• Anchor control mode : This Mode keeps the ship’s heading and within user defined limits during anchor operation by extending the TRACKPILOT interface to actuate the ship’s stern transversal thruster or an azimuth Thruster.
• Speed mode : The SPEEDPILOT Mode offers additional automatic execution of the speed pattern of a pre-planned Route. It allows constant Speed or constant RPM operation, Speed Profile Mode with individual Speeds per Route segment or Arrival Mode, where Speed is automatically adjusted to meet a set arrival Time. Following SPEEDPILOT modes are available: • Set Lever Mode • Set RPM Mode • Set Speed Mode (SOG or STW) • Arrival Time Mode • Planned Speed Mode