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1. INTRODUCTION
Thank you for choosing nke and the PROCESSOR HR. You have purchased a processor
that sits at the heart of a system which provides the autopilot, the navigation programme,
the tactician, the crew and of course the skipper all the data they require. The data
provided is optimised for accuracy, responsiveness and performance.
In this manual you will find all the information necessary to:
- Carry out Installation, configuration and calibration of the Processor HR and sensors
- Access all the functions offered by the Processor HR
- Get the best performance from your boat.
2. THE TOPLINE NETWORK WITH PROCESSOR HR
The Topline system consists of sensors and displays networked with a single 3 wire cable
(shield: 0V, white: +12V, black: Data). Data is carried on the black “DATA” wire.
Displays have a variable address ranging from 1 to 20 while the sensors have a fixed
address with a value comprised between 21 and 210. The network is managed from one
of the displays that will be chosen as “MASTER” during the system commissioning. Its
address will be “1”.
Once turned on, the “MASTER” will scan all the addresses to discover all the displays and
sensors which are connected to the network.
Once the “MASTER” has scanned the network, it will ping only the channels it has
identified. Also, the “MASTER” will randomly ping the channel “0” (non identified display).
A specific answer from a display will generate an address for that display to integrate
dynamically with the network.
3. PROCESSOR HR
The Processor HR provides the following:
1. Performance:
Accurate measurement of wind speed and angle (true and apparent), boat speed,
speed over ground, the boat movements, all with sensitivity to small changes.
Accurate measurement of acceleration and the boat’s attitude (magnetic heading,
angles, acceleration, turn rates, magnetometric vector)
Accurate dynamic calculation of true wind as a result of the compensation of
measured data from the masthead sensor, the geometry between the mast and the
hull and the use of corrections table.
