Automated control system of the course of the vessel «Neva»

Stagno Roman Evgenievich, Dorofeev Aleksandr Ivanovich, Yakovleva Natalia Alexandrovna, Gonchar Artem Alexandrovich

The article describes the history of the design and production of automated control systems for civilian vessels, presents the latest state-of-the-art domestic development of course control systems and trajectory of the vessel, the Ural Navigator autopilot, which is part of the automated course control system of the Neva. A typical structural-functional scheme of the automated ship control system is presented. The differences are indicated in the “Ship Heading Control System” from the “Ship Heading Control System”. The main and additional modes of the autopilot operation, including manual, combined and automatic control of the vessel, are considered in detail. It was concluded that the automated control system for the Neva vessel with the Ural Navigator autopilot and its components were fully tested and showed good results.

Keywords:auto steering, control automation, control unit, set course, remote control, software, steering machine, automation system, navigation, trajectory, electronic map