Introduction; Working; The Display - Vetus WSD834 Manual De Manejo Y Instrucciones De Instalación

1 Introduction

This manual contains information about the
operation, calibration and installation of the
VETUS wind speed / wind direction indicator
'WSD834'.
The following information can be read from
the wind speed / wind direction indicator
'WSD834':
• Apparent (APP) wind speed
• True (TRUE) wind speed *)
• Maximum (MAX) wind speed
• Apparent (APP) wind direction
• True (TRUE) wind direction *)
• VMG ('Velocity Made Good'): that propor-
tion of the sailing speed which is parallel
with the true wind *)
*) Is only displayed correctly if the ship's
speed is known and the instrument receives
a signal giving the speed.
A wind speed alarm can also be set.
Wind speed/ wind direction indicator WSD834

2 Working

2 .1 The display

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1 MAX Display max. wind speed
VMG Display 'Velocity Made Good'
2 Wind direction, analogue
3 - Value of the scale lighting
L0 L5
External switch or dimmer
LE
'Close Hauled'
CH
Alarm switched on
AL
4 RESET Allows resetting
5 Control buttons
6 TRUE True wind speed and direction
APP Apparent wind speed and
direction
7 Wind speed
8 Wind speed unit,
kts
knots
m/s metres per second
Bft Beaufort
9 Wind direction, digital
10 PS Port
SB Starboard
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