Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems - Shipborne radar - Performance requirements, methods of testing and required test results

Specifies the minimum operational and performance requirements, methods of testing and required test results conforming to performance standards not inferior to those adopted by the IMO in Resolution MSC.192(79). Covers the testing of all SOLAS shipborne radar equipment. Individual equipment may be tested for a specific category of vessel. Provides a summary of the categories and basic differential capabilities for each category.

Navigations- und Funkkommunikationsgeräte und -systeme für die Seeschifffahrt - Radar für Schiffe - Leistungsanforderungen, Prüfverfahren und geforderte Prüfergebnisse

Equipements et systèmes de navigation et de radio-communications maritimes - Radars embarqués - Exigences de performance, méthodes de test et résultats attendus

Oprema in sistemi za pomorsko navigacijo in radiokomunikacije - Ladijski radar - Tehnične zahteve, preskušalne metode in zahtevani rezultati preskušanja (IEC 62388:2007)

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Publication Date
27-Mar-2008
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EN 62388:2008 is a standard published by CLC. Its full title is "Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems - Shipborne radar - Performance requirements, methods of testing and required test results". This standard covers: Specifies the minimum operational and performance requirements, methods of testing and required test results conforming to performance standards not inferior to those adopted by the IMO in Resolution MSC.192(79). Covers the testing of all SOLAS shipborne radar equipment. Individual equipment may be tested for a specific category of vessel. Provides a summary of the categories and basic differential capabilities for each category.

Specifies the minimum operational and performance requirements, methods of testing and required test results conforming to performance standards not inferior to those adopted by the IMO in Resolution MSC.192(79). Covers the testing of all SOLAS shipborne radar equipment. Individual equipment may be tested for a specific category of vessel. Provides a summary of the categories and basic differential capabilities for each category.

EN 62388:2008 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 47.020.70 - Navigation and control equipment. The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.

EN 62388:2008 has the following relationships with other standards: It is inter standard links to EN 60872-2:1999, EN 60872-3:2001, EN 60936-2:1999, EN 60872-1:1998, EN 60936-1:2000/A1:2002, EN 60936-1:2000, EN 60936-3:2002, EN 62388:2013, EN 61174:2001, EN 60945:2002, EN 61996-1:2008, EN 61162-1:2008, EN 61966-4:2000, EN 61174:2008, EN 61996-1:2013. Understanding these relationships helps ensure you are using the most current and applicable version of the standard.

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2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.Maritime navigation and radio-communication equipment and systems - Shipborne radar - Performance requirements, methods of testing and required test results (IEC 62388:2007)Equipements et systemes de navigation et de radio-communications maritimes - Radars embarqués - Exigences de performance - Méthodes de test et résultats attendus
(CEI 62388:2007)Navigations- und Funkkommunikationsgeräte und -systeme - Radar - Radar für Schiffe - Leistungsanforderungen - Prüfverfahren und geforderte Prüfergebnisse
(IEC 62388:2007)47.020.70Navigacijska in krmilna opremaNavigation and control equipmentICS:SIST EN 62388:2008enTa slovenski standard je istoveten z:EN 62388:200801-junij-2008SIST EN 62388:2008SLOVENSKI
STANDARD
EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 62388 NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM March 2008
CENELEC European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
Central Secretariat: rue de Stassart 35, B - 1050 Brussels
© 2008 CENELEC -
All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.
Ref. No. EN 62388:2008 E
ICS 47.020.70 Supersedes EN 60872-1:1998, EN 60872-2:1999, EN 60872-3:2001, EN 60936-1:2000 + A1:2002, EN 60936-2:1999 and EN 60936-3:2002
English version
Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems -
Shipborne radar -
Performance requirements, methods of testing and required test results (IEC 62388:2007)
Equipements et systèmes de navigation
et de radio-communications maritimes -
Radars embarqués -
Exigences de performance,
méthodes de test et résultats attendus (CEI 62388:2007)
Navigations- und Funkkommunikationsgeräte und -systeme für die Seeschifffahrt -
Radar für Schiffe -
Leistungsanforderungen, Prüfverfahren und geforderte Prüfergebnisse
(IEC 62388:2007)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2008-02-01. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any CENELEC member.
This European Standard exists in two official versions (English and German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions.
CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

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Foreword The text of document 80/494/FDIS, future edition 1 of IEC 62388, prepared by IEC TC 80, Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems, was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and was approved by CENELEC as EN 62388 on 2008-02-01. This European Standard supersedes EN 60936 series (radar) and EN 60872 series (plotting). Contents from the previous radar series (EN 60936-1, EN 60936-2 and EN 60936-3) and plotting series (EN 60872-1, EN 60872-2 and EN 60872-3) of standards have been included, as appropriate. EN 62388:2008 supports the new IMO performance standards for shipborne radar, Resolution MSC.192(79) adopted by the IMO in December 2004. Resolution MSC.192(79) supersedes all previous IMO resolutions relating to radar and plotting, including IMO Resolutions A.278(VIII), A.477(XII) and MSC 64(67) Annex 4. The following dates were fixed: – latest date by which the EN has to be implemented
at national level by publication of an identical
national standard or by endorsement
(dop)
2008-11-01 – latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with the EN have to be withdrawn
(dow)
2011-02-01 Annex ZA has been added by CENELEC. __________ Endorsement notice The text of the International Standard IEC 62388:2007 was approved by CENELEC as a European Standard without any modification. __________

- 3 - EN 62388:2008 Annex ZA (normative)
Normative references to international publications with their corresponding European publications
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE
When an international publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant EN/HD applies.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60945 -1) Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems - General requirements - Methods of testing and required test results EN 60945 20022)
IEC 61162 Series Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems - Digital interfaces EN 61162 Series
IEC 61174 -1) Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems - Electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS) - Operational and performance requirements, methods of testing and required test results EN 61174 20012)
IEC 61966-4 -1) Multimedia systems and equipment - Colour measurement and management -
Part 4: Equipment using liquid crystal display panels EN 61966-4 20002)
IEC 61996 Series Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems - Shipborne voyage data recorder (VDR) - -
ISO 9000 -1) Quality management systems - Fundamentals and vocabulary EN ISO 9000 20052)
ISO 9241-8 -1) Ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals (VDTs) -
Part 8: Requirements for displayed colours EN ISO 9241-8 19972)
ISO 9241-12 -1) Ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals (VDTs) -
Part 12: Presentation of information
EN ISO 9241-12 19982)
ISO 13406-2 -1) Ergonomic requirements for work with visual displays based on flat panels -
Part 2: Ergonomic requirements for flat panel displays EN ISO 13406-2 20012)
ISO 80416-4 -1) Basic principles for graphical symbols for use on equipment -
Part 4: Guidelines for the adaptation of graphical symbols for use on screens and displays (icons) - -
ITU-R Recommendation M.628-4 2006 Technical characteristics for search and rescue radar transponders - -
1) Undated reference. 2) Valid edition at date of issue.

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Publication Year Title EN/HD Year ITU-R Recommendation M.824-3 2007 Technical parameters of radar beacons (racons) - -
ITU-R Recommendation M.1176 1995 Technical parameters of radar target enhancers - -
IHO S-52 1996 Specifications for chart content and display aspects of ECDIS - -
IHO S-52
Appendix 1 1996 Guidance on updating the ENC - -
IHO S-52
Appendix 2 2004 Colour and symbol specifications for ECDIS - -
IMO SOLAS 1974 Convention for Safety Of Life At Sea (SOLAS)- -
IMO Resolution A.694 (17) 1991 General requirements for shipborne radio equipment forming part of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) and for electronic navigational aids - -
IMO Resolution A.817(19) 1995 Performance standards for Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS) - -
IMO Resolution MSC.96(72) -1) Performance standards for devices to measure and indicate speed and distance - -
IMO Resolution MSC.112(73) -1) Performance standards for shipborne Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver equipment- -
IMO Resolution MSC.191(79) 2004 Performance standards for the presentation of navigation-related information on shipborne navigational displays - -
IMO Resolution MSC.192(72) 2004 Revised performance standards for radar equipment - -
IMO SN/Circ.243 2004 Guidelines for the presentation of navigation related symbols, terms and abbreviation - -
CIE 15 2004 Colorimetry - -
VESA-2001-6 2001 Flat Panel Display Measurements (FPDM) - -

IEC 62388Edition 1.0 2007-12INTERNATIONAL STANDARD
Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems – Shipborne radar – Performance requirements, methods of testing and required test results
INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION XKICS 47.020.70 PRICE CODEISBN 2-8318-9409-3

– 2 – 62388 © IEC:2007(E) CONTENTS FOREWORD.11
1 Scope.13 1.1 Purpose.13 1.2 Application of these standards.14 1.3 Equipment categories.14 2 Normative references.15 3 Terms and definitions.16 4 General.25 4.1 Establishing equipment type and status.25 4.2 Conditions of measurement and related definitions.26 4.3 Test sites and simulation.26 4.3.1 Environmental and RF testing.26 4.3.2 Over-sea radar performance tests.26 4.3.3 Test targets and target simulation for performance tests.27 4.4 Quality requirements.27 4.5 Test terminology and format.27 4.5.1 General.27 4.5.2 Test requirement terminology.27 4.5.3 Testing method terminology.28 5 Radar performance.28 5.1 General.28 5.2 Transmission and interference.28 5.2.1 Transmission frequency.28 5.2.2 Interference.29 5.3 Performance optimisation and monitoring.29 5.3.1 General.29 5.3.2 Optimum performance.29 5.4 Gain and anti-clutter functions.30 5.4.1 General.30 5.4.2 Gain function.30 5.4.3 Manual and automatic sea anti-clutter.31 5.4.4 Rain anti-clutter.31 5.5 Signal processing.31 5.5.1 General.31 5.5.2 Target enhancement.31 5.5.3 Radar signal correlation.32 5.5.4 Signal processing and radar image latency.32 5.5.5 Second-time-around echoes.33 5.5.6 Transmission format.33 5.5.7 Picture update.33 5.5.8 Additional processing.33 5.5.9 Signal processing description.34 5.6 Operation with SARTs, target enhancers (RTEs) and beacons.34 5.6.1 General.34 5.6.2 Radar beacons, SARTs and enhancers.34

62388 © IEC:2007(E) – 3 – 5.7 Minimum range and range compensation.35 5.7.1 General.35 5.7.2 Range compensation.35 5.7.3 Minimum range.35 5.8 Range and bearing discrimination.36 5.8.1 General.36 5.8.2 Measurement conditions.36 5.8.3 Range discrimination.36 5.8.4 Bearing discrimination.37 5.8.5 Fundamental radar accuracy.37 5.9 Target detection performance assessment.37 5.9.1 General.37 5.9.2 Range of first detection in minimal clutter.38 5.9.3 Assessment of target detection with clutter.40 5.9.4 Radar performance documentation.46 5.10 Radar antenna (including pitch and roll).47 5.10.1 General.47 5.10.2 Vertical radiation pattern/pitch and roll.47 5.10.3 Antenna horizontal pattern.47 5.10.4 Antenna side lobes.48 5.11 Radar availability.49 5.11.1 Standby and transmit.49 6 Display presentation.49 6.1 General.49 6.2 Performance standards.49 6.3 Presentation of information.50 6.3.1 Consistency of layout.50 6.3.2 Consistency of presentation.50 6.3.3 Separation of operational display area.51 6.3.4 Operational display area information.51 6.4 Readability.51 6.4.1 Readability under all ambient light conditions.51 6.4.2 Legibility of alphanumeric data, information and text.53 6.4.3 Presentation of text.54 6.4.4 Icons.54 6.5 Colours and intensity.54 6.5.1 Use and discrimination of colour.54 6.6 Symbols.56 6.6.1 Operational information.56 6.7 Coding of information.56 6.7.1 Colour coding of alarm-related information.56 6.7.2 Colour coding in combination with other attributes.56 6.7.3 Flashing of information.57 6.8 Integrity marking.57 6.8.1 Indication of source, validity and integrity status.57 6.8.2 Colour coding of validity and integrity.57 6.9 Alarms and indications.58 6.9.1 Operational status.58 6.9.2 List of alarms.58

– 4 – 62388 © IEC:2007(E) 6.9.3 Alarm related information from multiple sources.59 6.10 Presentation of radar information.59 6.10.1 Radar video images.59 6.10.2 Linearity and index delay.60 6.11 Physical requirements.61 6.11.1 Operational display area.61 6.11.2 Contrast and brightness adjustment.61 6.11.3 Temporal stability.62 6.11.4 Physical controls and status indicators.62 6.12 Colours.63 6.12.1 Requirement.63 6.12.2 Method of test and required results.63 6.13 Screen resolution.63 6.13.1 Requirement.63 6.13.2 Methods of test and required results.63 6.14 Screen viewing angle.64 6.14.1 Requirement.64 6.14.2 Methods of test and required results.64 6.15 Magnetic interference.64 6.15.1 Requirement.64 6.15.2 Methods of test and required results.64 7 CCRP and own ship.64 7.1 Consistent common reference point (CCRP).64 7.1.1 CCRP position.64 7.1.2 Measurements.65 7.1.3 Antenna offset.65 7.2 Own ship.66 7.2.1 General.66 7.2.2 Own ship’s outline and minimised symbol.66 7.2.3 Heading line.66 7.2.4 Stern line.67 8 Navigation tools.67 8.1 General.67 8.1.1 Units of measurement.67 8.1.2 Presentation.68 8.2 Display range scales.68 8.2.1 Mandatory range scales.68 8.3 Variable range marker (VRM).69 8.3.1 General.69 8.3.2 VRM measurements.69 8.4 Electronic bearing line (EBL).70 8.4.1 General.70 8.4.2 EBL measurements.70 8.4.3 EBL origin position.70 8.5 Cursor.71 8.5.1 General.71 8.5.2 Cursor measurement.71 8.5.3 Selection by cursor.72 8.6 Offset measurement of range and bearing.72

62388 © IEC:2007(E) – 5 – 8.6.1 General.72 8.6.2 Electronic range/bearing line (ERBL).72 8.7 Parallel index lines (PI).73 8.7.1 General.73 8.7.2 PI lines and positioning.73 8.8 Bearing scale.73 8.8.1 General.73 8.8.2 Bearing scale presentation.74 8.9 Range rings.74 8.9.1 General.74 8.9.2 Range ring presentation and measurement.74 8.10 Radar maps.75 8.10.1 General.75 8.10.2 Map functions and display simple user-defined maps.75 8.10.3 Map memory and transfer.76 8.10.4 Map presentation properties.76 8.11 Navigation routes.76 8.11.1 General.76 8.11.2 Route display and monitoring.76 9 Orientation, motion and stabilisation.77 9.1 General.77 9.2 Azimuth stabilisation.77 9.2.1 Accuracy of alignment.77 9.2.2 Heading readout and reference.78 9.2.3 Azimuth stabilisation update.79 9.3 Motion and orientation modes.79 9.3.1 General.79 9.3.2 True and relative motion.79 9.4 Off-centring.79 9.4.1 General.79 9.4.2 Manual and automatic off-centring.79 9.4.3 Automatic reset.80 9.4.4 Display orientation.80 9.5 Ground and sea stabilisation.81 9.5.1 Mode and source.81 9.5.2 Ground stabilisation.81 9.5.3 Sea stabilisation.82 10 Aids for collision avoidance.82 10.1 General.82 10.2 Target trails and past positions.83 10.2.1 General.83 10.2.2 Time and plot requirements.83 10.2.3 Trails/past position availability.84 10.3 Target tracking (TT).84 10.3.1 General.84 10.3.2 Presentation of targets.85 10.3.3 Tracking calculations.85 10.3.4 Target tracking availability.86 10.3.5 Classification and tracked target capacity.86

– 6 – 62388 © IEC:2007(E) 10.3.6 Manual acquisition.87 10.3.7 Automatic acquisition.87 10.3.8 Motion trend.88 10.3.9 Visibility of 50 %.88 10.3.10 Tracking algorithm.88 10.3.11 Target swap.88 10.3.12 Cease tracking.89 10.3.13 Target tracking scenarios.89 10.3.14 Target motion and tracking accuracy.89 10.3.15 Tracker range and bearing accuracy.97 10.3.16 Reference target.98 10.4 Tracking limitations.99 10.4.1 Tracking warnings.99 10.4.2 Documentation.99 10.5 Automatic identification system.99 10.5.1 General.99 10.5.2 AIS target capacity.100 10.5.3 Filtering of AIS sleeping targets.101 10.5.4 Activation and deactivation of AIS targets.101 10.5.5 AIS functionality and presentation.102 10.6 Radar and AIS target data.104 10.6.1 General.104 10.6.2 Bow crossing range and time (BCR/BCT).105 10.7 Operational target alarms.105 10.7.1 General.105 10.7.2 CPA and TCPA.105 10.7.3 New target alarm.106 10.7.4 Lost tracked radar target.106 10.7.5 Lost AIS target criteria.107 10.8 Target association.108 10.8.1 General.108 10.8.2 Association and priority.108 10.9 Trial manoeuvre.112 10.9.1 General.112 10.9.2 Trial functions.112 11 Chart radar (optional classification).113 11.1 General.113 11.1.1 Chart operation and source.114 11.1.2 Chart elements and availability.114 11.1.3 Chart reference.115 11.1.4 Primary chart information set.115 11.1.5 Chart stabilisation and chart redraw.116 11.1.6 Chart position and latency.117 11.1.7 Matching and adjustment.117 11.1.8 Chart symbols, colours, and size.118 11.1.9 Chart display size.119 11.1.10 Chart alarms and indications.119 11.1.11 Chart malfunction.119 11.1.12 Chart radar malfunction.120

62388 © IEC:2007(E) – 7 – 11.2 Additional requirements for standalone radar with chart facilities.120 11.2.1 General.120 11.2.2 Provision and updating of chart information.120 11.2.3 Content and structure of chart data.120 12 Ergonomic criteria (control functions and display).121 12.1 General.121 12.1.1 Operational controls.121 12.1.2 Primary controls.122 12.1.3 Control properties.122 13 Interfacing.123 13.1 General.123 13.2 Input interfacing.123 13.2.1 Input data.123 13.2.2 Input quality, integrity and latency.123 13.3 Output interfacing.124 13.3.1 Output format.124 13.3.2 Output target data.124 13.3.3 VDR interface.125 14 Design, servicing and installation.125 14.1 General.125 14.1.1 Fault diagnosis and servicing.125 14.1.2 Display design.126 14.2 Transceiver design.126 14.2.1 General.126 14.2.2 Sector blanking.127 14.3 Antenna design.127 14.3.1 Requirement.127 14.3.2 Methods of test and required results.127 14.4 Inter-switched and multiple radars.128 14.4.1 General.128 14.4.2 System safeguards.128 14.4.3 Combining radar.128 14.4.4 Multiple radar system status.129 14.5 Multiple operational displays.129 14.5.1 Additional information and conformity.129 14.6 Safety – antenna and radiation.130 14.6.1 General.130 14.6.2 Antenna radiation and rotation.130 14.6.3 Microwave radiation levels.130 15 Alarms and failures.131 15.1 General.131 15.1.1 Alarms and indications.131 15.1.2 Alarm outputs.131 15.1.3 Picture freeze.132 15.1.4 Sensor failure alarm.132 15.2 Backup and fallback arrangements.132 15.2.2 Failure of heading information (azimuth stabilisation).132 15.2.3 Failure of speed through the water information.133

– 8 – 62388 © IEC:2007(E) 15.2.4 Failure of course and speed over ground information.133 15.2.5 Failure of position input information.133 15.2.6 Failure of radar video input information.133 15.2.7 Failure of AIS input information.134 15.2.8 Failure of an integrated or networked system.134 16 Environmental testing.134 16.1 General.134 16.1.1 Testing to IEC 60945.134 16.2 Additional environmental tests.135 16.2.1 General.135 16.2.2 Antenna shock test.135 17 Equipment familiarisation and documentation.136 17.1 General.136 17.1.1 User requirements.136 17.2 Instructions and documentation.136 17.2.1 General.136 17.2.2 Documentation.137 17.2.3 Operating instructions.137 17.3 Radar system installation.138
Annex A (informative)
Guidelines for radar functionality on navigation displays.139 Annex B (normative)
Unwanted emissions of radar systems.140 Annex C (informative)
Radar target size (RCS) and detection range calculations.145 Annex D (informative)
Factors that influence target detection.149 Annex E (normative)
Sensor errors.158 Annex F (informative)
Target scenario simulator/reported target simulator.160 Annex G (informative)
Tracked and reported target states.161 Annex H (normative)
IEC 61162 sentence formats.162 Annex I (normative)
Radar control function/indication grouping.172 Annex J (normative)
Presentation colours and symbols.176 Annex K (normative)
Colour calibration for chart radar.200
Figure 1 – Reduction of range to first detection due to rain at S-band.41 Figure 2 – Reduction of range to first detection due to rain at X-band.42 Figure 3 – TT scenario 1.91 Figure 4 – TT scenario 2.
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