Furuno’s GP170 is a highly stable and reliable position fixing system for ocean going ships, large yachts, ferries and commercial vessels. It is an ideal position sensor for Radar, AIS, ECDIS, Autopilot, Echo Sounder and other navigation and communications equipment. 

Its newly designed GPS chip and antenna deliver enhanced stability and precision in position fixing. Noise rejection capabilities are incorporated in the new receiver, delivering a high level of tolerance towards multi-path mitigation, which is further enhanced when GPA021S antenna unit is utilized.

The GP170 is BAM (Bridge Alert Management) ready and boasts a variety of display modes, including Plotter, Course, Highway, Data and Integrity. The Integrity display mode delivers a highly accurate Skyplot presentation of currently viewable satellites, status on GNSS/SBAS signal reception including strength and SNR, and elevation angles of available satellites, as well as detailed information about available beacon stations.

Features

• Full compliance with IMO Performance Standards and IEC Testing Standards

High performances for Radar, AIS, ECDIS, Autopilot, Eco Sounder, other Sensors for Navigation and Communication Equipment

• Newly designed GPS chip and antenna unit deliver enhanced stability and precision in position fixing

Enhanced noise rejection capabilities are incorporated in the GPS receiver chip, delivering high level of tolerance towards multi-path mitigation. Also, the tolerance towards multi-path mitigation is enhanced when the antenna unit is used.

• Augmentation to enhance precision by utilizing SBAS (Satellite-Based Augmentation System), DGNSS (Differential Global Navigation Satellite System) and SLAS (Sub-meter Level Augmentation Service)
• 10 Hz position update rate (position updated every 0.1 second) making steady own ship position tracking possible

• USB port available on the front panel

Routing data, menu setting, user setting can be exported/imported through USB jump drives

• Dual configuration for back-up purpose to ensure system availability

Information about waypoints, route and other data set by the operators on one unit can be shared with the other units for functional back-up

• BAM (Bridge Alert Management) ready

Meets the specific requirements for alerts and interconnection with Bridge Alert Management in IMO MSC.302 (87)

• LAN interface for efficient network integration into a bridge system

The GP-170 is fully Light Weight Ethernet (IEC 61162-450) compatible

• 5.7" color LCD (with 640 x 480 pixels) for data visualization
• Simplified menu operation

The operator can navigate through the menu tree either by pressing the cursor pad or pressing the corresponding numbers on the numeric keypad to the menu items

• Enhanced route planning/management function available

1. Comprehensive range of voyage information to be incorporated in routes
2. Streamlined route creation through combination with an external PC (GPX format)
3. Sharing the active route information with ECDIS to supplement the ECDIS route monitoring capability

Contact Dave James for further information: davej@enl.co.nz