Aldebaran II & Regulus II

ICAN’s Electronic Charting Systems (ECS) are designed with advanced navigation and communication features for use by professional mariners. ICAN ECS Solutions improve efficiency and safety in today’s fast paced computer-aided navigation environment.

Regulus II & Aldebaran II

ICAN’s Electronic Charting Systems (ECS) are highly configurable to meet your exact specifications while maintaining the consistent, powerful, professional utility you can trust.

Get advanced capabilities when you include ICAN’s add-on modules to your ECS.

Radar Overlay Module
NavAids Module
Survey Module
3D Module

ECS Features

Automatic Identification System (AIS)

ITU-R M. 1371-1 Messaging Capabilities

Interface with Type Approved AIS Transponder
Meteorological / Hydrological Display
Complete AIS Functionality in all ICAN products.

Multiple Chart Formats

S-57
CM-93
BSB
ARCS
Seafarer
NTX

Security / Configurability

Password Protection
Covert Message Transmission
Routes
Waypoints
Vessel Configuration
Information Boxes

Real-time Radar Overlay

High Resolution Radar Image
Overlay on ECS
Radar Target Extractor
ARPA Target Display
Image Processing

Professional Navigation

Navigation Mode and Planning Mode
Configurable Automatic Chart Loading
Dead Reckoning
Parallel Lines, Position Lines, & Clearing Lines
Complete Route Planning & Monitoring
Autopilot
Multiple NMEA Input Devices
Course-up Navigation with Mile Marks

Customizable Display

Unlimited Number of Open Charts
Configurable Information Display (Floating Information Boxes)
Configurable Units (Metric / Imperial)
True or Magnetic Heading
Alarms & Indications
Add-on Modules available
Voyage Recorder
Search & Rescue Patterns
Waypoint Transfer
Import & Export of Navigational Elements (Such as Markers, Routes, Waypoints, & Zones etc.)

Communications

NMEA Standard Messaging
Data Client / Data Server (UDP Data Transfer)
File Playback

Radar

In addition to the transmission and networking of AIS data, it is possible to integrate AIS and radar data into the proposed VTS network for a combined display. Radar can therefore be either a standalone display or fully integrated into a VTS presentation.

AMS develops systems solutions using maritime X-Band radars from manufacturers such as Japan Radio Corp (JRC). Being a modular system it is possible to configure with a number of displays, with wide screen LCD being preferred for ease of operator viewing. The digital display also provides a more user friendly display for operators and facilitates the integration of AIS target data on the display.

AMS has installed and maintains radars at a number of Australian ports as well as remote locations as part of the Great Barrier Reef Ship Reporting System (REEFVTS) In all cases the radars are networked for integration into VTS with additional data inputs from AIS, Inmarsat C and CCTV.

The AMS integrated VTS solution provides for radar targets be extracted at source through the application of a Rutter Technologies Sigma (Seascan) S6 TVA extraction PCI card. This technology, originally an adaptation of military targeting/tracking technology developed for the Canadian Coast Guard, allows for radar target information to be post processed enhancing target extraction and for AIS and radar targets to be displayed on a combined VTS display through the applications provided by International Communications and Navigation Inc. (ICAN)

The information can then be displayed via a PC driven interface which can be integrated with AIS and chart displays to provide a single combined VTS display for operators through the use of the ICAN VTS/Horizon ECS display product.

As a development option, the ICAN VTS products also allow for the display of CCTV imagery as a screen window to supplement the separate video displays proposed.