General preferences
Select General Preferences from the Utilities menu to call up the general preferences dialog box.
Measurement units
Choose the measurements units that you normally use by calling up the
corresponding pop-up menus.
Great circle or rhumb line calculations
The software can work in Great circle or Rhumb line on the chart. You are
advised to always work in Great circle method.
Position alert
If the check box is enabled, a ÇbipÈ alert is permanently performed when no position is received by the software.
Deselect this box if you donât want to hear the alert anymore.
Waypoints
You can modify the distances from which the waypoint is considered as ãpassedä
(the software then selects the following waypoint from the route list as the
target).
Choose also the Cross Track Error (XTE) that you accept before the alarm is
displayed in the waypoint display.
Tempo
The ground filter specifies the timing to apply to the ground calculation (SOG
and COG), when these values are not sent by the connected master positionner.
Cache memory (Mac only)
MaxSea automatically creates a cache memory in order to optimize cartographic
management. The more memory that your computer has, the quicker the display
will be.
Using the arrows
, you can modify the memory that you wish to keep free for other applications
apart from MaxSea. You should not use MaxSea at the same time as another major software that you
keep 512ÊKo free (default value).
Caution! The memory modification will only be effective after you have rerun MaxSea.
Fuel consumption curve
You can plot or modify the fuel consumption curve for your engine (which
depends on speed). To do this, click and drag each point of the curve in order to
adjust values as you wish.
Note: using the arrows
, you can adjust the fuel measurement value for the curve (5, 10, etc. liters).