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Software of a ship autopilot, particularly its structure and size, developed in cooperation with a Dutch company is described. It is written in ST language, typical for PLCs and automation systems, in CPDev engineering environment. HMI displays are created by a graphic editor. The autopilot provides typical functionalities, such as heading control, track control, turn by radius and rate of turn, involving PID controllers. Wave-induced motions affecting the rudder are filtered out. Ship dynamics is identified by zig-zag or sinusoidal maneuvers. Control and HMI programs are executed by a runtime virtual machine.
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This project is financed by the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland within the “Regional Initiative of Excellence” program for years 2019 – 2022. Project number 027/RID/2018/19, amount granted 11 999 900 PLN.
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Rzońca, D., Sadolewski, J., Stec, A., Świder, Z., Trybus, B., Trybus, L. (2020). Ship Autopilot Software – A Case Study. In: Bartoszewicz, A., Kabziński, J., Kacprzyk, J. (eds) Advanced, Contemporary Control. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1196. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50936-1_124
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