Commissioning strategy

A software-based commissioning method to automatically determine a plurality of feedback gain parameters for a new marine vessel, comprising:

• installing a dynamic active control system having an user-interface connected to a software module;
• wherein the software module is communicatively and operatively connected to at least one pair of water engagement devices;
• prompting a user to activate and instruct the system to asymmetrically and symmetrically deploy the at least one pair of water engagement devices;
• measuring and processing data related to the motion of the vessel generated from the asymmetric and symmetric deployment of the at least one pair of water engagement devices;
• analyzing the processed data for:
• automatically characterizing a functional relationship between the asymmetric deployment of the at least one pair of water engagement devices and a list angle generated for a certain vessel speed,
• automatically characterizing a functional relationship between the asymmetric deployment of the at least one pair of water engagement devices and a yaw rate generated for a certain vessel speed, and
• automatically characterizing a functional relationship between the symmetric deployment at least one pair of water engagement devices and a trim angle generated for a certain vessel speed;
• automatically converting the functional relationships to a plurality of vessel-specific first feedback gains;
• and
• storing the plurality of vessel-specific first feedback gains within the system of the marine vessel.