Furuno 16 manual Inmarsat C Communications, Transmitting, Code description

4.INMARSAT C COMMUNICATIONS

This chapter explains how to transmit and receive. Before conducting any communications, be sure to login with the NCS in your area, following the instructions in paragraph 2.3.1.

To transmit e-mail, you may need to register for e-mail services with an LES which provides such services. Further it is necessary to register with an LES which provides e-mail services in order to send e-mail from a land subscriber to the FELCOM 16. For further details contact an LES.

4.1Transmitting

To transmit a message, create the message, attach the address of the recipient and then send it to the LES. The address of the recipient in the Inmarsat C system is his telex number, for transmission via landline, or MES Inmarsat Mobile Number (IMN), when transmitting to a ship.

The message can be one you’ve just prepared or one stored on the hard disk. (Messages cannot be transmitted by direct keyboard input.)

4.1.1Code description

Code can be specified at the terminal unit according to data type.

IA5: International alphabet No. 5, ASCII code (7 bit).

Specify this code to transmit English containing lower case alphabet. ITA2: No. 2 international communications alphabet (5 bit). Specify this code for

message which contains only No. 2 international communications alphabet (see A-11). ITA2 code is transmitted faster than IA5 code. Land-based telex equipment uses ITA2. The LES converts all codes into ITA2. Code which cannot be converted is shown with the question mark

(?).

DATA: Data (8 bit). Use this code to transmit data.

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