Furuno FELCOM 12 manual Polling reception, Sample MES message channel printout

For ship-to-ship communication, country number is ocean region number. Subscriber’s number includes Station ID, Telex ID, etc.

If file name is not specified (/:), position, speed, bearing, water tem- perature, current and depth are transmitted. Furthermore, / is deleted (:), position, speed and bearing are transmitted.

For example, you transmit polling command to MES of PIN code 12345678 via Yamaguchi station (Pacific Ocean: 203). Then, that MES transmits position, speed, bearing, water temperature, current and depth to telex number 720-5644325.

P???/12345678/TELEX/203/720/5644325/:

Mobile earth station transmit position, speed and bearing to e-mail address abc@furuno.co.jp.

P???/12345678/EMAIL/203/abc@furuno.co.jp:

Polling reception

No operator intervention is required during polling reception.

The printer PP-510 prints the status of polling reception and data transmission in response to polling request as shown below.

Receive Message
Message No.	:	R0990907.002
Message Ref. No.	:	00616923
LES	: YAMAGUCHI
Priority	: Normal
Message Size	:	121 characters
Receive Data & Time :		99-09-09 04:07 (UTC)

KDD INMARSAT-C SERVICE 9-SEP-1999 04:02:28 UTC REF:616923

XXXXXXXXXABCD X via YAMAGUCHI LES

D???-12345678:test test

99-09-09 04:09 (UTC) Successful Sending message.

Sent Message

DELIVERY CONFIRMATION OFF
Message File	: Report	Message Size	: 284 characters
LES	: YAMAGUCHI	Date	: 99-09-09
Priority	: Normal	Time	: 04:09 (UTC)
Destination	: TELEX	582 (IA5)
582+
Date & Time	99-09-09 04:07 (UTC)
Position	LAT 12:34.56N	Water Temp	32.1
	LON 123:45.67E	Water Current	22.3 KTS
Course	321.1		111.0
Speed	1.1 KTS	Depth	123.4FT

Figure 5-8 Sample MES message channel printout

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