Furuno FELCOM 12 manual About This Manual

About This Manual

A word about the organization of this manual: It is laid out in a user- friendly manner as possible. We realize a machine like this with its many, many functions can be a little intimidating to even the experi- enced MES operator. This is why we have arranged this manual in a series of sections that start at a basic level and proceed forward in complexity in a logical manner.

The best way to acquaint yourself with the many facilities this equip- ment has to offer is to turn it on and try keying in the examples pro- vided in each of the sections. In hardly no time at all you’ll be enjoying the benefits of the Inmarsat-C system.

Inmarsat-C System This chapter explains the Inmarsat-C sys- tem.

Operational Overview This chapter introduces basic operations.

System Initialization	Read this chapter to learn how to initialize
	the FELCOM 12.
File Operations	You will learn how to use the text editor in
	this chapter, to prepare, edit and save mes-
	sages.
Inmarsat-C	Read this chapter to learn how to transmit
Communications	and receive in the Inmarsat-C system.
Data Reporting and Polling
	This chapter explains data reporting set-
	ting and polling reception.
Distress Alert	This chapter tells you how to prepare and
	transmit the distress alert, and conduct dis-
	tress communications.
Other Functions	This chapter describes how to abort op-
	eration, scan NCS, and select various chan-
	nels.
Maintenance	The maintenance chapter presents infor-
	mation for keeping the FELCOM 12 in top
	operating condition.
Appendix	The Appendix presents international telex
	country codes, international telex abbre-

viations, glossary of acronyms, error mes- sages and alerts, and international telegra- phy alphabet.

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