3. DSC OPERATION FOR
3.6.2Position call: other ship requests your position
You may turn automatic acknowledge of position request on or off with POSITION CALL in the system setup menu. For further details, see page
Automatic reply
1.When another ship requests your position, the status of the 5 ACK key is AUTO ACK and the setting of POSITION CALL on the system setup menu is ON, the
Position auto ack transmitted.
TCmd1 : POSITION
TCmd2 : NO INFO
POS : 12 ° 34'N 123 ° 45'E
AT 12 : 34
CANCEL ALARM
2. Press the CANCEL
key to silence the alarm. The display then looks like the one below, indicating own ship's position.
** Send Message **
POSITION ACK
TO : 123456789
TCmd1 : POSITION
TCmd2 : NO INFO
POS : 12 ° 34'N 123 ° 45'E
AT 12 : 34
PRESS ENT
Manual reply
1.When a position request call is received and the setting of POSITION CALL on the system setup menu is OFF, the audio alarm sounds and the display changes as below.
Position request call received.
FROM : 123456789
ROUTINE
TCmd1 : POSITION
TCmd2 : NO INFO