Furuno FS-5070 manual Communication Buffer, Preparing Macrofiles for Automatic Telex, 10-10

10. NBDP TRANSMITTING, RECEIVING

10.8Communication Buffer

The communication buffer is a temporary memory which stores transmit and receive messages. To display the contents of the communication buffer, do the following:

1.Escape from the message creation screen.

2.Press the ↓ key while pressing the Fn key or the ↑ key pressing the Fn key. The contents of the communication buffer are displayed.

To print them, press the Ctrl and P keys simultaneously. To erase the contents from the screen, press the ↓ key at the bottom line.

To erase the contents of the buffer, press the F1 and 9 keys.

10.9Preparing Macrofiles for Automatic Telex

10.9.1Automatic telex overview

This section shows you how to communicate with a coast station which handles automatic telex transmission, using macrofiles. You will also need to register communication channels and stations, and prepare macrofiles.

Coast stations using automatic telex are MCI Marine Services (North America), Sydney Radio (Australia), Lyngby Radio (Denmark), and others. The procedure is mostly common to all coast stations, however refer to the coast station’s traffic manual for details.

INTERNATIONAL TELEX NETWORK

STORE-AND-

FORWARD

DIRECT

DIALING

MULTI-

ADDRESS

CENTRAL SYSTEM

SYSTEM CONTROL

SHIP

SUB-STATION

Sample automatic telex network

The service available in automatic telex are

Message transfer between ship and coast station (store-and-forward) Connection with landline telex (direct dialing)

Multi address.

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