Registering Scan Groups

The Central System emits a free-signal to indicate a MARITEX radio channel is in idle condition and available for ship-to-shore calls. The free-signal is detected and recognized by the shipboard equipment as a permission to start the transmission. Then, the ship- board operator initiates a call.

You can scan search for the free-signal automatically by register- ing MARITEX radio channels in scan group(s). The procedure for registering scan groups for MARITEX use is the same as that which appears on page 3-7.

1.Press function key [F5] to display the Station menu.

2.Press the [3] key to select Scan Entry. The screen should look something like Figure 7-2.

Scan Entry

Scanning Group List

Create

Change

 

 

 

 

Scanning Set Up

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Group Name

:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ch Dwell Time

: 4.5 sec (2.7-4.5 sec)

 

 

Mode

 

: AUTO ARQ FEC

 

 

Auto Search

: OFF ON

 

 

 

 

No

Channel

Rx Freq

Tx Freq

Pass/Scan

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pass/Scan

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pass/Scan

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pass/Scan

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pass/Scan

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pass/Scan

▼ 6

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pass/Scan

Figure 7-2 Scan entry screen

3.If Create is not underlined, press [ ], [ ] and the [Enter] key to underline it.

4.Group Name appears in inverse video, meaning you can enter scan group name. Enter scan group name; for example, MARITEX-A.

5.Press the [ ] key to advance the cursor to Ch Dwell Time. The dwell times is the time in seconds the receiver waits on each channel before it selects the next channel. The default setting is 2.7 seconds. Change the setting if necessary.

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