1.4Remote Control and Automatic Acknowledge

1.4.1Remote control

The DSC-60 and a FURUNO SSB radiotelephone communicate with each other by means of the MIF (FURUNO Radio Interface) protocol, a unique handshaking type signal exchange system developed by FURUNO. The DSC-60 can also communicate with other makes of radiotelephones which incorporate data format IEC-61162-1. The remote control feature allows the DSC-60 to automatically set the DSC and working frequencies and class of emission on a FURUNO SSB radiotelephone.

1.4.2Automatic acknowledge

The automatic acknowledge feature, when turned on, automatically transmits the acknowledge back signal to the sender when an individual, position or polling call is received. With the automatic acknowledge feature turned on the remote control is also turned on.

Automatic acknowledge is alternately enabled or disabled with the [5/ACK] key.

1.4.3Both remote control and automatic acknowledge ON

The illustration and table below outline the sequence of events in an individual call when both

remote control and automatic acknowledge are turned on.

TX

FS-1562* Å

DSC-60 Å

FS-1562* Ç

ACK BQ

DSC-60 Ç

 

AUTO ACK (own ship)

AUTO ACK (other station)

 

 

* FURUNO SSB radiotelphone

 

 

 

 

 

 

DSC operation

Radiotelephone frequency c

 

Radiotelephone frequencyd

 

 

 

 

 

1.

DSC-60c[CALL] key

DSC frequency changed; call

 

Scans DSC frequencies.

 

pressed.

sent.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

DSC-60dreceives via

 

 

Sets DSC frequency received.

 

radiotelephone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.

DSC-60dautomatically

 

 

DSC frequency set; ACK BQ sent.

 

sends acknowledge back

 

 

Then, working frequency and

 

(ACK BQ) signal.

 

 

class of emission specified at

 

 

 

 

DSC-60care set.

 

 

 

 

 

4.

DSC-60creceives

Working frequency and class of

 

 

 

acknowledge back signal

emission specified at DSC-60c

 

 

 

via radiotelephone.

are set.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Both communication frequency and class of emission are already set on the FS-1562 c and FS-1562d, so you may begin communications.

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RC-1500-1T specifications

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