Test Call - Furuno FS-5070 Operator's Manual

11. MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING
11.6

Test Call

This function sends a test signal to a coast or ship station, over one of six distress and
safety frequencies. For that reason, it should not be executed unnecessarily. You can
prepare a test call beforehand (see Chapter 6) or at the moment you intend to send a test
call. To send a prepared test call, see paragraph 6.5.4 for the procedure. When sending the
test call at the moment, do the following.
1. Press the 2/DSC key.
Select Message
GENERAL
INDIVIDUAL RELAY AREA
PSTN MESSAGE
RELAY COAST
TEST MESSAGE
DISTRESS
GROUP MESSAGE
AREA MESSAGE
SPECIAL
POSITION
MMSI 123456789
POS 12 34.5678N
123 45.6789E
2. Rotate the ENTER knob to choose TEST MESSAGE and then push the ENTER knob.
3. Push the ENTER knob to open the STATION ID window.
4. Rotate the ENTER knob to choose MANUAL or SELECT.
5. For SELECT, you can choose an ID from the message file list stored.
6. For MANUAL, using the numeric keys, key in the ID of the station ID (nine digits) where
to send the call and then push the ENTER knob.
Compose msg.
MSG TYPE : TEST MESSAGE
*********
STATION ID
: SAFETY
PRIORITY
DSC FREQ :
GO TO VIEW
7. Push the ENTER knob to open the DSC FREQ menu. (Note that PRIORITY is
automatically selected to SAFETY.)
Compose msg.
2187.5
MSG TYPE : Test
4207.5
STATION ID : 001234567
6312.0
PRIORITY : Safety
8414.5
12577.0 :
16804.5
DSC FREQ
GO TO VIEW
8. Rotate the ENTER knob to choose an appropriate frequency and then push the ENTER
knob. The display changes as below.
11-6
DISTRESS
UTC 01:53
EPFS 01:54
2187.5 kHz
kHz
VIEW
kHz