Position Tracking - Garmin GPSMAP 740 Owner's Manual

Position Tracking

When you connect your Garmin chartplotter to a VHF radio using NMEA 0183, you can track vessels that
send position reports. This feature is also available with NMEA 2000, provided that the vessel sends the
correct PGN data (PGN 129808; DSC Call Information).
Every position-report call received is logged in the DSC list
Viewing a Position Report
1. From the Home screen, select Information > other Vessels > DSC List.
2. Select a position-report call.
3. Select or
the location.
Calling a Tracked Vessel
See "Making an Individual Routine Call"
Navigating to a Tracked Vessel
1. From the Home screen, select Information > other Vessels > DSC List.
2. Select a position-report call.
3. Select Navigate To.
4. Select Go To or Route To
Creating a Waypoint at the Position of a Tracked Vessel
1. From the Home screen, select Information > other Vessels > DSC List.
2. Select a position-report call.
3. Select Create Waypoint.
Editing Information in a Position Report
1. From the Home screen, select Information > other Vessels > DSC List.
2. Select a position-report call.
3. Select edit.
4. Complete an action:
• Select Name. Enter the name of the vessel. Select Done.
• Select Symbol. Select a new symbol. Select Done.
• Select Comment. Enter the comment. Select Done.
• Select Trail > Show to show a trail line for the vessel, if your radio is tracking the position of the
vessel.
• Select Trail Line. Select a color for the trail line.
Deleting a Position-Report Call
1. From the Home screen, select Information > other Vessels > DSC List.
2. Select a position-report call.
3. Select Clear Report.
GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
to switch between details of the position report and a Navigation chart marking
(page 83).
(page 25).
(page 79).
Digital Selective Calling
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