Creating A New Safety Message - Furuno FEA-2107 Operator's Manual

21.6.2

Creating a new safety message

You can create a safety message on the ECDIS for transmission by the AIS transponder. This can be done as
follows:
SAFETY MESSAGE
MESSAGE
Filter
All
Name
S17052004-103836
Status: Unsent
Vessel
Call Sign:
12345
MMSI:
Addressed to MMSI
Safety Message
Don't care of Channel
Enable changes
1. Display Menu/Info/Chart Menu in the mouse functions area and then push
the left mouse button to open the Main menu.
2. Choose Safety Message from the menu and then push the thumbwheel.
3. The Safety message dialog box appears. Place the cursor on the triangle in
the dialog box to show the submenu.
4. Choose Create Message from the menu and push the thumbwheel.
5. Check Enable changes.
6. Place the cursor in the Address box. Spin the thumbwheel to choose
Addressed t or Broadcast to All as appropriate and then push the
thumbwheel. Choose Broadcast to All to send to all nearby AIS
transponder-equipped ships. To send to a specific vessel, enter MMSI of
ship, in the MMSI input box.
7. Use the Msg Type box to choose message type; Safety Message for safety
message, Binary Message for routine message.
8. At the Channel box, choose channel over which to broadcast your message.
Four choices are available.
9. Enter the text of your message in the box below Channel. The number of
characters which may be entered depends on message type.
safety message broadcast:
binary message broadcast:
safety message addressed to MMSI: 156 characters
binary message addressed to MMSI: 151 characters
10. To send the message, place the cursor on the triangle to show the sub menu,
choose Send Message and then push the thumbwheel.
11. If message is sent successfully, status is changed from Unsent to Sent.
21. AIS Target Functions
161 characters
156 characters
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