Furuno FM-8900S Operator's Manual page 60

4. DSC GENERAL MESSAGE CALLING, RECEIVING
5. Rotate the CHANNEL/ENTER knob to select [DIRECT INPUT], [ADDRESS
BOOK DATA] or [AIS TARGET DATA] then push the knob.
[DIRECT INPUT]: Enter the MMSI of station, which you want to know its position,
with the numeric keys then push the CHANNEL/ENTER knob.
[ADDRESS BOOK DATA]: Select an MMSI from the [ADDRESS BOOK] (see
section 5.13) then push the CHANNEL/ENTER knob.
[AIS TARGET DATA]: Select an MMSI from the [AIS TARGET LIST] then push
the CHANNEL/ENTER knob.
6. With [GO TO CALL] selected, push the CHANNEL/ENTER knob to send the po-
sition call. After the call has been sent, the WAIT FOR ACK screen appears. The
elapsed time since sending the call is displayed.
When you receive an acknowledge message, the audio alarm sounds and the
pop-up message "POSITION ACK received! [CANCEL]: Stop alarm" appears.
7. Press the CANCEL key to silence the audio alarm and erase the pop-up mes-
sage. There are two types of ACK screens, one with position information and one
with no position information.
Position information included
4-14
TX
No position information