External Alarm Setting; Rt Application Setting - Furuno FM-8900S Operator's Manual

5. MENU OPERATION
5.11

External Alarm Setting

The [EXTERNAL ALARM] menu enables/disables output of the contact signal for ur-
gency, safety and routine messages to an external alarm system.
1. Rotate the CHANNEL/ENTER knob to select [SYSTEM] on the [MENU] screen
then push the knob.
2. Rotate the CHANNEL/ENTER knob to se-
lect [EXTERNAL ALARM] then push the
knob.
3. Rotate the CHANNEL/ENTER knob to select [URGENCY], [SAFETY] or [ROU-
TINE] then push the knob.
4. Rotate the CHANNEL/ENTER knob to select [ON] or [OFF] then push the knob.
• When receiving urgency, safety or routine messages, the contact signal for the cat-
egory selected to ON is output to an external alarm system.
• When receiving distress alert or distress messages, the contact signal is output to
an external alarm system regardless of the external alarm setting.
• When an alarm acknowledgement from an external alarm system is received by the
transceiver unit or an alarm pop-up message closes (with pressing the CANCEL
key, etc.), output of the contact signal to an external alarm system is stopped.
Note: An alarm pop-up message or audio alarm for the transceiver unit are not af-
fected by this condition.
5.12

RT Application Setting

You can display the guide for operations, the handset state or the squelch values at
the bottom left corner of the RT screen.
1. Rotate the CHANNEL/ENTER knob to select [SYSTEM] on the [MENU] screen
then push the knob.
2. Rotate the CHANNEL/ENTER knob to select [RT APPLICATION] then push the
knob.
3. Rotate the CHANNEL/ENTER knob to select [GUIDE], [HS STATE] or [SQ
METER] then push the knob.
[GUIDE]: The guide for operations.
[HS STATE]: The remote handset state.
[SQ METER]: The squelch values for the transceiver unit and the remote handset.
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[GUIDE]
[HS STATE]
Upper: Transceiver unit
Lower: Remote handset
(The one which is
available is highlighted.)
[SQ METER]
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