System Menu (F8); Distress Alert Setup: [F8]-1; System Setup: [F8]-2 - Nera Inmarsat-c Service Manual

4.1.2 System menu (F8)

1. Distress Alert Setup: [F8]-1

Item Contents
LES ID Select LES
Update Time 00:00 to 23:59
Position LAT/ LON
Protocol Maritime
Undesignated to
Nature Piracy or Armed
attack
Course 0 to 999
Speed 0 to 99

2. System Setup: [F8]-2

Item Contents
System Date
& Time
IMN
(Indication only)
MES
INMARSAT C/
Operation
EGC
Mode
LES which sends the distress alert is selected. The
default is AOR-E(NCS:144). When the distress alert is
released out of the selected ocean region, it is sent to the
synchronized NCS. The explanation to the user is
required. When the selected ocean region differs from the
LES setting, the message, "Pre-set LES ID for
DISTRESS ALERT is invalid in this ocean. Please input
preferred LES ID in the menu [Distress Message Setup]"
appears.
The time when the position data is updated is used for the
system's time.
It is input automatically from NMEA data. The data is
updated every time the data is input. The manual input
has higher priority. The manual input data is saved for
one hour.
The value is fixed to Maritime for maritime operation.
When installing, the value should be set to
"Undesignated".
The data is input automatically from NMEA data. The
sentence is VTG.
The manual input has higher priority. The manual input
data is saved for one hour.
The course data, 999 and the speed data, 99 are
processed as invalid data at the coast station.
The data is input automatically. The time data is
calculated from the TDM frame signal, and the date data
uses the data from ZDA. If there is no ZDA, the input date
is used.
The input IMN is displayed in the status display.
To re-enter, type "IMN" while holding [Ctrl].
Normally, set to "INMARSAT-C".
When set to INMARSAT C, the message communication
and the EGC reception is available. When set to EGC,
only EGC reception is available.
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