Step
Operation
•
1
Move the cursor to "Distress" and press
key.
Enter
•
2
Move the cursor to "Nature of distress"
and press
Enter
•
3
Move the cursor to the type of "Nature
of distress", press
•
4
Press
key, to change the setting of
Enter
"Data source" (Input method of position
information)
•
5
Select "Data source" and then press
key.
Enter
•
"GPS": Automatically inserted with GPS
data (Position /Update/Course/Speed).
•
"Manual":
Update/Course/Speed).Update/Course/Sp
eed).
•
6
Enter the
latitude of your ship and press
key.
Enter
•
Enter
longitude of your ship and
Example:
North latitude 35 50 20
East longitude 139 30 35
N 3 5 5 0 2 0
Enter
N 1 3 9 3 0 3 5
Enter
key.
key.
Enter
Input
data
(Position
key.
Enter
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IME/DTE Response
•
"Distress Alert"
window is displayed.
•
"Nature of distress" window is displayed.
Nature of distress
Undesignated
fire/Explosion
Flooding
Collision
Grounding
Listing
Sinking
Disabled and adrift
Abandoning ship
furTher assistance required
Piracy/armed attack
•
"Nature of distress"
window is closed and
the cursor moved to
"Data source."
•
The cursor is moved
on right side.
•
The cursor is moved
to "lEs" when you
select "GPS".
•
The cursor is moved
to "Position", when
you select "Manual".
•
The cursor is moved
to "time of last
position Update"
Remarks
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