Marine Emergency Call; Message Call - Codan Envoy Reference Manual

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When you make a Get Status call you must specify the type of information you
require: Diagnostic, Configuration, or Other message. If you have the
MIL-STD-188-141B ALE option installed and the ALE Site Manager entry is set
to Auto, Manual or Restricted, you have the option of broadcasting your site
information to other stations, or requesting site information from other stations.
If you want to:
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Marine Emergency call

If you want to broadcast an emergency hee-haw alert tone, make a Marine Emergency
call. The tone is broadcast on the selected channel and will be received by stations
with that channel selected.
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Message call

If you want to send a text message to another station, make a Message call. You can
enter a message at the time you make a call, store up to 10 messages in User Data >
Messages, and store messages in the call information for a contact.
You may insert keywords into the message that are recognised and expanded by the
transceiver when the call is sent. Message calls can be sent to several stations at once.
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request diagnostic information from the station that you are calling, select
1: Diagnostic
request configuration information from the station that you are calling, select
2: Configuration
broadcast your self address to the station that you are calling, select
3: Broadcast Site (see
request site information from the station that you are calling, select 4: Request
Site (see Table 6)
send a message, such as an OTA command, select ?: Other
For information on OTA commands, contact your Codan
representative.
Making a Get Status call on page 60
Respond OTA on page 237
ALE Site Manager on page 240
Call History on page 450
Making a Marine Emergency call on page 64
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