Preparing Tx Calls; Preparing Individual Calls - Furuno FS-1570 Operator's Manual

6

PREPARING TX CALLS

In Chapter 5 you learned how to prepare and send various types of DSC calls. In this
chapter you will learn how to prepare and store individual, PSTN, group, area and test
calls for future transmission. 150 calls can be stored.
.

6.1 Preparing Individual Calls

1. At the DSC standby screen, press the [#/SETUP] key to open the Setup menu.
Setup menu
****
ALARM
AUTO ACK
ERASE
MESSAGE
POSITION
PRINT OUT
2. Rotate the [ENTER] knob to choose MESSAGE and then push the [ENTER] knob.
3. Push the [ENTER] knob to open the CALL TYPE menu.
Message file entry
*
INDIVIDUAL
CALL TYPE : INDIVIDUAL
PSTN CALL
STATION ID : ---------
GROUP CALL
COM. TYPE : TELEPHONE
AREA CALL
COM. FREQ : NO INFO
TEST CALL
DSC FREQ : 2M-INTL
4. Rotate the [ENTER] knob to choose INDIVIDUAL and then push the [ENTER] knob.
5. Push the [ENTER] knob to open the STATION ID entry window.
Message file entry
*
CALL TYPE : INDIVIDUAL
STATION ID : ---------
COM. TYPE : TELEPHONE
COM. FREQ : NO INFO
DSC FREQ : 2M-INTL
6. Key in ID of coast station or ship station with the numeric keys and then push the
[ENTER] knob.
****
SCAN FREQ
VOLUME
TEST
SYSTEM
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6-1