System Status Monitor - Furuno INMARSAT-C FELCOM 18 Operator's Manual

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System Status Monitor

The system status monitor, which is always displayed, provides date, time, equipment
status and navigation data.
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Date
Time
Position
Waypoint
Course
Speed
Current NCS
Current Channel
Current TDM
MES Status
GPS Status
DCE Memory
Current State: IDLE
DCE F18 Ver. xx
xx: Program Version No. of TERMCPU Board
How to read the system status monitor
Date: Current date.
Time: Current time.
Position: Own ship L/L position (either manual entry or automatic input by navigator).
Waypoint: L/L position of destination waypoint set on navigator.
Course: Course.
Speed: Ship's speed.
Current NCS: NCS your vessel is logged in with.
Current Channel: Channel in use.
Current TDM: Channel TDM.
MES Status: Operational status of MES.
GPS Status: Receiving signal status from GPS receiver.
CST: Cold Start.
ACQ: Acquired; Almanac data acquired.
IMP: Impossible; cannot receive GPS signal.
INT: Interrupted; object interfering with reception of GPS signal.
ALM: Receiving the almanac.
2D, 3D: Position-fixing method by 2D or 3D.
DCE Memory: Memory remaining in communication unit.
BBER: Bulletin Board Error Rate (%).
C/N: Check of circuit status with LES, receiving circuit in antenna unit and TERMCPU
Board in terminal unit. OK appears for figure greater than 31.
Send Level: TX level check. At transmission, OK appears for figure greater than 100.
At reception, 0 always appears.
Rx AGC Level: Check of the receiving circuit of the antenna unit and the TERMCPU
Board in the terminal unit. OK appears for figure greater than 60.
Transmit EGC Reports Logs
Jan-12-12
01:32 (UTC)
LAT 34:30.00N
LON 135:00.00E
LAT
LON
345.5 DEG
10.2 kn
344 (IOR/EMEA) LOGOUT
NCS CC
NCS CC
Idle
****
32818 Bytes free
Retuning
NCS: IOR/EMEA LOGOUT
REC. MESSAGE EXIST
10. MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING
Options Setup Distress StopAlarm
IMN: 443156710
BBER 000
C/N OK (
Send Level OK (
Rx AGC Level OK (254)
REF Offset Freq OK (
Synthe Local OK
TCXO Control 131
Antenna Power Supply OK(7.4V)
Water Temperature
68.2 DEG
Water Current
Direction
232 DEG
Speed 1.9 kn
Depth
Jan-12-12 01:32 (UTC)
LAT: 34:30.00N
LON: 135:00.00E
0 dB)
0)
0 Hz)
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