Position Tracking - Garmin GPSMAP 5215 Owner's Manual

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Position Tracking

When you connect your Garmin chartplotter to a VHF radio using NMEA 0183, you can track
vessels that send position reports. This feature is also available with NMEA 2000, provided that the
vessel sends the correct PGN data (PGN 129808; DSC Call Information).
Every position report call received is logged in the DSC list
To view a list of position reports:
1. From the Home screen, touch
2. Select an item from the list, and then select
• Select Call with Radio
vessel that sent the position report. This option is only available if you are using a Garmin
NMEA 2000-compatible VHF radio.
• Select Edit to edit the vessel name and add a comment. If your radio is tracking the position
of the vessel, touch
change the line color.
• Select Clear Report
• Select Navigate To
• Select Create Waypoint
• Select Next Page
Navigation chart marking the location.
Configuring Vessel Trails on the Navigation Chart
If you have your chartplotter configured to show trails, the Navigation chart displays a black dot
for each reported position, a black line indicating the path of the vessel, and a
indicating the last reported position.
Last-reported
vessel position
Position-report
location
Vessel trail
To set the duration of displayed trail points:
1. From a chart screen, touch
2. Select the number of hours to show tracked vessels on the Navigation chart. For example, if you
select 4 Hours, all trail points (less than four hours old) for tracked vessels are displayed.
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to set up an individual routine call
Trail to show or hide the trail line for the vessel, and touch
to delete the call report.
to Go To or Route To the location sent with the position report
to set a waypoint at the location sent with the position report.
or Previous Page to toggle between details of the position report and a
Menu > Other Vessels
(page 34).
DSC List.
for the following options:
(page 58) with the radio to call the
Vessel Trail
> DSC > DSC Trails.
Digital Selective Calling
page 25.
Trail Line to
(page 23).
Blue Flag symbol
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