Position Request; Setting Up Position Reply - Standard Horizon HX850S Owner's Manual

7.8 POSITION REQUEST

Advancements in DSC have made it possible to poll the location of another
vessel and show the position of that vessel on the display of the HX850S.
Standard Horizon has taken this feature one step further, if any Standard Hori-
zon GPS chart plotter is connected to the HX850S through the CD-38, the
polled position of the vessel is shown on the display of the GPS chart plotter
making it easy to navigate to the location of the polled vessel. This is a great
feature for anyone wanting to know the position of another vessel. For ex-
ample your buddy that is catching fish, or finding the location of a person you
are cruising with.
The other vessel must have an operating GPS receiver connected to its
DSC transceiver and must not have its transceiver set to deny position
requests. (Refer the section "7.5 INDIVIDUAL CALL" to enter informa-
tion into the Individual Directory).

7.8.1 SETTING UP POSITION REPLY

The HX850S can be set up to "automatically" or "manually" send your position
to another vessel. This selection is important if you are concerned about some-
one polling the position of your vessel that you may not want to. In the "Manual"
mode you will see the MMSI or persons name shown on the display allowing
you to choose to send your position to the requesting vessel.
1. Press and hold the [ CALL ( ENT ) MENU ] key un-
til "Setup Menu Setup Menu" appears.
Setup Menu Setup Menu
Setup Menu
2. Press the [ ] key to select "DSC Setup
3. Press the [ CALL ( ENT ) MENU ] key, then select
Position Reply" with the [ ] / [ ] key.
"Position Reply
Position Reply Position Reply
Position Reply
4. Press the [ CALL ( ENT ) MENU ] key.
5. Press the [ ] / [ ] key to select "Automatic
In "Automatic Automatic" mode, after a DSC POS Request is re-
Automatic Automatic
Automatic
ceived, the radio will automatically transmit your ves-
sels position. In "Manual
HX850S will show who is requesting the position.
6. Press the [ CALL ( ENT ) MENU ] key to store the selected
setting.
7. Press the [ CLR ( MEM )] key twice to return to radio op-
eration.
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