Position Request - Standard Horizon HX851 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 HX851. Stan-
dard Horizon has taken this feature one step further, if any Standard Horizon
GPS chart plotter is connected to the HX851 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 example 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 HX851 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" appears.
2. Press the [ ] key to select "DSC Setup" menu.
3. Press the [ CALL ( ENT ) MENU ] key, then select
"Position Reply" with the [ ] / [ ] key.
4. Press the [ CALL ( ENT ) MENU ] key.
5. Press the [ ] / [ ] key to select "Automatic" or "Manual".
In "Automatic" mode, after a DSC POS Request is re-
ceived, the radio will automatically transmit your ves-
sels position. In "Manual" mode, the display of the
HX851 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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