Position Call: Other Ship Requests Your Position - Furuno FM-8800D Operator's Manual

3.5.2

Position call: other ship requests your position

1. When a position request call is received, the audio alarm sounds and the
display changes as below.
2. Press the CANCEL key to silence the alarm.
3. To send your position manually, press the ENT key. The following pop-up
menu appears.
4. Choose ANSWER by the CH knob and press the ENT key.
5. Press the CALL key more than three seconds to send your position data.
Then, the standby display appears.
To send no position data, choose NO ANSWER and press the ENT key twice
to return to the standby display.
3. DSC OPERATION FOR NON-DISTRESS CASES
Position request
call received.
FROM : 123456789
SAFETY
KIND : POSITION REQ
COMM OPTION : NO INFO
ACK REQ
CANCEL ALARM
** Received Message **
APR01/04 12 : 34
POSITION CALL
FROM : 123456789
SAFETY
KIND : POSITION REQ
COMM OPTION : NO INFO
ACK REQ
PRESS ENT TO ACK.
ANSWER
NO ANSWER
ECC : OK
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