Selecting Stand-Alone Les - Nera Saturn BM Marine Operator's Manual

Selecting Stand-alone LES *

General
In the event of an NCS (Network Coordinating Station) failure, some
LESs provide "Stand-alone" capabilities by transmission of the call
announcement and channel assignment messages normally con-
veyed by the NCS.
A stand-alone LES does not maintain full connectivity between MESs
and LESs for fixed-originated calls, but connectivity for mobile-
originated calls is not affected by NCS failure.
The "LES
that offer "Stand-alone" capability.
Current Stand-alone LES
1
Select STAND-
ALONE LES function (54):
2
Scroll through list to select
Ocean Region:
New stand-alone LES
3
Key in code number of
chosen Land Earth Station:
4
Enter e.g. LES 004 as standalone LES:
and revert to IDLE:
Saturn B must be synchronized with the satellite when selecting
Stand-alone LES (circle indicator displayed). When switching on
initially, a Stand-alone LES is preselected automatically.
Note! If the message "ILLEGAL CHOICE" appears, either the LES
does not exist or it has no stand-alone capability (see
ties" on previous page).
3.6
Capabilities" function (60) indicates the LESs in the region
5 4
FUNC
JKL
MNO
ENTER
LIST
LIST
4
ENTER
JKL
ENTER
3x
ESC
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