Reading A Received Safety Message - Furuno FEA-2107-BB Operator's Manual

21. AIS Target Functions
How to get vessel information for an addressed safety message
You can find vessel information for an addressed safety message. This is useful when you want to send a Safety
message to a specific vessel. To get vessel information, proceed as follows:
1. Display Menu/Info/Chart Menu in the mouse functions area then push the left mouse button to open the Main
menu.
2. Choose Safety Message from the menu then push the scrollwheel.
3. Place the cursor on a desired AIS target on the ECDIS chart then push the scrollwheel to get MMSI number,
call sign and ship name of the target. Call sign and MMSI of the vessel selected are shown in the Vessel field in
the Safety Message dialog box.
4. To send a message to the vessel, select Addressed from the Address box then set other items as appropriate,
referring to the procedure on the preceding page.
21.6.3

Reading a received safety message

When a message is received by AIS, it is indicated on the ECDIS with the alarm "3504 AIS message received". To
read the message, do the following:
Set Std Display
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1. Display Menu/Info/Chart Menu in the mouse functions area then push the
left mouse button to open the Main menu.
2. Choose Safety Message from the menu then push the scrollwheel.
3. Check Enable changes.
4. The Safety Message dialog box shows the message received by the AIS
transponder.