User manual FURUNO FA-100 OPERATORS MANUAL

[. . . ] UAIS TRANSPONDER FA-100 C Your Local Agent/Dealer 9-52, Ashihara -cho, Nishinomiya, Japan Telephone: Telefax: 0 7 9 8 - 6 5 - 2111 0798-65-4200 All rights reserved. Printed in Japan FIRST EDITION C1 : : S E P. O M E -4 4 1 7 0 (Y O S H) F A- 100 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS WARNING ELECTRICAL SHOCK HAZARD Do not open the equipment. Immediately turn off the power at the switchboard if water leaks into the equipment or something is dropped in the equipment. Fire or electrical shock can result if a liquid spills into the equipment. [. . . ] For ADDRESS-CAST, press the [NEXT] key to choose "MMSI, " and then enter the MMSI of the receiving ship. Use the [SFT/ +/-] key to choose message type: NORMAL (message other than safety) or SAFETY (important navigational or meteorological warning). Use the [SFT/ +/-] key to choose which channel to transmit your message over; CH-A, CH-B, BOTH (CH-A and CH-B), or "A OR B" (either channel). Press the [ENT] key to register settings and return to the CREATE MSG sub-menu. Press the [2] key to choose SET MSG. [SET MSG] Data Input Mode 123: Numeric ABC: Alphabet Use the [SFT/ +/-] key to switch modes. 123 0/150 Number of characters used SET MSG screen 13. Press the [ENT] key to save the message and return to the CREATE MSG sub-menu. The screen displays "NOW SENDING" during transmission and "SEND COMPLETED!" when transmission has been completed. is shown along with "SEND COMPLETED" if the message was transmitted to a specific ship. ) If the message could not be sent, "SEND FAILED" appears. And if you did not receive acknowledgement of a message, despite successful transmission, "UNSUCCESSFUL" appears. 19 1 OPERATION 1. 10. 2 Receiving messages When a message is received the window below appears on the display. Press the [3] key to choose RCVD MSG(S). Date and time message received [RCVD MSG(S)] 10/APR 05:09 NEW!FROM: 431099806 S 27/MAR 22:00 FROM: 431099806 01/JAN 09:54 FROM: 431099806 Unread message Sender of message (10 digits) Safety-related message Sample received message 5. Press the [NEXT] key to choose message marked with "NEW" and press the [ENT] key to view the contents of the message. 20 1 OPERATION 1. 10. 3 Message logs The FA-100 automatically saves five each of transmitted and received messages to their respective message logs. When a log becomes full, the oldest message in the log is automatically deleted to make room for the latest. Press the [2] key to display the XMIT message log, or the [3] key to display the RCVD message log. Date, time message transmitted [XMIT MSG(S)] 31/NOV 13:25 NEW!* TO: 431099111 19/SEP 18:00 TO: 431099111 Date, time message received [RCVD MSG(S)] 10/APR 05:09 NEW!* FROM: 431099806 27/MAR 22:00 FROM: 431099806 01/JAN 09:54 FROM: 431099806 MMSI delivered to Sender's MMSI * = NEW: Unread message XMIT MSG log RCVD MSG log XMIT and RCVD message logs 4. To view a message, choose it with the [] or [] key and then press the [ENT] key. Press the [MENU] key twice to close the log and return to the main menu. 21 1 OPERATION 1. 11 Regional Operating Channels AIS operates primarily on two dedicated VHF channels, CH 2087 and CH2088. Where these channels are not available regionally, the AIS is capable of being automatically switching to designated alternate channels by means of a message from a shore facility. Where no shore based AIS or GMDSS sea area A1 station is in place, the AIS should be switched manually as in paragraph 1. 11. 2. The most recent eight areas are memorized. · · · · · · · · Automatic setting of VHF DSC (channel 70) from shore-based AIS Automatic setting by AIS message from shore-based AIS Setting by shipboard system such as ECDIS Manual setting The default area is as follows: Tx power: 12. 5 W Channel no. 2087, 2088 Frequency bandwidth: 25 kHz Tx/Rx mode: Tx/Rx 1. 11. 1 Viewing channels, Tx power Do the following to view current channels. [. . . ] This sentence is transmitted at intervals not exceeding 2 s and is always accompanied by RMB when a destination waypoint is active. RMC and RMB are the recommended minimum data to be provided by a GPS or TRANSIT receiver. All data fields must be provided, null fields used only when data is temporarily unavailable. $--RMC, hhmmss. ss, A, llll. lll, a, yyyyy. yyy, a, x. x, x. x, xxxxxx, x. x, a, a*hh<CR><LF> | ||| | ||| | |||| | ||| | ||| | | | | +--- 10 | ||| | ||| | | | +----- 9 | ||| | ||| | +--+------- 8 | ||| | ||| +--------------- 7 | ||| | | | +--------------------- 6 | ||| | | +------------------------- 5 | ||| +---+---------------------------- 4 | | +---+---------------------------------------- 3 | +--------------------------------------------------- 2 +---------------------------------------------------------- 1 1. Checksum NOTE Positioning system Mode indicator: A = Autonomous D = Differential E = estimated(dead reckoning) M = Manual input S = Simulator N = Data not valid The Mode indicator field supplements the Status field. [. . . ]