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1. Internet Telex Network Land Earth easyTrack Destination Station LES Inmarsat C lt Mail PC office PSDN eget MES Network PSTN Network Figure 3 Data transmission using LES When the easyTrack MES is logged in at an NCS it maintains a list of currently available LESs Most of the communication operations are done via a LES so in most cases the operator must select an LES when initiating a transmission 19 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 3 2 SERVICES The Inmarsat C system offers a variety of services including e Message transmission to and from a mobile unit e Broadcast data to groups of mobile terminals e Position reporting from fleets of mobile units e Polling system that enables the operator to request various data from the mobile units e Distress alerting TT 3026C and D only 3 2 1 MESSAGES This is probably the service that is used most often in average installations It enables the user to send and receive text messages like e mail on the terminal Messaging is carried out via a LES where the user needs to have an account As mentioned in 3 1 there are a number of network types that connect to the LES PSTN Telex etc and generally it is possible to send and receive messages through each of these networks Most LESs work the same way particularly seen from the MES point of view but still there are som
2. Hew pat Exit About Files 5 Free 30523392 Path C CAPSATSMESSAGES ASCII The current drive and directory Use Path to change if necessary Figure 7 Opening an Existing Message 2 Select the desired file from the Select File window 5 3 7 REVISING A MESSAGE You can delete copy and move text in the message If you want to copy or move text you must indicate which text you want to change by selecting it When doing minor deletions you do not need to select the text 46 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual To delete a Press this key Character left of the cursor BACKSPACE Character under the cursor ALT F4 ALT F3 5 3 8 TYPING OVER TEXT Normally the Editor is operating in Insert mode which means that if you type a character the existing characters are pushed forward However you can operate the Editor in Overwrite mode too where the characters that you type will replace the existing ones 1 Press Ins key to toggle between Overwrite and Insert mode 5 3 9 SELECTING A BLOCK OF TEXT 1 Position the cursor at the beginning of the text you want to select HESSAGE TO ALL MARITIME IHHARSAT C USERS aren THE INTERMATIOMAL SAFETYHET SERVICE BECAME OPERATIONAL OW D1 FEBRUARY 92 IMPLEMENTATION OF INFORMATION SERVICES IS PROGRESSIVE Figure 8 Selecting a Block of Text 2 Hold down the SHIFT key while you move the cursor to where you want the selectio
3. 95 5 5 40 NCS Channels ccccccssccssecsseesseeneeenes 96 5 5 41 Transceiver Status Information 97 5 5 42 GPS Status Information cc000000e 97 5 5 43 PASSWOMG eeen erea sed ce cc deeeen cals 97 5 5 44 Test Mode ccccceccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeneeenes 99 5 5 45 Terminal MOde cscccseceeeeceeeneeeseeeees 99 5 5 46 Message Log ranana naa a 100 5 5 47 Inspecting Old Message Logs 101 5 548 ADOG estret oka a pd E REE 102 5 5 49 Internet Mail cccceccseeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeees 102 5 6 Direct ry visti iiesnei vcs ee AMEN ra ENEE deo 105 5 6 1 The Directory WindOW ccssccseeeeeeeeeees 105 5 6 2 The Directory Facilities cccsececeeeeeees 106 Del SV SCT ss oe at causes E E E her aes 109 5 7 1 Moving WIndows ceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ees 109 5 7 2 Changing Colours cccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 111 5 7 3 Setting Display Options ccceeeeeeeeeees 113 5 7 4 Configuring the Serial Port c000 115 5 7 3 USING COM 2 33 ciel Ae dei 116 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 5 7 6 Configuring the Printer eeee 117 5 7 7 Setting the System CIOCK cccsseeneeeees 118 5 7 8 Formatting a Floppy Disk cceseeeees 119 5 7 9 Configuring the Macro Key s c ssscee08 119 5 7 10 Record a MaCrO ccceccececeeeeeceeeeseeeeeees 121 5 7 11 Deleting a Ma
4. File Edit Transmit Logs Distress Hove window with the cursorkeys Press 41 when done or Esc to get the original position Window To Move E it Pl Bodou LES C M it Santa Paula LES COR Fax PSTH Special ASCII 1 Chars Line 1Col 1 Inserting Figure 34 Moving Windows 1 Get the window that you want to move on top of the screen i e with a shadow 2 Press F10 to access the System window 3 Choose Move Customize M C 4 Move the window s with the Arrow Keys and press Enter when you are satisfied A beep 110 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual while moving a window indicates that it cannot be moved any further in this direction 5 Press Esc twice to return to the now moved window If you want the default setting back choose Standard setup from the Move menu 5 7 2 CHANGING COLOURS The Capsat Message Handling program is divided in 4 5 major parts Capsat Address Book Directory System The Capsat part is furthermore divided in 3 sub parts Each part has a different colour set up Each part or sub part has up to seven colour fields The names of the colour fields allow easy identification However 3 names are standard General The colour of the major parts of the window Cursor The colour of the highlight or cursor found in all menus Standout The colour of the window title and the short cut character of the menus TI
5. Goes up the directory tree If you move above the top of the window you will be moved one level up in the tree Goes down the tree Scrolls the display left and right Opens the highlighted directory and shows its contents Directories with small arrows after their name contain other subdirectories Goes to the Drive selection menu You can select a new drive to be displayed in the window 108 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual Directory Drive ALT 0 to select drive etory New Drive Enter Selects the highlighted directory and returns you to the Directory Window 5 7 SYSTEM System is a tool that allows you to change certain system settings 1 Press F10 to access the System window or 1 In Capsat choose Applications System Alt A S 5 7 1 MOVING WINDOWS The Capsat Message Handling program is divided in 4 5 major parts Capsat Address Book Directory 109 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual System At any time there will be at least one window active for each part This is true even if you cannot see a certain one of the above mentioned parts The windows within each part are positioned relative to each other Moving one window will also move all other connected windows E g moving a window in the Address Book will affect all windows in that part but not in any other part Te GoTo Move Paint Options Exit East Atlantic Ca
6. Distress and press Spacebar to select This causes the address field to show SEARCH amp RESCUE 4 Press Enter to move the highlight to lt SEND gt and press Enter again to transmit Note If the Land Station field is empty the highlight will be positioned there instead Press Spacebar to get the Land Station list and select a station Press Enter to move to lt SEND gt 81 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 5 Confirm the distress priority transmission by pressing Enter 5 5 26 POSITION amp GPS Your geographical position is a key element in a maritime system It is used in EGC reception to selectively receive the messages addressed to certain areas Also a correct position is vital when sending Distress in case of emergency The transceiver has a built in GPS unit which ensures that your equipment knows the correct position If your transceiver has a built in GPS this will be indicated in the main Capsat window as shown below GPS san IHH C seeme 11 33 The mode of the GPS is displayed using small boxes See Table 7 82 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual aps Mode Comment Acquisition The GPS module is trying to acquire the correct position To ease the acquisition the approximate position and time could be entered Upon power up the GPS module will always enter this mode If the transceiver has a valid position stored in non volatile memory this will be fed to the GPS Th
7. Please notice that it is not possible the select other than lt Default gt while the transceiver is connected Power ON Therefore turn OFF the transceiver and wait for Transceiver not connected to be displayed in the Status Field 115 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual East At lantic Sain T T lt Space gt Serial ports z File Edit Name Fort oe HEF Sailor c Com ly C NMEA in out C Comz Ir Morts Baudrate Databits Farity Stopbits c 300 C75 C None 4 1 disk c 600 C36 Odd Cia c 1200 Cj Even C 2400 6 c 4800 c 9600 19200 c 38400 lt OK gt lt Default gt es Eo ASCII 1 Chars Line 1 Col 1 Inserting Figure 37 Configuring the Serial Port Normally you should not change this set up unless you want to use another port instead of Com1 To restore the default set up move the highlight to lt Default gt and press Enter Press Enter once more on lt OK gt to actually load the values 5 7 5 USING COM2 l 2 Press F10 to access the System window Choose Options Serial ports O S to get the Serial port window presented Move the highlight to the Com2 field by pressing Arrow Right and Arrow Down Press Spacebar to get e Com2 116 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 5 Press Enter to move highlight to lt OK gt and press Enter once more 5
8. The request is sent as a datareport to a DNID You must set up which DNID to use before you can send any requests The Capsat program can have one DNID for each ocean region 5 5 20 ENHANCED GROUP CALL EGC The Enhanced Group Call EGC facility enables your system to receive messages from different information providers EGC messages will normally be printed but you are able to 74 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual route the messages to disk as well Please consult the chapter Message Routing on page 71 The EGC messages can be divided in 3 major categories SafetyNET Maritime Safety Information MSI from Information Providers registered by IMO for GMDSS purposes FleetNet Information from authorised commercial Information Providers System Supplied by Inmarsat Table 5 gives a quick view of the different EGC services 75 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual Abbreviated Addressing General Call GENERAL All mobiles Group call GROUP ENID FleetNET Navigational NAV_WARN Position SafetyNET Warnings to Rectangular areas Meteorological and NAV_WARN Position SafetyNET navigational Warnings to circular areas messages Ocean Region NAVTEX subarea A Z Shore ship Distress DISTRESS Position SafetyNET alert to circular area message number Meteorological or MET_WARN Navarea SafetyNET Navarea warning or Meteorological Forecast Identity number Search and Rescue Position Eee Co ordination to rectangular
9. entering the service provider s name For each ocean area where the Operator is present the Inmarsat C LES ID has to be entered Leave unsupported ocean area fields empty For each of the items Internet Address Command Carbon Copy Blind Carbon Copy Subject and Message Prefix the corresponding text has to be entered Please refer to information given by the Operator Unused fields are left empty and will therefore not be available when transmitting the email please see section 5 5 6 Depending on service provider configuration the Internet Email message is either transferred using Special Access Code Special or using X 25 Please select the correct format using the space button on the type field The corresponding value field must be entered afterwards Please refer to service provider information on type and value Finally it can be chosen that the service provider is used as default email operator 104 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual causing all emails be transmitted using this provider This is done by checking the Use this Service Provider as default Obviously only one operator can be selected as default 5 6 DIRECTORY The Directory is a tool that you can use to organise and work with your files stored on disk 1 Press F9 to access the Directory or 1 In Capsat choose File Directory Alt F D 2 Press Esc to return 5 6 1 THE DIRECTORY WINDOW Menu bar
10. 10 is September and October respectively 97 is the year 001 and 002 is a sequential number within each month A new log file is generated when a new month begins or when the size of the file gets larger than 100 Kb 100 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual The information shown in the Transmit log the Receive log and the EGC log is that of the 2 latest log files This means that the information in these log will show a maximum of 100 messages all together When the free disk space gets well below 150Kb the program will ask you to insert an empty disk A new log file is then generated on the new disk and you will be asked to insert the previous disk to have the program copy the latest log file on to the new disk In this way you get continuity in the logs When using floppy diskettes you may need to remove the message log disk from time to time in order to retrieve files on other disks If the program needs the log file during this you will be asked to insert the disk with the log files again 5 5 47 INSPECTING OLD MESSAGE LOGS Old message log files may be inspected and messages may be retrieved This is done by 1 Choose Logs Old log files Alt L O to have a list of the log files presented 2 Move the highlight to the log file you want to see and choose Select which then presents a window as shown below 3 Move the highlight to a message You may now View Print or even Copy the message to a separate file 1
11. 3000E system can not determine automatically what the current costal area is so if the user want to receive these EGCs the relevant area codes must be set explicitly each costal area along with the corresponding NAVTEX transmitter is designated by a letter A to Z Further information can be found in the Admiralty List of Radio Signals published by the Hydrographer of the Navy in the UK Each EGC has a priority assigned Routine Safety Urgent or Distress When an EGC with urgent or distress priority is received the receiver is required to indicate this clearly in order to notify the crew Distress alerting A GMDSS installation that supports distress alert will have an alarm button that will initiate an alert when pressed for more than 5 seconds The distress alert protocol is carefully designed so that it will get through regardless of the current state and activity of the Inmarsat C transceiver provided of course that the installation is working and active Having said that there are a number of configuration issues that should be considered The user should select which LES that will receive the alert and the main advantage of doing this is that it determines beforehand how subsequent emergency communication should be routed The alert itself will in any case be passed on to the authorities closest to the distress position If no LES is chosen by the user the TT 3000E will select one automatically The TT
12. 7 6 CONFIGURING THE PRINTER 1 Press F10 to access the System window 2 Choose Options Printer O P to get the Printer window presented In the Printer window you can control the following parameters Important The TT3000E GMDSS system only supports the TT 3608A printer and therefore these parameters are not configurable when using this system Full page always If set On a full page is always printed no matter how short the message may be If you are using a laser printer you must set this On Default is Off In the Off position a line is printed between each printout Use Formfeed If set On a Formfeed character will be sent to the printer after every page printed If you are using a laser printer you must set this On Default is Off Compressed If set On the characters are printed in compressed form allowing up to 132 characters per line Only relevant for PC s having a local printer connected Default is Off Header Footer If set On a header and a footer is printed on every page Only relevant for PC s having a local printer connected Default is On TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual Lines per page Left margin Printer Filter None Normal Low Specify the maximum number of lines on a page Default is 64 You may specify a number of characters for the left margin Default is 5 This can have one of 3 settings There is no filtering The program filters removes printer contro
13. Directory LEI Erase Print Rename Copy Path Filename Size i Selected file OuTOO TRT 1992 05 13 OUTOOS TRT 1992 05 13 OuTOOo TXT 1992 05 13 OUTOOS TRT 1992 05 13 Number of Files Files 6 Free 30154752 Path C CAPSAT MESSAGES Path Free Space Figure 33 Directory Window 105 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual Menu bar Contains menus Selected File Is the file on which an operation is going to take place Use Arrow Up Down to select another file Path Indicates the name of disk and directory in which the presented files are located On TT 3606 Message Terminal directories are not supported Free Space Is the space that s free to use on the disk Number of Files Is the number of files located on the disk or in the directory Note On the TT 3606 Message Terminal no more than 112 files can reside on a disk Normally there will be Free Space left on the disk but if the disk holds 112 files you will not be able to store anymore files on the disk 5 6 2 THE DIRECTORY FACILITIES The following facilities are presented on the menu bar View Allows you to inspect the contents of a file You cannot change the contents of the file Erase Deletes the selected file from the disk You will be asked to confirm the deletion Tip To delete a number of files mark the files by pressing Spacebar when they are selected one by one Erase is then able to delete all the marked files in on
14. NMEA sentences The following sentences are transmitted e GLL Geographic Position Latitude Longitude e VTG Course Over Ground and Ground Speed e GGA Global Positioning System Fix Data e ZDA Time amp Date An example of the sentences is shown below GPGLL 5547 60 N 01231 40 E 143055 A A 41 GPVTG 28 T M 0 N 0 K A 29 GPGGA 143055 5547 60 N 01231 40 E 1 01 M M 5B GPZDA 143055 22 12 2006 49 Note below is a list of unused fields in the sentences These fields are empty as can be seen in the above example Type Field Data of unused field VTG 3 Course over ground degrees magnetic GGA 7 Number of satellites in use 9 Antenna altitude above below mean sea level geoid 92 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 11 Geoidal separation 13 Age of differential GPS data ZDA 5 Local zone hours There is approximately a one second interval between two equal sentences The position is updated every 30 seconds NMEA out is enabled disabled from Secondary serial port in the Options menu When enabled TT 3000E will immediately start sending out sentences at the secondary serial port The port COM1 COM2 used can be changed in the serial ports settings Refer to 5 7 4 Configuring the Serial Port 5 5 37 LINK TEST The Link Test checks if your equipment meets the specifications set out by Inmarsat As previously described a Link Test will
15. a transmission 00cs0e00 65 5 5 12 Transmit LOG cacecgeeees r iON sere 66 5 5 13 The Transmit Log Facilities 0 69 5 5 14 Sending a Message Again 69 5 9 15 Rec pti n 2 sis ea eck eines ied 70 5 5 16 Message ROUING ccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 71 5 9 17 Receive LOG sc cisnak ells ee 72 5 5 18 The Receive Log Facilities 000 73 5 5 19 Requesting Mail ceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 73 5 5 20 Enhanced Group Call EGC 0006 74 5 5 21 The EGC Window cccseecseeceeeeneeenees 77 5 5 22 EGC HOG arana eet lei G cet iign Ged 78 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 5 5 23 ENID EGC Network ID cccceeeees 79 5 5 24 DIS tl SS 22 soit apie ee E 80 5 5 25 Sending a detailed Distress Message 81 5 5 26 Position amp GPS eeeccecceceeeeeeeneeneeeeeeees 82 5 5 27 Setting the Position cee 84 5 5 28 Position Reporting cceeeeeeeeeeeeeee ee 84 5 5 29 Setting up Position Reports 8 85 5 5 30 Checking the Reporting Functions 89 5 5 31 Ocean Region Management 0000 90 5 5 32 SCAM ic EET E E A 90 5 5 33 LO G10 oor GE E E 90 5 5 34 DOPOUT iior ee Get PEA NORE E 91 5 5 35 Miscellane OuS ccccsscceeccneeeneeeceeeceeeees 91 5 5 36 NMEA OUt ccccccceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeseeeneeeneeenes 91 5 05 37 vLinK TeSt enina r enee EL RALE 93 55238 Poln Tania ee 94 5 5 39 DNID The Data Network ID
16. area Search and Rescue Position SafetyNET Co ordination to circular area i a foe oul eee el service Chart Correction ca as eal Service for fixed areas Table 5 Enhanced Group Call EGC Note If your position has the status INVALID in the Position window Alt P the transceiver will receive all EGCs addressed by position 76 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 5 5 21 THE EGC WINDOW 1 Choose Options Configuration EGC Alt O C E to get the EGC window East Atlantic Capsat GPS mma INM C mmm 11 07 File Edit Transmit Logs Distress Position Options Applications Sc Configuration EGC Service Selection lt Space gt EGC HE Esc only X System messages Coastal Warning Additions NAVAREA X SafetyNET Subarea A Z Coastal Warning Areas 1 L Nav Warnings L Pilot service SATNAY Coastal Warning l Met Warnings I 1 DECCA Other navaid Service Selection Ice reports 1 LORAN L 1 Add Nav Warn 1 SAR L 1 OMEGA L 1 No message Het Forecasts lt Fixed Positions gt lt OK gt Fixed Positions Figure 19 The EGC Window EGC Service Selection Makes it possible to choose whether you want to receive a particular service type or not FleetNET messages cannot be blocked On maritime units this also applies to SafetyNET messages Coastal Warning Subarea A Z Allows yo
17. be carried out when performing a login for the first time The test is then regarded as a commissioning procedure You may do a Link Test at any time if you want to check your system again 1 Choose Options Link test Alt O I to have the Link Test window displayed If a test has been carried out the results will be shown Each item will have the verdict OK or FAIL If no test has been done with this unit no results will be available 93 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 2 Do a Link Test by choosing Activate from the menu bar The Status Field of the Capsat window will show lt LINK TEST gt until the test has been completed 3 During the Link Test the message Automatic test mode Normal communication disabled Do not press any distress buttons unless you are in distress will be displayed 4 When the link test is completed the Link Test Finished message is displayed printed along with the results of the test This may take up to 15 minutes 5 5 38 POLLING A Poll is a message but it differs from normal messages in the way that it can only sent in the direction from a terrestrial user telex x 25 or telephone modem towards the mobile unit and in the way that it may simultaneously be received by several mobile units A Poll can be addressed to e One specific mobile e A group of mobiles e A group of mobiles within a specified geographic or navigational area The reception of a poll can
18. disk When a new message has been transferred to disk this is indicated in the Status Field of the Capsat window with either Mail or Egc Mail 70 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 5 5 16 MESSAGE ROUTING 1 Choose Options Configuration Routing Alt O C R lt Space gt Routing Diskette Local Prn Remote Prn Mail x EGC System EGC FleetNet Li EGC SafetyNET RoutinetSafety mi x L EGC SafetyNET Urgent Distress ba x E Message log files Xx Figure 16Message Routing Change the routing to suit your needs by setting removing the X in the brackets Important note As the 3000E system does not support a remote printer you should always select local printer or disk The local printer is connected to the 3606E Message Terminal The Capsat program will change your routing selections if they conflict with the Inmarsat specifications If the Message Log files box has no checkmark and none of the 3 boxes for Mail has a checkmark then the program will put a mark in Local Prn for you The same goes for the 4 EGC Message types 71 TT 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual If none of the have checkmar Prn for you printer boxes for EGC SafetyNET messages ks then the program will put a mark in Local 5 5 17 RECEIVE LOG The receive log holds information concerning the incoming mail By default all received messages are stored in the log files on the disk The re
19. frequent position tracking there exists a more convenient protocol 21 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual that is more suited for this service Data reports have a very compact format that helps reducing the transmission time and price One consequence of this compact format is that the addressing has been simplified compared to messages A report is sent to a DNID Data Network IDentity that is effectively a mailbox created on some LESs So the MES sends its reports to this mailbox and other tracking systems can then access and empty the mailbox Up to 255 mobiles can use the same DNID and the specific mobile is identified by a member number between 1 and 255 D LES102 Current Position 55 44N 12 28E Wo BSN LES312 easy Track Om LES204 Figure 4 Inmarsat C position reporting Before the position reporting feature can be used the DNID must be created on the LES once the DNID account is created the LES can download the DNID information to the 22 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual desired MESs and thereby enabling the MESs to send to the DNID Accessing and reading the reports is normally possible in a number of ways Automatic e mail forwarding PSTN terminal interface etc The LES operator can provide information about these options The raw data reports are in a compressed format and need to be decoded to present meaningful information to the receiver There are
20. in case of problems you may need to see this information 1 Choose Options Transceiver status Alt O T to have the Status window displayed 2 Choose Update just once to have the window updated automatically every 5 seconds 5 5 42 GPS STATUS INFORMATION 1 Choose Options GPS status Alt O G to have the Status window displayed 2 Choose Update just once to have the window updated automatically every 5 seconds 5 5 43 PASSWORD 5 5 43 1 CAPSAT APPLICATION The Capsat application has two passwords One for message transmission and one for the program configuration Choose Options Configuration Password for entering passwords for the Configuration and Transmit Window You will be asked for the password in the following places Configuration Password The EGC Window when you select OK and press Enter The Routing Window when you select OK and press Enter The Open Program Start Stop and Close menu selections in the Change Menu of the 97 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual Position Report Window The DNID and ENID Windows when you select Enable or Disable and press ENTER Transmit Password The Transmit Window when you select OK and press Enter You can remove the passwords again if you choose Password again and re enter your password twice 5 5 43 2 THE CAPSAT TRANSCEIVER The Transceivers own configuration can also be protected by a password If this feature is enabled you may see an error message l
21. initiate the transmission of a position report or trigger some other pre defined event As shipped your system only supports transmission of 94 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual position reports in return to a poll When a Capsat mobile unit responds to a Poll the response is either forwarded to the terrestrial user at once or it is stored at the Land Station for later retrieval When receiving a poll the transceiver will generate a file containing the data of the poll These files named POLLFILE 000 POLLFILE 001 will be transferred to disk No further action will be taken 5 5 39 DNID THE DATA NETWORK ID The DNID is a unique number which serves as a link between the terrestrial user and the mobile unit s i e the DNID is used when the terrestrial user issues a Poll and also when the mobile responds A user may very well have several DNIDs This is also the case for the mobile When several mobiles have the same DNID this is called a group Each mobile in the group is also designated a member number which enables the terrestrial user to differentiate between the mobiles in the group This is especially important when responses from the mobiles are processed at the premises of the terrestrial user The user interface allows you to enable or disable DNIDs If a DNID is disabled you will not receive any poll with this DNID or be able to use it for position reporting To change the status of a DNID 1 Choose Option
22. manual will describe how to operate the system using the TT 3606E Message Terminal and the AP5042 Alarm Panel The following chapters give an introduction to the Inmarsat C system 3 Introduction to Inmarsat C and tell how to operate the alarm panel 4 The distress alert installation and the CAPSAT message terminal software 5 Message Terminal Operation 15 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual eae ee 24avbc Back TT 3608A TT 3026C TT 3606E SAILOR TT 3616C TT 3606E Opt 003 TT 3042C NMEA Adapter AP 5065 Figure 1 TT 3000E Mini C GMDSS System overview 16 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 3 INTRODUCTION TO INMARSAT C The Inmarsat C is a communication system which enables the user to send and receive data to and from mobile terminals The Inmarsat C system provides the possibility of reaching remote areas where other methods of communication are impossible 3 1 SYSTEM OVERVIEW The Inmarsat C satellite network provides the link between the mobile and the destination office It uses four geostationary satellites to cover the world Satellite data link coverage is complete between 70 North and 70 South Because the Polar regions cannot be seen from geostationary satellites these regions are not covered The Inmarsat C system contains 2 satellite stations types that are of interest for the operator of the easyTrack MES The NCS stations and the LES stations The NC
23. next report in frame numbers and UTC time The status of the program scheduler You may see frametiming error here if your system does not have synchronization Figure 28 Data Reporting Program Details 89 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 5 5 31 OCEAN REGION MANAGEMENT The coverage areas of neighbouring satellites overlap In many areas you will be able to use more than one ocean region 5 5 32 SCAN The transceiver scans the satellite frequencies in order to find the strongest signal When the best signal is found a login will be issued if need be A scan may be performed within the limits of one Ocean Region or in all regions You control this by 1 Choose Options Scan Alt O S to get the Scan menu 2 Initiate a scan by selecting a specific Ocean Region or selecting an All ocean scan The e marks your selection 5 5 33 LOGIN The transceiver will automatically perform a login if necessary when you turn on the power This is true in all cases but one A Land mobile unit will do nothing if it s not commissioned In that case you must manually perform a login 1 Choose Options Login and select the desired Ocean Region A ec will mark your selection and the Status Field of the Capsat window will show lt LOGIN gt until the login is completed You may force the transceiver to login on a specific satellite channel by choosing Channel from the Login menu 90 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS
24. several ways of doing this e The easiest way is to have the LES doing the decoding a service known as textual conversion that is available on most LESs By combining this service with automatic e mail forwarding the reports will be received as simple readable e mails e Another simple solution is to use an online tracking service such as LocPoint http www locpoint com The routing is set up to forward the position reports to the tracking service provider and then they will maintain and present the fleet tracking e A third suggestion is to acquire a tracking system such as the Thrane amp Thrane CapSat Manager system It comes with vectorized map material with excellent zooming facilities The detailed maps show mobile positions and trails with individual icons and timestamps 3 2 4 POLLING Polling is a way of sending a small note to the MES Like messages a poll can in principle contain any information However a poll is normally given a special structure 23 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual containing commands that are understood and interpreted by the MES And this is the most common purpose for sending a poll Instructing the MES to do something Some of the poll commands are defined by Inmarsat and are therefore available via standard services on the LES this includes download and management of DNIDs and configuration of position reporting Position reporting need not be configured via poll thoug
25. showing the current ocean region and status information When the transceiver is logged in and not performing a Scan Login Logout or a Link Test the current ocean region is displayed GPS Mode Indicates the mode of the GPS Acquisition 2 D or 3 D mode See page 82 for further information INM C Signal Meter Indicates the signal strength 0 5 using square boxes The scale is indicated by 5 small dots 3 boxes or more is needed to do reliable communication Clock Shows the system local time Hint Field May show miscellaneous status information or hints about which key to press This will be lt Space gt for Spacebar and lt Enter gt for the Enter key Shadow Points out the window on top When you type on the keyboard the keystrokes will be given to that window 5 1 1 SPECIAL KEYS ON THE KEYBOARD To operate the Capsat Message Handling program you need to know which keys to press In this chapter we will explain the functionality of the special keys on your keyboard 34 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual Esc Pressing Esc will always take you one step back Hitting Esc will Just had a window Remove the window displayed Revising a value in a field Cancel revise and restore the original content Arrow Keys Moves the highlight or the insertion point Both are known as the cursor There are 4 arrow keys Up Down Left and Right 35 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual Enter Is used to do the fo
26. that holds position reports transmitted from an easyTrack MES Member number Used to distinguish easyTrack MES s 12 TT 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual MES MRCC NCS Ocean region Omni directional OS Position report PSA PSDN PSTN SARF Store and forward Telex with same DNID from another Mobile Earth Station the name of the transceiver in Inmarsat C Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre Network Coordination Station Coverage of one of four geostationary Inmarsat satellites All directions simultaneously when in free space conditions Operating System Compact information transmitted from easyTrack that includes the GPS position Point of Service Activation Company making the registration Most likely also an ISP and AA Public Switched Data Network such as the X25 data network Public Switched Telephone Network is the land based telephone system or an analogue modem Service Activation Registration Form LES receives complete mails before forwarding it to the recipient TELeprinter EXchange is a standardized internationally recognized means of real time text communications Table 2 Abbreviations and terms 13 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 14 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 2 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION An overview of the complete GMDSS system is shown in Figure 1 The individual products are introduced in 1 TT 3000E Instalation Manual This
27. 00E GMDSS system is to be able to send and receive important information such as this e Receive Information about nearby ships in distress distress relays weather forecasts and meteorological warnings navigational warnings e Send Distress alerts responses when requested for assistance It is important to realize how important it is for the overall maritime safety that GMDSS communication equipment is capable of receiving as well as sending information and that received information is actually read and understood Sometimes the misconception arises that being able to call for help is the most important capability But calling out will not be of much value if there is no one around that listens responds and assists Receiving information As previously indicated the safety related information that can be received can generally be split into two categories e Maritime Safety Information commonly abbreviated to MSI that is general information about maritime conditions that are relevant to safety such as meteorological or navigational information and warnings MSI will normally be sent though some means of broadcast and in 25 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual Inmarsat C this service is based on so called SafetyNET EGCs that can be addressed to ships within a given area e Urgency and safety information that is communicated to coordinate specific distress efforts This type of information may be sent as EGCs
28. 01 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual East Atlantic Capsat GPS sme MMC semen 43 41 File Edit Transmit Logs Distress Position Options Applications LOG12 92 002 BEGIN Print Copy Date Time Hessage Status OUT U08 TA alled i ailed O1 Dec 92 14 49 IN 073 Disk Pro Rmt O1 Dec 92 15 14 IN 074 Disk Rmt O1 Dec 92 15 16 IH 075 Disk Rmt O1 Dec 92 16 28 OUT O90 T amp T Telex Failed O1 Dec 92 16 31 OUT O91 TAT Telex ConfOK 03 Dec 92 13 09 OUT O01 T T This unit Conf Req 03 Dec 92 13 12 OUT 002 T T Fax Failed 03 Dec 92 12 22 _IN 080 Disk 03 Dec 92 12 02 OUT O9 581492380024 Failed 03 Dec 92 12 16 OUT O98 581492380021 Acknowledged nl Ce Inserting Figure 31 Old Message Logs 5 5 48 ABOUT The About window gives you a summary information of your system such as the program version serial number mobile number and type 1 Choose File About Alt F B 5 5 49 INTERNET MAIL When the Inmarsat C network was launched the Internet Email facility was not commonly used and the Inmarsat C protocols are therefore not prepared for sending Internet emails This problem has been solved such that the different Internet Email fields like address CC address Subject etc are written into the normal Inmarsat C mail as separate 102 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual lines with a keyword and the corresponding text An example could be TO name company com Where th
29. 2 Activate the Address Book by pressing Spacebar 3 Position the highlight on the desired destination and choose Select See also the chapter Capsat Address Book on page 51 4 Press Spacebar to get a list of Land Stations 61 IT 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual T T East Atlantic mmeme 15 17 Land Station File E lt Space gt Edit Info 22380021 an THRANE Name ID Ocean l To Southbury 101 East Atlantic 1 os T amp T Fax Soonhilly 102 East Atlantic 4531562140 Fucino 105 East Atlantic Thanks fo Fax 7bit Ata 110 East Atlantic Bu rum 112 East Atlantic Land Station Tangua 114 East Atlantic ation Best regal F Raisting 115 East Atlantic Sintra 118 East Atlantic a 4 Text in France Telecom smission Blaavand 131 East Atlantic ASCII 365 Chars Line 1 Col 1 Inserting Figure 12 Transmitting a Message 5 Position the highlight on the desired Land Station and choose Select Press Enter to move the highlight to the lt SEND gt field Press Enter once on lt SEND gt to transmit the message The Transmit window is now removed and you are back in the Text Field The message is saved in the message log on the disk along with addressing information allowing you to send the message again if necessary 5 5 6 TRANSMITTING AN EMAIL l Choose Transmit Alt T to open the Transmit window The highlight will b
30. 3000E also has an option of choosing a cause for the alert and the position that will reported with the alert the latter will rarely be relevant since the TT 3026C transceiver has a built in GPS unit that will provide a position automatically 27 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual When an alert is activated it will be received at the LES where it is forwarded to the relevant national Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre MRCC The MRCC will then take the proper steps to initiate the rescue operation and one of the first thing that happens is normally that the MRCC sends a message to the alerting unit to gather more information about the situation The alerting part should respond to such messages if at all possible Subsequent steps from the MRCC may involve sending Distress EGCs to other ships in the area to request assistance typically as Distress Relay or SAR Coordination request Safety at sea is taken very seriously by the involved authorities and an incoming distress alert will always generate immediate activity at the MRCC Therefore it should be emphasized that false alarms must be avoided The distress alert is only to be used when there is an immediate danger that threatens life or ship If an alert is sent by accident the MRCC must be informed about the mistake immediately to have the rescue operation cancelled The messages used in an emergency or false alarm situation will normally be Distress Messages that ba
31. 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 5 4 4 ACCESSING THE DIFFERENT NETWORKS Type Format of number Presentation Telex Country code Subscriber No 5 or 7 bit Mobile Ocean Region Mobile No 5 or 7 bit 580 All Oceans 581 East Atlantic 582 Pacific 583 Indian 584 West Atlantic Mobile Ocean Region Mobile No 8 bit 1110 All Oceans 1111 East Atlantic 1112 Pacific 1113 Indian 1114 West Atlantic X 25 DNIC Subscriber No 5 7 or 8 bit Fax Country code Subscriber No 5 7 or 8 bit PSTN Country code Subscriber No 5 7 or 8 bit Telepho ne Special Pre defined codes 5 7 or 8 bit Pre 32 Medical Advice defined 33 Technical Assistance GMDSS 38 Medical Assistance services 39 Maritime Assistance 41 Meteorological Reports 42 Navigational Hazards and Warnings 43 Ship Position and Sail Plan Reports DNID DNID number and Member 5 7 or 8 bit number See your DNID Table for valid entries E mail Standard email address 5 7 or 8 bit 57 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 5 5 CAPSAT 1 Press F2 to access Capsat or 2 Press Esc a number of times until all overlaying windows are removed 5 5 1 TRANSMISSION The Inmarsat C Network is a Store And Forward system This means that when a message is sent off it is stored within the system for a period of time before the message is forwarded to the final destination A message can be sent to several desti
32. 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual East Atlantic Ca Window To Paint System File Ep 7 lt Space gt GoTo Move Options Exit Pa TE eBlack amp White To res Standard colors fs Direct Customized colors System i mam Land Station 8 3 Working 1 8 Text in editor k lt SEND gt oo B 8 i ASCII 1 Chars Line 1Col 1 Inserting Figure 35 Changing Colours To change the colours of a window do the following l Get the window that you want to paint on top of the screen I e with a shadow Press F10 to access the System window Choose Paint Customise P C In case of sub parts choose the appropriate part Select the colour field you want change Choose the new colour from the presented colour palette All windows having the chosen colour field is updated immediately upon pressing Enter allowing you to inspect the result right away 112 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 7 Press Esc twice to return to the now painted window or select another colour field If you want the default setting back choose Standard setup from the Paint menu Note When the program detects a colour CGA screen the Black amp White setting is not entirely black and white This is because some LCD displays on portable PC s needs special colours in ord
33. A Recognised Private Operating Agency out of order__ scc Call completed successfully SHE Mobile unit hardware error _ o SNF___ The satellite networkhasfailed SPE Mobile unit protocol error _ _ suc Testresultsbeingdelivered Tey Trunksbusy o E TGR TDM groupreset ooo E tim Timeout S O wra Wrongfinalanswerback o o wia wrong initial answerback o o Table 8 Transmission Error Codes MSO NAL NDA NFA NIA NOB NOC NP NTC OAB OCC PRC PRF RCA REF RLE RPE SCC SHE SNF SPE SUC TBY TGR TIM WFA WIA 127
34. CYO ccecseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 122 6 TROUBLE SHOOTING x issesece ceed dicaesocecctvasans vere uee 124 7 GETTING FURTHER INFORMATION cscseeseeeeseeees 125 8 TRANSMISSION ERROR CODES ccecseseeseeeeneenenes 126 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 TT 3000E Mini C GMDSS System overview 16 Figure 2 Registration at NCS ccccseecseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeaes 18 Figure 3 Data transmission using LES eects 19 Figure 4 Inmarsat C position reporting ce eeeeeneeee ees 22 Figure 5 Basic CONCEDt ccseceeeeee eee anena aa aiaa iaaea 33 Figure 6 The Editor Window ccecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaees 42 Figure 7 Opening an Existing Message cseeeeeeeeeeeeees 46 Figure 8 Selecting a Block of Text ccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 47 Figure 9 Customising the Editor ceeecceeeeseeeeeeeeeee ees 51 Figure 10 Address Book WindOW c cceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 52 Figure 11 The Transmit Window ccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 60 Figure 12 Transmitting a MeSSaQe cccseeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 62 Figure 13 Transmit Email Window ccceeseeeeeeeeeeeeees 63 Figure 14 Transmit Log cinio ien aiaa iein e aaite 66 Figure 15 Resubmit Message ss ssssssssenssrnsorrrrsrrrsrnrrrnrrnns 70 Figure 16Message ROUtING cceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeenees 71 Figure 17 Receive LOG vice score deste yoctuctees sacvccdedecenebgneg A vestvei
35. S stations handle the registration of the MES in the Inmarsat C system The Inmarsat C system has one NCS for every geostationary satellite and they have names that correspond to the ocean area they cover Atlantic Ocean Region East AORE Atlantic Ocean Region West AORW Indian Ocean Region IOR and the Pacific Ocean Region POR Before using the Inmarsat C system the easyTrack MES must be registered in one of the four ocean regions through a Login on an NCS where the corresponding satellite is visible from the current location Normally this login procedure will happen automatically when the equipment is turned on 17 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual Inmarsat Satellite Network Coordination Station AORE NCS Co0fameator otacrort AORW NCS Cooramanerr oratnen POR NCS easyTrack wun Inmarsat C IOR NCS MES Coor Figure 2 Registration at NCS The LES handles the data transmission to and from the easyTrack MES When the easyTrack MES is logged into an NCS several LESs are available for data transmission The number of LESs available may vary and depends entirely on the number of provider companies that wishes to offer Inmarsat C services Also some easyTracks can be delivered with configurations that may limit the number of usable LESs but this will only be done under special agreement 18 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual
36. SAILOR by Thrane amp Thrane TT 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual Copyright Thrane amp Thrane A S ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2007 Thrane amp Thrane A S Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Thrane amp Thrane A S Document number TT 98 122464 Revision C Release Date December 5 2007 This page is intentionally left blank SAFETY SUMMARY Tiy bpi 3 _ om agrara be observed N 1 eal violates safety n spo eae and intended use of the ane 2 A S assume liability for the customer s failure to comply with these requirements are nant tc a i at shack oe iey the PEED During trans make sure that nobody is closer than the recommended minimum safety distance of 1 ft 0 3 meter j e pe pst agen co and internal adjustment Under ig VO s may exist even with the power a jays Paiste power mi AU BE mishke i to dapis r SAR 1 messages distress alert r messages azien sted ait s as well as ead TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual This page is intentionally left blank TT 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual LIST OF CONTENTS 1 SCOPE AND PURPOSE ssscccceecusneeceeneeneeanenauneeages 1 1 Related Documents cccceeeeseeeeeeeeeeeseeeees 11 1 2 Abbreviations and terms ccccccceeeseeeeeeeees 12 2 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION ceseceeeseeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeaenees 3 INTRODUCTION TO INMAR
37. SAT C scceceeeeeeeeeeeenees 3 1 System OVELVICW ccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeseeeeeees 17 Bid SQL VICES eiei aerae Ea EEA aa aria 20 92221 Me SSageS a iA AE ES a aid 20 3 2 2 BYOAdCASUS zee eeo a a eit teec sks 21 3 2 3 Position reporting sescsceceererrerrrererrrernen 21 3 2 4 PONE aiiai ee a aaa 23 3 3 Safety and distress capabilities 0 08 24 4 THE DISTRESS ALERT INSTALLATION ssccsceecesneeees 4 1 Sending distress ccccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 30 4 2 Other buzzer indications cccceceeeeeseeeees 31 5 MESSAGE TERMINAL OPERATION sssescceeeeneeaeenneaes Del Basie CONCE PIS ere ninan aS Ena aT 33 5 1 1 Special Keys on the Keyboard 064 34 5 2 First Time with Capsat cccsecceeecseeeeeeeeees 37 merl Power ON erap ee EER EER 38 5 2 2 COMM SS ON NZ ssssssseessessrserrerrernrrrerrrerrnrnns 39 5 2 3 Sending a Test MeSSAaGe cseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 39 5 3 Capsat Text Eqitor ccccccceeeceeeceeeeeeeeeeeenees 42 5 3 1 The Editor WindOW ccescceeeeeeeeseeneeenes 42 5 3 2 Creating a MeSSAQe ccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 43 533 Typing in Textarea EE E A 44 5 3 4 Moving the Insertion Point Cursor 44 5 3 5 Saving Your Work cccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaes 45 5 3 6 Opening an Existing Message eeeeeee 46 5 3 7 Revising a MeSSAQeC ceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 46 5 3 8 T
38. SMISSION l 3 Move the highlight in the Transmit window to X Text in editor and press Spacebar to remove the X This reveals the field File immediately below Press Arrow Down to move highlight to the File field and press Spacebar to have the Select File window presented Select the desired file by choosing Select Note The size of the file must not exceed 10 Kb which is the absolute maximum message length 5 5 8 SCHEDULING A FILE FOR LATER TRANSMISSION l Move the highlight in the Transmit window to X Immediate transmission and press Spacebar to remove the X This reveals the field Time immediately below Press Arrow Down to move highlight to the Time field and enter the time of the transmission 64 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 5 5 9 PRINTING A MESSAGE ON TRANSMISSION 1 Move the highlight in the Transmit window to Print and press Spacebar to insert an X 5 5 10 PASSWORD PROTECTION Transmissions can be password protected to avoid unauthorised use Distress priority transmissions are not affected 1 Choose Options Configuration Password Alt O W 2 Type in your password and press Enter 3 Type in your password again for verification and press Enter Note To clear password protection choose this menu again and re enter your password twice 5 5 11 ABORTING A TRANSMISSION It is possible to abort a transmission at any time by selecting Abort tra
39. TING This facility allows you to program the Transceiver to send position reports unattended The reports are sent as Data Reports to a DNID mailbox in a compressed format This makes the reporting inexpensive compare to sending a text message containing a position and time like explained in the section about Special Options on page 53 A brief description of DNIDs is given on page 95 84 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual The transceiver may also be commanded remotely to send position reports This is done by Polling You need to contact the LES Operator on the LES you want to use for instruction on how to use polling The Transceiver can control up to four connections numbered from 0 to 3 Each of these connections can hold one reporting program but only one of the connections can be local This is the one that you can program from the Capsat program The other 3 connections must be set up from a remote site via polling Below is a example of the status of connection 0 and 1 when they are un programmed closed If you want to see connection 2 and 3 you can select More on the menu Data Reporting Hore Print Save SREP Datareporting LES DHID Member 0 Closed Connection 0 Information Area Datareporting LES DHID Member 1 Closed Connection 1 lt Information Area Figure 22 Data Reporting 5 5 29 SETTING UP POSITION REPORTS Important Before you start to set up a program you should ma
40. The Editor allows you to find and replace text patterns in your message The search is always performed from the cursor and onwards 5 3 14 FINDING TEXT 1 Choose Edit Search Alt E S 2 Type in the text that you want to find The Editor searches for the exact pattern so please watch your upper and lowercase letters If the text is found the cursor is positioned immediately after the pattern If the pattern is not found an error message is displayed 5 3 15 REPLACING TEXT 1 Choose Edit Replace Alt E R 2 Type in the text that you want to replace and press Enter 3 Type in the replacement text and press Enter When an instance of the pattern is found the Editor highlights the text and you are asked whether this particular instance should be replaced or not 49 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 5 3 16 PRINTING 1 Choose File Print text Alt F T to print the text shown in the Editor or 2 Choose File Print file Alt F P to print a message from the disk 5 3 17 CUSTOMISING THE EDITOR 1 Choose Edit Setup Alt E U In the Setup window the following parameters can be changed e The right margin of your message can be changed from 69 to any value in the range 5 77 e The status line can be turned Off and On e The Insert mode can be toggled e The Input mode may be set to either ASCII or Telex e The Save with CR LF Save with Carriage Return and Linefeed can be tog
41. The integrated text editor makes it very simple to create messages for later transmission It is designed to be used as a tool for editing small messages and not for managing large documents 5 3 1 THE EDITOR WINDOW The following illustration shows the important parts of the editor window followed by a brief description of each part Menu bar 13 45 File Edit I SS Insertion point The Cursor Margin 5 ENESTE n n n u ASCII 1 Chars Line i Col 1 Inserting Filename Character count Insert mode Overwriting Inserting Input mode Telex ASCII Figure 6 The Editor Window Menu bar Contains menus Open the menus and choose the appropriate command Insertion Point Shows where text will be inserted when you type Are also called the cursor 42 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual Input Mode Shows which input mode you currently are using The field will either be Telex or ASCII In Telex the editor will only allow you to insert characters that are represented in the Baudot alphabet Filename Shows the name of the file on disk holding the present text When starting out on a new message this field will be empty until you have saved your message for the first time Character count Indicates the number of characters in your message at any time Please note that a new line is only counted as one char
42. User Manual Do Manual You have logged out and you haven t Login when turned off your equipment in the meantime You have turned on your system for the first time You want to operate in another Ocean Region 5 5 34 LOGOUT Before turning off your system you should perform a logout This will instruct the transceiver to save certain system parameters Numbers of EGC IN and OUT files Also the Inmarsat C system will be able to notify any calling parties that your transceiver at the moment cannot be reached 1 Choose Options Logout Alt O O and confirm the Logout The Status Field of the Capsat window will show lt LOGOUT gt 2 When the Status Field has changed to Logged Out you are welcome to turn off your equipment 5 5 35 MISCELLANEOUS In this chapter we will briefly describe some of the rarely used facilities in the user interface 5 5 36 NMEA OUT The NMEA out feature allows TT 3000E to send GPS NMEA sentences to external equipment via the secondary COM port RS 232 of the message terminal The system complies with e NMEA 0183 version 3 00 July 1 2000 91 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual e IEC 61162 1 2000 November 2000 e TEC 61262 2 1998 Not that in order to fully comply with IEC 61162 1 2 the TT 3606E opt 003 NMEA Adapter must be used between the TALKER 3606E and the LISTENER External equipment The internal GPS unit of TT 3026C provides the position for the
43. acter When saving the message a new line will be saved as two characters CR LF Carriage Return Line Feed Insert mode Shows whether you will be inserting or overwriting characters when you type The mode is toggled by pressing Ins on the numeric keypad Make sure that Num Lock is off Margin Shows the position of the right margin of your message The default setting is at 69 which is the maximum line length that can be transmitted through the Telex Network 5 3 2 CREATING A MESSAGE 1 Choose File Alt F and New Telex or New ASCII If you are going to send the message to a telex destination you should select New Telex to prevent you from using characters that cannot be transmitted through the Telex network In all other cases it will be most convenient to use the ASCII mode 43 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 5 3 3 TYPING IN TEXT As the position point the cursor is already positioned at the start of the message you just type in your message as if you were using a typewriter If you want to create some blank lines before typing press the Enter key to insert blank lines As you type the insertion point advances to the right When the insertion point gets to the right margin a new line is automatically inserted and the word that you were typing will be moved to the next line This is called word wrap 5 3 4 MOVING THE INSERTION POINT CURSOR If you are using the numeric keypad make sure that NUM LOCK is
44. as 72 Figure 18 Requesting Mail c cccceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenaees 74 Figure 19 The EGC Window cccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeaeeeeneees 77 Figure 20 Setting Distress Message Window 008 80 Figure 21 Setting the Position ccccceeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneees 84 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual Figure 22 Data Reporting cccceceeeeee cece eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeene ees 85 Figure 23 Setting up Data Reporting ceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 86 Figure 24 Setting Ocean Area on Data Reporting 87 Figure 25 Changing Status on Data Reporting 87 Figure 26 Reporting Interval cccceeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 88 Figure 27 Starting Data Reporting cececeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ees 88 Figure 28 Data Reporting Program Details 000 89 Figure 29 Pasword needed MeSSaQe ecseeeeeeeneeeeeteenees 98 Figure 30 Test ModE inorren eran elie eee 99 Figure 31 Old Message LOQS c cceeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenees 102 Figure 32 InternetMail Configuration Menu 103 Figure 33 Directory WindOW cccccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneees 105 Figure 34 Moving WindOWS c cecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeees 110 Figure 35 Changing COlours cccceccseceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneees 112 Figure 36 Setting Display Options ccccseeeeeeeeeeeees 113 Figure 37 Configuring the Serial Port
45. as described in 1 TT 3000E Installation Manual Paper low warning The hardware problem indication cannot be reset in other ways than correcting the actual problem For printer problems the audio indication can be muted using the mute button on the alarm panel Note the MES Fault LED is lit until the printer error is corrected 32 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 5 MESSAGE TERMINAL OPERATION 5 1 BASIC CONCEPTS Menu Bar status Field Title GPS mode INM C Signal Clock East fAt lantic Ege Hail IHH nuun 8 19 File Edit Transmit Logs Distress Position Options Applications Text Field Hint Field A Window Title Info Status ine Shadow Urgent EGC message received 3 i Press Ese to continue DSSS poeoceeses kinaranan NER PTET SEE ESTEER ERENER PPPE ASCII 1 Chars Line dol 1 Inserting Figure 5 Basic Concept A Window Is an area of the screen delimited by a double line border Several windows may be displayed on the screen at the same time overlapping each other The window being on top will have a shadow This indicates that the next keystroke on the keyboard will be directed to this window Title Shows the name of the window Menu Bar Holds the menus of a window Not all windows have a menu 33 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual Text Field Is the part of the Capsat window where you may type in text Status Field Is a combined field
46. ave made via the Capsat 88 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual Program or if it has been set up via polling from a remote site One of the 4 connections can be local State Can be Started or Stopped This informs you if the connection is currently sending any reports Contents Can be None ADS or Inmarsat The indication is None as long as the connection has not been programmed ADS if the connection sends Position Reports in the RTCA DO 212 Automatic Dependent Surveillance data format not supported by TT 3000E and Inmarsat if the position reports are sent in the Inmarsat specified Landmobile or Maritime format If this field is blank the connection is either not programmed or sends reports without positions 5 5 30 CHECKING THE REPORTING FUNCTIONS By selecting Status from the menu you can see the technical details of the local connection The menu will be unavailable if you do not have a local connection open Below is an example The number of reports that Report interval measured in has been sucessfully sent frames 8 64 seconds 417 since the system was turned frames 60 minutes on Program Depfails MELLI Save The active DNID in 1 this ocean region N4 LES DNID Mem K Err Inter Total Rem Sign PZR Slt 131 2540 21 1 oO Oe ee ees 4 Start at 3869 95 05 17 09 17 08 D Nest at 4286 95 05 17 10 17 10 The start time of End at the program and Status 0 OK the time of the
47. ber by adding your mobile number to the Ocean Region already typed in Your mobile number is displayed in the upper right corner of the Transmit window Press Enter to validate the number A valid number could be 581 492380049 The highlight moves to the Answer back field 40 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Press Arrow Down twice to move the highlight to Mobile Press Spacebar to get e Mobile Pressing Enter moves the highlight to lt OK gt Press Enter once on lt OK gt to validate the entry The highlight will now be on New in the menu bar Choose Select to copy the entry to the Transmit window The highlight will now be positioned at the Land Station field Press Spacebar to get a list of Land Stations The Select field and the first Land Station will both be highlighted Choose Select to copy the first Land Station to the Transmit window Press Enter to move the highlight to the lt SEND gt field Press Enter once on lt SEND gt to transmit the message The Transmit window is now removed and you are back in the Text Field After approx 5 minutes you will receive the message Your message is transferred to the Message Terminal and will be printed It can be opened by selecting from the menu Logs Receive Log Alt L R highlight the new message and press V 41 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 5 3 CAPSAT TEXT EDITOR
48. but are more often sent as Messages to the specific ships that are involved in the operation SafetyNET EGC reception The SafetyNET reception function is supported by the TT 3000E GMDSS system A large number of SafetyNET EGCs are sent every day via Inmarsat C and to limit the communication an EGC receiver can be set up to receive the relevant ones and discard the irrelevant There are two mechanisms to facilitate this filtering Each EGC has a service code that tells about the subject weather forecast ice report pilot service etc and each EGC is addressed to a certain geographical area An EGC receiver will disregard messages that do not match the current position and the service code list chosen by the user there are some exceptions though since some EGCs must be received regardless of the user s preferences Area addressing can be either one of the MET NAVAREAs of which there are 16 covering all oceans or a specific location given by coordinates In either case the EGC receiver will use the current position to determine automatically which messages to receive Besides using the current position the TT 3000E system can also receive EGCs for other positions and NAVAREAs to receive EGCs that relate to e g the destination harbour Also an EGC may be addressed to a NAVTEX costal area if it contains information that is only relevant for a small 26 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual costal section The TT
49. ceive log is automatically updated every time the 1 C status of a message is changed hoose Logs Receive log Alt L R East Atlantic Mail eA Mail Indication Capsat GPS mm INH C mmmma 15 22 Transmit Distress Position Options Applications File Edit Logs Receive log View IN oo4 00711466 35 07 Jun 07 Jun 95 14 55 15 EDESA 88 bit Print Logprint Request Mail File Ref No Date Time Type Pri LES Status IN o01 00708629 07 Jun 95 11 27 8 bit NOR 131 Disk IN 002 00711175 07 Jun 95 14 53 88 bit NOR 131 Disk NOR 131 Disk View Mark Figure 17 Receive Log Mail Indicator log clears this field 72 Indicates the reception of a message on the disk since the last inspection of the receive log Viewing the TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual View Mark Is set on messages on the disk which haven t been viewed with the View function Will be cleared after viewing File Is assigned by the transceiver at the time of reception The numbering will be sequential starting with 000 Note If you don t do a Logout before turning off you transceiver the current number will not be saved So always do a logout Type Indicates the type DATA 8 bit ASCII 7 bit or PACKED 5 bit Priority Is usually NOR for normal but can be SOS in case a message with distress priority is received Status Indicate
50. e TO is the keyword and the rest of the text line is the Email recipient The different Inmarsat C service providers do unfortunately not use the same keywords causing the email transmission to be somehow confusing In the InternetMail menu please see Figure 32 the configuration for each service provider can be entered When the parameters are correctly configured the Capsat program will automatically enter the service provider depending keywords and corresponding text in the Inmarsat C message causing Internet Email message transmission to be as easy as all other message formats in the Inmarsat C network INe Edit Delete Export Import Land Coast Station AOR W 884 AOR p 104 POR 284 IOR 384 Internet ani Command Carbon Cop Blind ol ken Copy 5 BGC Subject SUBJECT Message Prefix InternetMail Address Type SPECIAL Value 28 E 1 Use this Service Provider as default Figure 32 InternetMail Configuration Menu When the Capsat is delivered all known service provider configurations are pre entered and it should therefore only 103 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual be necessary to use this menu if additional service operators offer Inmarsat C email facilities If a new service provider has to be configured please use the following guidelines l Chose Options Configuration InternetMail Alt O C M to have the configuration menu presented Select New from the Menu bar and start with
51. e differences in areas such as e How to receive and send a message on the Land side e Support for Internet access 20 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual e Additional services provided such as forwarding messages as SMS e Special requirements for how destination addresses are written Also most LESs offer a large number of configuration options where the MES owner can request and adjust special features Adding header and footer lines setting message size limits enable automatic forwarding etc Therefore it is recommendable to seek specific information from the desired LES 3 2 2 BROADCASTS Broadcast data is supported through a mechanism called EGCs They are used for different types of services but the FleetNET EGC Enhanced Group Call service is the most interesting one for commercial purposes FleetNET is typically used in situations where a sender has a need for frequent transmissions to a fleet of ships There are also LESs that provide various newsletter services sent via FleetNET The mobiles receiving the FleetNET EGC messages are identified by an ENID Please contact your preferred LES operator for enquiries of availability and pricing of these services Refer to 2 for information on viewing the ENIDs in the transceiver EGCs are also used for distributing maritime safety information this will be covered in section 3 3 3 2 3 POSITION REPORTING While messages could in principle be used for
52. e 20 Setting Distress Message Window Land Station Will normally be filled in with the station that you used for your latest transmission You may edit the field by pressing Spacebar Position Field Allows you to enter your current position Nature of Distress Shows here the types available for Maritime Distress The Maritime Distress Alert parameters set up in the Distress Menu are transferred to the transceiver The parameters are valid in the transceiver for an hour or until a distress acknowledgement is received You don t send a Maritime Distress Alert from the Distress Menu You will get a warning about this when you leave the Distress Menu 80 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual ee This does not send a Distress Alert it only sets the Distress Message You must use the Distress Alert button to send a Distress Alert Press any key to continue To actually send a Maritime Distress Alert you must press the Distress button on the AP5042 Alarm panel for at least 5 seconds until the Alarm indicator is continuously lit After you have sent a Maritime Distress Alert you may then send a Detailed Distress Message see later 5 5 25 SENDING A DETAILED DISTRESS MESSAGE 1 Type in the message in the Text Field of the Editor 2 Choose Transmit Alt T Press the Tabulation Key to move the highlight one position to the right to the priority field e Routine 3 Press Arrow Down twice to move to
53. e operation Print Prints the selected file Rename Enables you to change the name of a file Copy Makes a copy of the selected file 106 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual Path Tip To copy a number of files mark the files by pressing Spacebar when they are selected one by one When selecting Copy you must then specify the path to which you want copy i e C CAPSAT or A Changes the path of Directory making it possible to have files from a different drive directory presented Note Changing the path of the Directory does not affect the current path Working directory of Capsat and the Address Book The following is only available in the PC version of the Capsat Program When you select path you will see a graphical representation of the structure of your disk You can now use the arrow keys to move the highlight to another directory 107 TT 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual r Director Drive selection men __ oireevory Drive BY ALT D to select drive The current TEE directory is selected SPACE to open directory doco releases arn ail Sour news winbatch Help information Use Alt D to go to the Drive selection menu Space opens up the highlighted subdirectoty and displays its contents Up arrow Down arrow Left and right arrows Space ALT D The arrow symbol indicates that there are subdirectories in this directory
54. e positioned on the address field Activate the Address Spacebar Book by pressing 62 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 3 Position the highlight on the desired email destination and choose Select See also the chapter Capsat Address Book on page 51 4 Press Spacebar to get a list of Land Stations Internet Service Providers Please notice that only stations that are configured to support Internet Email will be on the list please see section 5 5 49 5 Position the highlight on the desired Land Earth Station Internet Service Provider and choose Select 6 Press the arrows to move the highlight to the lt MORE E mail gt field Figure 13 Transmit Email Window 7 In the lt More E mail gt window standard additional email entries as Cc Bcc and Subject can be available Only entries supported by the selected Internet Service Provider will be present 8 Fill in the necessary extra information using the arrow key to move between the different fields 9 Press Enter once on lt OK gt to return to the normal transmit window 63 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 10 Press Enter once on lt SEND gt to transmit the message The Transmit window is now removed and you are back in the Text Field The message is saved in the message log on the disk along with addressing information allowing you to send the message again if necessary 5 5 7 SELECTING A FILE FOR TRAN
55. e time latitude and longitude are known The number of small boxes indicates the quality of the GPS signal SS known Table 7 GPS Status The time supplied by the GPS will be used as the system time This also includes the PC or Message Terminal When the GPS is in 2 D or 3 D mode you are not able to change the time or the position If you do not have the correct local time please check your time zone Press F10 Select Options and Clock Maritime Units Only If the position hasn t been updated in 4 hours an Update Position warning is shown This warning is acknowledged using the Esc key In addition the Status Field of the main Capsat window will show Position next to the Ocean Region This indication is removed when the position has been updated If it isn t updated within 12 hours the position will become invalid 83 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 5 5 27 SETTING THE POSITION 1 Choose Position Alt P 2 Type in the position Longitude degrees minutes and hundreds of a minute and so on 3 Press Enter on the OK button to actually set the position Position bLatitude f Y H Longitude D z Course 350 Degrees Speed 1 Knots Updated at 14 06 UTE Status OK lt OR gt Figure 21 Setting the Position When the position is shown on the screen the values shown will be updated by the program allowing you to monitor the position generated by a the GPS module 5 5 28 POSITION REPOR
56. er to function correctly 5 7 3 SETTING DISPLAY OPTIONS 1 Press F10 to access the System window 2 Choose Options Display O D to get the Display window presented East Atlantic Ca System File Edit Transmit Logs Distress __ foo Hove Paint Options Exit a Clock amet 43 50 lines 4 Screen save Beep on Screen save time 5 min Permanent visible applications Capsat 4 fddressbook Directory System Figure 36 Setting Display Options In the Display window you edit the following items 113 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 43 50 lines You can get 43 lines on the screen with an EGA adapter and 50 lines with an VGA Default is 25 lines Beep You may set beep off This applies only to invalid keystrokes Default is On Screen save This facility shows a blank screen after a period of inactivity On the blank screen the current ocean region signal strength and time will be shown at different positions e g East Atlantic MEmEE 12 15 Pressing a key on the keyboard will show the windows on the screen again This is also the case if a new window is displayed by the program Screen save may be disabled Default is Off Visibility Controls the presentation of all the major parts of the program Each part called an Application may be set to be shown at all times indicated by a X or only to be shown when you re actually using this
57. f the softkey macro s can also be viewed or altered by entering the softkey menu 1 Press F10 to access the System window 2 Choose Options Macro O M to get the Macro window presented 119 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual Macro IRI Record Stop Edit Delete Copy Exchange Export Import Softkey Text Help SOFTKEY 1 SOFTKEY 2 firrow UP SOFTKEY 3 frrow DOWN SOFTKEY 4 ENTER SOFTKEY 5 frrow LEFT SOFTKEY 6 frrow RIGHT SOFTKEY View latest EGC mail SOFTKEY 8 View EGC log SOFTKEY View latest received mail SOFTKEY 16 View receive log SOFTKEY 11 SOFTKEY 12 na e N m OONO O O H H i ji ji ji Figure 38 Macro Configuration Menu The Macro keys are numbered with the first key on the upper left corner the sixth key on the lower left corner the seventh key on the upper right corner and the twelfth key on the lower right corner When working with macro s the current Macro status will be flashing in the lower left corner of the CAPSAT display i e running recording If you for some reason want to stop the execution of a macro you can always press lt Ctrl S gt This will stop all macro execution A macro can hold a maximum of 494 keystrokes The following facilities are presented on the menu bar Run Run the selected macro Record Start recording a new macro Stop Stop recording the macro Edit Edit the explaining text connected toa macr
58. fy 54 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual the name to be myfile the name will actually be myfile dst Options Load Clears the present contents of the Address Book and reads in the contents of the selected file Options Print Prints the contents of the Address Book Options Password Enables you to protect the contents of the Address Book with a password To clear password protection choose this menu again and re enter your password twice 5 4 3 INSERTING A NEW DESTINATION 1 2 Choose New from the menu bar and type in the name of your new destination and press Enter to move the highlight to the Destination type fields The default destination type is telex as marked by e telex If you want another type than telex then move the highlight to the desired destination type by pressing Arrow Down and press the Spacebar to move the e to this field i e to make the selection Move the highlight to the Number field by pressing Enter and type in the destination preceded by the country code When addressing another Inmarsat C mobile unit remember to specify the Ocean Region See table below 55 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 4 If you want to change the default presentation of 7 bit move the highlight with the Arrow keys to the desired field and press Spacebar to move the e to this field Press Enter to move the highlight to the OK field and press Enter once more 56 TT
59. gled to instruct the editor to save the current message with the wordwrapping facility turned off This will allow other programs to read your message files 50 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual East Atlantic Position Capsat GPS 22 INH C mmmma 13 54 File Edit Transmit Logs Distress Position Options Applications cut Shifttbel Copy Ctrltins Paste Shift Ins Clear Del Delete word Setup Delete line Time Ins bMargin Position In gt X Statusline Search 4 Inserting Replace i ASCII i Telex i Save with CRLF Figure 9 Customising the Editor In addition to this the colour set up of the editor may be changed from the System application Press F10 and open the Paint menu 5 4 CAPSAT ADDRESS BOOK The Address Book conveniently stores the details of all your destinations Up to 100 destinations can be stored 1 Press F3 to access the Address Book or 2 In Capsat choose Transmit and press Spacebar in the address field Alt T Spacebar 51 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 5 4 1 ADDRESS BOOK WINDOW Select Mark New Revise Erase Options gt 5 bit cle 7 bit lt gt 8 bit Position lt OK gt Figure 10 Address Book Window Menu bar Contains menus Open the menus and choose the appropriate command Names of Destinations Holds the names of all your des
60. h once the DNID has been downloaded the reporting can also be set up at the MES using the message terminal this will be covered in section 5 5 26 Position amp GPS 3 3 SAFETY AND DISTRESS CAPABILITIES The TT 3000E system is a SOLAS GMDSS installation that provides maritime distress capabilities This section gives an overview of how the maritime safety system works and how this applies to this particular installation type It is important to understand that this section is only meant as an introduction and it cannot replace proper education in safety and rescue at sea First a few definitions e IMO the International Maritime Organization is as the name implies an international organization that coordinates regulates and standardizes maritime practice e SOLAS Safety Of Life At Sea is a convention under IMO that specifically deals with safety and rescue issues e GMDSS is the emergency system that is now implemented to ensure safety at sea This system was adopted and approved by SOLAS in 1988 and is based solely on automated radio 24 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual communication unlike previous systems that included manual subsystems like Morse telegraphy The term SOLAS GMDSS designates GMDSS equipment and installations that lives up to the SOLAS convention typically installations on ships subject to SOLAS chapter IV The main purpose of having safety communication equipment like the TT 30
61. i C GMDSS User Manual 8 TRANSMISSION ERROR CODES The following table lists the error codes the LES or NCS returns when a transmission error occurs The error code will be shown in an ERROR window in the CAPSAT application BUS Call cut or disconnected CIE The LES ran out of processing communications capacity to process your message CNS Call not started Faulty Fast select acceptance not subscribed FSA Fast select acceptance not subscribed __ IAM Was unable to process the address information in the following message IDS Invalid data from ship o y y O Invalid data from ship Input data timeout Invalid facility request ae eee eee SO size is invalid ND Incompatible destination gt gt destination Was unable to establish the type of message from the a O sR Invalid Invalid ship request i request LEF MBB Message broken by higher priority _ mcc Message channel congestion Massage channel failure Message killed by operator 126 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual mso i Na i NDA i Nra Na Nos Noc i Np NTC gesti oas occ i 0o00 PRC Premature clearing ooo E PRF Protocol failure oo E RCA Reverse charging acceptance not subscribed REF There was a failure in the remote equipment RIE Resource limit exceeded _ o RPE Remote protocolerror o o RPO RPO
62. ike the one below when you start the Capsat program Info You need a Transceiver Configuration password to use this command Fress Esc to continue Figure 29 Password needed message You can ignore this message if you do not need to change any Transceiver configuration like message routing printer settings etc If you do need to change the Transceivers configuration you must enter the password in the Transceiver by selecting the Terminal mode Alt O C T and enter the following lines su lt user level gt lt Enter gt password lt Enter gt 98 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual where user level is either sysadm or another name supplied by your dealer password is the password associated with that user level Please note that the Transceiver will display stars instead of the letters in your password 5 5 44 TEST MODE The Distress Test Mode facility Alt O E allows test of the Distress Buttons Distress LED s and wiring When Distress Test Mode option is selected the Distress Test Mode message is displayed Cancel Test Mode Yes No Distress buttons are under test Cancel the test mode if a real distress alert needs to be sent Cancel Figure 30 Test Mode In Distress Test Mode the Distress Buttons can be activated and tested without issuing Distress Alerts Distress Test Mode is terminated by pressing the Esc key After Distress Te
63. ition Window and the Transceiver will now open the connection for you Data Reporting Hore Print Save Datareporting 0 Type Loca State Stop Contents Mone Datareporting DHID Member 1 Closed Figure 25 Changing Status on Data Reporting You can see that the Connection Area for Connection 0 has now been filled with information about the Position Report program 3 Select Program from the menu 87 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual You can now specify how often you want your reports to be sent The default is 60 minutes between each report Data Reporting Hore Print Save Change Status Open Datareporting 0 Type Loca Report Interval Minutes between reports 60 DNID Member Figure 26 Reporting Interval 4 To finally start the reporting choose Start from the menu and you will see a result like the one below Data Reporting EHEJ Print Save Change Datareporting LES DNID Member O Type Local 131 2540 21 State Started 312 6202 21 _ Contents Inmarsat DNID List for Connection 0 Feport Configuration Datareporting LES DNID Member for Connection 0 1 Closed Figure 27 Starting Data Reporting You now have an active Position Report Program The Report Configuration shows you the details of the current program Type Can be Local or Remote This tells you if the connection is one that you h
64. k the transceiver is commanded to carry out a Link Test also known as Automatic Commissioning This may take up to 15 minutes and is indicated by lt LINK TEST gt in the Status Field During the Link Test the message Automatic test mode Normal communication disabled Do not press any distress buttons unless you are in distress will be displayed When the link test is completed the Link Test Finished message is displayed printed along with the results of the test Your system is now ready to use 5 2 3 SENDING A TEST MESSAGE A quick guide of how to send a message through the Inmarsat C Network and back to yourself is presented in the following This is known as a loop back test 1 Type ina short message in the Text Field 39 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 2 Choose Transmit Alt T to open the Transmit window The highlight will be positioned on the address field 3 Activate the Address Book by pressing Spacebar 4 Choose New to insert an entry in the empty Address Book The highlight will be positioned on the Name field 5 Type in the name My mobile and press Enter The highlight moves to the Number field 6 Identify your Ocean Region by looking at the Status Field in the upper left corner of the Capsat window Type in the 3 digit Ocean Region Id corresponding to this 580 All Oceans 581 East Atlantic 582 Pacific 583 Indian 584 West Atlantic 7 Complete the num
65. ke sure that your Transceiver has a good satellite signal as the transceiver needs the timing information from the Inmarsat C System to be able to set up the program To set up a Position Report program on your Transceiver you must proceed as below 85 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 1 Choose Options Configuration Position Report Alt O C P to get the Position Report window 2 Select Change Open from the menu Data Reporting Hore Print Save SET Datareporting Status DHIC Member 0 Closed Ope DHID Member Datareporting 1 Closed Figure 23 Setting up Data Reporting You will now see a list of available DNIDs You can mark one or more from the list but the DNIDs must be from different ocean regions You can find out which ocean region the DNID belongs to by looking at its LES ID The first digit of the 3 digit LES ID is the ocean region number 0 Atlantic West l Atlantic East 2 Pacific 3 Indian 86 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual Use SPACE to mark ONID Two marked DNID s EERE Mark Provider LES DNID Member Status brit 25 131 2540 21 Enabled 21 Enabled ti EMF 21 Enabled spare dnid Enabled List of available NIDS Figure 24 Setting Ocean Area on Data Reporting You can use Spacebar or choose Mark to mark entries When you choose Select and press ENTER you will be returned back to the Pos
66. l characters from both the high and the low part of the ASCII table The program filters printer control characters only from the low part of the ASCII table The filter setting should remain at normal unless you need to print graphic data set it to none or print special language characters such as Cyrillic set it to Low 5 7 7 SETTING THE SYSTEM CLOCK 1 Press F10 to access the System window 2 Choose Options Clock O C to get the Clock window presented In the Clock window you can change the current date and time of the system i e both the transceiver and the PC Message Terminal You may also specify your time zone whether you re East West or right on UTC If you re East or West you can specify the hours and minutes of your time zone 118 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 5 7 8 FORMATTING A FLOPPY DISK If you are using a Message Terminal it is possible to format 3 720 KB or 1 44 MB floppy disk within the program 1 Press F10 to select the System window 2 Choose Options Format disk O F 3 Confirm that you want to format the floppy disk Warning All data on the disk will be erased 5 7 9 CONFIGURING THE MACRO KEY S On each side of the TT 3606E Message Terminal display is a column with six softkeys These softkeys are pre programmed with a default macro from factory and this setting can be viewed by pressing and holding a softkey for more than two seconds The default setting o
67. llowing operations e Choosing the command currently highlighted e Make a new line in the Text Field of the Editor e To validate values names etc that you have typed in Alt The Alt key is usually used together with another key You press down the Alt key continuously while you then press the second key once in Text Field the Menu Bar Menu Bar in the Text Field Flashing cursor Choosea Alt T Press Alt in Text Field command from first and keep the Menu Bar I e holding it down Transmit while hitting T Release Alt 36 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual Spacebar Is used to do the following operations e Insert blank characters in the Text Field of the Editor e Change the value of a field that cannot be changed otherwise This applies to fields on the screen like C4 x Hitting Spacebar when the highlight is positioned on such a field will reverse the value e g if you have you will get e and vice versa When the Spacebar has this functionality the upper left corner of the current window The Hint Field will normally show lt Space gt e Have additional information presented when you are filling in a field When the Spacebar has this functionality the upper left corner of the current window will normally show lt Space gt e Marking items in some lists This can be used in Directory and in the Address Book 5 2 FIRST TIME WITH CAPSAT In this chapter it i
68. mm 15 03 Priority Selection Landstation Message Selector Send Button Figure 11 The Transmit Window Hint Field Shows here the key to press in order to have the list of Land Stations presented as the highlight is placed on that field Address Field Holds the address information of your destination Place highlight on the field and press Spacebar to access the Address Book Tip To select the destination Thrane amp Thrane from the Address Book type Th in the address field and press Enter The Address Book is then searched for an entry starting with these letters and if found the data of this entry is copied to the Transmit window Priority Selection Allows the user to give a message a special priority to be used when handled by the Land Station 60 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual Priority Explanation Distress Routed directly to SAR Routine Forwarded immediately Non Urgent Delayed forwarding Table 3 Message Priority Land Station Is the station to use for the transmission Message Selector Selects whether the text in the editor or a file on the disk should be transmitted Send Button Sends the message when pressing Enter here 5 5 5 TRANSMITTING A MESSAGE 1 Choose Transmit Alt T to open the Transmit window The highlight will be positioned on the address field
69. n to end To cancel a selection move the cursor without holding the SHIFT key down 47 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 5 3 10 MOVING TEXT Moving text from one place to another is known as cutting and pasting 1 Select the text you want to move 2 Choose Edit Cut Alt E T The selected text is then removed from your message and placed in a temporary storage area The text will reside there until you choose the Cut or the Copy command again 3 Position the cursor where you want to move the text 4 Choose Edit Paste Alt E P The Editor now inserts the text from the temporary storage area You can choose Paste as many times as you want inserting the same text at other locations in your message 5 3 11 COPYING TEXT 1 Select the text you want to copy 2 Choose Edit Copy Alt E C The selected text is then copied from your message and placed in a temporary storage area The text will reside there until you choose the Cut or the Copy command again 3 Position the cursor where you want to insert the text 4 Choose Edit Paste Alt E P The Editor now inserts the text from the temporary storage area You can choose Paste as many times as 48 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual you want to insert the same text at other locations in your message 5 3 12 DELETING SELECTED TEXT 1 Select the text you want to delete 2 Choose Edit Clear Alt E E 5 3 13 FINDING AND REPLACING TEXT
70. nations at the same time Multi addressing Maximum is 10 5 5 2 DESTINATIONS In the table is shown the destinations that can be reached from your mobile unit Not all Land Stations supports all types as only Telex and Inmarsat C mobile are mandatory Addressing the different destination types is thoroughly discussed in the chapter Capsat Address Book on page 51 5 5 3 PRESENTATION The message can be sent in 3 different formats known as 5 bit 7 bit and 8 bit presentation 58 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 5 bit 7 bit 8 bit Is also known as the Baudot or Telex presentation ITA2 Reduces the transmission costs approximately 33 but only valid Telex characters will be transmitted transparently Is supported by all Land Stations and is also known as the ASCII presentation All characters represented by values from 0 to 127 is sent transparently to the Land Station Values above 127 are truncated Is known as data All characters are transmitted transparently over the satellite link When the Land Station forwards the message this will also be done transparently if possible Note Some Land Stations inserts a header in the message which the recipient must remove before being able to use the message if the message for instance was a spread sheet data file 59 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 5 5 4 THE TRANSMIT WINDOW Hint field Address field East at entic Capsat GPS INM C mm
71. nsmission from the Options menu 65 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 5 5 12 TRANSMIT LOG The transmit log keeps track of all outgoing messages All transmitted messages are recorded in a message log file on the disk together with all received messages The transmit log is automatically updated every time the status of a message is changed 1 Choose Logs Transmit log Alt L T Transmit log BEECH Resubmit Erase Confirm Print Date Time Destination Status Expanded Information 1 Dec 92 14 41 T amp T Telex Failed 01 Dec 92 14 41 T amp T Telex Failed Hsq OUT O94 O1 Dec 92 16 28 T amp T Telex Failed Ho 5519298 Type Telex bit I 3 Dec 9 15 onfReq Rbits 0 16 03 Dec 92 13 12 T T Fax Failed Size 21 symbols 03 Dec 92 12 02 581492380021 Failed Ref 404935 03 Dec 92 12 16 581492380021 ficknowledged LES 131 Blaavand Figure 14 Transmit Log Message Name Msg Is assigned by the transceiver at the time of transmission The numbering will be sequential starting with 000 Kbits Specifies how many kilobits actually sent You will be charged per kilobit by the Land Station Ref is the message reference number of the message as given by the Land Station 66 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual Status Shows the current status of the message On the next page is shown the possible values of this field 67 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual Status Field___ E
72. o Please notice that it is not 120 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual possible to edit the actual macro functionality Delete Delete a macro Copy Copy a macro Exchange Exchange on macro with another This option is used when a macro should be assigned to another softkey Export Macro configuration can be exported to a floppy disk for later import in another Message Terminal Import Import of prior stored macro configuration 5 7 10 RECORD A MACRO A new macro can be recorded with the Record facility of the Macro window l 2 Press F10 to access the System window Choose Options Macro O M to get the Macro window presented Place the highlight on the macro key you want to assign to a new macro Choose Record to start recording a new macro and confirm by pressing lt enter gt that you will continue this action causing any prior recorded macro to be deleted Enter a text that describes the macro functionality Please notice that if the first character is a the macro will be executed 121 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual from the current window All other macros are executed starting in the Capsat main window If the first character is a the macro will be executed with a delay of approximately half a second between each keystrokes 6 Press any key when you are ready to start recording the macro Please see Figure 39 Press lt Ctrl1 S gt to save stop recording Pres
73. off DOWN ARROW End of the line Endoftheline feb Bottom of the window END Beginning of the message PAGE DOWN Note The cursor can only be moved to positions holding a character or a space The blank portions of the window do not hold spaces unless you have typed them 44 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 5 3 5 SAVING YOUR WORK 1 Choose File Save Alt F S 2 Type in the name of the file The name may consist of 1 to 8 characters The Editor will append TXT to the name This is called an extension 3 Press Enter to actually save the file Before saving the message the Editor checks if there already is file of that name on the disk If that is the case you are given the opportunity to cancel the operation If you choose to replace the existing file the existing file will be given the extension BAK and still be available on the disk Tip Give all your messages sequential names such as OUT 000 OUT O0O1 and keep them in a separate directory or on a separate disk 45 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 5 3 6 OPENING AN EXISTING MESSAGE 1 Choose File Load file Alt F L The Select file window 11 11 File Edit Hew Tel Select file Hew ASE PLES BGG View Mask Path erge Save Filename ize Time Date OUTOU i If Print t E F 1 Print f OUTOO3 TAT 3088 11 08 1992 05 13 OUTOA TAT 251 1411 08 1992 05 13 Directo OUTOOS TAT 2984 11 08 1992 05 13
74. part Default is that Capsat and the Address Book are shown at all times Directory and System are only shown when you re actually using them The following is only available on the TT 3606E Message Terminal Brightness You can adjust the display and softkey backlight through the brightness level which goes from 0 no light to 100 maximum light The brightness level is not just the level of the display and softkey backlight but also of the color setup of the display Above a certain brightness level the program uses the colors chosen by you b amp w standard or customized and 114 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual below a certain level the night setup is used red characters on black background The brightness control can be configured to manual or automatic If the automatic brightness control is turned on the brightness level is based on the light level around the terminal The user can still change the brightness level but the automatic control will begin to adjust the brightness level again after 2 minutes If the automatic brightness control is turned off the chosen brightness level is never changed The brightness level can also be changed manually via the keyboard by pressing lt Ctrl u gt to increase the level or lt Ctrl d gt to decrease the level 5 7 4 CONFIGURING THE SERIAL PORT 1 Press F10 to access the System window 2 Choose Options Serial ports O S to get the Serial port window presented
75. rnet interface Something not described in any of the above listed documents AP5042 Alarm Panel AP5065 Alarm Panel 1 TT98 122414 TT 3000E mini C GMDSS System Installation Manual 2 TT 98 116080 TT 3026 Software Interface Reference Manual 3 TT 99 103879 PSDN User Interface Manual 4 TT 99 110036 Internet Gateway User Manual 5 www thrane com tells how to contact the local Thrane amp Thrane distributor for further assistance 6 TT 98 125064 AP5042 Alarm Panel Installation and User Manual 7 TT 98 125065 AP5065 Alarm Panel Installation 11 TT 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual Manual Table 1 Related documents 1 2 ABBREVIATIONS AND TERMS AA Capsat Manager DNID EGC Geostationary GPS Inmarsat C mobile ISP ISN LES Login Mailbox Accounting Authority Thrane amp Thrane fleet tracking program Data Network ID for tracking purpose Enhanced Group Call Geostationary satellites are positioned 36000 Km above the earth At this height they rotate around the earth at the same speed as the earth rotates around its axis so in effect remaining stationary above a point on the earth Global Positioning System The satellite communication modem Inmarsat Service Provider Company offering the service Most likely alsoa PSA and AA Inmarsat Serial Number Land Earth Station Registration of easyTrack MES in the Inmarsat C system Storage account on an LES
76. s Configuration DNIDs Alt O C D to have the DNID window displayed 2 Choose Enable or Disable to change the status of a DNID entry The entries can have the status Enabled Disabled T amp TPos on and T amp TPos off The last two types will only appear if you have set this DNID to use the old T amp T type position reporting 95 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual The user interface also allows you to send a data report directly to a DNID 1 Choose Options Configuration DNIDs Alt O C D to have the DNID window displayed 2 Move the highlight to the DNID that you want to send to 3 Choose Transmit and select either the current content of the editor or a disk file to be transmitted as a datareport Please note that the size of the data report is limited to 120 bytes If your message file is too big only the first 120 bytes are transmitted E ransmit ext in Editor as datareport 5 5 40 NCS CHANNELS The system comes with 4 pre programmed NCS channels Upon receiving information from Inmarsat you may insert new channels in this table 1 Choose Options Configuration NCS channels Alt O C N to have the NCS window displayed 2 Choose Insert to insert a new NCS channel 96 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 5 5 41 TRANSCEIVER STATUS INFORMATION General information of the transceiver is available The given information is discussed in detail in the Installation and Service Manual Only
77. s A message box will be displayed on the screen and a Beep will issued at regular intervals until you remove the box by pressing Esc In addition the Distress Msg LED and the audio alarm on the Remote Alarm Box will be activated The audio alarm is stopped by pressing the buzzer reset button on the Remote Alarm Box The Distress Msg LED is turned off by pressing Esc at the Message Terminal or by pressing the Stop button on the transceiver Table 6 EGC priority 5 5 23 ENID EGC NETWORK ID The ENIDs are downloaded to your transceiver by the Download Group Identity service When you have a particular ENID stored you can receive EGCs addressed to this ENID To check your ENIDs 1 Choose Options Configuration ENIDs Alt O C D By Disabling an ENID you will subsequently not receive EGCs addressed to this ENID You can make an ENID active 79 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual again by selecting Enable from the menu of the ENID window 5 5 24 DISTRESS You cannot send a Distress Alert from the Capsat Program but you can set the Distress Message via the Distress Menu Land Station gt Undesignated Fire explosion Flooding Collision Grounding Listing Sinking Disabled amp adrift Latitude 66 60 60 N Longitude 666 66 66 E Course 688 Degrees Speed 6 Knots Updated at 48 88 UTC Status INVALID Abandoning ship Req Assistance Piracy armed attack AARARABRARAADRAN veyvyvyvYYYeeY Figur
78. s any key to continue Figure 39 Start Recording Macro 7 You are now transferred to the main Capsat window and any keystroke you perform will be entered into the macro Please notice that the text RECORDING is flashing in the lower left corner of the display 8 When you have completed the actions you want to have included in the Macro press lt Ctrl S gt to save stop recording The new macro is now saved and ready to be executed from the selected softkey or from the macro menu 5 7 11 DELETING A MACRO A macro can be deleted with the Delete facility of the Macro window 1 Press F10 to access the System window 2 Choose Options Macro O M to get the Macro window presented 122 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 3 Place the highlight on the macro key you want to delete 4 Choose Delete to delete the macro You are requested to confirm the deletion Please press lt enter gt to confirm 123 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 6 TROUBLE SHOOTING If the TT 3000E fails to work correctly please refer to the 1 TT 3000E Installation Manual and check that the system is coorectly installed 124 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 7 GETTING FURTHER INFORMATION If this User Operator manual did not answer your question or you like to read more please refer to section 1 1 Related Documents that includes a list of other Thrane amp Thrane documents that might be of interest 125 TI 3000E min
79. s first described what happens when your turn on your Capsat system for the first time Then we will explain how to send your very first message 37 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 5 2 1 POWER ON Before doing the following steps you should check that communication port 1 Com 1 of your PC or Message Terminal is connected to the transceiver Message Terminal Turn on the power to have the start up screen presented CAPSAT Version 3 40 05 12 01 C Thrane amp Thrane 1 Wait for start up screen to disappear within 5 seconds and the Capsat window is shown The upper left corner of the screen Status Field will show Transceiver not connected 2 Turn on the power of the transceiver and wait approximately 25 seconds until the power on sequence has been completed The upper left corner of the screen will now show Logged out if this is the very first power on of the unit 3 Continue with the next chapter Commissioning 38 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 5 2 2 COMMISSIONING When your system is going to be used for the first time the following steps must be done Login Make a login by choosing Options Login Alt O L and select the desired Ocean Region West Atlantic East Atlantic Pacific Indian The Status Field will now indicate lt LOGIN gt Wait until the Status Field shows the desired Ocean Region Link Test The first time a transceiver performs a login to the Inmarsat C Networ
80. s whether the message has been routed to local printer Prn diskette Disk remote printer Rmt ora combination thereof 5 5 18 THE RECEIVE LOG FACILITIES The following facilities are presented on the menu bar View Views a message stored on disk Print Prints a message stored on disk Logprint Prints out the log Mail Request Send a request for mail to a Capsat Gateway 5 5 19 REQUESTING MAIL If you normally receive your mail from a Company Mail System on a computer network that connects to a Land Earth Station via a Capsat Gateway you can use the Request Mail menu function to tell the Gateway to forward your mail to you 73 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual When people on the Mail Network send messages to you the messages will not be sent directly but will instead be stored in the Gateways mailbox until you call in and request them with the Request Mail command DNID List Rece View Print Logprint Request Mail File R ype Fri LES Status IN 001 0 Request M it NOR 131 Disk IN 002 O EE NOR 131 Disk IN 003 7 Using LES DNID 2 3420 131 2790 312 6202 k CANCEL gt 4 SETUP gt Setting up DNIDs for The active DNID for this the 4 ocean regions ocean region Figure 18 Requesting Mail Your Transceiver must be registered at the Capsat Gateway for Using Mailbox Service if you want to be able to use this facility
81. sceeeee 116 Figure 38 Macro Configuration Menu cesseeeeeeeees 120 Figure 39 Start Recording Macro cccsceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 122 LIST OF TABLES Table 1 Related COCUMENIS cccccecceecseeceeceeeeeeaeeeeeees 12 Table 2 Abbreviations and terms ccccceeeceeceeeeeeeeees 13 Table 3 Message Priority cccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeees 61 Table 4 Message Transmission StatuS ccccccseecseeeeeeees 68 Table 5 Enhanced Group Call EGC ccccceeeeseeeseeeeeeees 76 Fable 6 EGC priority erener eieae a a ten eete des 79 Table 7 GPS Status nania n a raa D aeaiee 83 Table 8 Transmission Error COdEeS cccccscceeeseeseeeeeeees 127 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual This page is intentionally left blank 10 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 1 SCOPE AND PURPOSE The purpose of this document is to describe the TT3000E Mini c GMDSS system and how the system is operated For description of installation and other aspects of the system read the documents listed in section 1 1 Related Documents For access to these manuals please contact the local distributor 1 1 RELATED DOCUMENTS Looking for Please read Detailed description of the installation of the GMDSS system Detailed description of RS232 interface to the easyTrack MES Detailed description of the Land Earth Station PSDN interface Detailed description of the Land Earth Station Inte
82. se Distress Test mode to become familiar with the sound and light indications 4 2 OTHER BUZZER INDICATIONS Apart from the alerting signal described above the buzzer and lights on the alarm panel have two other purposes 1 Indicating incoming EGCs or messages with distress or urgency priority 2 Indicating printer or hardware problems that may cause the installation not to work The EGC message signal is a quick beeping sound around one beep per second and the Distress MSG light will flash at the same rate This indication can be reset by the following procedure 1 Select Clear distress indication from the Distress menu on the TT 3606E Message Terminal The hardware problem indication is three beeps repeated every 10 seconds Below is a list of reasons for the beeps The specific reason will be shown on the message terminal e Hardware error in the distress button installation e Position is not updated for an extended period e No access to the satellite signal The printer problem indication is two beeps repeated every 10 seconds Below is a list of reasons for the beeps The specific reason will be shown on the message terminal 31 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual Printer out of paper See that the printer has paper and that it is properly placed in the feeder Printer off line Press the Set button on the printer Printer communication problem Check that the printer is connected
83. sically work like normal Inmarsat C messages with the following important exceptions e A distress message must only be sent in an emergency situation comparable to the use of VHF MAYDAY calls e The system ensures that distress message communication takes priority over other transmissions e A distress message will always be sent directly to the relevant MRCC no addressing is required 28 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual Other urgency or safety information similar to VHF PAN PAN and SECURITE calls should be sent as ordinary messages and the primary recommendation is to use Special Access Code addressing There is a list of standard codes for these purposes e 32 Medical advice e 38 Medical assistance e 39 Maritime assistance e 41 Meteorological reports e 42 Navigational hazards and warnings e 43 Ship position report Sending a message to one of these Special Access Codes on a LES will ensure that it is automatically forwarded to the relevant assistance centre However there is a catch These addressing forms are not mandatory requirements for a LES so there may exist LESs that do not support them Please contact your preferred LES for more information on applicable Special Access Codes 29 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 4 THE DISTRESS ALERT INSTALLATION As explained in sections 3 3 the TT 3000E system is capable of sending maritime distress alerts using
84. ssage again Confirm Explicitly requests confirmation status at Eras Print the Land Station of a particular entry e Deletes an entry from the log You cannot delete an entry which has status Sending Prints out the log 5 5 14 SENDING A MESSAGE AGAIN Any outgoing message can be send again with the Resubmit facility of the Transmit Log l Choose Logs Transmit log Alt L T Place the highlight on the message you want to send again by using the Arrow Up Down keys Choose Resubmit R to have the Resubmit window presented You now have the option to change the Land Station or the destination Press Enter to move the highlight to the lt SEND gt field Press Enter once on lt SEND gt to transmit the message 69 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual East Atlantic Capsat GPS mm INMH C m 7 45 File E 45pace Resubmit Mobile 492380021 View To i Routine Date 4531562140 t i Non Urgent 16 May Fax Foit Land Station A Request confirmation 131 Blaavand L Print X Immediate transmission lt SEND gt ASCII 1 Chars Line 1 Col 1 Inserting Figure 15 Resubmit Message 5 5 15 RECEPTION By default all incoming messages are saved in the log files on the disk In addition to this you may choose to have the messages printed The messages may also be saved in separate files on the
85. st Mode is terminated activating the Distress Buttons will again result in a Distress Alert being sent Read more about the distress test mode in the Alarm Panel installation manual 5 5 45 TERMINAL MODE Note Do not use the Terminal Mode unless you know what you are doing When the terminal window is open no information windows or error windows are shown 99 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual Always leave the Terminal Mode Press Esc when you re done to ensure the functionality of your system The Terminal Mode is available for users wanting to customise their system to a degree not available from the windows of the Message Handling software In Terminal Mode you are in direct contact with the transceiver and you are able to issue commands by typing them from the keyboard 1 Choose Options Configuration Terminal mode Alt O C T and wait for the blinking cursor to appear This may take a while if the transceiver and the Message Handling program is communicating 2 Press Enter to see the prompt on the screen 3 Type HELP and Enter to get a list of the available commands 4 Type in a command followed by and press Enter to get detailed information 5 5 46 MESSAGE LOG All in and outgoing messages are recorded in special log files on disk Each log file may hold as many as 50 messages The name of the log files have a special layout such as LOG09 97 001 LOG10 97 001 LOG10 97 002 where 09 and
86. the AP5042 Alarm Panel 5 For distress alerting this panel includes a distress button with a red light inside and a buzzer 4 1 SENDING DISTRESS In the normal operational state the alarm button light is off and the buzzer is silent An alert is initiated simply by pressing the distress button for more than 5 seconds During these 5 seconds the button light will flash and the buzzer will beep After 5 seconds the red light goes steady on and the buzzer will be silent The distress signal is now being sent After a little while typically around half a minute as a rough average a confirmation is received by the transceiver and the red light will show this by being on with a short off period every 15 seconds If the alert is not delivered e g due to bad satellite signal conditions the button light will turn off At any time it is possible to cancel a Distress Alert using Abort transmission from the Options menu Be aware that a Distress Alert is usually sent within 10 30 seconds To reset the button light to the normal off state use the following procedure 1 Select Clear distress indication from the Distress menu on the TT 3606E Message Terminal The system can be tried out in Distress Test mode where all indications work like in normal operation but no alerts will be sent the system will behave like the alert is 30 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual acknowledged immediately It is recommended to u
87. tinations You can move the highlight by pressing Arrow Up Down Page Up Down and Home End Destination data Holds the data of the highlighted Destination Name When you move the highlight to another name this field is updated with the data corresponding to this name Tip To move highlight to T amp T Fax press Alt T Type of destination Allows you to select different network types Not all of the listed types may be available at a particular Land Station Press Spacebar on the desired type Presentation Enables you to select whether your transmission should be done using either 5 7 or 8 bit presentation The 7 bit option is supported by all Land Stations The 5 bit presentation can be used with all Destination types and will reduce the transmission costs 52 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual approximately 33 Press Spacebar on the desired presentation Special Options You can specify that you want your message to always include the latest position and time if available when the message is sent Capsat automatically inserts this information as text in front of your message text if you check the Position box The information that Capsat inserts has the same format as what you will get if you had manually used Edit Position Ins from the menu If the position is not available from a built in GPS Capsat will ask you if you want to send the message anyway The latest available position will then be inserted instead The Prefi
88. u to specify reception of messages addressed to one or several subareas within a NAVAREA For instance you specify subarea A C E by typing ACE in the field Coastal Warning Service Selection Allows you to mark X the desired types of services for reception Fixed Positions Allows you to type in 5 additional positions in order to receive EGCs addressed to geographic areas including these 77 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual Additional NAVAREA Allows you to receive EGCs addressed to one additional area besides the one currently given by your position in the Position window 5 5 22 EGC LOG The EGC log holds information concerning the received EGC messages The layout and the facilities strongly resemble those of the Receive Log which we kindly ask you to consult All EGC messages are named EGC 000 EGC 001 and so on The priority field in the log may show the following codes 78 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual NOR Normal oo SAF Safety o URG Urgent A message box will be displayed on the screen and a Beep will issued at regular intervals until you remove the box by pressing Esc In addition the Distress Msg LED and the audio alarm on the Remote Alarm Box will be activated The audio alarm is stopped by pressing the buzzer reset button on the Remote Alarm Box The Distress Msg LED is turned off by pressing Esc at the Message Terminal or by pressing the Stop button on the transceiver SOS Distres
89. xed box allows you to use the prefixed store and forward service found at selected Land Stations If you check this box you will need to type a two digit code in the appropriate field This two digit code will be put in front prefixed of your destination address when the message is sent You should contact the LES operator of the selected LES to find out which prefix codes are available at that station 53 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 5 4 2 ADDRESS BOOK FACILITIES The following facilities are presented on the menu bar Select Selects one or several entries to be used for a transmission Mark Marks up to 10 destinations by placing a mark to the left of the entry When Select is chosen afterwards all 10 destinations are selected To unmark an entry choose Mark once again Instead of using Mark you can use the Spacebar New Creates a new entry in the Address Book First time you access the Address Book it will be empty and you must select New and fill in a destination in order to use the Address Book Revise Enables you to change the contents of a particular entry Erase Erases an entry from the Address Book Options Find Searches for a name or a part thereof The search is sensitive to upper and lowercase letters Options Save Saves the contents of the Address Book in a file on the disk Give the file a name of up to 8 characters The file will be appended the extension DST I e if you speci
90. xplanation Waiting The message has not yet been scheduled for transmission eee Station Confirmation was not requested ConfReq The message has been successfully received by the Land Station but so far the delivery to the final destination hasn t been done ConfOK The message has been delivered to final destination You will only see ConfOk if you have requested confirmation in the Transmit window Otherwise you will only get Acknowlg The Land Station failed to deliver a message on which confirmation had been requested or the transmission protocol failed The failure code will be printed out Pending The Land Station has postponed the transmission for a short time The transmission will be done when the Land Station tells the transceiver to go ahead Rejected The transmission was rejected by the Land Station I e nothing was sent NotDeliv Will only be shown if you explicitly try to get a confirmation on a message by selecting Confirm from the Txlog menu It indicates that the Land Station has not yet been able to deliver the message but is still trying When giving up the status will change to Failed Unknown The message is no longer recorded in the transceiver and the final status is not known Table 4 Message Transmission Status 68 TI 3000E mini C GMDSS User Manual 5 5 13 THE TRANSMIT LOG FACILITIES The following facilities are presented on the menu bar View View a message Resubmit Send a me
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