Furuno FS-2575, Operator'S Manual

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10. NBDP TRANSMITTING, RECEIVING
10-10
10.9 Preparing Macrofiles for Automatic Telex
10.9.1 Automatic telex overview
This section shows you how to communicate with a coast station which handles automatic
telex transmission, using macrofiles. You will also need to register communication channels
and stations, and prepare macrofiles.
Coast stations using automatic telex are MCI Marine Services (North America), Sydney
Radio (Australia), Lyngby Radio (Denmark), and others. The procedure is mostly common
to all coast stations, however refer to the coast station’s traffic manual for details.
INTERNATIONAL
TELEX NETWORK
STORE-AND-
FORWARD
DIRECT
DIALING
MULTI-
ADDRESS
CENTRAL
SYSTEM
SYSTEM
CONTROL
SUB-STATION
SHIP
Sample automatic telex network
The service available in automatic telex are
• Message transfer between ship and coast station (store-and-forward)
• Connection with landline telex (direct dialing)
• Multi address
10.9.2 Preparations
To use automatic telex, you need to register three items:
•
Answerback code
•
Scan groups
• Station names
Registering answerback code
The coast station assigns a Telex number. This number functions as an answerback code.
An answerback code contains the following:
OOOOO SHIP X
OOOOO: Coast station-assigned five-digit telex code
SHIP: Ship name
X: For shipboard station, normally X is entered
The procedure for registering the answerback code is the same as which appears on page
8-1. If an answerback code was registered before the commissioning of the coast station, a