Chapter 7-14
CR44/54 Miscellaneous menu
7.8 DSC info (feature prepared for future DSC VHF)
To receive an iDSC Alarm and Message from VHF will require
that the CRXX is connected to a compatible Simrad VHF radiotel-
ephone. The data is transmitted via the NMEA sentence:
$PSIMB,1,0,*hh<CR><LF>
Manufacturer’s code: “
SIMB
” Simrad, message B.
Datafelt 1: “
1
” activate iDSC alarm; “
0
” inactive iDSC alarm.
Datafelt 2: “
0
” iDSC alarm acknowledged by [CLR];
“
1
” iDSC alarm acknowledged by [ENT].
The message from the VHF will appear in a pop-up window together
with an acoustic alarm. Press [CLR] to reset the alarm, or press [ENT]
to stop alarm and select the suggested channel for communication
- refer to the VHF manual for further details.
To view the last received message:
MENU
Call up the menu bar, and...
5,8
load the DSC info display
