Transas T214, Technical Manual

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Purpose of this document
Preamble.
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PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT
This document contains installation, configuration and operation directions
for AIS Base Station TRANSAS T214.
It describes general information about designation, composition of the equipment,
order of installation and operational guidelines.
Two modifications exist:
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AIS Base Station TRANSAS T214 with GLONASS/GPS receiver inside,
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AIS Base Station TRANSAS T214 with GPS receiver inside.
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
AIS – Automatic Identification System.
GPS – Global Positioning System.
GNSS – Global Navigation Satellite System.
DGNSS – Differential Global Navigation Satellite System.
BER – Bit Error Rate.
VHF – Very High Frequency.
VDL – VHF Data Link.
FATDMA – Fixed Access Time Division Multiple Access.
IALA – International Association of Lighthouse Authorities.
IMO – International maritime Organization.
ITU – International Telecommunications Union.
MAC – Medium Access Control.
MMSI – Maritime Mobile Service Identity.
PPS – Pulse per second.
TDMA – Time-division multiple access.
UTC – Universal Time Coordinated.
VDL – VHF Data Link.
ABM, BBM – Addressed, Broadcast binary message.
AIR – AIS Interrogation Request.
ABK – Addressed and binary broadcast acknowledgement.
RSSI – Receiver input signal strength.