2. INLAND AIS OPERATION
2-20
2.6.4
No. of persons message
A number of persons message informs authorities or ships how many persons (pas-
sengers, crew, shipboard personnel) you have on board your ship. Send this message
on request or in case of an accident or other event.
1. Press the
MENU/ESC
key to open the menu.
2. Select [MSG] then press the
ENT/ACK
key.
3. Select [NO. OF PERSONS] then press the
ENT/ACK
key.
4. Select [NEW MSG], then press the
ENT/ACK
key.
5. [MSG TYPE] is selected; press the
ENT/ACK
key.
6. Select the appropriate message type, then press the
ENT/ACK
key.
IFM messages require the total number of people on board.
RFM messages require a breakdown of the total people on board (No. of crew,
passengers and personnel).
7. Select [CH], then press the
ENT/ACK
key.
8. Select the channel to use to send the message then press the
ENT/ACK
key.
9. Select [RETRY], then press the
ENT/ACK
key. The retry attempts setting pop up
appears.
10. Press
S
to increase the retry attempts,
T
to decrease the retry attempts. The
maximum setting for retries is 3. Press the
ENT/ACK
key to apply the setting and
close the pop up.
11. Select and enter the total number for [NO. OF PERSONS] (IFM message) or
[CREW], [PASSENGER] and [PERSONNEL] (RFM message), then press the
ENT/ACK
key.
NO. OF PERSONS
NEW MSG
MSG BOX
1
2
NEW MSG (PERSONS)
MSG TYPE
<SEND MSG>
: CURSOR
: SELECT
IFM / ADDRESSED
: BACK
ENT
MENU
:
TO
000000000
:
CH
ALTERNATE
:
RETRY
3
:
NO. OF PERSONS : 0
MSG TYPE
IFM / BROADCAST
IFM / ADDRESSED
RFM / BROADCAST
RFM / ADDRESSED
IFM message to all vessels on the same channel.
IFM message to specified vessel only.
RFM message to all vessels on the same channel.
RFM message to specified vessel only.
CH
BOTH A & B
ONLY A
ONLY B
ALTERNATE
Sends the same message to both channel A and channel B.
Sends the message to channel A. If channel A is set to RX
only and channel B is set to TXRX, the message is sent to
channel B.
Sends the message to channel B. If channel B is set to RX
only and channel A is set to TXRX, the message is sent to
channel A.
Sends messages on alternating channels. In other words, if the last message
sent on channel A, the next message is sent on channel B.