If ‘Passenger ship’, ‘Cargo ship’, ‘Tanker’ or ‘Other types of ship’ are selected, a second information can be added to the
ship type. The
and
keys are used to select between the following possibilities ‘All ships of this type’, ‘Hazard pollutant
Cat.A’, ‘Hazard pollutant Cat.B’, ‘Hazard pollutant Cat.C’, ‘Hazard pollutant Cat.D’, ‘Not under command’, ‘Reduced
manoeuvre’, ‘Constrained by draught’ or ‘No additional info.’ Press NEXT to store the second information.
TYPE OF VTS EQUIPMENT
The unit must be encoded with the type of VTS equipment. This is done by following paragraph 4.21 in the ‘Operators
Manual’. When the text ‘VTS equipment? ‘’Standard’ is displayed, you can change between the four possibilities. The
and keys are used to select the way of operation of the VTS equipment.
Standard:
Only a GPS is connected to the VTS equipment. Normal ship station.
Standard with PC interface:
Same as above, but the the RM2042 can be controlled from a PC. The communication to the PC contain
all characters witch is received or must be transmitted.
VTS coast station:
Same as Standard, but the RM2042 can be controlled from a PC. The communication to the PC contain
call where the information is separated in different fields.
System unit:
The communication to the PC contain all characters witch is received or must be transmitted. The RM2042
do not check for the correct address, or valid calls.
Press NEXT to store.
If the “Type of VTS equipment” is set to “VTS coast station.” the position can be entered in the “Coast stn. position” menu.
ACKNOWLEDGE RESPONCE TIME
The unit must be encoded with the Acknowledge time. This is done by following paragraph 4.22 in the ‘Operators Manual’.
When the text ‘VTS Geogr. acknowledge time: 0 - 20 secs. ‘ is displayed, you can change the acknowledge time using
the
and
keys. Press NEXT to store.
In normal conditions the ‘Acknowledge time’ MUST be set to 20 seconds.
USE OF THE EXTENDED POSITION REPORT
The extended position report must be selected if the unit must transmit position report more often than 1 minutes. This
is done by following paragraph 4.23 in the ‘Operators Manual’. When the text ‘Use extended position report? Yes No ‘ is
displayed, you can change the settings using the < and > keys. Press NEXT to store.
In normal conditions the ‘Use extended position report?’ MUST be set to NO.
MESSAGE READ OUT
The unit must be encoded to select, which kind of messages there will be read out in the display. This is done by following
paragraph 4.24 in the ‘Operators Manual’. When the text ‘Message read out ? Ackn. calls All calls ‘ is displayed, you can
change the setting using the < or > keys. Press NEXT to store.
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