Furuno 16 Manual De Usuario

5. DATA REPORTING AND POLLING 

When the FELCOM 16 receives a polling command from your home office it 
automatically transmits data to your home office. The data are position, speed, 
bearing and other data sent from a navigator or an interface unit. 
 
A polling command from your home office can also activate a data report or 
message report if the corresponding setting is completed on the FELCOM 16. If 
a polling command with a file name is received, the FELCOM 16 transmits the 
file to your home office. 
 

This paragraph shows you how to make the polling command at your home 
office. 
 
There are two kinds of polling commands: one is sent on the MES signalling 
channel and the other is sent on the MES message channel. 
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Polling command on MES signalling channel 

Request a land station to make the polling command because the format varies 
with land station. 
 
Polling command on MES message channel 

To make the polling command, enter D???, hyphen, PIN code (max. 8 digits), 
hyphen, file name, colon.   
 
To send file data, type a hyphen and file name. Then, only the file specified in 
the directory of the Message Directory is transmitted. If neither hyphen nor file 
name is entered, nav data (own ship position, course, speed, etc) is transmitted. 
For PIN Code setting, refer to the next page. 

D???-XXXXXXXX-TEST: 

PIN Code

File Name

If the above polling command PIN code and the PIN code set on the message 
report menu (see next page) are the same, data is sent to the subscriber set on 
the message report menu.