User's Manual

CALL TYPES AND FEATURES
CALL TYPES
ENVOY™ TRANSCEIVER REFERENCE MANUAL 403
The information you receive from a Get Position call is displayed on the screen as it
is received, if permitted, and is stored in the Call History.
Related links:
Making a Get Position call on page 83
Respond GPS on page 218
Get Status call
NOTE: The success of your Get Status call depends upon the value selected in
the Respond OTA entry in the transceiver you are polling and the
privacy mode of the HF network that you are using for the call.
NOTE: If you send a Get Status call in an Open Selcall HF network, the
transceiver you are polling must have the Respond OTA entry set to
Always respond.
If you want to obtain information on the status of a transceiver at a specific station,
such as the power output of the transmitter or the firmware versions installed, make a
Get Status call to that station. Get Status calls are automatically answered by the called
station so an operator is not required to process the return call.
The information you receive from a Get Status call is displayed on the screen as it is
received, if permitted, and is stored in the Call History.
When you make a Get Status call you must specify the type of information you
require: Diagnostic, Configuration, or Other message. When the ALE Site Manager
entry is set to Auto, Manual or Restricted, you have the option of broadcasting
your site information to other stations, or requesting site information from other
stations.
If you want to:
• request diagnostic information from the station that you are calling, select
1: Diagnostic (see Table 48, Table 49, Table 50)
• request configuration information from the station that you are calling, select
2: Configuration (see Table 51)
• broadcast your self address to the station that you are calling, select
3: Broadcast Site (see Table 6)
• request site information from the station that you are calling, select 4: Request
Site (see Table 6)
• send a message, such as an OTA command, select ?: Other
NOTE: For information on OTA commands, contact your Codan
representative.