Owner manual

GX600D INSTRUCTIONMANUAL PAGE19
GROUP MMSI
AGroupCallprovidesamethodforcontactingmultiple
vesselswithacommoninterestbyusingoneDSCcall.
Thereisnolimitonthenumberoftimesyoucanchangethe
GroupMMSI.
To enter the Group MMSI
1. Select‘GROUPMMSI’fromtheMainMenuthenpress
the CALLbutton.
2. Usethe or keystoentertherstdigitofthe
‘GROUPMMSI’number.
3. PresstheCALLbuttontomovetothenextdigitposition.
4. Repeatuntilall9digitshavebeenentered.
5. Tocorrectanerrorduringentry,presstheCALLbutton
repeatedlytomovethecursorpositiontotheincorrect
digitthenusethe or keystochangethedigitat
thatlocation.
6. Whennished,pressandholdtheCALLbuttonto
conrmandreturntothemainmenu.
NOTE: IftheGroupMMSIeldalreadyhasanMMSI
number,pressandholdthe–keytocleartheMMSIeld.
YoucanthenenteranewGroupMMSInumber.
USER MMSI
TheUserMMSIisuniquetoeachradioandmustbeentered
toenablenormalDSCoperation-exceptforthereception
ofdistresscallswhichdonotrequireauserMMSI.
TheGX600DisshippedfromthefactorywiththeuserMMSI
‘un-programmed’.ItisuptotheusertoobtainavalidMMSI
fromtheappropriatelicensingauthorityandentertheMMSI
intotheradiotoenableDSCoperation.
IMPORTANT: Itisarequirementoftheregulationsthatthe
UserMMSIcanonlybeenteredONCE.Ifthereisaneedto
changetheMMSImorethanonceyouwillneedtocontact
yourauthorizedGMEservicecentreforadvice.Forthis
reasontakespecialcarewhenenteringyourUserMMSI
numbertoensureitisenteredcorrectlybeforesavingit.
To enter the 9 digit User MMSI number issued to
you by your local authority:
1. Select‘USERMMSI’fromtheMainMenuthenpressthe
CALLbutton.
2. Usethe or keystoentertherstdigitoftheUser
MMSInumber.
3. PresstheCALLbuttontomovetothenextdigitposition.
4. Repeatuntilall9digitshavebeenentered.
5. Tocorrectanerrorduringentry,presstheCALLbutton
repeatedlytomovethecursorpositiontotheincorrect
digitthenusethe or keystochangethedigitat
thatlocation.
6. Oncethe9digitUserMMSIhasbeenentered, double
checktoensurethatthenumberiscorrect then press
and hold the CALLbuttontostoreit.Theradiowill
returntothemainmenu.
CONNECTING A GPS RECEIVER OR
PLOTTER
YoucanconnectaGPSreceiverorGPSPlottertoyour
GX600D.AGPSreceiverwillprovideyourradiowithGPS
positionandtimereporting.ConnectingaGPSplotterwill
allowDSCpositionsofshipstobedisplayeddirectlyonyour
plotter.GPSconnectionsaremadethroughtheNMEAports
onyourradio.
NMEA PORTS
TheGX600DfeaturestwoNMEAportslabelledNMEA1
andNMEA2.Theseareavailableontherearpanel.NMEA
sentencesgeneratedbytheGX600Dwillappearonthe
outputofbothports.Inaddition,anyNMEAsentences
receivedattheinputofoneportwillbemirroredatthe
outputoftheotherport.
TheNMEABaudrateofeachportcanbesetseparately
fromwithintheSetupmenu.AvailableBaudratesare4800,
9600,19200and38400bps.
NMEA 0183 DATA
TheGX600DrecognisesthefollowingstandardNMEA
sentences.YoumayneedtoselectNMEA0183Input/
OutputusingtheinterfacesettingsonyourGPS,Plotteror
connecteddevice.
NMEAInputfromGPS:GPGLL,GPGAA,GPRMC,
GPGNS(v2.x)
NMEAOutputtoplotter:GPDSC(v2.x)GPDSE(v3.x)
Yellow
Blue
Black
NMEAOut
NMEAIn
Common(Gnd)