User's Manual
Lowrance - Link-8 Operation Instructions 5
Section 7 - Sending and Receiving DSC Calls .................................................45
7-1 What is DSC? .................................................................................................................................... 45
7-2 Sending DSC Calls ........................................................................................................................... 45
7-3 Send an Individual Call (INDIVIDUAL) ...................................................................................... 46
Call to a Buddy .............................................................................................................................................................46
Call to others .................................................................................................................................................................46
7-4 Acknowledgement of an Individual Incoming Call (INDIV) ............................................. 47
7-5 Reply to the Last Call (LAST CALL) ............................................................................................ 47
7-6 Send a Group Call (GROUP) ........................................................................................................ 48
7-7 Send an All Ships Call (ALL SHIPS)............................................................................................. 48
7-8 Send Using the Call Log (CALL LOG) ........................................................................................ 49
7-9 Send Using the Distress Log (DIST LOG) ................................................................................. 50
7-10 View Sent Call Log (SENT CALL) ............................................................................................... 51
7-11 Request the LL Position of a Buddy (LL REQUEST) ........................................................... 51
7-12 Track your Buddy (TRACK BUDDY) ......................................................................................... 52
7-12-1 Start or Stop Tracking a Buddy (START TRACK) ........................................................................52
7-12-2 Select a Buddy to Track (SET BUDDY) ............................................................................................52
7-12-3 Add or Delete a Buddy on Your Track List (TRACKLIST) ...................................................... 53
7-12-4 Set the Track your Buddy update interval (INTERVAL) .......................................................53
7-13 Make a DSC test call (DSC TEST) .............................................................................................. 53
7-13-1 Send a DSC TEST call ................................................................................................................................53
7-13-2 Receiving an incoming DSC TEST call reply (DSC TEST ACK) ..........................................54
7-13-3 Acknowledging an incoming DSC TEST call .............................................................................54
7-14 View User MMSI and GPS information .................................................................................. 55
7-15 Receiving DSC Calls ..................................................................................................................... 55
7-16 Receiving an All Ships Call (ALL SHIPS) ................................................................................. 55
7-17 Receiving an Individual Call (INDIV) ...................................................................................... 56
7-18 Receiving a Group Call (GROUP) ............................................................................................. 56
7-19 Receiving a Geographic Area Call (GEOGRAPH) ................................................................ 57
7-20 Receiving a Polled Position Call (POSITION) ....................................................................... 57
Section 8 - DISTRESS Calls ...............................................................................58
8-1 Sending a Distress Call ................................................................................................................. 58
8-2 Receiving a Distress Call (DISTRESS!) ....................................................................................... 59
8-3 Distress Acknowledgement (DISTRESS ACK) or Distress Relay All Ships (DISTRESS
REL) .............................................................................................................................................................. 60
8-4 Distress Relay Individual (INDIV DISTR RELAY) ..................................................................... 60