Operation Manual
GX1000SPage 42
11.6 POSITION REQUEST
Advancements in DSC have made it possible to poll the location of another
vessel and show the position of that vessel on the display of the GX1000S.
Standard Horizon has taken this feature one step further, if any Standard Hori-
zon GPS is connected to the GX1000S, the polled position of the vessel is
shown on the display of the GPS chart plotter making it easy to navigate to the
location of the polled vessel. This is a great feature for anyone wanting to
know the position of another vessel. For example your buddy that is catching
fish, or finding the location of a person you are cruising with.
NOTE
The other vessel must have an operating GPS receiver connected to its
DSC transceiver and must not have its transceiver set to deny position
requests. (Refer the section “11.5.1 Setting up the Individual / Posi-
tion Call Directory” to enter information into the individual directory).
11.6.1 Setting up Position Reply
The GX1000S can be set up to automatically or manually send your position to
another vessel. This selection is important if you are concerned about some-
one polling the position of your vessel that you may not want to. In the manual
mode you will see the MMSI or persons name shown on the display allowing
you to choose to send your position to the requesting vessel.
1. Press and hold down the
[
CALL
(
SET
)
MENU
]
key
until “
RADIO SETUPRADIO SETUP
RADIO SETUPRADIO SETUP
RADIO SETUP” menu appears.
2. Press the
[
T
]
key to select “
DSC SETUPDSC SETUP
DSC SETUPDSC SETUP
DSC SETUP” menu.
3. Press the
[
CALL
(
SET
)
MENU
]
key, then select “
POSPOS
POSPOS
POS
REPLYREPLY
REPLYREPLY
REPLY” with the
[
T
]
/
[
S
]
keys.
4. Press the
[
CALL
(
SET
)
MENU
]
key.
5. Press the
[
T
]
/
[
S
]
keys to select “
AUAU
AUAU
AU (Auto)” or “
oFoF
oFoF
oF
(off: Manual).”
In “
AUAU
AUAU
AU (Auto)” mode, after a DSC POS Request is
received, the radio will automatically transmit your ves-
sels position. In “
oFoF
oFoF
oF (off: Manual)” mode, the display of
the GX1000S will show who is requesting the position.
6. Press the
[
CALL
(
SET
)
MENU
]
key to store the selected setting.
7. Press the
[
16/9
]
key to exit the menu mode and return to radio operation.