CALL TYPES AND FEATURES
SENDING RECOGNISED KEYWORDS WITH A CALL
ENVOY™ TRANSCEIVER REFERENCE MANUAL 455
If you have the MIL-STD-188-141B ALE option installed and the ALE Selective
Message entry set to Enabled, you are able to send a message with a call. If you
enter the following message...
$GPS+
...the called station displays the current GPS information for the calling station. For
example:
8958.041 N 13841.234 E +0.0M 101622 (A)
NOTE: The transceiver checks the length of the expanded message before
transmission. If you receive an error stating that the message is too
long, review the message and shorten the message as required.
Related links:
ALE Selective Message on page 249
Entering text in a field on page 103
Entering a special character (2220/2230) on page 105
$TZ Inserts the time zone offset stored in the transceiver in the following format:
time zone offset
For example, +0:00 GMT.
$VER Inserts the current version of the RFU firmware in the following format:
version number
For example, v1.02.
Table 45: Recognised keywords and their associated information (cont.)
Keyword Function when used in a message