Furuno FA-170 - Water Level Message

2. INLAND AIS OPERATION
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5. Press the MENU/ESC key to close the message.
2.6.6 Water level message
The water level message is sent by base stations to inform skippers about actual wa-
ter levels in their area. It is additional short-term information to the water levels distrib-
uted via Notices to Skippers. The message contains the country code (location),
gauge ID and water level.
When you receive a water level message, a pop up displays "WATER LEVEL MES-
SAGE RECEIVED.".
To see the contents of the message, do the following:
1. Press the MENU key to open the menu.
2. Select [MSG] then press the ENT/ACK key.
3. Select [WATER LEVEL BOX] then press the ENT/ACK key.
4. Select a message then press the ENT/ACK key.
5. Press the MENU/ESC key to close the message.
WIND DIRECTION [NORTH], [NORTH EAST], [EAST], [SOUTH EAST], [SOUTH], [SOUTH
WEST], [WEST], [NORTH WEST] or "- - - -" (Where no wind data is avail-
able.)
Item Description
WATER LEVEL MSG DETAIL
4 . 24m
5 . 33m
1 . 23m
- 1 . 22m
TIME
[
UTC
]
30 /SEP 17: 20
123456789 / NAUTILUS
FROM
COUNTRY CODE JP
GAUGE ID
0007
0015
0255
2047
WATER LEVEL
: MESSAGE : BACK
MENU
National unique gauge IDNational unique gauge IDNational unique gauge ID
Positive or negative valuePositive or negative valuePositive or negative value
TIME
[
U
TC
]
30
/
S
EP 17: 2
0
12
3
4
56
7
89
/ NA
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US
F
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COU
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Time/date received, sender’s
details and country code.
Time/date received, sender’s
details and country code.