APPX. 6 DIGITAL INTERFACE
AP-33
Output sentences
ALC: Alert Cyclic list
ALF: Alert sentence
Alert ID Priority Category Instance First Text Second Text
3122 Warning A 1 Distress Msg
RX
Incoming distress. Check In-
marsat display
3122 Warning A 2 Distress RX Incoming distress. Check In-
marsat display
3122 Warning A 3 Urgency RX Incoming urgency. Check In-
marsat display
3122 Warning A 0 MSG Received Not used
3115
*1
Warning B Not used Impaired radio ANT V failure. Contact to FU-
RUNO Service.
3008
*1
Warning B Not used Lost TX PWR TX PWR failure. Contact to FU-
RUNO Service.
3013 Caution B Not used Doubtful POSN Update current ship position
manually.
3116 Caution B 1 Impaired radio EGC SYNC loss. Change EGC
channel.
3116 Caution B 2 Impaired radio SYNC loss. Check the current
Ocean Region.
3116 Caution B 0 Impaired radio Not used
3009 Caution B 1 Lost DIST UNIT Check the IC-305 connection.
$**ALC,xx,xx,xx,x.x, aaa,x.x,x.x,x.x,’’’’’’*hh<CR><LF>
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1. Total number of sentences this message (01 to 99)
2. Sentence number (01 to 99)
3. Sequential message identifier (00 to 99)
4. Number of alert entries (0 to 3)
5. Manufacturer mnemonic code (FEC, null)
6. Alert identifier (001 to 999999)
7. Alert instance (null)
8. Revision counter (1 to 99)
9. Additional alert entries (same as 5 and 8)
$**ALF,x,x,x,hhmmss.ss,a,a,a,aaa,x.x,x.x,x.x,x,c--c*hh<CR><LF>
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
1. Total number of ALF sentences this message (1, 2)
2. Sentence number (1, 2)
3. Sequential message identifier (0 to 9)
4. Time of last change (hh=00 to 23, mm=00 to 59, ss.ss=00.00 to 60.99), null
5. Alert category (A=Alert category A, B=Alert category B, C=Alert
category C), null
6. Alert priority (A=Alarm, W=Warning, C=Caution), null when #2 is 2.
7. Alert state (V=Not ACKed, S=Silence, A=ACked, O/U=Resolved, Not ACKed,
N=Normal state), null when #2 is 2.
8. Manufacturer mnemonic code (FEC, null)
9. Alert identifier (001 to 999999)
10. Alert instance (null)
11. Revision counter (1 to 99)
12. Escalation counter (0 to 9)
13. Alert text (max. 18 characters)