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eplytomessages
Y oucanreplytodirectmessagesandbroadcastsfromthe[Inbox].
Toreply,performalongholdonareceiveddirectmessageorbroadcastuntil
thecontextmenuappears:
•[Reply]—Replytoadirectmessagewithadirectmessage.
•[Broadcastreply]—Replytoabroadcastwithabroadcast.
•[Reply/Broadcastreply(withLinkID)]—Replytoadirectmessageor
broadcastthathasalinkIDbyrespondingwithadirectmessageor
broadcastthatcontainsthesamelinkID.
Onscreenkeyboard
Usetheonscreenkeyboardtotypeyourmessages.Messagescancontaina
maximumof57characters.
Selectingthe[T
emplateT ext]iconwillchangetheonscreen
keyboardtoalistoftemplatemessagesthatcanbequickly
addedtothemessagewhenselected.Selecting[MyPosition]
willenteryourvessel’scurrentcoordinatesintothemessage.
Note:
Coordinatesenteredintothemessagedisplaydegreesas
‘[DEG]’
.
Messagesymbols
Symbolsattachedtomessagesinthe[Inbox]indicateitstypeandstatus.
[Broadcast]—Abroadcasttoallotherrespondervessels.
[Directmessage]—Adirectmessagetoaspecificresponder
vessel.
[Sender]—Indicatesthesender(leftofthearrow)andrecipient
(rightofthearrow)ofadirectmessage.
[Messagesent]—Directmessagehasbeensentandacknowledged
bytherecipient’shardware.
[Messagesending]—Directmessageisstillwaitingtobe
acknowledgedassuccessfullyreceivedbytherecipient’s
hardware.
Note:
Amaximumnumberof4attemptswillbemadetosendthe
messagebythesender’shardware,with150secondsof
separationbetweeneachattempt.
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