Standard Horizon MATRIX GX3000S - Manual (Page 52)

GX3000S Page 52
11.8 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 GX3000S.
Standard Horizon has taken this feature one step further, if any Standard Hori-
zon GPS is connected to the GX3000S, 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).
11.8.1 Setting up Position Reply
The GX3000S 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(MENU)] key until
“ Radio Setup ” menu appears.
2. Turn the CHANNEL selector knob to select “ DSC
Setup ” menu.
3. Press the [ENT] key, then select “ POS Reply ” with
the CHANNEL selector knob.
4. Press the [ENT] key.
5. Turn the CHANNEL selector knob to select “
Auto ”
or “ Manual .” In “ Auto ” mode, after a DSC POS Re-
quest is received, the radio will automatically trans-
mit your vessels position. In “
Manual ” mode, the dis-
play of the GX3000S will show who is requesting the
position.
6. Press the [ENT] key to store the selected setting.
7. To exit this menu and return to radio operation mode press the [16/9] key.