Position tracking, Man-overboard distress calls initiated from a, Vhf radio – Garmin GPSMAP 7215 User Manual
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Digital Selective Calling
Man-Overboard Distress Calls Initiated from a VHF Radio
When your Garmin chartplotter is connected to a Garmin NMEA 2000-compatible radio, and you initiate a
man-overboard DSC distress call from your radio, your Garmin chartplotter shows the man-overboard screen
and prompts you to navigate to the man-overboard point. If you have a Garmin autopilot system connected to
the network, your chartplotter prompts you to start a Williamson’s turn to the man-overboard point.
If you cancel the man-overboard distress call on the radio, the chartplotter screen prompting you to activate
navigation to the man-overboard location disappears.
Man-Overboard Distress Calls Initiated from the Chartplotter
When your Garmin chartplotter is connected to a Garmin NMEA 2000-compatible radio and you activate
navigation to a man-overboard location, the radio shows the Distress Call page so you can quickly initiate a
man-overboard distress call.
On the radio, press and hold the
DIStReSS
key for at least three seconds to send the distress call.
For information on placing distress calls from your radio, see your Garmin VHF Radio Owner’s Manual. You
can mark an MOB and navigate to it (
).
Position Tracking
When you connect your Garmin chartplotter to a VHF radio using NMEA 0183, you can track vessels that
send position reports. This feature is also available with NMEA 2000, provided that the vessel sends the
correct PGN data (PGN 129808; DSC Call Information).
Every position report call received is logged in the DSC list (
).
Viewing a Position Report
1. From the Home screen, select
Information
>
DSC List
.
2. Select a position-report call.
3. Select
Review
.
4. Select
Next Page
or
Previous Page
to switch between details of the position report and a Navigation chart
marking the location.
Calling a Tracked Vessel
See “Making an Individual Routine Call” (
).
Navigating to a Tracked Vessel
1. From the Home screen, select
Information
>
DSC List
.
2. Select a position-report call.
3. Select
Review
>
Navigate to
.
4. Select
Go to
or
Route to
).
Creating a Waypoint at the Position of a Tracked Vessel
1. From the Home screen, select
Information
>
DSC List
.
2. Select a position-report call.
3. Select
Review
>
Next Page
>
Create Waypoint
.