Thrane&Thrane Sailor Radiotelex, User Manual

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Page 3: ...when standby 2 5 Function keys when not standby 2 7 2 4 Backups 2 8 To make a backup 2 8 Background information on backups 2 8 Backup policy 2 8 Radiotelex on hard disk 2 9 2 5 Transmission 2 9 2 6 Scanning 2 10 2 7 Message handling 2 11 Import of message 2 12 Export of message 2 12 2 8 Subscriber handling 2 12 Subscriber edition in general 2 13 Subscriber parts 2 13 Hiding and recovering subscrib...

Page 4: ...ng up subscribers 3 6 Hiding subscribers and coast stations 3 6 Backup installation 3 7 3 2 Configuration 3 7 Coast station setup 3 7 Coast station edition 3 8 TELEX print setup 3 10 TELEX tape puncher setup 3 10 TELEX log setup 3 10 TELEX TTY setup 3 11 TELEX retry setup 3 11 TELEX secret reception setup 3 11 FEC TTY setup 3 12 Printer setup 3 12 Fast key setup 3 12 ...

Page 5: ...designed in accordance with relevant IMO CCIR and ETSI recommendations specifications It has been approved for shipboard installations to operate within the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System GMDSS The solid state disk of the computer is used for storing the system software as required by the GMDSS Communication concept Radiotelex supports worldwide ship to ship ship to shore and shore to ...

Page 6: ...re the ISS transmits three characters at a time Between each three characters the IRS transmits one character telling the ISS to send three new characters or to repeat the last three Only two stations can com municate when using ARQ Other stations cannot read the communication FEC Forward Error Correction A telex mode where the ISS transmits three characters at a time and repeats them immediately ...

Page 7: ...out interrupting on going traffic between the coast station and another ship Radiotelex terms Subscriber A ship or an office that is not a coast station Coast station A radio station that sends out free signals or has the capability of being used as a link between a ship and a subscriber Procedure A procedure specifies how Radiotelex has to communi cate with a specific coast station in order to ca...

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Page 9: ...look at the EDIT SHIP TELEX SUBSCRIBER form To find this 1 Switch on and Radiotelex starts up automatically 2 Press F6 Subscriber 3 Select New subscriber 4 Type in the subscriber name e g M S MARY 5 Select F2 Ship telex The EDIT SHIP TELEX SUBSCRIBER form appears A form consists of one of more fields In the EDIT SHIP TELEX SUBSCRIBER form there are three each line being one field 0725 ...

Page 10: ...f function keys standby not standby For now let us once again turn to the EDIT SHIP TELEX SUBSCRIBER form which contains the following function keys Below the function of each key is described F10 Returns to the previous screen F1 Modify field By pressingF1 a list of possible values for the current field will pop up An appropriate value can then be selected from the list F2 Save Pressing this key ...

Page 11: ...bar Corresponds to the F1 and right arrow keys in selection lists e g a list of messages Shift F1 and F11 In addition to the information in this manual Radiotelex offers detailed on line help information To get help at any time press either shift F1 or F11 in the relevant field Fast keys Fast keys are key combinations of the Alt key and a function key e g F1 Pressing the Alt key pops up a table of...

Page 12: ...cannot change the data of the program these can always be viewed The system will tell you when a password is required to change some data To continue without a password press F3 View only 2 2 Terminals The TELEX and FEC terminals are the centres of Radiotelex From them the various functions of the system can be reached To swap between the TELEX and FEC terminals select 1 F8 Menus 2 F1 Mode 3 The a...

Page 13: ...s are initiated and all actions are chosen The FEC terminal however will probably not be used much It is recom mended that FEC scans to catch news broadcasts and traffic lists are set up from F4 Rx in the TELEX terminal The news and traffic lists are normally printed while FEC transmissions are rarely used 2 3 Terminal function keys The terminals operate with two sets of function keys Which set is...

Page 14: ...X Transmission related functions setting up deleting table of scheduled transmissions etc F4 Rx Receive related functions setting up an Rx session enabling disabling Rx etc F5 Messages Message handling creating copying deleting etc Messages not logged F6 Subscriber Subscriber handling creating copying deleting etc F7 View Selects between the following views TELEX connection TELEX errors System sta...

Page 15: ...nt time F4 Date Transmits the current date F5 Message Transmission of a message F6 WRU Who are you The other station is asked to transmit its answer back F7 De Transmits your own answer back F8 Over Changes direction F9 Break Breaks the connection The above function keys are active dependent on the situation If Radiotelex is the IRS Information Receiving Station the keys involving transmission F2 ...

Page 16: ...mporarily Radiotelex creates a RAM disk A RAM disk is used exactly like a normal disk drive but is a volatile medium The contents are erased in case of power failure and when the power is switched off The RAM disk only provides temporary storage Therefore before the power is switched off it is necessary to perform backups to ensure that data are not lost but saved on the backup diskette The non vo...

Page 17: ...ta are stored on the hard disk automatically Therefore when the Radio telex program is executed from the hard disk backup procedures are not necessary However since the hard disk could crash it is recommended to make a backup to a diskette at an initial stage when relevant subscribers have been created and setup changes have been performed 2 5 Transmission Radiotelex only supports manual transmiss...

Page 18: ...r frequency fields until a free channel has been located 2 6 Scanning In order to receive an incoming telex call you have to set up an Rx session Radiotelex only supports a single manually initiated Rx session and it only supports scanning of a single frequency The method for setting up an Rx session is very similar to performing a manual transmission The first step to do is to press F4 Rx in the ...

Page 19: ...f interest the two defaultstations ITUShipStationChannels and ITUCoastStationChannels only show a subset of the valid ITU channels 2 7 Message handling Message handling is used to type in messages before transmission possibly in order to perform an automatic transmission To go to the Message handling form In the terminal press F5 Message To write a new message select New message To modify an exist...

Page 20: ...ied to another computer Selecting F8 Export allows you to specify directory and DOS file name for the selected message 2 8 Subscriber handling To see a list of existing subscribers press F6 at the terminal Radiotelex distinguishes between coast stations and subscribers A sub scriber is a station without coast station capabilities e g a land telex station or a ship To create a new subscriber select...

Page 21: ...es are password protected Still the contents can always be viewed Subscriber parts A subscriber consists of several parts The following subscriber parts can be defined Land telex ship telex telefax telephone modem voice phone voice bank phone Radiotelex letter telegram and satellite However in most cases only one or two of the parts will be detailed for each subscriber When the properties of a sub...

Page 22: ...e optional For information on the difference between the master and slave frequencies please refer to the chapter Coast station setup in the last part of this manual Configuration The on line help may be useful as well Satellite The satellite option is not useful since it is not supported by many coast stations if any at all To transmit a telex to an Inmarsat A B or C ship please refer to the abov...

Page 23: ...e schedules modem and frequencies Logged TELEX messages keeps up to a hundred logged TELEX messages When the total reaches one hundred the oldest message is deleted every time a new message is logged In the setup part of Radiotelex it can be specified what information is to be logged Similarly Radiotelex can log a hundred FEC messages and a hundred distress messages Traffic history details what co...

Page 24: ...tion is both printed and logged no matter what the setup is like outside distress mode Also the retry schedule is disabled However the TELEX ARQ terminal and the FEC terminal are used even in distress mode The same goes for Message handling which is not affected either When exitting distress mode schedules scans and transmissions set up outside distress mode are restored Distress mode To enter dis...

Page 25: ...tion To change the frequency to be transmitted on select F4 Scan Frq F5 Message contains the normal message handling Therefore it is possible to write a distress message beforehand and then just edit to fill in the last details if the distress situation occurs Distress SCAN function F4 Scan Frq allows for simple selection of a distress frequency Distress VIEW function This function resembles the V...

Page 26: ...ex board has not yet been found The connection to modem has been lost The Radiotelex program cannot communicate with the Radiotelex modem any longer First check cable connections between the computer and the modem Then exit Radiotelex and start again Connecting to modem The modem has been located and the communication works fine Initializing information between the computer and the modem is exchan...

Page 27: ...pay attention to the communication Reception in progress In a telex ARQ connection Radiotelex is now receiving Only the F8 Over and F9 Break function keys are available Changing direction The operator has pressed F8 Over to change the direction Text transmission allowed The operator can now transmit any text by typing the text manually or by pressing F5 Message to select an already typed in messag...

Page 28: ...eceiver TELEX messages logged Number of logged TELEX messages The maximum is a hundred If a hundred TELEX messages have been logged the next time a message is logged the oldest message is deleted For further information please refer to TELEX log setup in the Configuration section FEC messages logged Number of logged FEC messages The maximum is a hundred If a hundred FEC messages have been logged n...

Page 29: ...l to pay attention to the transmission The modem is listening to a single frequency Listening for traffic A scan containing only a single frequency has been set up Secret reception in progress Radiotelex offers the possibility of hiding the communication Refer to TELEX secret setup for further details Distress messages logged In distress mode all communication is logged Only a hundred messages are...

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Page 31: ...s is done by means of the two DOS commands time and date Setting time If Radiotelex is running return to DOS by exitting Radiotelex At the DOS prompt write time and press enter DOS replies e g Current time is 2 49 02 65p Enter new time _ If the time is correct just press enter Otherwise enter a new time e g 8 44p and press enter Setting date If Radiotelex is running return to DOS by exitting Radio...

Page 32: ...otelex program is installed on a non volatile medium like the flash memory board A RAM disk is used for temporary storage and it is necessary to make backups However theRadiotelexprogramcanalsobeinstalledonaharddisk Inthatcase itisnotnecessarytomakebackups Still asaharddiskcancrash thenon volatile installation is necessary to comply with the requirements of the GMDSS Thus after the installation ha...

Page 33: ...lesofconfig sys and autoexec bat are shown These may need some modification e g it is assumed that only one hard disk is available and that a network is not installed lastdrive c Config sys device c dos himem sys device c dos emm386 exe noems dos high umb files 20 buffers 40 shell c dos command com c dos e 256 p lastdrive c fcbs 1 Autoexec bat echo off loadhigh c dos fastopen c loadhigh c dos dosk...

Page 34: ...ow Please refer to the on line help as well Answer backs in Radiotelex Dependent on the situation and the setup Radiotelex transmits one of three possible answer backs 1 5 digit call code abbreviated id X 2 MMSI number abbreviated id X 3 Non standard answer back Below is a description of which answer back will be used when Call code and MMSI number in answer back In the automatically generated ans...

Page 35: ...t stations identify a ship by the answer back that Radiotelex generatesautomatically However Radiotelexusesthenon standardanswer back in connection with coast stations that do not follow recommendations and thus cannot identify a ship by the answer back generated automatically by Radiotelex In order to force Radiotelex to transmit the non standard answer back in connection with a specific coast st...

Page 36: ...e manual for more information Printer setup The printer setup is located in 1 F8 Menus 2 F2 Setup 3 F6 Computer 4 F2 Printer Setup Please note that if a printer using a paper roll is used as is the case with the default printer the paper length must be set to zero Ship name The ship name possibly including the call sign Setting up subscribers Create ship owner and dealer subscribers Hiding subscri...

Page 37: ... restoring the previously made backup diskette Then perform another backup on another diskette by leaving Radiotelex again There are now two backup diskettes One for daily operation and another one to be used if the former is faulty or lost 3 2 Configuration Coast station setup For a list of existing coast stations select 1 F8 Menus 2 F2 Setup 3 F1 Coast station To create a new coast station selec...

Page 38: ...n has been deleted and is to be used again or a new coast station is to be used it can be imported from a Radiotelex backup file SHOW Coast station setup To view the capabilities of a particular coast station move the cursor bar to that station and press F8 Show setup Coast station edition General information Coast station edition has been divided into three parts General part The general values w...

Page 39: ...se refer to the on line help for further information Country abbreviation The country abbreviation must comply with the maritime abbreviations used in the list of coast stations The country abbreviation is used during the setup of a transmission to a land telex subscriber If the land telex subscriber and the coast station used as a link between Radiotelex and the subscriber do not reside in the sa...

Page 40: ...d If this field has been filled in this answer back will be used Non standard answer back used Not all coast stations follow the recommendations when it comes to answer backs The Swedish company Maritex for instance can assign subscribers a Swedish land telex number to be used as answer back Therefore Radiotelex needs to know whether the non standard answer back is to be used when communicating wi...

Page 41: ...pted and how many minutes there are to be between each attempt Furthermore different values can be specified for ship calls and coast station calls Values of zero disable the retry schedule Note that if a transmission is broken by using F9 Break the transmission is deleted from the retry schedule automatically Transmissions in the retry schedule can be viewed or deleted in the transmis sion table ...

Page 42: ...fault parallel port is LPT1 If several parallel ports are available another port can be selected A serial printer cannot be used Fast key setup Radiotelex enables the use of fast keys short cuts A default set of fast keys is provided but if you find that there is a specific function you use quite often you can set up a fast key for this specific function It will probably be an advantage to keep th...

Page 43: ...fast key which will take you to the terminal 3 Now use the keys as usual until you are at the point in the program where you want the fast key to take you 4 Press Esc to terminate the configuration To change a fast key title 1 In the Fast key setup move the cursor bar to the desired place by means of arrow up down 2 Select F2 Change title To abort during configuration press Ctrl C 0725 ...

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