Lowrance - Link-5 Operation and Installation Instructions4
Section 4 - DSC Setup Menu (DSC SETUP) ........................................................23
4-1 DSC Setup - Menu Options .......................................................................................................... 23
4-2 Enter or View Your USER MMSI (USER MMSI) ........................................................................ 23
4-2-1 Enter your MMSI.............................................................................................................................................23
4-2-2 View your MMSI ............................................................................................................................................24
4-3 Maintain Your Groups (GROUP SETUP) ................................................................................... 24
4-3-1 Create a Group (GROUP SETUP) ...........................................................................................................24
4-3-2 Edit Group Name Details .........................................................................................................................25
4-3-3 Delete a Group ...............................................................................................................................................25
4-4 Response to Individual Calls (INDIV REPLY) ........................................................................... 25
4-5 ATIS MMSI & ATIS Functionality.................................................................................................. 26
4-5-1 Enter or Edit YOUR ATIS MMSI ...............................................................................................................26
4-5-2 View your ATIS MMSI ...................................................................................................................................26
4-5-3 Enable ATIS Functionality (ATIS FUNC) .............................................................................................27
4-6 DSC functionality options (DSC FUNC) ................................................................................... 27
4-7 Response Type to LL Polling Calls (LL REPLY) ........................................................................ 27
4-8 Automatic Channel switching (AUTO SWITCH) .................................................................... 28
4-9 DSC Test Reply (TEST REPLY) ....................................................................................................... 29
4-10 Set the inactivity timer (TIMEOUT) ........................................................................................ 29
Section 5 - Sending and Receiving DSC Calls ..................................................30
5-1 What is DSC? ..................................................................................................................................... 30
5-2 Sending DSC calls ........................................................................................................................... 30
5-2-1 Make a Routine Call (INDIVIDUAL) ......................................................................................................31
5-2-2 Retrying a Routine Call ..............................................................................................................................32
5-2-3 Acknowledgement of an Individual Incoming Call (INDIV) ...............................................32
5-2-4 Recall the Most Recent Incoming Call (LAST CALL) ................................................................33
5-2-5 Call a Group (GROUP) .................................................................................................................................33
5-2-6 Call All Ships (ALL SHIPS) ..........................................................................................................................33
5-2-7 Call using the Call Log (CALL LOG).....................................................................................................34
5-2-8 Call using the Distress Log (DISTR LOG) ..........................................................................................34
5-2-9 Call using the Sent Call Log (SENT CALL) .......................................................................................35
5-2-10 Request the LL Position of a Buddy (LL REQUEST) ................................................................35
5-2-11 Make a DSC test call (DSC TEST) .......................................................................................................36
5-3 Receiving DSC Calls ........................................................................................................................ 37
5-3-1 Receiving an All Ships Call (ALL SHIPS) ............................................................................................38
5-3-2 Receiving an Individual Call (INDIV) ..................................................................................................38
5-3-3 Receiving a Group Call (GROUP) ..........................................................................................................39
5-3-4 Receiving a Geographic Call (GEOGRAPH) ....................................................................................40
5-3-5 Receiving a Polled Position Call (POSITION) .................................................................................40
