FUTRONIC

GMDSS-AIS
TESTBOX
USER'S
MANUAL
Version15-02-2010

DANPHONE
AJS
Fabriksvej
4. DK-9490Pandrup.Denmark
Tel: +45 96 44 44 44. Fax: +45 96 44 44 45
E-mail:info@danphone.com
www.oanpnone.com

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INTRODUCTION
Thisrnanualis intended
for usew th ihe GNIDSSA S testbox modelas wellas for lhe
GN,4DSS-oniy
model.Use|Soi the c [,1DSS-only
rnodeare kind]yrequested
to disfegard
thesectionsconcernino
AIS tests.
AIS lests
Thetestbox s capableof teslingAISkafspondersby makng f.equencymeasurements
and
powermeasurements
on CH 70,AIS channel1 or AIS channel2.
t is possible
to checkthe GMDSScommunication
on CH 70 by requestjng
repoding
of Position,
Length,Course,Name/ldentity,
Speed,Poweror Ship'sbeam.
AIScommunication
is checkedby sendingdatato an AIS transponder
of receiving
datafroman
AIStfansponder.
Thetestboxis alsoableto sirnulate
positions,
a shipappearing
at fourdifferent
relative
to the
positior'r.
A S transpondels
GMDSS fesfs
ThetestboxcancheckDSCsignalstransmitted
on any of the 6 d stressfrequencies
on MF/HF
a n do n V H FC H 7 0 .
Thetestboxcansendeithera Gl\,4DSS
d siresssignal(a sh ps ca l) of a selectlve
testcall
addressed
to a particular
NlNlSlnumber.Thecals can be senton anyof the 6 distress
lrequenc
es on I\,4F|HF
as wellas on VHFCH 70. Furthermore,
the testboxcansenoano
receiveDSCsignalson the internatiofaca ingfrequencies
2177.0and 2189.5kHz
Thetestboxmeasures
and d splaysthe mark/space
frequencies
of the received
DSC-sgnas
Whenusedas an ordinary
frequency
counterthe testbox measures
frequencies
in the range
0.4 N/Hzto 475 N,4Hz.
On VHF CH 6 the test box can measurethe deviaton on a receivedsigna.
Thetestboxis ableto measurethetransmitted
poweron anyVHFchannet,
and reflected
ano
alsoto iestthesensitivity
ofthe receivefpaft.
Forthe testingof Na\,,tex
fecejvers,
thetestboxcansendNavtexsignalson 490 kHz,518 kHz
ar 4 .209,5 kqz.

Thetesl boxcanalsobe usedfor controof signalsfromEPlRBs,as it can receiveand decode

testcals on 406.025/ 406.028/ 406.037MHzas we as receivethe 121.5[,4Hzsgnal.

A measurements
can be morltoredon the LCDdisplayand resultsarestoredn thelesl oox
rnemoryfroTnwhefe t can be transferredto a PC for subsequentprlntng.

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LCDdisplay
Two-Line
Pushbutions
BNC socketfor signaloutput
BNCsocketfor signalinput

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to VHFantenna
BNCsocketfor connection
to VHFtransmitter
for
connection
BNCsocket
g-pinD-subplugfor connection
io NMEA nput,PC or serla printer
AIS
OUT
BNCsocketfor
to externapowersupply
DC plugfor connecuon
the testboxON/OFF
switching
Slideswitchfor
load
for
VHF
dummY
BNCsockel

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ACCESSORIES
TFetestboxcomeswiththe following
standardaccessoriesl
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Poweradaptor100-240VAC/ 15VDC
Cablefor exfernal
DC power
RS232cabe for PC (p n1 to pin1,pin2to pin2,elc.)
T kHzAF generator
AISsignalcombner/ dummyload
Telescop
c antennafor VHF/AlS
Wire antennafor fulF/HF/Navtex
C o a xc a b l e , 2 5
c m ,w t h B N C
Coaxcable,168cm,withBNC
Coaxcable,500cm,withBNC
UHFp ug to BNCsocketadaptef
UHFsocketto BNCsocketadapter
BNCfemaleto BNCfemae adapter
User'sManualin English
CalibrationCerlificate

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Thefo owjngaccessories
are available
as an optionl
RF Amplifier
'tne testboxsignalis notslrongenoughwhentestingNavtexreceivers
and I\,4F
radiosoveflhe
a- addingthisRF ampifrerwillincrease
the outputleve by15-20dB.
Watertightand Crush ProofCase
-s cseis specially
configured
to holdthetesterandaccessor
es safeand secure.Weight
a^ y 3.9kgs.Extemad mensions:
486 x 392x 192mm.

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POWERSUPPLY
The lest box has an intemalDC/DCswitchmodepowersuppy that ca|l be connecteddirectlylo
an externalDC sourceof '15- 28 V (+ on the centerpin).
to '100- 240 V AC,
Furthermore,
a wallplugpowersupplyal owsthetestboxto be connected
50-60Hz.
e 12V battery.
WheneverDC is connecled
Thetestbox s equppedwithan internalrechargeab
to the testbox,the batteryis charged.lf the DC supplyis rer.oved,the internalbatieryde ivers
sw lch between
external
and iniernalDC suppy.
DC to the testboxand givesan unlnterrupied
Beforeusingthe testboxin thefe d, makesurethatlhe nternalbatteryis fullycharged.
thisis indicated
by a b nklngon the LCD
Whenthe iniernalbaileryis closeto beingdischarged
displayandthen,shorty afterthis,the poweris cutoffso as notio damagethe battery.
A powershuldowndoes nol nf uencedata storedin lhe test box,as lhe data storagehas a
separatebackup battery.

POWERON AND WARM-UP

The etterin the end
revision
dateis shownln the LCDdispLay.
Afterpoweron,the software
version.
describes
the hardware
to tlmemode.Beforemovingfurtheron.
Aftera few secondsthe displayswitches
autornatjcally
10
mlnutes'
warn'r-Lro
time
in
ordef
to makethe OCXOstabe. Thewar.r_
al ow the testbox3 to
of 2OoC
before
warm-Lrp.
At a temperature
of thetestbox
up iimedependson the temperature
3 rninutes
shouldbe OK.

PUSHBUTTONCONTROL
UP DOt. \ "-: -'
Thetestbox is controlled
by rneansoi 4 pushbuttonsmarked]\4ODE,
MODEis usedlo scro downto the varioustestrnodes.UP can be usedto sc'c -:
OK is usedto enierthe rnodebeingshownin the dispay.
UPandDOWNareusedfthedisplayoffersr.ultipleoptons,e.g.shiftingbel"'ee^.a-:-s
frequencies,
settingthetlmeand edt ng the l\4MSlnumber.
Usuay, helptextsin the dispay ndcatewhichbuttonsshouldbe lsed. Thef. Lrse:_e .-::locaiedd rectlyunderthe actualtext.

T I M ES E T T I N G
or seta newdate,monthandyear
In thetirnesettingn]ode,acceptihe datealreadypresented,
and pressEND.Whenthetimels sel,theiest boxwl I displaythe statusof the nternalmemory
i.e.howmanyrecordlngs
canst I be storedn thetesibox.Then,pressOK andgo to the self
test as describedbelow.
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S E L FT E S T
r the SELFTESTmodei's possible
to checkthefunctionof someof the c rcuitsin the testbox
-s shoud be usedto checkthe lesl box beforeit is usedfor inspecton of a GMDSS
^s:a at on Thefo lowingse f-testfunctonscan be perforrned:
NEXT= PLL.TSTTh s rnodeperforms
an automatic
lestto assurethatthe faequency
:- _:_:szTconlroed osc atorgoesjfto " ock"at all the appled synthess frequenc
es.The
'-::-:_.., sy.tneszer controed osci atoris progmmedto
each
frequency
in
turn
and
then
:-: a:{ aetectoutputs watchedfor about1 sec.to checkfor a correctock.In caseof a ock
': -': -e lestrs stoppedand the LCDd sp ay indicates
the frequency
out of lock.Thetest
:: _: _-es lvhenone of ihe Oushbuttonsare activated.
FRQ= FRQCHK:Th s modeis usedfor testof the N/ARK/SPACE
freouencies
rnthe N4F/HF
rangeby meansof the internal
freq!encycounter.
To checkthe generatiofand measuren]ent
of l\,4FlHF
mark/space
frequenc
es, confecla .rar
cablefromRF lN to RF OUT,choosethe l\.4F|HF
frequencv
to be checkedandtherise ecr
FRQCHKand MARKor SPACE:

:RQCHKgivesthe possibilty
for controlof N/F/HFl\lARl(SPACE
frequencies
as wel asthe
'-:.-ency counteras the chosenI\4ARK/SPACE
frequency
is ava ableat the RF OUTsocket
:_: can be measured
v a RF lN.The .esulils shownon the LCDdisplay.
TheSPACE
"e: JencyshoLr
d be 85 Hz hlgherthanthe centrefrequency.
The MARKfrequency
shoutdbe
35 iz owerthanthe centrefrequency.

OVERVIEWOF TESTMODES
anC'.enus.leslsetupsand
Thetabe belowshowsthe rnodeand menutree-L4odes
measurements
are explainedn moredetailon page12 ard onwards.

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M a i nM e n u

S u bM e n u1

S u bM e n u2

FRQ

CHECK

MARK
SPACE

NEXT

PLLTEST

cH70
A I S1
FRQI\4EASUREN,4ENT
AIS2

NEXT

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c H1 5

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CLR
RS232

cH70
A t s ' 1/ 2

PWR MEASUREI\,4ENT

OK
GMDSSCOMM,CHTO

AIS RECEVE

AIS 1
AIS 2

DATA
AISTEST

AIS REC.LOOP

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RS232

Ars1
Ats2
PC

A]STESTSEND

RECE.=

A I S2
A I S1

A t s2
LONGRANGE

AIS 1
AIS 2

SHORTRANGE

AS1
A I S2

CUST

PC
SEND

HDG

SENDINGNI\,4EA

SII\4ULATE
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Sub Menu'l

CARRIERAMPL,

2187.5 kHz
1 6 8 0 4 .k5H z
156.300l\lHz
1 5 6 . 5 2M
5 Hz

SENSITIVITY
TEST

cH 06
cH13
cH 16
cH 67

EDIT N,4MSI
NR.

I\,4I\,1S

Hour/Date/1\,4onth/year

DISTR

VHF
[4FlHF

SENDDSC

CUSTOI\,4
I,4ESSAGE

3"']SS TEST

S u bM e n u2

TEST

VHF
TFC

GET

DATA FROt.IPC

SEND

SENDNAVTEX

490 kHz
5 1 8k H z
4209.5k{z

RECEIVEDSC

VHF
TFC
MF/HF

RECEIVE
AT]S

cH 06
cH15

VHF PWRIMEASURE

CONT
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EAS

FM DEVIATION

CAL
MEAS
MG

AM I 123.1MHZ
ORD
406.025MHz
406.028MHz
406.037MHz
1 2 1 . 5M l z

E P I R BT E S T

FREQUENCY
COUNTER

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FRQ

DATA
FRQ
N4EAS

TESTING
A I ST R A N S P O N D E R S
Go to theAIS TESTmodeand scfoI throughthe varioussubrnodesby presslng
the MODE
buttonor the UP button.
Beforcyou stafttesting,remembetto enterlhe AIStrcnsponder'sMMSI
numbetinta the test bax.
Youcancheckthe actualnumberregislered
by the testboxin the EDITN/MSlmenuas shown
on page19.In th s menuyou canalsoeditthe numberor entera newone,if rcqujred.
The MNISSI
numbercana so be auiornat
callytfansferred
to thetestboxby recevingan AlSl
o. Al52 callfromthetransponder.
Usethe seiupshownon page16:AIS RECEIVE
FrequencyMeasurement
PressingOK in ihe frequencymeasurementmodegivesyou a choicebetweenfrequency
measurements
on CH 70,AlSl or AlS2.
Forfrequency
measurernents
on theAIS'1andAl52 channels,
Ltseth s selup:

A]S TRANSPONDER
ANT.

FreqLrency
measurement
on CH 70 rcqLtlres
the useof the signalcombiner
delveredlvitht\e
testboxafd thissetup:
SIGNAL
C O M BN E R

Example of P ntout from the Memory:

- HOUR:04DATE:0308 2005
CONTROLl\,IEASUREl\4ENT
ON l\,11\,4S1
NO.:0036699900
AIS - AlSl: 161.975,0KH2,
LEVEL:178
AIS- AlS2:162.025,0KH2,
LEVELj176
AIS- CH 70: 156.525,2KH2
LEVEL:171

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PowerlVeasurement
;c. measurng the outputpoweron AIS channel'l or 2, usethe setupbe ow andwaitfor the
a-ioiratc transmsslonfromthe AIStransponder.
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:estcox mustreceve a triggersignalon RF lN in orderto startthe powermeasurement.

lf
:'e :esllox waitsfor morethan20 seconds,
the trlggersigna eve mightbe too low.Then
...-ecla VHFantennato RF lN (dottedfgure):

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At.-at ve,y.use ihis setup:

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G U D S SC o m m C
. H7 0
,', :- :-: G',lDSSCOMM.CH 70 modeandthe setupbelow,thelest boxcan be usedto pol
: : -':'-ai cn ffomihe transponder
on CH70or on the alternatve
channels
06 and 15.
S GNAL
COMB NER

AS TRANSPONDER

--i I::'6's:o'ce
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c ^ ab1e o o e d ' o r r f o ' r a l o _ o n p o sl 0 1 . e 1 g r r o. o J . s er.a " 1 e / d e l t i t y .

edqe - er-dqa soppdard VTS expa_s01.

l: tne GMDSSCON/N4.
CH 70 mode,pressOK.
ln the SWITCHVHFCH 70 model
pressOK if youwishto setthetransponde.
to CH 70,
- pressNEXTand OK if youwishto setthetransponder
to CH 06,
oressNEXTagainafd OK if youwsh to setthetransponderto
CH 15.
:'ess NEXTagainandOK to pollposition,
:'ess NEXTagainandOK io polllength,
: . - : : \ E X a g a i na r d O K f o p o l l. . . e t c .
:ie' eachpolling,
waitfor thetransponder
to respondand checkthe po lngdataappearng c:-. restboxdlsplay.UponyourOK,the testboxwillreturnto the SWITCHVHF CH 70 moCe
":'. lvhereyou canscroldownto ihe nextpolling,
andso on.
\ote, thattheVTS EXPANSION
modehastwosub rnodes:TRANSI\,4lTTER
POWERLEVEL
ANdSHIPSBEAI\,I.
f yoLrse ectthealternative
channels
06 or 15,remernber
to switchbackto CH 70 lateron Ltsng
the SWITCHVHFCH 70 menu.
Example of Printout fram the Memory
MEASUREI\,1ENT
MADEBY GMDSSTSERIALNUMBER:
20091013
SW: Rev'1.Feb.20101
- HOURr05
CONTROLMEASUREMENT
ON MMSINO.:2195576240
DATE:01-02
2010
CH70-'l56.5251\,4
HZ FORN,4AT:
120ADR.:9999999990
CAT.:103
SELFID.:2195576240
POSITON:57d12.3827'
N 009d40.6788'
E Tll\,4E:
14:04:50

CH70-156.5251\,4H2
FORN.,IAT:
120ADR i9999999990
CAT.:103
SELFID.:2195576240
LENGTHOF SHIP:70N,4

CH70-156.5251\1HZ
FORNIAT:
120ADR.:9999999990
CAT.:103
SELFID.:2'195576240
IVESSAGE
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AIS Receive
andAIS REC.LOOP:
Thissetupls usedforAIS RECEIVE
S GNAL
COMBNER

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In theAIS RECEIVEmodeyou havea cholcebetweenDATA,AlSl andAlS2.
AIS1 or AlS2 enablesthe test box to recejveand storeone set of dataon AIS1 or
SeLecting
itsdata.
transmits
Al52. Note,thatlt maytakeup to 20 secondsunti the AIStransponder
SelectingDATAofferstwo fLther oot ons
CLR clearsthe iest box mer.ory of old AIS data.
(2400Baud,B databit.no
RS232sendsthe received
AISdaiaouton the RS232connector
parliy)and can be transferredto your PC via the RS232cablesuppliedwith the iest box.
Example of Printout from the AIS Memory:
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$Ats204 14 9F 3F 2E 20 3F F3 3C 8D 60 34 12 14 0E FF F8 06 70 F0

opiionofthe Custon]
CodedAIS datacan be decodedandviewedby usingthe decoding
for download
at Danphone's
website.Seepage34.
MessageSoftware
available
AIS Rec. Loop
In lhis modeyou also havea choicebetweenDATA,AlSl and AlS2.
recelvedataon AlSl or AlS2.
Se ectingAlSl or AlS2enabes the testboxto continuously
Selecting
DATAoffe'slwo'urll-e'ootors:
CLR clearsthe test box memoryof o d AIS daia.
RS232sendsthe feceivedAIS data out on the RS232connectof(2400Baud,B data bit. no
parity)and can be lransfefredto your PC via ihe RS232cablesuppliedwth the test box.

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SHIP:
SIN'4ULATE
Th s setupis usedfor AISTESTSEND,REQUESTMSG5and

COMBINER

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hasbeen oadedlntothetestbox
thata testn'ressage
Perform
no theAISTESTSENDrequlres
prepared
on a Pc of a
message
t;Jsale can oe eltneracustom-made
;;;
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'^ed d"faJ'tr.es"aqe available
teslbox
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Custon"'less:i9
!'eparea custommadeAIS messageon a PC makeuseolthe
r_:
See pa-oe
websjte'
thatcan DeoownoadedfromDanphone's
::-coser softwaTe
fromthe PC io^the-l:l!9: :" ::-]:- .-lhe messagecanoe rransferred
:-:e composed,
Als lF5' rrr\u
-r: e s .pp ed wilh t1eLesrbox ConnecllLlecablea^d selecl
Pc p-'s-i
in"" pressPc and the displayshowsREcElvE DATA FRolll
J"
l-'ansfei
",".i.'ok.
on lhe PC Thiswillloadthe messageintolo thetestbox
' ,oLldo noi wish to loada cLlstom-made
messag'the tesl bor ena9:: yl'.t-: l:^"!^",^tt:
intoihe testt)o/ sasic 'r's
.iu, f."a"uq" l The methodof loadingthedefaultmessage
tial :^e

ENDPeasenole
Pc andpress
oK.Tienselect
andpress
i"'""i'nri ii6i sertrD
'xed defautmessage
of 45'N 45"W'
1 ncludesavesselposition

pressoK Then
a testmessagefron]thetestbox,selectAIS TESTSENDand
To transmit
the A s
\alth
svnchronize
ln" t".t oo' *ill automaticallv
;;:;;'rh;;;il;';r;i#uno
pressng the OK
However'
20seconds
up
to
rnuytake
Waltlnglo,
lransponder.
"yn"n|.on,tuoo"
lmn]edlately
will
startthe transmisslon
buttondurlng"waiting"
t lne
willbe keptin thelest boxmemory'Nexttimeyouwlshlo transm
Thetestmessage
or
Al52
nlS TESTSENDand presseitherAlSl
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Request Message5
numberfrom the last recelvedAIS message
The modeREQUESTIVISG5 usesihe l\,41\,4S1
y synchronizewilhthe AIS
the
test
boxw Il aulomatica
and
PressOK and seleclAIS channel,
ng
n'rode
io
receiv
switch
the requestandthen
transmit
iransponder,
Exampleof Printautfrom the AIS Memary:
$Als1 14 1A 9F 3F 2C 1A 76 E7 0o 60 D3 B0 94 C0 19 55 12 3C E2 43 00 00 00 00 00
oo 00 oo o0 14 02 81 8D 24 2D 8C 01 91 00 4E 11 25 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00'
optionofthe Custom
CodedAIS datacan be decodedandviewedby uslngthe decoding
Softwareavallablefor downloadat Danphone'swebslte See page 34
l\,4essage
SimulateShip
posrtrors
SH1Pis a modeln wh ch a vidualshipis placedat fourdiffereni
The SlI\,4ULATE
belngtested
ofthe AIStransponder
retative
to the posltion
SHIPrnodefequi.esthai ihe test box has receiveda positionfromtte
Usingthe SIN,4ULATE
or 3
transponder,for instancevia l\,4SG1
If an AtStrcnsponderdoesnot registerits own positian,far instancedue to
a brokenor missingGPSantenna,it willtransmitan invalidpositianof 9111
181f,. Pteasenate,thatsome transpondercda not acceptinvalidpasitians
not displaythem.
and will consequently
SHIPmode,selectSHORTif youwishto haveihe vi.tualshipplacedwithina
In the SI|\.4ULATE
of LONGifyou wlsh10haveshipplacedat a longer
shorirange(1-2nm)fromthe transponder,
distance(10-25nm).
fromthe AIStransponder
thetestboxwaltsfor response
ofthe firstposltlon,
Aftertfansmisslon
position
and
so
on
is
transmltted,
beforethe next

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NMEATest

signalsvia the RS232port (BWith the NMEATEST mode,ihe test box can transmitN!\'4EA
p
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no.
9)
pin
on
no.
5
and
A-signal
sjgnaon pinno. 1, Groundon

The NMEAtestmodeoflersyou a choicebetneenCUST and HDG

NMEAheadng signal'
in orderto transmt a standard
SelectHDG.(= Heading)
NMEAstringYoucan
a cuslom-rnade
n]ode)in orderto transn'rit
SeectCUST.(=CLlstomsub
availabe fof
Softwa'e
Custom
fulessage
composeand storethe stringyourselfuslngthe
oowl oad al Da'plone s webslle.See oagp 3'4

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TESTING
G M D S SE O U I P M E N T
Beforeyou starttesting.remembertoenterthe GMDSSstat/on'sMMSI
numherinta the test box.
. :- ::_ creckthe currentMMSInumberregisiered
by the testbox in the EDITMN,4Sl
menuas
:is:_aea leiow n th s menuyoucan alsoeditthe nun]beror entefa newone, frequred.
-_; r,.r.,Sc-!mber
cana so be automaticaly
enteredin the testboxby receiving
a DSCcall
-:,-:-e Gr,lDSSstation.Usethe setupshowf on page24: RECEIVEDSC.

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B, .'ess ng the OK blttonin th s menu,the displayw I showthe currentMMSInumber
'eo steredby the testbox.The numbefcanalsobe edited:Pressing
UP of DOWNchangesthe
d g t markedby the cursor.Pressing
OK movesthe cursorto the nextdigit.
In the editingmade,the numberdisplayedis a lA,digitnumber.lt is the
9'digitl,4MSlnumberfalawed by an extradigitthat is usuallysetb A.
,, ^er ed t ng s completed,
pressMODE.
:ie'eC t ng the NlNlSl
numberit is possible
to setthe timeand dale(hoLrr/date/monthryear).
,',-e- lhe timeanddatesettng is completed,
pressthe I\,4ODE
button.Thenthe d sp a_.,
shc..s
-:.! -any freereoordsare leftin the memory.Intially,thereare 719 recordsava ab e.
Carrier AmDl.
--e

CARRIER
AMPL.modecan be usedto checkthe signalstrength
levelofthe feceved
s !nals at thefollowing
frequeircies:
2187.5kHz,168A4.5
kF,z,'156.300
MHzand 156.525[4Hz

GMDSSTRANSMITTER

An

(\,/.:\

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Theleve f gufeis usedto indicatefthe signalstreirgth

is suffcienttoensureproperradio
communicalion
between
lhe testboxandihe GN,4DSS
stationdur ng thefo lowinglests.
To rneasu|.e
lhe actualsignasirengtheve, selectCARRIERAi\,4PL.
andfrequency.
Then,
pressOK andstarttransmss on frornthe GMDSSstaton.Thesignalstrengthleve appearsn
ihe testboxd sp ay.A flgureof 70 or h gheris advisabe.
PressOK again10leaveihe CARRIERAMPL.modeagain.

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Sersrtivify lesf
ln thesensitivity
lest mode,thetestboxoutputsa modul&dsri!|alon VHFchannels
6, 13,16
and67 respectively.
Withan extemalattenuatorthis
teslqt be usedto checkthesensitivity
of 9 ship'sVHFradio.Themodulated
signalcanbe heardandcheckedin the radio'sspeaker.
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TESTandpressOK.CH06willappearasthedefauitchannelinthe
display.Otherchannels
canbe selectedby pressing
the UPor DOWNbutton.At thedesired
pressSENDandlhe testboxwillkeepsendingthemodulated
frequency,
signal.To stopthe
pressEND.
.lransmission,

In thesensitivity
testmode,it is veryimportant
to usecoaxcablesfor theconnection
of the
eouioment.
Forreference,
thetestboxRFoutputlevelis approx.-36.5+A2 dBm.
Thistestmodecanalsobe usedto simplycheckifthe modulated
signalis wellreceived
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In preparationof makingDSCtesl calls,the first choiceis to decideif a distresscall(DISTR),

a selective
testcall(TEST)is to betransmitted.

In the DISTRmode,there is a choicebetweenVHF and l\4FlHF.

At VHF the frequencyfor CH 70 is shown,and pressingOK initiatesa transmission.
At MF/HF,selectthe desiredfrequencywith the UP/DOWNbuttons.PressOK at lhe desired
frequency,and the callsequencewill be transmittedln the TEST mode,there is a choicebetweenVHF on 156.525MHz,TFC o 2177.0kqzol
2189.5kHz,and MF/HFon 2187.5MHz,4207.5kH2,6312.0k{a,8414.5kH2,12577 kHz ol
16804-5kHz.
At MF/HFand TFC TESTcalls,It|rb a d|oice betweenreducedpower(-70 dBm)and normal

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G M D S SR E C EV E R

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- :-oa<s
1 o d 6 . r s T p o - a - t t o L s e a coaxcabe for the conneciion
between

:_ :^e lest ooxandthe antennaconnectoT

on the Gl\4DSS
receiver
ihat s to be tested
.'
. 1 . . \ t . L r o) c - l o I T h e n se ectfrequency
and pressOK to send
Senda DSCSelectiveCall
io sefd a se ectve DSCcall,connectthe re evantanlennaslpp ed w th thetestboxto RF
OUT.At VHF,usethe telescopic
antenna.
At MF/HF,usethewireantenna.Makesurethatthe
testboxaniennacan "see"the receiver's
antenna.In the SENDTESTmode selectfrequency
a r d p r e s sO K .

- r-: ',lF'HFandTFC mode selectNORI\,4AL

or REDUCEDoutputpower.Usua,i \Ci'.':_::..lmended.
:
PressOK to sendthe ca i. lfthe transmission
signalts noi slronge.c-:_ :
.-.: e theiest,you may usethe RF Amp fier(optional
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TheCUSTOMN4ESSAGE
modeenabes thelest boxto sendcustom-made
rnessages
composed
on a PC.The C!slonrlvlessage
Composer
soflwarecan be downloaded
to the PC
fromDanphone's
websiteSeepage34 Forthe composition
ofa DSCcal.see nexipage.

Oncecomposed,
the rnessage
can be transferred
fromthe PC to the testboxv a the RS232
cablesLrpped wth thetestbox Se ect CUSTOMMESSAGE
/ GETon thetesi boxandthen
press"Transfel'onthe PC Tr s ry lransferthe message
to thetestbox.

To iransnrit
the custommade-;ssa3e f.ornthe testbox,pfessCuSTOful
l\4ESSAGESEND

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Compositionof DSCCalls
DSCca s aaecomposedas shownbe ow
VHF callsstartwllha 20 bilsheader,i.e.5 times10'10
MF/HFcallsstartwtha 200 biisheadef,.e.25lirnes10101010.
DistressCalls
A VHF distress call transrnitsthe fo owinglnforrnaiion:
Formatspecfier Distress
call
112,112
Testbox"l\,4MSI
no".
99,99,99,99,90
- Undesignated
107
Category
distfess
99,99,99,9S,99
Coordinates99 99 99 99 99 at test.
88,88
Tlme- 88 88 at test.
100
Firsttelecomraand
127
57
Modulus-2
checksum
Thecal is onlysendonce.
A MF/HFdistress call transmitsthe followlnginformation:
112,112
Fofmatspecifier- Dishesscall
99,S9,99,99,90
Address- Testbox"Ml\,4S1
no".
107
Category- Undesignated
distress
99,99,99,99,99
Co-ordinates- 99 99 99 99 99 at test.
BB,BB
Time - BBBBat test.
109
F rst telecommand
127
EOS- Endof seq!ence
48
l\lodulus-2checksum
Thecallis onlysentonce.
Test Calls
A VHF selective call transmitsthe fo lowinglnforn'ration:
- lndividual
120,120
Formatspecifief
call.
21,95,57,62,40
Address 2195576240
100
Category- Routine
= Testbox"MMSIno"
9S,9S,99,9S,90
Selfidentfcation
100
Firsttelecommand
126
Secondtelecommand
90 0 6 90 0 6
Frequency
or channel
117
Ack.RO E1do'seqJence
76
l\,'lodulus-2
checksum
The callis onlysentonce.
A MF/HFselectivecalltransmits
thefo owinginfo.mation:
- lndivlduaJ
120,120
Formatspecifier
21,95,57,62,40
Address 2195576240
108
Category safety
= Testbox"MMSlno".
Selfideirtfcation
118
Filsttelecommand
126
Secondtelecomrnand
126 126126 126126 126
Frequency
or channel126kansmitted
six times
117
Ack.RQ Endof sequence
86
Modulus-2
checksum
-l:he
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Address
- Routine
Category
= Testbox"l\4i\4sl
Sef identificaiion
No".
Firsttelecommand
andSecondlelecomrnand
Ffequency
or channel126transmitted
six times
EOS- Efd of sequence
I\,1od!lus-2
checksum

S a_ . Se.l OnCe

s,ldNAWEX
_ :_ s .:ode tnetesl boxcansenda Na!,tex
signalon 490 kHz,518 kHzor 4.209,5kHzto a
\a,1ex receiver
ln ordefto checkthe Navtexrecever/prln1er.
Connectthewireantenna
s"pp ed w th thetestto RF OUT.SelectSENDNAVTEXandfrequency,
and pressOK to send
the Na\,4ex
test message.
f the s gnalis notstrongenoughto enablethetest,you may connectthe RFArnpllfjer
(oplonal
accessory)
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d tiereniNa!,texsignalsare beingsent- a navigational

warninganda SARmessage.
:^eck thatthe Navtexreceiver
pdntsthe following
rnessages:

\AWEX MESSAGE XAOO

] i 23456789A8CDE
FGHIJKL]\,4
NOPQRSTU
NAVTEXTESTSEQBY FUTRONIC
GI\4DSS
TESTBOX
NAVTEXMESSAGE XDOO
0123456789A8CDE
FGHIJKLMNOPORSTU
NAWEXTESTSEQBY FUTRON]C
GI.IDSSTESTBOX
SECOND
T]ME
X = TransmittetlD
A = Navigationalwarning
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ReceiveDSC
In ordernotlo disturbotherships'GMDSSequlpmentmakethe callsto the ship'sown MMSI
nLlmber
can be used
lf th s ls not possibler.aybea 999999999
number,if possible.
thelest boxs antennashouldbe ableto "see"the
Whenoperating
on MF or HF frequencies,

kansmttelsantenna.

GMDSSTRANSMITTER
ANT.

ln the RECEIVEDSCrnode.thefirstchoiceis whetherto receiveon VHF,MF/HFor MF

(FRQ)and feceivlng
of DSCdala
freqLlency
measurements
Ai VHFthereis a choicebetween
and shov'^
Thefrequency
is rneasured
At FRQ thetestboxwaitsuntilthe VHFsetis activated.
of ihe
can be usedboihfor measuremeni
Thefrequency
measurernent
on the LCDdisplay.
atedsignals.Channes thatare c ose
of un_rnodLl
DSCsignalsfrequency
andfof measurement
thatthe signalshaveenoughamp lLlde
ln thismode,provided
to CH 70 can alsobe measured
(approx-10 dBm).The measured
es are storedn the memory.
frequenc
Ai DSC,the test box w I waii for a DSC call.A shortpresson any of the buttonscan lnterrupt
thewaltingstate.
ReceivedDSCdata is collectedand a checkis madeto assure thai the checksumis OK Staius
provided
thalthe
numberis shownon the LCDdlspay and is alsostoredin mernory,
and MN,4S|
is
OK.
checksum
Al lvlF/HF,the feceivefrequencyis selectedby UP or DOWN.PressingOK w I startthe
receplionof DSCdata.
d .h em o d e c a nb e n t e r r u p l e i
T h e t e s t b o x r e m a i n s i n r e c e v e m o d e u n t l a D S iCs cr eacl e i v e T
by a presson any of the buttons,provded that the test box has not starledto receve a ca '
whichcaseone has1owaitfor approx.10 seconds.
andthe MARKand SPACEfrec-e-: .s
statLrs
forthe receiving
Whena DSCcallis feceived,
are shownon the LCDdisDlav.
ca a-:
withlhe received
numberassociated
the Ml\,'lSl
Whenoneof the buttonsis activated,
datais shownon the LCDd splav.lf dataare shownas 255, t's becauselheyare
the received
receved In error.
by usingihe UP and DOWNbuttons
It is possible
to readforwardor backwards
frequenclesare storedLnmernory,
Ml\4Slnumber,receiveddaia, and the NIARK/SPACE
es do notappearon the LCD
provlded
frequenc
is OK.lf the MARKSPACE
thaithe checksum
Hz orthatthe
ihe s gnalis mostlikey outsde the irnlts17701800Hzl'1600-1630
display,
durng the headeror thatthe headerwasloo short(lessthan 11b t).
signalwas unstable
on the LCDdisplayPfessingUP or
is chosen,the freqlency2189.5kHz s indlcated
WhenI\,4F
DOWNtogglesthe ffequencybetween2189 5 k1z and 2177.OkHz. PressingOK switchesthe
fecelving.
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--e SPACE
andthe MARKfrequencies
a.e measured
duringthe initialpartof the DSCcall.
-^e -easuremenls
are doneby meansof a timemeasuremenl
on an AF signal(1700Hz +f 85
-: .e-ved irornthe N,4FlRF
MARK/SPACE
signal.
--'--e -easurements
for N,4ARK
and SPACErespectively
are conveded
to frequency
andthe
3q- 3ted va ues are addedto an offseifrequencyfor the actuall\,4FlHF
ffequency.By adding
:r cqset4eq.iencylo the rneasufed/ca
cu atedfrequefc es the actualMF/HFMARK/SPACF
-eq'e-c.es are obta ned.
T. AF s,gnaiusedfor calculaiion
of the MARK/SPACE
irequencies
hasto be within1615+^15
hz a.d 1785+r15 Hz respectlvely
io be accepied.
Exampleaf Printoutfrom the Memory:
- HOUR:12DATE:21-06-2006
CONTROLl\,4EASUREMENT
ON l\.41\.4S1
NO:2734742100
2187.5KH2
FORMAT:120 ADR:2734742100
CAf:100
SELFtDt273474210A 105 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 117 122
SPACE/MARK
FRQ:2.187.5ABHZ,2.187.417H2

VHF ATISTRANSMTTER

In RECEIVE
ATISrnodekeyingof an ATISequjpped
VHF on CH 6 or CH 15 willenabtethe test
box lo receiveand displaythe station'slD. The datawill be storedin the test box merfory
accordnov.

VHF Power Measuremenl

In the VHF PWRMEASUREmode,thetestboxwi automatically
measure
thefoNardedand
modethe test box
reflectedoowef.Thereis a choicebetweenCONTand MEAS.In the |\,4EAS
will take one measurementand store it if the rnemory.ln the CONTmodethe test box wi
continue
takingmeasurements
untillt is stoppedby pressir'rg
and holdingthe OK button.CONT
the antenna.
readings
are notstofed,butthefeaturecanbe usede.g.for checking/adjusting

Then activatethe transmitterand pressCONTor

Use this setupfor powermeasufements.
-MEASon the test box afteraoorox-one second.The measuredvaluesfor FWDand REFwill
appeafin the LCDdlsplay.
lf REFpower> 10%of FWDpower,the djsplaywillstartblinking.
Powermeasurements
canalsobe perlormed
overthedummyoad insidethelest box. lfso,
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|\4EASUREI\,4ENT
MADEBY GMDSSTSERIALNUMBER:1'1112006
SW: Rev
'11.Nov.2006H
- HOUR:'13
CONTROLl\4EASUREI\4ENT
ON MMSINO:2195576240
DATE:12-07'2002
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A prerequiste for measuremenlof FN,4
frequencydev ationis that the test box is calibrated.lf
thisis notthe case,the messageNOTCALIBRATED
is shownon the LCDdispay n casea
measurementis atternpied.
Thecalbraiionjs initiated
by choosing
submodeCAL.To preventaccidenial
lossof calib|aton,
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on CH 6 156.3MHzw th 1 kHzmodulation
and5 kHzdeval on,and
:_:ss OK Theca ibfationnumberis shownon the LCD.PressOK to siorethe calibralion
,',_:_ :_e '.1EAS
sub modeis chosen,you can measurethe devationon CH 6. l\,4aximum
: : . ; : : - F \ l D E V) a n da c t u adl e v a t o n( A C TD E V I ) a r seh o w no n t h eL C Dd i s p l a , .

--+-:r+se'rrnaiedbyaclvatonofoneofthebuttons.Themaximumvaueofthedevia
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Theillusiral
on showshowto rnakeVHF FI\,4
Devialion
meas!rements
and Frequency
l\4easurements,
lfthe oLrtput
fromthe VHFset is connecied
to the dun]myloadon theiest box thete escopic
antennashouldbe placedcloseto the coaxcableconnected
io the dummyoad.

Exampleof Printoutframthe Memory:

- HOUR:14
CONTROL
l\,4EASUREMENT
ONl\4MSl
NO:3538410000
DATE:09
09 20aa
FMDEVIATION:
4,5KHZ

AM / 123.1MHz
Us ng the sarneset up as w th measltrng the F[,4dev]aton, it is alsopossbleto measufethe
frequency
and modulatior'r
of an Al\,4
signalon 123.1MHz
Ai frequency
measuremenis
lakecarenotto rnodulate
the transmttef,andwhencheckng the
rnodulation
(AF)be awarethata stronginputsignalwillbe lirnited
lr]thetestboxandthus
reducethe ampltudeof theAF signacomingffomthe|terna oudspeaker.
Theiiastsubmodechoce s betweenN4Gand ORD.Samemeasured
frequency
in bothsub
modesindicates
that t s nota m frorfrequency.
The nextsub modechoce s oetweenFRQ(frequency
measurements)
andAF (audjomode).
At FRQ,thefrequencys meas-.eclvhenthelransmitter
s actvated.FRe and LEVELare
shownon lhe LCDd sp ay a-a a-e a sc storedin MEMORY.
At AF,the internaoLrdscea<es a:t !atedandthe AM modulated
signacan be heard
Pressing
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Whenperforrning
EPIRBtests,a waysLrselhe selftesimodeon the EP RB. Doingso,the
EPRIBwiilradatea singleburstthatis specially
codedto be gnoredby the COSPAS-SARSAT
svstem.
lf the EPIRBis accidenlally
activated
lf theen]ergency
transmssionmode,lhe testboxwl I
displayWARNING
ALARN,4.
Then,the EPIRBshouldbe turnedoffat onceandthe falsealerl
reportedto the neafestcoastguardstatlonor Searchand Rescuecentre.
.Thelest boxis verysensitive
to receiving
EPIRBs gnas, so n mostcasesyou sho! d nol L,se
an antennawhenlestng EPlRBs.lf lhe displayshows"P easewa i", thelestbox hasdetecte:
thetransn'rission
butis siillwa t ng forthe restto fo ow. lf nothinghappens,
it is usuay beca!se
the signalis too strongor too week.Then,rnovethe EPRIBcloseror fudheraway.
EPIRBS
areavailable
for taansmitling
at variousfrequencies.
So,in the EPIRBtestmodethe
f rst step is to selectfrequencymode.Stadingwith 406.025l\,4H2,
pfessOK io preparefor iests
at thisfrequency,
of pressUP in orderto moveto 406.028MHzandfudheron to 406.037MHz.
Pressing
DOWNtakesyouio'121.5MHz
lf the EPIRBdoesnotprovideany information
youare advisedto beginw lh a
of the ffequency,
= FRQ(canbe doneat anyof thefrequency
frequency
measuaement
modesavaiabLe)
and
thenselectthe correctfrequency
modefor the ful EPIRBtesi.
In lhe 406 MHzfrequency
modestherearethe followlng
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n sub modeMEASthe test box pedofmsa ful test, measurng frequencyand s gnat eve
dur ng thelesttransmission
and recofdng the dalastringscontained
ln the kansmssioa.A
data are aLrtomaticaly
storedin ihe memory.Pressir'rg
the DOWNbuiion repealedly,the dala
can alsobe v ewed n the dlsplay,lineby line.

In sub modeDATAyoucan choosewhetherthe ast received

EPIRBdataare10be dtsplayed
as HEXdataor as ofd narytext.Then,pressDOWNto viewthe datallneby ne.
In the 121.5l\4Hz
n]odetherers a choicebetweenORD(Ordinary)and
IMG(image)-Fifsi,
selectORDand FRQto measure
the frequencV.
ThenseieclIMGand FRQ1omeasurethe
frequency
again.Sameresul frombothtestsprovesthatthe measured
frequency
ts correctand
notjustan magelfequency.
Pleasenotethalit may notbe possb e to raakefrequency
measurernents
of all 12'1.5
MHz
EPlRBs,astheANImodulation
in somecaseswi preventthis.lf so.se ectAF jnsleadof FRQ.
In theAF modethe nteanal
loudspeaker
is sw ichedon andthe AM modulaled
s gnatcan be
heardduringtransmiss
on.Thispfovesthatthe EPIRBis transmtt ng on the correctfrequency.
Pressing
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Shorimessage:
406.025MH2:
406,025.2KHZ,
LEVEL255,COUNTRYCODE:538
ON AIR TESTMODE,SHORT]\,4ESSAGE,
BCHCHECKOK
USERPROTOCOL:
SERIALIZED
USER,
BEACONTYPE|NONFLOATFREE,SN: 194348
N A T I O N AULS E8 . 6 4 - 8 31:1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
A U X .D E V I C E
T Y P E1
: 21.5MH2
\ A T I O N A LU S E U N D E F I N E D ,
ALITONIATIC
AND I\,4ANUAL
ACTIVATION
TYPEOF BEACON
B , T1 0 91 1 2 0 0 0 0
PROGRAMN4ED
IDENTFIER(BlT26-B5):
C34E4BDCB3D04D1
PRoGRAMN/ED
tulESSAGE
(BlT25-112):614725EE59E8268872CC90
Longmessage
Wo positiol'r:
a06 025MHZ:406,025.3KH2,
LEVELT
255,COUNTRYCODE:219
ON.AR TEST[,4ODE,
LONGI\,4ESSAGE,
SCHCHECKOK
LOCATON PROTOCOL.
A,4MSl:
999999
S P E CF I CB C N I1
J.SIT ON:DEFAULT DEFAULT
\.ERNAL NAVIGAT
ON DEVCE
'z- 5\1HZHOI\,4lNG
8112= 1 I YES
-{- TUDEOFFSETi-0.0LONGITUDE
OFFSET:-0.0
.RtrGRAl\4MED
(BlT26-85):1865E847E2FFBFF
IDENTIFIER
' ROGRAN4l\4E
D MESSAGE(BlT25-144): 8DB2F423F
17FDF
FFFB10870000058F
-: ^g message
w position:
:16 025MHZ:406,024.8KH2
LEVEL:255,COUNTRYCODEr366
ON AIR TESTMODE,LONGI\,4ESSAGE,
BCHCHECKOK
LOCATION
PROTOCOL,
EPIRBSN: 021148
POSITONi NORTH126.48EAST254.60
INTERNAL
NAVIGAIIONDEVICE
1 2 1 . 5 t u 1HHO
2MING
8 1 1 2= ' 1/ Y E S
LATITUDE
OFFSET:-2.0LONGITUDE
OFFSET:-2.40
PROGRAMI\,4ED
(BlT
IDENTIFIER 26-85):2DD4294E3F61
FDE
PROGRANII\,4ED
MESSAGE(BlT25 144):96EA'14A71
FB0FEF75B
FBBT40AAAAAA

E t 26 85 (15 Hexadecma ) Bll 25-112 122Hexadecima

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:ar be decodedby us ng the decodeprogrammadeavailable
by Cospas-Sarsat
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Th s modeis a frequency
counteffuncton.TheUP/DOWN
buttonsshft between
thefrequency
ranges.PfessOKto selectlhe actualmnge.
Havingse ectedthe frequencynge thefe is a choicebelweentlvo triggermodes:CONTand
MEAS.
y.
Withthe CONTmode,lhe frequency
measuremenl
willbe updatedand d splayedcontnuoLJS
and keepit on while selectingtrigger
but not sloredin ihe memory.StartVHF transnrission
rnodeCONTon the test box.
The CONT modernaybe usefulfor checkingif the signalstfengthis too weakof loo strongto
peaform
a correctfrequency
measurementlf so,the distancebetween
the antennas
sho! d be
adiusted.
lf you wantto performan aclualfrequencymeasufementand haveit storedin the memoryas
we l, startVHF transmissionand keepit on while selectingtr gger model\,4EAS.
The frequencyls measuredtwicewith a 1 sec. pausein between.lf the differencebetweenthe
measured
ffequencies
s morethan5 Hz,twofrequencies
are shownon the LCDdisplay.
The
js shownon the top-line.
latestmeasurement
Thisis alsothe onethatis automatically
stofed.
On printoutssuch nTeasurernents
are markedby a star * in order10lndicatea dub ous result.
lf a rneasurernent
is atten]ptedat a frequencyoltslde the frequencyrangeselectedor ifthe
FAILEDI"
willbe wr lien on the LCD
s gnalstrenglhis too lowof too high,then"|\,4EASURE
display.

Example of Printout frcm the Memory:

- HOURr'10
CONTROLMEASUREI\4ENT
ON lvlMSlNO.r2592730000
DATEr24-07-2006
FRQ.NIEASURE:
156.499.556H2

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156.799.553H2

Frequencymeasurements
on VHF ch70
By choosing
RECEIVEDSC/ VHF/ FRQit is possible
lo measure
lhe frequency
of a DSC
y storedn the memory.
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: '.easurementsare automatca y sloredin lhe tesi box rnemorywith the facilityof transferring
: .- to a PC or printer.
The memorycancontaina totalofTl9 aneasurernents.
f more
^ ::,i-'3mentsaTedone,the o destw I be deleted.
'-. '.'=','ORYFUNCTION
.nodethere s a choicebetweenCLR,SELEand RS232.
, - : - r ' : : a - i : s i o . e dd a i a( m e a s u r e m e n t s ) ,
: a -a ., r s ..- t3 se ecl and readdaiastoredundera particular
MMSInumber.
i::i-,,,

: - _ j l - e d a t a f r o a n am
l l e a s r! e m e n tisn t h et e s tb o xm e m o r fyo r w a r d .

- :-: :i \-ER n odethere s a de ay afterCR/1.ln the PC mode

thereis no de ay,so if you
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on the printout,
useihe PR NTERmode.
Datatransferto a PC
Anyseral software
setfor 2400BaudN81(NoparityB databit and 1 stopb t) shoud be abteto
'eceve thedata.
-ere s howto usea HyperTerrnina
programwithinWindows.Usualy the programcan be
':- - d underStarvAccessor
es/Communications.
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a..nect yourtestboxwiththe COMportof yourPC, usingthe RS232cablesuop ec ,.,r,.

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on yourPC:
portand do thefo owingsettngs
S: e.t CON4
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-'.ss OK,andthe PC is now readyto receivedatafromyourtestbox
: Cn youriest box,selectl\4EMORY
FUNCTION
and pressOK
I a 1li youselectRS232and PC a I testresultsin the memoryw ll be trafsferred
I b) f youse ect SELE,you mayselecteach ndv dualtestresultyouwishto transfef_
The
atestresultis displayed
frsl.
I youwantto savethe dataon yoJf PC chooseEdt>SelectA >Copyn lhe HyperTermnal
- e.g.Wordor Wordpad- and pastethe dala
!rograrn.
Then,startanolherW ndorvsprograrn
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TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS
general: +/-0 2 ppr.l+f '1digit
Frequency
measurements
Frequency
measurements
at CH70
+l-0.2k.lz
EPIRB,
AlSl ANDAlS2:
+f 0.2ppm
Output
signalsr
Nominal
frequency
Frequency
deviation
measurements:+/ 0.1kHzat 5 kHz
+/-0.5kHzat 1-6kHz
+f 2 W at 5-30W
Powermeasurements:
+ 1 0 . 5W a t 0 - 3W
Ambient
tempeture:
0 to 50 Deg.C
-30to +60Deg.C
Sto'agetenperat,rre:
Size(LxHxW):
220x103x258
mm
Weight:
3.8Kg
PowerconsumpUon
r.ax. 12VA (800mAat '15VDC)

CHECK
,PERFORMANCE
Checkn'raruspacefrequenciesin SELFTESTmode.
Specification:
fnorn.+/- 0.1 ppm +l 1 digit.
CheckoLipJtlevelfor \,1FlHF
frequencies.
-15 dBm+/-3 dB.
Speciflcation:
Checksensitivity
at MF/HFDSCreceiving.
<= 30 dBm for corfectfrequencymeasurements.
Specification:
Checksensitivityon CH 70 via frequencymeasuremenls.
<= -30 dBm for correctfrequencymeasurernents.
Specification:
Checksensitivity
on EPIRB(406.025
MHz)viafrequency
measufernents.
-30
<=
Specification:
dBm for corfectfrequencymeasufements.
Checksensitivity
on 121.51123.1
l\,4H2
vlafrequency
measurements.
<= -30 dBm for corfectfrequencymeasurernents.
Specification:
Checkaccuracy
fof frequency
measurements.
All band(0.4- 475 l\,4H2).
<= +/-0.1 ppmwith-30 dBm>= Pin<= 0 dBm
Specification:
VHFchanne70.
<= +/-0.2 kHzwith 30 dBm>= Pin<= 0 dBm
Specification:
AN.4
123.1N,4Hz.
<= +/-0.'1ppmwith -30dBm >= Pin<= 0 dBm
Specification:
AM 121.5t\,4H2.
<= +/-0.2 kHzwth -30 dBnr>= P n <= 0 dBrn
Specification:

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C AL I B R A T I O N
Seneral
_ :-r:' :: n.antainthe highstandards
of n'reasurjng
accuracy,
Futronic
testboxesmustbe re, _r'r: '.' thef rsttlrneafteroneyearandtheneverytwoyears.We adviseyouto havethe
':: :' :: :_:iedat the manufact!rer
Danphone
A/S in Denrnark.
Calibraled
here,the testbox
i :..r,::_:r. .-tonat caly be updatedio the laiesiversion.
',: :';::_ s : e-orrnedal a localtest
and calibrat
on house,seethe followng instruct
ons.
- ,'.-. ''.*.'..^
.an be foLrnd
ln the Futronic
SERVICENIANUAL
that s avatab e upon
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Ca ..ai c-s s^o" d oe pe.{ormed
at an ambientiemperature
of 20-25degreesand aftera 24rc"r stab zaton perod (poweron)
OCXO frequency
Ueasure the OCXO'sffequency
afterthe doublerc rcuitand adjustthe OCXO,S
nr! t turn
potentometerunti the rneasured
frequency
is 20.000.000
Hz +l- 1 Hz.
As feference
fof the fr-aq!ency
measurernenl
a frequency
slandard
w th an accuracy
of at easl
+i 10 exp B shouldbe used.
FM deviation
aclnecl a signalgenerator
to the testbox'sRF npLrt,
adjuslthesigna generalor
for 156.300
'.1i2.noduatedwith 1 kHz
anda frequency
devat on of 5 kHz.
:: bratethetestboxby meansof the CAL-routine
andthencheckthatjndicaled
freq!ency
::, at on equalsthe deviaton in the s gnalfromthe signagenerator.
:::. ilcaton:+1.1kHzat 5 kHzand+f 0.5 kHzw thinthe range1, 6 kHz.
Pawer measufement
,: - -:.i RF powe./dummy
loadto thetestbox'sTX/ANTsocketsand checkthatthetestbox
_ r r : : 3 : o r w a r d / reecft e dp o w e aTt a n a c c u r a c y + l 2 W w t h i n t h e r a n g e 5 - 3 0 W a n d + f
of
O5
,, ,,.:^n the range0.5- 3 W. lf necessary
adjustthe potentometers
markedF al.rdR
_:-:.::r !e y in the antennacouplerunti the specrflcat
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The CustomMessageSoftwareallowsyou to preparecuston mademessageson a PC and
then downloadlhem to the test box for lateftransmissions.
The softwarealso enablesyou to
decodeand view messagestransmittedfrom AIS transponders.
The Customl\,4essage
Softwarecan be dowr oadedfrom Danphores website
httpJ/www.danohone.com/Default.aspx?l
D=48

Fi|st,selecicom port and function:

Cuslommessage
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DSC = DSC messagecomposer

AIS = AIS messagecomposer
AIS data = Decodeand view messagesfrom AIStransponder
NMEA= NMEAstringcomposer

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: n the DSCinfofmatron
youwanlto transmt. Seeexampesn chaplerCON,4POSITION
OF
THE DSCCALLof {estboxn]afual.A so, referto Rec.ITU-RM.493and Rec.|TU-Rl\4.825
for
rore nformaiion,
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Se ect CUSTO[,4
MIESSAGE
to iransferthe DSC
si'rg to thetestbox.

---essCUSTONiI
- SENDon the testboxin orderto transn]it
[4ESSAGE
the DSCstflng.

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' :-e DSCsir ng s an AIS-VTS

press
comrnand,
: S TEST_> GMDSSCOIIM.CH7O
.>SENDCUSTOMMSG > OK
':-:ransrnttrngand recevingthe answerfrofit
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'available.Pleasenote,thalthe l\,4lvlSl
of the actualAIS transponderbui
numberis not the Ml\'4Sl
test
box.
from
the
numbersent out
the lMl\.4S1
SelectAIS TEST SEND-> PC on the test box,then click"Transfe/'in ordeflo tnsfer the
stringto the test box.
PressAlSl (2) on the test box in orderto transmitthe string'via AIS OUT on the tesi box
It's oossibleto saveand reloadfour AIS messages.

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Saveas text = SaveAIS dataon yourPC
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