Furuno DP-6 User Manual

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2. Select a station. (Station must be registered for the ARQ mode).

Press the [Enter] key. The message "Calling Station" appears.

If the message "Station calling suspended. Check radio and
interconnections. Press any key to escape." appears, check both
radio's power and interconnections between the radio and the
DP-6.

3. When an acknowledge signal is detected, "Connect" appears

in inverse video on the communication status display (see next
page).

Note:

If signal conditions are poor, connection may take a

while. If the line could not be connected in one minute, calling
stops and "Calling failed" appears. Try step 2 again one minute
later. Should signal conditions worsen during message
transmission, "Error" appears in inverse video and 30 seconds
later the line is disconnected.

4. Transmit message by one of the following methods;

Send a file from a floppy disk

a) Press function key [F7] (WRU) to receive the answerback

code of the other station. Verify that the code from the sta-
tion called is correct.

b) Press function key [F8] (HR) to transmit your own identity

(answerback code).

c) Press function key [F3] and then the [3] key to display the

Send screen. Select file to send and press the [Enter] key.
Send appears in inverse video while the file is being trans-
mitted.

Send File

Filename

00FOX .MES

ASCII .TXT

BEEP .EXE

DPX .AUT

DPX .BAT

DPX .BSC

DPX .CNL

29 Files exist 247271424 bytes free

Size

613

28854

1830

349

28000

1000

12:24

08:07

16:15

10:36

10:02

13:54

17:11

10:02

Data & Time

96-11-15

To select:ENTER To view:SPACE To quit:ESC

Figure 5-8 Send file screen

Sending volume (percentage of message transmitted, counts
upward as the message is being transmitted), ARQ error count
and ARQ transmission time appear on the display.