Danphone A S DCB9140 Users Manual

VHF Voice Coastal Station
Operator Manual

Issue: 002
Author: AR
Date: 05.09.2005
Approved:

DANPHONE A/S
Fabriksvej 4 • DK-9490 Pandrup • Denmark
Tel. [phone] • Fax [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
www.danphone.com

Quality System
according to
DS/EN ISO 9001:2000

© 2005 DANPHONE A/S. All rights, in particular copyrights and other proprietary rights, are reserved.

This document and its supplements are the property of DANPHONE and subject to copyright protection.
Copying of this document and/or distribution and/or the use or the disclosure of the contents thereof to third
parties, other than those directly engaged in work encompassed by this document who will maintain
confidentiality, are not permitted without the previous written approval by DANPHONE A/S.

Operator Manual

1. Revision History

Source Reference: NEW

Issue level Date Amended by Details

001 24.08.2004 Initial
002 05.09.2005 Hans Johnsen FCC Notes added

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2. Table of Contents

1. REVISION HISTORY 2

2. TABLE OF CONTENTS 3

3. DISCLAIMER 4

4. TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 5

5. REFERENCE DOCUMENTS 5

6. INTRODUCTION 6

7. POWER ON 6

7.1 Server PC: 6

7.2 Operator PCs 7

8. VOICE USER INTERFACE (VUI) 8

8.1 Coast Station Voice Window. 8

8.2 Volume Control 9

9. VHF RADIO CONTROL 9

9.1 Selecting a radio 9

9.2 Change of Channel. 10

9.2.1 Change of Channel with the mouse. 10

9.2.2 Change of channel by the function keys. 10

9.3 Squelch open level. 10

9.4 Output Power settings. 11

9.5 Setting the Monitor Line. 11

9.6 Operate the Broadcast transmission. 12

NETWORK MONITORING SYSTEM (NMS) 13

10.1 System Level 13

10.2 Main window 14

10.2.1 Title bar 14

10.2.2 Menu bar 14

10.2.3 Toolbar 14

10.2.4 Multiple document area 14

10.2.5 Status bar 15

10.2.6 Site map 15

10.2.7 System database 15

10.3 Site Level 17

10.4 Base sites 17

10.5 Site composition 18

10.5.1 Database button 18

10.6 Transceiver Level 18

10.7 Base sites units 19

10.7.1 Transceiver unit - status 19

10.7.2 Transceiver unit - configuration 20

10.7.3 Transceiver unit - user warning settings 21

10.8 Add new user 22

10.9 Remove user 23

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3. Disclaimer

Please note:

Any responsibility or liability for loss or damage in connection with the use of this product and
accompanying documentation is disclaimed.

The information in this manual is furnished for informational use only, is subject to change without
notice and represents no commitment whatsoever.

This agreement is govemed by the laws of Denmark.

Warning:

Danphone A/S can not guarantee proper operation of the GMDSS software delivered for this
project, if other programs are loaded onto the computers or other programs are started up together
with our programs or other computers are connected to the network between our computers.

Transmitting, when the Standing Wave Ratio is higher than 2, will stress the components of the
Power Amplifiers. Although the Amplifiers are protected against excessive SWR transmitting, an
SWR of more than 2 will reduce the life time of the Amplifiers.

Therefore it is strongly recommended that use of transmitters, when SWR is higher than 2 should
be avoided.

Warranty note:

Warranty will not be valid if:

• Any change or modifications are done to the system or part of it, without written approval from
Danphone A/S, Denmark.

• Any change made in the software not authorised by Danphone A/S, Denmark.

• If new software is installed without authorisation from Danphone A/S, Denmark.

• If a virus is introduced into the computers.

FCC Compliance:

The DCB9140 transceiver used for this project complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation
is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and
(2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause
undesired operation.

Part 15.21
Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could
void the user's authority to operate the equipment.

NOTE: The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or TV interference caused by
unauthorized modifications to this equipment. Such modifications could void the user's authority to
operate the equipment.

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4. Terms and Abbreviations used in this Document

GMDSS Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
IMO International Maritime Organisation
NMS Network Monitoring System
VUI Voice User Interface
UI User Interface

5. Reference Documents

SDM Ver. 003 Corpus Christi VHF Communication Project 20063

System Design Manual

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6. Introduction

The objective of this document is to give a comprehensive overview of the procedures required to
operate the VHF Voice Coast Station User Interface and NMS User Interface. Although there are
some common aspects, the 2 programs are separate applications and should be treated as such.
It is assumed that the user has a good knowledge to the operations of Windows 2000.

7. Power on

7.1 Server PC:

Turn on the computer and login.

Double click on the icon “Shortcut to NMS Server”.

The following window is displayed and the NMS Server Application is now running.

It is in this window, where the Clients (Operators), who are logged onto the server will be
displayed.

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Double click on the icon ”Shortcut to Coast Station”.

Now the Coast Station programme is running
Wait for one minute.
Minimize the Coast Station programme.

7.2 Operator PCs

Turn on the computers and login.
Double click on the icon ”Shortcut to VUI” on all Operator PC’s.

Now all the software for the voice application is running.

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