Installation Manual

APPENDIX 2 DIGITAL INTERFACE
AP-5
Blue Sign
Sentence description
Input sentences
ABM - Addressed binary and safety related message
ACA - AIS regional channel assignment message
ACK - Acknowledge
ACN(ACM) - Alert command
TLP185
RD
P12V
BLUESIGN_H
BLUESIGN_C
1.2kΩ
!**ABM, x, x, x, xxxxxxxxx, x, x.x, s--s, x, *hh<CR><LF>
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1. Total number of sentences needed to transfer the message (1
to 9)
2. Message sentence number (1
to 9)
3. Message sequence identifier (0
to 3)
4. The MMSI of destination AIS unit for the ITU-R M.1371 message (9 digits, NULL)
5. AIS channel for broadcast of the radio message (0
to 3, NULL)
6. VDL message number (6, 12, 25, 26, 70, 71, NULL), see ITU-R M.1371
7. Encapsulated data (1
to 63 bytes)
8. Number of fill-bits (0
to 5)
9. Channel B
10. Channel B bandwidth
11. Tx/Rx mode control
12. Power level control
13. Information source
14. In-use flag
15. Time of “in-use” change
1. Sequence number (0 to 9, NULL)
2. Region Northeast corner latitude (N, S, NULL)
3. Region Northeast corner longitude (E, W, NULL)
4. Region Southwest corner latitude (N, S, NULL)
5. Region Southwest corner longitude (E, W, NULL)
6. Transition Zone Size
7. Channel A
8. Channel A bandwidth
$**ACA,x,IIII.lI, a,yyyyy.yy,a,IIII.II,a,yyyyy.yy,a,x,xxxx,x,xxxx,x,x,x,a,x,hhmmss.ss,*hh<CR><LF>
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 1011121314 15
$**ACK,xxx,*hh<CR><LF>
1
1. Local alarm number (identifier) (000 to 999)
$**ACN(ACM),hhmmss.ss,aaa,x.x,x.x,c,a*hh<CR><LF>
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Time
2. Manufacturer mnemonic code
3. Alert Identifier
4. Alert Instance (1
to 999999)
5. Alert command
(A=acknowledge, Q=request/repeat information, O=responsibility transfer S=silence)
6. Sentence status flag