Icom ID-5100A Full Instruction Manual - Page 176

Setting the antenna height, Setting the SSID, About the SSID, Setting Time Stamp

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Previous view 8 GPS OPERATION Transmitting D-PRS data DDSetting D-PRS Object/Item (Continued) 13. Setting the antenna height This item appears when "9. Setting Data Extension" is set to "Power/Height/Gain/Directivity." Select the height of the Object or Item's antenna if the station is a repeater, node, access point, and so on and an antenna is installed. $9 Touch "Height." %0 T ouch the desired option between 10, 20, 40, 80, 160, 320, 640, 1280, 2560, and 5120 feet.* *You can change the unit to "meter." (p. 12-58) %1 Touch [√] to select the next page. 14. Setting the antenna gain This item appears when "9. Setting Data Extension" is set to "Power/Height/Gain/Directivity." Select the gain of the Object or Item antenna. %2 Touch "Gain." %3 Touch the desired option between 0 and 9 dB. 15. Setting the antenna directivity This item appears when "9. Setting Data Extension" is set to "Power/Height/Gain/Directivity." Select the direction the base Object or Item station's antenna was pointing. %4 Touch "Directivity." %5 T ouch the desired option between Omni, 45ºNE, 90ºE, 135ºSE, 180ºS, 225ºSW, 270ºW, 315ºNW and 360ºN. 16. Setting the SSID To assist in identifying a station's type, the displayed APRS® (Automatic Packet Reporting System) based SSID is added after the D-PRS data call sign. The way to add SSID's differs, depending on whether you enter a space in your call signs or not. %6 Touch "SSID." %7 Touch the desired SSID to set. • To select another page, touch [∫] or [√] one or more times. • ---: The space in call sign is converted to "-." If no text is programmed after the space, the space will be deleted, and the space is not converted to "-." Example: JA3YUA A > JA3YUA-A • (-0): No SSID is added. If a call sign includes a space, any text or digit after the space will be deleted. • -1~-15: Adds an SSID of -1 to -15 to your call sign. Example: SSID is "-9." JA3YUA A > JA3YUA-9 • -A~-Z: Adds an SSID of -A to -Z to your call sign. Example: SSID is "-Z." JA3YUA A > JA3YUA-Z About the SSID To assist in identifying a station's type, designated call sign SSIDs are used in D-PRS (APRS®), according to the common guideline. The guideline may be changed when the infrastructure environment, such as a product or network, is changed. Please check the latest guideline in the web site related on the D-PRS or APRS®, and correctly set. 17. Setting Time Stamp This item appears when the TX format is "Object." Set the time stamp function to transmit the time that the caller sent the Object station's data in UTC (Universal Time Coordinated) time. %8 Touch "Time Stamp." %9 Touch the desired time stamp. • DHM : Transmits the time stamp in the Day, Hour, and Minute format. • HMS : Transmits the time stamp in the Hour, Minute, and Second format. ^0 Touch [√] to select the next page. ^1 T ouch [MENU]. • Closes the Menu screen. 8-22

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8
GPS OPERATION
8-22
Setting D-PRS Object/Item (Continued)
D
Setting the antenna height
13.
This item appears when “9. Setting Data Extension”
is set to “Power/Height/Gain/Directivity.”
Select the height of the Object or Item’s antenna if the
station is a repeater, node, access point, and so on and
an antenna is installed.
$
9
Touch “Height.”
%
0
Touch the desired option between 10, 20, 40, 80,
160, 320, 640, 1280, 2560, and 5120 feet.*
*You can change the unit to “meter.” (p. 12-58)
%
1
Touch [
] to select the next page.
Setting the antenna gain
14.
This item appears when “9. Setting Data Extension”
is set to “Power/Height/Gain/Directivity.”
Select the gain of the Object or Item antenna.
%
2
Touch “Gain.”
%
3
Touch the desired option between 0 and 9 dB.
Setting the antenna directivity
15.
This item appears when “9. Setting Data Extension”
is set to “Power/Height/Gain/Directivity.”
Select the direction the base Object or Item station’s
antenna was pointing.
%
4
Touch “Directivity.”
%
5
Touch the desired option between Omni, 45ºNE,
90ºE, 135ºSE, 180ºS, 225ºSW, 270ºW, 315ºNW and
360ºN.
Setting the SSID
16.
To assist in identifying a station’s type, the displayed
APRS
®
(Automatic Packet Reporting System) based
SSID is added after the D-PRS data call sign.
The way to add SSID’s differs, depending on whether
you enter a space in your call signs or not.
%
6
Touch “SSID.”
%
7
Touch the desired SSID to set.
• To select another page, touch [
] or [
] one or more
times.
• ---:
The space in call sign is converted to “-.” If no text
is programmed after the space, the space will be
deleted, and the space is not converted to “-.”
Example: JA3YUA
A
> JA3YUA
-A
• (-0):
No SSID is added. If a call sign includes a space,
any text or digit after the space will be deleted.
• -1~-15:
Adds an SSID of -1 to -15 to your call sign.
Example: SSID is “-9.”
JA3YUA
A
> JA3YUA
-9
-A~-Z: Adds an SSID of -A to -Z to your call sign.
Example: SSID is “-Z.”
JA3YUA
A
> JA3YUA
-Z
About the SSID
To assist in identifying a station’s type, designated
call sign SSIDs are used in D-PRS (APRS
®
), accord-
ing to the common guideline.
The guideline may be changed when the infrastruc-
ture environment, such as a product or network, is
changed.
Please check the latest guideline in the web site re-
lated on the D-PRS or APRS
®
, and correctly set.
Setting Time Stamp
17.
This item appears when the TX format is “Object.”
Set the time stamp function to transmit the time that the
caller sent the Object station’s data in UTC (Universal
Time Coordinated) time.
%
8
Touch “Time Stamp.”
%
9
Touch the desired time stamp.
• DHM : Transmits the time stamp in the Day, Hour,
and Minute format.
• HMS : Transmits the time stamp in the Hour, Min
-
ute, and Second format.
^
0
Touch [
] to select the next page.
^
1
Touch [MENU].
• Closes the Menu screen.
Transmitting D-PRS data