Making DSC call using AIS

[moonzy1]

I have a Raymarine AIS650 and an ICOM 506 VHF radio.

I want to know if I integrate the VHF via NMEA 0183 to the NMEA 0183 pigtail on the AIS power cord can I make a DCS call to another vessel that I can see on AIS without having to manually enter the MMSI # of that vessel?

I know that certain companies can do this but they advertise this w using both of their own devices working together.

[Chuck - Raymarine - Moderator]

Welcome to the Raymarine Forum moonzy1,

Thanks for the feature inquiry. Raymarine products do not presently support initiating a DSC call to a vessel via interaction with an AIS target which is either present within a MFD's AIS target list and/or is plotted with the MFD's Chart application. A feature request has been logged to consider this feature for inclusion within a future LightHouse software update as well as to that of Raymarine's VHF radios. As this would require the ability to initiate commands to a third party VHF radio, further cooperation and software development would also be necessary on the part of third party VHF radio manufacturers with which this feature would be supported.

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