TransOceana

The DSC Decoder II is an integration of the standard TransOceana DSC decoder and the TransOceana GMDSS operator console.

In the past if a 3rd party application wanted to capture DSC messages and report them on a web page or a chart they would need to purchase both a DSC decoder and GMDSS operator console software components.  The DSC decoder would decode the signals and send them to the operator console.  The operator console would use a virtual receiver to reformat the messages and send them to a 3rd party application using either AIS or NMEA protocols.

With the DSC Decoder II the decoder can send the DSC messages directly to the 3rd party application.  There is no need for an operator console.  But, a DSC Decoder II can be configured to output DSC messages to BOTH 3rd party applications and one or more operator consoles if required.

The decoder can be configured to filter messages, the same as a virtual receiver in the GMDSS oeprator console program.  An operator console can have 10 virtual receivers and therefore 10 different filtering methods, the DSC Decoder II is limited to one filter per radio.  If more than one filter is required then the decoder must pass its messages to a virtual receiver (operator console).

The DSC Decoder II provides a less expensive solution for those applications requiring only DSC messages.

 A DSC Decoder II can also be used as a stand alone DSC message recorder.  The decoder can be configured to capture messages and store them into a report file to be accessed later by the user.  For example, the decoder could be used to log all station calls to a specific MMSI.