What is BS EN 61162-2 - Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems about?
BS EN 61162 discusses maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems. The intention of BS EN 61162 series is to facilitate safe inter-operability and support the functionality required by modern systems and equipment, thereby satisfying the needs of ship owners, operators, manufacturers, yards and regulatory bodies.
BS EN 61162-2 is second part of BS EN 61162 series of the standards that contains the requirements for data communication between maritime electronic instruments, navigation and radiocommunication equipment when interconnected via an appropriate interface.
The electrical definitions in BS EN 61162-2 are intended to accommodate higher data rates than are specified in IEC 61162-1. Since there is no provision for guaranteed delivery of messages and only limited error-checking capability, this standard should be used with caution in all safety applications.
Who is BS EN 61162-2 - Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems for?
BS EN 61162-2 on maritime navigation and radiocommunication is relevant to:
- Radiocommunication equipment and system manufacturers
- Navigation and control equipment manufacturers
- Ship operators, owners and manufacturers
- Shipbuilding and marine industry
- Quality control department
- National authorities
- Regulatory bodies
Why should you use BS EN 61162-2- Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems?
Maritime radiocommunication enhances safety at sea to transmit private and official messages, between shore-based radio stations (coast stations/ coast earth stations) and ship-based radio stations (ship stations/ ship earth stations), as well as between ship-based radio stations. For this purpose, it is necessary that maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems are capable to maintaining the overall integrity of marine operations.
BS EN 61162-2 provides guidance on hardware specification, data transmission, data format protocol, data content and applications. As a user of BS EN 61162-2, you can efficiently provide position, identification, and other information about the ship to other ships and coastal authorities automatically.
BS EN 61162-2 provides tested methods that will help you achieve operational and performance requirements. With obedience and compliance to BS EN 61162-2, you can have one-way serial data transmission from a single talker to one or more listeners.
