Order Transmission
Two telegraph units must be installed; one to be installed on the bridge and the other one in the engine room. Two alarms are required; one placed in the engine room and other on the bridge. The order is given by moving the handle to the desired position on the dial face. This sends an electrical signal to the EOT placed in the engine room whose pointer acquires a position according to the signal given from the bridge. An audible alarm sounds at both ends. Accordingly the watch keeping engineer acknowledges the order by moving the handle of the engine room EOT to the required position and takes necessary action. This sends an electrical signal the Bridge EOT unit the pointer acquires the respective position. The alarm stops ringing to acknowledge that the order has been carried out.
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