6.1. Creating Presets for SpotCast Extreme on your 9575
To setup your Iridium 9575 Extreme to quickly place SpotCast Extreme requests, follow these steps to create Preset messages:
Power up your 9575 and select the Menu from the main screen
Select My Phonebook
Select Options
Scroll down the list of Options and select New
In the first line of the New screen, assign a name to the entry you will use to request a Spotcast. For example, if you are going to be requesting 24 hour weather, perhaps the name you put here would be 24wx. You will use the phone’s keypad to enter the name. If you want to change the pad from alphabetical to numbers, press the # key three (3) times.
Once you have assigned your entry a name, scroll down the new entry screen with the Down arrow on the phone until you reach the line beginning with the @ symbol.
On the line beginning with the @ symbol, type the address of the SpotCast you have purchased:
[email protected] : A 24 hour forecast including a forecast for every 6 hours will be returned to you in a few minutes.
[email protected] : Two text messages are sent. The first message is for the first 24 hours at your location and a second for the following 24 hour period (hours 30 through 48).
[email protected] : Three text messages are sent including the two associated with the 48 hour plus a message covering hours 54 through 72.
Note that purchasing a subscription to the 48 hour SpotCast service allows you to request a 24 hour forecast or the 48 hour described above. Likewise, purchasing the 72 hour allows you to request a 24, 48 or 72 hour forecast at your discretion. If you are interested in doing so, you will need to create a Preset message for each of the SpotCasts your subscription enables you to access.
Click Save which returns you to your phonebook screen.
Move Back to your phone’s main screen and select Menu
Scroll to and select Setup
Select Location Options
Scroll down and select Message Options
Scroll and select Quick GPS List
Move to one of the [Empty] lines and select Options
Select Edit
Scroll and select the Name you created in Step (5) above
