## BAM Operational Features

When operating jointly with BAM, ECDIS performs the following functions:

- **Receiving statuses** of alarms, warnings, and cautions circulating on the navigation bridge network
- **Transmitting statuses** of ECDIS-generated alarms, warnings, and cautions to BAM via the configured communication channel
- **Processing, analyzing, and tracking** incoming messages in BAM
- **Escalation** from warnings to alarms based on time criteria

```{important}
Acknowledgement of an alarm, warning, or caution on ECDIS is automatically sent to the network for BAM processing and is equivalent to acknowledgement at the BAM workstation.
```

This means that the operator only needs to acknowledge the alarm on ECDIS — the acknowledgement will be synchronized with the BAM system via the navigation bridge network.

All received alarms are displayed in the {doc}`alarm, warning, and caution notification area </sections/graphical-user-interface/constant-indication-area/index>`.
