Instruction manual

SETUP menu Chapter 11-7

11.4 Interface setup

EQ44-2/EQ54-2 has two NMEA in/out ports:

1. NMEA1 is a standard NMEA0183 port.

2. NMEA2 is used for connection to SimNet or NMEA2000 via

AT44 Active Tee or for standard NMEA interfacing.

Plug-and-play: SimNet offers easy and uncomplicated interfacing

with a unique cable and plug solution and automatic system setup.

SimNet is the optimum solution for integrating SimNet products and

other products with NMEA 2000.

Group selection or stand-alone: Main products, e.g. MultiRadar,

Chartplotter and Autopilot will automatically select the optimum

sources for position, heading, depth, speed etc. for all other SimNet

products connected. This means that if two Chartplotters are con-

nected, they will both use position data from the same GPS and

heading from the same compass. If you wish to use the built-in GPS,

also on the Chartplotter, which automatically was set to operate

with an external position, you can change the Group selection from

SIMRAD to STAND-ALONE.

Multi source: If a main product recognizes e.g. two heading devices

it will automatically select a gyro compass before a fluxgate com-

pass, and DGPS before GPS.

NMEA 0183 input: If there is no data available from the SimNet

bus for e.g. heading, position or depth, the system will automatically

look for data via the NMEA 0183 port.

The next pages show examples of interface settings, which are

divided into the following groups:

Nodes - Position - Navigation - Water - Compass - Engine - Alarm

- SimNet diagnostic - SimNet input - SimNet output - NMEA0183

input - NMEA0183 output - Identification.

Call up the menu bar, and...

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load interface setup - see display example next page.

Searching interface channels for valid sources and data. Please wait

till the first page appears on the screen which will show the nodes