Installation and Operation Manual

Installation
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Step 6 - Connection to an NMEA2000 network
The AIS transceiver can be connected to an existing NMEA 2000 network to
provide AIS and position data to other connected devices such as
chartplotters, instruments, sensors, etc.
Connection is made by a Micro-C drop cable. This item is not supplied so you
will need to purchase one from your local dealer.
Starter kits are available to purchase if you do not already have an NMEA
2000 network.
The list of supported NMEA 2000 data (PGN’s) is detailed in Section 7.1
Step 7 - Connecting to NMEA0183 compatible equipment
The NMEA0183 data ports allows connection to your chart plotter or other
NMEA0183 compatible equipment. Each port consists of four wires colour
coded as shown in
Table 5and in Figure 12.
Other manufacturers may use different signal names, however the following
general guidelines will apply:
● positive signals should be connected together
● negative signals should be connected together
● transmit signals should be connected to receive signals and vice
versa.
Please refer to your equipment manual for more information.
The AIS transceiver has a configurable high speed port which operates at
38,400baud at default. The port is intended primarily to connect to a chart
plotter, but can used to connect to other NMEA0183 devices. Please ensure
your equipment is configured to use the correct baud rate.
Both ports support bi-directional multiplexing, which means that any data
received on port 1 will be automatically output on port 2, and vice versa.
This can be useful when connecting to a chartplotter that only has a single
NMEA0183 port, so a sensor can be connected to port 2 on the transceiver,
where the received sensor data will combine with AIS data and get output on
port 1.