Technical information

Functionsanddialogs
aNone
Nodistanceinformationisaccepted.
bSpeed
Thedistanceinformationiscalculatedusingthespeedinformationreceivedby
theechosounder.Ifwillalwaysstartwiththepreviouslycalculateddistance.If
youneedtoresetthistozero(oranyothervalue),usetheDistanceparameter.
cDatagram
Thedistanceinformationisreceivedusingappropriatedatagram(s)froman
externalsource.
dHardwarepulse
Thedistanceinformationisreceivedusingcontactpulsesconnectedtoaserial
port,ortoaGeneralPurposeTransceiver(GPT)
2Port
SelectwhichserialorEthernetporttouseforthiscommunication.
3Setup
OnceyouhaveselectedaserialorEthernetcommunicationport,clickthisbuttonto
setuptheapplicableportparameters.Therelevantportsetupdialogopens.
→SerialPortSetuponpage169
→LANPortSetuponpage168
4NMEASentence
SelectwhichNMEAsentencetobeusedforthecommunication.
aVLW
Thistelegramcontainsthedistancetravelledrelativetothewaterandover
theground.
→VLWDualground/waterdistanceonpage183
5TalkerID
IfyouwishtospecifyadedicatedTalkerIDonthetelegramformat,itcanbe
selectedhere.
TheTalkerIDisthersttwocharactersintheNMEAsentence.SelectNoneto
acceptalltalkeridentiers.
6Distance
Thecurrentvesseldistancecanbesetmanuallyusingthespinbox
ThisparameterisonlyavailableforusewhenSourceissettoNone,Speedor
Hardwarepulse.
Relatedtopics
•Installmenu;functionsanddialogsonpage95
•LANPortSetuponpage168
•SerialPortSetuponpage169
•AbouttheNMEAtelegramformatonpage174
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