Installation guide

SkyView System Installation Guide - Revision R 24-1

24. Appendix E: Serial Data Output

Any of SkyView’s five RS232 serial ports can be configured to output various types of serial data

via SETUP MENU > SYSTEM SETUP > SERIAL PORT SETUP. Technical information on the

installation and connection to the serial ports can be found in the Serial Devices section of the

SkyView Installation Guide. To output serial data, you must select either DYNON EMS, DYNON

ADAHRS, DYNON SYSTEM, DYNON ADAHRS + SYSTEM, DYNON ADAHRS + EMS, or DYNON

ADAHRS + SYS + EMS, NMEA OUT (BASIC), or NMEA OUT (FULL) as a Serial Out device, select a

baud rate, and connect the serial port to an external serial device such as a PC. The serial data

can be logged using any standard serial terminal program, a data logger program, or dedicated

data logger device. All numbers are output in decimal except where noted and are standard

ASCII. To view the data using a terminal program, that program should be configured to receive

data in the following format:

 Baud rate: Set baud rate to match the baud rate selected on SkyView’s serial port

 Data: 8 bit

 Parity: none

 Stop: 1 bit

 Flow control: none

Multiple SkyView display systems: SkyView’s serial ports are designed in a way

that allows serial transmission to continue, uninterrupted, as long as at least one

SkyView display is operational. SkyView accomplishes this by transmitting from

only one display’s serial ports in a multi-display system. SkyView manages which

display is the “actual transmitter” automatically to avoid serial port conflicts.

However, the display that transmits is not user-selectable. Therefore, for reliable

serial reception in multi-display systems, a SkyView serial data output wire must

be wired from each display, in parallel, to the external serial device that is being

used to capture SkyView’s serial data.