Very interesting! I had connected my Garmin plotter to the Raymarine autopilot and instruments successfully (btw, dtw, xte, cog, sog), but failed to get anything back from the instruments (on a separate circuit) to the plotter (depth etc). I will try again!
Tim Mojito C&C 35-3 Branford, CT On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Bill Coleman <colt...@verizon.net> wrote: > Well, Steve Thomas wins the Golden Thunder Mug.**** > > ** ** > > Electric I understand, Electronic is beyond my scope of comprehension. > How (see below) you can ignore a NMEA ground on the VHF end and take the > NMEA IN ground, put a resistor on it, put it on the (NMEA IN) positive, > (which to me = a direct short!) and Viola, the satellite icon pops up in > the corner of the VHF, GPS Coordinates, time, the whole ball of wax! NMEA > 1.5 is now 2.0! **** > > ** ** > > <<< 1. Connect NMEA+ from the plotter to NMEA in (blue cable) on the VHF. > 2. Connect NMEA- from the plotter to the NMEA in on the VFH via an 8k Ohm > resistor ($1 part at the closest Electronic part store / Radio shack etc). > 3. Isolate the NMEA ground (green cable) from the VHF and leave it > disconnected. > 4. On the "NMEA out" menu option in the RL70, select RMC (you can > de-select the other options if you don't have another NMEA consumer. > > That's it. Your GX2100 will now be able to read the > GPS<http://www.sailnet.com/forums/autolink.php?id=1&script=showthread&forumid=104> > location from your plotter!>>>>**** > > ** ** > > Once again, as everyone says, this list is the best. If no one has the > answer, by gawry someone will go find it!**** > > ** ** > > Thanks again to Steve, and of course everyone else who chimed it with > their suggestions.**** > > ** ** > > Bill Coleman**** > > C&C 39 [image: animated_favicon1]**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Bill Coleman [mailto:colt...@verizon.net] > *Sent:* Friday, September 21, 2012 2:07 PM > *To:* 'cnc-list@cnc-list.com' > *Subject:* RE: Stus-List NMEA 0183 Ver.1.5 to 3.0**** > > ** ** > > This looks like good stuff. I will be stopping off at Radio Shack this > evening. I had searched through there, but I never found that particular > post, good find. Whoops, no, I searched cruisers forums, not sailnet.**** > > The NMEA voltage bounces as high, I think, (bad memory) 6 or 7 V, and > everyone I talked to said highs of 4 or 5, so, maybe cutting it will help. > **** > > And Fred, I did try connecting with either the shield or the ground, but I > will screw around with this some more before trying the resistor. You know > what they say about the definition of insanity. . . **** > > Then when nothing works I will give up and buy another GPS antenna!**** > > ** ** > > Bill Coleman**** > > C&C 39 [image: animated_favicon1]**** > > ** ** > > *From:* cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com [mailto: > cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of *Steve Thomas > *Sent:* Friday, September 21, 2012 12:29 PM > > *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List NMEA 0183 Ver.1.5 to 3.0**** > > ** ** > > Seems there is an electrical difference between 0183 1.xx and 0183 2.xx > and later versions. **** > > The 1.xx versions are single ended, signal and ground, while the 2.xx and > later have differential + and - signal wires and should have a separate > ground/shield.**** > > **** > > Funny thing is that the GX2150 does not have differential inputs. **** > > **** > > Anyway here is what one guy did to interface an RL series plotter to a > GX2100.**** > > **** > > Might be worth a try.**** > > **** > > > http://www.sailnet.com/forums/electronics/82335-how-connect-standard-horizon-gx2100-ais-vhf-raymarine-rl-70c-plotter.html > **** > > **** > > Steve Thomas**** > > C&C27 MKIII**** > > Port Stanley, ON**** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com [mailto: > cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com]*On Behalf Of *Frederick G Street > *Sent:* Friday, September 21, 2012 11:50 AM > *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List NMEA 0183 Ver.1.5 to 3.0**** > > Bill take a look at this PDF, starting with page 9: **** > > ** ** > > > http://www.actisense.com/Downloads/TechTalk/NMEA%200183/The%20NMEA%200183%20Information%20Sheet.pdf > **** > > ** ** > > This might help. In my experience, sometimes there are issues with what > gets labeled "input" vs. "output", as well as data + and – or ground; but > be *really* careful what you try so you don't damage things. Usually > it's just as easy as connecting the properly labeled leads together to get > the signal to the proper place -- the problem comes in getting the settings > right on the send and receive end, so that everything's happy.**** > > > Fred Street -- Minneapolis > S/V *Oceanis* (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^(* > *** > > ** ** > > On Sep 21, 2012, at 10:25 AM, Bill Coleman wrote:**** > > ** ** > > Hello Steve,**** > > This tech was pretty sharp, he was not reading from the manual – it is a > 2003, so I believe him when he says it is 1.5**** > > There also is no mention at all of versions, let alone Baud rates, , he > said it was 4800, period. The only thing I can adjust in the setup is > turning sentences on and off, and the seatalk bridge.**** > > I have tried connecting them, no response. The sentences are coming in, > the voltage rolls up and down. I think there must be something different > in the protocol between 1.5 and 2. The Standard Horizon manual definitely > says it will only work with ver. 2.0 and up. I have bridged NMEA to > Seatalk as that is how the Autopilot communicates, but I don’t think this > would be a problem, that just introduces other info such as the compass and > converts to NMEA, I think.**** > > A talk with a Standard Horizon Tech produced nothing, oddly enough he > didn’t seem to know much about NEMA conversions.**** > > Waiting to hear back from Brookhouse.**** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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