Tony, I guess that is why you are asking about the actisence. To know if it is compatible with pre-v2.1 equipment? Is there any info on the product specs for either the Zeus or the Actisence? Please let the group know what you find.
Josh On Mar 24, 2014 7:07 AM, "Tony Wroblewski" <triump...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Josh, you are right, equipment is supposed to be backward compatible, but > unfortunately some significant sentence structure changes were made btw ver > 1.5 and 2.1 where checksums and a mode indicator were added and the # of > decimal points were increased, so most equipment now will read back to > about ver. 2.1 without problems. I'm also told the Zeus may accept some > but not all sentences. > > ------------------------------ > Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 20:35:20 -0400 > From: muckl...@gmail.com > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List NMEA 0183 to NMEA 2000 conversion > > I'm not a NMEA 0183 expert but I though the different versions were > backwards compatible. So if the Zeus will take NMEA 0183 (3.0) then it > should understand ver. 1.5. I was under the impression that the 3.0 just > had MORE reconized "sentences". > > Josh Muckley > S/V Sea Hawk > Solomons, MD > On Mar 23, 2014 7:11 AM, "Tony Wroblewski" <triump...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Has anyone on the list used the Actisense NGW-1 for a bridge to connect > older 0183 instruments to a 2000 network. The plan is to use a B&G 390 > system (NMEA 0183 v. 1.5) to feed wind, speed, depth and heading data to > B&G Zeus Touch on the 2000 bus. > > The other alternative is to use a Tinley 0183 New2Old converter,. Same > question. Has anyone done this. I'm told the Tinley will convert a ver. > 1.5 to ver. 3.0 and the Zeus can also take a ver. 3.0 input. > > Tony > Triumph > C&C 41 '86 c/b > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > _______________________________________________ This List is provided by > the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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