I spent all afternoon on a stupid NMEA 0183 adapter cable . . .
On Sun, 24 Aug 2014 15:47:41 -0400, "Sir Gregory Hall, Esq."
wrote:
They probably put the diode in the circuit
in the first place to keep stupid people
from hooking the wires up wrong and you
and Wayne say go ahead and hook up the
wires wrong and it'll probably work.
ROFLMAO!!! Now I see why you had to abort
your circumnavigation less than halfway
around.
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For what it's worth I have about 5 NMEA connections on the boat and
they all work, most of them on the first try. My latest is a NMEA to
USB connection thanks to a nice little interface device:
www.amazon.com/Digital-Yacht-NMEA-Adapter-PC/dp/B004FBKS7K
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