NMEA charges the fee to the manufacturer. It will, of course, be
passed on to the consumer. It's really a Plug and Pray. Ethernet based
approaches are becoming popular.

Doug
s/v Callista

"Gordon" wrote in message
. ..
I don't understand. Who charges the fee? It's basically plug and play.
Gordon

"Peter Bennett" wrote in message
news.com...
On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 01:08:48 GMT, "Gordon" wrote:

The newest standard for marine interface is NMEA 2000. When new gear
comes
out, with NMEA 2000, will it communicate with NMEA 0183?
I'm looking at new electronics, do I wait?
Gordon

NMEA-2000 isn't new - it was introduced in 2000 (hence the name). It
is not compatible with NMEA-0183, as 2000 uses CAN-Bus which is a
bidirectional multi-point bus (vaguely similar in operation to
SeaTalk, but incompatible with that, too).

There is apparently a considerable licence fee to use NMEA-2000, so
you may see manufacturers going to their own proprietary busses,
rather than using NMEA-2000.



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