nm wrote:
last sunday I tried to connect a laptop to the instrumentation of a
boat with a B&G Hydra 2000 system.
I downloaded a paper from b&g site:
http://www.bandg.com/pdfs/FAQs/faq007.pdf
where they use a cable named 135-0a-160
since i don't have such cable, i cut a serial cable and connected the
wires (according to the pins specified in the table) to the nmea
processor i started several serial port sniffers (also one written by
me), but, of course, it didn't work
i tried to use only pins gnd, rx and tx, tried also to swap rx and
tx, but still nothing
tried also on several different ports of the processor
my port sniffer sometimes reads strange characters, so I thougth that
the cable referenced in the document may have some electronics
inside, but I couldn't find any useful info about that
anyone can help me out on this?
thanks
Nicola

Check the baud rate, AFAIK the nmea sentences require the rate to be set no
faster than 4800.
You should find the settings in your software package.


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