"Armond Perretta" wrote in message
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I like electronic toys and now want to add an AIS receiver (looking at the
Smart Radio models) since Capn 8.3 is able to receive and display AIS
information. I think I "get" the wiring requirements for the AIS, but am
puzzled by one aspect: does the AIS receiver need an _additional_ GPS data
source if I am already supplying GPS data to Capn 8.3. In other words, if
Capn 8.3 is getting GPS sentences from, say, the Garmin GPS, and I
somehow
feed it the sentences from the Smart radio, will these data be combined to
achieve the desired outcome, the display of AIS information on the Capn
8.3
chart display?

No, I think you got that a bit wrong. Here is the setup I use:
GPS output input SR161 AIS Receiver output input PC (combined AIS/GPS
data at 34,600 Baud).