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In article fm_Oc.8352$Xn.5399@fed1read05,
"William G. Andersen" wrote: I think you're out of luck, but you should ask Garmin - they were prompt and helpful to me when I was trying to get my Garmin to talk with my Furuno radar. My MapSource (Version 6.3) says to be sure the device's transfer mode is set to Garmin. An option would be to use a handheld set to NMEA with a PC cable for the radio, and as a backup. For my radar, I bought Furuno's cable and put a DB9 connector on the end, to receive the DB9 connector from my Garmin. I use my GPS 12 in a mount on the instrument panel to feed the radar, since the PC cable has a 12 volt plug and I don't have to worry about draining the AA batteries all the time. I have an eTrex that I use as a backup and I have a PC cable for it, too, so I can connect it to the radar if necessary. Another possibility to pursure would be, to see if the Mapsource software can "Output" a NEMA Datastream from one of the serial ports, and use that to drive the Radio. Some of the ChartPlotting packages can output NEMA to drive autopilots, ect, and you can customize the output datastream. Bruce in alaska who uses this approch for all kinds of things -- add a 2 before @ |
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