Almeida wrote:
I too have the same problem as Pascal`s when trying to make the 276C
command my Autohelm 2000+ pilot. William, in our case, the baud rate
is 4800, and that is no problem.Both the 276C and the pilot are
confortable with this baudrate. The pilot receives and reads the
messages sent by the 276C; our problem is that the 276C is not sending
the messages it was suposed to do, namely BWC (for bearing to
waypoint) and XTE (for crosstrack error).Since my autopilot requires
these sentences for it`s operation, I read the 276C manual before
buying it, to check compatibility. The manual states clearly that it
sends these messages, so I confidently bought the 276C. To my
surprise, it didn´t work, and after checking the 276C NMEA out
sentences, I realised it sends a plethora o info, but it doesn´t send
BWC and XTE as stated in it´s manual!!!
To conclude matters, I presently have the 276C standing on the
navigation desk as nice and goo looking plotter, and use an on
faithfull Magellan 320 to do the real navigation with the pilot...

Don't have a 276C, but my older Garmin has various versions of NMEA in the
I/O setup program, does your 276C only have one version?


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