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Originally Posted by Kees Verruijt

autopilot wrote:
autopilot Wrote:

Thanks Kees

I understand the 42 BT can convert seatalk to NMEA on inputs 4a 4b, so
I was hoping someone might of already gone through the pain to get the
best result for the set-up.

Could I ask Meindert if he agrees this is the way to get the best out
of the 42 BT?

I've got the feeling your solution is the right way Kees, thanks
again.

Regards

Following Kees suggestions I have the yeoman working and have data, but
I can't send waypoints to the chart plotter from the yeoman, also I
don't seem to be able to benefit from data for winchart on my pc?

Hi 'autopilot',

I'm haven't tried sending waypoints _to_ the Yeoman; I use mine only to
send waypoints from Yeoman to GPS, does that work? I guess one problem
would be what the name of the waypoint would be, as the Yeoman only has
numeric waypoint ID's, and formatted z9999 as well (eg. 00001, 00002
etc.) if I remember correctly.

I also don't understand what you're trying to accomplish specifically
with Winchart, please elaborate a little. When you do, please also tell
us what _does_ work (e.g. do you get GPS data in Winchart? Then at least
one direction is OK.)

Note that there are many different NMEA sentences; it's like a maze of
twisty passages, all different. You may have to experiment with any and
all equipment's NMEA sentence settings.

--
Kees

Thanks again Kees

The yeoman is receiving GPS data via the NMEA mulitplexer ok, I haven't yet tried changing the baud settings to get the yeoman to send waypoints to the C120 plotter, but I will try and report back, at the moment I connact my laptop to the newtwork via a 9 pin series connector, this receives GPS & AIS data to make Winchart work, what I would like to work out is how this data can get to winchart via the bluetooth straight from the multiplexer, I am sure it's something to do with the port configuration but I am not skilled enough to work this out.

Any help is appreciated.

Regards

The yeoman is receiving GPS data via the NMEA mulitplexer ok, I haven't
yet tried changing the baud settings to get the yeoman to send waypoints
to the C120 plotter, but I will try and report back, at the moment I
connact my laptop to the newtwork via a 9 pin series connector, this
receives GPS & AIS data to make Winchart work, what I would like to
work out is how this data can get to winchart via the bluetooth
straight from the multiplexer, I am sure it's something to do with the
port configuration but I am not skilled enough to work this out.

As the Shipmodul 42 BT manual says (page 5, at the top) you need to
enable Bluetooth on your laptop and "pair" with the multiplexer.

- Enable the Bluetooth adapter in your laptop
- Go to My Bluetooth Places (usually a desktop icon)
- Otherwise, go to Control Panel Bluetooth configuration

From there you need to experiment a little since I don't have a BT
multiplexer.

Hope this helps,
Kees

"Kees Verruijt" wrote in message
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The yeoman is receiving GPS data via the NMEA mulitplexer ok, I haven't
yet tried changing the baud settings to get the yeoman to send waypoints
to the C120 plotter, but I will try and report back, at the moment I
connact my laptop to the newtwork via a 9 pin series connector, this
receives GPS & AIS data to make Winchart work, what I would like to
work out is how this data can get to winchart via the bluetooth
straight from the multiplexer, I am sure it's something to do with the
port configuration but I am not skilled enough to work this out.

As the Shipmodul 42 BT manual says (page 5, at the top) you need to
enable Bluetooth on your laptop and "pair" with the multiplexer.

- Enable the Bluetooth adapter in your laptop
- Go to My Bluetooth Places (usually a desktop icon)
- Otherwise, go to Control Panel Bluetooth configuration

From there you need to experiment a little since I don't have a BT
multiplexer.

Thanks for doing my jobs so far, Kees :-))
Sorry for not returning earlier, terribly busy at the moment.
Kees has already said everything there is to say. As for the Bluetooth, you
must indeed pair the multiplexer with your PC.
In My Bluetooth Places you can search for devices, which will show the
multiplexer by it's name. If you then double click on the multiplexers'
icon, it will show you the provided services which is a Serial Profile. If
you click on that, you will be asked for a PIN or Pass Key, which is 0000
(four zero's) by default. After that, your multiplexer is paired and
connected to a virtual COM port, very ofter COM10. You can check that by
checking the properties of the serial icon.

Every time now when this com port is opened by the navigation software, it
will automatically establish the bluetooth connection. It might be that you
have to enter the Pass Key again, but it should be able to add this to a
Trusted List to prevent you from having to enter the Pass Key everytime.

Regards,
Meindert

which involves entering the PIN code or Pass Key when