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"speckfisher" wrote in message
... Whats all that hyperterminal or MPXConfig?????????? Hyperterminal is a terminal program, present on every windows system. You can use that program to show NMEA data that is received on a serial port on your screen. Hyperterminal is a pain to configure, especially if you're not up to speed with serial data communications. So therefore I suggested MPXConfig. This is a program I wrote to configure my NMEA multiplexers and you can also use it to show NMEA data. It does the same as Hyperterminal but it is preconfigured to NMEA (8 databits, 1 stopbit, no parity) and you can set the speed right on the main screen to 4800 baud instead of disconnecting first, dive into a menu and re-connect again as in Hyperterminal. MPXConfig is free and can be downloaded from http://www.shipmodul.com/downloads/mpxconfig2.11.zip Meindert |
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"Meindert Sprang" wrote in
: http://www.shipmodul.com/downloads/mpxconfig2.11.zip Even works great through my virtual serial port dll to the serial-to- ethernet box. Thanks, Meindert. |
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easy way to check output from a nmea device is to connect a led to the the
data wires and it will flash if it is sending data "luc" wrote in message oups.com... thanks for all that folks, it's a great learning experience for me Luc |
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STEVE HOCKING wrote: easy way to check output from a nmea device is to connect a led to the the data wires and it will flash if it is sending data "luc" wrote in message oups.com... thanks for all that folks, it's a great learning experience for me Luc I now understand why I can't get my ICOM to work with the Raymarine core pak. It outputs GLL and not GGA. |
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STEVE HOCKING wrote: easy way to check output from a nmea device is to connect a led to the the data wires and it will flash if it is sending data "luc" wrote in message oups.com... thanks for all that folks, it's a great learning experience for me Luc I now understand why I can't get my ICOM to work with the Raymarine core pak. It outputs GLL and not GGA. |
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T-ROY wrote in news:T-
: This is very good information. I recently purchased a Icom M422 and trying to iinterface with a Garmin 178C. The same problems spec was having are identical to the problems I'm having. I have my MMSI number in tried several ways to wire it with no success. I to was on the phone with Garmin and Icom and they suggested all the ways I have tried. Can someone out there post there solution that is working. http://www.garmin.com/manuals/494_OwnersManual.pdf On page 96 of the Garmin 178C owner's manual, notice there are TWO data channels in this unit Comm 1 and Comm 2. TX Comm 1 is, indeed, the blue wire and TX Comm 2 is the green wire in the cable. Black is, unfortunately, DC and data ground, same as my 185S. On page 86-87, open MAIN MENU then COMM TAB and set the Garmin for NMEA IN/OUT, not the proprietary Garmin data. If you don't have other Garmin devices to talk to, set both ports for NMEA IN/OUT to avoid this nonsense in the future. Notice how the bottom of page 87 says: "You may also adjust the NMEA output to enable/disable certain sentences and adjust the number of Lat/Lon output precision digits. You must have one of the ports set to NMEA In/NMEA Out to use this option. Settings affects both Port 1 and Port 2 NMEA outputs." This means the NMEA statements can be shut off individually in the menus. Garmin's manual sucks explaining this, as usual, because they want you to get your Garmin DEALER to install it to make him happy. Hold that thought and let's go look at the Icom manual....... http://icomamerica.com/products/marine/m422/specs.asp "NMEA In/out formats : RMC, CGA, GNS, GLL" These are the statements the new radio is looking for, well, the last 3 letters of the statements, anyways..... http://icomamerica.com/support/manuals/m422_manual.pdf On page 35, NMEA IN is the RED lead (again black is ground, damn them.) So, we'll hook the BLUE lead from Comm 1 of the Garmin to the RED lead NMEA IN on the Icom. While we're here and have this nice Chart Plotter Garmin, let's hook NMEA OUT (the white lead) on the ICOM to the Comm 1 NMEA IN (the brown wire) on the Garmin cable. This SHOULD, but may not, allow us to automatically plot any DSC distress calls the ICOM receives on Channel 70..directly on the Garmin charts. The Icom sends out DSC and DSE statements to the Garmin. But, on page 96 of the Garmin manual, there is no reference to DSC or DSE statements on the list, there. However, back on page 81 you turn ON the DSC charting function from MAIN MENU then DSC tab. Turn the DSC to ON, which should make it read one of these DSC/DSE statements and do "something" the damned manual doesn't really say what, which isn't new. Don't worry about MMSI in the Garmin. You can play with that some other time. We want it to plot ALL stations, not just one. OK, so the Garmin Comm 1 should be now hooked to the Icom NMEA wires with a common black wire between them (not depending on the battery wires, please!).... Power on the GARMIN and let it sync to the birds. While it's got you waiting, check the NMEA output statement list and make sure statements GPRMC, GPCGA, GPGNS and GPGLL are active, not disabled. As there is no settable speed on these ports any more, we'll assume they are 4800 baud, n/8/1 and auto setting. It's about time. Ok, Garmin has a fix, turn on the ICOM with all fingers crossed. Does the lat/long from the Garmin show up on the Icom display? No? Of course it doesn't! This Icom HAS NO LAT/LONG DISPLAY! Look at page 4 of the Icom manual, bubble number 7 the "GPS" indicator on the display. Is it a solid GPS? If so, the Icom has a fix. If it's blinking, we have data coming out of the Garmin, but none of the statements the Icom is looking for is in the data stream to it, or there's noise/hum/buzz/crap from the damned unbalanced wiring both these companies are using...damn them again! That's the ONLY display of GPS information on the M422. It costs a lot more money, M602, to get that lat/long display. Have one, what a waste...it's a VHF RADIO. This unit's much better and easier to use. If there is no little GPS symbol at all, there's no signal at all from the Garmin...wiring error, shorted wires, defective equipment, etc.... It's gotta be a steady, non-blinky GPS display. Ok, once we gots all that workin', get the new Autopilot installed and we'll hook it to Garmin's Comm 2! No sense leavin' perfectly good wires just dangling there with no toys attached, right?! Hope this helped you a little better....All this crap needs a good Ethernet jack on it plugged into a router you can get at any Circuit City for $60. Then, the radio would KNOW who the GPS, Chartplotter, Autopilot and other gadgets was from their BROADCASTS and the router could easily route like a little LAN as it should....not this wrappin wires together crap we're buying now. How awful...... Larry W4CSC Chief Engineer S/V "Lionheart" - WDB6254 Charleston Harbor "Don't call me 'Captain'! I'm not to blame!" |
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Larry, that's NMEA 2000, except it uses CAN bus rather than Ethernet.
It's starting to show up in some GPSs, but I haven't seen any DSC VHFs with it. Yet. "Larry" wrote in message ... Hope this helped you a little better....All this crap needs a good Ethernet jack on it plugged into a router you can get at any Circuit City for $60. Then, the radio would KNOW who the GPS, Chartplotter, Autopilot and other gadgets was from their BROADCASTS and the router could easily route like a little LAN as it should....not this wrappin wires together crap we're buying now. How awful...... Larry W4CSC Chief Engineer S/V "Lionheart" - WDB6254 Charleston Harbor "Don't call me 'Captain'! I'm not to blame!" |
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"Chuck Tribolet" wrote in
: Larry, that's NMEA 2000, except it uses CAN bus rather than Ethernet. It's starting to show up in some GPSs, but I haven't seen any DSC VHFs with it. Yet. Yeah, I know, CANbus, another queer, off-the-wall, stupid plan from NMEA trying to keep the boater from buying READILY AVAILABLE, reasonably-priced, off-the-shelf, STANDARDIZED data hardware that uses STANDARDIZED connectors. Just look at all the wonderful CANbus boxes you can buy at Best Buy or Circuit City or newegg.com or any computer shop! Everybody knows a lot about CANbus....must be 20, maybe 30 people, worldwide who are not designing CAR computers! http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/e...Doc/adn004.pdf Wanna bet the CONTROLLER in Garmin will NOT work quite right with the CONTROLLER in Icom or the CONTROLLER in Raymarine or the CONTROLLER in anything else? We'll see......too late. |
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Yeah, it would be great to go to best buy and get an ethernet hub for
the boat. It would rely on 120vac (but that is fixable) and it would allow me runs up to 300', repeaters, and routing. JUST what I need on a 43' boat. Ethernet is AWESOME when you have LOTS of hosts that you want/need to address individually. Note how well multicast has done. If they used ethernet for the NMEA spec, it would be a total horror show. AND all of your devices would cost more as the manufacturers would have to do MORE software engineering to compensate for ethernets shortcomings for this applicaiton. Dont get me wrong, NMEA is totally bjorked, but using ethernet would NOT have been the answer. If manufacturers want to use ethernet for their proprietary data transfers, thats cool, but why make my temp sensor use a heavy ethernet interface? I for one welcome our new CAN bearing overlords and am looking forward to their benelovent, data sharing rule. On Jan 6, 12:07 am, Larry wrote: "Chuck Tribolet" wrote : Larry, that's NMEA 2000, except it uses CAN bus rather than Ethernet. It's starting to show up in some GPSs, but I haven't seen any DSC VHFs with it. Yet.Yeah, I know, CANbus, another queer, off-the-wall, stupid plan from NMEA trying to keep the boater from buying READILY AVAILABLE, reasonably-priced, off-the-shelf, STANDARDIZED data hardware that uses STANDARDIZED connectors. Just look at all the wonderful CANbus boxes you can buy at Best Buy or Circuit City or newegg.com or any computer shop! Everybody knows a lot about CANbus....must be 20, maybe 30 people, worldwide who are not designing CAR computers! http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/e...Doc/adn004.pdf Wanna bet the CONTROLLER in Garmin will NOT work quite right with the CONTROLLER in Icom or the CONTROLLER in Raymarine or the CONTROLLER in anything else? We'll see......too late. |
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