Raymarine 150/400 manual Connecting Nmea equipment, Course computer Nmea inputs/outputs

Step 9

36 Type 150/400 Autopilot System: Installation Guide

9.2 Connecting NMEA equipment

If you have equipment on your boat that transmits NMEA 0183 data (e.g. GPS), you can connect this equipment to the autopilot system. You can connect the NMEA equipment in any combination of these ways:

•using the course computer NMEA inputs/outputs

•using the NMEA inputs on the back of either the ST6001+ or ST7001+ control units (if your installation includes one of these control units)

•using the SeaTalk/NMEA interface (part number: E85001) to convert the NMEA data to SeaTalk data

WARNING: Connections to other equipment

If you are connecting Raymarine equipment to other equipment using a non-Raymarine cable, you MUST attach an appropriate suppression ferrite to the cable near to the Raymarine unit.

Course computer NMEA inputs/outputs

Note: Do NOT connect more than one piece of equipment to each of the course computer NMEA inputs.

The course computer has two sets of NMEA inputs/outputs to receive and transmit information from NMEA equipment. The course computer decodes and transmits the following NMEA data:

Course computer NMEA 1 and 2 inputs

NMEA 0183 received	Information extracted
APB	cross track error, bearing to waypoint, waypoint
	number
BWC	bearing to waypoint, distance to waypoint,
BWR	waypoint number, time
GGA	latitude/longitude, time
GLL
HDG
HDM	heading
HDT
MWV	apparent wind angle, apparent wind speed
RMA	course over ground (COG), speed over ground
	(SOG), latitude/longitude, variation