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13 The Communication
The Communications Menu contains options that control the GPS data input:
>‘MENU’ 1 sec. + “COMMUNICATIONS” + ‘ENTER’
Fig. 13 - Communications Menu
13.1 NMEA OUTPUT
The EKP-IV can be attached to external equipment that accepts GPS data in-
put (see Chapter 15 for wiring). Once attached, the output of NMEA format-
ted data can be enabled in the following manner:
> ‘MENU’ 1 sec. + “COMMUNICATIONS” + ‘ENTER’ + “NMEA OUTPUT” + ‘ENTER’ + “ON”
The default setting is Off. (See Appendix F for details on NMEA data formatting.)
13.2 WAYPOINTS UPLOAD/DOWNLOADS
The Upload Waypoint function allows the unit to receive a Waypoint from
the serial port using the NMEA0183 $WPL sentence (see Appendix F):
> ‘MENU’ 1 sec. + “COMMUNICATIONS” + ‘ENTER’ + “WAYPOINTS UPLOAD” + ‘ENTER’
The Download Waypoint function allows the unit to send the current Waypoints
to the serial port using the NMEA0183 $WPL sentence (see Appendix F):
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