ComNav G3 GPS Compass Installation & Operation Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
Installation & Operation Manual ................................................................................................................. 1
Welcome ....................................................................................................................................................... 1
Document History ........................................................................................................................................ 2
Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................................ 3
List of Figures .............................................................................................................................................. 5
List of Tables ................................................................................................................................................ 5
1 Installation ................................................................................................................................................. 7
1.1 G3 Compass Display Package Contents ______________________________________________________ 7
1.2 Planning _______________________________________________________________________________ 7
Maximum drop cable length _________________________________________________________________ 7
Current load and maximum nodes ____________________________________________________________ 7
Terminator resistor and position ______________________________________________________________ 7
1.3 Mounting ______________________________________________________________________________ 7
1.6 Connecting to NMEA 2000 network __________________________________________________________ 8
Connecting to GPS with NMEA 2000 interface __________________________________________________ 9
Connecting to Vector GPS with NMEA 0183 interface ____________________________________________ 10
1.7 Getting Start ___________________________________________________________________________ 11
Turning on/off ___________________________________________________________________________ 11
Capture data sources in a small network ______________________________________________________ 11
2 Operation ................................................................................................................................................. 13
2.1 Keypad operation _______________________________________________________________________ 13
Keypad Home function ____________________________________________________________________ 13
Soft Keypad function _____________________________________________________________________ 13
2.2 Display _______________________________________________________________________________ 14
Display screens _________________________________________________________________________ 14
Name as the Indicator of Data Source ________________________________________________________ 15
Monitor Alert Conditions from a heading sensor ________________________________________________ 15
2.3 Screen Layouts ________________________________________________________________________ 16
Large Compass Layout ___________________________________________________________________ 16
Small Compass Layout ___________________________________________________________________ 16
GPS Satellite Strength ____________________________________________________________________ 16
Satellites in View Graphic _________________________________________________________________ 16
Date and Time __________________________________________________________________________ 17
Rate of Turn ____________________________________________________________________________ 17
Position _______________________________________________________________________________ 17
Digital Display __________________________________________________________________________ 18
Scrolling through display pages in two directions ________________________________________________ 18
2.4 Menu operation ________________________________________________________________________ 18
General Menu frame _____________________________________________________________________ 18
Magnetic Heading or True Heading __________________________________________________________ 19
Entering a number or texts _________________________________________________________________ 20
Control your display ______________________________________________________________________ 20
Change data sources _____________________________________________________________________ 21