equipment, including power supplies, it is recommended that connection is made using NMEA0183 or
NMEA2000 connections. These benefit from being specifically designed for use in the marine environment
and provide isolated and robust communication between your devices.
– If a battery powered laptop is being used then it is recommended to switch off the computer, connect the
USB cable, then switch on the laptop. This will help to ensure that all equipment grounds are correctly
referenced before use, minimising any risk of equipment damage.
CAN I CONNECT MY B100 BY NMEA2000?
Yes. The B100 has NMEA2000 connectivity as standard.
WHY AREN’T I SEEING TARGET NAMES WHEN USING NMEA2000 ON THE
B100?
We occasionally get messages from our customers to ask why, when they have their B100 connected to their
Chartplotter/MFD via NMEA200, they are not able to see remote targets vessel names (but they can see
vessel MMSI numbers and locations)
The reason this happens is that AIS name messages were added to the NMEA2000 specification relatively
recently (2010) as it took some time for the NMEA standards organization to define the message structure.
Prior to this, individual manufacturers (Simrad / Garmin / Raymarine etc) adopted their own proprietary
messages for Class B vessel names on an NMEA2000 network. This meant that their own AIS equipment
could communicate with their own displays, but created compatibility problems between manufacturers.
The B100 is fully certified by NMEA for NMEA2000 operation and uses all of the standardized message
structures, including those for Class B vessel data, so will connect to compatible systems via an NMEA2000
backbone.
To resolve the issue, there are a couple of things you can try..
1 – You can try contacting the manufacturer of your Chartplotter/MFD to see if there is a software
update available to add support for the new AIS message
2 – If no update is available, you should be able to connect the B100 to your chartplotter/MFD via NMEA0183
which is not affected by this issue and should give you full target information.
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