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ThepropertiesofeachoftheavailablecommunicationportsaredenedontheI/OSetup
page.TheSensorInstallationpageallowsyourST90systemtocommunicatewithexternal
sensorsandsystems.Tomakesurethattheinformationfromthe"mostreliable"sensorsare
usedbytheST90system,usetheSensorCongurationpagetodeneadatagrampriorities.
ThecommunicationparametersdenedforNMEA0183are:
•Baudrate:4800bit/s
•Databits:8
•Parity:Even
•Stopbits:1
Someinstrumentsmayprovideotherparametersand/oroptions.Youmustalwayscheckthe
relevanttechnicaldocumentationsuppliedbythemanufacturer.
Procedure
1OpentheSetupmenu.
2OntheSetupmenu,selectInstallation.
ObservethattheInstallationdialogboxopens.Thisdialogboxcontainsanumberof
pagesselectedfromthemenuontheleftside.
3OntheleftsideoftheInstallationdialogbox,selectI/OSetup.
aObservethattheavailableserialinterfaceportsontheProcessorUnitarelisted.
bSelecttheportyouwishtocheck.
cSelectMonitortoopenthePortMonitordialogbox.
ThePortMonitordialogboxprovidesonetextboxforincomingmessages(Rx
Data),andoneforoutgoingmessages(TxData).Usetheseboxesandyour
knowledgeofthedatacommunicationtoinvestigatethedatagrams.
dSelectCanceltoclosethedialogboxwithoutmakinganychanges.
4OntheleftsideoftheInstallationdialogbox,selectSensorInstallation.
aSelecttherelevantsensorintheInstalledSensorslist.
bMakesurethatthecorrectinstallationparametersareusedforthesensor.
5OntheleftsideoftheInstallationdialogbox,selectSensorConguration.
aSelecttherelevantsensorintheSensorlist.
bMakesurethatthecorrectparametersareusedforsensorconguration.
6ClosetheInstallationdialogboxwithoutmakinganychanges.
SimradST90FactoryAcceptanceTest