Raymarine a9 Series User Manual

Note:Extendingthecablelengthbymorethanthe
recommendedmaximumlengthwillresultinsignal
degradation.
Connectinganexternalantenna
FollowthestepsbelowtoconnecttheGA150external
antennatoyoura9xora12xvariantMFD.
1
3
2
4
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1.Fullyinserttheantenna’scableconnectorintothe
GA150connectorontherearofyourdisplay.
2.TurnthelockingcollarclockwiseuntilTIGHT.
3.Pushtoprotectivebootovertheconnectiononthe
backofthedisplay.
4.Usethesuppliedcabletietosecuretheprotective
bootovertheconnection.
NMEA0183connection
NMEA0183devicescanbeconnectedtocompatible
multifunctiondisplays(MFDs)usingthepoweranddata
cable.
Note:a6xanda7xvariantMFDsdonotsupport
connectionofNMEA0183devicesusingthepower
anddatacable.ToconnectanNMEA0183device
toana6xora7xMFDaSeaT alk
ng
toNMEA1083
adaptorisrequired.
D12266-3
61 2 3 4 5
11
7 8 9 10
12
NMEA DEVICE
4800 / 38400 baud
NMEA DEVICE
4800 / 38400 baud
NMEA0183devicesareconnectedusingthepower
anddatacablesuppliedwithcompatibleMFDs.
2NMEA0183portsareavailable:
•Port1:Inputandoutput,4800or38400baudrate.
•Port2:Inputonly,4800or38400baudrate.
Note:Thebaudrateyouwanttouseforeachport
inputmustbespeciedintheSystemSettings
menu(Homescreen→Set-up→SystemSettings
→NMEASet-up→NMEAInputPort).
Note:ForPort1,boththeinputandoutput
communicateatthesamebaudrate.Forexample,if
youhaveoneNMEA0183deviceconnectedtothe
display'sPort1INPUT,andanotherNMEA0183
deviceconnectedtothedisplay'sPort1OUTPUT ,
bothNMEAdevicesmustbeusingthesamebaud
rate.
Youcanconnectupto4NMEA0183devicestothe
display'sNMEA0183OUTPUT(Port1).Youcan
connectatotalof2NMEA0183devicestothedisplay's
NMEA0183INPUTports.
It-
e-
mDevice
Cable
colorPort
Input/
output
Posi-
tive(+)
/nega-
tive(-)
1White1InputPositive
2
Green
1InputNega-
tive
3Yellow1
Output
Positive
4Brown1
Output
Nega-
tive
5
Orange
/white
2InputPositive
6
Multi-
function
display
Orange
/green
2InputNega-
tive
7
**Output
Positive
8
**Output
Nega-
tive
9
**
InputPositive
1
0
NMEA
device
**
InputNega-
tive
1
1
**Output
Positive
1
2
NMEA
device
**Output
Nega-
tive
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Raymarine a9 Series Specifications

General

Brand	Raymarine
Model	a9 Series
Category	Monitor
Language	English