4.3NMEA2000(Sea
Talkng®)connection
TheMFDcantransmitandreceivedatafromdevicesconnectedonacompliantCANbusnetwork.
TheMFDisconnectedtothebackboneusingtheMFD’sNMEA2000connector.
1.UsethesuppliedDeviceNettoSea Talkng®adaptorcabletoconnectyourMFDtoaSeaTalkng®
backbone.
2.AlternativelyyourcanconnectyourMFDtoaNMEA2000backboneusingastandardDeviceNet
cable(notsupplied).
Note:
1.Sea Talkng®andNMEA2000devicesmustbeconnectedtoacorrectlyterminatedbackbone
thattheMFDisalsoconnectedto.DevicescannotbeconnecteddirectlytotheMFD.
2.RefertotheinstructionssuppliedwithyourSeaTalkng®/NMEA2000devicefordetailson
creatingabackbone.
3.RefertoChapter9SparesandaccessoriesforalistofavailableSeaTalkng®cables..
4.4NMEA0183connection
NMEA0183devicescanbeconnectedtoyourMFDusingtheNMEA0183wiresonthesupplied
P oweranddatacable.
2NMEA0183portsareavailable:
•Port1:Inputandoutput4,800or38,400baudrate.
•Port2:Inputonly4,800or38,400baudrate.
Note:
•TheBaudrateforeachportmustbesetinyourMFD ’ssettings,refertotheoperationinstructions
foryourMFDfordetailsonspecifyingbaudrate.
•ForPort1,boththeinputandoutputcommunicateatthesamebaudrate.Forexample,ifyou
haveoneNMEA0183deviceconnectedtoPort1INPUT,andanotherNMEA0183device
connectedtoPort1OUTPUT,bothNMEAdevicesmustusethesamebaudrate.
Upto4devicescanbeconnectedtotheoutputportandupto2devicestotheinputports.
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