Raymarine E70196 - Document Information; Product Overview

2.1Documentinformation
Thisdocumentcontainsimportantinformation
relatedtotheinstallationofyourRaymarineproduct.
Thedocumentincludesinformationtohelpyou:
•planyourinstallationandensureyouhaveallthe
necessaryequipment;
•installandconnectyourproductaspartofawider
systemofconnectedmarineelectronics;
•troubleshootproblemsandobtaintechnical
supportifrequired.
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www.raymarine.com.
Applicableproducts
Thisdocumentisapplicabletothefollowingproducts:
D13366-1
PartnumberNameDescription
E70196
NMEA0183–Sea-
Talk
ng®
converter
Enables
connectionofa
VHFNMEA0183
radiotothe
SeaTalk
ng®
bus
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productvariantanddateofmanufacture.
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Productdocumentation
Thefollowingdocumentationisapplicabletoyour
product:
DescriptionPartnumber
NMEA0183–SeaTalk
ng®
converter
installationinstructions
InstallationofaNMEA0183–SeaTalk
ng
converterandconnectiontoawidersystem
ofmarineelectronics.
87256
SeaTalk
ng
Referencemanual
Detailstheplanningandoperationofsystems
basedontheSeaTalk
ng
network.
81300
LightHouse
TM
MFDoperationinstructions
DetailstheoperationoftheDataapplication
andautopilotintegrationforLightHouse
TM
poweredMFDs.
81360
2.2Productoverview
NMEA0183converterkit—overview
TheNMEA0183toSeaT alk
ng
converterkit(E70196)
enablesyoutoconnectaNMEA0183devicetoa
SeaTalk
ng
bus.
Atypicalusefortheconverterisfortheconnection
ofaSeaT alk
ng
GPSreceiver(e.g.theRS130)or
multifunctiondisplay(e.g.a65/a67)toaVHFradio,
foroutputtingGPSpositiondatatotheVHFradio.
Note:Theconvertersupportsonlyuni-directional
(one-way)communicationfromtheSeaT alk
ng
bustotheNMEAdevice.Forexample,itonly
supportstheoutputofGPSpositiondatafroma
multifunctiondisplayorGPSreceivertotheVHF
radio.TheconverterdoesNOTallowbi-directional
(two-way)NMEA0183communications.
NMEA0183
TheNMEA0183DataInterfaceStandardwas
developedbytheNationalMarineElectronics
AssociationofAmerica.Itisaninternational
standardtoenableequipmentfrommanydifferent
manufacturerstobeconnectedtogetherandshare
information.
TheNMEA0183standardcarriessimilarinformation
toSeaTalk.Howeverithastheimportantdifference
thatonecablewillonlycarryinformationinone
direction.ForthisreasonNMEA0183isgenerally
usedtoconnectadatareceiverandatransmitter
together,e.g.acompasssensortransmitting
headingtoaradardisplay.Thisinformationis
passedin‘sentences’,eachofwhichhasathree
lettersentenceidentier.Itisthereforeimportant
whencheckingcompatibilitybetweenitemsthatthe
samesentenceidentiersareusedsomeexamples
ofwhichare:
•VTG-carriesCourseandSpeedOverGround
data.
•GLL-carrieslatitudeandlongitude.
•DBT-carrieswaterdepth.
•MWV-carriesrelativewindangleandwindspeed
data.
Seatalk
ng
SeaTalk
ng
(NextGeneration)isanenhancedprotocol
forconnectionofcompatiblemarineinstruments
andequipment.ItreplacestheolderSeaTalkand
SeaTalk
2
protocols.
SeaTalk
ng
utilizesasinglebackbonetowhich
compatibleinstrumentsconnectusingaspur.Data
andpowerarecarriedwithinthebackbone.Devices
thathavealowdrawcanbepoweredfromthe
network,althoughhighcurrentequipmentwillneed
tohaveaseparatepowerconnection.
SeaTalk
ng
isaproprietaryextensiontoNMEA2000
andtheprovenCANbustechnology.Compatible
NMEA2000andSeaT alk/SeaT alk
2
devicescan
alsobeconnectedusingtheappropriateinterfaces
oradaptorcablesasrequired.
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