Simrad EK15 - Page 183

Functionsanddialogboxes
Navigationdialogbox;Distancetab
Purpose
TheparametersonthisDistancetaballowsyoutocontroltheinterfacewithexternal
distancesensors.
Description
Theseexternaldistancesensorsare
typicallyglobalpositioningsystems
(GPS)ordedicateddistancesensors.
Theyprovidetheirdataonaserial
line,orbymeansofthelocalarea
network.
Parameters
1Source
Selectthesourceforthedistance
information.
aNone
Nodistanceinformationisaccepted.
bCalculatedfromSpeed
Thedistanceinformationiscalculatedusingthespeedinformationreceivedby
theEK15.Ifwillalwaysstartwiththepreviouslycalculateddistance.Ifyou
needtoresetthistozero(oranyothervalue),usetheDistanceparameter.
cSensorInput
Thedistanceinformationisreceivedusingappropriatedatagram(s)froman
externalsource.
2Port
SelectwhichserialorEthernetporttouseforthiscommunication.
3Setup
OnceyouhaveselectedaserialorEthernetcommunicationport,clickthisbuttonto
setuptheapplicableportparameters.Therelevantportsetupdialogboxopens.
4NMEASentence
SelectwhichNMEAsentencetobeusedforthecommunication.
aVLW
Thistelegramcontainsthedistancetravelledrelativetothewaterandover
theground.
→VLWDualground/waterdistanceonpage256
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