Simrad EK15 - Setting up the Input from a Navigation System

Operationalprocedures
•Echotrace
Relatedtopics
•Setupmenuonpage138
•EthernetOutputdialogboxonpage184
•EK500Datagramdialogboxonpage240
Physicalcabling
Therststep(withsub-steps)inthisprocedureexplainshowtodothephysicalcabling
usingtherelevantconnection.Theremainingstepsdescribehowtosetuptheinterface
parametersintheEK15software.
Procedure
1ConnecttheEK15totheperipheralsystemusingtheEthernetinterface.
2ClicktheSetupicon.
ThisiconislocatedundertheMainmenu.ItisusedtoopentheSetupmenu.
3ClickEthernetOutputtoopentheEthernetOutputdialogbox.
ThepurposeoftheEthernetOutputdialogboxistodenethecommunication
parametersfortheEK500datagramoutputontheEthernetport.
4DenetheRemotePort.
5DenetheRemoteIPAddressforthecomputeryouwishtoexporttheinformationto.
6SetCommunicationModetoBroadcast.
7IntheEthernetOutputdialogbox,clickEK500DatagramtoopentheEK500
Datagramdialogbox.
aOntheDatagramtab,denewhichdatagramsyouwishtoexport.
bClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialogbox.
8ObservethatyouhavereturnedtotheEthernetOutputdialogbox.
9ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialogbox.
Settinguptheinputfromanavigationsystem
Purpose
ThisprocedureexplainshowtoconnectaGPSsystemtotheEK15usingseriallineor
Ethernetcommunication.
MostGlobalPositioningSystem(GPS)receiversprovideNMEA0183telegrams
containingspeed,headingandsaileddistanceaswellasgeographicallatitudeand
longitude.
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