Simrad EK80 - Exporting Sensor Data to a Peripheral System

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•RemotePort:Sinceyouareabouttoreceivedata,thisportisunessential.Keep
itsdefaultvalue.
cClickOKtosavethechosenparametersandclosetheLANPortSetupdialogbox.
10Verifythatthecommunicationportisfunctional.
aClickonacommunicationlinetoselectit.
bClickMonitortoopenthePortMonitordialogbox.
cVerifythatthedataowontheoutputline(TxDatatexteld)isoperational.
Inordertomonitorthisdataow,yourEK80mustbeactiveandtransmitting
informationtotheperipheralsystem.
dClickOKtoclosethePortMonitordialogbox.
Ifthedataowisnotpresent,wesuggestthefollowingactions:
•CheckthattheappropriateoutputdatainyourEK80hasbeensetuptothe
correctport,andenabled.
11ClickOKtosavethechosensettingsandclosethedialogbox.
Exportingsensordatatoaperipheralsystem
TheinformationprovidedtotheEK80systemfromvarioussensorscanalsobeuseful
forothersystemsonboard.TheEK80allowsyoutoexportthissensorinformationona
chosencommunicationport.
Prerequisites
Thisprocedureassumesthat:
•YouhaveavacantinterfaceportonyourProcessorUnit.
•YouarefamiliarwithNMEAandotherrelevantdatagramformats.
•Youknowhowtosetuptheparametersforserialandlocalareanetwork(LAN)
communication.
Context
TheinformationprovidedtotheEK80systemfromvarioussensorscanalsobeusefulfor
othersystemsonboardyourvessel.TheEK80allowsyoutoexportthissensorinformation
onachosencommunicationport.
Thefollowingsensordatacanbeexported:
•Navigation
•Motionsensor
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