Simrad ST90 - Setting up the Input from a Navigation System (GPS)

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6Atthebottomofthepage,selectApplytosaveyoursettings.
7Repeatforanyothercommunicationportsthatyouneedtosetup.
8ContinueyourworkintheInstallationdialogbox,orselectOKtocloseit.
Relatedtopics
Settingtoworksummary,page242
Settinguptheinterfacestoperipheraldevices,page328
Settinguptheinputfromanavigationsystem(GPS)
FortheST90touseandoffercorrectnavigationalinformation,oneormoreexternal
sensorsmustbeconnected.Typicalsensorsarethosethatprovidespeed,headingand
geographicalposition.Toselectwhichsensorstoinstall,usetheSensorInstallation
page.Yourcurrentpositionisshownonthetopbarifyouhaveenabledthisinthe
DisplayOptionsdialogbox.
Prerequisites
Thisprocedureassumesthat:
•YouhaveavacantinterfaceportonyourProcessorUnit.
•YouarefamiliarwithNMEAandotherrelevantdatagramformats.
•Youknowhowtosetuptheparametersforserialandlocalareanetwork(LAN)
communication.
•Theinterfaceportissetupwiththecorrectcommunicationparameters.
•TheST90isturnedon,anditisworkingnormally.
•ThenewsensorisphysicallyconnectedtotheST90usingaserialornetworkcable.It
isswitchedonandinnormaloperation.
Neithertoolsnorinstrumentsarerequired.
Context
TheSensorInstallationpageallowsyourST90tocommunicatewithexternalsensors
andsystems.Youmustspecifywhichcommunicationporttouse(LAN(LocalArea
Network)orserialport).Youcantypeacustomnametoidentifythesensorimport.In
thelistofvaliddatagramformats,selecttheformat(s)tobeacceptedbytheST90.Once
asensorhasbeenchosen,youmustselecttheoffsetvaluesthatdenethesensor’s
physicallocationrelativetoyourvessel’scoordinatesystem.
Note
JustmakingchangesandselectingOKatthebottomofthepagewillnotinstallanything.
Selectwhattoinstall,denetherelevantparameters,andthenselectAdd.
Settingtowork