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Settingtoworksummary,page242

Testingtheinterfaceswithperipheraldevices,page365

Verifyingthecommunicationwithspeedlog

Inordertooperatecorrectly,theST90requiresinputfromaspeedlog.Thevesselspeed

isshownonthetopbarifyouhaveenabledthisintheDisplayOptionsdialogbox.The

communicationwiththesensoristested.

Prerequisites

Thisprocedureassumesthat:

•ThesensorisconnectedtotheST90.Itisswitchedonandinnormaloperation.

•Theinterfaceportissetupwiththecorrectcommunicationparameters.

•YouarefamiliarwithNMEAandotherrelevantdatagramformats.

•Youknowhowtosetuptheparametersforserialandlocalareanetwork(LAN)

communication.

•Thevesselisberthedoratsea.

•Allrelevantvesseldrawings,installationreportsand/ormeasurementresultsare

available.

•TheST90isturnedon,anditisworkingnormally.

Neithertoolsnorinstrumentsarerequired.

Context

Note

TheinputfromaspeedlogisessentialforST90operation.Withouttheinputfroma

speedlog,theST90willneitherbeabletopresentcorrectnavigationalinformation,nor

compensateforvesselmovements.ThislackofcompensationwillpreventtheST90

fromprovidingcorrectechoinformation.

Inmostcasesasuitablesensorisalreadyinstalledonthevessel.Aglobalpositioning

system(GPS)withacompatibleoutputformatcanalsobeused.

ThepropertiesofeachoftheavailablecommunicationportsaredenedontheI/OSetup

page.TheSensorInstallationpageallowsyourST90tocommunicatewithexternal

sensorsandsystems.Tomakesurethattheinformationfromthe"mostreliable"sensors

areusedbytheST90,usetheSensorCongurationpagetodeneadatagrampriorities.

ThecommunicationparametersdenedforNMEA0183are:

•BaudRate:4800b/s

•DataBits:8

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