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

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Someinstrumentsmayofferotherparametersand/oroptions.Youmustalways
checktherelevantdocumentationprovidedbythemanufacturer.
dSelectOKtosavetheselectedsettingsandclosethedialogbox.
6Atthebottomofthepage,selectApplytosaveyoursettings.
7Repeatforanyothercommunicationportsthatyouneedtosetup.
8ContinueyourworkintheInstallationdialogbox,orselectOKtocloseit.
Relatedtopics
Settinguptheinterfacestoperipheraldevices,page128
Settinguptheinputfromanavigationsystem(GPS)
FortheST90touseandoffercorrectnavigationalinformation,oneormoreexternalsensors
mustbeconnected.Typicalsensorsarethosethatprovidespeed,headingandgeographical
position.Toselectwhichsensorstoinstall,usetheSensorInstallationpage.Yourcurrent
positionisshownonthetopbarifyouhaveenabledthisintheDisplayOptionsdialogbox.
Prerequisites
Thisprocedureassumesthat:
•YouhaveavacantinterfaceportonyourProcessorUnit.
•YouarefamiliarwithNMEAandotherrelevantdatagramformats.
•Youknowhowtosetuptheparametersforserialandlocalareanetwork(LAN)
communication.
•Theinterfaceportissetupwiththecorrectcommunicationparameters.
•TheST90systemisturnedonandoperatesnormally.
•ThenewsensorisphysicallyconnectedtotheST90usingaserialornetworkcable.It
isswitchedonandinnormaloperation.
Neithertoolsnorinstrumentsarerequired.
Context
TheSensorInstallationpageallowsyourST90tocommunicatewithexternalsensorsand
systems.Y oumustspecifywhichcommunicationporttouse(LAN(LocalAreaNetwork)
orserialport).Youcantypeacustomnametoidentifythesensorimport.Inthelistofvalid
datagramformats,selecttheformat(s)tobeacceptedbytheST90.Onceasensorhasbeen
chosen,youmustselecttheoffsetvaluesthatdenethesensor’sphysicallocationrelativeto
yourvessel’scoordinatesystem.
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