Interfacingperipheralequipment
(D)GPSheadingdata(RS-232seriallineinterface)
IftheGPSisusedforthecoursegyroinput,waitwiththistest
untiltheGPSpositiondataaretested.Whenrequired,usethe
followingprocedurefortestingtheGPSinput.
1AccesstheI/OSetupmenu.
•Toaccessthismenu,seeHowtochangetheinterface
settingsonpage129.
2OntheI/OSetupmenu,selectSensors→Heading→Gyro.
3ObservethattheSensorCongparameterdialogueappears
atthebottomofthemenueld.
4ChangethesettingsintheSensorCongparameterdialogue
tosuityourrequirementsfortheserialline.
5ClickClosetoexittheSensorCongparameterdialogue.
6Checkthattheheadingread-outintheStatusparameter
dialoguecorrespondstotheGPSheading.
Positioningsysteminterfacesetupand
test
Observethefollowingproceduretosetupandtestthepositioning
system(GPS)input.
1AccesstheI/OSetupmenu.
•Toaccessthismenu,seeHowtochangetheinterface
settingsonpage129.
2OntheI/OSetupmenu,selectSensors→Pos.System→GPS.
3ObservethattheSensorCongparameterdialogueappears
atthebottomofthemenueld.
4ChangethesettingsintheSensorCongparameterdialogue
tosuityourrequirementsfortheserialline.
5ClickClosetoexittheSensorCongparameterdialogue.
6Checkthatthelatitudeandlongituderead-outsintheStatus
parameterdialoguecorrespondstotheGPSread-out.
Relatedtopics
•Positioningsysteminterfaceonpage190
•RS-232totheInterfaceUnitonpage200
Echosoundersysteminterfacesetupand
test
TheProcessorUnitcanreadthedepthinformationfromanecho
sounderonstandardNMEA0183RS-232seriallineformat.
Observethefollowingproceduretosetupandtesttheecho
sounderinterface.
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