Simrad TV80 - Setting up the PI50 and PI60 Receiver Units on a Serial Line Input

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4SelectAddLANPort.
ObservethattheSelectInput(LAN)dialogboxopens.
5SelecttheSR70ReceiverUnit.
Everynewinterfaceispresentedasasmall"blockdiagram"ontheI/OSetuppage.
Result
Everyinterfaceispresentedasasmall"blockdiagram".TheI/OSetuppagealsopresentsa
numberof"inspectionpoints".Thesearesmallcirculariconswithan"i".
Inspectionpointsprovideimportantinformationabouttheconnection.Byselectingan
inspectionpointyoucanretrieverelevantinformationabouttheconnection.Thecolourofan
inspectionpointhelpsyoutoidentifythequalityoftheinformationthatisreceived.
•Whenaninspectionpointisgreen,theinformationisproperlyreceived.
•Whenaninspectionpointisred,itmeansthataspecicdatagramisnotrecognized.This
isnotacriticalerrorsincemanysystemshaveproprietaryNMEAdatagramsentences
thatarenotused,andthereforedonotneeddecoding.
SettingupthePI50andPI60ReceiverUnitsonaserialline
input
Inordertoreadcatchmonitoringsensordata,youmustrstconnectoneormorereceiver
unitstotheProcessorUnit.TheTV80systemsupportsseveralreceiverunits.ThePI50and
PI60receiversmustbeconnectedtotheProcessorUnitwithaserialline.
Prerequisites
ThisprocedureassumesthatareceiverhasbeenconnectedtotheProcessorUnitbymeans
ofaserialline,andthatthecommunicationlinehasbeeninitiated.IftheProcessorUnitis
notttedwithasuitableseriallineconnector,useaUSB-to-serialconverter.
Context
ThecommunicationbetweenthePI50andPI60ReceiverUnitsandtheProcessorUnit
ismadeusinga(1:1)serialline.
Procedure
1OpentheSetupmenu.
2OntheSetupmenu,selectInstallation.
ObservethattheInstallationdialogboxopens.
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