Interfacing With Nmea Equipment - Raymarine SportPilot Owner's Handbook Manual

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Chapter 4: Installing the SportPilot

Interfacing with NMEA equipment

Using the NMEA cores in the Power/NMEA cable, the SportPilot can interface
directly with equipment capable of transmitting NMEA 0183 data format.
Sentences decoded are:
Information
Cross Track Error
Bearing to Waypoint
Distance to Waypoint
Waypoint Number
Speed Through Water
Apparent Wind Angle and Speed
Water Depth
NMEA cabling
Connect the NMEA 0183 output connections from the NMEA equipment to the
black and red NMEA cores of the power/NMEA lead as shown.
NMEA 0183 data
APA, APB, RMB, XTE, XTR
APB, BPI, BWR, BWC, BER, BEC, RMB
WDR, WDC, BPI, BWR, BWC, BER, BEC,
RMB
APB, APA, BPI, BWR, WDR, BWC, WDC,
RMB, BOD, WCV, BER, BEC
VHW
VWR
DBT
Black Data 0 V
equipment
Red Data tx
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