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The Micro-C T connector used in some NMEA-2000 busses.
For your convenience Lowrance manufactures a Bus Adapter Cable to
connect Lowrance products to Micro-C T connectors.
To NMEA 2000
network port
With this adapter cable you can connect the Micro-C plug (shown left in
this figure) to an available network node on your boat's NMEA 2000 bus.
The Lowrance plug (shown right) connects to a Lowrance display unit or
NMEA 2000 sensor.
Looking Ahead
As you probably know the NMEA 2000 communication standard is not
a new concept. It was developed to replace the old standard NMEA
0183. In fact, you might own some Lowrance products that communi-
cate using the NMEA 0183 standard.
NMEA 0183 was developed over a period of many years and it changed
dramatically over that time. So dramatically, in fact, that NMEA 0183
devices developed in the early days of the standard (NMEA 0183 ver. 1)
are no longer compatible with NMEA 0183 devices developed recently
(NMEA 0183 ver. 3).
In order to correct this and to prevent something similar happening
again NMEA decided to adopt a new standard, NMEA 2000, which is a
radical departure from the old NMEA 0183. NMEA 2000 devices will
not communicate with NMEA 0183 devices. The NMEA 2000 was
planned from the beginning to be a consistent system capable of incor-
porating future growth.
Boats with built-in NMEA 2000 busses have started to appear on the
market and many of the sensors and other products that will provide
information to the network are still being developed by many compa-
nies, including Lowrance. NMEA 2000 is the industry's adopted stan-
dard and with all the power and versatility it offers you can expect to
see a lot of growth in the near future.
Micro-C to Lowrance Male converter.
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To Lowrance unit
or LEI accessory
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