C-Link (Primary And Secondary Stations) - Furuno GP-7000 Installation Manual

3.6 C-link (primary and secondary stations)

The C-link feature, available when several GP-7000 series units are interconnected via
NMEA ports or PC/NMEA IN ports (see the illustration below), lets you duplicate on
secondary stations the destination set at the primary station. With this feature active
destination may only be set from the primary station.
1. Press the [MENU] key to show the menu bar.
2. Rotate the [ENTER] knob to choose ADVANCED from the menu bar and then push the
[ENTER] knob.
3. Rotate the [ENTER] knob to choose INPUT/OUTPUT and then push the [ENTER] knob.
4. Rotate the [ENTER] knob to choose C-LINK and then push the [ENTER] knob.
5. Choose Secondary Station, Primary Station or Off as appropriate and then push the
[ENTER] knob.
Secondary Station: This unit is designated as the secondary station. Destination
cannot be set or changed from the secondary station.
Primary Station: This unit is designated as the primary station.
Off: C-link feature is turned off.
Note: When three or more units are installed, designate only one unit as the primary
station. All other units should be designated as secondary stations. If you
designate two units as primary units, the message "Both chart plotters are set as
Primary station" appears and the buzzer sounds.
6. Press the [MENU] key to close the menu.
Primary station
NMEA1
GP-7000
series
NMEA2
PC/NMEA IN
Secondary station
GP-7000 NMEA1
series
NMEA2
PC/NMEA IN
Secondary station
GP-7000 NMEA1
series
NMEA2
PC/NMEA IN
Secondary station
NMEA1
GP-7000
series
NMEA2
PC/NMEA IN
Secondary Station
Primary Station
Off
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*
*: Either port
**: Either port
**
**
Note: Secondary stations cannot
be connected to one another.
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