Appendix H: Advanced Nmea Setup - Garmin GPSMAP 162 Owner's Manual

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NMEA Interface

If you are going to interface the GPSMAP 162 with another piece of equipment such as a radar

or autopilot the unit has to be set to output NMEA data. The NMEA data can be customized to

shorten the update time from the unit. If too many NMEA sentences are activated the unit may take

longer than 2 seconds to update.

Activating the NMEA Data:

1. With the GPSMAP 162 turned on, press the

the Arrow Keypad, select the 'COMM' tab.

2. Highlight the 'Serial Data Format' ﬁ eld and press

3. Select 'NMEA IN/NMEA OUT' and press

Advanced NMEA Output Setup

The GPSMAP 162 NMEA data transmission can be customized to keep the output rate at two

seconds. If the unit is setup to output all of the available NMEA sentences, the output rate may

exceed two seconds. The 'Advanced NMEA Output Setup' page will allow you to turn On/Off the GPS

Status (GSA, GSV), Waypoint/Route (WPL, RTE) and the GARMIN Proprietary sentences. You can also

change the precision of the Lat/Lon Minutes.

Advanced NMEA Output Setup:

1. With NMEA In/NMEA Out selected, press the MENU key. Select NMEA Setup and press ENTER.

2. To turn a ﬁ eld On/Off, place the highlight over that ﬁ eld and press

ENTER

press

again to accept the selection.

GPSMAP 162 NMEA Sentence Output (NMEA Version 2.30 compliant)

Always transmitted:

GPRMC, GPGGA, GPGLL, GPBOD, GPBWC, GPVTG, GPXTE, GPRMB

Switchable sentences:

GPGSA, GPGSV, GPWPL, GPRTE

Garmin Proprietary:

PGRME, PGRMZ, PGRMM

key twice to display the Main Menu. Using

ENTER

. Make a selection and

Appendix H

Advanced NMEA Setup

Advanced NMEA Setup Page

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