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Navigation PC. If you intend to permanently connect the AIT3000 to a PC or MAC via a USB interface, we recommend that you use our NMEA to USB adaptor cable which will protect the AIT3000 from voltage differences, noise and electrical spikes that can occur in marine installations.
This Quick Start Guide will provide basic information on the AIT3000 to allow you to install and get the AIT3000 working. The full User Manual for the AIT3000 is available to download on the Support section of our website www.digitalyacht.co.uk...
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Installation Step 2 – Mechanical Fixings • Access to the fixing holes is achieved by removal of the two green decal strips down each side of the AIT3000. Once fixed in place, the green decal strips can be clicked back in place.
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The most common connection to a dedicated chart plotter is to take the NMEA Output 1 (Orange+ and Brown –) from the AIT3000 Transponder and to connect it to a free NMEA Input on the plotter. You must then tell the chart plotter that AIS data is connected to this port and set the baud rate to 38,400 Baud –...
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USB cable without the use of a powered extender cable or Hub is 5m. • Please do not plug in the USB cable of the AIT3000 to your PC at this stage. We will cover this in section 4 - Configuration.
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AIT3000 has been allocated by Windows or OSX. Click the ‘Connect’ button The computer will now query the AIT3000 and display any “Static” boat data stored in the unit. All new units will have no data stored and so you will just have a series of blank boxes in which you will need to enter your boat’s data (see below).
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4. It is not recommended that you change any of the other settings i.e. Output Sentences or Baud Rates 5. Click “Write Configuration” to save the data to the AIT3000 6. If you are configuring a new unit with a new MMSI number then a warning message will be displayed Quick Start Guide for AIT3000 V1.02...
“Time Out” LED will stay ON until the AIT3000 makes its first AIS transmission < 3 minutes. 2. As soon as the AIT3000 makes its first AIS transmission the Yellow “Time Out” LED will go out and the Green “Power” LED will come ON. This is the normal, everything is OK, indication and as long as the Green “Power”...
AIT3000 the Green “WiFi” LED will go to a regular once per second flash. 10. Now go to whichever App you will be using with the AIT3000 and establish a data link either; TCP with an IP address of 192.168.1.1 and Port 2000 or UDP with Port 2000.
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