Serial Channel (Rs-422) - Furuno VR-3000 Instruction Manual

3.3 Serial channel (RS-422)

This menu sets channels for signal received by RS-422 IN terminal board (SI00 to
SI07), and Junction Box IF-8530 (SI08 to SI15). The channel receives not only NMEA
sentences but also binary and ASCII data.
Antenna position of the position sensor or
GPS is entered in the following form. The
length from the bow follows A, the length
A = 50 m
from the stern B, the length from the port C
and the length from the starboard D. In the
example of Fig. 3.11, A50B80C30D15 is
B = 80 m
entered as antenna position. Never leave
Antenna position line blank.
Fig. 3.11
C = 30 m D = 15 m
The GPS or DGPS receiver is connected to SI00.
When the data is binary or ASCII, set "Serial input data type" line accordingly.
When the AIS is connected to the VDR, AIS is connected to SI01, the NMEA version is
set to IEC 61162-2 and Baud rate is 38400 bps.
Timeout on SI00 cannot be set to no timeout.
To monitor the data strings, press Monitor button in the menu. The data being received
is displayed at the lower half of the screen.
Fig.3.12 Serial Channel menu
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