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4/8 channel nmea 0183 data repeater
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  • Page 1 CruzPro MaxRp110 4/8 Channel NMEA 0183 Data Repeater...
  • Page 2 2008 CruzPro Ltd. MaxRp110 Manual Ver. AF http://www.cruzpro.com Made in New Zealand Page 2...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    USB Driver Installation (If required) ..16 Connecting to the MaxRp110 ... . . 18 Main Screen ....18 Display Configurations Area .
  • Page 4 - ......47 Other CruzPro Products ....48 CruzPro is a trademark of CruzPro Ltd.

  • Page 5: Introduction

    The MaxRp110 remote NMEA 0183 data repeater will simultaneously display five sets of data on three digital displays and two bar graphs. The MaxRp110 can display up to eight separate NMEA 0183 data sentences arriving on four different NMEA 0183 inputs. You can view NMEA data such as depth, wind speed/direction, GPS bearing and distance to waypoint, exhaust gas temperature, battery volts, etc.
  • Page 6 You have complete control over which icons are displayed on any of the 16 display configurations. The MaxRp110 is supplied with software that runs under Windows 98, WinXP, WinNT, Win2K and Vista to select NMEA sentences, edit the display configurations , set high and low alarms and display damping values.

  • Page 7: Installation And Wiring

    Installation and Wiring Before starting the installation, please read this entire section first. Finger tighten the screws that mount the instrument bracket - It is not necessary or recommended to use tools. Drill a 2-1/8" (55mm) mounting hole where you desire to mount the instrument (Figure 1).
  • Page 8 Figure 2 - MaxRp110 Wiring Diagram Page 8...

  • Page 9: Operation Of The Maxrp110

    A complete summary of all the possible key functions is shown in Appendix G. Turning Display ON/OFF Press and hold the " " " " " key for five seconds to turn the MaxRp110 display OFF or simply switch off the power to screw terminal “A”.

  • Page 10: Summary Of Display Configurations 1-16

    Summary of Display Configurations 1-16 Each time you select a new display configuration the Current Display Configuration number (in this case #1) is displayed for one second as shown in Figure 3. After one second the display shows the data for display configuration #1 as shown in figure 4.
  • Page 11 Figure 5 Display configuration 2 Boat Speed (NMEA#1A on Display #1) Battery Volts(NMEA#3A on Display #2) Depth (NMEA#2A on Display #3) Figure 6 Display configuration 3 Depth (NMEA#2A on Display #1) Bearing to GPS Waypoint (NMEA4A on Display #2) Distance to GPS Waypoint (NMEA4B on Display #3) Figure 7 Display configuration 4...
  • Page 12 Figure 8 Display configuration 5 Depth (NMEA#2A on Display #1) Boat Speed (NMEA#1A on Display #2) Bearing to GPS Waypoint (NMEA4A on Display #3) Figure 9 Display configuration 6 Boat Speed (NMEA#1A on Display #1) Bearing to GPS Waypoint (NMEA4A on Display #2) Distance to GPS Waypoint (NMEA4B on Display #2)

  • Page 13: Turning Alarms On/Off

    Turning Alarms ON/OFF To “arm” the alarms, press and hold the $ key 1/2 second. The Bell symbol will be displayed when the alarms are “armed”. To disable the alarms press and hold the % key for 1/2 second. Any press between 1/2 and 2 seconds will work.

  • Page 14: Setting Display Damping

    value for NMEA2B in one display configuration, then the high alarm value for NMEA2B will automatically change for each display configuration where NMEA2B is displayed. Setting Display Damping It is possible to slow down how fast the numbers on the display change by adding “Display Damping”...

  • Page 15: Operation Of The Windows Software

    Operation of the Windows Software Software Installation Place the distribution CD into your CD/DVD drive and the install program should launch automatically. If it does not, click on “Start”, “Run” and type “D:\setup.exe” (substitute your CD ROM drive letter for “D” if your CD ROM is on another drive than “D”).

  • Page 16: Usb Driver Installation (If Required)

    MaxRp110” section. USB Driver Installation If you plan to connect to the MaxRp110 with a USB cable you will first need to install the USB driver BEFORE you plug the supplied USB cable into your PC. Place the distribution CD in the CD ROM drive and navigate to the “DRIVERS”...
  • Page 17 Now plug the supplied USB/RS232 cable into the MaxRp110 instrument and your PC USB port. The first time you plug the USB cable into your PC Windows will detect the new hardware and install the correct driver. Depending on your version of Windows after a few seconds you will see a message similar to: Your USB cable is now ready to use.

  • Page 18: Connecting To The Maxrp110

    Connecting to the MaxRp110 Connect the MaxRp110 to your PC using either a RS232 cable or the supplied USB cable (See USB Driver Installation FIRST). The Windows software will look for the MaxRp110 instrument when you wish to upload or download infor- mation to or from the instrument.

  • Page 19: Display Configurations Area

    Each of the three digital displays and two bar charts show what Data Source is going to be shown on the MaxRp110 LCD. Clicking the % button in one of these areas results in a pulldown menu listing all the NMEA 0183 Data Source options available for that display as shown below.

  • Page 20: High And Low Alarm Values

    High and Low Alarm Values: The High and Low alarm values assigned to the data source for each of the five displays (1, 2, 3, L, R) are shown in the Current Display Configuration area with a “change” box next to each. Clicking the “Change”...

  • Page 21: Icons Area

    There are standard Windows pulldown menus to save/recall configuration files, edit various parameters such as Bar Graph Type, Display Damping or set the communications port to talk to the MaxRp110. Clicking on some pulldown menus can result in a second pulldown menu being displayed which may offer additional choices.

  • Page 22: Edit Menu

    Edit Menu: The Edit menu is where you select from two different bar graph formats, set display damping for different Data Sources, etc. A summary of the Edit Menu choices are shown here: Page 22...

  • Page 23: Help Menu

    Selecting an NMEA Sentence to Display The MaxRp110 can display up to eight different sets of NMEA 0183 data com- ing in on one of the four NMEA 0183 compatible input channels (up to two different sentences per data line).
  • Page 24 Sentence Formatter. The complete list of NMEA 0183 Talker ID codes and Sentence Formatters is shown in Appendix F along with some limitations of what can and cannot be displayed on the MaxRp110. In the above sample NMEA sentence the first field “015.7” is located after the first comma and contains the depth in Feet.

  • Page 25: Uploading And Downloading Display Configurations

    MaxRp110 the MaxRp110 You will be shown a warning box and presented with the following choices when uploading data: Uncheck the items that you do NOT want to transfer to the MaxRp110 and click CONTINUE. Page 25...
  • Page 26 . Uncheck the items that you do NOT want to transfer from the MaxRp110 to the PC and click CONTINUE. If this is the first time that you have transferred data between the MaxRp110 and the PC you will be asked which communications port to use to connect to the...
  • Page 27 MaxRp110 and PC. If you do not know which communications port the MaxRp110 is connected to you can use the Windows Device Manager to show you the hardware configura- tion of the COM ports.

  • Page 28: Appendix A - Specifications

    Appendix A - Specifications Power supply: 12/24 VDC (9.5 to 33.0), 0.10 A nominal Operating temperature: 32° to 122° F ( 0° to 50° C) Size: 4.3" x 4.3” x 3.5” deep (110 x 110 x 89 mm). Display: LCD, 3 digital, 2 Bar Charts, 16 different configurations Backlighting: 5 levels (including OFF), plus external backlight On/Off control.

  • Page 29: Appendix B - Packing List

    Appendix B - Packing List The MaxRp110 package is supplied with the following items: 1) MaxRp110 instrument 2) Dust/rain cover 3) Closed cell foam waterproof bulkhead gasket (adhesive one side). 4) USB/Serial converter 5) Printed user manual 6) Warranty card...

  • Page 30: Appendix C - Typical Setup

    Appendix C - Typical Setup Page 30...
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  • Page 32: Appendix D - Important Notes And Warnings

    Appendix D - Important Notes and Warnings The front of the MaxRp110 is splash proof. The back is not sealed and must be protected from water. The nonvolatile memory in the MaxRp110 will retain data for a minimum of 10 years without power.

  • Page 33: Appendix E - Key Function Summary

    Appendix E - Key Function Summary In normal display mode Keys Secs Function Scroll DOWN display configurations Scroll UP display configurations & Display Version and Serial Number for 5 seconds Disable Alarms (Turns off BELL symbol) & Scroll UP through 5 backlight levels Enable alarms (Turns on BELL symbol) Turn Power OFF/ON (Disable/Enable Display) Keys...
  • Page 34 In “Set Low/High Alarm Values” Mode Keys Secs Function & 0.1 Scroll through Display Number (1, 2, 3) 0.1 Decrease displayed reading (hold to go faster) 0.1 Increase displayed reading (hold to go faster) & 1.0 Save new calibration value(s) to memory In “Set Display Damping”...

  • Page 35: Appendix F - Nmea 0183 Search String Handling And List

    Appendix F - NMEA 0183 Search String Handling and List Each NMEA input #1-4 can be programmed to search for two different NMEA 0183 strings. Each NMEA search string is identified with a one digit “Talker” index which point to a talker identifier such as “GP” for GPS, a one digit “Search String”...
  • Page 36 EC Electronic Chart Display & Information System (ECDIS) EP Emergency Position Indicating Beacon (EPIRB) ER Engine Room Monitoring Systems GP Global Positioning System (GPS) HC Heading - Magnetic Compass HE Heading - North Seeking Gyro HN Heading - Non North Seeking Gyro Integrated Instrumentation IN Integrated Navigation LA Loran A (outdated)
  • Page 37 ZQ Timekeeper - Quartz ZV Timekeeper - Radio Update, WWV or WWVH String Index Sentence Formatter None - not used AAM - Waypoint Arrival Alarm ALM - GPS Almanac Data APA - Autopilot Sentence “A” APB - Autopilot Sentence “B” ASD - Autopilot System Data BEC - Bearing &...
  • Page 38 GLL - Geographic Position - Latitude/Longitude GNS - GNSS fixed data GOA - OMEGA Positions GRS - GNSS Range Residual GSA - GPS DOP and active satellites GST - GNSS Pseudorange Error Statistics GSV - Satellites in view GTD - Geographic Location in Time Differences GXA - TRANSIT Pos.,Lat./Long.,Loc/time of TRANSIT fix at wypt (obs.) HCC - Compass Heading...
  • Page 39 RPM - Revolutions RSA - Rudder Sensor Angle RSD - RADAR System Data RTE - Routes SFI - Scanning Frequency Information SNU - Loran - C SNR Status STC - Time Constant STN - Multiple Data ID STR - Tracking Reference SYS - Hybrid System Configuration TEC - TRANSIT Satellite Error Code &...
  • Page 40 WFM - Route Following Mode WNC - Distance - Waypoint to Waypoint WNR - Waypoint-To-Waypoint Distance, Rhumb Line WPL - Waypoint Location XDR - Transducer Measurements XTE - Cross-Track Error, Measured XTR - Cross-Track Error - Dead Reckoning YWP - Water Propagation Speed YWS - Water Profile ZAA - Timer, Elapsed/Estimated ZCD - Timer...

  • Page 41: Appendix G - Display Firmware Version And Serial No

    Appendix G - Display Firmware Ver. and Serial Number Quick press both the & and ' keys to display the current Firmware Version and the product Serial Number for five seconds. Page 41...

  • Page 42: Appendix H - Error Codes

    Appendix H - Error Codes The internal software that runs the MaxRp110 instrument can detect and display some software and hardware errors. A listing of those error codes and their meaning as shown below. 0 Contents of internal nonvolatile memory are corrupted and factory defaults are being used.

  • Page 43: Appendix I - Updating The Internal Firmware

    Appendix I - Updating The Internal Firmware The internal software that runs the MaxRp110 instrument (firmware) can be up- dated via the USB connector or RS232 serial port as new versions become available with additional features. Each firmware update is supplied with com- plete instructions.

  • Page 44: Index

    Bar Graph Limits 3 Changing and Controlling Backlight Intensity 9 COM ports 27 Communications port 27 Connecting to the MaxRp110 3, 18 Current Display Configuration 3, 19 Damping 3, 5, 14, 22, 33, 34 Data Source 3, 14, 19, 20, 21, 22, 32...
  • Page 45 MaxRp110 Wiring Diagram 8 Memory 28 NMEA 0183 Search String Handling and List 3, 4, 5, 47 Nonvolatile memory 32, 34 Notes and Warnings 32 ON/OFF 9 Operating temperature 28 Operation of the MaxRp110 9 Operation of the Windows Software 15 Page 45...
  • Page 46 Turning Power ON/OFF 9, 32 Typical Setup 4, 30 Units of Measure 21 Updating the Internal Firmware 4 Upload Display Configurations to MaxRp110 25 Uploading and Downloading Display Configurations 3, 25 USB 3, 6, 16, 17 USB Driver Installation 16...

  • Page 47: User Notes

    User Notes Page 47...

  • Page 48: Other Cruzpro Products

    Other CruzPro Products l Depthsounders/w Keel Offset, Deep/Shallow/Anchor Drag Alarms l PC Based DSP Fishfinder for Windows98, NT, SE,XP, 2000, Vista l Speed/Temperature/Logs l Multi-Function Gauges l Digital DC Volts Gauge/w Alarms l Digital DC Volts Gauge/w Alarms for 3 Battery Banks...

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