Power Supply connection ______________________________________________ 6 Serial Ports Connections _______________________________________________ 6 Led Indicators ______________________________________________________ 6 Configuration ______________________________________________________ 7 Modbus Configuration.________________________________________________ 8 NMEA Configuration _________________________________________________ 9 Other commands ___________________________________________________ 10 Modbus Registers __________________________________________________ 11 A. FIRMWARE UPGRADE B. FACTORY SETTINGS C. DIN RAIL MOUNT www.exemys.com Rev.4...
1.1 User Manual purpose The purpose of this manual is to provide the instructions to quickly and simply install and operate the SGW1-MB-NM 1.2 Product Overview The SGW1-IA3-MB-NM is a protocol converter that will convert the values send from a NMEA 0183 talker to Modbus registers.
100 mm x 22,5 mm x 112 mm (Height x Width x Length) Power Supply 10 a 30 Vdc, 70 mA @ 12 Vdc, 40 mA @ 12 Vdc Operation: -15 a 65 ºC Temperatures Storage: -40 a 75 ºC Warranty 1 Year, technical support included www.exemys.com Rev.4...
2.3 Led Indicators The SGW1-IA3-MB-NM has three LED indicators. One of them indicates that the device is energized (Power). While the other two are each linked to the activity on the serial ports - Modbus (A) and NMEA (B). www.exemys.com Rev.4...
SGW1-IA3- MB-NM to a USB port on the PC and go to the Connection -> USB menu, a window will open with the description of all the Exemys products with USB found. Select with double click the product to be configured and pressing ENTER will show a ">"...
Values: 1 to 254 (1…254) Example: MBID:110 MBEXCEPTION - Enables or disables exceptions for the Modbus Port. If the option is disabled the SGW1-IA3-MB-NM will respond to errors with silence, otherwise it will return an exception code. www.exemys.com Rev.4...
It can used to verify the connection to the NMEA talker and see which sentences are being received It configures the SGW1 to send to the USB console details of the NMEA sentences NMEAVERB received on the NMEA port. www.exemys.com Rev.4...
SGW1-IA3-MB-NM – NMEA talker to Modbus slave Converter – User’s Manual 3.3 Other commands LIST Lists the current configuration. Displays the list of all available commands with syntax and HELP descriptive text FACTRESET Restart the device factory settings www.exemys.com Rev.4...
* LAT: 85°25’38.56728’’. To convert this number to the GGA NMEA sentence format (DDMM,MMMMM) * 854273798 / 10,000,000 = 85.4273798 º * 0.4273798 * 60 = 25.6427880’ * 85 * 100 = 8500 + 25.642788 * LAT: 8525.264788,N www.exemys.com Rev.4...
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Since firmware version 2.4 there’s an alternative format for latitude and longitude that will directly convert the DDMM,MMMMM format from the NMEA sentence to three separate Modbus registers LAT: 8525.264788,N 40166 Latitude – Degrees 40167 Latitude – Minutes 40168:69 Latitude – Minutes fraction x 100,000,000 64278800 www.exemys.com Rev.4...
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ASCII Sensor type 3 40031 ASCII Sensor reading 3 40032 Sensor units 3 40033 ASCII Degrees True 40034 º Degrees Magnetic 40035 º Speed 40036 knots Speed 40037 40038 Turn Velocity (*) º per minute 40039 State ASCII www.exemys.com Rev.4...
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40073 Mode ASCII 40074 Status ASCII 40075 Cross Track Error miles 40076 Course ASCII 40077:78 Destination Waypoint Latitude x10,000,000 signed º 40079:80 Destination Waypoint Longitude x10,000,000 signed º 40081 Range to destination miles 40082 Bearing to destination º www.exemys.com Rev.4...
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Navigation Status 40113 Rate of turn (ROT) º/min 40114 Velocity over ground (SOG) knots 40115 Position accuracy 40116:17 Longitude x10,000,000 signed º 40118:19 Latitude x10,000,000 signed º 40120 Course over ground (COG) º 40121 True Heading (HDG) º www.exemys.com Rev.4...
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The SGW1 will use the “format 2” registers of it receives on the 3 following NMEA XDR sentences. If it doesn’t match any of this it will use the XDR original format. 40166 Latitude – Degrees º 40167 Latitude - Minutes 40168:69 Latitude – Minutes fraction 8 digits 40170 Longitude - Degrees º www.exemys.com Rev.4...
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• 713: This value is displayed when you are rotating clockwise to more than 5 degrees in 30 seconds • -713: This value is displayed when you are turning counterclockwise to more than 5 degrees in 30 seconds www.exemys.com Rev.4...
SGW1-IA3-MB-NM – NMEA talker to Modbus slave Converter – User’s Manual A. Firmware Upgrade The firmware of the SGW1-MB-NM can be updated in case of new versions with improvements, by accessing the serial console intended for this purpose. Connect an RS232 cable as follows between the computer and the SGW1 and follow the...
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2. Then go to the menu Functions -> Update Device. 3. Locate and select the binary file (.bin) to be transferred and press the Open button to start the firmware update of the device. 4. During the file transfer the progress of the process will be displayed. www.exemys.com Rev.4...
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5. At the end, the device will be restarted to install the update, preserving the current configuration. Do not turn off the device until the "Installed" message is displayed, this can cause a permanent damage to the device. www.exemys.com Rev.4...
(a click will be heard when attaching the module to the DIN rail) To remove the rail module, first remove the input terminals. Then insert a screwdriver into the lower lock of the device's DIN connector and force the connector down until the module disengages. www.exemys.com Rev.4...
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