Setting Up Nmea Ports - Furuno IF-NMEASC Operator's Manual

3.2

Setting Up NMEA Ports

Ports J4 and J5 output data in NMEA 0183 format. Select the data to output from those ports,
along with baud rate and output interval. The default settings are as shown in the table below.
Default settings for ports 2 and 3
Port no.
J4 (Port 2) HDT (Heading)
J5 (Port 3) ATT (Heading, pitch, roll)
HVE (Heave)
1. Grasp the cover at its right and left sides, pull the cover outward slightly and then lift the cover
to remove it.
2. Open the inner cover and turn on the power.
On the circuit board, find the heading indication, several LEDs, and four operating buttons.
The Heading LED is lit.
When offset
is minus
Offset
Port 2
Port 3
Operating
buttons
3. Push the [Menu/Cancel] button several times to light the Sentence LED on the Port 2 line.
4. Push the [Enter] button. The Sentence LED starts flashing and the sentence currently select-
ed to output from port 2 is shown with a numeric. See the illustration below for numeric and
data sentence.
OUTPUT PROCESSING
0
Sentence
LED
Heading
Offset
Port 2
Sentence
Port 3
Sentence
Menu/
Cancel
5. Push the [+] or [-] button to display the numeric corresponding to the data sentence you wish
to output.
6. Push the [Enter] button. The sentence LED stops flashing.
Sentence
OUTPUT PROCESSING
0
Heading Pitch
Sentence Bps
Sentence Bps
Menu/
Enter
Cancel
0 0 3
Pitch Roll
Output
Bps
Interval
Output
Bps
Interval
- +
Enter
Baud rate (bps)
4800
38400
3
Use the [Menu/Cancel]
button to show the
heading indication.
Push the [Enter] button
Roll
to show the heading
Output
offset value.
Interval
Output
Interval
- +
Current sentence setting
(example: 1: HDT (Heading, true))
Other indications:
2: HDG (Heading, Variation, Deviation)
3: HDM (Heading, Magnetic)
4: ATT (Heading, pitch, roll) and HVE (Heave)
5: VTG (Course over ground and ground speed)
GGA (Global positioning system(GPS fix data)
ZDA (Date and time)
6: RMC (Recommended minimum specific
GPS/TRANSIT data)
ZDA (Date and time)
7: Sentences of 4 and 5.
8: Sentences of 6 and 1.
5
3. ADJUSTMENTS
Tx interval (ms)
100
25