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How to Connect a C-Nav3050 to the C-NaviGator III Revision 2 Revision Date: April 13, 2017 Oceaneering International, Inc. ® C-Nav World DGNSS 730 E. Kaliste Saloom Road Lafayette, LA 70508 U.S.A. www.cnav.com...
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How to Connect a C-Nav3050 to the C-NaviGator III Release Notice This is the April 2017 release of the C-Nav How to Connect a C-Nav3050® to the C-NaviGator III Manual. Revision History 04/13/2017 Updated for C-Nav/OII branding changes J.Hall 05/24/2016 Document split &...
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How to Connect a C-Nav3050 to the C-NaviGator III Table of Contents Trademarks ....................... 3 Disclaimer of Warranty ..................3 Limitation of Liability ..................3 Table of Contents ....................4 Manual Organization ..................5 Manual Conventions ..................6 Section 1 - Overview ..................... 7 Serial connection ....................
Manual Organization This is a comprehensive guide to the steps necessary to connect the C-Nav3050 receiver to the C-NaviGator III. The guide is split into sections that show a step-by-step guide to establishing the connections via Serial, USB or Ethernet.
How to Connect a C-Nav3050 to the C-NaviGator III Manual Conventions Arial font is used for plain text in this document. Arial italic font is used for settings names. “Arial quoted” font is used for settings values. Arial Bold font is used for button names.
How to Connect a C-Nav3050 to the C-NaviGator III Section 1 - Overview This document is provides a detailed list of procedures to successfully connect ® ® an Oceaneering C-Nav3050 GNSS receiver to the C-NaviGator III control display unit. The connection can be made via Serial, USB or Ethernet, the document gives each connection method its own section.
How to Connect a C-Nav3050 to the C-NaviGator III Section 2 - Serial connection ® The C-Nav3050 GNSS receiver can be connected directly to a C-NaviGator III using the supplied Y-Cable, Positronic 9-Pin Male to Ethernet RJ45 Plug & DB9S (RS-232/1PPS) (P/N 94-310272-3006LFB) Or the alternative Y-Cable Positronic 9-Pin to USB &...
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3. You then must assign the port you connected the serial cable into on the C-NaviGator III. Assign the correct device type and baud rate for a successful connection. ® On the next page you will see the default settings for the C-Nav3050 GNSS receiver. Revision 3...
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How to Connect a C-Nav3050 to the C-NaviGator III 4. Press OK to apply the settings. Revision 3 Page 10 of 31 4/13/2017...
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How to Connect a C-Nav3050 to the C-NaviGator III ® This will change the Port 3 type to that of the C-Nav3050 with the specified settings, if these are correct you will then begin to see quality control information as shown in the following screenshot.
How to Connect a C-Nav3050 to the C-NaviGator III Section 3 - USB connection ® The C-Nav3050 GNSS receiver can be connected directly to a C-NaviGator III via USB using the supplied Positronic 9-Pin to USB & DB9(P/N NAV94-310273- 3006LF C).
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How to Connect a C-Nav3050 to the C-NaviGator III The receiver is now ready to make the connection via USB, Plug the USB cable into an available USB port. With the latest C-NaviGator III software the USB connection will be established automatically.
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How to Connect a C-Nav3050 to the C-NaviGator III The active device should then show as the added device . Revision 3 Page 14 of 31 4/13/2017...
How to Connect a C-Nav3050 to the C-NaviGator III Section 4 - Ethernet connection ® The C-Nav3050 GNSS receiver can be connected directly to a C-NaviGator III using the supplied Y-Cable, Positronic 9-Pin Male to Ethernet RJ45 Plug & DB9S...
How to Connect a C-Nav3050 to the C-NaviGator III Direct Ethernet Connection Perform the following steps to configure the receiver for a Direct Ethernet connection: ® 1. Connect to the C-Nav3050 GNSS receiver on an available port, such as USB or a serial COM port, this is required temporally while the settings are correctly entered.
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How to Connect a C-Nav3050 to the C-NaviGator III In this configuration the receiver we will use the factory default IP address and Netmask of: IP: 192.168.0.2, Netmask: 255.255.255.0 1. Navigate to the following options menu: Menu / Port X 3050 / Next / Ethernet Settings...
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How to Connect a C-Nav3050 to the C-NaviGator III For this setup configure as below: Both Receiver and Controller now should have IP address with which they can communicate. To setup this communication at the C-NaviGator III end follow the below: 1.
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How to Connect a C-Nav3050 to the C-NaviGator III Please note: A power cycle of the receiver may be required. A successful connection will show a status of connected, if this isn’t the case please restart the guide from the beginning confirming all settings and in particular the IP addresses are accurate.
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How to Connect a C-Nav3050 to the C-NaviGator III The picture below shows an example of a successful connection: Revision 3 Page 20 of 31 4/13/2017...
USB port. Refer to earlier sections if this is not preconfigured. 2. Connect the Positronic 9-Pin connector of the Ethernet cable (P/N 94- 310265-3006LF) to COM1 – LAN of the C-Nav3050 ® GNSS receiver. Connect the RJ45 plug end to your network.
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GNSS receiver by utilizing DHCP mode. Please note: If the C-Nav3050® has previously been configured with a static IP address in manual mode it may be required to cycle the power on the receiver for it isn’t assigned an automatic IP address by the network.
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How to Connect a C-Nav3050 to the C-NaviGator III To make a connection to the C-NaviGator III one of the virtual Ethernet ports will be required to be enabled and configured to allow an incoming connection. The information will be obtained in the next step.
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How to Connect a C-Nav3050 to the C-NaviGator III The first step is to setup an Ethernet Virtual Port, which allows a Port to be used for incoming/outgoing connections. In this instance we will be using it for a connection with the C-NaviGator III for control purposes.
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How to Connect a C-Nav3050 to the C-NaviGator III 3. Toggle Enabled to No 4. Specify the remote address as the address of the C-NaviGator III, 10.6.1.231 in this example. 5. Set the Mode to TCP. 6. Press OK, and then Apply.
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How to Connect a C-Nav3050 to the C-NaviGator III 7. Finally re-enable the port by setting Enabled to Yes, and then Apply. ® The C-Nav3050 GNSS receiver is now set up ready to have a connection on port 4361 with the IP address the DHCP server has assigned.
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How to Connect a C-Nav3050 to the C-NaviGator III Press OK to confirm the settings. The status of the connection will show as connected if all IP addresses and ports have been matched correctly. A further breakdown of which settings on which menus need to match can be found below.
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How to Connect a C-Nav3050 to the C-NaviGator III There should now be another active connection to switch to when using the Next Device button. See below example of changing from USB to Network connection. Revision 3 Page 28 of 31...
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How to Connect a C-Nav3050 to the C-NaviGator III It should now be possible to remove the serial/USB connection and unassign the port in the Serial Ports menu (if it is no longer to be used). The Ethernet connection should now be configured correctly to allow control of the receiver.
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How to Connect a C-Nav3050 to the C-NaviGator III Please note: Use the button if the input box IP does not match the IP in black text, pressing static without checking the fields match will result in whichever IP address is in the input box being assigned.
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How to Connect a C-Nav3050 to the C-NaviGator III Advanced network users can change the IP address to one outside of the DHCP assigned one should they wish. Revision 3 Page 31 of 31 4/13/2017...
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