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Configure Nmea - Lowrance M68i S/Map Owner's Manual

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If you need additional assistance in configuring the unit to communicate
with another device, consult the factory; customer service phone num-
bers are in the back of the unit's manual. To set Com Port Configuration:
1. Press
MENU
2. Press ↓ to
C
A menu appears with a drop-down Baud Rate selection box highlighted.
The menu also contains an on/off checkbox to activate NMEA Output,
and a button that activates the Configure NMEA command (described
in the following section).
To set Baud Rate:
With the Baud Rate box selected (the title bar should be highlighted in
blue, see the middle figure above), press
showing available baud rates. Select the one that matches the baud
rate on your VHF radio, and then press
To activate NMEA Output:
From the Communication Ports menu, press ↓ to highlight NMEA Out-
put. Press
ENT
put checkbox.
To exit the Communication Ports menu, press

Configure NMEA

Once in the Communication Ports menu, you can configure the unit to
use specific NMEA sentences. (The default setting has all NMEA sen-
tences turned on.) Press ↓ to
|
|↓ to
MENU
S
OMMUNICATIONS
to check (turn on) or uncheck (turn off) the NMEA Out-
NMEA Sentences selection menu.
|
S
ENT
YSTEM
ETUP
|
.
P
ENT
ORT
ENT
ENT
C
NMEA
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6
.
. A drop-down list appears,
.
|
|
EXIT
EXIT
|
.
ENT
.
EXIT

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