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- Page 1 Connect without limits Actisense PRO-Range products Configuration Manual • PRO-BUF-2 NMEA 0183 Buffer • PRO-MUX-2 NMEA 0183 Multiplexer • PRO-NDC-1E NMEA 0183 Multiplexer Issue 1.0 Active Research Ltd 2023...
- Page 2 Product Guarantee The unit should always be used in conjunction with appropriately approved, shielded cable All Actisense products are provided with a 5 year and connectors as per NMEA 0400 to ensure guarantee upon registration. To register your compliance. A declaration of conformity is product, visit https://actisense.com/product-...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
PRO-Range configuration manual Contents Page Introduction............................4 Accessing PRO-range products via a network................5 The PRO- range home page......................6 Information Icon........................6 Status Icon..........................7 Settings Icon.........................10 Planning your NMEA 0183 network.....................11 Configuring Input from ‘Talkers’..................11 Configuring Output to ‘Listeners’..................12 Routing of Input and Output Data....................14 Basic Routing...........................15 Autoswitching..........................16 Advanced Routing........................17-18... -
Page 4: Introduction
Each of the PRO range products has it’s own install manual where all the technical specifications of each device can be found. Please visit our website https://actisense.com for the individual install manuals. PRO-Range products at a glance... -
Page 5: Accessing Pro-Range Products Via A Network
Most PC’s are set-up to do this by default. If needed, instructions on how to do this using Windows 10 are given in the user/install manual (other Windows operating systems will be similar). These can be found by visiting https://actisense.com NOTE: PC administrator privileges are required to carry out these modifications. -
Page 6: The Pro- Range Home Page
Navigating the PRO range home-page (shown here for the PRO-MUX-2) Information Icon • This icon will display all the relevant technical information relating to the device itself. • This information is important if you need to troubleshoot your device or require technical assistance at a future date. -
Page 7: Status Icon
PRO-Range configuration manual Status Icon • This icon displays the current status of all the various user controlled settings: • Data Servers: Displays the following information relating to the data server if enabled. • Serial: Displays the current status of all the serial ports, including their baud rate, alias name if applied, port direction and the current data load on each port. - Page 8 • Detailed Stats: Once the PRO device is operational, this page will show the number of individ- ual sentences being received or transmitted over a 10 second period. The picture below shows a simple case of GPS sentences being sent and received. Once the device has more inputs and outputs enabled this will contain all the sentences being routed through the device.
- Page 9 PRO-Range configuration manual • Routing: Matrix showing data flow between inputs and outputs • Alarms: Shows the status of any alarms which are currently set. See page 19 for further details regarding setting up alarms, and their requirements. Active Research Ltd 2023...
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Page 10: Settings Icon
Settings Icon • Provides access to the device for configuration. • Using any of these setting requires that the user ‘Login’ to the device (see page 5). • The settings page provides the following functionality: Administration: Facility to change password only (Username is always ‘admin’) Facility to re-start device. -
Page 11: Planning Your Nmea0183 Network
PRO-Range configuration manual Planning your NMEA0183 network • Your PRO range device allows you to input data from NMEA0183 talkers’ and direct these signals either individually, or in combination with other signals, to the various output ports which the de- vice provides (See page 4 for details on individual number of ports available of the PRO range). -
Page 12: Configuring Output To 'Listeners
Configuring Output to ‘Listeners’ • Configuring outputs from the device is performed in a similar way to configuring inputs. • Connect the NMEA 0183 ‘listener’ to one of the ‘talker’ ports on the device. • Pay attention to the wire-colours if your device follows the NMEA 0183 standard. •... - Page 13 PRO-Range configuration manual Serial ‘Status’ confirmation • Below is the current state of INPUTS and OUTPUTS based on the previous examples. • With real devices connected and ‘talking’ to the network, there would be an indication of ‘Load’ displayed as well. Load Indicator •...
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Page 14: Routing Of Input And Output Data
Routing of INPUTS to OUTPUTS • Once the required ‘talkers and ‘listeners’ are connected to the device, you need to decide how you wish the various input signals to be routed and/or combined to the required outputs. • When implementing this routing plan, there are baud rate issues that need to be considered. •... -
Page 15: Basic Routing
PRO-Range configuration manual Basic Routing • The basic routing of signals is a straight forward process of connecting inputs and outputs in the matrix table. • Inputs and outputs are connected by setting or clearing the point where they cross in the table. •... -
Page 16: Autoswitching
Auto-switching • For marine systems that have multiple NMEA devices of an identical type (e.g. two GPS’s or two depth sounders), automatic selection of the highest priority device with valid data is very im- portant. However, the NMEA 0183 standard has no method of automatically switching between different devices, so this requirement is usually fulfilled with a manual changeover switch. -
Page 17: Advanced Routing
PRO-Range configuration manual Advanced Routing • Advanced routing is a feature which allows the user to select which messages within an 0183 data stream are allowed to pass to the output and which sentences are not transmitted. • It is an ideal feature if you only require certain sentences transmitted to increase the message bandwidth. - Page 18 Advanced Routing (cont’d) • If you wish, for example, to only allow sentence GPGGA to pass through to OUT-1, you need to perform the following three steps: 1: Enable the required message with the slider on the RHS (in this case GPGGA). 2: Disable the IN-1 to OUT-1 FULL data stream.This stops the entire stream being transmitted.
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Page 19: Alarm Connections & Configuration
PRO-Range configuration manual Alarm Connections (See the user/install manual for further information) The PRO-range products feature alarm functionality which, depending on the condition being moni- tored, can output NMEA 0183 messages to display equipment / MFD’s etc. Currently, the PRO-range caters for three alarm conditions: •... -
Page 20: Troubleshooting Guide
Troubleshooting Guide First level PRO range diagnostics/fault finding can be performed by observing the LED behaviour. Please consult the user/install manual for your own device for details regarding LED behaviour. In addition to the above, please always check the following points. •... - Page 21 PRO-Range configuration manual Connect without limits Active Research Ltd 21 Harwell Road Poole, Dorset UK BH17 0GE Telephone: +44 (0)1202 746682 Email: sales@actisense.com Web: www.actisense.com Active Research Ltd 2023...
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