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DIGITAL YACHT NOMAD Installation And Instruction Manual

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NOMAD
CLASS B AIS
TRANSPONDER
www.digitalyachtamerica.com

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  • Page 1 NOMAD CLASS B AIS TRANSPONDER www.digitalyachtamerica.com...

  • Page 2: Introduction And Notices

    Congratulations on the purchase of your NOMAD Class B AIS Transponder. This product is designed to be portable, with quick and simple installation that can be carried out by any practical person. With its wireless interface, NOMAD will work with any of the AIS apps on the market today, that support wireless NMEA data via UDP or TCP.
  • Page 3 Declaration of conformity Digital Yacht declare that this product is in compliance with the essential requirements and other provisions of the R&TTE directive 1995/5/EC. The product carries the CE mark, notified body number and alert symbol as required by the R&TTE directive.
  • Page 4 Modulation: GMSK • Frequency Range: 156.025 MHz to 162.025 MHz In addition, the Nomad unit: CONTAINS FCC ID U30-G2M5477 1.10 Industry Canada notice This device complies with Industry Canada licence-exempt RSS standard(s). Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1.

  • Page 5: Before You Start

    • The AIS antenna supplied with the NOMAD comes with 4m of cable and a BNC type connector. It is possible to use NOMAD with another model of AIS/VHF antenna or even connect it to a Class B Splitter for more permanent installation.
  • Page 6 Power is supplied to the unit, via its integral USB cable. Simply plug the USB cable in to a suitable USB socket of a computer, USB charger or USB Power Pack. The Nomad unit will take approximately 0.4A to 0.6A of current at the 5V USB voltage.
  • Page 7 Plug the NOMAD USB cable in to the computer or power pack • Verify that on the top end cap of the NOMAD, that the green LED illuminates for a short period and then all four LED indicators flash once, followed by illumination of the amber and red LED’s.
  • Page 8 NOMAD has been allocated by Windows or OSX. Click the ‘Connect’ button The computer will now query the NOMAD and display any “Static” boat data stored in the unit. All new units will have no data stored and so you will just have a series of blank boxes in which you will need to enter your boat’s data (see below).
  • Page 9 4. Click “Write Configuration” to save the data to the NOMAD 5. Read the warning message carefully and proceed only if the MMSI number is correct. 6. If you are configuring a new unit with a new MMSI number then a warning message will be displayed 7.

  • Page 10: Operation

    “GPS Status” tab in proAIS2 along with a number of green bars in the signal strength graph. 3. If the unit does not have GPS fix within a few minutes check that the NOMAD’s internal GPS antenna is pointing upwards and only has fibreglass above it. Use the proAIS2 GNSS status page to check the signal strengths.

  • Page 11: Troubleshooting

    4. Is there a good USB power connection? Is the computer or USB power pack providing enough power to the NOMAD. If you run ProAIS2 and go to the Diagnostics page, you should be able to see a supply voltage of approximately 19v. If this is lower than 19v then the USB port is not providing enough voltage/current and you should try another USB port or power pack.

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