Installation - Simrad PI50 - REFERENCE MANUAL REV A Reference Manual

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• : Select which NMEA standard to be used for the communication.
NMEA Sentence
– : The PI50 will read all relevant telegrams. If the specified information is
Auto
provided to the system on more than one telegram format, a built-in priority list
will be used.
– : This telegram is used to transfer heading information from a gyro.
HDT
→ HDT Heading, true on page 206
– : This telegram contains vessel heading in degrees magnetic.
HDM
→ HDM Heading, magnetic on page 206
– : This telegram contains the heading from a magnetic sensor, which if
HDG
corrected for deviation will produce magnetic heading, which if offset by variation
will provide true heading.
→ HDG Heading, deviation and variation on page 205
– : This telegram contains the compass heading to which the vessel points and
VHW
the speed of the vessel relative to the water.
→ VHW Water speed and heading on page 207
• : If you wish to specify a dedicated
Talker ID
it can be selected here.
The is the first two characters in the NMEA sentence. Select None to accept
Talker ID
all talker identifiers.
→ About the NMEA telegram format on page 201
→ Specification of NMEA telegrams on page 203
If you do have a keyboard connected to your PI50 system, click the
at the bottom of the dialog to open an on-screen keyboard.

Installation

The menu is opened from the
Installation
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Parameters
• : Select which serial or
Port
Ethernet port to use for this
communication.
• : Once you have selected a
Setup
serial or Ethernet communication
port, click this button to set up
the applicable port parameters. The
relevant port setup dialog opens.
→ Serial Port Setup on page 166
→ LAN Port Setup on page 163
on the telegram format,
Talker ID
button on the
Installation
Functions and dialogs
button
Keyboard
menu.
Setup
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