Nmea Operation; Nmea Output; Regulations And Safety Warnings - West Marine VHF580 Owner's Manual

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This radio supports NMEA0183 version 4.01.

nMea Operation

If you have difficulty getting your radio to receive data from your GPS receiver, check the
NMEA Input
device's configuration. It should be set to the following parameters:
Baud rate
Data bits
Parity
Stop bits
Data amplitude
The radio supports RMC, GLL, GNS, GGA and ZDA sentences. When these sentences are
Drive capability
received, the radio displays latitude/longitude, date, time, course, and speed. If any sentence
except an RMC or GLL sentence is received, the radio uses the information based on the
following priority order.
Status:RMC > GLL > GNS > GGA
Latitude/Longitude:RMC > GLL > GNS > GGA
x
UTC Time: RMC > GLL > GNS > GGA > ZDA
x
Date: RMC > ZDA
x
Speed / Course:RMC
x
x
#
nOte 1: if the radio receives only a gll sentence, the radio does not display the current
speed, course, and date.
#
note 2: if the radio receives both rMC and gll sentences, the radio uses only the rMC
sentence.
#
note 3: status data is used to check whether the gps data is valid or invalid.
When the radio receives a DSC call (Distress, Position Reply, or Position Send), it outputs a

nMea Output

DSC/DSE sentence from the NMEA output port.
$CDDSC,12,3081234000,,07,00,0354013946,0657,,,S,E*6D
#
nOte: When the radio receives a distress call, it outputs a sentence in the following format.
$CDDSE,1,1,A,3081234000,00,60875646*13
x
x

regulations and safety Warnings

Warning! This transmitter will operate on channels/frequencies that have restricted use in
Maritime radio services operation
the United States. The channel assignments include frequencies assigned for exclusive use of
the U.S. Coast Guard, use in Canada, and use in international waters. Operation on these fre-
quencies without proper authorization is strictly forbidden. See the channel tables beginning
on page
for a list of available channels and their uses. If you are still not certain which
channels to use, see the FCC maritime radio page at the FCC website (http:// wireless.fcc.
41
50
4800 bps
8
None
1
Over 2.0 V
Over 10 mA

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