Gps Position On A Vhf Radio; Radar Antenna (Usa Only); Personal Computer Connections - Standard Horizon CPF180i Owner's Manual

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2.7

GPS POSITION ON A VHF RADIO

STANDARD HORIZON has pioneered Digital Selective Calling (DSC) on VHF radios.
Advancements in DSC have made it possible to show the coordinates of a vessel that has
transmitted a DSC Distress Call or even Poll the location of another vessel and show the
position of that vessel on the display of STANDARD HORIZON VHFs.
STANDARD HORIZON has taken this feature one step further, if the GPS Chart Plotters
are connected to a STANDARD HORIZON DSC capable VHF, the vessel in Distress or the
polled position of the vessel is shown on the display of the GPS Chart Plotter, making it easy
to navigate to the location of the vessel. This is a great feature that could save someone's
life or for anyone wanting to know the position of another vessel.
Other DSC VHF Manufactures
GPS Chart Plotter
Green
Brown
Blue
* Some manufacturers of DSC VHF's are not capable of receiving NMEA DSC sentences from the GPS
Chart Plotter. Refer to the Owner's Manual and confirm the VHF can receive NMEA DSC and DSE
sentences output by the Brown wire.
Refer to VHF Digital Selective Calling Section for operation.
2.8

RADAR ANTENNA (USA ONLY)

Please refer Par. "1.3 Radar Unit supplied by SI-TEX USA". The Radar antenna includes the
necessary electronics to deliver Radar information to a compatible STANDARD HORIZON
GPS Chart Plotter, and is supplied with mounting hardware kit, interconnection cable and
a Radar Junction Box.
Please refer to the Radar Installation Manual and Radar Operation Manual available at
www.standardhorizon.com.
2.9

PERSONAL COMPUTER CONNECTIONS

The GPS Chart Plotter can be connected to output Marks, Routes and Tracks to many PC
programs available. To send or receive User Points the PC Program must be able to receive
NMEA WPL and RTE sentences. Refer to the table below for connection to a Serial DB9
connector.
Pin PC DB9 connection
2 Receive
3 Transmit
5 Signal ground
By default Port1 is set to receive or send User Points to and from a PC. The GPS Chart
Plotter may be setup to send and receive the User Points on a different Port using the
following procedure:
CPF180i and CPF300i
Description
NMEA Common Ground
NMEA Positive Output
NMEA Positive Input
NMEA connection
Brown
Blue
Green
VHF
Connect to NMEA Ground
Connect to NMEA Input
* Connect to NMEA Output (if available)
NOTE
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