Personal Computer Connections; Nmea Data Page - Standard Horizon CPF390i Owner's Manual

Please refer to the Radar Installation Manual and Radar Operation Manual available at
www.standardhorizon.com.
2.10

PERSONAL COMPUTER CONNECTIONS

The GPS Chart Plotter can be connected to output Marks and Routes to many available PC
programs. 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 set up to send and receive the User Points on a different Port using the
following procedure:
1. Press [MENU], move the ShuttlePoint knob to highlight SETUP MENU and press [ENT].
2. Move the ShuttlePoint knob to highlight ADVANCED SETUP and press [ENT] or move
the ShuttlePoint knob to the right.
3. Move the ShuttlePoint knob to highlight IN/OUT CONNECTIONS and press [ENT] or
move the ShuttlePoint knob to the right.
4. Move the ShuttlePoint knob to highlight SEND/REC RTE & MARKS and press [ENT]
or move the ShuttlePoint knob to the right to show the popup window.
5. Move the ShuttlePoint knob to desired Port and press [ENT].
The PC COM settings are:
· Baud Rate
· Parity
· Data Bits
· Stop Bits
· Flow Control : None
The format of the sentences that are sent:
· MARK
· WAYPOINT $GPWPL,3933.008,N,00639.969,E,WPT012*22
· ROUTE
2.11

NMEA DATA PAGE

The NMEA Data page is very useful to see if an external device (example: Depth Sounder)
is transmitting NMEA sentences to the GPS Chart Plotter. This page can also be used to
see if the GPS Chart Plotter NMEA Output is being loaded down by an external NMEA
device the GPS Chart Plotter is connected to. Example: A VHF radio is connected but the
radio is not receiving a GPS Position. Usually the VHF radio will be connected to the Green
and Brown wires. To check to see if the GPS Chart Plotter is transmitting the sentences:
CP390i and CPF390i
Port1 connection
Brown
Blue
Green
: 4800
: None
: 8
: 1
$GPWPL,3249.061,N,00710.651,E,MRK002*22
$GPWPL,2544.362,N,08011.672,W,WPT003*32
$GPWPL,2543.921,N,08011.481,W,WPT004*31
$GPWPL,2543.493,N,08011.768,W,WPT005*37
$GPRTE,2,1,c,ROUTE01,WPT003,WPT004,WPT005*21
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