Actisense NDC-4, Install & User Manual

Page 1: ...ard Serial data networking of marine electronic devices instruments RS232 USB 1 1 2 0 PC interfaces to the NMEA 0183 standard Actisense ISO Drive technology for a fully isolated serial data system Int...

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Page 3: ...ng to the Battery Supply 9 Connecting to a Personal Computer 9 USB Driver Installation 10 Installation Guide 10 Windows 7 and Windows Vista 10 Windows XP and Windows NT 2000 11 USB Configuration 12 Lo...

Page 4: ...e NMEA sentence is validated Therefore the electronic device s supplying the NDC 4 with NMEA data retain s the sole responsibility for the NMEA data s validity Foreword Actisense recognises that instr...

Page 5: ...mode of the NDC 4 if any faults have been detected or the peak load currently on any one of the NMEA inputs High speed 32 bit ARM processor capable of up to 40 million instructions per second The NME...

Page 6: ...not always a straightforward matter The earlier versions of NMEA 0183 before v2 0 as detailed above used slightly different connection methods and signal levels the instruments had just one NMEA data...

Page 7: ...is powered and plugged into the NDC 4 this port switches to output only i e the RS232 input OPTO IN 0 no longer operates 4 A USB Input Output USB Variants Only The USB connector is designed for direct...

Page 8: ...ve Outputs The ISO Drive outputs are capable of driving up to 10 NMEA 0183 fully compliant listening devices or a mixture of NMEA 0183 devices and a Personal Computer PC communication port However if...

Page 9: ...ng on its internal battery with NO charging supply can the NDC 4 USB cable be used at the same time as powering the NDC 4 from the ships battery on the BATT terminals Connecting to a Personal Computer...

Page 10: ...on the CD and the Actisense website www actisense com Drivers for MAC OS X are provided as is and Actisense is unable to offer support for MAC related issues To download the drivers visit the Actisens...

Page 11: ...allocated to your Actisense device as well as how to change to a different COM port Windows XP and Windows NT 2000 The following instructions are for Windows XP Although not the same Windows NT 2000 u...

Page 12: ...as well as how to change to a different COM port USB Configuration To communicate with the NDC 4 the COM port number that Windows has allocated to the USB port needs to be determined The following gu...

Page 13: ...y of the settings here the software package that opens the port will specify the required values 4 Click on the Advanced button and choose a different COM Port number if required to make it compatible...

Page 14: ...s Note For a complete fresh install delete the install directory This will remove all previous settings To keep these settings do not delete the directory 3 If the program is contained within a zip fi...

Page 15: ...all Confirmation will be displayed Answer Yes and the uninstall operation will be performed automatically After successfully uninstalling the Actisense PC software the uninstall completion box will ap...

Page 16: ...The use of AIS at Baud rates lower than 38400 cannot be recommended as this could cause random AIS target data to be lost in areas of high target density To enable these settings on the NDC 4 click on...

Page 17: ...ained within the received NMEA sentence indicate that this data is not valid and should only be used with caution With the addition of two fully Baud rate configurable outputs protected by ISO Drive t...

Page 18: ...e main program Amber No flashing Initialise and self test mode No error No response required A normal operation mode that follows after the Start up mode and should last for approximately 1 second Gre...

Page 19: ...00 57600 bps Input Baud rate port 4 Fixed Baud rate 4800 4800 bps ISO Drive Flexible Output Output voltage between ISO Out A and ISO Out B under no load Logical 1 4 6 5 0 V Logical 0 4 6 5 0 V Output...

Page 20: ...USB NDC 4 USB unit pre configured for AIS NDC 4 ASW NDC 4 base unit pre configured as an Autoswitch Returns Procedure Actisense prides itself on having a very low product return rate In the unlikely...