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of the Earth’s magnetic field.  The processor calculates the vector from these values, uses a 
calibration table to correct for local field disturbance errors, offsets the result and then presents the 
data in a manner which has been requested.  Such requests alter the frequency of the data, the 
degree of filtering and the offset value. Calibration sequences can also be commanded. 

 

1.2  Connections  

 
1.2.1  Normal 

 

Conductor 

Colour

   

Type 

Function 

Red 

+Supply     8-30v 

Yellow 

Furuno AD-10 Clock 

Brown 

NMEA IN- 

White 

NMEA IN+ 

Black 

GND 

Green 

NMEA OUT+ 

Blue 

GND 

Violet 

Furuno AD-10 Data 

Screen 

 

 

NOTE  Conductors 5 and 7 are connected together inside the A5022 

 

 
1.2.2 

Variants with suffix -CP 

 
 

Conductor 

Colour

   

Type 

Function 

Red 

+ Supply 

Yellow 

NMEA IN + 

Blue 

GND and NMEA IN - 

Green 

NMEA OUT + 

NOTE  Cable foil and drain wire internally connected to GND 

 

 

Summary of Contents for A5022

Page 1: ...A5022 FLUXGATE COMPASS USER MANUAL A5022 manual doc April 2016 ...

Page 2: ...ng reference NORTH heading 4 5 Set up suggestions 5 Configuration 6 References 1 Introduction and description of fluxgate compass 1 1 Description of compass The Astra Yacht NMEA compass unit is a complete component for a compass system indicating RADAR North up input or autopilot It is housed in a water resistant enclosure so it can be mounted outside a steel hull It delivers heading data in two i...

Page 3: ...libration sequences can also be commanded 1 2 Connections 1 2 1 Normal Conductor Colour Type Function 1 Red P Supply 8 30v 2 Yellow O Furuno AD 10 Clock 3 Brown I NMEA IN 4 White I NMEA IN 5 Black P GND 6 Green O NMEA OUT 7 Blue P GND 8 Violet O Furuno AD 10 Data 9 Screen NOTE Conductors 5 and 7 are connected together inside the A5022 1 2 2 Variants with suffix CP Conductor Colour Type Function 1 ...

Page 4: ...sing S2 sets the heading to zero and so can be done when the whole installation is headed North 3 Both together Pressing both together for at least one second causes the auto calibration process to halt and restores the previously saved calibration values 1 4 Indicator light A blue light indicates three states of the A5022 State 1 Uncalibrated long flash State 2 In the process of calibration conti...

Page 5: ...arios here and it remains up to the user to determine the suitability of a possible location for the compass Note that the output from the A5022 takes several seconds to stabilize after a power is applied the time taken depends on the damping settings There is a command see section 5 which can be used to suppress the output after power up 1 6 Mounting The compass is fixed to the chassis of the ves...

Page 6: ...al protocol called RS422 This means that two wires are need for send and two for receive Fig 2 Note that the GND wire is used for the current return path This might be shared with the NMEA wire in some installations 2 2 Compass to a PC serial port In many cases the wires can be joined directly as shown in Fig 2 Alternatively use the Astra Yacht A3036 serial interface unit Fig 3 External NMEA devic...

Page 7: ...from 000 0 to 359 9 degrees Also the Rate of turn data is sent either with or without the heading sentence For a complete list of output formats available see Section 5 3 2 Furuno AD 10 The compass has a separate dedicated output in Furuno AD 10 format This is a proprietary 4 character serial format which gives heading in degrees and tens of minutes The string 0872 represents the heading 87 20 so ...

Page 8: ...e second method is not used in the A5022 Astra Yacht has evaluated the method which uses a mathematical model of an ideal compass and treats errors as arising from distortion due to magnetic objects The ideal error plot of the field vector would be a circle with no offset from the origin Permanent magnets hard have the effect of shifting the centre from the origin and induced magnets soft modify t...

Page 9: ...A5022 should a first be auto calibrated b then be aligned to North 4 5 Set up suggestions When the A5022 is fixed in place and connected it can be calibrated as described above Choose a calm day and a region of water where there are no currents Set the boat turning to left or right at a slow rate and fix the wheel or tiller Then when the turning is steadily under way press the auto calibrate butto...

Page 10: ...t Auto Calibration PATC IIHDG XCL CR LF Refer to section 1 3 5 3 Resets all compass data to factory default values PATC IIHDG 0CV CR LF Output rate u 100 milliseconds 10 updates second output damping d 50 percent heading offset f 0 degrees 5 4 Set heading PATC IIHDG AHD fff f CR LF Forces the heading to a certain value by supplying an offset which is stored and used thereafter Where f is in degree...

Page 11: ... proprietary sentence containing a code k for the status PATC HCHDG CEC k CR LF Where k has the following values k 0 the last auto calibration was successfully completed k 1 Resetting the calibration data to factory default was completed successfully k 2 The autocalibration has been aborted internally due to the rotation being too slow k 3 The autocalibration has been aborted internally due to the...

Page 12: ...egrees this compass heading field will be omitted when auto calibration is in process and b is sentence end structure as follows b 0 direction sentence will NOT include checksum nor unit ID serial number e g HCHDG hhh h CR LF b 1 direction sentence will include a checksum e g HCHDG hhh h cc CR LF cc is the checksum b 2 include the serial number e g HCHDG hhh h ssss CR LF ssss is the unit s serial ...

Page 13: ... LF and where z sign as follows or missing turning to starboard i e heading value is increasing turning to port i e heading value is decreasing and cc checksum xxx x Rate of Turn in degrees per minute 6 References 1 A5022 data sheet 2 NMEA 0183 specification ...

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