NCP is able to transmit the following wind sentence:
$IIMWV,XX,R,XX.XX,N,A*CR\r\n
Wind speed in knots
5.5
WIFI NMEA 0183 server
Models with Wi‐Fi have a
NMEA 0183
Wi‐Fi server, that allows sending the input
wind data via Wi‐Fi, using a TCP socket and sendin
g it with the format of the
NMEA 0183 sentences (see section 8.3 to configure the TCP port).
5.6
BLE
The NCP is able to receive wind data from an ULTRASONIC Portable or ULTRASONIC
Wired BLE and convert it into NMEA 0183 sentences and NMEA 2000 PGNs, to send it
through interfaces NMEA 0183 or NMEA 2000 respectively. It also repeats/replicates
same wind data via Bluetooth, and moreover, it can also send wind data via Wi-Fi using
the Wi-Fi NMEA 0183 server.
When the unit receives data from several BLE sources, the first one to receive data
from, will be the selected wind source to broadcast.
If you want to select the BLE data source you have to configure its BD_ADDR via
webserver (look up section 8.1)
Up to two Bluetooth centrals can be connected at the same time to the same NCP, to
watch the wind data in several devices.
Keep in mind that if the unit is connected to an NMEA 2000 network, you do not
need an extra power connection. Otherwise, you must power the device using the
dedicated VCC input or the USB power.
5.7
WIFI-Access Point
The NCP is an Access Point to access the NCP Webserver Configuration Page, or access
your Wi‐Fi wind data in case your NCP model has this option
.
It will broadcast it’s SSID as “
NMEA+<MAC Address>
”. This ensures that, by de
fault,
every NCP has a unique Access Point (e.g. if your MAC address is
a1:a2:a3:a4:a5:a6
,
then your SSID will be
Nmea+a1a2a3a4a5a6).
The SSID and password of your device can be found printed on a label inside the black
gateway.
The NCP SSID will be visible using the network settings (show available networks) of
your PC, or usually under settings / connections / Wi‐Fi on your mobile device.
Selecting it will prompt a connection and request the user to enter the Wi‐Fi password.
Once the password is ent
ered, the Wi‐Fi enabled PC or device should connect within a
few seconds (depending on the operating system).
