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Integration with NMEA Devices – Application Note
References
FLIR MV/MU-Series Installation Guide (Document # 432-0007-00-12)
FLIR MV/MU-Series Operators Manual (Document # 432-0007-00-10)
FLIR Sensors Manager (FSM) User Manual
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(manual also available from FSM Help menu once the software is installed)
National Maritime Electronics Association
Antaira PoE Switch – LNP-0500-24-T
http://www.antaira.com/products/power-over-ethernet/poe-switches/lnp-0500-24-t?pid=4899
Moxa Serial to Ethernet server – Nport P5150A Series Port
http://www.moxa.com/product/NPort_P5150A.htm
Actisense NMEA Multiplexer – NDC-4 NMEA Multiplexer
http://www.actisense.com/products/nmea-0183/ndc4.html
ShipModul MiniPlex-2E NMEA Multiplexer
http://www.shipmodul.com/en/index.html
NMEA 0183 Interface Standard
The NMEA 0183 Standard, a communication standard defined by the NMEA organization (www.nmea.org),
defines a communication protocol that enables navigation instruments and devices to exchange data with
each other. The NMEA 0183 Interface Standard defines electrical signal requirements, data transmission
protocol and time, and specific sentence formats for a 4800-baud serial data bus.
With NMEA 0183, devices are characterized as either a talker (something that transmits NMEA data) or a
listener (something that receives MMEA data). Each communication channel may have only one talker but
many listeners. This standard is intended to support one-way serial data transmission from a single talker
to one or more listeners. This data is in printable ASCII form and may include information such as position,
speed, depth, frequency allocation, etc.
It is common to integrate a FLIR camera with other devices that use NMEA 0183 communications. The
camera, as a listener device, can receive position data from a GPS and compass that allows it to calculate
its position relative to other objects such as radar tracks. It can also listen to a radar and respond to the
radar track information by pointing toward (and following) a moving radar track.
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Optional, if FSM is used