SECTION THREE - Interfacing
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Setting the NMEA
0183 checksum
Certain older devices may not accept sentences containing the NMEA
0183 checksum that’s output by the 951 or 952. In such cases, the device
may not operate properly, if at all. If you encounter difficulty when inter-
facing to older equipment, the unit offers the flexibility of turning off the
NMEA 0183 checksum.
1. At the
PORT 1 SETUP
or
PORT 2 SETUP
screen, press the
to highlight the
NMEA 0183 CHECKSUMS
option, then press
the
menu key.
2. Press the
to change the setting from
to
and
press the
key when done.
Selecting an
independent NMEA
output-port datum
You can adjust output position for NMEA 0183 ports 1 and 2 to specific
geodetic datums, independently of the datum you choose for positional
display.
1. At the
PORT SETUP 1
or
PORT SETUP 2
screen, highlight the
OUT-
PUT DATUM
option,
then press the
menu key.
2. Scroll through the choices using the
down to make
your selection. To apply this chosen datum to your lat/lon coordi-
nates in the NMEA 0183 output sentences, press the
key.
Connecting to other equipment
Connecting to other
Northstar units
Two 951, 952, or 941 units can be connected in order to take advantage
of the waypoints/routes sharing feature. This convenient feature lets all
waypoints and routes be transferred between any combination of two of
these units.
Using this feature involves three main steps, which you should perform
in the following order:
1. Check that
each
unit you want to share waypoints and routes with is
operating with software version 3.12 or higher. To determine the
units’ current software version, press the
key until you display
the
USER CUSTOMIZATION
screen is, then press the
key to display the
SERVICE INFORMATION
screen.
The
MAIN BOARD SOF VER
field displays the current software ver-
sion. If this version is earlier than 3.12, you must upgrade this unit to
version 3.12 before it can share waypoints and routes with another
NOTE:
There is no standard for identifying how numbers should be
assigned when converting waypoints from names to numbers.
When you export waypoint information as numbers to a
peripheral device, be aware that numbers aren’t sequentially
defined and may be re-used on a random basis.
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