2017-06-28, 02:51 PM
Operplotter seems to be a great tool, but I'm not sure about how to set up everythin, especially with nmea0183. I have tried to read the documentation but feel that it does not answer my questions regarding nmea0183 connections.
Today I have a pretty old Raymarine system consisting of: plotter (c80), gps, radar, wind sensor, echo sounder, vhf and autopilot. Everything is connected to a box, besides GPS, which goes directly to the plotter (c80). What I can understand is that the GPS is using nmea0183 and goes directly to the plotter, while other equipment communicates via seatalk and goes thrue the box. The nmea connection is left empty in the box.
The box I have, also Raymarine, looks like this:![[Image: view]](https://drive.google.com/file/d/18HpL8rWteZ9gKC5dbhS7uUwyBG1DlnMYEQ/view)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/18HpL8rW...nMYEQ/view
Now to my question: First of all, I want to connect GPS and the autopilot to openplotter. I have a separate navigation software on a laptop and want to retrieve the information from Openplotter. I have purchased a NMEA 0183 two USB converter from openmarine. However, can I connect both gps and autopilot to the same usb converter? Or do I need to purchase several "NMEA 0183 to USB converter"?
As you notice, I am a real beginner of this and I feel realy stupid! But, I would be grateful if someone could easily describe, alternatively, suggest a link, how to get the nmea0183 information into openplotter and then use it on a navigation program on a laptop, for example. I did figured out how to connect the AIS but nmea is harder to understand.
//Patrik
Today I have a pretty old Raymarine system consisting of: plotter (c80), gps, radar, wind sensor, echo sounder, vhf and autopilot. Everything is connected to a box, besides GPS, which goes directly to the plotter (c80). What I can understand is that the GPS is using nmea0183 and goes directly to the plotter, while other equipment communicates via seatalk and goes thrue the box. The nmea connection is left empty in the box.
The box I have, also Raymarine, looks like this:
Now to my question: First of all, I want to connect GPS and the autopilot to openplotter. I have a separate navigation software on a laptop and want to retrieve the information from Openplotter. I have purchased a NMEA 0183 two USB converter from openmarine. However, can I connect both gps and autopilot to the same usb converter? Or do I need to purchase several "NMEA 0183 to USB converter"?
As you notice, I am a real beginner of this and I feel realy stupid! But, I would be grateful if someone could easily describe, alternatively, suggest a link, how to get the nmea0183 information into openplotter and then use it on a navigation program on a laptop, for example. I did figured out how to connect the AIS but nmea is harder to understand.
//Patrik