2017-06-29, 03:33 PM
(2017-06-29, 03:00 PM)abarrow Wrote: I think in his case his C80 acts as a converter, or at least the installation manual here (http://raymarinec80.com/wp-content/uploa...Manual.pdf) seems to indicate that. I have an ST-60 display that also has an NMEA output but no input, albeit not with appropriate checksums.
I suspect that the C80 will accept GPS and AIS data via its NMEA port but it doesnt do SeaTalk/NMEA conversion. Thats why there is an "RS232 interface" specified in the Integrated system examples in the manual. (I think the Interface is actually the Raymarine protocol converter) I dont have a chart plotter but I do have a Raymarine course computer with an NMEA I/O port. The NMEA port is only used to get GPS data in. Ive put a laptop running a monitoring app on the port and saw no data coming out eve though there was plenty of Seatalk data on the bus.
Id love to be proved wrong so I can get rid of my Seatalk/NMEA converter
