I am just setting up my new Pi5 with my new MacArthur Hat.
What would be the best way to connect my Maiana AIS to the MacArthur Hat and keep the connection to my Raymarine MFD?
Do I use the NMEA0183 RX & TX from my Maiana RS422 Adapter, which I have had for a few years, to one of the MacArthur Hat NMEA 0183 inputs?
OR
Use a Cat5 splitter to run Cat5 cable to Maiana AIS input as well as my Maiana RS422 Adapter which connects to my Raymarine MFD via NMEA 0183
If I use the splitter I would probably have the Tx turned off on the MacArthur hat as the RS422 Adapter would be transmitting my MMSI etc but it would be good to have as a redundancy measure.
I could put, slightly, different station data such as "SV" in front of my vessel name or a different Call Sign maybe.
Any suggestions please.
What would be the best way to connect my Maiana AIS to the MacArthur Hat and keep the connection to my Raymarine MFD?
Do I use the NMEA0183 RX & TX from my Maiana RS422 Adapter, which I have had for a few years, to one of the MacArthur Hat NMEA 0183 inputs?
OR
Use a Cat5 splitter to run Cat5 cable to Maiana AIS input as well as my Maiana RS422 Adapter which connects to my Raymarine MFD via NMEA 0183
If I use the splitter I would probably have the Tx turned off on the MacArthur hat as the RS422 Adapter would be transmitting my MMSI etc but it would be good to have as a redundancy measure.
I could put, slightly, different station data such as "SV" in front of my vessel name or a different Call Sign maybe.
Any suggestions please.