I would go wireless. This is from Comar Systems web site. An NMEA WIFI unit provides a low cost method of setting up a wireless network on board and to use available Apps on your iPhone, iPad or PC to display all your electronic data including position, AIS data, depth, wind, compass etc.
With 2 NMEA inputs which are multiplexed to a single high speed data output it can transmits NMEA 0183 data over WIFI for viewing on a smart phone or tablet using suitable Apps or a PC Navigation program, and provides 2 way communication between the WIFI device and any suitable NMEA devices. With 2 inputs, it can accept NMEA 0183 data at 4800 from any GPS, Chart plotter or Instruments, plus a 38400 baud input from any AIS receiver or transponder, so you only need one unit to collect and transmit all the navigation data to your portable device over WIFI. For a vessel with a chart plotter at the nav station, using the Comar NMEA-2-WIFI, the helmsman can view all the navigation data on deck via an iPad or iPhone and for boats with the chart plotter at the helm you can check all the critical navigation data down below, making your boats data truly portable. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 11, 2015, at 8:26 AM, "Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List" > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Fred > > This reminds me of early Ethernet and Arcnet computer network cabling. I was > hoping the days or requiring a terminator were in the far distant past. > > Do you recall if the i50/i60 style networks also require a terminator? It > seems to me I had to buy a couple of items that look like that is what they > are > > Mike > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Frederick > G Street via CnC-List > Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 4:48 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: Frederick G Street > Subject: Re: Stus-List NMEA 2000 cabling > > Jim — is the backbone properly terminated after your addition? There needs > to be a terminator at either end of the backbone, after the final “T” for > equipment spurs. > > Hopefully the “network” line you cut into is the backbone cable, not a spur. > > In this instance, you’d have been far better to use all the same type of > cable/connectors as the existing backbone, then use an adapter cable to go to > the VHF as needed. If the existing NMEA2k network was Maretron, for example, > disconnect the backbone at the location closest to the VHF, put in a Maretron > “T” and another backbone cable to where you broke it; then a Simrad to NMEA2k > adapter spur to the VHF. > > Fred Street -- Minneapolis > S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- Bayfield, WI > > On Sep 10, 2015, at 2:36 PM, Jim Reinardy via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Joel, > > Thanks for the reply. > > With the NMEA 2000 cable connected, I only have the NMEA 0183 source > available on that menu. That is how I drew the conclusion that the radio > does not see the 2000 network. > > Jim > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > > > From: Joel Aronson via CnC-List > Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 2:32 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: Joel Aronson > Subject: Re: Stus-List NMEA 2000 cabling > > > Manual says: > > This radio can use either NMEA 0183 or NMEA 2000 protocol to receive GPS data > from a > compatible GPS unit. > Note: NMEA 2000 SOURCE options will appear (up to 4 sources showing the > actual source > name) only if an NMEA 2000 network is connected to the radio and is > operational. > RADIO SETUP > WX ALERT ▲ > COM PORT > ►GPS SOURCE > FAV CH SETU > GPS SOURCE > ►NMEA0183 > LGC3000 > LCX113CHD > 1. Select RADIO SETUP then GPS SOURCE. (If there is only one NMEA protocol > available on > your vessel, only that will be shown). > 2. Select the desired NMEA source then press ENT. > > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 3:22 PM, Jim Reinardy via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hello All, > > Helping a friend add a Simrad RS-35 VHF radio with AIS receiver to his > existing B&G instrument system. That currently has 2 Triton displays, a Zeus > Touch 7 MFD plus wind and speed/depth transducers. Everything is connected > via NMEA 2000, there is no 0183 on the boat. There was no convenient place > to tap into an existing T connector, but there was an existing network line > running close to the radio. We bought 2 Maretron micro-c field installable > connectors, a premade Maretron cable and a Lowrance T connector. I could not > find Lowrance/B&G connectors anywhere. I cut the network wire and wired the > new connectors according to the color code on the connectors. The color code > on the connectors matched the colors in the B&G wire, so I figured I was good > to go. When I hook things back up, the existing instruments work fine, but > the new radio is not seen by the Zeus, nor does the radio see the network. > Since the existing stuff all works fine, I am assuming that the wires are > connected in the same positions on the connectors. When I unplug it, I lose > all the transducers. > > I am currently thinking that either the new premade cable is bad, or Simrad > B&G uses a different pinout for their connectors than the one specified by > NMEA, which Maretron follows. I plan to test the cable using one from my > boat, but can anyone confirm the pinout on a B&G system for me? Any other > ideas about what to check? > > Thanks, > > Jim Reinardy > C&C 30-2 “Firewater” > Milwaukee, WI > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >
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