Apologies for changing the topic (from depth transducer to chartplotter) without changing the Subject, but I thought I was replying to Fred only when I segued into chartplotter territory. And Thanks, Joe D. B. for the scrape from the owner's manual (which I have and have read). :-)
On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 8:22 PM, bobmor99 . <bobmo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I called the GPS Store this morning to ask why the Standard Horizon (SH) > CPN700i was in their printed catalog (@ $550 USD) but was not online. > They've been out of them for months and the model has been discontinued. > So, I called Binnacle Canada (their Canadian website had it for $800 CND > (~$580 USD) with free shipping) but their US website did not. But, they > told me there would be customs and shipping fees totaling $150 so I said no > thanks. > > Earlier this evening I was able get my PC to send sample GPS messages into > my free SH 155C via two pins in its Smart GPS socket so I'll be going the > economical route once again. I'll make a plug out of something, maybe butyl > - if I could only get it to harden :-) > > --Bob M > Ox 33-1 > Jax, FL > > > On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 2:42 PM, Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > >> A “smart GPS cable” supplies NMEA data. The older S-H plotters used an >> actual RF antenna. The CP155C uses a smart antenna, so you can feed NMEA >> data into that port if you have a cable. To use the other NMEA port, you >> likely need to go through the menus and enable that input if that is a >> choice. You might be able to get S-H tech support to help. >> >> *12VDC Power and NMEA Cable* >> >> *Pin Wire Color Description Connection Example* >> >> 1 Black Battery Ground Connect to battery ground and *Black wire of GPS >> Antenna* >> >> 2 Red Battery Positive Connect to Battery Positive and *Red wire of GPS >> Antenna* >> >> 3 Green NMEA Common Common for NMEA devices >> >> 4 Blue VHF Input Conncect to VHF with DSC and DSE output >> >> 5 Brown VHF output Connect to VHF to supply GPS position data >> >> 6 Gray Fishfinder Input Standard Horizon Fishfinder, see FF520 owner's >> manual >> >> 7 White Fish Finder Output Standard Horizon Fishfinder, see FF520 owner's >> manual >> >> 8 Yellow GPS Antenna Input Connect to GPS Antenna *Green wire* >> >> *Smart GPS Cable* >> >> *Pin Wire Color Description Connection Example* >> >> 1 Red Battery Positive Connect to Battery Positive and *Red wire of GPS* >> >> *Antenna* >> >> 2 Green Smart GPS NMEA Input Connect to Smart GPS Input >> >> 3 Brown Smart GPS NMEA Output Connect to Smart GPS Output >> >> 4 NC >> >> 5 NC >> >> 6 Black/Yellow Battery Ground Connect to battery ground and *Black wire >> of GPS* >> >> >> >> >> >> If you really need one, I have a spare Smart Antenna I could send you for >> $75. >> >> >> >> Joe >> >> Coquina >> >> C&C 35 MK I >> >> >> >> *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of >> *bobmor99 >> . via CnC-List >> *Sent:* Sunday, February 21, 2016 9:21 AM >> *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com >> *Cc:* bobmor99 . >> *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Replacement Depth Transducer >> >> >> >> Hi Joel, >> >> It's unclear, from the manual, whether the GPS info must come into the >> Standard Horizon (SH) CP155C chartplotter via the connection to an external >> GPS antenna (the typical setup) or whether it could alternatively come in >> via the NMEA 0183 inbound wire in the Power and NMEA cable (which I do >> have). I tried sending a NMEA GPS data stream into the the plotter via the >> latter path, trying output from a handheld Garmin GPS and from a PC's >> serial (DB9) port but neither stream was seen by the Chartplotter. (I >> verified baud rates and all that.) >> >> It's looking like the inbound (to the plotter) NMEA wire in the Power and >> NMEA cable is just for DSC and DSE messages. >> >> It seemed like a doable hack, but now I don't think that's the case. >> >> Seeing as I don't have the plug at the end of the "Smart GPS Cable", I'm >> going to bail out on this one. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Bob M >> >> P.S. Perhaps too much information, but I would have used the NMEA 0183 >> GPS output from my new SH VX2200 radio as the GPS source if the SH CP155C >> were able to ingest it via the Power and NMEA cable. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 9:29 PM, Joel Aronson via CnC-List < >> cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: >> >> Does the 155 require an external antenna? >> >> Joel >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> 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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