Joe: I have an AIT2000 and Raymarine C80 MFD. The AIS out goes to the C80 NMEA 0183 in and the AIS in goes to the C80 out. Since I have a separate GPS, that connects to my VHF for the DSC connection. I use a separate VHF antenna for the AIS, and it can be used as a VHF antenna in case I ever lose my mast. I had difficulty connecting the AIS to my laptop (something to do with the software I'm using), so I connected my GPS to the laptop as well as to the VHF/DSC connections.
Alan Bergen 35 Mk III Thirsty Rose City YC Portland, OR On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 8:03 AM, Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > The old AIS was tested on my Sunday afternoon sail and got about 15 > targets. It is now off the boat to be shipped to its new owner. The new one > is on the way, a Digital Yacht AIT1500. So now I need to redo the various > NMEA connections and the first thing I am trying to figure is the DSC-in > signals. The VHF has a DSC-out and apparently the new AIS does too, but it > does not seem to be documented. The manual mentions once receiver switches > back and forth between DSC and AIS, but does not mention what sentences it > sends out or on what outputs. My initial plan is to have the VHF DSC out go > to the AIS NMEA in and then it can combine DSC messages it hears with > whatever the AIS picks up. I am planning for now for the AIS to provide > data for the nav computer and VHF, the cockpit plotter will get the AIS > info from the AIS and GPS data either from its own receiver or the AIS > unit, and the APRS will have its own low power GPS so I can turn everything > off but APRS when I am not on the boat. More to follow, but that is plan so > far. One frustration is for some reason the CP180 plotter will NOT take a > GPS fix on any input but 4800 baud port 3, so even though the AIS will send > all the GPS data along with AIS on 38K baud, the plotter won’t read the GPS > sentences at that speed on ports 1 or 2. OpenCPN has no such restriction, > so one connection will do for that. > > > > Joe > > Coquina > > C&C 35 MK I > > > _______________________________________________ > > The bills have started coming in for the year 2018 and have gone up > again. October will be our fund raising month. Please consider sending a > small contribution to help keep this list running. Use PayPal to send > contribution -- https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https- > 3A__www.paypal.me_stumurray&d=DwICAg&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0N > U5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=9w3G7Cf8YfQnrjmtuNxwDJYr3JMv9f1pAfg > AJ9xXYQQ&m=_ks7dn24N4wltJrr3KP19ThiaomyTIiYJ-Xlnjx2sAU&s=eTG > JizMookQglg7Hs2N6HVp6Li6O3CWDVddmt4ZQrrs&e= > > All contributions are greatly appreciated! > > -- Alan Bergen 35 Mk III Thirsty Rose City YC Portland, OR
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