The Nmea Connector - NorthStar 972 Installation Manual

SECTION SIX: Interfacing the 972 system

The NMEA connector

The 972's NMEA connector contains the following functions: NMEA Port 1, NMEA Port 2, and the
RS-232 Port.
Wiring the NMEA connector pins
Figure 10: NMEA
connector pin
configuration
Configuring the NMEA ports
You can set each NMEA port to meet the requirements of devices that conform to the NMEA 0183 or
other data-format specifications: Press STAR to display the
setup options... to display the
list of data-format control options, as shown below.
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Table 9: NMEA connector pins
Description
NMEA port 1 input A
NMEA port 1 input B
NMEA port 1 input ground
NMEA port 1 output A
NMEA port 1 output B
NMEA port 1 output ground
NMEA port 2 input A
NMEA port 2 input B
NMEA port 2 input ground
NMEA port 2 output A
NMEA port 2 output B
NMEA port 2 output ground
RS-232 ground
RS-232 RX
RS-232 TX
External ground/foil drain
Reserved
screen. Press Port 1 setup... or Port 2 setup... to display a
Port Setup
Wire color
brown
blue
white with blue stripe
violet
gray
blue with white stripe
white with brown stripe
brown with white stripe
white
yellow
orange
black
tan
green
red
white with orange shield
orange with white stripe
screen, then press Port
Options/Service Info
972 Installation Manual, Rev. B
Pin
3
1
4
12
7
8
6
2
5
15
11
10
17
16
18
9
13