NorthStar 972 Quickstart Manual And Reference Manual page 166

Reference section 11 — Appendix B — Specifications
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Changing the time zone
POSITION DATA
• Lat/Lon (158 datums) or Loran TDs
• GPS status screens
STEER SCREENS
• Large, graphical presentation
• Cross-track error (traditional and 3-D)
• Waypoint name, position
• Distance and bearing to waypoint
• Speed / Course-Over-Ground
(SOG/COG)
• Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA)
• Estimated Time EnRoute (ETE)
• Automatic magnetic variation
WAYPOINT & ROUTE MANAGEMENT
• Enter waypoints graphically or
numerically
• User-entered avoidance waypoints
• Stores up to 1,000 waypoints, 500
routes
• Stores up to 35 waypoints per route
• Edit /erase waypoints or routes
graphically
• Plot any route with automatic chart
scale selection
WAYPOINT NAVIGATION
• "Point-and-Shoot" navigation
• Navigate to coordinates, waypoints and
along routes
• Save current position
• Follow stored routes forward or
backward
OTHER FUNCTIONS
• Anchor watch
• Avoidance alarm
• GPS clock
• Tidetrack™ tide information
• Current information with chart overlay
INTERFACING
• Networkable with other 972 units
• Two bi-directional NMEA I/O ports, 1
aux port
• One bi-directional RS-232 port
• Waypoint upload/download capability
from a PC
• NMEA output sentences: APB, BOD,
BWC, GGA, GLC, GLL, GSA, GSV, LCD,
HSC, MSS, RNN, RMC, RMA, RMB,
VTG, WCV, XTE, ZDA, ZTG (Conforms
to NMEA v 2.0 and later. Supports 1.5
GLL and BWC.)
• NTSC Video in/VGA out (640 x 480)
• NMEA input sentences: WPL, TLL and
others
• 200 PPNM speed output or ext. alarm
output
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