NorthStar 951X Installation Manual - Section Three - Interfacing
SECTION THREE - Interfacing
951/952 INSTALLATION MANUAL Revision B
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SECTION THREE - Interfacing
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his chapter includes the information needed to interface the 951/952 to
other equipment on the vessel. Major topics include:
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interfacing the unit
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connecting the unit to other equipment
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connecting the unit to other 951s, 952s, and 941s in order to transfer
all waypoints and routes
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configuring the NMEA output ports
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configuring the RS-232 port
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uploading software
Interfacing the unit
The unit is easily interfaced to other equipment as described below. The
most common interface data format used with installations today is
NMEA 0183, which is a widely accepted standard of data transfer
between almost all types of marine electronics, enabling completely dif-
ferent instruments to “speak” a common language.
The unit has the following ports:
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two programmable NMEA input/output ports
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one RS-232 input/output port that you can customize for communi-
cating data to or from other instruments
Connector pin
wiring
A list of wire designations for the interface connector is displayed on the
unit’s PORT SETUP OPTIONS screen, accessed from the USER CUSTOMI-
ZATION screen by pressing the menu key: