Yacht Devices NMEA 0183 User Manual - Introduction

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Introduction

The NMEA 0183 Gateway (hereinafter Gateway or Device) allows you to connect NMEA 0183 equipment  

to a NMEA 2000 network and vice versa. It has a bi-directional converter with wide support of message 

types including AIS (see Appendix D).

The Gateway has one NMEA 2000 connection and one NMEA 0183 port with transmit and receive 

data lines. The configurable baud rate from 300 to 115200 baud of NMEA 0183 port allows connecting  

AIS transceivers (38400 baud), fast NMEA 0183 multiplexers and PC adaptors, as well as standard  

NMEA 0183 equipment. Both “single ended” and “differential” NMEA 0183 connections are supported 

(see Section II.1).

The Device is equipped with a Micro SD card slot used for configuration, firmware updates and diagnostic 

data logging. No special software is required to update or configure the Gateway. You only need a device 

(laptop or smartphone) with a MicroSD card reader and simple text editor.

A  flexible  system  of  filters  allows  blocking  of  NMEA  0183  messages  by  sentence  (see  Section  VI.2)  

and NMEA 2000 messages by PGN, sender address, or 29-bit message identifier. Filters also allow blocking 

of all messages in a specified direction (see example in Section VI.4). 

The Gateway is powered from the NMEA 2000 and provides high voltage galvanic isolation between  

NMEA 2000 and NMEA 0183 ports.

Thank you for purchasing our product and happy voyages!