Interfacing to Furuno GP1650F and 1850F

The GP1650F and GP1850 were popular salt water echo sounders, particularly in the US and have subsequently been superseded by the GP1670F and GP1870F units that only have an NMEA2000 interface. Both the GP1650F and GP1850F have an NMEA0183 output that our Sonar Server can be connected to – click …

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Interfacing to Furuno Fish Finders

The Furuno FCV range of salt water Fish Finders all have an NMEA0183 output that can drive our Sonar Server. The FCV585, FCV587, FCV620 and FCV627 all share the same wiring details for the Power/Data cable and the wiring diagram can be seen by clicking here. It is important that …

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Interfacing to Furuno NavNet MFDs

There have been 4 generations of Furuno NavNet Multifunction Display units and all models feature one or more NMEA0183 ports that can be connected to our Sonar Server. With so many different models, which are often installed in large networked systems, it is difficult to give a general purpose wiring …

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