Interfacing to Navman Products

Although the marine business of Navman which was sold to the Brunswick Group and then ultimately became part of the Navico Group, is no longer producing products, there are still a lot of boats with Navman Instruments and Fish Finders onboard. As a general rule, most Navman products had an …

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Sonar Charts™ “Live” in Action

The screen shot above shows the “Magic” of Sonar Charts™ “Live” and how the depth readings wirelessly streamed by our Sonar Server, start to add to and improve your existing Navionics charts. Simply connect wirelessly to the Sonar Server, open the Navionics Boating App (V7.4 or higher) and it will …

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Interfacing to Lowrance HDS Gen2+3

The Lowrance HDS range of Multifunction displays is on its third generation and all units feature a single NMEA0183 Port that our Sonar Server can connect to. Click here for a wiring diagram. The port must output and input data at the same baud rate, so if you already have …

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Interfacing to Simrad NSS Series

The Simrad NSS Series have just one NMEA0183 Port to connect the Sonar Server to – click here for wiring details. The port must output and input data at the same baud rate, so if you already have an AIS connected to this port then you will need to reconfigure …

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Interfacing to Raymarine C + E Series Widescreen

The C + E Series Widescreen Multifunction Displays had three NMEA0183 Ports, although only two of the ports were bi-directional (input and output), the third port only having an input. It should also be noted that only one of the two bi-directional ports could be set to the high speed …

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Interfacing to Tacktick Micronet Instruments

The Tacktick Micronet instrument range features a proprietary wireless interface that cannot be directly connected to by tablets and smart phones. However, the T122 Wireless Interface has a single NMEA0183 Output that can be connected directly to the Sonar Server input. Click here for the wiring diagram Tacktick were recently …

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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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Interfacing to Lowrance Elite 4

The Lowrance Elite 4 Fish Finder can be configured to have one differential NMEA0183 Port (RS422 mode) or two common ground NMEA0183 Ports (RS232 Mode). You can connect the Sonar Server in either mode – click here for wiring details. The port must output and input data at the same baud …

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Interfacing to Simrad NSE Series

  The Simrad NSE Series have just one NMEA0183 Port to connect the Sonar Server to – click here for wiring details. The port must output and input data at the same baud rate, so if you already have an AIS connected to this port then you will need to reconfigure …

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Interfacing to Raymarine Classic C + E Series

The Classic C + E Series plotters had just one NMEA0183 Port to connect the Sonar Server to – click here for wiring details. The port must output and input data at the same baud rate, so if you already have an AIS connected to this port then you will …

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