![]() ![]() It's fun to be able to learn about nearby AIS-transmitting boats. I mounted the microphone holder at window level being that much closer to my ear, it helps me hear it when the motor is at speed w/o needing to keep the volume too high on the main speaker. Note that the microphone also features a small speaker. (There's a photo showing this in the gallery for "Behemoth" in my profile). It fits pretty well (for me) below and to the right of the wheel in my C-Dory 16. I like the radio a lot, but you should note that I'm still new to boating, and that I've only had the radio on the water a few times (with boat under it. How do you like the SH GX2400? Did you consider any other VHFs? Thanks. Though in our sleep we are not conscious of our activity or surroundings, we should not, in our wakefulness, be unconscious of our sleep. Great place, good folks and always helpful. Rodger's Marine Electronics in Portland made it all work. These were all in place prior to NMEA2000 came along. They all talk together and show on the RayMarine 12 inch plotter but that is all done via a "Multiplexor". ![]() I have a total mix of brands, ICOM, RayMarine, Standard Horizon VHF's and a RayMarine Plotter, and RayMarine Auto Pilot. I wanted read outs of all of the information: wind speed, wind direction, boat speed made good to way point, compass heading all in a small instrument above the bunk, So I could monitor all functions as we ran at night and I awoke off watch and know instantly if we had a change in conditions and course/speed. I had the same problem with NMEA 0183 with Furuno and Signet Marine, Both blamed the other-I finally did a work around, and never did get a couple of pieces of information to read out on the displays. But my understanding it is proprietary sentencing which may not be recognized. If the geniuses here have a better answer, I'd love to hear it. If they don't work at least you're dealing with only one brand of customer service. I would agree that one should buy the networking components that are the same brand as the devices you're trying to connect, or as close as possible. It looks like someone tried to cut costs with simple things (wires) that didn't meet specs. The line drivers and receivers are in the device. So I accept the fact that mixing different network components doesn't work but I'm not sure why, since the interconnections are only wires and terminating resistors. I'm not sure, but I'd bet that everything I added was passive: wires,resistors, etc. I've set up a nmea 2000 net on Journey On. Thisaway 2006 22' CDory November 2011 to May 2018 Thataway (Ex Seaweed) 2007 25 C Dory May 2018 to Oct. Been there and done that.with failures to "read" and "talk" between different brands. But there are small differences which often make them incompatible. ![]() That was what the "Standard" was set for. Unfortunately not all "MNEA 2000" systems are the same. Great on getting the systems to work together. PS: props to Garmin marine technical support! If anyone has ideas about what may have been the trouble here, would be interested in hearing/learning now. Unfortunately, I ran out of time with the boat and so was unable to swap out components (tee connectors, power injector, terminators) to narrow down the failure, which would have been an interesting experiment. One would think that one "standard" N2K network backbone would work just as well as the next, but unfortunately, that doesn't appear to be the case. I'm seeing AIS targets on the chart plotter, for instance. So I ordered the Garmin NMEA 2000 backbone, and it did work. Over the course of an hour-long call, the support person suggested a NMEA 0138 workaround (VHF blue -> chart plotter brown, high-speed), and suggested that I try a Garmin NMEA 2000 backbone kit to see if that would make a difference. In the end, things still weren't working. or the chart plotter, the backbone, lack of power to the backbone. from their perspective, it could have been their radio. I called Standard Horizon support, who did the best they could given the situation. I started by networking the two devices with a NMEA 2000 backbone kit from Ancor Marine, but neither device would see each other. I thought I'd share my experience getting a Garmin chart plotter (ECHOMAP Plus 64cv) and Standard Horizon VHF (Standard Horizon GX2400) to talk to each other via NMEA, in the hopes it might save someone else some time. Posted: Mon 9:25 pm Post subject: NMEA networking between chartplotter and radio NMEA networking between chartplotter and radio ![]()
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