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10 installation: other nmea instruments, 9-1 installation: northstar vhf radio – NorthStar Navigation EXPLORER 657 User Manual

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Northstar Explorer 657 Installation and Operation Manual

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18-10 Installation: Other NMEA instruments

NMEA is an industry standard for interconnecting
instruments. It is not as flexible or as easy to
install as NavBus.
The 657 can:

Receive and display wind speed and
direction from an optional compatible wind
instrument.

Receive and display depth, paddlewheel
boat speed and water temperature from an
optional compatible instrument.

Receive data from an optional compatible
GPS or GPS/DGPS source.

Send GPS position and other navigation
data to an autopilot or other instrument.
An autopilot requires APB, APA and VTG
sentences (see section 17-11).

Receive data from an optional AIS receiver.

For information on sending NMEA data to the 657,
see your Northstar dealer.

During setup to send NMEA data to other
instruments, set NMEA out to

and specify

the NMEA data to send (see section 17-11).

Black

Power/data cable

Yellow

White NMEA out

Black NMEA ground

GPS antenna

White NMEA in
(requires Special
Fuel Cable)

Yellow

GPS/fuel AIS cable

White

Red AIS data in

Black and
Shield Ground

During setup for NavBus instruments, set NavBus
to

and assign the instrument a NavBus

group number (see section 17-11)

Black

Black

Power/data cable

Orange

Blue

Other Navbus instrument

18-9-1 Installation: Northstar VHF radio

Fit and set up the optional Northstar VHF
radio (with NavBus functionality) following the
instructions supplied with the radio.

Black

Black

Power/data cable

Orange Blue

Blue Grey

Radio

data

cable