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Garmin GPSMAP 526s User Manual

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GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner’s Manual

Configuring the Chartplotter

Serial Port 2 (if supported)—configures the input/output format for

serial port 2 to use when connecting your chartplotter to external

NMEA devices, a computer, or other Garmin devices.
NMEa 0183 Setup—enable or disable NMEA 0183 output

sentences for sounder, route, system, and Garmin NMEA settings.

To enable or disable NMEA 0183 output sentences:

1� From the Home screen, select

Configure

>

Communications

>

NMEA 0183 Setup

2� Select a setting (

Sounder

,

Route

,

System

, or

Garmin

)�

3� Select the NMEA 0183 output sentence to toggle the output on or

off�

Posn. Precision—adjust the number of digits (Two digits,

Three digits, or four digits) to the right of the decimal point

for transmission of NMEA output.

waypoint ids—determine how the unit identifies waypoint

identifiers (Names

or Numbers).

defaults—resets all NMEA 0183 sentences to the default setting.
NMEa 2000 Setup
device List—lists the NMEA 2000 devices on your network. If a

NMEA 2000 device has configuration options or settings, select

the device for a list of options.

Label devices—allows you to name your engines and tanks so

that you can better identify their location on the boat.

To label engines as numbers:

From the Home screen, select

Configure

>

Communications

>

NMEA 2000 Setup

>

Label Devices

>

Change Engine Labels

>

Use Numbers

To label engines as names:

1� From the Home screen, select

Configure

>

Communications

>

NMEA 2000 Setup

>

Label Devices

>

Change Engine Labels

>

Label Type

>

Choose Names

2� Select the engine you want to name�
3� Select the location of the engine:

Port (P)

,

Center (C)

,

Starboard (S)

,

Fore (F)

, or

Aft (A)

4� Select the label you want to use for the engine�
To label tanks as numbers:

1� From the Home screen, select

Configure

>

Communications

>

NMEA 2000 Setup

>

Label Devices

>

Change Tank Labels

2� Select the type of tank you want to label�
3� Select

Use Numbers

To label tanks as names:

1� From the Home screen, select

Configure

>

Communications

>

NMEA 2000 Setup

>

Label Devices

>

Change Tank Labels