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SELECTING NMEA OUTPUT SENTENCES

The setting allows the NMEA output sentences to be
selected as ON (transmitted) or OFF (not transmitted). It is
important that when interfacing with other NMEA devices
that the correct sentences are selected to ON. Initially all
sentences are OFF except RMB and RMC. Refer to
GPSPlus Interfacing for more information.

1. Press

the

POS key.


2. Press the SETUP key until OUtPUt is displayed. The

NMEA sentence mnemonic will flash.


3. Use the ▼ STEP knob to view the list of NMEA

sentences and the current status (ON or OFF).


4. Press the ENTER key when the display shows the

required NMEA sentence mnemonic, ON or OFF will
now flash.


5. Use

the

STEP knob to change the status.


6. Press

the

ENTER key to memorise your setting.

NMEA CHECKSUMS

NMEA Output checksum: some older systems (e.g.
Hercules 390) do not accept this checksum data, so this
setup may need to be turned off.

1. Press

the

POS key.


2. Press the SETUP key until C / SUMS is displayed. The

current status is displayed. The checksum is ON by
default.


3. Press

the

ENTER key, the C / SUMS status ON/OFF will

now flash.


4. Use

the

STEP knob to select the required status.


5. Press

the

ENTER key to memorise your setting.

SEtUP
OUtPUt

APB - OFF

SEtUP

C / SUMS ON