bloody electronics

[cherod]

I'd follow the advice to connect to port 3 for now. If the AIS you fit also sends GPS, you can either disable that with the AIS software (most allow that) or disconnect/disable the Cobra GPS.

is port 3 the blue wires ?

 

[Baggywrinkle]

is port 3 the blue wires ?

Yes

 

[PaulRainbow]

is port 3 the blue wires ?

See post #42

 

[cherod]

Yes

cool ,, that was the last one i wired to before finding the blown fuse , so when i go back down after lunch i can just fit the fuse ,,, and hopefully

 

[cherod]

See post #42

although nice to have everything intigirated i will also want everything stand alone .

 

[PaulRainbow]

although nice to have everything intigirated i will also want everything stand alone .

You lost me there.

 

[cherod]

You lost me there.

 

[PaulRainbow]

Thanks, that's much clearer.

 

[Baggywrinkle]

although nice to have everything intigirated i will also want everything stand alone .

I guess you mean you want to build an integrated system from seperate, replaceable components? .... rather than have everything in one box.

 

[capnsensible]

 

[cherod]

I guess you mean you want to build an integrated system from seperate, replaceable components? .... rather than have everything in one box.

Yes ?,,, seperate stand alone gps and seperate stand alone AIS

 

[cherod]

Nope , nothing ,,,, going to try the 4 th option now , white and green ( as suggested by Paul ,.)

 

[cherod]

At least it hasn't blown the fuse

 

[cherod]

Nope , try th O/W , O/G again

 

[Baggywrinkle]

Oh nooooooo .... it shouldn't be this hard.

 

[PaulRainbow]

Nope , try th O/W , O/G again

It's pointless going round and round. Pick a port, connect the correct wires, set the baud rate. If it doesn't work make sure the port is set to receive the GPS sentences. If it still doesn't work, there is something wrong with the GPS or the plotter.

Connect it to port 1. Set the baud rate to 4800, if that doesn't work try 9600. You will need to give it time to find all of the satellites, might take as long as 10-20 mins. Look at the GPS status page to see what's happening. Should also be an option in the menus to see the data as it arrives, forget exactly where, but it shouldn't be hard to find.

 

[cherod]

I am back to O/G - G ,, O/W -Y ,,, giving it 20 mins ( ) to find satalite

 

[cherod]

Oh nooooooo .... it shouldn't be this hard.

Well tried all options on wiring , up to the screen now to find it , i would think

 

[cherod]

I am back to O/G - G ,, O/W -Y ,,, giving it 20 mins ( ) to find satalite

which port is that , will that one do ? I dont want to have to change wires again ( running out of connections !!! )

 

[cherod]

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