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I am wondering if I can install a gps antenna and connect it to a raymarine rl80crc and a ICS navtex 6 plus?
There are so many different types of gps antenna's I don't want to buy the bit of kit.
Any help would be much appreciated.
 
Easy said:
I am wondering if I can install a gps antenna and connect it to a raymarine rl80crc and a ICS navtex 6 plus?
There are so many different types of gps antenna's I don't want to buy the bit of kit.
Any help would be much appreciated.
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You could buy a GPS such as the Evermore SA320 [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Marine-Eve...&qid=1485413306&sr=8-1&keywords=evermore+320] and feed the output to both the RL80 and the Navtex 6+. Both units accept NMEA 0183 signals which is the output of the SA320. There is no need to have any kind of splitter as they are only 'listening' to the data and typically RS422 or RS232 can easily drive 2 listeners.
 
When my Raymarine GPS finally called it a day after much intermittant mucking about and changing the battery, I found out just how much the Raymarine replacement was,then purchased an Evergreen from Ebay.
Sent them details of my set up "80CRc" and they posted me the correct item along with simple connect "this to this" wiring diagram.
In order not to dismantle half the boat interior merely joined wire from GPS to existing wiring.
It worked first time.
 
+1 for the Evermore.

It's very likely this will not need to be fitted externally. You should be able to fit this under the deck somewhere. My GPS (Garmin) is under the deck in one of the aft cabin wardrobes. My backup USB GPS is under the headlining in the main saloon. Receivers are much better then they used to be.
 
Hi ray
Thanks for that, I've ordered it.
Would you know which colours to use for the connections?
Cheers easy
 
According to my notes and the manuals I have, if the SA320 model is RS232 output, which I believe it is, then the wiring is:

From SA320:
Red to +12V - power in
Black to -12V (Ground)
Green (NMEA Data +Ve) to RL80 power cable Orange and Nav6+ cable Blue twisted with black
Black (Data -Ve same as -12V) to RL80 power cable Yellow and Nav6+ Black twisted with Blue.

The above assumes no prior connections to these NMEA inputs.

If you have Seatalk instruments already networked to your RL80 and want to display that data (wind, depth, log etc) on the Nav6+ then you could feed the Nav6+ from the RL80 NMEA output socket on the rear of the RL80 (requires a special cable/connector) instead of directly from the SA320 (as the RL80 acts as a limited multiplexer) and choose the signals you want to forward from the RL80 menu. However, not all data from Seatalk is converted to NMEA by the RL80 so you would have to study the manual and RL80 menu choices to decide. In my case I bought a Raymarine Seatalk to NMEA converter to get a lesser used GPS/time NMEA sentence required by my (then) VHF DSC.

Good luck. Let us know how you get on.
 
Gypsy said:
According to my notes and the manuals I have, if the SA320 model is RS232 output, which I believe it is, then the wiring is:

From SA320:
Red to +12V - power in
Black to -12V (Ground)
Green (NMEA Data +Ve) to RL80 power cable Orange and Nav6+ cable Blue twisted with black
Black (Data -Ve same as -12V) to RL80 power cable Yellow and Nav6+ Black twisted with

Good luck. Let us know how you get on.
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Following some sound advice from Ray I bought a. 232 two weeks ago. It is mounted on a wooden bracket next to the chart table and works great. If you shorten the wire you will find that there is no cover on the black nmea wire. The instructions said connect the green to +ve nmea and white to -ve and if this did not work then use the black nmea. In my case is was the black (i.e. bare) wire which worked.
 
Halo said:
Following some sound advice from Ray I bought a. 232 two weeks ago. It is mounted on a wooden bracket next to the chart table and works great. If you shorten the wire you will find that there is no cover on the black nmea wire. The instructions said connect the green to +ve nmea and white to -ve and if this did not work then use the black nmea. In my case is was the black (i.e. bare) wire which worked.
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Error. It is an Evermore 320 not 232
 
Trying to work out why the Raymarine was £250 and the Evergreen was about £90.00.
Seem to remember that ICOM list a GPS receiver at considerably less than the Raymarine.
 
You can get an nmea GPS receiver for about £10.
May need a transistor or driver IC added though.
And a plastic box.
 
Thanks again much appreciated.
As soon as it runs up I will let you know how I get on.
I currently have b&g network speed,depth and wind which are connected to a b&g Zeus 2 with its internal gps. I then purchased the rl80 to run as a stand alone radar unit and thought I can use it as a backup if the Zeus fails. Then the nav 6 which can also run as a backup. So I should have all bases covered.
Cheers easy
 
Gypsy said:
According to my notes and the manuals I have, if the SA320 model is RS232 output, which I believe it is, then the wiring is:

From SA320:
Red to +12V - power in
Black to -12V (Ground)
Green (NMEA Data +Ve) to RL80 power cable Orange and Nav6+ cable Blue twisted with black
Black (Data -Ve same as -12V) to RL80 power cable Yellow and Nav6+ Black twisted with Blue.

The above assumes no prior connections to these NMEA inputs.

If you have Seatalk instruments already networked to your RL80 and want to display that data (wind, depth, log etc) on the Nav6+ then you could feed the Nav6+ from the RL80 NMEA output socket on the rear of the RL80 (requires a special cable/connector) instead of directly from the SA320 (as the RL80 acts as a limited multiplexer) and choose the signals you want to forward from the RL80 menu. However, not all data from Seatalk is converted to NMEA by the RL80 so you would have to study the manual and RL80 menu choices to decide. In my case I bought a Raymarine Seatalk to NMEA converter to get a lesser used GPS/time NMEA sentence required by my (then) VHF DSC.

Good luck. Let us know how you get on.
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Hi ray
I have finally managed to get to the boat and fit the gps.
The wiring was exactly as you said and all works great.
Many thanks much appreciated cheers easy
 
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