Is the NASA Meteoman compatible with Raymarine wind data ?

[Boo2]

Hi,

I was thinking of buying a NASA Meteoman but I don't really want the faff of another wind unit so I wondered whether anyone here knows whether it is compatible with Raymarine Wind info from the NMEA 183 output of a Raymarine instrument ?

Thanks,

Boo2

 

[prv]

I don't think Raymarine wind instruments generally have an NMEA output. Are you planning to add a converter unit to the Seatalk bus?

Pete

 

[AngusMcDoon]

Hi,

I was thinking of buying a NASA Meteoman but I don't really want the faff of another wind unit so I wondered whether anyone here knows whether it is compatible with Raymarine Wind info from the NMEA 183 output of a Raymarine instrument ?

Thanks,

Boo2

Perhaps I should get this YAPP made up properly...

http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?274287-YAPP-Homemade-Seatalk-stuff

 

[nigelmercier]

... NASA Meteoman ... compatible with Raymarine Wind info ... ?

No. Raymarine instruments output such data on the SeaTalk bus, but it shouldn't be hard to make a converter. Pretty much the same concept as the GPS to Raymarine Log converter I keep meaning to build: digits in, square wave out.

 

[Boo2]

I don't think Raymarine wind instruments generally have an NMEA output. Are you planning to add a converter unit to the Seatalk bus?

Perhaps I should get this YAPP made up properly...

http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?274287-YAPP-Homemade-Seatalk-stuff

No. Raymarine instruments output such data on the SeaTalk bus, but it shouldn't be hard to make a converter. Pretty much the same concept as the GPS to Raymarine Log converter I keep meaning to build: digits in, square wave out.

I believe that my Autohelm Multi (??same as a Raymarine ST50 Plus??) has an NMEA output and bridges the Seatalk info from the wind and other instruments. Hopefully this means I don't need an ST <-> NMEA adaptor but I don't know whether the Raymarine VWR sentence will be understood by the Meteoman ? Unfortunately the only temperature sentence quoted in the ST50 Plus manual is MTW which is the less than useful water temp not air temp, but I can live with that...

Boo2

 

[prv]

I believe that my Autohelm Multi (??same as a Raymarine ST50 Plus??) has an NMEA output and bridges the Seatalk info from the wind and other instruments. Hopefully this means I don't need an ST <-> NMEA adaptor

Makes sense - I thought you were expecting to connect the wind instrument directly.

NMEA on early Autohelm / Raymarine stuff tends to be a bit eccentric and needs careful checking rather than assuming it will work. Apparently VWR is deprecated by NMEA, and neither the Nasa wind sensor nor the Clipper wind instrument (the two things they mention as a source for the Meteoman) use it. If I had to bet I'd say it probably won't work - Nasa don't strike me as the type to go beyond the necessary. But you could always ring or email them and check.

Pete