Matsutek AIS "transponder" to Raymarine E80

[Graham_Wright]

…………………………………doesn't work.

Diagnosis;-

AIS apparently received (as the lights flash convincingly),
AIS transmit works as my ship is visible in Marine Traffic,
Raymarine GPS input to the E80 connected as NMEA 0183 works,
Baud rate is set to 38400 on the E80,
NMEA inputs have been tried reversed,
E80 announces "No AIS".
The signal levels look reasonable (on a 'scope).

Any suggestions please.

 

[TSB240]

Which Matstutec?
On the hp33a you have to go into the settings and change them to get it to output AIS sentences at a higher baud rate.
You could use Open CPN to monitor on a pc what it is actually transmitting and what baud rate.

 

[Graham_Wright]

Which Matstutec?
On the hp33a you have to go into the settings and change them to get it to output AIS sentences at a higher baud rate.
You could use Open CPN to monitor on a pc what it is actually transmitting and what baud rate.

HA102.
The output is at 38400.
I'll try to understand how to monitor with a pc. Although I use Mac, I have a windows 7 laptop that successfully set up the MMSI etc.
What hardware do I need for the interface (to USB?).
There is an output connection for the AIS received GPS. I could try swapping to that to see if that works.

I confess to naivety in these matters.

 

[TSB240]

HA102.
The output is at 38400.
I'll try to understand how to monitor with a pc. Although I use Mac, I have a windows 7 laptop that successfully set up the MMSI etc.
What hardware do I need for the interface (to USB?).
There is an output connection for the AIS received GPS. I could try swapping to that to see if that works.

I confess to naivety in these matters.

You just need a serial to usb converter and to solder a 9 pin d sub connector onto the output wires of the Matsutec which will then plug in to the converter.
If you do a search on here you should find a reference to this on one of the old Matsutec threads.

 

[Graham_Wright]

You just need a serial to usb converter and to solder a 9 pin d sub connector onto the output wires of the Matsutec which will then plug in to the converter.
If you do a search on here you should find a reference to this on one of the old Matsutec threads.

The Matsutek has a 9 pin D which I used for programming. Perhaps that is paralleled with the multicore cable.
Please define/describe "converter".

 

[Graham_Wright]

Raymarine have responded to my question explaining that AIS will not be displayed if there is no GPS input.
For a trial, I can input GPS via Seatalk and AIS by NMEA.
I'll report back.

 

[Graham_Wright]

That worked -sort of.
There is only one nmea input. For AIS that needs to be set to 38400 baud. It seems that also sets the same rate for NMEA out which the VHF radio cannot accept. Next step is to input GPS data as Seatalk also via the Quark input. I believe the output is at 4800 which should fix the radio.

Perhaps the plotter can be set with different input and output rates but it is not apparent.

 

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That worked -sort of.
There is only one nmea input. For AIS that needs to be set to 38400 baud. It seems that also sets the same rate for NMEA out which the VHF radio cannot accept. Next step is to input GPS data as Seatalk also via the Quark input. I believe the output is at 4800 which should fix the radio.

Perhaps the plotter can be set with different input and output rates but it is not apparent.

Unfortunately it can't.