NMEA0183 to NMEA2000 converter

[Cheeky Girl]

Hi
Looking for a NMEA0183 to NMEA2000 converter any recommendations or ones to stay clear of.

It is to connect a Nav6 plus to the MFD in the cockpit to act as a repeater in the saloon.

Thanke for any help.
Graham

 

[sfellows]

Actisense for a single device seems to be the go-to solution. If you are thinking of hooking up other NMEA0183 in the future then Quark Multiplexers will do the job too.

 

[PaulRainbow]

Stick with Actisense.

 

[Norman_E]

Stick with Actisense.

My view as well. I ran an NMEA0183 wind instument for nearly ten years connected to an Actisense gateway like this NGW-1-ISO NMEA2000 to NMEA 0183 Gateway. and feeding data to the NMEA 2000 network with B&G Triton displays. It was a fit and forget installation. If you do connect instruments that way, don't forget to turn the damping right down on the sending instrument, otherwise the displayed results may be erratic.

 

[captainboo]

I was looking at a similar idea but using a Quark converter and was led to believe that because the Nav6 plus can only run at 4800 baud there would be too much data going from NMEA2000 at 250Kbs to 0183 at 4800 bps which would result in an overflow situation.

When I tried it to see if I could use the NMEA2000 gps receiver to feed the NAV6 it wouldn't convert unless the 0183 output was set to 38000, this was of course no good as the NAV6 is limited to 4800. I spoke to ICS as according to the manual the input was changeable to 38400 but this option does not appear on mine. They said that it is not an option even on the later firmware models.

I would be intrigued to know if the Actisense version will handle the conversions to 0183 at 4800 baud output.

 

[Norman_E]

I don't know what baud rate the converter used to connect the VDO wind instrument to NMEA2000 but it just worked once I found out which two of the NMEA 0183 wires from the wind insstrument had to be used.

 

[bitbaltic]

Don’t overlook Simrad’s AT10 universal. Cheap and reliable. If you need to use Micro-c to simnet conversion cabling on the N2k side that might erode its value but it’s an excellent unit.