User manual
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Important Notices
Actisense and the Actisense logo are registered
trademarks of Active Research Limited. All rights are
reserved. The contents of this manual may not be
transferred or copied without the express written
permission of Active Research Limited. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
The Actisense NMEA 2000 to NMEA 0183 Gateway
(NGW-1 and its variants) are intended for use in a marine
environment, primarily for below deck use. If an NGW-1
unit is to be used in a more severe environment, such use
may be considered misuse under the seller’s guarantee.
The NGW-1 has been certied to comply with the
European directive for Electromagnetic Compatibility
(EN60945), and is appropriately CE marked. Operation of
the unit should be in conjunction with appropriate CE
approved shielded connectors and cabling used in
accordance with the CE directive EN60945. Any EMC
related issues should be reported to Active Research
Limited immediately to allow the company to rectify or
resolve EMC related problems in accordance with its
obligations under EN60945.
When using this document, please note the following:
The products described in this manual and the
specications thereof may be changed without prior notice.
To obtain up-to-date information and/or specications,
contact Active Research Limited or visit the Actisense
website (www.actisense.com).
Active Research Limited will not be liable for infringement
of copyright, industrial property right, or other rights of a
third party caused by the use of information or drawings
described in this manual.
Active Research Limited will not be held responsible for
any damage to the user that may result from an accident
during operation of this unit when used in accordance with
this document.
The NGW-1 Product Range
The NGW-1 range allows NMEA 0183 electronic
equipment to be connected to a vessel’s NMEA 2000
network. This will allow equipment installers to adopt the
NMEA 2000 network early, whilst connecting any existing
NMEA 0183 devices to the new bus standard.
The NMEA Gateway can transfer data from an NMEA
0183 source and place that data on the NMEA 2000 bus,
or it can take NMEA 2000 data from the NMEA 2000 bus
and make it available to the NMEA 0183 instrument.
Full information on the complete Actisense product range
and supporting software packages can be found on the
Actisense website (www.actisense.com).
Software Updates
The NGW-1 units have built-in rmware which is held in
“ash” memory, allowing quick and easy upgrades using
the latest NGW-1 ActiPatch.
It is highly recommended that the rmware is updated to
the latest version, which can be found at www.actisense.
com/NGW-1/Downloads.php. Supporting software may
also be available for your device.