User's Manual

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TABLE OF CONTENT
1 SYSTEM OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................ 6
1.1 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION ......................................................................................................... 6
1.2 CLASS A VS. SOTDMA CLASS B VS. CSTDMA CLASS B ............................................................... 8
1.3 EQUIPMENT IN THE BOX ......................................................................................................... 9
2 INSTALLATION .................................................................................................................................. 10
2.1 INSTALLATION PROCEDURES .................................................................................................. 10
2.2 MOUNTING DEVICE MAIN UNIT ............................................................................................ 11
2.3 VHF ANTENNA INSTALLATION ............................................................................................... 12
2.4 GPS ANTENNA INSTALLATION................................................................................................ 13
2.5 CONNECTING WITH NMEA 0183 DEVICES .............................................................................. 14
2.6 AIS SILENT MODE CONNECTION ............................................................................................ 15
2.7 CONNECTION TO NMEA 2000 NETWORK ............................................................................... 16
2.8 CONNECTING POWER CABLE ................................................................................................. 17
2.8.1 Alarm Relay ..................................................................................................................... 18
3 CONFIGURING YOUR WIDELINK B600 .................................................................................... 19
3.1 ESTABLISH CONNECTION TO PC.............................................................................................. 19
3.1.1 USB Driver Installation .................................................................................................... 19
3.1.2 Serial Port Connection .................................................................................................... 20
3.1.3 Wireless Connection (only for WideLink B600W) ........................................................... 20
3.2 PROGRAMMING YOUR VESSEL DATA ......................................................................................... 21
4 GET STARTED .................................................................................................................................... 22
4.1 LED INDICATORS ................................................................................................................ 22
4.2 MICRO SD CARD DATA LOGGING ........................................................................................... 23
4.3 WI-FI CONFIGURATION (WIDELINK B600W ONLY) ................................................................... 24
4.3.1 Access Point Mode ......................................................................................................... 24
4.3.2 Client Mode .................................................................................................................... 26
4.4 BUILT-IN INTEGRITY TEST (BIIT)............................................................................................. 27
4.5 AIS VIEWER DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................... 27
4.6 INTRODUCING AMEC AIS APP ............................................................................................. 28
5 SPECIFICATIONS .............................................................................................................................. 29
5.1 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS .................................................................................................... 29
5.2 DIMENSIONS ..................................................................................................................... 31
5.3 NMEA 2000 PGN INFORMATION ........................................................................................ 32
5.4 SUPPORTED NMEA 0183 SENTENCES .................................................................................... 33
6 TROUBLESHOOTING ...................................................................................................................... 34
7 ABBREVIATIONS .............................................................................................................................. 36
8 FCC INTERFERENCE STATEMENT .............................................................................................. 37
9 RF EXPOSURE WARNING .............................................................................................................. 38
DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY ........................................................................................................ 38
AMEC WORLDWIDE WARRANTY ........................................................................................................ 39
APPENDIX: HOW TO DETERMINE SERIAL PORT .......................................................................... 40