Operating Instructions and Installation Instructions

ComNav Vector G2 & G2B Installation & Operation Installation

Document PN 29010078 V2.0 - 34 -

DRAFT #3 – 29 May 2009

Using a PC for Vector G2 Control & Display

Figure

14 shows the typical connections when using a PC, instead of a Navigator G2 Display,

to configure the G2, and/or monitor its status.

Note: the PC is not necessary

, if the G2’s factory-default configuration

(see page 46) meets your needs, and if you do not wish to monitor

any of the G2’

s various status values.

This wiring scheme uses only the G2’s Port A RS-232 output and input.

GREY

RS-232 Signal Ground

Port A (RS-232)

BLUE

BLACK w/ BLUE STRIPE

PC for Vector G2 Control & Display

(using PocketMAX PC or HyperTerminal)

D-Type 9 pin

Female Connector

(user-supplied)

Rx 2

PC COM Port

Signal & Pin #

Vector G2 or G2B

Figure 14 – Typical Wiring with a PC for Vector G2 Control & Display

The PC would typically be running a “dumb terminal” program (e.g., the Hyperterminal®

program that comes with Windows® on PCs), or Hemisphere’s own GPS Control & Display

program, PocketMAX PC

. More details on using Hyperterminal can be found in Appendix 2;

see the PocketMAX User Manual for usage instructions on it.

Using a Vector G2 with a PC Navigation Program

Figure

15 shows the typical connections when using a PC, instead of a Chartplotter or some

other type of NMEA Navigation equipment, to perform “Navigation display &/or control”

functions – viewing the vessel’s position on a chart, setting waypoints and so on.

This wiring scheme uses the G2’s Port A RS-232 output (and input, if the PC is also going to

be used to control the G2), and the Port B RS-422 output.

… neither is a Navigator G2 Display System, see page 30.

This program can be found on the CD that is supplied with the G2, and on Hemisphere’s web site. Note that there is

also a PDA version of PocketMAX, which can be run on a PocketPC. Use of that version, and wiring a PDA to the G2,

are not described in this manual.