Product manual
Installation
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Step 4 - Connecting the accessory cable
An accessory cable tis supplied with the product to provide connections to power, the external
switch and NMEA0183 data ports. The cable has a pre-moulded connector at one end which
should be connected to the connector on the unit marked ‘PWR/DATA’. The other end of the
cable has twelve colour coded bare wires ready for connection. The table below in Figure 8 lists
the function of each colour coded wire for reference.
Figure 8 Colour coding of wires in the accessory cable
Please check your wiring very carefully before applying power to the product.
Failure to wire the product correctly could result in permanent damage.
Wire colour Description Function
Red Power in + Power supply connections
Black Power in -
Light green Switch input- External switch connection foe
silent mode
Orange Switch input+
Brown NMEA0183 port 1 TX+ High speed NMEA0183 port
(38,400baud) intended for
connection to chart plotters
Blue NMEA0183 port 1 TX-
White NMEA0183 port 1 RX+
Green NMEA0183 port 1 RX-
Purple NMEA0183 port 2 TX+ Low speed NMEA port
(4,800baud) intended for
connection to other NMEA0183
compatible sensors for
multiplexing of data to the chart
plotter
Pink NMEA0183 port 2 TX-
Grey NMEA0183 port 2 RX+
Yellow NMEA0183 port 2 RX-
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