Installation manual

Installation Manual

20222006 / Rev. A 25

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3.5 Plug and Play interface setup

One of the SimNet features, the automatic interface setup system

– Auto Source Selection –, makes the remaining part of the

installation safe and easy. A total of 5 sources for each DataType

can be handled by Auto Source Selection.

SimNet class 1 products

These are advanced SimNet products with good display

capability that will, at first-time startup, take you through the

automatic data source selection process. Selecting the best data

source for each DataType

is part of the process (page 40).

Class 1 products will even include NMEA0183 and autopilot

Robnet2 data sources in this automatic selection process, and

make the data available on SimNet.

Class 1 products will coordinate the source selection for all

SimNet products (Class1 and 2) in a “Simrad group”. Within that

group all products will use one common data source, e.g. the

same position source is used on the chartplotter, the autopilot

and the instruments when they are integrated. The same applies

for NMEA0183 products that are interfaced to SimNet via the

AT10 and AT15 converters since they are Class 2 products. Also

NMEA0183 devices that are connected to Class 1 products with

NMEA0183 to SimNet conversion capability (page 38) will use

the same source.

DataType is defined as a group of related data that you will expect to receive from

the same data source. E.g. DataType Position: Position (Lat, Long), COG, SOG,

GPS-quality, GPS Time, Datum. See Appendix 2 for details.