7/11/2023 0 Comments How to set up a nmea 2000 networkAs you can see from the above photo, the AI50 understands the pesky “Class B CS Static Data Report” - i.e. It was trivial to tee a SimNet-to-DeviceNet patch cable from the AI50 into Gizmo’s N2K backbone, but the results were quite disappointing. I was excited about how easily NMEA 2000 could feed the AI50’s target and GPS info to all devices on the network, but nervous about that how well 2000 currently handles the data (nobody has yet tried it much). A full AI50 entry will follow, but first I’ll report on its SimNet/N2K output. I attached one of my boat’s VHF antennas, deployed the AI50’s included GPS antenna, gave the unit a little 12v juice (just 8 watts at 100% screen brightness), and, voila, Gizmo was transmitting its position and plotting other AIS targets, including another Class B I had set up as “ Lab”. Yesterday I fired up this sample Simrad AI50 Class B AIS transponder and found it to be pretty much as self-contained and impressive as I’d hoped.
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