GPSMAP 5000 Series Owner’s Manual
Appendix
NMEA 0183 and NMEA 2000
A GPSMAP 5000 series chartplotter can accept data from both NMEA 0183 compliant devices and
certain NMEA 2000 devices connected to an existing NMEA 2000 network on your boat.
NMEA 0183
The NMEA 0183 data cable included with GPSMAP 5000 series chartplotters supports the NMEA
0183 standard, which is used to wire various NMEA 0183-compliant devices, such as VHF radios,
NMEA instruments, autopilots, wind sensors, and heading sensors.
The GPSMAP 5000 series chartplotter can receive data from up to four NMEA 0183-compliant
devices and send GPS data to up to six NMEA 0183-compliant devices.
To wire the GPSMAP 5000 series chartplotter to optional NMEA 0183-compliant devices, see the
GPSMAP 4000/5000 Series Installation Instructions
.
Approved NMEA 0183 Sentences
GPBWC, GPRMC, GPGGA, GPGSA, GPGSV, GPGLL, GPBOD, GPRMB, GPRTE, GPVTG,
GPWPL, GPXTE, and Garmin proprietary sentences PGRME, PGRMM, and PGRMZ.
This chartplotter also includes support for the WPL sentence, DSC, and sonar NMEA 0183 input
with support for the DPT (depth) or DBT, MTW (water temp), and VHW (water temp, speed, and
heading) sentences.
To enable or disable NMEA 0183 output sentences:
1. From the Home screen, touch
Configure
>
Communications
>
NMEA 0183 Setup
>
Output
Sentences
.
2. Select a setting (
Sounder
,
Route
,
System
, or
Garmin
).
3. Select the NMEA 0183 output sentence.
4. Touch
Off
to disable, or touch
On
to enable, the NMEA 0183 output sentence.
NMEA 2000
GPSMAP 5000 series chartplotters are NMEA 2000 certified, and can receive data from a NMEA
2000 network installed on the boat to show specific information on the Information screen, such as
depth, speed, water temperature, wind speed and direction, and engine data.
To connect a GPSMAP 5000 series chartplotter to an existing NMEA 2000 network and to see
a list of supported NMEA 2000 PGN numbers, see the
GPSMAP 4000/5000 Series Installation
Instructions
.
All GPSMAP 5000 series units are NMEA 2000 certified.
