Configuring the Chartplotter
GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner’s Manual
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•
NMEa High Speed
—supports the input or output of standard 0183 data
for most AIS receivers.
Serial Port 2
(if supported)—configures the input/output format for serial
port 2 to use when connecting your chartplotter to external NMEA devices, a
computer, or other Garmin devices.
NMEa 0183 Setup
—enable or disable NMEA 0183 output sentences for
sounder, route, system, and Garmin NMEA settings.
To enable or disable nMEA 0183 output sentences:
1. From the Home screen, select
Configure
>
Communications
>
NMEa
0183 Setup
.
2. Select a setting (
Sounder
,
Route
,
System
, or
garmin
).
3. Select the NMEA 0183 output sentence to toggle the output on or off.
•
Posn. Precision
—adjust the number of digits (
Two digits
,
Three digits
,
or
four digits
) to the right of the decimal point for transmission of NMEA
output.
•
waypoint ids
—determine how the unit identifies waypoint identifiers
(
Names
or
Numbers
).
•
defaults
—resets all NMEA 0183 sentences to the default setting.
NMEa 2000 Setup
NOTE:
The GPSMAP 431/431s and GPSMAP 531/531s are not NMEA 2000
compatible.
•
device List
—lists the NMEA 2000 devices on your network. If a NMEA
2000 device has configuration options or settings, select the device for a list
of options.
•
Label devices
—allows you to name your engines and tanks so that you
can better identify their location on the boat.
To label engines as numbers:
From the Home screen, select
Configure
>
Communications
>
NMEa
2000 Setup
>
Label devices
>
Change Engine Labels
>
Use Numbers
.
To label engines as names:
1. From the Home screen, select
Configure
>
Communications
>
NMEa
2000 Setup
>
Label devices
>
Change Engine Labels
>
Label Type
>
Choose Names
.
2. Select the engine you want to name.
3. Select the location of the engine:
Port (P)
,
Center (C)
,
Starboard (S)
,
fore (f)
, or
aft (a)
.
4. Select the label you want to use for the engine.
To label tanks as numbers:
1. From the Home screen, select
Configure
>
Communications
>
NMEa
2000 Setup
>
Label devices
>
Change Tank Labels
.
2. Select the type of tank you want to label.
3. Select
Use Numbers
.
