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NTWB1

Installation & User Manual

Rev 0.3

Table of Contents

 Introduction....................................................................................................... 2

1.1 Overview.................................................................................................... 2

1.2 Features..................................................................................................... 2

1.3 Specifications.............................................................................................3
1.4 Important Information...............................................................................4

1.4.1N

ETWORK

 S

ECURITY

 .....................................................................................4

1.4.2D

ISCLAIMER

 ................................................................................................4

2 Installation........................................................................................................ 5

2.1 Installation................................................................................................. 5

2.1.1O

VERVIEW

 .................................................................................................5

2.1.2M

OUNTING

 L

OCATION

...................................................................................5

2.2 Electrical Installation..................................................................................6

2.2.1C

ABLE

 R

OUTE

 C

ONSIDERATIONS

.......................................................................6

2.2.2E

LECTRICAL

 C

OLOUR

 C

ODE

.............................................................................7

2.2.3E

LECTRICAL

 C

ONNECTIONS

..............................................................................7

2.3 TYPICAL NMEA CONNECTIONS..................................................................8

2.3.1NMEA T

ALKER

 

TO

 NTWB1 (NMEA 

TO

 W

I

F

I

)................................................8

2.3.2NTWB1 

TO

 NMEA L

ISTENER

 (W

I

F

I

 

TO

 NMEA)..............................................8

3 Operation......................................................................................................... 9

3.1 Operation................................................................................................... 9

3.1.1I

NITIAL

 S

TEPS

...............................................................................................9

3.1.2C

ONNECTING

 

A

 W

I

F

I

 D

EVICE

..........................................................................9

3.1.3C

ONFIGURING

 S

OFTWARE

...............................................................................9

3.1.4C

ONFIGURING

 

I

R

EGATTA

...............................................................................11

3.1.5C

ONFIGURING

 O

PEN

CPN.............................................................................12

3.1.6I

NDICATOR

 L

IGHTS

.......................................................................................13

3.1.7S

LEEP

 M

ODE

 (P

OWER

 S

AVING

AND

 A

UTOMATIC

 W

AKE

 U

P

.................................14

3.1.8A

BOUT

 UDP 

AND

 TCP – W

HICH

 D

O

 I C

HOOSE

?.............................................14

3.1.9NTWB1 C

ONNECTIONS

  & NMEA R

EPEATERS

................................................15

3.2 SALES & SUPPORT....................................................................................15

3.3 TROUBLESHOOTING................................................................................16

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Summary of Contents for NTWB1

Page 1: ...Rev 0 3 December 2013 NTWB1 NMEA to WiFi Bridge INSTALLATION USER MANUAL...

Page 2: ......

Page 3: ...TRICAL COLOUR CODE 7 2 2 3ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS 7 2 3 TYPICAL NMEA CONNECTIONS 8 2 3 1NMEA TALKER TO NTWB1 NMEA TO WIFI 8 2 3 2NTWB1 TO NMEA LISTENER WIFI TO NMEA 8 3 Operation 9 3 1 Operation 9 3 1...

Page 4: ...or owner installation and is ready for use after making a few electrical connections 1 2 Features Reverse polarity voltage spike protected Automatic self resetting internal fuse Electrical isolation o...

Page 5: ...Isolation data lines 50Vdc Reverse Polarity Protected Yes WIFI Standards 802 11b g SSID Madman xxxx xxxx last 4 characters of mac address Mode Access Point with DHCP IP Address 169 254 1 1 Port 55555...

Page 6: ...evice As a minimum ensure all virus detection and firewall software is up to date and operating If you are racing your competitors could potentially view your boat s instrument data when in range of t...

Page 7: ...rmance will be 2 1 2 Mounting Location The following must be taken into account when selecting a mounting location Room to attach the antenna Ability to view the LED indicators Obstructions between NT...

Page 8: ...be taken in selecting the route the cable of the NTWB1 is to take The cable should be kept as far as possible from the following items radio transmitters antennas and antenna cables fluorescent lights...

Page 9: ...The White wire carries data to the NTWB1 from a NMEA talker The Yellow wire carries NMEA data from the NTWB1 to NMEA listeners The NMEA connections are single ended where the other side is connected...

Page 10: ...te must be 4800bps 2 3 2 NTWB1 to NMEA Listener WiFi to NMEA To send NMEA data received from a WiFi connected device to a wired NMEA device follow the diagram below The baud rate is 4800bps 8 NTWB1 NM...

Page 11: ...xxxx SSID where xxxx is a mix of numbers and or letters in the list of available WiFi networks See left image of Illustration 3 for iPhone example 3 Select the Madman xxxx network and wait for your de...

Page 12: ...Operation 10 Illustration 3 Connecting iPhone to NTWB1 select the Madman xxxx network from the list of available networks in WiFi settings left then wait for it to connect as indicated by the check m...

Page 13: ...device then look for iRegatta in the list of apps towards the bottom of the page Tap on the iRegatta icon and then scroll down to the WIFI NMEA section Set the options as below WiFi Instrument data T...

Page 14: ...onnections tab Add a new connection using the Add Connection button Select the desired protocol and enter the Address and DataPort as follows Address 169 254 1 1 DataPort 55555 Make sure the connectio...

Page 15: ...g Red Off A WiFi device has connected since power on Flashing No WiFi device has connected since power on Green Slow Flashing No TCP connection UDP connections may be in progress On A TCP connection i...

Page 16: ...data to it via the wired NMEA connection Wait 5 minutes at which time it will automatically wake up Cycle the power to it 3 1 8 About UDP and TCP Which Do I Choose Very basically TCP is a reliable pro...

Page 17: ...OpenCPN running on a PC you can have a TCP connection for the NMEA data from the NTWB1 to OpenCPN and then re broadcast the NMEA data via UDP to the other devices connected to the NTWB1 In OpenCPN cr...

Page 18: ...lights on the NTWB1 section above Out of WiFi range Move your WiFi device closer to the NTWB1 to be within signal range WiFi device glitch Try cycling the power or resetting your WiFi device if the N...

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