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MiniPlex-2 series NMEA 0183 multiplexer

Manual

This manual covers:

MiniPlex-2S

MiniPlex-2S/BT

MiniPlex-2USB

MiniPlex-2USB/BT

MiniPlex-2E

MiniPlex-2Wi

ShipModul

Marine Electronics

MiniPlex-2 series, V2.0
Firmware V3.20.x
Rev. A, 19-2-2013

© CustomWare, 2013

Summary of Contents for MiniPlex-2Wi

Page 1: ...83 multiplexer Manual This manual covers MiniPlex 2S MiniPlex 2S BT MiniPlex 2USB MiniPlex 2USB BT MiniPlex 2E MiniPlex 2Wi ShipModul Marine Electronics MiniPlex 2 series V2 0 Firmware V3 20 x Rev A 1...

Page 2: ...puts 22 NMEA Outputs 23 Warning 23 Combining Ports 24 SeaTalk 24 Power Supply 25 Indicators 25 Data Throughput 26 MPX Config 28 Menu 29 Controls 30 MiniPlex Connection 30 Viewer Options 31 NMEA Inputs...

Page 3: ...er 52 PSMDSP Set Speed 53 PSMDUI Set Unique Identifier 53 PSMDVER Get Version 53 PSMDWI Wireless control 54 Channel Information 56 STN Multiple Data ID 56 TAG Blocks 56 Technical Specifications 57 Min...

Page 4: ...000 39 GPGLL 5301 0061 N 00635 5479 E 143357 999 A 22 HEHDT 67 0 T 1E This is plain text in a format that is laid out in the NMEA 0183 standard Every device that receives this information would know t...

Page 5: ...n just displaying the combined data it soon became apparent that a multiplexer needs more than just a few inputs and one output The single talker port that connects to the PC became a host port being...

Page 6: ...interface of the MiniPlex is also galvanically isolated in order to isolate the host from the navigation network and protect it against potential damage caused by ground loops or voltage spikes Output...

Page 7: ...data from the host to be sent to the NMEA outputs of the multiplexer The host port is also used to configure the multiplexer and to update its firmware There are two types of host ports wired ports l...

Page 8: ...are required for proper operation of the multiplexer while the RTS connection is optional Figure 5 The serial port supports flow control through the RTS connection Flow control is needed when waypoint...

Page 9: ...o stop sending data When the queue is sufficiently emptied the multiplexer signals the computer to continue This requires a special setting in your navigation software which is called flow control or...

Page 10: ...tion of the driver The driver is located in the subfolder USB Driver Windows on the MiniPlex Driver Utility CD If you click on Next Windows will install the driver When Windows has successfully instal...

Page 11: ...10 For this port to work a second driver needs to be installed Right click on the USB Serial Port entry and choose Update Driver Software from the menu that appears This will open the window as shown...

Page 12: ...ou can click on Next When Windows has successfully installed the driver the window as shown in Figure 13 appears You can close this window The Device Manager will now list a ShipModul MiniPlex NMEA Mu...

Page 13: ...t To change this port number double click on the MiniPlex Serial Port COMx entry to open the property page for this port Next select the Port Settings tab and click on the Advanced button In the appea...

Page 14: ...lly when an application opens the virtual COM port Pairing is initiated on the host by issuing a command like Find Bluetooth Devices This operation will show a list of Bluetooth devices in the near su...

Page 15: ...n its most basic form a netmask consists of four numbers similar to an IP address that are either 255 or 0 And the 255 s always come first A device always has an IP address AND a netmask for instance...

Page 16: ...to its IP address directed or as a broadcast Directed UDP has the following properties Travels across routers networks and the Internet Higher change of delivery than UDP broadcast Every computer on...

Page 17: ...ually assign a fixed IP address to the MiniPlex 2E if the following conditions are met The DHCP server always assigns the same IP address to the same MAC address The DHCP pool of free addresses will n...

Page 18: ...n the OK button to activate the settings a progress bar will appear because the network interface must be restarted and this takes approx 7 seconds The new IP address and protocol will appear automati...

Page 19: ...th menu option Tools MiniPlex 2E Assign IP In the Assign IP Address dialog Figure 19 enter the MAC address of the multiplexer This MAC address can be found on the label on the topside of the multiplex...

Page 20: ...n DHCP server automatically assigns IP addresses to devices that connect wirelessly to the MiniPlex 2Wi It is not necessary to make any settings in the network configuration of your wireless device Up...

Page 21: ...rface and the USB port operate simultaneously and with the same priority This allows an on board fixed computer to be connected simultaneously with a wireless device The WiFi interface cannot be used...

Page 22: ...ut and RX and Gnd receive and ground on the NMEA input Also used are Data Out Data In and Signal Ground Mix these with standard NMEA connections and confusion is imminent In general it is easy and saf...

Page 23: ...3 shows several examples of differential and single ended connections and combinations of both Warning When using a single ended connection the instruments data ground is often combined with its power...

Page 24: ...a needs to be translated into NMEA Even Raymarine s own navigation software Raytech Navigator needs this translation The MiniPlex can be directly connected to a SeaTalk network It will translate all S...

Page 25: ...eceived NMEA sentence will be lost During start up this LED is on for a short moment while the multiplexer checks if firmware is loaded or if a firmware update is initiated by MPX Config If firmware i...

Page 26: ...connected to Out1 The default speed setting of the inputs and outputs ensures that there will be no queue overflows Please note that the default communication speed of Out2 is 38400 baud Most chart p...

Page 27: ...from the Tools menu will give an insight about the amount of data in each queue and whether it is filled constantly or occasionally Some general rules apply for reducing overflow situations A simple...

Page 28: ...w The window of MPX Config is divided into four sections from top to bottom the menu the NMEA viewer the controls and the status bar The menu basically controls the MPX Config program The NMEA viewer...

Page 29: ...ile Update MiniPlex Firmware Load new a firmware file into the multiplexer This option will only be visible when your multiplexer supports firmware updates This is the case from firmware version 3 00...

Page 30: ...button to initiate the connection Reading the configuration When the Connect button is clicked MPX Config opens the connection to the multiplexer and automatically retrieves its current configuration...

Page 31: ...is selector to any setting besides All Inputs will enable TAG blocks These are used to identify the input a sentence is received on When set to All Inputs the original TAG block setting is restored Ov...

Page 32: ...p to the Talker ID of the next input Clicking the Read Configuration button will read the Talker ID settings from the multiplexer Any modified Talker ID s that have not been sent to the multiplexer ye...

Page 33: ...61 characters A longer string is discarded All characters with an ASCII value from 32 to 127 are passed Plain Text Accept a plain text string and forward it as a plain text string Any character with...

Page 34: ...this data exclusively to Out1 The autopilot will therefore receive information from the tablet only When the tablet is not connected or the navigation software is not sending any data the multiplexer...

Page 35: ...he priority system does not block an entire input it only blocks duplicate sentences Sentences received from the GPS that are not received on the AIS input are passed The following example shows what...

Page 36: ...N 00635 5479 E 143357 999 A 22 s MX02 3 40 HEHDT 67 0 T 1E See the Technical Reference section for a description of the TAG block NMEA Conversions NMEA Conversions allow you to convert specific NMEA...

Page 37: ...when you click on the Read Configuration button After editing the list must be stored in the multiplexer to be effective The Filter Routing list contains the following columns Inputs H This input repr...

Page 38: ...list in MPX Config Filling the list The filter rules can be entered in two ways manually and automatically You can add individual sentences to the list and set the desired routing information You can...

Page 39: ...ences are passed from input 2 and routed to the PC Only every 5th sentence is passed IIMWV and IIMTW sentences are passed from input 3 and routed to the PC VHVHW sentences are passed only as the resul...

Page 40: ...pdate is aborted with an error message This time out is caused by delays in the communication drivers that are part of Windows These time outs happen frequently when software is running which communic...

Page 41: ...on your computer Windows Firewall The WiFi firmware is updated using the WiFi connection MPX Config instructs the MiniPlex through the USB interface to download the WiFi firmware via WiFi from a serv...

Page 42: ...he File menu choose Update WiFi Firmware and select the wifi ap_x xx img file to start the WiFi firmware update The following messages should now appear in the NMEA viewer PSMDWI Initiating WiFi firmw...

Page 43: ...Integrated instrumentation IN Integrated navigation LC Loran Loran C P Proprietary sentence RA Radar and or radar plotting SD Sounder depth SN Electronic positioning system other general SS Sounder sc...

Page 44: ...tion and speed MWV Wind speed and angle OSD Own ship data RMA Recommended minimum specific LORAN C data RMB Recommended minimum navigation information RMC Recommended minimum specific GNSS data ROT Ra...

Page 45: ...eed over ground value stored 53 RMC Course over ground RMC sentence is generated from stored values from other GPS related datagrams 54 GPS time value stored 56 GPS date value stored 58 GPS lat long v...

Page 46: ...otloader must be started in the multiplexer This message tells you that the bootloader could not be started This can happen when you try to update the multiplexer while navigation instruments are conn...

Page 47: ...ection fails a time out message may occur like PSMDWC Timeout 2 PSMDWC FTP file xx The FTP client downloads the firmware file and stores it into its own file system where xx is the number of the file...

Page 48: ...y the multiplexer always contain a checksum unless the checksum check is switched off Checksums are denoted with hh in the descriptions below Unless specified otherwise all command sentences return a...

Page 49: ...me out mechanism will route data from the inputs when no data from the host is received PSMDFL Set Filter Rules This sentence specifies a filter and routing rule that is applied on every incoming NMEA...

Page 50: ...e for each list entry An empty FL sentence marks the end of the list Example response PSMDFL R GPRMC 100110 0 1111 4A CR LF PSMDFL R GPGGA 100010 0 1111 56 CR LF PSMDFL R VWT 010000 5 0001 50 CR LF PS...

Page 51: ...onsidered to be the start of a string The string must end on a CR or LF and may not be longer than 61 characters A longer string is discarded The multiplexer will always end a forwarded string with a...

Page 52: ...tences that are not in the Filter Routing list The default is to pass sentences that are not in the list 10 Reverse heading When enabled a new HDT sentence is generated from an incoming HDT sentence w...

Page 53: ...r Format PSMDUI a s hh CR LF a Sentence Status flag R sentence is a status report of current settings C sentence is a command to change settings s Unique Identifier 15 characters maximum If this field...

Page 54: ...exer default settings C Set the wireless module to Command Mode This enables sending of commands directly to the wireless module using the PSMDWI sentence See section Command Mode for more details Sen...

Page 55: ...of the above commands fails the wireless module may still be in Command Mode indicated by a PSMDWC response instead of PSMDWI To switch the multiplexer back to normal a PSMDWI sentence must be issued...

Page 56: ...When a Channel Information option is enabled the multiplexer will output a standard NMEA Multiple Data ID sentence or precede a sentence with a TAG block Either of these contains the input number on w...

Page 57: ...d NMEA Out 2 4800 115200 Baud Indicators Overflow and Data Dimensions 138 x 72 x 33 mm Housing Flame retardant ABS MiniPlex 2USB Supply voltage 8 35 VDC protected against reversed polarity Current con...

Page 58: ...4800 115200 Baud Indicators Overflow and Data Dimensions 138 x 72 x 33 mm Housing Flame retardant ABS MiniPlex 2USB BT Supply voltage 8 35 VDC protected against reversed polarity Current consumption 1...

Page 59: ...1 4800 57600 Baud Speed NMEA Out 2 4800 115200 Baud Indicators Overflow and Data Dimensions 138 x 72 x 33 mm Housing Flame retardant ABS MiniPlex 2Wi Supply voltage 8 35 VDC protected against reverse...

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