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MX575A
MX575B
D/GPS Compass

Installation Manual

Summary of Contents for MX575A

Page 1: ...MX575A MX575B D GPS Compass Installation Manual...

Page 2: ...ersion of this document the English document will be the official version To the best of our knowledge the content in this publication was correct at the time of printing As we are continously improvi...

Page 3: ...Software Upgrades Unlike many other consumer electronics industries which only sell consumer electronic devices your marine dealer is often your best advisor for installation and service of your new G...

Page 4: ...2 2 2 Fixed Base Mounting 8 2 2 3 Pole and Rail Mounting 13 2 3 Connecting to a Power Source 23 3 MX575 Operation 24 3 1 MX575 Antenna Cable 24 3 2 Standard Data Interface to the CDU 25 3 3 Alternativ...

Page 5: ...15 Figure 15 Running the cable through the pole base 15 Figure 16 Running the Cable through the Pole Mount 16 Figure 17 Completed cable run 16 Figure 18 Threading the Pole Base onto the mount 17 Figur...

Page 6: ...GPS Satellite Compass only 31 Figure 34 MX575 Interface to MX420 8 CDU PORT 2 as a GPS Satellite Compass only 32 Figure 35 MX575 Interface to MX5xx CDU PORT 1 as a GPS Satellite Compass only 33 Figur...

Page 7: ...ontrolled to function in several modes namely GPS positioning only Auto or manual DGPS mode using the Coast Guard beacon stations WAAS Wide Area Augmentation System US system EGNOS European Geostation...

Page 8: ...atellite Based Augmentation System SBAS When SBAS is available the MX575 can be controlled using the CDU to track the Satellite Based Augmentation Systems SBAS like the WAAS US EGNOS European and MSAS...

Page 9: ...ower data cable connection It has been designed primarily for the Marine market applications This manual has been written to address the primary uses of the MX575 in the Marine industry The MX575 hous...

Page 10: ...D GPS Compass 3508 102 70900 or MX575B D GPS Compass 000 10280 001 Sensor Accessories 15m Power data Cable 3508 102 70910 VNDR 051 6157 002 MX575 Manual 3508 102 70920 Pole mount 3508 102 70730 Fixed...

Page 11: ...the vessel is also acceptable and will allow calculation of the roll of the vessel The MX CDU has an offset option to compensate for orientation errors Figure 1 MX575 Mounting Orientations If a gyro...

Page 12: ...ing beam of radar and other high power transmitters Mount the MX575 low to avoid excessive position and speed errors while underway Mount the MX575 as far away as possible from large metal structures...

Page 13: ...d rail mounts Note Installations that use the pole mount require the use of the supplied hexagonal jam nut and flat washer in order to mechanically couple the MX575 system to the pole mount with less...

Page 14: ...has the following features 6 holes for mounting onto the MX575 enclosure A channel through the mount for the power data cable Two small keys to aid the alignment of the base to the enclosure Four slo...

Page 15: ...from within the mount in order to route it along the surface of the plate beneath the MX575 system Alternatively you may wish to route the power data cable through the mounting surface rather than br...

Page 16: ...X575 using the fixed base insert either end of the power data cable through the center of the fixed base as shown in the following two figures Figure 7 Running cable through the fixed base mount Figur...

Page 17: ...able mount connector into the bulkhead connector aligning the locking ring at the same time Figure 9 Power Data cable key and keyway Once inserted rotate the ring clockwise until it locks The locking...

Page 18: ...f the enclosure Once you have aligned the base use a screwdriver fitted with the supplied Torx T20 bit to fasten the base to the enclosure using the supplied self tapping screws Fasten the screws firm...

Page 19: ...d washer These are used to secure the antenna in a particular direction without bottoming out the system on the threaded pole Additionally the nut and washer distributes forces associated with vibrati...

Page 20: ...enter of the pole mount base from top to bottom through the pole and then through any bulkheads as needed the power data connector is too large to fit through the threaded portion of the pole mount ba...

Page 21: ...MX575A B DGPS Compass 15 The following three figures detail the process of routing the cable Figure 14 Running the cable through the pole base Figure 15 Running the cable through the pole base...

Page 22: ...re 16 Running the Cable through the Pole Mount Once you have routed the cable correctly through the pole mount base and the mounting pole the mounting assembly should look like the following figures F...

Page 23: ...s Figure 18 Threading the Pole Base onto the mount Ensure that there s a gap between the lock nut and washer and the pole mount base as shown in the following figure This will allow you to orient the...

Page 24: ...onnector into the bulkhead connector Note you may have to align the locking ring on the cable mount connector as you insert it into the bulkhead connector to ensure that it seats properly Once the cab...

Page 25: ...e Once you have aligned the base use a screwdriver fitted with the supplied Torx T20 bit to fasten the base to the enclosure using the supplied screws These screws self tap a thread in the blind screw...

Page 26: ...e Pole Base to the MX575 The next step is to rotate the hex nut and washer up to the bottom surface of the pole mount base Do not tighten them at this point as you will need to align the MX575 Figure...

Page 27: ...the pole If it s loose tighten the lock nut further until you cannot move it The top of the MX575 enclosure incorporates a pair of gun sight design features for assisting the MX575 alignment The sigh...

Page 28: ...MX575A B DGPS Compass 22 Figure 25 Lining up the alignment sight Figure 26 Correctly Lined up alignment sight...

Page 29: ...terminals on the market from which to choose from depending on your specific requirements Caution Do not apply a voltage higher than 35 VDC as this will damage the receiver and void the warranty To in...

Page 30: ...SBAS or beacon lock may take several minutes to acquire from startup 3 1 MX575 Antenna Cable The MX575 antenna cable assembly is composed of 7 twisted pairs only 3 pairs are used to connect to the MX...

Page 31: ...rm Table 2 Antenna Cable 15M or 30M wiring 3 2 Standard Data Interface to the CDU The MX575 is IMO type approved to provide the primary DGPS positioning information used for navigation as well as True...

Page 32: ...Blk In A In A In B In B Out A Out A Out B Out B 4 Brn 5 Brn Wht NMEA2 Tx RS 232 Ext Alarm 6 Prpl 7 Prpl Wht 12 Grn 13 Grn Wht 14 Blu 15 Blu wht 17 Gry 18 Blk Wht 3 Blk 12 32 VDC Supply NM EA 1 I O N...

Page 33: ...ORG GRN BLK RED GREY PURPLE YEL WHT BLU B IN A IN B OUT A OUT NO NC C NO NC C IN 12 32 VDC POWER INPUT 1 18 NOTE F1 2 AMP FUSE RL1 EXTERNAL ALARM RELAY RL2 GENERAL POWER FAIL ALARM RELAY J1 RS232 ENA...

Page 34: ...B IN A IN B OUT A OUT B OUT A OUT B OUT A OUT B IN A IN B IN A IN B OUT A OUT B OUT A OUT B OUT A OUT B IN A IN B IN A IN NC NO C DIG IN1 NC MOB GND RS232 TX DIG IN2 NO C GND RS232 RX PORT2 Rs232 U4 U...

Page 35: ...X510 MX512 ANT port connection using a 3 meter antenna cable assembly Mx5xx CDU MX575A RED BLK BLK BRN YEL UPPER LOWER YEL BLK MX500 JUNCTION BOX P N 500 100 1002 NOTE DETAILS FOR OTHER COMPONENTS AND...

Page 36: ...MX575A B DGPS Compass 30 Figure 32 MX575 connection to the MX512 Antenna port through the MX512 Junction Box...

Page 37: ...RS2 32 e nable J1 UPPER LOWER Rs232 PORT 2 Tx Rx GND MX420 2 JUNCTION BOX CABLE A MX ANTENNA PORT PORT1 DUAL CONTROL EXT ALARM POWER FAIL PWR INPUT IN GND U1 U2 U7 U4 U9 U5 U6 2 AMP B IN A IN B OUT A...

Page 38: ...A IN B IN A IN B OUT A OUT B OUT A OUT B OUT A OUT B IN A IN B IN A IN B OUT A OUT B OUT A OUT B OUT A OUT B IN A IN B IN A IN NC NO C DIG IN1 NC MOB GND RS232 TX DIG IN2 NO C GND RS232 RX PORT2 Rs232...

Page 39: ...MX575A B DGPS Compass 33 Figure 35 MX575 Interface to MX5xx CDU PORT 1 as a GPS Satellite Compass only...

Page 40: ...pply the position and heading data to a PC charting system using a 9 pin D connector and terminal strip these are user supplied items 12 32 VDC Supply BLK BRN Port B RX GRY COMMON GND MX575A BRN Port...

Page 41: ...nce 9 Press the E key to exit The heading value can be seen under Input and Used value Your setting should look similar to Figure 36 in the following page To configure Rate of Turn do the following 1...

Page 42: ...creens Here you will have both the Heading and Rate of Turn values displayed The MX420 CDU can also pass through the HDT and ROT data to any data port selected Please refer to the MX420 Operator s Man...

Page 43: ...Used value Your setting should look similar to Figure 37 in the following page Go to the CFG 1 screen in the MX420 CDU and on the left column scroll down to ROT 1 To implement this feature change ROT...

Page 44: ...MX575A B DGPS Compass 38 Figure 38 Compass Setup with MX420 CDU Figure 39 ROT Setup with MX420 CDU...

Page 45: ...MX575A B DGPS Compass 39 4 2 The NAV 5 NAV 6 Compass Display Screens Figure 40 NAV 5 Compass Display Screen Figure 41 NAV 6 Compass Display Screen...

Page 46: ...Data I O protocol NMEA 0183 Heading warning I O Open relay system indicates invalid heading Table 4 Beacon receiver specifications Item Specification Channels 2 channel parallel tracking Frequency 283...

Page 47: ...s on multipath environment number of satellites in view satellite geometry baseline length for local services and ionospheric activity Note Depends on multipath environment number of satellites in vie...

Page 48: ...n Yes Table 8 Environmental specifications Item Specification Storage temperature 40 C to 85 C 40 F to 185 F Dry and damp heat Operating temperature 32 C to 74 C 25 6 F to 165 2 F Dry and damp heat Hu...

Page 49: ...MSC 112 73 IEC 60945 ED 4 0 2002 IEC 61162 1 ED 3 0 2007 IEC 61162 2 ED 1 0 1998 IEC 61108 1 Ed 2 0 2003 IEC 61108 4 Ed 1 0 2004 IMO RES MSC 116 73 IMO RES 694 17 IMO RES MSC 191 79 IMO RES MSC 112 79...

Page 50: ...character flag was added for proper RAIM status determination PMVXG GBS hhmmss ss x x x x x x xx x x x x x x x hh CR LF 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Notes 1 UTC time of the GGA or GNS fix associated with this s...

Page 51: ...GPS PPS Mode fix valid 7 Number of Satellites in use 00 12 may be different from the number in view 8 Horizontal Dilution of Precision HDOP 9 Antenna altitude mean sea level geoid 10 Units of antenna...

Page 52: ...ition domain in order to give statistical measures of the quality of the position solution If only GPS GLONASS etc is used for the reported position solution the talker ID is GP GL etc and the error d...

Page 53: ...f the message transmitted are indicated in the first two fields GPGSV x x xx xx xx xxx xx xx xx xxx xx hh CR LF 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Notes 1 Total number of messages 1 to 3 2 Message number 1 to...

Page 54: ...r ground knots 8 Course Over Ground True 9 Date dd mm yy 10 11 Magnetic variation degrees E W Easterly variation E subtracts from True course Westerly variation W add to True course 9 ROT Rate Of Turn...

Page 55: ...Course over ground degrees Magnetic 5 6 Speed over ground knots 7 8 Speed over ground km hr 9 Mode indicator A Autonomous mode D Differential mode E Estimated DR M Manual input mode S Simulator mode N...

Page 56: ...Y YYY SN fff f M ddd R SS SNR MTP Q ID H T 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1112 1314 Notes 1 Channel 0 2 Resident SBX 3 firmware version 3 SBX 3 receiver serial number 4 Channel 0 current frequency 5 Frequency...

Page 57: ...sages and their description Message Type Description PMVXG 303 RESET CONTROL PMVXG 026 NMEA MESSAGE SCHEDULE PMVXG 200 SET PORT CONFIGURATION PCSI BEACON PCB CONTROL GPMSK 305 BEACON AUTO MANUAL CONTR...

Page 58: ...ol Field Description Units Format Range 1 Reset Control Int 0 No Action 1 Reset Serial I O to Factory Default Settings 2 Resets GPS Parameters to Factory Default settings User I O Settings Remain 3 Re...

Page 59: ...1 Equipment Port Output Block Example GGA Char Default None 2 Clear Current List Int 0 NO 1 YES Default None 3 Add Delete Sentence From List Int 1 Append Sentence to Output List 2 Delete Sentence From...

Page 60: ...0 Current Port 1 Port 1 2 Port 2 Default 2 Baud Rate Int 5 4800 6 9600 7 19200 Default 3 Stop Bits Int 1 1 Stop Bit 2 2 Stop Bits Default 4 Pacing Mode Int 0 None 1 XON XOFF 2 CTS RTS Default 5 Parity...

Page 61: ...MX575A B DGPS Compass 55 PMVXG 200 1 7 60...

Page 62: ...following form GPMSK fff f M ddd M n CR LF The internal SBX will reply with the following response PCSI ACK GPMSK fff f M ddd M n CR LF When this message is acknowledged by the internal beacon receiv...

Page 63: ...eply with the following response PCSI ACK GPMSK fff f M A n CR LF When this message is acknowledged by the internal beacon receiver it will immediately tune to the frequency specified and demodulate a...

Page 64: ...l reply with the following response PCSI ACK GPMSK A A n CR LF Field Description A1 Automatic Frequency selection Mode A2 Designates Automatic rate selection null The MX575 provides the above response...

Page 65: ...ncy and bit rate specified in the station database 3 The background channel tunes to the frequency of the closest station using an alternate bit rate 4 The primary channel retunes to the alternate bit...

Page 66: ...0 0 10 JSHOW MASK 5 11 JSHOW POS 51 0 114 0 12 JSHOW AIR AUTO OFF 13 JSHOW FREQ 1575 4200 250 14 JSHOW AGE 1800 15 This example response is summarized in the following table Line Description 1 This li...

Page 67: ...indicates the current maximum acceptable differential age in seconds When issuing this command with the optional subset data field without the square brackets a one line response is provided The subs...

Page 68: ...mode When GP is specified for subset the following is an example response provided JSHOW GP GGA 1 0 This response will provide the JSHOW GP message header followed by each message currently being outp...

Page 69: ...OTHER instructs the receiver to use external corrections input through the opposite port from which you are communicating BEACON Specifying BEACON instructs the receiver to use corrections from the in...

Page 70: ...has the following structure JSAVE CR LF The receiver will reply with the following two messages Ensure that the receiver indicates that the save process is complete before turning the receiver off or...

Page 71: ...e remainder of the original warranty period or for a period of ninety 90 days after return shipment to Buyer whichever is longer SELLER S MAXIMUM LIABILITY ARISING FROM USE OF SELLER S PRODUCT SHALL N...

Page 72: ...AR PURPOSE IN NO EVENT SHALL SELLER BE LIABLE FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND OR NATURE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF PROFIT OR REVENUE COMMERCIAL LOSS DAMAGE TO OR LOSS OF...

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