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AIS-CTRX CARBON Class B AIS Transponder Manual
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Figure 27 In the field [Safety Messages], information can be obtained about messages that are sent
from base stations ashore with i.e. navigational alerts or safety related messages.
Under the tab ‖ Commands ‖, one adjusts how the AIS-CTRX CARBON transponder
will feed data to the applications the transponder is intended to be connected to. AIS-
CTRX CARBON has 2 data ports. In the field ‖
Configure Baud rate ‖, one adjusts the
data transfer rate that these ports will use. AIS shall always use Baud rate 38400
bps (bits per second), otherwise the AIS functionality will become very limited.
Normally, ‖ RS232 Baud rate ‖ port is used for the connection which you make from
the computer to the AIS-CTRX CARBON transponder via the included9 poled d-sub
cable. The other port ‖
NMEA Baud rate ‖ is preferably used for an NMEA port on a
plotter like Garmin or Raymarine, still using 38400 bps. ‖ NMEA Baud rate ‖ port
controls the other port that the AIS-CTRX CARBON transponder has, which is the
end that is without termination on accompanying DC and Data cable.
Orange and
Black wires are used for data out from the transponder for connection to plotter, See
table. 2, Page 27. The only occasion when another data speed than 38400 bps can
be advisable is if the AIS-CTRX CARBON transponder shall feed a VHF with position
from the GPS receiver (Only for VHF equipment that can process NMEA message
RMC for position). Then, the speed shall be 4800 bps but also means that ‖
NMEA
Baud rate ‖ port cannot be used to show AIS on an plotter.
In the field ‖ Silent mode ‖, AIS-CTRX CARBON can be set to be a receiver only by
clicking on the icon ‖ Enter silent mode”. ‖. In order to exit from AIS-CTRX CARBON
as a receiver only, click on the icon ‖ Exit silent mode ‖. NOTE that this is a special
function in proAIS and that it is separate from the hardware control to quiet mode that
can be accomplished from the blue and white ‖
S ‖ button on the transponder.