Yacht Devices YDBC-05, User Manual

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IV. Programming with Installation Description String
This method is not available for Devices with the firmware version below
1.40.
Installation description strings are usually written by installers to specify the device
location or to leave notes or contact information. This can be done with professional
PC software (with a hardware connector to NMEA 2000 network) and it may be
supported by some models of chart plotters. Please refer to your software or chart
plotter documentation for details.
To program the Device, enter a special string starting with “YD:” to the installation
description field 2 in the Device properties. For example, “YD:DEV 1” (without quotes)
will change the NMEA 2000 device instance of the Device to 1. If the command
is accepted by the Device, it will add “ DONE” to the entered text
and “YD:DEV 1 DONE” will be displayed in the case of our example. Note that
the Device always accepts correct strings regardless of the current settings, etc.
In Figure 1 on the next page, you can see the process of programming the Device with
free CAN Log Viewer software (to open this window, select the item «NMEA 2000
Devices» in the «View» menu, refresh the list of devices, select the device and click
«Properties» button). You can download this program (runs on Microsoft Windows,
Mac OS X and Linux) at http://www.yachtd.com/downloads/ , Yacht Devices NMEA
2000 Wi-Fi Gateway or Yacht Devices NMEA 2000 USB Gateway is required
to connect the PC with NMEA 2000 network.
In the software you can also modify the NMEA 2000 device instance by entering
a value in the dedicated field (see «Address Claim» group on the screenshot).
After entering the command as shown in Figure 1 (click «Update» button to apply