Quick Instruction, Version 2.2
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Tel.:+49 911 37663835 www.weatherdock.de
The easyTRX2 is approved with the GPS antenna from Weatherdock,
article number: A029. The diameter of the antenna is 60mm, rest of the
dimensions below
3.8.5
Connection to a plotter
The easyTRX2 is connected to the PC by means of a USB plug. The USB
cable is enclosed in the box.
If you want to connect the easyTRX2 to a chart plotter please use the 6-
pole cable, marked with NMEA. You need two cables. The white one has
to be connected to the NMEA data input of the chart plotter, the green
one to the NMEA ground of the input. For the cable connection
schematics please look at above table (Pos.1 and Pos.2)
If the plotter interface is configured to 38400 baud and the plotter is
ready for AIS data, received data will be shown immediately.
3.8.6 External switches/buttons
There is the possibility to connect external switches / buttons to the
easyTRX2 (-IS).
3.8.6.1 SRM button
According to the cable colors under 3.7.1 (Pos.7 and Pos.8 in the spread-
sheet) the green and the white cable of the 4 wires cable are foreseen
for that functionality. If these 2 wires are connected to a BUTTON, not a
SWITCH and if this button is pressed, then a SRM (Safety related mes-
sage) is transmitted by the easyTRX2.
The sent default message is: “PAN PAN PAN”.
The message is sent and the SRM LED is blinking for one minute. After
that you could send another SRM.
3.8.6.2 Silent mode switch
According to the cable colors under 3.7.1 (Pos. 9 and Pos. 10 in the
spreadsheet) the brown and the yellow cable of the 4 wires cable are
foreseen for that functionality. If these 2 wires are connected to a
