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9. a ANING TE Pagaran me deme met TH RETIREE rere ern rmn TIEN TAG GTA DIA rA D as Mte di GED EE NMEA 0183 sentences Used by MK8 and MK9 The NMEA Standard provides for asynchronous transmission with a single TALKER and multiple LISTENERS per line Typical use includes information transfer from electronic positioning and navigational devices to autopilots plotters terminals printers etc The NMEA 0183 Standard uses an 8 bit ASCII block oriented protocol that is not compatible with the NMEA 0780 simple format or the NMEA 0182 com plex format due to differences in data format baud rate and parity bit The recommended interconnection between a TALKER and one or more LIS TENER s must be made as shown and described on the previous 4 pages Data Format Data are transmitted in different sentences each containing one or more data fields A field consists of a string of characters immediately preceded by a comma character except for the first address which is preceded by Hex OD OA CR LF end of sentence must follow the last fieid in each sentence The data fields are identified only by their position within the sentence as determined by the field delimiters comma Numerical data fields within a sentence may vary in le
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11. 3 North or South N S 4 Longitude of present position 5 East or West E W APA Autopilot sentence A Commonly used by autopilots this sentence contains navigation receiver update status cross track error and initial bearing from origin waypoint to the next destination waypoint in the sailplan The sentence is transmitted when the autopilot alarm is set to ON and when this alarm is not in alarm condition field 2 3 4 56 9 10 1 SGPAPA A A X XX a N XXX M CCC CR LF explanation Status Aor V A if updating is OK V if updating is stopped not used always A Magnitude of XTE cross track error Direction to steer L or R XTE units N for nautical miles and 8 not transmitted empty fields Bearing origin to destination Magnetic M Destination waypoint identifier 0 9 h SNU Receiver Update Status field 2 SGPSNU A CR LF explanation 2 Status Aor V A if updating is OK V if updating is stopped 17 Description of the NMEA sentence RECEIVED by the MK8 and MK9 navigators The navigato does not use the TALKER identifier and any pair of characters within the NMEA specification are valid The navigator accepts floating format in the received numbers and checksum is optional but if applied the navigator wiil reject any data contained ina sentence with erroneous checksum The received WPL data will overwrite the memory content of t
12. traffic light Check wire installation Check if fuse is blown Antenna open Defect center core at Check that core of F alarm antenna cable F connec connector is peeping out 1 tor mm See figure 1 Antenna short Defect antenna cable Check antenna cable for circuit alarm installation hard bends and squeezing Check if inner core is bent Battery low alarm Battery low Check battery voltage and installation Internal error Internal malfunction Return navigator for ser vice Please include error coae found No update Red Position or time is Make a power up reset blinking traffic light wrong Press E key while power for more than 10 is switched on minutes Back up battery is flat Exchange backup battery see page 21 Table 2 Error codes Baseband related errors 100 to 109 Real time clock errors 201 to 204 E2ROM related errors 300 to 303 Oscillator errors 400 to 410 If an error code is shown please note it on a piece of paper and enclose it with the navigator when you send it in for repair 1d r POSITION SAILPLAN URYPOINT ALARN SETU Navigator Self tes To make a self test of the navigator 1 Select SETUP a SEtti NGS 20 BLEEP 24H MORE M aM POSITION NAVIGATE SAILPLAN WAYPOINT ALARM SETUP 2 Select
13. ME m aiu elt ee JEN ML 1 t onm og 2 PPP oro osos n os E UTE Ue ik da aes a id Wov m p 907 1utod eAA 0 06 53160 ISMO 3 5312 ssed sbo1 1010 0 1 06 sejDuy INI 10 131 SSE 0003 2113113 sseg 04 d ANAN O I DO Di Of i NI oO gi N I Oy SF UD i o Ol N I Datum Name Description Longitude Latitude WPT No Waypoint List kk A 454 ACT ur lana ud ala ER CNRC EKZ me dete a n A anaa Name Description Longitude Waypoint List Latitude wer No EOE A MAN AEE E A EN A nah ank KA BANA i AERE C 2 a Datum Name Description Longitude Latitude WPT No Waypoint List OI MI Oi O NI OI x OIN eM LO Datum Name Description Longi
14. a flat representation of the ellipsoid earth model WA NMEA National Marine Electronics Association The NMEA electronics interface speci fications have been developed under the auspices of the Association The NMEA 0183 is an internationally recognized specifications for interfacing marine electronics OFF TRACK See CROSS TRACK ERROR POSITION UPDATE The recalculation of position by analysis of satellite orbital data as referenced to time RHUMB LINE The course of a vessel that keeps a constant direction drawn as a line on a chart or globe and cutting across all meridians at the same angle A rhurnb line is a straight line on a mercator chart RHUMB LINE NAVIGATION Navigation based on rhumb lines See also GREAT CIRCLE NAVIGATION S A See SELECTIVE AVAILABILITY SAILPLAN The sailplan is a sequential list of waypoints describing the planned voyage It is in other words the active route to follow 36 SATELLITE SIGNAL Transmitted electromagnetic energy from a GPS satellite whose time of arrival is measured by the navigator to calculate the position of the navigator antenna SELECTIVE AVAILABILITY S A A system whereby the accuracy of GPS is reduced S A is controlled by the U S Department of Defense S N SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO Quantitative relationship between the useful and non useful part of the received satellite signal A high S N indicates a good signal strength SOFTWARE Values programmed and loaded into
15. either a joint BLACK pair with one wire marked with an embossment or a joint GRAY pair with one wire marked with a black stripe The pair should be connected to a push button that is normally off not short circuited To enable the Man Over Board function the switch must be activated for at least 2 seconds Please be aware that the unmarked wire of this pair is connected to the shield of the navigator A typical installation is shown in figure 2 page 5 See also figure 4 below if using the Philips NMEA 0183 Repeater Display for the Man Over Board function NMEA interface The standard marine interface NMEA 0183 version 2 0 is used for communica tion with other marine equipment like Radars Plotters Autopilots Fish Finders etc Philips NMEA 0183 Repeater Display Philips Chart Plotters PCP 207 and PCP 21 1 Philips DGPS Beacon Receiver PBR 1000 DGPS Beacon Receivers transmitting RTCM SC104 data 4800 baud NMEA interface to other equipments There should be no problem in interfacing to other instruments Version 2 0 of the NMEA 0188 interface has been changed in several ways compared to the earlier version 1 5 Same of the changes to the hardware should be mentioned in order to avoid problems Listener The listener input now works with a threshold of 2 volt cornpared to the former 4 volt Itis still an isolated input and in general it should not give any problems Talker The talker output is now a R8422 output That mea
16. memory The values represent a permanent set of instructions for running the automatic functions computations of the navigator SOG SPEED OVER GROUND opeed in relation to the sea bed STEERING COMPASS The compass used for navigation TIME OFFSET The number of hours by which the time zone differs from Universal Time Coordinated UTC TIME ZONE One of the 24 longitudinal segments around the world each generally 15 degrees and 1 hour wide In some regions there are half hour time zones TRUE HEADING Direction in relation to true north True heading is compass heading corrected for MAGNETIC VARIATION and deviation TRUE NORTH Direction along the meridian of the observer to the north pole UNIVERSAL TIME COORDINATED UTC Greenwich mean time corrected for polar motion of the earth and sea sonal variation in the earth s rotation UPDATE See POSITION UPDATE WAYPOINT point usually along the planned track of the vessel whose position coordi nates may be stored in the navigator The point position is the basis of the heading range heading to steer estimated time of arrival and steering display calculations WORLD GEODETIC SYSTEM WGS Worldwide datums WGS 72 and WGS 84 used for satellite navigation sys tems For all practical purposes the two datums may be considered identical You may thus use the WGS72 offset figures from the chart in the navigators WGS84 Plus Offset datum 00 All charts will eventually be co
17. the OFF NAVIGATOR TEST display by e the up of down key ress the E key OFF is flashing js nm MORE 4 Use the up or down key to acti vale the function ON 5 Press the E key to start the self test 6 After the E key has been pressed the following displays will be shown Sofiware release number Software release date Hn Serial number 85 20 21 Bleep test will sound If no errors are found this will be displayed If an error code is displayed note the number and contact your service dealer Display numeric test Display dot test POSITION NAVIGATE SAILPLAN WAYPOINT ALARM SETUP at HOOP UPT T SET XTE AE ALT DRIFT C o bw E LAT LIMIT FILTER TIME ETA TTG DISTANCE BLEEP VAR DEMO 8 1 g COG LON RCTUAL OFF DATE Oh SOG HORE DATUM BEARING RL GC 2030 DCPS Halen MK8 display __ EM n E n C 9 display ga POSITION NAVIGATE SAILPLAN ALARM SETUP 22 Display symbol test Key board test 5 or 9 symbols appear on the dis lay Press the UP key and the UP symbol will stop flashing Press the LEFT key and the LEFT symbol will stop flashing Press the remaining keys and the rest of the symbols will stop fiash ing If all symbols have stopped flash ing the keyboard is ok and the display will change to
18. the one shown below If you can not make one or more of the symbols stop flashing by pressing the corresponding keys you should contact your service dealer reporting the key board error When the navigator has finished the self test it returns to normal mode 10 11 Signal quality control To check the signal quality you can monitor the signal noise ratio in POSITION The following example describes how POSITION NAVIGATE SAILPLAN WAYPOINT ALARM SETUP 1 If SAT INFO is ON in SETUP jump to point number 7 2 Select SETUP 5 E te 7 8 S BLEEP POSITION NAVIGATE SAILPLAN WAYPOINT ALARN SETUP 3 Scroll up or down with the arrow e f keys to select the SAT INFO SAE INFE display 4 Press the E key OFF is flashing 9 Press the up or down arrow key to select ON 6 Press the E key to exit 23 POSITION NAVIGATE SRLPLRN WAYPOINT ALARM SETUP 32 12953352 POSITION NAVIGATE SAILPLRN WAYPOINT ALARM SETUP 7 Select POSITION 8 Scroll up or down with the arrow H b NAVIGATE SAILPLAN WAYPOINT ALARN SETUP SRE 353 5 The signal noise ratio should on open sea be minimum 40 if the ELevation is above 30 degrees If this is not the Case the navigator may have a bad antenna cable connection or a defective antenna 24 keys to select the SATELLITE INFORMATION display SATellite number ELevatio
19. 2 Differential GPS fix 7 Number of GPS Satellites being used 8 Horizontal dilution of precision HDOP 9 Antenna height 10 Units of antenna height meters 11 Geoidal Separation the difference between the WGS 84 earth ellipsoid and mean sea level geoid 12 Units of geoidal separation meters 13 Age of Differential GPS data 14 Differential reference station ID 0000 1023 RTE Routes Waypoint identifiers listed in order with starting waypoint first This sentence is available in MK9 only field 2 34 5 6 7 8 SGPRTE 1 1 C 00 01 99 hh CR LF explanation Total number of messages being transmitted always 1 one Message number always 1 one Message mode c complete route all waypoints Route identifier always OO Waypoint identifier Additional waypoint identifiers Waypoint n identifier OO XI O 014 COP VTG Track Made Good and Ground Speed The actual track made good and speed over ground COG and SOG field 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 SGPVTG xxx T xxx M xx x N xx x K CR LF explanation Track degrees True T Track degrees Magnetic M 50660 over ground Knots N opeed over ground Kilometres per hour K O OO O UON TD WPL Waypoint Location Latitude and longitude of specified waypoint The content of his sentence will normally be the position of the next waypoint inthe sailplan When following the RTE sentence
20. 94 47 41 Fax 31 302 93 6 42 TIx 40 526 Hong Kong Radio Holland Group 806 Join In Hang Sing Centre 71 75 Container Port Road Kwai Chuna N T Tel 852 422 39 007 FaXx 4852 482 05 8 TIx 50881 Iceland Elcon HF Grandagardi 18 IS 127 Reykjavik Tel 354 5 61 95 10 Fax 3545 61 82 81 Ireland See Great Britain Italy Messree MERCATORE srl PO Box 36 Porto Turistico 1 6043 Chiavari GE Tel 439 185 31 26 08 Fax 39 185 32 27 31 Norway ProNav as Langholmen P O Box 421 N 4370 Egersund Tel 47 51 49 43 0 Fax 47 51 49 21 00 Portugal Soc Corn Crocker Delaforce amp Ca Lda Rua D Joao V 2 2nd P 1200 Lisboa Tel 4351 13 88 O1 41 Fax 351 138827 11 International Service Australia Coursemaster Autopilots Smith Street Chatswood N S W 2067 Tel 61 29 417 7097 Fax 62 29 417 7557 Belgium see Holland Denmark Leica Geosystems A S AP Navigation H rk r 12A DK 2730 Herlev Tel 45 44 5403 24 Fax 45 44 94 43 96 Finland NAVIDEC OY Hernesaarenranta 13 PL 326 FIN 00151 Helsinki Tel 4 358 9 7001 7780 Fax 358 9 179 830 France Furuno France S A Parc Technologigue Carnot 20 Avenue Edouard Herriot F 92356 Le Plessis Robinson Cedex Tel 133 1 46 29 94 29 Fax 33 1 40 94 08 45 Germany NAVICO DEUTCHLAND GmbH Lollfuss 43 45 D 24837 Schleswig Tel 49 4621 9613 0 Fax 49 4621 9613 28 Great Britain Comar Service Ltd Unit 3 Medina Cour
21. In the navigator a datum shift relative to WGS 84 is defined by the following parameters A and F Size and shape of a reference ellipsoid X AY aZ Position of the reference ellipsoid origin in relation to the satellite datum ellipsoid origin 34 vmi mni mr ME norme vem ara S n i v n rr NE MET AENG TE ES EET FEMA 9 MA AES MA ENV SCT PTET EUR M CDD C TTR PUAN EYELET CERO og ane AUN CETT vn A VH Ter e STA KT oo SH EAN Re utn n memet eta mm mee TN mon an NS EDIT To modify existing display data via the keyboard ELEVATION ANGLE The angle made by the line of sight range to the satellite and the horizontal plane of the navigator Thus the elevation angle is 90 degrees when the satel lite is overhead and O degrees when the satellite first appears on the horizon Satellites whose elevation angle is less than 3 degrees are not good candidates for providing an accurate position latitude and longitude update ENTER To store data in the memory of the navigator ETA Estimated Time of Arrival Calculated on basis of the distance to the destination and the actual present speed FILTER TIME If
22. PLAN WAYPOINT ALARM SETUP 1 Select SETUP 2 Scroll up or down with the arrow keys to the CONTR LIGHT L 0 1 t 1 3 LI GHE display 3 Press the E key First digit CONTRast is flashing 4 Pressthe up or down key and the contrast of the display will change The CONTRAST can be set on a scale of 1 through 5 5 Pressthe left or right key to select LIGHT 6 Change the back light in the same way as described in 4 POSITION NAVIGATE SAILPLAN WAYPOINT ALARN SETUP 7 Press the E key to exit A NYA acutae pee i 0 AS n 1 ti Ve EA rarah S gka fe DA y na ti riu LITE A Sieg mA ni nea a ari M 7 je LS A P SALA SR qe ar iC a AN PALA I m ah aJ e CURA A pcp m A Et SHUT eras an Falk s ngakak kala A atata ns naman A rana ga ia eir Rae s MADE La MIN egre anus M w 2 gt 9 5 8 id 3 i 0 2 z aaa ae Irae P AAT ALAA LAMA jopesig 68 mn NGO ovs
23. PT TR 34 01 IEC Recommended 0 5m DC DC switch mode with galvanic separation Less than 5 W display back light on 12 or 24 volt battery 9 6 VDC to 32 VDC At 0 7 V Fuse At 40 V Fuse Supply voltage to data pins or shield Max 50 VDC Meets NMEA 183 version 2 0 max x6 V min 2 max 18mA Meets NMEA 183 version 2 0 opto coupler 5000 max 2 2mA REF GND ni K Ohm to 100 K Ohm internal pull up to 5 Short circuited to REF GND contact closure 25 Lithium battery 3 2 V CR Minimum 2 years From the back of the navigator 29 Data Cable Length Power NMEA MOB Environmental Navigator Operating temperature range Ambient conditions Antenna Operating temperature range Ambient conditions Cables Operating temperature range Ambient conditions Bends All storage temperature r nge Relative humidity Vibrations Compass Safe distanc Power amp inputs outputs Navigator Power Type Consumption Supply voltage Reverse protection Overvoltage protection Isolation NMEA talker output voltage Current NMEA listener input isolation input impedance threshold max voltage MOB Reference input impedance Activated Max voltage Backup Type Life Replacing enin qr eet n vi A
24. Technical Manual AP GPS Navigators MK8 MK9 MK9DC e nstallation e Interface e Trouble Shooting e Maintenance e Technical data e nternational Service e Special Features e Waypoint Lists FE TAS Leica Geosystems A S AP Navigation Business Unit February 1998 3508 101 87993 opecifications may be changed without prior notice Please note he prudent mariner will never rely solely on any single means of navigation He will always use whatever information available The Global Positioning System GPS is developed and operated by the United States Department of Defense DOD Only part of the system 16 available for civil applications The expected position accuracy Is better than 100 meters for 95 percent of the time but may be up to 300 meters occasionally The derived Speed and course readings may be hampered accordingly The availability and precision will be kept within the stated limits as far as the military and political situation allows Differential GPS DGPS The MK8 and MK9 are prepared for direct connection to a DGPS Beacon Receiver Philips PBR 1000 The MK8 will for this purpose need a DGPS software upgrade and a new interface cable allowing data input The position accuracy is hereby improved to better than 5 meters for 95 of the time subject to availability of DGPS transmissions from public Radio Beacons Please note that a posit
25. be up to 500ohm per volt the drive voltage exceeds 2 volt This will reduce the overall power consumption see table 1 next paae The 9 NMEA listener A to B is rated to withstand 15 volt If no resistor is inserted the NMEA input draws 22 mA at 12 volt where only 2 mA is needed for correct functionality Hecommended external serial resistor value see figure 6 previous page for the MK8 MK9 NMEA listener interface Table 1 Drive Hesistor Drive Resistor voltage value voltage value 470 Ohm 2 7 KOhm 1 010 9 9 6 1 5 KOhm 10 volt 3 9 1 8 KOhm 11 volt 3 9 KOhm volt 2 2 KOhm LZ KO NMEA talker output hardware schematic and recommendations 3V MK8 MK9 NMEA talker O DATA 6 46 3U 6 Shown in normal position TX max under software control Y S 0 5V REF GND E A NMEA POSITION PC V24 POSITION SERVICE ONLY 6 3V Talker maximum drive current is 18 mA Figure 6 Important Both talker A and talker B outputs are active Connected to an NMEA listener Connect talker A to listener A and talker B to listener B Connected to a RS 422 port Connect talker A to receive and talker B to receive Connected to a RS 232 PC com port Connect talker A to Receive Data and REF GND to Signal Ground 11 BREST err AKEN EN ETT a AA EAA CL Te CE yer RIE YAN SORT A o WA oH ANNA ttr TIT et rer ETE PRU
26. ding to steer to destination waypoint 15 Magnetic M BWC Bearing amp distance to Waypoint Great Circle BWR Bearing amp distance to Waypoint Rhumb Line Time UTC and distance amp bearing to and location of the fist destination Waypoint in the sailplan from present position Only one of the two sentences is transmitted determined by the RL GC selection in the SETUP function field 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 T Du 12 13 SGPBWC hhmmss llll ll a vyyyy yy a xxx T xxx M xxx xx N ccc CR LF SGPBWR hhmmss llll ll a yyyyy yy XXX T XXx M XXX xx N CCC CR LF explanation UTC of observation Waypoint Latitude North or South N S Waypoint longitude East or West E W Bearing from present position to Waypoint Degrees true T Bearing from present position to Waypoint Degrees magnetic M 11 Distance from present position to Waypoint 12 Nautical miles N 13 Waypoint identifier memak O OO OPW 14 GGA Global Positioning System Fix Data Time position and fix related data for GPS receiver This sentence is available in MK8 with differential software and MK9 only Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 SGPGGA hhmmss 1111 1111 a yyyyy yyyy a x X XX X XXX M Xxx M xxx xxxx hh CR LF explanation 1 UTC of Position 2 GPS Latitude 3 Latitude N or S 4 GPS Longitude 5 Longitude E or W 6 GPS Quality indicator Qf O2 GPS not available or invalid 1 GPS fix
27. er switch and fuse are not included 10 the installation kit The fuse can be any value from 1 25 Amp po 10 Amp The NMEA IN and MOB cables are not included in the MK8 standard package 5 Drilling Instruction A template is included in the installation kit Place the Drilling Template for MK8 amp MK9 where you want your unit installed Be sure that you have access to back side for tightening the nuts Recommended tools for installation Toots Use Adjustable spanner To tighten the nuts Drill 13mm Hole for antenna mounting Drill 9mm Holes for D SUB connector Drill 7mm Holes for mounting stays Electric power drill Hand file To smooth the hole for the 5 SUB connector External Power The navigator is designed for 12V or 24V battery supply but the unit will work with any DC voltage from 9 6V to 32V The installation kit includes a 9 socket D SUB connector mounted with all the necessary cabling The Power Cable is a joint RED and BLACK pair BLACK wire D SUB socket 5 should be connected to the minus pole of the battery RE5 wire D SUB socket 9 should be connected to the plus pole of the battery Please be sure to have a fuse in the circuit notto protect the navigator but to protect the cabling Short circuiting a cable with direct connection to a battery will make severe damage A typical installation is shown in figure 2 page 5 Navigator grounding The electronics of the navigator is is
28. he waypoint location which is contained in the received WPL sentence WPL Waypoint Location Latitude and longitude of specified waypoint field 2 3 4 5 6 WPL 1111 11 a YYYYY yy a ccc CR LF explanation 2 Waypoint Latitude 3 North or South N S 4 Waypoint longitude 5 East or West E W 6 Waypoint identifier 1 through 99 RTE Routes Waypoint identifiers listed in order with starting waypoint first This sentence is received by MK9 only field 2 3 4 5 6 7 5 OO E explanation Total number of messages being transmitted always 1 one Message number always 1 one Message mode c complete route all waypoints Route identifier always OO Waypoint identifier Additional waypoint identifiers Waypoint n identifier OO NI O 18 Trouble Shooting Guide Please check your installation carefully before returning the navigator for serv ice A few hints are fisted in the table below The navigator executes an online check of essential functions If a function is found erroneous the navigator gives an Internal Error message every minute To see the actual error code you must run the self test program in the SETUP function Problem Likely Cause action No response Blank No external power Check battery voltage LCD display 2s no supply Check for reverse polarity
29. ion obtained from a chart is not always as accurate as your navigator and that the position of a floating ald can differ due to tide and set and drift In addition the DGPS system may be hampered by weather conditions such as heavy rain snow or thunder storms Leica Geosystems A S AP Navigation Business Unit 9 DK 2730 Herlev Denmark Printed in Denmark page 4 page 8 page 10 page 12 page 19 page 20 page 3 page 25 page2 page 28 page 32 page 34 page38 page 39 page 39 page 40 page 41 page42 page 43 Contents Installation interface to Other Equipment NMEA Hardware Schematics NMEA Sentences Trouble Shooting Guide Navigator Self test Signal Quality Control Maintenance Software Update Technical Data International Service Main Distributors Glossary of Terms About GPS Position Store Feature Alarm Acknowledge Feature Fast Access to Waypoints Contrast and Back Light Setting Waypoint Pass Criteria VVaypoint Lists Installation The MKS amp MKS Navigators are designed for installation both above and below deck The unit is fully splash proof but not watertight The installation should in the first instance meet the requirements of the helmsman or the crew but secondarily the site should be a smooth and flat nearly vertical surface to insure that the gasket around the holes for connection plugs and fixing screws are waterproof Please ensure that the navigator 1s mounted i
30. n a place where water easily flows off Never install it in a place where the navigator will be below water for any period of time Two installation accessories are optionally available A Flush Mounting Kit and a Mounting Bracket please see the chapter containing technical data page 27 Backup Battery Insert the battery cell in the battery compartment on the back of the navigator Please refer to the instruction on page 2f Connectors The navigator has two connectors A D SUB A for power and data and a F connector B for the antenna signal A 9 pin D SUB male B F RUG59 connector RF signal from antenna Stripping information 12mm 9POL D SUB ESEN Pin No 7 1 REF GND Reference for MOB signal Connected to navigator OO XU shield Figure 1 opc 2 NMEA listener A input 3 NMEA talker A output 1 Strip the antenna 4 MOB Man Over Board signal cable 5 battery External power 2 Fold back the shield 6 Programming voltage 3 Screw the F connec For service use only tor on 7 NMEA listener B input 4 The center conductor 8 NMEA talker B output should peep out 2 Po 9 battery External power 3 mm from the Screen Shield of NMEA talker cable connector nut A typical installation is shown on the next page figure 2 vo 2 3 a D bae o o Xx af so a Z en EL GPS ANTENNA NMEAIN BATTERY 9 6 32V DC Figure 2 Pow
31. n over horizon Azimuth from true North and SIGNAL noise ratio 9 Press the up or down arrow key to see the other displays there are 6 one for each channel Mote Maintenance The navigator is almost maintenance free There is however a few important points to be noted Backup Battery The internal real time clock and memory that keeps track of waypoints alarm limits etc is backed up by a lithium cell battery Type CR 2032 3V Expected life time is 2 years Replacement of Backup Battery Be sure to have the new battery at hand Suppliers will typical be your marine electronics dealer or a radio shop The battery is placed at the back of the navigator unit see figure 7 It is an advantage to have or just have had power on the unit for 5 minutes before the battery is changed This will give about three times the normal 50 seconds to make the change 1 Dismount the navigator 2 Dismount the D SUB and antenna cable if necessary to get to the back of the navigator 3 Remove the battery rubber lid from the back of the navigator using a coin or a blunt instrument 4 Remove the old battery 5 You will have at least 5O seconds to insert the new battery without loosing the contents of the memory 6 Insert the new battery checking the right polarity Use a pair of plastic tweezers a rubber clove a clear thin plastic back or a similar tool to re place the battery Do not use your fingers directly on the batter
32. nce More than one NMEA listener can be connected in parallel to the NMEA Interface to Philips NMEA 0183 Repeater Display The Philips NMEA 0183 Repeater Display should be connected to the navigator MKS as shown in figure 5 Connections are specified on page 4 P shield not used wil JJB Black not used 12V RED write BROWN GREEN BLACK MKS 9 POL D SUB Figure 5 PHILIPS NMEA 0183 REPEATER Please note NMEA talker output B should not be connected to the Repeater Display but left open The shield of the NMEA talker cable is connected to shield of the navigator and should not be connected to the Repeater Display Be careful that neither the NMEA talker 8 wire nor the shield of the NMEA talker cable are short circuited to each other or anything else NMEA 0183 version 2 0 hardware schematics The NMEA version 2 0 standard requires that a schematic showing the imple mentation of the listener and talker interface are included in the manual NMEA listener input hardware schematic and recommendations Other Equipment NMEA Listener NMEA INPUT A pedem Min threshold 2 Max t15V Figure 6 Listener input load The threshold of the MK8 MK9 NMEA listener is less than 2V If an external NMEA output with a drive voltage higher than 2 volt is connected to the MK8 MK9 NMEA listener D SUB pin 2 and 7 itis recommended to insert a resistor in the line The value could
33. ngth from one sentence to another depending on the precision available Data field position is therefore determined only by counting commas rather than counting the total number of characters from beginning of the sentence Example field 2 GPRMC 5541 62 S dinde 07 XX ege aane terminator sene checksum HEX not data field Checksum delimiter East Longitude 12 36 07 North Latitude 55 41 62 Address GP TALKER identifier GPS GLL Sentence formatter Geographic Latitude and Longitude Start of sentence delimiter NMEA sentences TRANSMITTED from the MK8 MK9 navigators The sentences all have the TALKER identifier GP All GPS determined position data are in the user selected datum waypoint positions reflect the content of the waypoint memory Please note RMB is transmitted only 3 SAILPLAN is present APA APB and XTE are transmitted only if a SAILPLAN is present and the AUTOPILOT ALARM is enabled and this alarm is in no alarm condition 12 ACCORDING TO NMEA 0183 VERSION 2 0 OF 1992 JANUARY 1 1552 RMC Recommended Minimum Specific GPS data Time date position course and speed data provided by the MK8 MK9 receiv er Checksum is mandatory in this sentence This sentence is transmitted at intervals not exceeding 2 seconds and is always accompanied by RMB when a destination waypoint is selected All data fields must be provided null fields used only when data are temporarily
34. ns NMEA talker output B is active compared to GND or shield of the naviga tor In the old version output B was normally tied GND or shield The maximum drive voltage between NMEA talker A and B outputs is 6 volt The minus voltage between the talker A and B output might give some problems on inputs that does not fulfill the old standard The minimum voltage might be as low as 2 volt This is not compatible with the former 4 volt input threshold Cabies used for NMEA signals are shielded If extension cables are needed be sure to use shielded cables in order to avoid electromagnetic noise 8 Figure 4 NMEA and MOB installation for the MK9 unit pub jueuudinbo o pue yndjno 3 D 3 94 15 pjaltus Pus 8 ID INO pay paj euuoo JOU 8 0 27 QNO SA aka es a 7 Ni VAWN 9 015950 SS AA BD 8 2 3 e E i zhq 19 yoa 8 YAM 1 gans 0 9 6 Pieus BMW 0 2 3 9 H 19 Xoe E payauuos 01915 a Lu Ese eoo vorsuarxe o Edi 9 SA aiqissog e v v o fe 2 pue YAWN aq 0002 23 1 juawdinba 0 jou 18 565 JO 820J19 U YAWN HOLIMS NO NOLLNG HSNd HOLIMS 070898 8 3 0 A typical installation is shown in figure 4 talker The possible maximum is dependent on the listener input impeda
35. nverted to WGS 84 datum X TRACK ERROR see CROSS TRACK ERROR 37 Inn mat Imre About GPS GPS the Global Positioning System represents the state of the art in precise continuous worldwide satellite navigation The constellation of satellites will ultimately consist of 24 operational satellites 21 plus 3 operating spares The US Department of Defense DOD will declare the GPS constellation fully operational when 21 operational Block satellites are functioning in their assigned orbits This is expected to occur in 1993 Users are cautioned that the system is under development and signal availabili ty and accuracy are subject to change without warning at the discretion of the DOD Therefore until the system is declared Operational any use of the system is at the user s own risk GPS will provide two levels of service a Standard Positioning Service SPS and a Precise Positioning Service PPS SPS is a positioning service which will be available to all GPS users on a con tinuous worldwide basis with no direct charge SPS will be provided on the GPS L1 frequency which contains a course acquisition C A code and a naviga tion data message SPS is planned to provide the capability to obtain horizontal position accuracy within 100 meters 2drms 95 percent probability and 300 meters 99 99 percent probability The GPS L1 frequency also contains a preci sion P code that is not part of the SPS PPS is a highly accu
36. olated from the external power supply Itis recommended to ground the shield of the navigator to avoid static charge built up This can be done in one of two ways 1 Connect the D SUB GND pin 1 of the navigator to boat s seawater ground 2 Connect the antenna mounting nutetc to the boat s seawater ground Seawater ground is any structure in connection with the sea below the water line The connection could be through a 10 KOhm resistor Antenna mounting and navigator shield is electrically connected through the screen of the antenna cable To avoid current loops do only use one of the two grounding methods If the antenna is mounted on the push pit or similar metal structure we recommend using that part for grounding of the navigator possi bly by connecting it to boat s seawater ground 7 gure 3 Above deck bulkhead installation F SEMUA DNA anus E Cm TDEAK Em a Rh P a aT Ma Interface to other equipment The MK8 and MK9 navigators have two independent possible interfaces A Man Over Board input and an NMEA 0183 version 2 0 talker listener interface Man Over Board A push button foran on off switch optional can be connected between the Man Over Board input D SUB pin 4 and the REF GND D SUB pin 1 The installation kit includes a 9 socket D SUB connector mounted with all the necessary cabling The Man Over Board is
37. pe of antenna SAT4S or RGSS F male twist on for RG59 TNC male Joint pair 0 75 mm Shielded pair 0 10 Shielded pair 0 10 mm Joint pair 0 20 mm 9 socket female D SUB 127 mm 222 mm 40 mm to wall 23 mm to wall 5 mm 680 g 45 mm 34mm free 6 mm thread Depending of type of antenna Depending of type of antenna Depending of type of antenna Depending of type of antenna Depending of type of antenna 0 6 mm 0 50 mn solid core 14 m Technical Data Technology Navigator Receiver Display Type Multiplexed Back light Protection Key board Text Foil Plastic enclosure Data Connector Antenna Connector Antenna Type Ground plane Connector Material Antenna Cable Type Connectors Navigator end Antenna end Data Cable Type Power NMEA talker 9 cable only NMEA listener MOB Connector Physical Characteristics Navigator Height Width Depth mounted Depth flush mounted Depth overall Weight Mounting stay length Antenna Length Width Depth mounted Depth overall Weight Antenna Cable Diameter tength All specifications and accessories are subject to change without prior notice 287 6m 2m 6 m MK9 only O C to 0 Splash proof when mounted correctly 10 C to 0 Marine waterproof 10 C to 0 Marine Minimum radius DO mm for antenna cable 20 C to 0 95 MPT 1204 11 FTZ 171 R47 CE
38. r If the navigator has been moved more than a few hundred nautical miles without tracking satellites the navigator will start to search for the correct position after approximately 30 minutes 30 Tiree TII m PINNAS ey imar NIA AAAI IN SPE 2 A EMS RETR aan m ME Ier eer ene rnv ener meme eden Em LEM M Cete SOT TE ETE A E I AA maan ban abaan nda AL M TYANG C TA r re a aaa a aaa a eae teen eee ee TUA e emi mo metere TN Pre enr m P RSP rs AL 1 Navigator unit Drilling template Navigator mounting stays and nuts Supply and interface cable Backup battery cell Users manual Technical manual this booklet Patch Antenna Antenna cable Antenna mounting bracket screws and nuts Antenna mounting instruction Mounting Bracket for below deck installation Part No 9525 200 70710 Flush Mounting Kit for above or below deck mounting Part No 9525 200 70700 1 Flush mounting frame 2 10 pcs screw 3 Red rubber seal 4 Silicone grease optional Antenna for flush mounting on ground plane min area 800 cm Part No 9525 200 08980 31 Equipment Standard Optional Holland Sailtron B V Postbus 5044 NL 3502 JA Utrecht Tel 31 302
39. racy military positioning service that will not be publicly available The SPS accuracy is a result of a degradation of the basic GPS accuracy caused by a cryptographic technique called selective availability S A Without S A the typical horizontal accuracy is found in the range 15 to 30 meters 2drms Unlike Decca and Loran C navigators the geographical accuracy and the posi tion repeatability are identical for GPS navigators There is at present no information in the GPS signals telling the civilian user whether S A is used or not However if your boat is moored and the navigator shows a steady Course Over Ground and low Speed Over Ground you may expect that S A is in use 38 Position Store The navigator offers a POSITION STORE MARK feature Waypoints 90 through 98 are reserved for this purpose otore the present position as a way point 1 Press the MOS button briefly less than 2 seconds The latitude and longitude of the present position are now stored in the navigator The number of the waypoint will be displayed for a few seconds e g number 90 StU Ed 2 he next time the button is pressed the new position is stored in the next waypoint location here number 9 1 WPT POS ti Un 5 Ed ar 3 Each time the button in pressed the position Is stored in the next waypoint location until waypoint 98 has been u
40. s using clean fresh water 26 Software Up date Your navigator is an advanced piece of electronics The many functions and features are designed to fulfil most if not all of the demands you may have as a yachtsman We receive however many suggestions from a variety of users for new changed or extended features This information combined with the skill of our development engineers of which most are keen yachtsmen gives us the possibility of updating the software that controls the navigator The Philips navigator products have always been on the forefront when it comes to yacht navigation This GPS navigator s no exception The navigator is designed so that the control software can be changed or updated without even opening the housing When new software versions become available just bring your navigator to the authorized dealer He will make the upgrade in a matter of minutes If new software features e g Differential GPS for MK8 become available you will be notified through the boating press or directly from your dealer The software updates will be available for a nominal fee 27 6 channels parallel continues tracking Transparent STN Liquid Crystal 8 1 Yellow LEDs Acryl 7N PMMA window Embossed membrane switch 5 keys Polycarbonate ABS PC blend Cycoloy C1200 9 pin male D SUB F female for RG59 Patch with build in preamplifier Not needed Depending of type of antenna Depending of ty
41. sed The navigator will then start with waypoint 90 again 4 Each time a position is stored the old existing data are overwritten If you intend to keep the new way points they should be moved to a safe waypoint location Nos 1 through 89 ilie 8 Wi PA P Y BEBE Acknowledge Alarms may be acknowledged by a short press of the MOB button pi Fast access to waypoints in the waypoint bank Instead of scrolling through the waypoint bank forinstance from WPT no 9 to 56 you can choose to make a short cut by editing in the waypoint number The following example describes how POSITION NAVIGATE SAILPLAN 1 Select WAYPQINT WPT 55 12 25 6 2 Press the E key The fir t digit in LAT is flashing WPT 3 Press the left arrow key Now the S 5 e C e g last digit in WPT is flashing 5 0 1022380 4 Use the up or down arrow key to change the last digit of the waypoint number 5 Press the left arrow key The first digit in WPT is flashing 6 Use the up or down arrow key to change the digit 7 Press the E key to exit ALARM SETUP 4 f 4 H Contrast and Back Light setting At sunset and sunrise respectively the backlight is switched ON and OFF automatically The contrast and back light of the display can be changed to accommodate different viewing conditions The following example describes how POSITION NAVIGATE SAIL
42. t Arctic Road Cowes PO 31 7XD Isle Of Wight Tel 44 1983 282400 Fax 44 1983 280402 Greece Selmar Electronics Ltd 12 14 Gain Tzelepi GR 18531 Piraeus le 30 1411 95 Fax 130 1411 95 TIx 241 892 89 7 88 Sweden Sportmanship Marin AB Bolshedens Industrivaeg 30 S 427 22 Billdal Ttf 46 31 93 94 00 Fax 46 31 91 32 31 Switzerland Bucher amp Walt Route De Soleure 8 CH2071 St Blaise Tel 41 38 35 95 OO Fax 441 38 35 95 30 Turkey Beyoglu Gumussuyu Bolahenk Sok No 1 1 Taksim Istanbul Tel 90 21 22 39 1029 90 21 22 93 28 31 Fax 90 21 22436125 international Service South Africa Decca Contractors S A Pty Ltd 1 amp 2 Enslin Road Ottery 7800 Cape Tlf 27 21 70 41 600 Fax 27 21 70 41 610 Spain C R A M E SA C San Severo 30 Barajas Park E 28042 Madrid Tel 34 13 29 18 62 Fax 34 13 29 30 46 Sitelsa S A Via Augusta 186 ES 08021 Barcelona Tel 34 34 1401 92 Fax 34 34 1425 33 All warranty service is carried out in accordance with terms and conditions 33 applicable in the country of purchase Glossary of Terms ALARM Message by which the navigator signals the occurrence of an event The alarm is indicated by an audible tone and a message or icon on the display ALMANAC Library of coarse satellite orbital characteristics used to calculate satellite rise times set times angles of elevation etc Almanac data is valid for several mon
43. tal Dilution Of Precision An indicator of the two dimensional accuracy in position latitude and longitude Converted to metres it is theoretically HDOP x 10 when S A is off INTERFACE Electronic circuits that permit the passage of data between different types of devices LATITUDE The perimeter of a parallel plane in the earth s ellipsoid The parallels define lati tude A special case parallel is the equator whose latitude is O degrees and to which all other parallels are referenced 35 LEG One of the stages in a sailplan LOCAL T ME ZONE The time zcne see TIME ZONE in which the navigator is located LOCAL TIME ZONE OFFSET The number of hours by which the local time zone differs from Universal Time Coordinated LONGITUDE The circumference line of a meridian plane The meridians define longitude A special case meridian is the Greenwich meridian whose longitude is degrees and to which all other meridians are referenced MAGNETIC HEADING Direction as sensed by the steering compass in relation to magnetic north MAGNETIC NORTH Direction in the plane of the observer s horizon toward the earth s north magnetic pole MAGNETIC VARIATION The angle by which magnetic north deviates from true north at any given point on the earth s surface MERCATOR CHART A map developed by Mercator projection wherein the curved surface of the earth s ellipsoid is projected onto a cylinder and the cylinder is Unwrapped to form
44. the GPS signals are distorted by Selective Availability S A the COG and SOG readings will be unstable especially at low speeds In order to smoothen out the readings you can activate the FILTER TIME feature With FILTER TIME set to O zero minutes the navigator will have the dynamics adjusted to yachting purposes With S A active additional filtering may be needed The averaging time can be increased to 1 through 19 minutes The optimal value depends on the characteristics of the S A and your navigational needs 10 minutes may be a good starting point FUNCTION A specific operational capability of the navigator GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM GPS The NAVSTAR Global Positioning System which consists of orbiting satellites a network of ground control stations and user positioning and navigation equipment When fully operational the system will have 21 plus 3 active spare satellites in six orbital planes about 20 200 kilometres above the earth GREAT CIRCLE NAVIGATION Navigation based on Great Circle The advantage of Great Circle navigation is that it brings you the shortest way through the sailplan The disadvantage is that a Great Circle track may differ from the straight rhumb line that is easily drawn on a Mercator projected chart Great Circle navigation is recommended for ocean voyages only The advantage increases by higher latitude north or south It is biggest on an east west course and zero on a north south course HDOP Horizon
45. the positions of all the waypoints in the sailplan will be transmitted field 2 3 4 5 6 S WPL l1l1l1l 1l1l a yyyyy yy a ccc lt CR gt lt LF gt explanation 2 Waypoint Latitude 3 North or South N S 4 Waypoint longitude 5 East or West E W 6 Waypoint identifier 7 through 99 XTE Cross Track Error Measured This sentence contains navigation receiver update status magnitude of the position error perpendicular to the intended track Dine as determined by the sailplan and the direction Right Left to steer to reduce the error The sen tence is transmitted when the autopilot alarm is set to ON and when this alarm is not in alarm condition field 2 34 5 6 SGPXTE A A x xx a N CE cLE explanation Status A or V A if updating is OK V if updating is stopped not used always A Magnitude of XTE cross track error Direction to steer L or R XTE units N for nautical miles O or CO TO ZTG UTC and Time To Go to Waypoint UTC and predicted time to go to destination waypoint Field 2 3 4 SGPZTG XXXXXX XXXXXX CCCC 2 UTC in Hour Min and Sec 3 Estimated Predicted or Elapsed Time En route 4 WPT or Point of Interest 16 ACCORDING TO NMEA 0183 VERSION 1 5 OF DECEMBER GLL Geographic Position Latitude and Longitude Latitude and longitude of present vessel position field 2 3 4 5 GPGLL 1111 11 a yyyyYY yy a sCR lt LF gt explanation 2 Latitude of present position
46. ths ALTITUDE The height of the navigator over mean sea taking into account the ANTENNA HEIGHT as stated in SETUP in the User Manual ANTENNA HEIGHT The height over the water line in which the antenna is installed AZIMUTH In satellite navigation the angular distance measured on the horizon circle in a clockwise direction from the north point in the horizon to the satellite point in the horizon BEARING The direction of one terrestrial point from another expressed as angular dis tance from north clockwise through 360 COG See COURSE OVER GROUND COMFASS HEADING Compass reading before correction for deviation and variation COURSE The horizontal direction in which a vessel is steered or intended to be steered expressed as angular distance from north clockwise through 360 Strictly the term applies to direction through the water not the direction intended to be made good over the ground The course is often designated as true magnetic or compass as the reference direction is true magnetic or compass respec tively COURSE LINE A line as drawn on a chart extending in the direction of a course rhumb line COURSE OVER GROUND Course made good relative to the sea bed GROSS TRACK ERROR XTE The perpendicular distance from the vessel to the actual course line track as defined in the Sailplan DATUM The framework on which the coordinates used to define position on the earth s surface is based
47. tude Latitude WPT No Waypoint List
48. um N U OOO Note 1 if the XTE exceeds 9 99 Nm 9 99 will be sent Note 2 if the range exceeds 999 9 Nm 999 9 will be sent 8 ES ee Ed pu anaa HD Meere MEST npa Tn ENT SEAR REM EN MATENG e4 ee 2 1 E am und aen EE ee mne APB Autopilot sentence B Commonly used by autopilots this sentence contains navigation receiver update status cross track error initial bearing from origin waypoint to the next destination waypoint in the sailplan continuous bearing from present position to destination and recommended heading to steer to destination waypoint for the active navigation leg of the sailplan The sentence is transmitted when a sailplan has been created and the autopilot alarm is set to ON and when this alarm is not in alarm condition 10 11 12 13 14 15 field 2 3 4 5 6 9 a N XXx M CCC XXx M xxx M CR LF 2GPAPB A A x xx explanation Status A or V A if updating is OK V if updating is stopped not used always A 4 Magnitude of XTE cross track error 5 Direction to steer Lor R 6 XTE units N for nautical miles 7 9 CO and 8 not transmitted empty fields Bearing origin to destination 10 Magnetic M 11 Destination waypoint identifier 12 Bearing present position to destination 13 Magnetic M 14 Hea
49. unavailable field 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 SGPRMC hhmmss A 1111 111 a yyyyy yYyy a xx x xxx ddmmyy xx x a hh CR LF explanation 2 UTC of position fix Status Aor V A if updating is OK V if updating is stopped Latitude of fix North or South N S Longitude of fix East or West E W Speed over ground Knots Track made good COG degrees true Date Day Month and Year Magnetic variation degrees East or West E W Checksum delimiter and checksum JX N COONDAAW 4 RMB Recommended Minimum Navigation Information Navigation data from present position to the first destination waypoint in the sailplan This sentence always accompanies the RMC when a destination waypoint is selected Checksum is mandatory in this sentence field 2 3 4 5 6 7 89 LOL LI lc x3 15 SGPRMB A x xx a ccc ccc 11111 11 a yyyy yy a XXxx Xx Xxx Xx X hh CR LF explanation Status Aor V A if updating is OK V if updating is stopped Magnitude 0 cross track error nautical miles see Note 1 Direction to steer L or R Origin waypoint identifier Destination waypoint identifier Destination waypoint latitude North or South N S Destination waypoint longitude East or West E W 11 Range to destination waypoint nautical miles see Note 2 12 Bearing to destination degrees true 13 Destination closing velocity knots 14 Not transmitted from the 8 15 Checksum delimiter and checks
50. y Grease from fingers might reduce the lifetime of the battery severely Replace the rubber lid Connect the cables if dismounted Remount the navigator N 00 Figure 7 Replacement c Fuse The navigator has an internal fuse to protect the electronic from overvoltage or wrong polarity A 1 25 A fast blow 05mm by 20mm must be used Suppliers will typical be your marine electronic dealer or a radio shop The fuse is placed at the back of the navigator unit see figure 7 You must disconnect the power cable before installing the replacement fuse Also please check the polarity and voltage in order to find the cause of the blown fuse before reinstalling the navigator 1 Dismount the navigator 2 Dismount the D SUB and antenna cable 3 Remove the fuse rubber lid from the back of the navigator using a coin or a blunt instrument 4 Remove the old fuse pulling the nylon strip 5 Inspectthe old fuse to test if it is blown If not check the power cable in stallation 6 Place the new fuse in the fuse socket Be sure to get the nylon strip under neath the fuse in order to be able to remove the fuse next time 7 Replace the rubber lid 8 Connect the cables 9 Remountthe navigator Cleaning Use 2 fresh clean soft cloth for cleaning Do not clean with alcohol or any other solvent as it will destroy the clarity of the display window oalt deposits on the antenna should be removed at regular interval
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