Smartcraft Nmea 0183 Wiring Diagram

Assemble the wire retainer securely into the connector.

Smartcraft nmea 0183 wiring diagram. Nmea 0183 connection diagram. I ll indeed ask mercury about it. In the sample box diagram a complete nmea 2000 network is shown and the parts included with the sensor are shaded. A wire retainer b wire terminal c connector d assembled components e transducer connector.

Installing and connecting devices using the nmea 0183 interface standard. Smartcraft depth transducer wiring connections page 2 5 90 8m0063595 december 2011 2. The gps unit must comply to the national marine electronic association nmea 0183 interface standard v1 5 v2 0 or later compatible version. Information via a nmea 0183 connection to a suitable gps unit.

In the meantime i googled smartcraft and nmea 0183 and came up with a page that described the nmea 0183 wires on the back of the speedometer. Locate the white and blue wires coming from the smartcraft speedometer har ness see wiring diagram. Then connect the vhf radio nmea ground red to the nmea ground wire of the gps and to the blue speedo nmea wire. That third party non mercury wiring diagram simply shows how to connect to the smartcraft wiring harness to an nmea 0183 device presumably one which can supply speed data.

Push each wire terminal into its respective position in the wire retainer until they snap in place. Gps information is displayed in the mg2000 speedometer for use with the smartcraft tachometer. The mg2000 tachometer provides a faria bus output to allow use of various other 5 4 and 2 inch instruments. Then in your gps enable nmea output set the baud rate to 4800 and enable the following sentences rmb rmc for the smartcraft and gll for the vhf.

The mercury instructions for installation are given in. If connected properly see wiring diagrams at the back of this manual the. I do see such wires in photos i took today of the wiring inside the console. So it should be fairly straightforward.

Item description 12 vdc power source wiring harness nmea 0183 compliant device item garmin wire function garmin wire color nmea 0183 device wire function power red power ground black data ground tx blue. A nmea 2000 power cable an additional drop backbone. Prior to nmea 0183 version 2 0 including nmea 0180 and nmea 0182 the hardware employed a single ended interface implemented with one signal wire and a common ground based on eia 232.