I was considering the SH GX2200 with a RAM mic and now I'm sold. I don't have a chartplotter but I'm going to be either using a laptop with OpenCPN or I'll hack together some low power on-board CPU using an Intel NUC or some such thing. I already have the laptop I'de just rather not have one on board preferring something built in. Anyway, having the AIS info would be super cool though not sure how useful on Lake Ontario. We do plan to do overnight sails and there are freighters and things so more info is always better. My current VHF doesn't have GPS and it'll cost me to hook one up ... if I'm already outlaying some cash I might as well just get'er done.
Steve www.sv-suhana.com Toronto On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 10:16 AM, Rick Brass <[email protected]>wrote: > Curtis; > > > > Reading the section in the radio manual about outputting the AIS display > information is certainly the right thing to do. And your Garmin 50s plotter > is newer than my 541a, so you will need to read that manual also. The two > manuals will certainly explain the process of connecting the two devices. > > > > I would assume the two devices are probably similar to my 541 and GX2150. > My radio has a single input for the GPS information (it requires a separate > GPS) which can be either NEMA183 or NEMA 2000. There is one output > connection for the AIS display information. The output BAUD rate is > something like 18000, which is much higher than the NEMA183. I presume your > radio will not have a GPS input connection because the GPS is built into > the radio. > > > > My 541 plotter has both a NEMA2000 and (2) NEMA183 connections. The > instructions for connecting the AIS to the GPS display call for connecting > the AIS output (which is a single wire) to a single wire on the 2ndNEMA183 > port, and then reconfiguring the port to accept the AIS input (it's > a choice in the setup screen of the 541). The AIS display shows the range > rings around my location and the positions of nearby ships, with warnings > about possible collisions, superimposed on the normal GPS chart display. > > > > BTW, have you thought about buying a Standard Horizon RAM3 mike to go with > the radio? You will want to have the ability to use VHF radio from the helm > to contact bridges, marinas, other boats, etc. The RAM mike will put access > to the fixed VHF radio out at the helm, which gives you a lot more range > and better reliability than using a hand held VHF, and it will also show > all of the information that is on the screen of the GX2200 out at the helm. > You will be able to see the AIS display or all the information on the radio > display while steering the boat. Your wife will be able to make a distress > call while she steers the boat back to pick you up, if she loses you to > Neptune. And you would not have to connect the radio to the 50s unless you > wanted to see a larger AIS display at the helm. > > > > One other thing I like about the GX2150/GX2200 radios is the built in > loudhailer and fog warning signals. One of my future projects will be to > put a speaker on the boat so I can use the loudhailer function. And after > you put your boat information into the radio, if you turn on the fog signal > function it automatically puts out the correct sound signal for the size > and type of boat you have at the correct intervals using the loudhailer > function, which is pretty cool and useful if you travel north in your > cruises. > > > > > > Rick Brass > > Washington, NC > > > > > > > > > > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of * > Curtis > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 18, 2014 8:38 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List VHF AIS Standard Horizon 2200 > > > > Your right on the redundancy thought. "Remember it is not a plotter with > includes chart data. It provides GPS position course and speed input to the > AIS system in the radio" > > > > Its own GPS gives me a display on the face of the radio of my COG, SOG, > Heading LON, LAT, and speed all on the radio. If I have Failure at the helm > with the Garmin and my hand held is not close I will have the radio for > pert information. The other thing I like, If I need help I'm at the radio > inside the cabin on the radio I can not see the GPS at the helm at the same > time. If my wife has lost lost me to Neptune or old age she now > can stand at the radio and have all the information in front of her. > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > >
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