Stus-List 37+ in Etobicoke Ontario

[Robert Gallagher via CnC-List]

Listers,

Does anyone have any info on a 1988 37+ located in Ontario called 'STOP 37'?

It just came up on Yachtworld and I'm interested.  :)  But it's a long way
for me to travel if it's been rode hard and put away wet.

Thanks,

Rob
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Re: Stus-List USB to Serial - reading NMEA stream

[Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List]

Dennis,

 

I cannot answer any of the really technical questions, but…

 

There is, generally, a problem with eth USB2Serial adapters. One of the most 
common is that the adapter does not have the real Prolific h/w; rather is an 
imitation. This happens even if you purchased the adapter from a reputable 
source. This is a reasonably well know issue. To the point that some s/w 
developers refuse to support a solution if a USB2Serial adapter is used. I had 
major stability problem with my previous weather station that used a serial 
connection and a special rain dance or waving a chicken leg was often required 
in order to make it connect.

 

So, in short, there may not be a bullet proof USB2Serial driver.

 

Marek

Ottawa, ON

 

 

 

From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Dennis C. 
via CnC-List
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 17:26
To: CnClist 
Cc: Dennis C. 
Subject: Stus-List USB to Serial - reading NMEA stream

 

Really technical question here.


I'm try to solve a puzzling issue on Touche'.  I installed a Noland AM43 
multiplexer to gather wind data from my Nexus instruments and send it to my 
Simrad WP30 wheel pilot.  That works now.  However, in the process, the WP30 is 
not receiving the waypoint arrival alarm.  When the WP30 was interfaced 
directly to the GPS, it always deactivated "Nav" mode when we got to 0.10 nm of 
a waypoint and the arrival alarm activated.  Now I hear the GPS audible alarm 
but the WP30 keeps on steering.

I know the WP30 is receiving GPS data because it steers right past the waypoint 
and gradually changes course and navigates dutifully to the next waypoint in 
the route.  The Nexus instruments show all the correct data, distance/bearing 
to waypoint, course to steer, cross track error, etc.

 

I have what I consider the appropriate sentences programmed into the Nexus NMEA 
output slots; APA, APB, RMB, etc.  

I want to read and log the data stream.  The AM43 has a USB port.  

I have a Dell mini laptop with a Prolific PL2303 USB to Serial driver 
installed. It usually shows on COM3.  I have two applications, GPSinfo and 
DPort Lite (a lite version of Hyperterminal).  I can see the NMEA data stream 
from my Globalsat BU-353 GPS adapter on both applications but I have to unplug 
and re-plug the BU-353 in some mystical order for it to be seen in DPort Lite.  

Since there is no Wi-Fi or internet at my marina for troubleshooting, I want 
some reasonable assurance that when I connect to the multiplexer, I will see 
data.  I two questions for the cyber-minded folks.

1.  Is there a bombproof USB serial driver that will work every time with DPort 
Lite without having to plug/unplug/reboot or place a chicken wing under a 
cypress tree at full moon?

2.  Where in the APA, APB, RMB sentences is the arrival alarm data and what 
characters signal on or off?

Thanks,

Dennis C.

Touche' 35-1 #83

Mandeville, LA

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Re: Stus-List USB to Serial - reading NMEA stream

[Dennis C. via CnC-List]

On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 4:26 PM, Dennis C. via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:

> 2.  Where in the APA, APB, RMB sentences is the arrival alarm data and
> what characters signal on or off?



Never mind on this one.  A = arrived.  V = Not arrived.

Dennis
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Stus-List USB to Serial - reading NMEA stream

[Dennis C. via CnC-List]

Really technical question here.

I'm try to solve a puzzling issue on Touche'.  I installed a Noland AM43
multiplexer to gather wind data from my Nexus instruments and send it to my
Simrad WP30 wheel pilot.  That works now.  However, in the process, the
WP30 is not receiving the waypoint arrival alarm.  When the WP30 was
interfaced directly to the GPS, it always deactivated "Nav" mode when we
got to 0.10 nm of a waypoint and the arrival alarm activated.  Now I hear
the GPS audible alarm but the WP30 keeps on steering.

I know the WP30 is receiving GPS data because it steers right past the
waypoint and gradually changes course and navigates dutifully to the next
waypoint in the route.  The Nexus instruments show all the correct data,
distance/bearing to waypoint, course to steer, cross track error, etc.

I have what I consider the appropriate sentences programmed into the Nexus
NMEA output slots; APA, APB, RMB, etc.

I want to read and log the data stream.  The AM43 has a USB port.

I have a Dell mini laptop with a Prolific PL2303 USB to Serial driver
installed. It usually shows on COM3.  I have two applications, GPSinfo and
DPort Lite (a lite version of Hyperterminal).  I can see the NMEA data
stream from my Globalsat BU-353 GPS adapter on both applications but I have
to unplug and re-plug the BU-353 in some mystical order for it to be seen
in DPort Lite.

Since there is no Wi-Fi or internet at my marina for troubleshooting, I
want some reasonable assurance that when I connect to the multiplexer, I
will see data.  I two questions for the cyber-minded folks.

1.  Is there a bombproof USB serial driver that will work every time with
DPort Lite without having to plug/unplug/reboot or place a chicken wing
under a cypress tree at full moon?

2.  Where in the APA, APB, RMB sentences is the arrival alarm data and what
characters signal on or off?

Thanks,

Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA
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Re: Stus-List VHF says low battery

[Joel Aronson via CnC-List]

Doug was the winner of this one!  Despite adequate voltage, the problem is
in the wiring.  Didn't have time to run a new wire, so I switched the lead
to the terminal block for the non-existent radar.

On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 5:22 PM, svpegasu...@gmail.com via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:

> Joel. Does the VHF say this all the time or only while transmitting? Check
> the voltage under load. You probably have a dirty connection. A volt meter
> draws very little current, so to get an accurate reading it must be done
> under load.
>
>
> Doug Mountjoy
>
> svPegasus
>
> LF38 #4
>
> just west of Ballard, WA.
>
>
>
> -- Original message--
>
> *From: *Joel Aronson via CnC-List
>
> *Date: *Mon, Sep 5, 2016 11:58
>
> *To: *cnc-list@cnc-list.com;
>
> *Cc: *Joel Aronson;
>
> *Subject:*Stus-List VHF says low battery
>
>
> My fixed mount VHF says low battery. My meter says there is 13.1 volts at
> the final connection. Radio is West marine 500(Uniden)
> Suggestions?
>
> Joel
>
>
> --
> Joel
> 301 541 8551
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