wireing navman via navbus

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  1. rich99uk
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    rich99uk Junior Member

    I Have a navman 4500 Fish and a navman chart plotter 5500 And also a navman VHF I would like to hook all these up so they can talk to each other via navbus.
    How do I wire this do i join all the navbus + cables together and all the navbus- cables together.
    To wire up the vhf do i have to use the nmea or can i use navbus.
    Many Thanks
     
    rich99uk, Oct 10, 2013
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  2. CDK
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    CDK retired engineer

    The plotter and the VHF can be connected using nmea or navbus, so the VHF knows the position in case of emergency. I use nmea because my gps is a Garmin that doesn't support navbus.
    Connecting the fishfinder I've never considered; what are the benefits?
     
    CDK, Oct 11, 2013
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  3. michael pierzga
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    michael pierzga Senior Member

    Yes.
    once they are all hooked up you might have to access a control function to give priority to different functions.

    I added a seperate NMEA input to the navbus as per instructions ...compass...and its refresh rate doesnt match the tranfer rate of the navbus so the compass display screen goes blank for a few seconds every min.

    Follow the instructions supplied with the gear and ask Navman if you want to add NMEA devices to the system .
     
    michael pierzga, Oct 11, 2013
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