| Q110001 | Is the NMEA2000 protocol supported by your software ? |
| No, at this moment we only support NMEA0183. Unlike NMEA0183, the NMEA2000 is implemented on the CAN (Controller Area Network) protocol, and NMEA2000 devices are not connected to a serial or USB port. ... | |
| Tags: NMEA0183, NMEA2000 |
| Q110002 | I have a GPS and echosounder connected to a datacombiner. The information from my echosounder is interferencing with my GPS, what can i do? |
| Some echosounders forward positions from a connected GPS, even when no GPS is connected. This may result in alternating GPS positions in the Hydromagic software. To avoid this, you can specify a talker ID, so that only the information from your GPS is used. This talker ID can be ent ... | |
| Tags: NMEA0183, Datacombiner, Talker ID |
| Q110005 | I connected a device to a serial port, but no data is coming in. What should I do ? |
| When no data is received, please check the following steps before contacting support: Make sure the device is plugged in Double check for serial port and speed When the serial cable has only 2 or 3 connections, make sure the hardware flow control in the device's configuration is ... | |
| Tags: No Data Received, Serial Port, NMEA0183, Baudrate, Flow Control |
| Q111003 | My GPS outputs data at 9600bps, is this speed supported ? |
| The recommended baudrate for NMEA0183 devices is 4800bps. These days, some GPS units are also using 9600bps or even 19200bps for some RTK receivers. The software allows you to change the port speed of a NMEA0183 channel between the most commonly used baudrates, so other speeds then 4800bps ... | |
| Tags: NMEA0183, Serial Ports, Baudrate |
| Q111005 | I am using a CSI DGPS device, but the GGA output is more precise (more digits) then the GLL, how can i force the software to use the GGA sentences only ? |
| In Hydromagic, it is possible to specify which NMEA0183 sentences should be encoded. To do so, select the NMEA0183 channel the GPS device is connected to, and click the "Select Sentences..." button. The "Select Sentences" dialog should now appear. It allows you to select which senten ... | |
| Tags: NMEA0183, NMEA0183 Sentences, Select Sentences |
| Q111010 | Why isn't the heading of my vessel displayed on the map view? |
| This can have multiple causes, but most of the time it is an issue with the GNSS receiver configuration. To fix this issue, please check the following: The NMEA0183 VTG sentence isn't enabled on your GNSS or RTK receiver The vessel isn't moving so the GNSS receiver isn't capable of ... | |
| Tags: Vessel position, vessel heading, heading, NMEA0183, GNSS, VTG |
| Q112008 | My dual frequency echo sounder only supports the NMEA0183 output format. How does Hydromagic know which depth is high and which is low frequency? |
| All depth sentences defined in the NMEA0183 protocol specification are designed for single frequency use. At the moment of writing there are no NMEA0183 sentences which can be used to support dual frequency depth data. Some echo sounder manufacturers have found a way around this by using th ... | |
| Tags: echo sounder, NMEA0183, dual frequency, XDR, transducer data, plugin, XDLO, XDHI |
| Q116001 | Can your Hydromagic software output an APA or APB sentence for autopilot control? |
| The Hydromagic software does not output APA or APB autopilot NMEA0183 sentences. However, it is possible to use the NMEAOUT plugin to output position and cross track error messages over a serial port (XTE and GGA sentences). ... | |
| Tags: autopilot, NMEA0183, APA, APB, XTE, GGA, NMEA0183 output, NMEA0183 generator |
| Q180001 | I'd like to create a sounding from a NMEA0183 logfile. How can this be done ? |
| Hydromagic allows you to create a sounding from a NMEA0183 logfile which contains both GPS and echosounder data in NMEA0183 format. This feature has been developed to process logfiles recorded with remotely operated survey boats such as the Z-Boat from Oceanscience. To load the NMEA0 ... | |
| Tags: NMEA0183, NMEA0183 Log File, NMEA0183 Import, Import NMEA0183 Data, Convert NMEA0183 to sounding |
