If you have already purchased an NDC-4, Actisense offers a ‘USB kit’ that can convert the standard NDC-4 into an NDC-4-USB. Please contact Actisense or your nearest distributor for pricing and availability of the ‘USB kit’...
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By default, the Actisense NDC-4 uses the NMEA 0183 default communication speed of 4800 Baud (bits per second) for all of its NMEA input ports...
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The Actisense NDC-4 have many useful features, among which is the ability to prioritise their input ports. The usefulness of this feature becomes apparent when the NMEA network is running over 50% loading/capacity (most setups). At this point...
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Yes, is the simple answer. The Actisense NMEA Autoswitch (or an NDC-4 in ‘Autoswitch mode’) has been specifically designed to work together with the NMEA Multiplexer / Combiner NDC-4 (in ‘Combine Mode’) to create a complete NMEA system solution...
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The NMEA 0183 standard allows any suitably designed marine electronic device to share its gathered information with any other device on a vessel. Unfortunately, there is one very large drawback with this standard – only one device...
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The NMEA 2000 standard has standard methods for changing configuration names and other parameters within their devices. The NGT-1 can alter these in conjunction with the NMEA reader software...
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The NGT-1-USB can work up to 230400 baud, the NGT-1-ISO is limited to 115200 baud due to the opto isolators in the ISO-Drive system...
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No. The voltage supplied to the QNB-1 will be the same voltage supplied to the NMEA 2000 network connected to it.
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To view the NMEA 2000 data on your network you will require an Actisense NGT-1 and our freely available NMEA Reader software. Together, these become great NMEA 2000 diagnostic tools. As your NMEA 2000/SeaTalkNG network grows, being able to see what messages and devices are on your network will become vital to help you understand any issues...
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The Software Development Kit (SDK) that developers use to make the NGT-1 compatible with their software has been issued to over 200 developers. This makes keeping an accurate and up to date compatibility list a very difficult task. Therefore, we recommend that you contact your software developer directly to ask them if they support the NGT-1....
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