akk2@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Atul Kacker) (04/11/89)
This is a posting for someone else, so the terminology may not be exactly right... Boats use a communications protocol called NIMEA 0182/3 (?) to interface navigational instruments with each other and with control devices (i.e. Lorans to auto-pilots). Does anyone know or have information on how to use a laptop PC to obtain the information from these devices in a usable form? Is there a company that makes hardware/software gizmos to translate the NIMEA protocol to say an RS-232 type ? Thanks Atul Kacker akk2@uhura.cc.rochester.edu [Please e-mail, since I doubt this will be of general interest]
weber@cg-atla.UUCP (Jeff Weber) (04/12/89)
In article <1470@ur-cc.UUCP> akk2@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Atul Kacker) writes: > >Boats use a communications protocol called NIMEA 0182/3 (?) to interface >navigational instruments with each other and with control devices (i.e. >Lorans to auto-pilots). Does anyone know or have information on how >to use a laptop PC to obtain the information from these devices in a usable >form? Is there a company that makes hardware/software gizmos to translate >the NIMEA protocol to say an RS-232 type ? > <we'll see about the general interest...good point.> As far as I know the signal is indeed RS-232 and the data is ASCII. I found this in the connection manual for the autopilot interface I was doing about 3 years ago. I always wanted to put a data-scope on it. The data rate is quite reasonable, something less than 9600 baud so your watch could keep up if it had to. Call NIMEA
greg@ncelvax.UUCP (Greg Ramsey) (04/12/89)
In article <1470@ur-cc.UUCP>, akk2@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Atul Kacker) writes: > Boats use a communications protocol called NIMEA 0182/3 (?) to interface > navigational instruments with each other and with control devices (i.e. > Lorans to auto-pilots). Does anyone know or have information on how > to use a laptop PC to obtain the information from these devices in a usable > form? Is there a company that makes hardware/software gizmos to translate > the NIMEA protocol to say an RS-232 type ? > > [Please e-mail, since I doubt this will be of general interest] If you deem your reply to not be of general interest, please email your response to me also. Greg ncelvaz!greg@nosc.mil -- ___ Greg Ramsey _n_n_n____i_i ________ Naval Civil Engineering Lab (____________I I______I Code L54 805/ /ooOOOO OOOOoo oo oooo Port Hueneme, CA 93043 982-4619
larry@pluto.nm.paradyne.com (Larry Swift) (04/13/89)
In article <273@ncelvax.UUCP> greg@ncelvax.UUCP (Greg Ramsey) writes: >In article <1470@ur-cc.UUCP>, akk2@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Atul Kacker) writes: >> [Please e-mail, since I doubt this will be of general interest] >If you deem your reply to not be of general interest, please >email your response to me also. Why not of general interest? I'd like to know, too. I'm not a general, but a friend of my father's was. 8^) Larry Swift UUCP: {peora,uunet}!pdn!larry AT&T Paradyne, LG-129 Phone: (813) 530-8605 P. O. Box 2826 Largo, FL, 34649-9981 She's old and she's creaky, but she holds!
jeff@garth.UUCP (Jeff Kaskey) (04/19/89)
In article <273@ncelvax.UUCP> greg@ncelvax.UUCP (Greg Ramsey) writes: >In article <1470@ur-cc.UUCP>, akk2@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Atul Kacker) writes: ... >> Is there a company that makes hardware/software gizmos to translate >> the NIMEA protocol to say an RS-232 type ? >> >> [Please e-mail, since I doubt this will be of general interest] > >If you deem your reply to not be of general interest, please >email your response to me also. > Wait! This IS a computer net 'fter all. Let fly, or at least summarize to da net. -jeff "may my next login be from offshore" kaskey