NMEA 2000 plug'n'play
Yesterday I plugged both a Simrad CX34 and a Raymarine E120 into a little network of Maretron NMEA 2000 gear…and, hot damn, both multifunction units immediately recognized and started displaying the available heading, GPS, depth, etc. info. No setup, no multiplexer, no fussing with 0183 wires—it just worked. The Simrad also had its own GPS attached, recognized that multiple GPS sources were available, and let me choose, via a thorough set of interface menus, which one to use (see below, and bigger image here). Easy redundancy, not to mention easy data sharing across a multi manufacturer network…this is good stuff. I witnessed, and wrote about, these capabilities last winter, but actually having my hands on 2000 gear is still exciting. More to come.
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