Simrad MARINE COMPUTER - INSTALLATION REV A Manual de instalación

MANUAL Simrad SimNet Installation

Simrad SimNet 8 20222006 / Rev. A 1.3 Technical description SimNet (and NMEA2000) are based on the proven CAN bus that is widely accepted in automot

Installation Manual 20222006 / Rev. A 9 T - joiner Insert a T-joiner to keep the SimNet intact Drop cable When using a T-joiner and a drop cable you c

Simrad SimNet 10 20222006 / Rev. A Termination At both ends of the network backbone there must be a plug that contains a built in termination resisto

Installation Manual 20222006 / Rev. A 11 2 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS The following specifications are for a standard SimNet system 1: Maximum number

Simrad SimNet 12 20222006 / Rev. A 3 INSTALLATION SimNet is very easy to install but to get the best and most reliable result you should use the fol

Installation Manual 20222006 / Rev. A 13 can later be replaced by a new product, or the new product can be connected via a drop cable – quick and eas

Simrad SimNet 14 20222006 / Rev. A For reliable network performance use the following guidelines: • Connect the battery to the network power wires a

Installation Manual 20222006 / Rev. A 15 Small system – A system consisting of up to 5 SimNet products and up to 7 meters (23’) total length (L) of S

Simrad SimNet 16 20222006 / Rev. A In the table on page 38 you will find the Network Load (NL) value for each SimNet product, if not look in the tech

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Simrad SimNet 18 20222006 / Rev. A The drawing shows a SimNet system consisting of: Cable length (L) Network Load (NL) Power cable 2m (6,5’)

Installation Manual 20222006 / Rev. A 19 Example: Figure 3-4 Large system 16 products interconnected via 92 meter (306’) network cable The best pla

Simrad SimNet 20 20222006 / Rev. A Left branch Right branch Total Maximum Network loads (NL’s) 13 18 31 80 SimNet cable Length (L) meter (ft.)

Installation Manual 20222006 / Rev. A 21 The below figure shows the difference from Figure 3-2 if the CP34 is replaced by an NMEA2000 certified chart

Simrad SimNet 22 20222006 / Rev. A NMEA2000 Heavy Cable installation or combined heavy and light cables If the network complexity (large system) requ

Installation Manual 20222006 / Rev. A 23 NMEA0183 interface Precautions Observe the following when interfacing NMEA0183 devices to SimNet: 1. NMEA01

Simrad SimNet 24 20222006 / Rev. A Data from the A, B, and C products are present on SimNet and distributed to and from the individual products as

Installation Manual 20222006 / Rev. A 25 NAVWINDSETUPSTBYAUTOPWRDODGE 3.5 Plug and Play interface setup One of the SimNet features, the automatic i

Simrad SimNet 26 20222006 / Rev. A The way the source selection is processed and presented varies on the different SimNet Class 1 products. The indiv

Installation Manual 20222006 / Rev. A 27 If you, on a Class 1 product in the group, select a different compass for the group, the IS12 will continue

Installation Manual 20222006 / Rev. A 1 SimNet Installation Manual This manual is intended as a reference guide for correctly installing the Simrad I

Simrad SimNet 28 20222006 / Rev. A Using Plug & Play to set up a SimNet Class 1 system Verify that there is power on all SimNet products and any

Installation Manual 20222006 / Rev. A 29 1. Power up all the units on the SimNet bus and all connected NMEA0183 products. 2. Make an NMEA0183 setu

Simrad SimNet 30 20222006 / Rev. A Simrad products Simrad products that are also SimNet products, are identified by their product name (e.g. CP34) an

Installation Manual 20222006 / Rev. A 31 3.7 Adding a SimNet product to an existing SimNet system Adding a transducer (data source) to the existing

Simrad SimNet 32 20222006 / Rev. A Class 2 product to Class 1 system 1. It will adapt to the Simrad group source selections that are already made an

Installation Manual 20222006 / Rev. A 33 Replacing a SimNet Class 1 product with a similar product The interface and source settings on the replaceme

Simrad SimNet 34 20222006 / Rev. A 4 TROUBLE SHOOTING 4.1 Class 1 system No Symptom Possible Cause Suggested solution 1 AutoSourceSelect does no

Installation Manual 20222006 / Rev. A 35 4.2 Class 2 system No Symptom Possible Cause Suggested solution 1 No data from SimNet are displayed. •

Simrad SimNet 36 20222006 / Rev. A 5 GLOSSARY Active transducer – A self-contained sensor or transducer that outputs data on a format that is accept

Installation Manual 20222006 / Rev. A 37 Simrad Class 1 products – Simrad products that are SimNet controllers, i.e. they have an appropriate display

Simrad SimNet 2 20222006 / Rev. A About this document Rev Date Written by Checked by Approved by 11.11.04 NG ThH JL A First edition © 2004 Simra

Simrad SimNet 38 20222006 / Rev. A APPENDIX 1: SIMNET PRODUCTS OVERVIEW 2004 Product Type of product SimNet Class Net load NL’s NMEA183 conversion

Installation Manual 20222006 / Rev. A 39 − CA, CR, CE and other CP designated products can be upgrated to SimNet but will not be NMEA2000 certified

Simrad SimNet 40 20222006 / Rev. A APPENDIX 2: DEFINITION OF DATATYPES DataTypes is a group of related data that shall normally be selected from the

Installation Manual 20222006 / Rev. A 41 APPENDIX 3: IDENTIFICATION OF NMEA2000 PRODUCTS ON SIMNET SimNet DeviceName based on NMEA2000 Device Class a

Simrad SimNet 42 20222006 / Rev. A NMEA 2000 Device Class NMEA 2000 Function code Dev.Cl Device Class Name F.Code Function Name SimNet DeviceName

Installation Manual 20222006 / Rev. A 43 NMEA 2000 Device Class NMEA 2000 Function code Dev.Cl Device Class Name F.Code Function Name SimNet Devi

Simrad SimNet 44 20222006 / Rev. A APPENDIX 4: SIMNET CABLES AND ACCESSORIES Art. no. Description 24005829 0,3 m (1') SimNet cable 24005

Installation Manual 20222006 / Rev. A 45 Art. no. Description 24005944 AT15 Active Tee connector, IS15 24005928 SimNet cable protection cap 24

Simrad SimNet 46 20222006 / Rev. A APPENDIX 5: NMEA DATA CONVERSION AT10 data converted from SimNet/NMEA2000 to NMEA0183 (TX) and vice versa (RX) NME

Installation Manual 20222006 / Rev. A 47 AT15 data converted from SimNet to IS15 (TX) and vice versa (RX) NMEA0183 sentence TX (max rate [Hz]) RX BW

Installation Manual 20222006 / Rev. A 3 Contents 1 Description...

AP16-26 Autopilots, NMEA and SimNet messages NMEA0183 sentence AC NMEA-1 TX(max rate [Hz]) AC NMEA-2 TX(max rate [Hz]) AC NMEA-1 RX AC NMEA-2 RX APB

Simrad SimNet 4 20222006 / Rev. A SimNet class 1 products... 25 SimNet class 2 pro

Installation Manual 20222006 / Rev. A 5 1 DESCRIPTION 1.1 SimNet - Simrad Intelligent Marine Network ifdeqrmmbo^i^ojqfjbo fkclpfjo^a= fpNOfkcliltbo`

Simrad SimNet 6 20222006 / Rev. A SimNet accepts multiple sources of equivalent data and automatically selects the preferred sources for a group of i

Installation Manual 20222006 / Rev. A 7 Note ! Whenever SimNet products are connected to a NMEA2000 network, the NMEA2000 specified cable system shal