It-
emDevice
Cable
colorPort
Input/
output
Positive
(+)/neg-
ative(-)
1White1InputPositive
2
Green
1InputNegative
3Yellow1
Output
Positive
4Brown1
Output
Negative
5
Orange/
white
2InputPositive
6
Multi-
function
display
Orange/
green
2InputNegative
7
**Output
Positive
8
**Output
Negative
9
**
InputPositive
10
NMEA
device
**
InputNegative
11
**Output
Positive
12
NMEA
device
**Output
Negative
Note:*Refertoinstructionsprovidedwiththe
NMEA0183device.
NMEA0183cable
YoucanextendtheNMEA0183wireswithinthe
suppliedpoweranddatacable.
Datacableextension
Totallength(max)Cable
Upto5mHighqualitydatacable:
•2xtwistedpairwithoverall
shield.
•50to75pF/mcapacitance
coretocore.
4.22a6xanda7xtoNMEA0183DSC
VHFradioconnection
Toconnectana6xanda7xvariantMFDstoan
NMEA0183DSCradioaSeaTalk
ng
toNMEA0183
convertermustbeusedtoconverttheSeaTalk
ng
messagestoNMEA0183messages.
TheMFDandconvertermustbeconnectedtothe
sameSeaTalk
ng
backbone.
1
a6x/a7xMFD
2
SeaTalk
ng
spurcable
3
SeaTalk
ng
toNMEA0183barewiresspurcable
4
ConverterNMEA0183negativeconnection(yellow
wire)
5
NMEA0183deviceinputnegativeconnection(purple
wire)
6
ConverterNMEA0183positiveconnection(redwire)
7
NMEA0183deviceinputpositiveconnection(grey
wire)
8
NMEA0183DSCVHFRadio
9
SeaTalk
ng
powercable(onlyrequiredifnotconnecting
toanexistingpoweredSeaTalk
ng
backbone.
10
Converter
11
NMEA0183connection(usecablesuppliedwithVHF
radio)
Note:TheconnectionattheVHFradiomustbeto
theNMEA0183inputonly.Itisauni-directional
(one-way)connection.
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aSeries/cSeries/eSeries