38 SportPilot and SportPilot Plus - Owner’s Handbook
4 Installing the SportPilot
Interfacing with NMEA equipment
Using the NMEA cores in the Power/NMEA cable, the SportPilot can
interface directly with equipment capable of transmitting NMEA
0183 data format. Sentences decoded are:
NMEA cabling
Connect the NMEA 0183 output connections from the NMEA
equipment to the black and red NMEA cores of the power/NMEA
lead as shown.
Information NMEA 0183 data
Cross Track Error APA, APB, RMB, XTE, XTR
Bearing to Waypoint APB, BPI, BWR, BWC, BER, BEC, RMB
Distance to Waypoint WDR, WDC, BPI, BWR, BWC, BER,
BEC, RMB
Waypoint Number APB, APA, BPI, BWR, WDR, BWC,
WDC, RMB, BOD, WCV, BER, BEC
Speed Through Water VHW
Apparent Wind Angle and Speed VWR
Water Depth DBT
D1518-2
NMEA
equipment
Data 0 V
Data txRed
Black