User manual NORTHSTAR 2201 Installation Guide

[. . . ] 2201 and 2201/NMEA WAAS Pods Installation Manual Revision B Part Number GM2201 Northstar Technologies, Inc. 30 Sudbury Road Acton, Massachusetts 01720 800/628-4487 978/897-6600 www. northstarcmc. com Limited warranty policy Northstar Technologies, Inc. warrants its products to be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of two (2) years. This warranty applies to the original purchaser and to any subsequent owner during the warranty period, which begins on the date of shipment of the unit, F. O. B Acton, Massachusetts, to an authorized Northstar dealer. [. . . ] This cable may already be connected to the 941/951/952, but if not, find the cable or call your Northstar dealer to order one. To connect the 2201 to the 941/951/952: 1. Route the WA215 and 2201-CA cables to a protected area suitable for electrical connections. Plug one end of the WA215 cable connector into the 18-pin I/O connector, labelled "J2" at the back of the 941/ 951/952. Connect the stripped end of the WA215 cable to the stripped end of the 2201-CA cable. For details about the interface connections, see Table 2, "Northstar 2201 (binary) connections, " on page 20. 3. 2201 INSTALLATION MANUAL, Revision B Page 19 SECTION THREE Interfacing the 2201 Table 2: Northstar 2201 (binary) connections 2201-CA DATA/POWER CABLE Pin # (pod) 1 Blue Wire color (function) RS232 RX1 (Main receive port) RS232 RX2 (Aux receive port) RS232 TX1 (Main transmit port) Signal gnd Wire connections Function WA215 I/O CABLE Wire color Pin # (941, 951, or 952) 18 <-----------> Connect Not connecteda RS232 TX Red 2 Orange 3 Green <----------> Connect <----------> Connect <----------> Connect <----------> Connect RS232 RX Green 16 4 Brown Ground Honkb Groundc Tan 17 Remote power- on 5 Black Ship's power control Pink 14 Tan 17 6 White Power gnd (system gnd) Power in (9-36 VDC) Connect to ship's ground Connect to ship's power 7 Red a. This is the pin for SC104 beacon differential input. If the existing installation doesn't use the honk output, connect the pink wire to black and use pin number 14 to remotely turn on the 2201 whenever the 941/951/952's power is turned on. If the existing installation already uses the honk output, ground the remote-on wire (black) to always turn on the 2201 whenever ship's power is turned on. Use the tan wire and pin number 17. Connecting to power To connect the 2201 to power: 1. Splice or terminate the 2201-CA's cable ends to power. There are two possible wiring options for power-on: · · using the 941/951/952's remote power-on feature using the ship's power control Page 20 2201 INSTALLATION MANUAL, Revision B SECTION THREE Interfacing the 2201 NOTE: If the 2201's power isn't turned off by one of these methods, the 2201 will continuously draw up to 0. 2 A from the ship's battery. Using remote power on This option will automatically power-on or power-off the 2201 as soon as the Northstar 941/951/952's power is turned on or off: 1. If the existing 941/951/952 installation has a WA215 cable connected to the 18-pin I/O connector, check the availability of the honk output by looking for the pink wire at the stripped end of the WA215 cable. If the pink wire isn't used for honk output, you can use it to remotely power-on the 2201: Connect the pink wire to the 2201-CA cable's black wire. For details about the power connections, see Table 2, "Northstar 2201 (binary) connections, " on page 20. After you connect remote power-on to the honk output, you must now set the HONK OUTPUT option in the Northstar 941/951/952 to the REMOTE PWR setting. If you do not set this option in the 941/951/952, the 2201 will not power-on. For step-by-step instructions, see "Setting the 2201 options" on page 26. 2. 3. Using ship's power control This option will automatically power-on or power-off the 2201 as soon as ship's power is turned on or off: 1. If the existing 941/951/952 installation has a WA215 cable connected to the 18-pin I/O connector, check the availability of the honk output by looking for the pink wire at the stripped end of the WA215 cable. If the pink wire is already used for honk output, you can use ship's power to power-on the 2201: Connect the 2201-CA cable's remote-on control wire (black) to ground so that the 2201 will always turn on whenever ship's power is applied. For details about the power connections, see Table 2, "Northstar 2201 (binary) connections, " on page 20. If desired, you can add a separate breaker or switch from ship's power to the 2201. [. . . ] Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory. The number and location of satellites overhead, determining the GPS accuracy available at any given time. Global Positioning System: the satellites and receivers that enable position and speed to be determined anywhere on earth with great accuracy. GPS is a system of 24 satellites (with 3 spares) operating in three orbital planes at about 11, 000 miles elevation. [. . . ]