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Mr. Sandman · 12-03-2004, 04:14 PM

Scotts right, Look for a NEMA out and/or NEMA in sockets. Most Garmin units I have seen are not really meant to display much of anything from any other non-garmin unit. NEMA data (will most likey be position) and should pass from garmin to something else.

For example you could have you garmin GPS pass current lat/lon to your DSC radio...this way when you push the distress button, your MMSI number that id's you and your boat AND the current position (obtained from your gps automagically) is sent to the world and as a distress, all with a single push of oa button.

If you want to do Radar overlay's on your chartplotter you will probably need a higher end unit then Garmin. The higher end units that do this usually have some special networking protocal that allow the units to pass data between them. The cheaper "stand alone" units usually don't have this feature.

There are some really sweet units on the market today and every year they get better and better. It is just a matter of how much $ you want to drop. But it is still amazing what you can get for the money today, to me anyway.

12-03-2004, 04:14 PM	#3
Mr. Sandman Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 7,649	Scotts right, Look for a NEMA out and/or NEMA in sockets. Most Garmin units I have seen are not really meant to display much of anything from any other non-garmin unit. NEMA data (will most likey be position) and should pass from garmin to something else. For example you could have you garmin GPS pass current lat/lon to your DSC radio...this way when you push the distress button, your MMSI number that id's you and your boat AND the current position (obtained from your gps automagically) is sent to the world and as a distress, all with a single push of oa button. If you want to do Radar overlay's on your chartplotter you will probably need a higher end unit then Garmin. The higher end units that do this usually have some special networking protocal that allow the units to pass data between them. The cheaper "stand alone" units usually don't have this feature. There are some really sweet units on the market today and every year they get better and better. It is just a matter of how much $ you want to drop. But it is still amazing what you can get for the money today, to me anyway.