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Gil Johnson

Fri, Oct 12, 2007 10:55 AM

Marilyn, you'll need a converter between USB and RS-232 to suport the
connection to the NMEA interface to your auto pilot. BTW, not all converters
will perform equally. One that seems to work the best and is probably the
most expensive is made by SeaLevel.

Gil

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Marilyn, you'll need a converter between USB and RS-232 to suport the connection to the NMEA interface to your auto pilot. BTW, not all converters will perform equally. One that seems to work the best and is probably the most expensive is made by SeaLevel. Gil _____________________________________________________________________________ _______ Catch up on fall's hot new shows on Yahoo! TV. Watch previews, get listings, and more! http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/3658

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Marilyn Davis

Tue, Oct 16, 2007 6:35 AM

----------------------------------------> Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 03:55:24
-0700> From: dogtrawler@yahoo.com> Subject: T&T: Maxsea V 10 connecting to
Robertson autopilot> To: marilyndavis40@hotmail.com;
trawlers-and-trawlering@lists.samurai.com>> Marilyn, you'll need a converter
between USB and RS-232 to suport the connection to the NMEA interface to your
auto pilot. BTW, not all converters will perform equally. One that seems to
work the best and is probably the most expensive is made by SeaLevel.>> Gil>>>

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Thanks for your advice. I will wire in a 9 pin serial connector and connect
to laptop through a belkin serial adapter. Hopefully that combination might
communicate successfully. When i tried connecting directly to the laptop
using a usb plug, it does not appear to do it.

Regards

Marilyn

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----------------------------------------> Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 03:55:24 -0700> From: dogtrawler@yahoo.com> Subject: T&T: Maxsea V 10 connecting to Robertson autopilot> To: marilyndavis40@hotmail.com; trawlers-and-trawlering@lists.samurai.com>> Marilyn, you'll need a converter between USB and RS-232 to suport the connection to the NMEA interface to your auto pilot. BTW, not all converters will perform equally. One that seems to work the best and is probably the most expensive is made by SeaLevel.>> Gil>>> _____________________________________________________________________________ _______> Catch up on fall's hot new shows on Yahoo! TV. Watch previews, get listings, and more!> http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/3658 Thanks for your advice. I will wire in a 9 pin serial connector and connect to laptop through a belkin serial adapter. Hopefully that combination might communicate successfully. When i tried connecting directly to the laptop using a usb plug, it does not appear to do it. Regards Marilyn _________________________________________________________________ Climb to the top of the charts! Play Star Shuffle: the word scramble challenge with star power.

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Steve Sipe

Tue, Oct 16, 2007 12:15 PM

Marilyn Davis wrote:

<snip> Thanks for your advice. I will wire in a 9 pin serial connector and connect to laptop through a belkin serial adapter. Hopefully that combination might communicate successfully. When i tried connecting directly to the laptop using a usb plug, it does not appear to do it.

Regards

Marilyn

<snip>

I've tried the Belkin USB -> serial adapter to get NMEA in/out of my
laptop, and results were, well, there were no results. I've had success
with a U232-P9 converter, it has a small on-board processor of some
sort, and it works. They're available from various sources, Google it.

Steve Sipe

Marilyn Davis wrote: > <snip> > Thanks for your advice. I will wire in a 9 pin serial connector and connect > to laptop through a belkin serial adapter. Hopefully that combination might > communicate successfully. When i tried connecting directly to the laptop > using a usb plug, it does not appear to do it. > > > Regards > > Marilyn > <snip> I've tried the Belkin USB -> serial adapter to get NMEA in/out of my laptop, and results were, well, there were no results. I've had success with a U232-P9 converter, it has a small on-board processor of some sort, and it works. They're available from various sources, Google it. Steve Sipe

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