I have the AIS installed and reprogrammed for my vessel. Everything appears to work except for the heading input. The GP-32 inputs the external GPS on the COM-4 connection, pins 9 and 10, using them blue/white wires. The com port settings are for 4800bps (IEC61162-1)
The PG500 heading sensor is connected from the 12 VDC Combination port. The NMEA and AD-10 port are not connected to anything. I tried a variety of output settings (4800bps and 38.4 baud) and made the corresponding changes on the AIS. I also have tried changing to output interval to the four different frequencies. Lastly I tried the different output sentence combinations. I have the blue/white wires connected to pins 9&10 on com port 5.
I am still getting no display of heading on the FA-150 display and of course the corresponding alarm. Any thoughts on what I could be missing?
I am assuming I have a configuration error on the output of the PG500r. I swapped the inputs around (moved the com 5 plug to the com 4 plug) to see if it was a FA-150 configuration issue. GPS works on com 4, heading does not.
I have not calibrated the heading sensor, but it does show a green solid status light. It is a new install. Is it not outputing heading till i run through a calibration procedure?
The AIS data is out putting correctly through IF NMEA2000 converter, the AIS is tramstting my ship data accurately I just can't get the heading inputted properly into the AIS.
The PG-500 is brand new out of the box.
I appreciate the in depth help. I know that this device is not usually installed by an end user