[C320-list] AIS

[Doug Treff]

And the problems below outlined by Troy are part of the reason I did my entire suite over from scratch. Most of my gear was vintage 1996 and I wanted all new anyway, and didn't want to piece-meal it because of compatibility issues between 0183 and 2K, and I also didn't want to deal with running wires in my pedestal guard tubes more than once. So I ripped out all the old devices and wiring, and did the entire project at once.

Actisense does make a gateway that will translate between the two protocols, but I viewed that as an intermediate step and ultimately decided that the money would be better spent on going all 2K at once.
https://actisense.com/products/nmea-2000-gateway-ngw-1/

It was a lot of work, kind of expensive, but I'm really glad I did it this way. Any new devices I add now will be easy to add to the 2K backbone. Lots of decisions for you. There are quite a few folks who have done similar projects. If you're handy at all, it's not too difficult.

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Doug Treff
doug at treff.us

On Fri, Jan 8, 2021, at 6:26 PM, Troy Dunn wrote:

> In general when I think NMEA 0183 and NMEA 2000, I'm usually thinking about
> how to get an old standard data source onto the new standard backbone.
> Generally speaking the MFD will be the new standard and the data sources
> will be a combination of new and older standard data sources with an
> electronic translator (it's not a simple matter of wiring) to get from the
> older standard to the newer.   In your case you are talking about
> purchasing a new data source and wiring it to the old standard backbone.
> I think that's probably not a good idea.   It would be better to purchase a
> data source that is backward compatible with NMEA0183 and wiring using the
> 0183 port on that device.  If it is possible to somehow get the new
> standard device wired to the old backbone using the NMEA2000 port would be
> more expensive because you would have to purchase a 2000 to 0183
> conveter...again...if that exists...i'm not sure.