T&T: Connecting new GPS with older Raytheon radar

Scott H.E. Welch scott at firstclass.com
Thu Dec 11 20:57:38 EST 2008


Peter Bennett <peterbb4 at interchange.ubc.ca> writes:
>Yes - NMEA occasionally adds new sentences but I think most things
>will still work.  If your GPS has a choice of NMEA versions, you may
>need to use the earlier version.

For what it's worth, the "0183" in NMEA-0183 refers to "Version 01, 1983", so
the radar (made in 1990) should have no problems receiving data NMEA-0183
data from a modern GPS.

Scott Welch
FirstClass Product Manager
www.firstclass.com

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