T&T: Connecting AIS Receivers

[Peter Bennett]

Serial (RS-232) <-> USB adaptors are readily available - I bought a
couple of generic ones - one from the Canadian equivalent of Radio
Shack, I think - and both work fine for me  (but I'm getting a new Dell
notebook tomorrow - I hope I won't have different results...)

Wednesday, May 28, 2008, 10:28:28 PM, Garrett wrote:

GL> The SR161 - and most other brands, it seems - comes with a serial pin
GL> connector.

GL> I don't think it will work with my Garmin 2010C chartplotters - but would be
GL> happy to be told otherwise.

It appears from the Garmin installation guide that the 2010 has 4
serial ports - I haven't looked at the user manual to see how they can
be used, so don't know if that unit understands AIS data...

GL> It would work with Nobeltec Admiral on my new laptop, but of course, new
GL> laptops don't have serial or parallel ports anymore. Does anyone know a
GL> reliable solution to this incompatibility?

GL> TIA, Garrett

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