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Old 29 March 2020, 20:46   #1
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Raymarine Nmea0183 to 3rd party GPS antenna

Having a bit of trouble here,

Bought a 3rd party antenna that was uber cheap however the raymarine cable I have has conflicting wiring to what raymarine says

On the Nmea 0183 cable I have

Brown
yellow
green
white
shielding

and on the antenna I have

black
yellow
green
brown
red
shielding

Anybody done this before?

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Not done it, but the antenna will most likely have a +\- supply in addition to the NMEA in/out. You will probably have to run a separate supply. Did the antenna come with a wiring diagram?
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unfortunately not Dave

Tomorrow I will try separate power source and the brown and yellow

sounds like a plan
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Tomorrow I will try separate power source and the brown and yellow



sounds like a plan


I wouldn’t take it as read that the connections are colour to colour. The yellows may not necessarily connect together. I think I might have an old NMEA gps puck kicking around somewhere. I’ll see if I can dig some info.
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Having a bit of trouble here,

Bought a 3rd party antenna that was uber cheap however the raymarine cable I have has conflicting wiring to what raymarine says

On the Nmea 0183 cable I have

Brown Talker B
yellow Listener A
greenListener B
whiteTalker A
shielding

and on the antenna I have

black
yellow
green
brown
red
shielding

Anybody done this before?

It might not help but from my ICOM VHF manual, they list the colours in red above.
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the GPS guy kindly came back to me this morning and sent me this

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I don't think this works, I've tried every possible combination and still not a single satellite. The antenna was outside with me inside fiddling with wires however no combination seems to make it go. I do know Raymarine are very fussy with using other parts so maybe they have done something that wont allow this
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YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just when I think all hope is lost

We have signal!

GPS side - Antenna side

Yellow - Green
White - Yellow
Red +ve battery
Green & Brown together on GPS side
Negatives and shielding to -ve battery

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Result [emoji106] if it’s a cold start, it can take up to an hour for the GPS to lock on, depending on its view of the sky.
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