sh 1500 vhf & garmin 451s

[hadd]

Has anyone on here got a sh 1500 vhf & garmin 451s wired up together on there rib, i,v wired mine together but can,t get them to link up, can anyone help cheers

[Downhilldai]

I've got the SH GX1500e and a Garmin 551S chatting to each other quite happily.
Which cables have you joined up?

[hadd]

Originally Posted by Downhilldai

I've got the SH GX1500e and a Garmin 551S chatting to each other quite happily.
Which cables have you joined up?

I,v put the blue green & gray as it say,s in the manual ,cheers

[Downhilldai]

Originally Posted by hadd

I,v put the blue green & gray as it say,s in the manual ,cheers

and black to 12v neg?

[hadd]

Originally Posted by Downhilldai

and black to 12v neg?

The black is connected,im not getting the small satellite icon on the top right corner or any data on the vhf , the radio work fine and the gps works fine just can,t link the two, i think i,ll check all the wire,s again and see wot happen,s, if i get stuck i,ll get back to you thank.

[Downhilldai]

I've configured the GX1500e to a few Garmin GPS units over the last few years and they've all worked fine. On some Garmin units, you have to set the Output to NMEA. Sorry, but I don't have the 551s manual handy at the moment. If you have the manual for yours there, it should say how to do this.

[hadd]

Originally Posted by Downhilldai

I've configured the GX1500e to a few Garmin GPS units over the last few years and they've all worked fine. On some Garmin units, you have to set the Output to NMEA. Sorry, but I don't have the 551s manual handy at the moment. If you have the manual for yours there, it should say how to do this.

I wil check all the wire,s and start again from the start I mite of mist something out

[Channel Ribs]

As DHD says, check the output is set to NMEA and not Garmin's own communication set. It is easy enough to find in the settings menu.

[hadd]

Originally Posted by Downhilldai

I've configured the GX1500e to a few Garmin GPS units over the last few years and they've all worked fine. On some Garmin units, you have to set the Output to NMEA. Sorry, but I don't have the 551s manual handy at the moment. If you have the manual for yours there, it should say how to do this.

Hi downhilldai, sorry to bother you again, i,v checked all the wire,s again all seem ok , gone though the manual on configuring communications setting butt can,t seem to get NMEA 0183 setup, there,s an NMEA outlet on the back of the unit do i need another cable for it to work. cheers

[Downhilldai]

Originally Posted by hadd

Hi downhilldai, sorry to bother you again, i,v checked all the wire,s again all seem ok , gone though the manual on configuring communications setting butt can,t seem to get NMEA 0183 setup, there,s an NMEA outlet on the back of the unit do i need another cable for it to work. cheers

The other plug on the back of the unit is for NMEA2000.

I'll have a look at the unit later and let you know how it's configured.

[hadd]

Originally Posted by Downhilldai

The other plug on the back of the unit is for NMEA2000.

I'll have a look at the unit later and let you know how it's configured.

[Downhilldai]

Ok, the NMEA connections are blue to blue and grey to brown, with the green to batt -ve.

In the Garmin menu system, under 'Communications', Serial Port 1 is set to 'NMEA Std', Serial Port 2 to 'None' : See pic

Working on through the menu, under 'Garmin', all 3 options are set to 'ON', again, see pic.

Hope this helps.

[hadd]

Originally Posted by Downhilldai

Ok, the NMEA connections are blue to blue and grey to brown, with the green to batt -ve.

In the Garmin menu system, under 'Communications', Serial Port 1 is set to 'NMEA Std', Serial Port 2 to 'None' : See pic

Working on through the menu, under 'Garmin', all 3 options are set to 'ON', again, see pic.

Hope this helps.

cheers , i.v done the wireing wrong i put the blue to blue ,green to green and gray to gray i will try again tomorrow

[hadd]

Originally Posted by Downhilldai

Ok, the NMEA connections are blue to blue and grey to brown, with the green to batt -ve.

In the Garmin menu system, under 'Communications', Serial Port 1 is set to 'NMEA Std', Serial Port 2 to 'None' : See pic

Working on through the menu, under 'Garmin', all 3 options are set to 'ON', again, see pic.

Hope this helps.

Hi downhilldai, i just want to thank you for your help bud ,done it today all working fine. cheers

[Downhilldai]

Originally Posted by hadd

Hi downhilldai, i just want to thank you for your help bud ,done it today all working fine. cheers

Good stuff