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Conguration of AIS

Figure 11 – AIS Conguration with 38400 Baud Rate

Setting up the Hardware for AIS

Control Centre, supplied on the CD (or available for

download from Actisense website), allows a quick set-up

forAISusingthecongurationleincluded.

From the menu select ‘File → Load Conguration File’

and select “NDC-4 cong for AIS.ini”lefromthe

install directory. Read the pop up and click ‘OK’.

This will change the settings for OPTO IN 2. The

congurationtabwillset38400Baud(AISrequiresNMEA

0183 HS).The Inclusion List is setto blockallAIS data

from being sentto ISO OUT 1 whichis typically kept at

4800 Baud. Filtering does not affect the USB/RS232 port,

alltheAISsentenceswillstillbeoutputtedonthisport.

Note: The use of AIS at Baud rates lower than 38400

cannotberecommendedasthiscouldcauserandomAIS

targetdatatobelostinareasofhightargetdensity.

ToenablethesesettingsontheNDC-4clickonthe‘Send

to Hardware’buttononBOTH the ‘Port Conguration’

and ‘Inclusion List’tabs.

TheAIS device should then be connected to the NDC’s

‘OPTO IN 2’ as shown in ‘Figure 21’, with any other

talkers connected as required. The device for receiving

theAISdata(chart-plotterorPC)shouldbeconnectedto

‘ISO OUT 0’, or the USB port.

Theremainingportscanbere-conguredbytheuseras

neededusingControlCentre.Referto“UsingNDCControl

Centre”onpage16ofthe“Fullusermanual”availableon

the CD and from www.actisense.com for full detailed

information on how to use Control Centre.

4800 Baud

NMEA DATA COMBINER

99999

NDC-4-A-USB

38400 Baud

4800 Baud

38400 Baud

Chart

Plotter

NMEA

Talker 3

AIS

Talker

NMEA

Talker 4

NMEA

Talker 1

38400 Baud

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