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| Connecting a Raytheon "Pathfinder Plotter" to C-Map's PC-Planner |
Version 1.00 05/02/01 | |
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PC-Planner
C-Map's PC-Planner runs on Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP, and will turn your home PC into a navigation planning tool. It is a two slot device which allows for the insertion of 2 cartridges. With the accompanying software installed, the user is able to view their cartridges, and enter waypoints, routes and marks, which can then be stored on the PC's hard drive.
With the Raytheon Pathfinder plotters, the PC-Planner allows information to be transferred between the PC and plotter, via NMEA/RS232. |
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| Connecting the Pathfinder to the PC-Planner |
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In order to connect the two systems together, it is necessary to make up a lead that connects the PC's serial port to the power/NMEA and NMEA out cables of the Raytheon Pathfinder plotter as shown below.
Most PC's serial ports now have a 9 way male D-Type connector and a suitable female connector is available from Maplins. |
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| Transferring Waypoints from PC to Plotter |
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1. Insert waypoints on the PC-Planner
Open the PC-Planner programme, and click on the Add UserPoints icon, and place your waypoints on the chart.
2. Prepare the chartplotter to receive waypoints
On the plotter, press the Marks key, select "Waypoint List", then "Waypoint Transfer", and select "Receive WPTS from ST/NMEA"
3. Send waypoints to the chartplotter.
On the PC, click on User Data, and open the User Points List
Highlight the Waypoints that you wish to transfer to the plotter.
Click on Transmit.
The following message will be displayed:
"Do you want to transmit the selected point(s)?"
Click "Yes"
The waypoints will now be shown on the Waypoint List on the chart plotter. |
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| Transferring Waypoints from Plotter to PC |
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1. Enter your waypoints on the chartplotter
Press the Marks key
Select "Place Waypoint at Cursor", and position waypoints on the chart.
2. Prepare the PC-Planner to receive the waypoints
On the PC-Planner screen select the Receive data from NMEA icon. The PC-Planner is now ready to receive the data.
3. Send Waypoints to the PC-Planner
Press the Marks key on the plotter
Select "Waypoint List"
Select "Waypoint Transfer"
Select "Send WPT list on NMEA"
The following dialogue box will now be displayed on the PC screen:
"Received x User Point(s) from NMEA. Do you want to store them?
Click "Yes"
The waypoints will now be displayed on the PC-Planner screen.
De-select the Receive data from NMEA icon. |
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| Transferring Routes from PC to Plotter |
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1. Create your route
On the PC-Planner, create a new route by clicking on the New Route icon, and place waypoints on the chart.
Click on New Route, name the route, and click on Create.
Click on User data, and Routes List, and the list of waypoints included in your route will now be displayed.
2. Prepare the chartplotter to receive a route
Press the Marks key
Select "Waypoint List"
Select "Waypoint Transfer"
Select "Receive Waypoints from ST/NMEA"
3. Send the route to your chartplotter
On the PC-Planner, highlight the route to be transferred and click on Transmit.
The following dialogue box will be shown:
"Do you want to transmit the selected route?" Select Yes
The Waypoints will now be shown on the plotter. To display the route, from the "Routes" option, select "Route List", highlight the route to be transferred and select "Show Route".
The route will now be displayed on the chartplotter.
** The various symbols available for storing waypoints on the PC-Planner cannot be transferred to the pathfinders.** |
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| Transferring Routes from Plotter to PC |
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1. Create your route on the chartplotter.
Select "Route", on the chartplotter, and choose "Make Route."
Select "Place Waypoint" and position the User Points on the chart.
From the "Routes" menu, select "Make route", and then "Save route", and click Yes Select "Name Route", enter a name, and press enter. Select "Route List", and choose the "Show Route" option.
2. Prepare the PC-Planner to receive a route
On the PC-Planner, click on the Receive data from NMEA icon. The PC-Planner is now ready to receive the route.
3. Send your route to the PC-Planner
Transfer the route to the PC-Planner by pressing the Marks key on the plotter, and selecting "Waypoint List". Select "Waypoint Transfer", and "Send WPT list on NMEA".
The following dialogue box will now be displayed on the PC screen:
"Received route XX from NMEA. Do you want to store it?
Click Yes
Your route will now be displayed on the PC-Planner.
De-select the Receive data from NMEA icon.
** Please note that it is only possible to transfer one route at a time. ** |
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