How to connect a Navman 8084 or Northstar N84 to a NASA AIS unit

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The 8084 does not come with the interface cable to give the plotter AIS input. The Navman part number for the cable is AA002412 and is basically an LT8 plug to open wires - with no instructions.

After failing to find anything on the web, a call to the Uk Plastimo Service Centre 0870 7514666 found a very helpful man who stated that the NMEA+ was white and the NMEA- was black.

The corresponding connections on the NASA AIS unit are

• pin 2: 38,400 Baud output from Engine to PC
• pin 3: 38,400 Baud input to Engine from PC
• pin 5: 0v
• pin 9: 4800 Baud NMEA input from GPS receiver to Engine

The Specifications can be found here

So, white to pin 2 and black to pin 5

Note that the NMEA is at 38400N81