{"id":15382,"date":"2024-11-06T15:27:12","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T15:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/nmea-stand-alone-antenna-instructions\/introduction\/"},"modified":"2024-11-13T15:59:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T15:59:10","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/nmea-stand-alone-antenna-instructions\/introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span translate=\"no\">Seakeeper<\/span> Ride requires a GPS signal via NMEA2000 Bus for operation in Auto Mode. It is possible to utilize a stand-alone antenna to provide the required signals for <span translate=\"no\">Seakeeper<\/span> Ride. This document is intended to serve as a quick reference for how to properly connect a NMEA2000 Bus to <span translate=\"no\">Seakeeper<\/span> Ride system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As an example, Maretron makes a GPS200 antenna\/receiver which is a plug and play device that is fully compliant and certified to the NMEA 2000 standard and will provide the required information for <span translate=\"no\">Seakeeper<\/span> Ride to function in Auto Mode. It will directly connect to any NMEA 2000 network and communicate with navigational software, chart plotters, autopilots and dedicated instrument displays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is necessary to have a complete NMEA2000 network for the equipment to function, it is NOT sufficient to plug an antenna directly into the Ride Software Module at the NMEA port.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, to make a functional NMEA2000 Network to allow <span translate=\"no\">Seakeeper<\/span> Ride to function, you will need the following components at a minimum:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Power Tee<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Terminator resistors x 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 Drops<ul><li>1 connected to the Ride NMEA port<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 connected to the GPS Antenna<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow the instructions to set up a NMEA Antenna as an alternative option for GPS so <span translate=\"no\">Seakeeper<\/span> Ride can perform correctly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"793\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-564.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-564.png 793w, https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-564-768x388.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 793px) 100vw, 793px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seakeeper Ride requires a GPS signal via NMEA2000 Bus for operation in Auto Mode. It is possible to utilize a stand-alone antenna to provide the required signals for Seakeeper Ride. This document is intended to serve as a quick reference for how to properly connect a NMEA2000 Bus to Seakeeper Ride system. As an example, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":15381,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"manual":[341],"model":[],"document_type":[],"hidden":[],"class_list":["post-15382","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","manual-nmea-stand-alone-antenna-instructions"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15382"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15412,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15382\/revisions\/15412"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"manual","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual?post=15382"},{"taxonomy":"model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/model?post=15382"},{"taxonomy":"document_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document_type?post=15382"},{"taxonomy":"hidden","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hidden?post=15382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}