Depth sounders to show negative numbers

Hi Wout
Sorry for the delay in coming back, but it appears that I had a fault with
my ST60. This has been repaired and at the moment I am trying to get
information out (looks like the easier option)
If I use HyperTerminal with the GPS plugged into pins 2 and 5 I get a superb
string of GPS statements. Do the same thing with the ST60 and I get nothing.
Have chucked the problem back to Raymarine to see if they have any ideas

Phil


"Wout B" <woutbeekhuizen.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Meindert Sprang" <mhsprang.RemoveThis@NOcustomSPAMware.nl> wrote in message
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>> "Wout B" <woutbeekhuizen.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> > For this test, you want to connect the Transmit line of the PC Com port
> to
>> > NMEA IN. Connect your PC Com port pins 3 and 5 to NMEA IN + and NMEA
> IN -
>> > and transmit a $SDDBT sentence from Hyperterminal to the ST60 Multi
>> > instrument.
>> > Start Windows program Notebook and type the following NMEA sentence:
>> > $SDDBT,-2.0,f,,,,*22 Press Enter and save this text in a file. The
>> > value -2.0 represents a "negative" depth of 2.0 feet.
>> > Start Hyperterminal with the PC connected to the ST60 instrument as
>> > described above. Click on Transfer at the top of the Hyperterminal
> screen
>> > and select "Send Text File". Find the .txt file you saved with Notebook
>> and
>> > transmit.
>>
>> Why can't you just type the sentence directly in Hyperterminal?
>>
>> Meindert
>>
>>
> Of course you can, but potentially the instrument may time out if the
> characters of the sentence arrive with relatively long (typing) pauses in
> between.
> Also, if you want to repeat it several times it's easier to transmit it as
> a
> file.
> Wout
>
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