AIS and Raymarine® C/E-Series displays

Raymarine has added AIS support to their Raymarine C/E-Series displays.  Since these displays only have one NMEA port, selecting AIS mode sets the NMEA input and output to 38,400 baud which is incompatible with other devices such as the widely used Raymarine Smart Heading Sensor on the input and autohelms on the output.  To overcome this problem, the MiniPlex-AIS from ShipModul was developed.  Connected to a C/E-Series display running in AIS mode, it provides four NMEA inputs. One operates at 38400 baud and is dedicated to be connected to an AIS receiver while three other inputs operate at 4800 baud (NMEA standard), thus allowing a Smart Heading Sensor or other device to be used at the same time.  Devices such as autohlems can be connected to the output.

The RS-232 output from the MiniPlex-AIS operates in parallel with the NMEA 38,000 baud output and can be used with a PC or laptop for transmission of AIS data simultaneously to the chart plotter.

The MiniPlex-AIS has 4 galvanically (optically) isolated NMEA inputs, 2 NMEA outputs and one RS-232 interface.

The MiniPlex-AIS does not require any software or set up - just connect it and away you go! 

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