Calypso Instruments NMEA CONNECT PLUS User manual

NMEA CONNECT PLUS
GATEWAY
Ultrasonic Wired Range to NMEA 2000
HIGH-END
0809
R
English version
01.05.2023
ULTRASONIC Portable
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0. Index
1. Brief description of product and layout.
1.1 Brief description of product.
1.2 NCP High-End layout.
2. Connection from the Calypso Instruments Wired Range.
2.1 How to connect the Calypso Instruments Wired Range via wired to the
NCP High-End via cable to an NMEA 2000 display or NMEA 2000 backbone.
2.1.1 NCP High-End configuration.
Configuration via Wifi.
Configuration via USB.
2.1.2 NCP High-End connection.
3. Appendix I : Port COM
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INDEX
1. Brief description of product and layout
1.1 Brief description
The NMEA Connect Plus High-End (NCP- High End), can be connected to the Calypso Instruments
Portable Range via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and also to the Calypso Instruments Wired Range.
The NCP High-end can also be forward connected to both NMEA 0183 and NMEA 2000 chartplotters,
displays or NMEA backbones .
The diagram below outline the connection pathway:
Calypso Instruments Portable Range.
Calypso Instruments Wired Range.
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NCP wifi name
0183 Wifi server port as per default
1. Brief description of product and layout
1.1 NCP High-End layout.
Main terminal pins:
The NCP High-End is labeled with:

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3. Connection from the Calypso Instruments Wired Range.
3.1 How to connect the Calypso Instruments Wired Range via wired
to the NCP High-End via cable to an NMEA 2000 display or NMEA
2000 backbone.
NCP High-End configuration.
Configuration via Wifi
We will have a quick tour around the information page, status page and configuration page within
the next pages.
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3. Connection from the Calypso Instruments Wired Range.
3.1 How to connect the Calypso Instruments Wired Range via wired
to the NCP High-End via cable to an NMEA 2000 display or NMEA
2000 backbone.
Configuration via wifi (continuation)
Information Page
This page shows information about your NCP High-end such as the NCP model, its MAC code, NCP
wifi address , BD address ( the MAC id number that will be shown when connecting your device via
Bluetooth) and its current firmware version.
Status Page
This page shows all of the current active connections for your NCP High-End.
TRUE shows the connection is working.
Receiving shows whether the wind meter is sending and the NCP High-end is receiving data.
Ultrasonic connected shows whether the wind meter is connected or not via Bluetooth.
No. Clients connected shows how many devices are currently connected to the NCP High-end.

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3. Connection from the Calypso Instruments Wired Range.
3.1 How to connect the Calypso Instruments Wired Range via wired
to the NCP High-End via cable to an NMEA 2000 display or NMEA
2000 backbone.
Configuration via wifi (continuation)
Configuration page
The interface will allow you to configure the NCP High-end to your Ultrasonic wind meter.

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3. Connection from the Calypso Instruments Wired Range.
3.1 How to connect the Calypso Instruments Wired Range via wired
to the NCP High-End via cable to an NMEA 2000 display or NMEA
2000 backbone.
Configuration via wifi (continuation)
Configuration via USB
If you experience any issue when saving data, apply the USB conguration option instead and follow the
instructions detailed in the USB conguration section below.

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3. Connection from the Calypso Instruments Wired Range.
3.1 How to connect the Calypso Instruments Wired Range via wired
to the NCP High-End via cable to an NMEA 2000 display or NMEA
2000 backbone.
Configuration via USB (continuation)
This is the configurator interface :
If you don’t see any port COM number or you don’t know what is your port COM number, see Appendix I.
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3. Connection from the Calypso Instruments Wired Range.
3.1 How to connect the Calypso Instruments Wired Range via wired
to the NCP High-End via cable to an NMEA 2000 display or NMEA
2000 backbone.
Configuration via USB (continuation)
NCP Connection
For this connection, PORT 2 will be used as input.
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3. Connection from the Calypso Instruments Wired Range.
3.1 How to connect the Calypso Instruments Wired Range via wired
to the NCP High-End via cable to an NMEA 2000 display or NMEA
2000 backbone.
Connection (continuation)
Connection using PORT 2 as input.
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3. Connection from the Calypso Instruments Wired Range.
3.1 How to connect the Calypso Instruments Wired Range via wired
to the NCP High-End via cable to an NMEA 2000 display or NMEA
2000 backbone.
Connection (continuation)
Connection using PORT 1 as input.
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An electrical bridge will need to be made between the following:

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I don’t see any port COM number or I don’t know what
my port COM number is.
I don’t see any port COM number.
I don’t know what my port COM number is.
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User manual English version 1.0
01.05.2023