NGT-1: NMEA 2000 to PC or Mac

Interface your PC or Mac to NMEA 2000 with a fully functional Actisense™ bi-directional firewall gateway. 

Full NMEA 2000­® firewall gateway interface to your PC or Mac. Allows reading and sending of NMEA 2000 messages to and from the NMEA 2000 bus.

• Full galvanic Opto-isolation on PC USB port
• Transfers NMEA 2000 messages with no conversion
• Isolated NMEA 2000 CAN bus connection
• Full configuration software suite included
• NMEA 2000 Certified

The Actisense® NMEA 2000 to PC or Mac Interface transfers NMEA 2000 messages to and from the NMEA 2000 bus using the Actisense Comms Dynamic Linked Library (DLL) or Mac driver. This ensures that all Actisense certified PC or Mac software can send and receive pure NMEA 2000 data, without any translations getting in the way and changing the data.

The NGT-1 works in partnership with specialist PC or Mac software to allow viewing and/or sending of data to and from the NMEA 2000 bus. It can also be used with the Actisense configuration utility to re-configure any Actisense NGW-1 units that are on the bus - acting as the master remote control node.

Supported Software includes:

• Avia™ Motor and Sail - Onboard Instrument Software for PC
  
• MacENC™ - Marine Navigation Software for Mac OS X 
• Actisense NMEA Reader - View NMEA 0183 and NMEA 2000 messages on your PC
  
• Nobeltec Admiral 11 and VNS 11
• Coastal Explorer 2009
• WeatherCaster by Airmar
• Expedition
  
• Other software  - Other software supported by NGT-1
  

The free Actisense NMEA Reader software utility allows the NGT-1 user to view and understand (in detail) the NMEA 2000 messages.

The Actisense NGT-1 has not been designed to work directly with standard NMEA 0183 software. If NMEA 2000 to NMEA 0183 translation is required, the Actisense NGW-1 has been designed for this operation.

The NGT-1 is available in two configurations:

NGT-1-USB: Standard option
Full USB (1.1 & 2.0) interface for bi-directional connection to a PC.

Normally for use with new NMEA 2000 chartplotter software or similar that has been certified as compatible with the NGT-1. Full galvanic Opto-isolation is provided for superior protection of the PC's USB port. Thus full isolation is maintained between the PC input and output and the NMEA 2000 CAN bus connections.

NGT-1: Specialist option
Opto-isolated input, and ISO-Drive output for a direct PC (or equivalent) bi-directional connection.

The very latest Actisense® ISO-Drive technology has been used in the NGT-1 to separate the output from ground. Electrical spike protection is provided as standard on the NGT-1's input using full galvanic Opto-isolation to provide superior protection to the PC (or equivalent) serial port. Thus full isolation is maintained between the PC (or equivalent) input and output and the NMEA 2000 CAN bus.

Simple to use, the NGT-1 is provided with all required cabling, and also incorporates screw terminal connectors within the case to allow customer specific wiring to be used (if required).