PB200: Airmar WeatherStation

This is a third party product - not manufactured by Actisense.

Ideal for yacht racing, casual sailing or power boating

• Professional Sensor
• No Moving Parts
• True Wind
• Apparent Wind
• Air Temperature
• Barometric Pressure
• Wind Chill
• WAAS / EGNOS GPS
• 3-Axis Compass
• 3-Axis Accelerometer
• Rate Gyro
• Works seamlessly with Avia Sail software - the only sensor you need for real-time polar plots
• NMEA 0183 & 2000®***

The PB200 WeatherStation® Instrument informs you of instantaneous changes in the weather. Wind Speed and Direction are measured using four ultrasonic transducers; no moving parts make it durable and reliable. The internal, WAAS GPS engine and three-axis solid-state compass provide both Apparent and True Wind Speed and Direction without the need to for additional sensors. Also, the WAAS GPS generates navigation data as well as magnetic variation and is suitable as your primary GPS source. The internal temperature and barometric pressure sensors help predict changing weather patterns. Combined with the internal heading sensor, all of your navigation needs are there! No other instrument on the market incorporates all of these sensors in one compact housing.

What sets the PB200 apart from the competition is the 2° heading accuracy under dynamic conditions such as rough seas. Airmar's unique dynamic-motion-correction software is the key. The PB200's heading is highly accurate and stable under most sea conditions, even if the vessel is pitching and rolling up to 30°. Also unique to the PB200 is that the 3D accelerometer and rate gyro are temperature compensated, resulting in precise tilt and rate-of-turn data. This allows the PB200 to accurately measure True Wind Speed and Direction even when tilted up to 30° and even when positioned at masthead.

NOTE: Choose your cable when placing order***
This unit does not ship with any cables unless you choose a cable option when you purchase. This unit has a special Airmar 9-pin connector at the base and only the Airmar cables will fit. Standard NMEA 2000 connectors will not fit this unit. You must use the special Airmar cables which include the Airmar 9-pin connector at one end and either a NMEA 0183 or NMEA 2000 device net (male) connector at the other end. Select your required cable at time of purchase.

NOTE: Terminating Airmar cables
The Airmar NMEA 2000 cables used for the PB200 are available in lengths of 2 m, 6 m, 10 m and 30 m. The 2 m and 6 m cables are for use as drop cables, where the device is mounted no more than 6 m from the network backbone. If you are using the 10 m or 30 m cables, these are too long to be drop cables under the NMEA 2000 standard. These longer cables should be installed so that they become one end of the network backbone. The 10 m and 30 m cables have an NMEA 2000 inline terminator built in to the cable, so that when you plug the cable into an Airmar device, that end of the backbone is correctly terminated without any need for a separate inline terminator. Before May 2010, the inline terminator was built in to the Airmar devices, not the cable. This design was changed to better conform with the NMEA 2000 standard.