The
KW909 connects to 8 NMEA 0183 talkers and combines their data on
to one line. Applications are getting the data from several
instruments into ECDIS, radar or data logger, via its one data
input port.
The unit does not care what data is put through, it just
stores and forwards it on a first in first out basis. The unit
may be called a multiplexer or integrator. As such it is ideal
for creating a data highway for a ship.
Attention has to be given to possible overload of the output
channel, as it impossible to pass more than 480 characters per
second through it at the NMEA 0183 4800 rate. Answer, switch the output to
38400. To special order a data filter interface may
be what is required.