Hooking up a Furuno 585 to a Garmin 70s.

[stewy]

Hi Guys,


Does anyone know the colours of wires to hook these two units together please..


Thanks Stewy

[goat boy]

Just google it mate. There's plenty of links with the right set up, I did that with mine and got it first go.
google 'nmea furuno to garmin' or something similar, lots of good info to be had.

[SatNav]

1. Google? Only for the confusion.

2. Ok, Furuno White to Garmin(#1) Brown, Furuno Yellow to Garmin(#1) Blue, Furuno Blue & Green to Garmin Black. If using Garmin Serial#2 then swap Gray for Blue & Violet for Brown but suggest using serial#1. Also check Garmin Comm & NMEA0183 settings

3. Note that with queries such as this it is helpful to explain exactly what you intend (or expect) to do, what has GPS etc as you may only require a 1-way connection, even to the point of not worth connecting at all depending. Now asuming your intent is more Garmin to Furuno (position wise?) then only connection required is Yellow/Blue & Green/Black.

[tropicrows]

I tried to connect a Garmin 750s to a Furuno 627, and could not get it to work. I wanted to output a fish school to a GPS position on the Garmin. In the end I was told it was only possible with Garmin to Garmin or Furuno to Furuno as the NMEA0183 settings are not comparable between different brands. If anyone has got this function working would be very grateful as to how you did it.

[Owen]

Furuno uses TLL formatted sentences which Garmin doesn't parse. So hitting mark on the furuno won't put a mark on the Garmin .
It is possible to put hardware between the two that listens to the sentences and parses them to the correct format.
I don't know of any commercial products but I know of readily available parts to build such a device.
When I can afford a Furuno sounder I plan to hook it up to my Garmin 565.



Cheers
Owen


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[stewy]

Sorry I had my hds7 hooked up to my 585 so when I pressed mark it gave me a gps mark but no on my hds7 just my furuno. I would transfer it to my hds7 by the gps number on my furuno..Thanks Will try over the weekend. Thanks Heaps guys....

[honda900]

Not all devices are both send and receive on an nmea 0183 bus, Some just listen, according to the protocol specifications.

As for connection yes it works, Send to Receive, Receive to send, both shields connected to ground (this can be only the receiving unit, ie the 585)

Basically the 585 listens, so you can use your 750 to send it GPS data, however when you hit mark, the information is recorded only in the 585 and not transferred back to the 750. The 585 has limited storage and is only able to store 10 gps marks when connected in this manner.

I connected my 585 to both my 750 and my HDS (one at a time) units so can confirm that it can be done.

Ref:

http://www.tronico.fi/OH6NT/docs/NMEA0183.pdf


Electrical Interface

NMEA 0183 devices are designated as either talkers or listeners (with some devices being both),
employing an asynchronous serial interface with the following parameters:
Baud rate: 4800
Number of data bits: 8 (bit 7 is 0)
Stop bits: 1 (or more)
Parity: none
Handshake: none

NMEA 0183 allows a single talker and several listeners on one circuit. The recommended interconnect wiring is a shielded twisted pair, with the shield grounded only at the talker. The standard dos not specify the use of a particular connector.

Note: The new 0183-HS standard (HS = high speed) introduced in
version 3.0 uses a 3-wire interface and a baud rate of 38400. This type of interface is not discussed here.

Regards
Honda.

[Smithy]

Yep do it and then when you hit mark on the Furuno, you can move the cursor to the high spot or fish you want to mark, then hit mark again and it will put a lat and long on the Furuno screen for you that you manually enter into your plotter. I also have GPS speed displaying on my Furuno. It is handy and also good when drifting as it seems to average the speed a lot better than the plotter which jumps around all over the place.

[stewy]

Sorry and thanks. So what colour wires go together from the furuno to the garmin????


im confused...Sorry


Thanks.

[John Buoy]

hey stewy without looking deeply into your Garmin unit wiring code
the following is a standard Garmin colour code.
Garmin Blue > Furuno Yellow
Garmin Brown > Furuno White
Garmin Black (this is the earth cable) > Furuno Green and Blue"

As satnav has posted above

[SatNav]

1. If you are confused then probably best you read your own manual/s.

2. Nothing more to say on this one.

[juggernaut]

What does wiring the furuno green and blue to garmin earth achieve?

[juggernaut]

Ok found further info

http://www.thehulltruth.com/marine-e...no-fcv585.html

Furuno green and blue must serve as the NMEA 0183 ground.

[tropicrows]

1. Google? Only for the confusion.

2. Ok, Furuno White to Garmin(#1) Brown, Furuno Yellow to Garmin(#1) Blue, Furuno Blue & Green to Garmin Black. If using Garmin Serial#2 then swap Gray for Blue & Violet for Brown but suggest using serial#1. Also check Garmin Comm & NMEA0183 settings

3. Note that with queries such as this it is helpful to explain exactly what you intend (or expect) to do, what has GPS etc as you may only require a 1-way connection, even to the point of not worth connecting at all depending. Now asuming your intent is more Garmin to Furuno (position wise?) then only connection required is Yellow/Blue & Green/Black.

All good now, had mine wired to serial port 2 as the vhf was wired to port 1. However I did not connect the blue and green wires to earth.

Yep do it and then when you hit mark on the Furuno, you can move the cursor to the high spot or fish you want to mark, then hit mark again and it will put a lat and long on the Furuno screen for you that you manually enter into your plotter. I also have GPS speed displaying on my Furuno. It is handy and also good when drifting as it seems to average the speed a lot better than the plotter which jumps around all over the place.

Working just as you described it would.

[stewy]

Big thank to you guys. It works a treat now.. Thank you


Stewy