6 weather alert (wx alert), 7 nmea protocol (com port) – Eagle Electronics EVR-150 User Manual

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EAGLE - EVR-150 Installation and Operation Instructions

3-6 Weather Alert (Wx ALERT)

The NOAA provides several weather forecast channels on USA and Canadian channel banks.

If severe weather such as storms or hurricanes are forecast, the NOAA broadcasts a weather

alert on 1050 Hz. You can set up the radio to pick up weather alerts, as follows:

1. Select RADIO SETUP, then WX ALERT.
2. Select ON (on) or OFF (off ) then press

ENT to enable the setting and return

to the menu.

When a weather alert is broadcast, the alarm will sound. Press any key to hear the weather

alert voice message.

3-7 NMEA protocol (COM PORT)

This radio uses NMEA0183 protocol to receive GPS data from a compatible GPS unit. The

COM Port must be configured correctly before use. The radio can be added to a group of

instruments using NMEA protocol.

1. Select RADIO SETUP, then COM PORT.
2. Select CHECKSUM ON (on) or OFF (off )

then press ENT to enable the setting

and return to the menu.

CHECKSUM ON is the usual setting.

The COM Port uses 4800 baud rate, and can receive the following GPS data sentence: RMC,

GGA, GLL, GNS.

This radio does not output NMEA data.

WX ALERT

ON

>OFF

RADIO SETUP

INT SPEAKER

WATCH MODE

>WX ALERT

RADIO SETUP

WATCH MODE

WX ALERT

>COM PORT

NMEA

CHECKSUM

>ON

OFF

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