OMC-140 Multifunctional NMEA Display Operators' Manual: Version 1.04 - 2015
OMC-140 Multifunctional NMEA Display Operators' Manual: Version 1.04 - 2015
OMC-140 Multifunctional NMEA Display Operators' Manual: Version 1.04 - 2015
Operators’ Manual
1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 5
2 Safety .................................................................................................................................................... 6
3 Display functions ................................................................................................................................... 7
3.1 Home screen Wind ..................................................................................................................... 7
3.2 Home screen GPS .................................................................................................................... 10
3.2.1 Default Home screen functions: ........................................................................................... 10
3.2.2 Touch Buttons: ..................................................................................................................... 11
3.2.3 Default Indicators: ................................................................................................................ 12
3.3 Home Screen Heading ............................................................................................................. 13
3.3.1 Default Home screen functions: ........................................................................................... 13
3.3.2 Touch Buttons: ..................................................................................................................... 14
3.3.3 Default Indicators: ................................................................................................................ 15
3.4 Available indicators: .................................................................................................................. 16
3.5 General Settings Screen........................................................................................................... 19
3.5.1 Average (wind only) .............................................................................................................. 20
3.5.2 Wind Speed (wind only) ....................................................................................................... 20
3.5.3 Dimming control.................................................................................................................... 20
3.5.4 Sensor Selection .................................................................................................................. 20
3.5.5 Speed reference (wind only) ................................................................................................ 20
3.5.6 User Avg.(Average) Interval (wind only) .............................................................................. 20
4 Advanced functions............................................................................................................................. 22
5 Wind Display Orientation: Relative vs Theoretical vs True................................................................. 22
5.1 Wind display orientation............................................................................................................ 22
5.2 Drift ........................................................................................................................................... 22
5.2.1 Heading vs Course ............................................................................................................... 22
5.2.2 Speed through water (VHW from speed log) vs Speed over ground (gps) ......................... 22
6 Wind Orientation Reference Requirements ........................................................................................ 23
7 Terms, Abbreviations & Symbols list .................................................................................................. 23
7.1 Terms & Abbreviations used in this manual. ............................................................................ 23
7.2 Symbols .................................................................................................................................... 24
8 Digital interface ................................................................................................................................... 25
8.1 NMEA software ......................................................................................................................... 25
8.1.1 Inputs: ................................................................................................................................... 25
8.1.2 Outputs: ................................................................................................................................ 25
8.2 NMEA Message description ..................................................................................................... 26
9 Connections ........................................................................................................................................ 30
9.1 Main connections ...................................................................................................................... 30
9.2 DC power module connections ................................................................................................. 31
9.3 Remote keypad and relay module ............................................................................................ 31
10 Options ............................................................................................................................................ 32
10.1 Remote control unit................................................................................................................... 32
11 Specifications .................................................................................................................................. 33
11.1 Inputs/Outputs .......................................................................................................................... 33
11.2 TFT touch screen ...................................................................................................................... 33
11.3 Electrical ................................................................................................................................... 33
11.4 Environmental specifications .................................................................................................... 33
11.5 Dimming possibilities ................................................................................................................ 33
11.6 Dimensions (see drawings on following page) ......................................................................... 33
11.7 Alarms ....................................................................................................................................... 34
11.8 In accordance with .................................................................................................................... 34
12 Dimensional drawings ..................................................................................................................... 35
13 Menu structure Touch screen ......................................................................................................... 36
14 Appendix: Declaration of Conformity............................................................................................... 39
The OMC- 140 is a multi functional NMEA display primarily designed for wind information.
It is capable of calculation Theoretical and True wind if required data is available.
Marine Display:
Land Display:
Only visible when an alert is active. Touch this button to acknowledge the
alarm.
Shows max Gust over the selected interval time. If ‘Instant’ is selected it
shows the Max Gust since last reset.
Touch to reset
Heart beat. The dot should be running from left to right to indicate the
display is working and not frozen.
Note: The display is single touch, the display will not respond if multiple touch is detected. Don’t place
your hand on the edge while trying to touch a button, this could be detected as a touch.
Heart beat. The dot should be running from left to right to indicate the
display is working and not frozen.
Note: The display is single touch, the display will not respond if multiple touch is detected. Don’t place
your hand on the edge while trying to touch a button, since this could be detected as a touch.
Heart beat. The dot should be running from left to right to indicate the
display is working and not frozen.
These can be configured for all display types in the Advanced menu.
Please Note: The corresponding NMEA message must have been received
by the display at least once before an indicator can be
selected!
Touch to reset
The General Settings Screen is accessible for all users, but some functions can be locked by the
administrator, while others might not be available for other reasons.
NOTE: General settings display the stored DEFAULT settings, which will be used whenever the
display is started. Settings done via the Home screen are considered temporarily changes and
not automatically stored in the default settings.
Grayed out blocks are not accessible. For example: the ‘User Average Period’ is only accessible when
‘User’ is selected at ‘Average Period’.
Use ‘Save & Exit’ to store your changes and return to the Main screen. Otherwise use ‘Cancel’ to
discard all changes and return to the Main screen. Display will also return to normal operation if
no touch is detected for 1 minute.
Set the interval over which all data (except Gust) will be averaged.
Gust will be given over the selected interval (2 & 10 minutes), since last reset (Instant) or at User setting
(User).
Normally wind information is reported in 10 minute average data. During specific changing conditions you
will need to change to 2 minutes average. The OMC-140 can detect those conditions and change
automatic between 10 & 2 minute average if ‘Marked Discontinuity’ is set in ‘Advanced Settings (default
is off).
Select how you would like to control the brightness of the screen.
Only selectable when 2 sensors are connected, otherwise it will be grayed out.
Options are only selectable if the required data is available (see chapter 6)
Relative: Wind direction & speed data related to the bow of the vessel
Theoretical: Wind direction & speed data related to the bow of the vessel as if the vessel would have
no speed (True wind related to the bow).
True: Wind direction & speed data related to true North
Depending on available data the OMC-140 display is able to display the wind data up to 3 orientations in
the marine mode. This mode is fixed during installation, in land mode only the True to North mode is
available: a wind rose is displayed and the area between the logo and dim control bar will be empty.
Relative orientation:
- vessel symbol is displayed
- Wind is displayed as measured on board,
Wind is displayed relative to the bow off the vessel.
True orientation:
- Wind Rose is displayed
- Wind is displayed as if the vessel would not move heading North.
Wind is displayed True to North.
Theoretical orientation:
- Vessel symbol is displayed
- Wind is displayed as if the vessel would not move
The wind is displayed True to the bow of the vessel.
True and Theoretical wind speed will always be identical, direction difference will be the heading of the
vessel (or course if no heading data is available).
When the vessel is heading North, Theoretical & True values will be identical.
5.2 Drift
To compensate for drift the display requires heading data (from gyro) besides course over ground (cog)
and speed over ground (sog) data (from gps).
Without heading data, the display will display True & Theoretical wind once the ships speed is above 1kt.
The display will assume the heading is identical to the course for True and Theoretical calculations.
Keep in mind this can lead to deviations in situations where you experience significant drift or if the
vessel is reversing!
5.2.2 Speed through water (VHW from speed log) vs Speed over ground (gps)
* VTG will be ignored if the SOG < 1kt to avoid incorrect COG data.
Settings menu
8.1.1 Inputs:
The Display accepts the following NMEA input messages with a maximum rate of 4 per second:
8.1.2 Outputs:
Calculated messages
Other functions
$--DDC,a,xx,a,a*hh<CR><LF>
1 2 34
$--GGA,hhmmss.ss,llll.ll,a,yyyyy.yy,a,x,xx,x.x,x.x,M,x.x,M,x.x,xxxx*hh<CR><LF>
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1. UTC of position
2. Latitude - N/S
3. Longitude - E/W
4. GPS Quality indicator1
5. Number of satellites in use, 00-12, may be different from the number in view
6. Horizontal dilution of precision
7. Altitude re: mean-sea-level (geoid), meters
8. Geoidal separation, meters
9. Age of Differential GPS data
10. Differential reference station ID, 0000-1023
$--GMP,hhmmss.ss,c--c,c--c,x.x,x.x,c--c,xx,x.x,x.x,x.x,x.x,x.x,a*hh<CR><LF>
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
1. UTC of position
2. Map projection identification
3. Map zone
4. X (Northern) component of grid (or local) coordinates
5. Y (Eastern) component of grid (or local) coordinates
6. Mode indicator
7. Total number of satellites in use, 00-99
8. HDOP
9. Antenna altitude, meters, re: mean-sea-level (geoid)
10. Geoidal separation, meters
11. Age of differential data
12. Differential reference station ID
13. Navigational Status Indicator
$--GST,hhmmss.ss,x.x,x.x,x.x,x.x,x.x,x.x,x.x*hh<CR><LF>
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1. UTC time of the GGA or GNS fix associated with this sentence.
2. RMS value of the standard deviation of the range inputs to the navigation
process. Range inputs include pseudoranges & DGNSS corrections.
3. Standard deviation of semi-major axis of error ellipse (meters)
4. Standard deviation of semi-minor axis of error ellipse (meters)
5. Orientation of semi-major axis of error ellipse (degrees from true north)
6. Standard deviation of latitude error (meters)
7. Standard deviation of longitude error (meters)
8. Standard deviation of altitude error (meters)
1. Heading
2. degrees True (fixed)
$--MWD,x.x,T,x.x,M,x.x,N,x.x,M*hh<CR><LF>
1 2 3 4
$--MWV,x.x,a,x.x,a,A*hh<CR><LF>
1 2 3 4 5
$--THS,x.x,a*hh<CR><LF>
1 2
$--VER,x,x,aa,c--c,c--c,c--c,c--c,c--c,c--c,x*hh<CR><LF>
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
$--VTG,x.x,T,x.x,M,x.x,N,x.x,K,a*hh<CR><LF>
1 2 3 4 5
6. Transducer 'n'1
Parameter 1 2 3 4 remarks
Temperature (Celsius) C xx.x C 4 <> WATER or DP
9 NMEA output A
10 NMEA output B
11 Shield connection
USB Micro USB connection for advanced programming and firmware updates.
LED Function
1 Power input 1
2 Data input 1
3 Power input 2
4 Data input 2
5 Data output
DC power
1 GND
2 Power +9 – 30VDC
Remote Keypad
1.. 5 not specified.
Relay outputs
6 Relay 1 NO contact
7 Relay 1 Common
8 Relay 1 NC contact
9 Relay 2 NO contact
10 Relay 2 Common
11 Relay 2 NC contact
The optional remote controller has 4 buttons to control some functions remotely on the Main screen.
Default the remote is in Brightness control mode. If no button press has been detected for 10
seconds it will return to this mode.
The background of a function will change to bright blue. For example the Average interval.
Use the Arrow buttons to change the setting of the selected function.
11.1 Inputs/Outputs
2 NMEA0183 inputs
1 NMEA0183 output
Micro USB (programming purposes)
RJ45 LAN connector (Future use)
Display interconnection bus
More I/O possible through the option boards
8,5” Super Wide Viewing Angle 170° LCD with long life and low power LED backlight
Active display area: 184.8 x 110.9 mm
Resolution: WVGA 800x480
11.3 Electrical
Packing 30 x 30 x 40 cm
Weight 1.2 kgs (excl packing)
Weight 3 kgs (incl packing & mounting materials)
General
Dimming Control:
Manual
Automatic
NMEA DDC
Sensor selection:
Auto
Sensor 1
Sensor 2
10 minute
2 minute
Instant
User (settings from User Average Interval)
Bft
Mph
m/s
kn
km/h
Relative
Theoretical
True
Wind Speed
Wind Direction
Gust
Wind Variation
Keypad
Display Mode
Landscape
Portrait
Wind Alarm
Pre Alarm
Hysteresis
Alarm Delay
Output Baudrate
4800
9600
19200
38400
Options
Info
Displays System & Product info.