

What are the minimum requirements for an NMEA 2000 network?

You can easily hook up to the new network whilst keeping currently installed NMEA 0183 devices using an NMEA 2000 Gateway like the NGW-1.

There is a common misconception that the term ‘open standard’ means freely available when in fact it means that the standard is available to buy at a reasonable cost from their website. NMEA 2000 is an open standard designed by the NMEA to help them achieve their mission by standardising the messages and connector system used for devices in the marine industry. In a nutshell, they’re a not-for-profit organisation whose mission is to improve data communications between marine electronics manufacturers. The NMEA stands for National Marine Electronics Association.
