BS EN 61162-2:1999

1 General
    1.1 Scope
    1.2 Normative references
    1.3 Definitions
2 Manufacturer's documentation
    2.1 Standard documents
    2.2 Additional information
3 Hardware specification
    3.1 Interconnecting wires
    3.2 Conductor definitions
    3.3 Electrical connection/shield requirements
    3.4 Connector
    3.5 Electrical signal characteristics
4 Data transmission
5 Data format protocol
    5.1 Characters
    5.2 Fields
    5.3 Sentences
    5.4 Error detection and handling
6 Data content
7 Applications
8 Methods of testing and required test results
    8.1 Test preparation
    8.2 Test sequence
    8.3 Standard test signals
    8.4 Test of the interface
Figure 1 Talker/listener connections
Figure 2 Cables - Electrical shield requirements
Figure 3 Data transmission format
Annex A (informative) IMO resolutions and ITU recommendations
and relevant IEC/ISO standards to which this standard applies
for maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment
and systems
Annex B (informative) Glossary
Annex ZA Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications

Requirements for data communication between maritime electronic instruments, navigation and radiocommunication equipment when interconnected via an appropriate interface and to support one-way serial data transmission from a single talker to one or more listeners.