Professional quality opto isolation protects PCs
25th August 2005
Actisense have released a new version of their popular Opto-isolator cable, with a screened case and lead for added protection from sources of interference, making the product highly suitable for the commercial and premium marine market.

The new OPTO-2 cable provides a safe connection of NMEA 0183 signals to a standard PC serial port. NMEA 0183 opto-isolation is essential for full NMEA 0183 compliancy. It also prevents ground loops and damage to expensive computer equipment - differences in voltage between two ground points on a boat can cause a serial port either not to work correctly, or to fail completely.

Having being designed to meet the stringent specifications required for ECDIS system installations onto commercial vessels, the OPTO-2 cable enables the system to achieve full NMEA 0183 and ECDIS compliancy.

Please check the OPTO-2 product pages for more information.
 
NMEA Opto-isolator cable 2 (PC-OPTO-2) plug end view
NMEA Opto-isolator cable 2 (PC-OPTO-2) side view