Lowrance electronic LMS-480 User Manual

Cable connections for Lowrance LMS-480

power for the sonar/GPS unit (the

NMEA 2000 Power Cable supplies

NMEA 2000 network buss. All

Pub. 988-0154-181

Sockets with blue socket nuts, and cable plugs with blue locking collars are NMEA 2000 connection types. The NMEA 0183 Data Cable can transmit NMEA position data to another device. The Main Power Supply Cable provides 12-volt

white speaker wire is not used). The

12-volt power to the LGC-2000 GPS antenna module and/or a

unused wires in the 3-way Power/Data Cable should be capped with wire nuts or electrical tape.

NMEA 2000 Power Cable. Three wires: red (+), black (– ground), shield (bare, – ground). Cable label says "NMEA 2000 Power." Used to power the GPS module and/or a NMEA 2000 network buss.

Sonar/GPS unit rear view

Sonar socket

LGC-2000 25' Extension Cable

Network socket

SONAR PWR/DATA

NETWORK

Blue

Power/Data socket

NMEA 0183 Data Cable. Four wires: blue, orange, yellow, shield (bare). Cable label says "RS-232 COMM."

Blue or gray

SP-BL speed sensor. This is packed with the LMS-480DF and is optional for the LMS-480.

This figure corrects the drawing on page 35 in the LMS-480 manual, part 988-0151-181. The manual showed the sonar and power/data sockets in the wrong place, and listed the wrong speed sensor model.

Skimmer transducer with built-in temp sensor

Gray

Blue

LGC-2000

GPS

antenna

module

60-ohm

terminator

Main Power Supply Cable. Cable has no label, but is thickest of the three. Three wires: red (+), black (– ground), white. White is external speaker wire, not used in these units.

If sonar/GPS unit is not connected to a powered NMEA 2000 network, you must connect the NMEA 2000 Power Cable to a 12-volt power source in order for the LGC-2000 to work.