Garmin 796 wiring pinout

spinner2 · Dec 11, 2021

I would like to wire a GPS feed from a 796 to a uavionix AV-30-C. The AV-30 requires a RS232 connection which the Garmin provides. A bare wire cradle is available from Garmin and the wiring looks like this

The orange or blue whites both provide a RS232 Out.

However I happen to have a spare standard type cradle and am wondering if the wiring is the same? If I can simply clip the end off and hard wire the power and ground wires and tie into the orange wire for GPS Out?

This what the wiring looks like in that cradle. What makes me wonder is the absence of a blue wire. I’m hoping someone here will have a solid answer? Thanks.

wireweinie · Dec 11, 2021

Never seen data lines in a cable with the cigarette lighter plug. Only power and ground.

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Bill Rusk · Dec 12, 2021

Dan

I kind of went down this road myself. It was much easier to use the bare wire harness from Garmin and their wiring diagram, than trying to figure out the harness that comes with the unit. I’m pretty sure there is a 232 wire there, because mine is connected to my radio so that all I have to do is push a button on the GPS and it transfers the frequency from the 796 to my radio. I am certainly not an expert on wiring, that’s for darn sure, but it seems like if you can do that, there’s probably a way to do what you want.

Bill

DENNY · Dec 12, 2021

I looked into this when I wired in a connection to the ELT. The mount with the 12v plug does not have the RS232 output I had to buy the Bare wire mount like Bill did.
DENNY

cubflier · Dec 12, 2021

I did this on a Aera 660 and there was a bit to it as the color codes aren't a match and as you noted the blue wire which is a com port wire is missing. In the case of the 660 the adapter had 6 wires that feed the cradle none of which fed the com ports. I assume you have an audio jack on that extra harness? I did and I cut it far enough above the jack so I could determine which fed the audio jack and how they were color coded. I then was able move one of the wires over to the com port wires at the terminal. Here is a picture of the 660 terminal before I rearranged it to pick up one of the com ports.

Then I went back side of the 660, determined which output pins fed both com ports. In the case of the 660 pictured above, Serial port 1 was pin 4. Serial port 2 was pin 6 on the twelve connector above. Pin 1 on that connector starts on the unpopulated side of the connector by my finger. I then rearranged the wires on the right to pic up serial 1.

Who knows if this helps at all but in may give a clue to any 660 users.

The bare wire kit is not a bad way to either.

Good Luck - Jerry

wireweinie · Dec 12, 2021

cubflier said:
I did this on a Aera 660 and there was a bit to it as the color codes aren't a match and as you noted the blue wire which is a com port wire is missing. In the case of the 660 the adapter had 6 wires that feed the cradle none of which fed the com ports. I assume you have an audio jack on that extra harness? I did and I cut it far enough above the jack so I could determine which fed the audio jack and how they were color coded. I then was able move one of the wires over to the com port wires at the terminal. Here is a picture of the 660 terminal before I rearranged it to pick up one of the com ports.

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Then I went back side of the 660, determined which output pins fed both com ports. In the case of the 660 pictured above, Serial port 1 was pin 4. Serial port 2 was pin 6 on the twelve connector above. Pin 1 on that connector starts on the unpopulated side of the connector by my finger. I then rearranged the wires on the right to pic up serial 1.

Who knows if this helps at all but in may give a clue to any 660 users.

The bare wire kit is not a bad way to either.

Good Luck - Jerry

What Jerry says here is; Buy the bare wire cable.

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cubflier · Dec 12, 2021

Us poor folk can't afford the easy way out:lol:. I used that damn adapter. Only took a couple days to figure out.

Jerry

wireweinie · Dec 12, 2021

Well my shop rate is $85/hr and the bare wire cable is $62 at Spruce.

In all seriousness, get the bare wire cable if you need to connect data lines, as it's faster/easier to install. I usually install it on new stuff because I can connect it to the main bus with a breaker and not have to install or use a lighter socket. Also, there are two separate channels of data available on a 795/796 unit. Use one for the 406mhz ELT you should be running, and still have another for your other avionics.

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spinner2 · Dec 17, 2021

Follow up:

I bought a bare wire cradle and for anyone who may want to do something similar I took two pictures of the associated pins for the two data out wires.

The orange wire has continuity with this pin.

The blue wire with this pin.

Garmin 796 wiring pinout

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