The AIS has interfaces (configurable as IEC 61162-1 or 61162-2)
for position, heading and rate of turn (ROT) sensors. In general,
sensors installed in compliance with other carriage requirements of
SOLAS Chapter V should be connected
to the AIS.footnote The sensor information
transmitted by AIS should be the same information being used for navigation
of the ship. The interfaces should be configured as given in annex 3. Interfacing problems might occur
if the existing sensors found on board do not have serial (IEC 61162)
outputs.