Connecting SeaTalk1 and NMEA2000 using the SeaTalk Converter

[rickmcc]

I am installing a NMEA2000 network (using Maretron cables and connectors) and would like to connect it with my SeaTalk1 network. My SeaTalk1 network connects several ST60+ instrument displays and an ST4000 autopilot. The NMEA2000 network will connect a Maretron WSO100 Weather Station/Wind Sensor, a Maretron DSM150 Display and a Raymarine a95 Multifunction Display. The SeaTalk1 network connection will be in the middle of the NMEA2000 network with the WSO100 connected at one end of the NMEA2000 network and the a95 MFD connected at the other end of the NMEA2000 network.

Do I need the Raymarine SeaTalk1 to SeaTalkng Converter Kit (E22158) to connect the two networks and share data between the devices on both networks? Do I connect the SeaTalk converter and the NMEA2000 network with a “backbone” connection (with the NMEA2000 backbone connecting to both ends of the SeaTalk converter using DeviceNet Adapter Cables A06045 and A06078)? Will the NMEA2000 supply the power to the SeaTalk converter and the SeaTalk1 network or does power need to be connected to the SeaTalk converter?