[CA] [CA11] 2002 Era Electronics Integration To Sea Talk ng Radar & e125 MFD

[Chuck - Raymarine - Moderator]

Walter,

General note: Please note that the e-Series MFDs ended several years ago. As such, and should you not already have purchased the remanufactured e-Series MFDs, then you may find it a challenge to locate them within the marketplace. Should you be able to locate these MFDs, then please additionally note that the sunset for Raymarine's ability to repair these MFDs is not far off. Alternatively, a pair of Axiom Pro S MFDs (specifically Axiom Pro 9 S and Axiom Pro 12 S) should be considered for this application. With regard to interfacing the Axiom Pro MFDs to the system, the process is essentially the same as would be undertaken to interface the e-Series MFDs to the legacy products.

As you have suggested, the NMEA 0183 Port 1 output of the autopilot course computer should be interfaced to one of the MFD's NMEA 0183 input ports (Port 2 recommended) and that NMEA 0183 Port of the MFD will need to be configured for 4800 BAUD NMEA 0183 communications (NMEA 4800).

The best installation practice would be for the Data Master MFD, and i50 instrument to be interfaced as spurs to the backbone, while the p70RS (the p70 and p70R have not been produced in several years) will need to be interfaced to the autopilot course computer's SeaTalk port to support powering the autopilot control head and communications with the autopilot course computer. The second SeaTalk port will be connected to the SeaTalk (yellow) socket of the SeaTalk to SeaTalkng Converter.