[CA] [CA11] Standard Horizon GX1600 DSC Connection

[Chuck - Raymarine - Moderator]

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The Raymarine VHF 0183 to SeaTalkng Converter Kit will not support the end which you are seeking as it only supports one-way communications. As the third party VHF radio does not feature a NMEA 2000 communications interface and the MFD does not feature a NMEA 0183 communications interface, it would be necessary to interface the third party VHF radio to a NMEA 0183 to NMEA 2000 data bridging device which supports 4800 BAUD communications and additionally support the NMEA 0183 DSC sentence (the latter is required for the MFD to plot DSC position reports received by the VHF radio) (ex. Actisense NGW-1-ISO, etc.). The MFD and NMEA 0183 to NMEA 2000 data bridging device would each be interfaced as individual spurs to a powered and properly terminated SeaTalkng / NMEA 2000 backbone. The NMEA 0183 input / output leads of the third party VHF radio would in turn be interfaced to the corresponding NMEA 0183 input / output leads/terminals of the NMEA 0183 to NMEA 2000 data bridging device.