Raymarine EV100/150

[Chuck - Raymarine - Moderator]

Welcome to the Raymarine Forum Dean,

Q1) If I bought a Raymarine e series 9 or 12 and a EV100 or EV150 can I wire them into my existing Lowrance NEMA backbone without any issues between both Lowrance MFD and Raymarine MFD?
A1) Raymarine's latest generation of products having a SeaTalkng / NMEA 2000 communications interface are designed to meet the requirements for NMEA 2000 Certification from NMEA. Should the third party products which you intend to interface with also meet this design criteria, then there should not be any issue. Care should be taken within systems featuring more than one source of any specific type of data (GPS, wind, depth, heading, speed through water, etc.) to ensure that the system's component have been configured to all use the same source.

Q2) Will the transducers from both be ok so long as they are mounted a distance from each other?
A2) While it is unlikely that the Raymarine fishfinding products would experience any interference from the 83/200kHz transducer specified, it is recommended that you consult with Lowrance regarding whether the design of their products will be subject to interference from any Raymarine 50kHz/200kHz transducer installed onboard.

Q3) If all is ok what parts exactly do I need to order to make this happen.
A3). For simplicity, it is generally recommended that a backbone be created using networking from a single manufacturer. If opting to continue with a Lowrance backbone, then you will need to add four additional backbone spur sockets featuring DeviceNet Sockets. Raymarine offers SeaTalkng to DeviceNet Spur Adapter Cables in both male and female genders to support interfacing Raymarine products to third party backbone spur sockets.

Alternatively, a backbone which has been constructed from Lowrance networking components may be married to a backbone which as been constructed of SeaTalkng networking components by adding a Maretron field install-able Micro-C connector of the correct gender to an appropriate length of SeaTalkng Backbone Cable. Please click here to view a FAQ addressing this subject. Raymarine products are interfaced to SeaTalkng backbone spur sockets using appropriate lengths of SeaTalkng Spur Cable.