p70s Set-Up Questions

[Chuck - Raymarine - Moderator]

Welcome to the Raymarine Forum Dan,

Q1. Is there a "best choice" between selection of a Preferred Data Source versus selecting the "Auto" select when only one source of a data type exists in the system (e.g. one GPS, one wind instrument, one EV-1 heading,etc)? Would benefits be faster boot speed or better error identification?
A1. Most operator will not need to select data sources for the system. Should only one source of any of the listed types of data be present within the system, then the Data Sources feature would not be used.

Q2. Other than by seeing magnetic heading on the p70s from the EV-1 to check out the network, can the Axiom 9 show the p70s in the Home>Settings>Network menus? It seems to show only the data master and data sources (not control heads).
A2. The initial release of LightHouse 3 software have had very limited diagnostics in comparison to the MFDs which preceded them. Increased diagnostics capabilities will be made available through future LightHouse 3 software updates. As you have suggested, the diagnostics features of the p70/p70S, p70R/p70S, and i70/i70S products may be used to for testing communications with other devices which have been interfaced to the SeaTalkng / NMEA 2000 backbone.