[CA] [CA11] Compatibility

[Chuck - Raymarine - Moderator]

Welcome to the Raymarine Forum John,

I too have mated an EV-200 Power with an Octopus Type R mechanical drive unit onboard my own boat and love it's performance. The advantage of the Type R over the type T is that you don't have to change out the helm and the drive unit may be installed out of site in the stern of the vessel. You may want to take a look onboard your boat to see if the Type R may be fitted. Regarding your questions, the rudder reference transducer which had been used with the SportPilot may instead be mated to the Evolution ACU. As the Evolution autopilots do not feature a NMEA 0183 communications interface, a SeaTalk to SeaTalkng Converter Kit or a NMEA 0183 to NMEA 2000 data bridging device (ex. Actisense NGW-1-ISO, etc.) would be used to interface the autopilot to your hsb2 Pathfinder Series Fishfinder/Chartplotter Display.