[CA] [CA11] New Axiom Install

[Chuck - Raymarine - Moderator]

Q1. I have followed your advice and run a dedicated bus connection to my course computer and have isolated the ST 60 units. The system fired up and while I have an indication of depth, I do not have any of the wind information on the display.
A1. I assume that this means that 1) the ST60 instruments have been interfaced to a SeaTalk to SeaTalkng Converter which has been installed as a backbone component and that 2) the ST60 instruments are only being powered by the SeaTalkng backbone via the SeaTalk to SeaTalkng Converter. If so, then this condition would have absolutely no impact upon the ST60 Wind Instrument's ability to display wind data from a compatible wind transducer which had been interfaced to the wind transducer terminals of the ST60 Wind Instrument. Please click here to view a FAQ addressing how to test the wind transducer. Should the ST60 Wind Instrument be able to display wind data and not be passing data to the remainder of the system, it would be recommended that the Axiom MFD as well as the SeaTalk to SeaTalkng Converter each be updated with latest available Raymarine product software updates.

Should the ST60 Wind instrument display wind and the remainder of the system be unable to display wind, then please attach an updated diagram to this thread for further analysis.

Q2. I have also cut and made safe the Seatalk to STng converter adaptor cable to the system red wire (12v Positive lead).
A2. See the response to Q1 regarding how the two SeaTalk busses and two SeaTalk to SeaTalkng Converters should be interfaced to the system and should be updated with the latest available product software update. When so configured depth and wind data should be available to the MFD as well as to the autopilot.

Q2. There is an issue with the 9Pro unit turning off when the bow thruster is activated, and yes, it is a completely separate system including wiring to their own breakers. The autopilot control buttons are located next to the 9 Pro separated by <2". Is it possible that I need to place a ferrite on one of the cables?
A2. Please click here to view a FAQ addressing this subject ... particularly the last couple of paragraphs of this FAQ. This condition is most definitely resulting from a failure to electrically isolate the marine electronics system from electrical equipment having high current demands (i.e. thrusters, winches, pumps, macerators, engine starter motors, etc.). It is not sufficient to simply install the electronics on dedicated breakers if the same battery(s) are responsible for supplying power to the electrical equipment having high current demands.

Q3. Another issue is with the preloaded cartography. I purchased the Navionics package on the 9Pro and naturally, the Lighthouse chart system was included. I received MSD cards for both and have registered and update both. The chart page also shows CMap however I did not receive an MSD card for that program. In order to register and upgrade I need to have a card, did the card just not get packed or is there another way to handle the program.
A3. The MFDs feature no pre-loaded cartography within their internal memory except for the base world maps (not intended for navigation) displayed when the Navionics, C-Map, LightHouse, and SiriusXM Weather cartography are chosen to be displayed. When no chart card is present within the system, these base world maps will be when corresponding icon is chosen within the Cartography tab of the Chart application. Raymarine offers MFD bundles which include a single chart card ... Navionics, C-Map, or LightHouse. Chart cards are not registered during the product registration process (although the MFD's product ID identifies which (if any) chart card was packaged with the MFD) and one would certainly not register a separately purchased chart card. While Raymarine recommends that customers register their products, there is no need to register a product, a chart card to download product software updates.