[LW] [LW11] AIS reciever connection to Multiple MFD's

[Chuck - Raymarine - Moderator]

E.hatch2086,

Q1. From what I understand I would then loose my autopilot capability on the eS7 as the auto pilot is a Raymarine 2004 vintage which does not work with Axiom. It presently works with the eS7.
A1. This is not completely true. It simply means that the Autopilot Controls feature within the LightHouse 3 software may not be exercised. Instead, the autopilot's control head would be used to command the autopilot into Standby, Auto, and Track modes as well as to configure the autopilots settings. Navigational data required to permit operation in track mode is passed by the MFD to the autopilot.

Q2. I liked the idea of having 2 independent MFD's , each using its on own GPS input and chart . From what I understand if they are networked then one is the master and the other is the slave. Thus I assumed that if the Master went down failed for some reason the slave would not work.
A2. Not so. Should the system's Data Master MFD ever suffer a failure, then the other MFD would simply need to be reconfigured as the system's Data Master.