[CA] [CA11] Replacing a Robertson AP3000 Auto pilot

[Chuck - Raymarine - Moderator]

Welcome to the Raymarine Forum Brian,

As you have suggested, the T70162 Evolution EV-400 Power would be recommended for a Robertson RPU 160 hydraulic drive.

Should you elect to one day interface the autopilot to the Garmin system, then it would be recommended that an Actisense NGW-1-ISO-STNG data bridge be used to interface the Evolution autopilot the Garmin chartplotting system. The NGW-1-ISO-STNG's NMEA 2000 cable will be plugged into a spur socket (white) within the backbone which will be interfacing the Evolution autopilot components to one another. The Actisense NGW-1-ISO NMEA 0183 to NMEA 2000 data bridge features a pair of NMEA 0183 input and output leads. The NMEA 0183 RXA and RXB leads of the Actisense NGW-1-ISO NMEA 0183 to NMEA 2000 data bridge will be interfaced to the NMEA 0183 OUT+ and NMEA 0183 OUT- terminals respectively of the Garmin charplotting system to permit the Evolution autopilot to receive navigational data associated with a Go To or Follow route command executed via the Garmin chartplotting system.