[CA] [CA11] Upgrade E80 MFDs and Pathfinder Radar Integration

[Chuck - Raymarine - Moderator]

R2Straebel,

Q1. Regarding the VHF, the power supply cord includes three (RCA?) plug-style connectors. The White and Black plugs are unused. The Red plug consists of two conductors, both connected to “NMEA OUT” on the ST60 Multi Instrument at the helm station. The white internal wire is connected to the Positive (+) and the clear-shielded copper internal wire to Negative (-).
A1. Great ... no change to method by which the VHF radio is receiving GPS data need occur.

Q2. Regarding the autopilot SmartPilot Computer, it is a S3G AST.
A2. Great. A SeaTalk to SeaTalkng Converter may be used to interface the autopilot, ST290 DPU, ST60 Multi, and wireless autopilot remote base station to the new MFDs. Please click here to view a FAQ addressing this subject. In systems featuring the autopilot equipment which you have listed, it would be considered to be a best practice to interface the autopilot control head(s) and wireless autopilot remote base station alone to one of the autopilot course computer's SeaTalk ports and then use the course computer's second SeaTalk port to connect the SeaTalk bus to which any other devices having a SeaTalk communications interface (in this case the ST290 DPU, ST60 Multi, and SeaTalk to SeaTalkng Converter). When connecting the SeaTalk bus to the ST290 DPU and to the autopilot course computer, the red SeaTalk terminal of these devices will not be connected to permit the SeaTalk bus to be powered by the system's powered and properly terminated SeaTalkng / NMEA 2000 backbone via the SeaTalk to SeaTalkng Converter. I this case, the simple SeaTalkng / NMEA 2000 backbone may consist of the SeaTalk to SeaTalkng Converter alone to which Power, the Data Master MFD, and the aforementioned SeaTalk bus will be connected.

Q3. Finally, in my previous submittal, I omitted a Seatalkhs High Speed Network Switch that connects the two E80 MFDs. The only other connections to the switch are the positive and negative power supply.
A3. Great! That means that the existing SeaTalkhs Cables may be adapted to be mated to the Axiom MFDs via an A80160 RayNet (F) to SThs (F) Socket Adaptor Cable.