[CA] [CA11] AutoPilot compatibility with steering systems

[Chuck - Raymarine - Moderator]

Lrpoop,

The ST6000 and ST6002 are autopilot control heads, not autopilot course computer. Please locate, determine (if uncertain take a photograph of the course computer), and respond with the model of autopilot course computer which has been interfaced to these autopilot control heads. With this knowledge, it may then be possible to specify how the autopilot should be interfaced to an Axiom MFD.

Once correctly interfaced to an autopilot, the MFD's Chart application would be commanded to Go To a Waypoint / Cursor Position or to Follow a Route which you have created within the MFD's Chart application. This will automatically cause the associated navigational data to be transmitted to the autopilot. With the specified autopilot control heads, Track mode would then by steering the vessel in the direction of the first waypoint to be navigated to place the vessel icon on the black dashed course line, pressing AUTO, pressing TRACK, and then pressing TRACK again to acknowledge the course to be steered.