Can the Autopilot Controls feature be used with a third party autopilot?

[Chuck - Raymarine - Moderator]

Can the Autopilot Controls feature be used with a third party autopilot?

The Autopilot Controls feature is exclusively supported when MFDs supporting the Autopilot Controls feature have been interfaced to a compatible Raymarine autopilot via SeaTalkng / NMEA 2000 communications or SeaTalk communications. Furthermore, the Autopilot Controls feature of Axiom/Axiom Pro/Axiom XL MFDs is exclusively supported when the Axiom/Axiom Pro/Axiom XL MFD system has been interfaced to an Evolution autopilot. While the Autopilot Controls feature of Raymarine MFDs cannot be used with other autopilots, this does not however mean that other autopilots which have been correctly interfaced to a Raymarine MFD cannot be used to track to a waypoint or to follow a route. It simply means that the autopilot's control head must be used to engage Standby, Auto, and Track mode or to perform changes to the autopilot's locked heading. An autopilot's Track mode may be entered after the MFD has been commanded to Go To Waypoint / Cursor Position or to Follow Route. The latter action sends steering information to the autopilot course computer to support track mode.


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