[DG] [DG11] Can ST2000+ use external Compass?

[ELAU]

Hi Derek,

Thank you very much for your reply.

I am lucky here that one member of my sailing club is now selling his old Raymarine Smart Heading System unit together with the fluxgate compass. I have downloaded and read the owner manual of the Smart Heading System and found that the heading data output from the Smart Heading System unit via SeaTalk is 2 Hz. It seems to me that 2 times of heading data update per second is a bit slow. Is 2 Hz the maximum heading data output rate I can get via SeaTalk? If no, what Raymarine equipment is now providing the quickest heading data output rate via SeaTalk?

On the other hand, in your first reply, you mentioned that "...the internal fluxgate in the ST2000+ is still used by the autopilot for the very rapid short term control of the system." Can you give more detail of the situations in which the tiller pilot would still use the internal fluxgate even when external Seatalk heading data is available.

Thank you.