[LW] [LW11] ST1-STNG-N2K

[Tom - Raymarine - Moderator]

Hello Almare,

I'm sorry to hear that you've had conflicting information. NMEA2000 connections unfortunately aren't always as simple as we would all like, and the exact answer you get to a question tends to depend on the context of the question.

The ST1-STNG convertor isn't useless in that system, you can get depth and speed from the Bidata through it. As my colleague Chuck explained, it's best to join Devicenet (standard NMEA2000) to STNG via the Backbone connectors rather than spur connectors, but I agree that this isn't particularly easy or obvious. The system must always have only 2 terminators, but if you were to remove the middle two terminators from your drawing then the system would work. The only drawback of this is that you then have two open sockets which are prone to condensation and corrosion, a possible short circuit or someone accidentally adding a terminator into later on. We are planning to introduce STNG backbone-Devicenet adaptors in due course that will make this connection very easy.

Regarding technical support - posts to the forum here will always be answered by experienced Raymarine staff, or you can contact experienced Raymarine support at our Sweden office ([ur]http://www.raymarine.se/view/index-id=1154.html[/url], perhaps this is who you spoke to before), or there is a larger support team at Raymarine UK who you can also contact by phone (http://www.raymarine.co.uk/view/index-id=1154.html.) I'd say that you could call me but I am in Australia.

Regards,
Tom