[CA] [CA11] Interfacing Ray700AIS from Nav station to Axiom 9 at helm

[Chuck - Raymarine - Moderator]

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Q. With the Ray 700 at the nav station I connected 0183 high out to the E85001 0183 in and the E85001 seatalk out to the Seatalk 1 bus.
A. Unfortunately, this is an invalid installation, as the E85001 does not support 38400 BAUD NMEA 0183 communications and unlike SeaTalkng communications protocol, SeaTalk communications protocol does not support communications of AIS data. In this case and recognizing that it may require changes to the wiring within your binnacle tubing, it would be recommended that:

- any old radar cable within the binnacle tubing which then passes below decks be removed, and

- any SeaTalk Cable within the binnacle tubing which then passes below decks be removed, and

- any SeaTalkNG Power Cable within the binnacle tubing which then passes below decks be removed and relocated to the navigation station.

- the backbone which had been created by the SeaTalk to SeaTalkng Converter be extended to the to the navigation station via an appropriate length of SeaTalkng Backbone Cable

- That a SeaTalkng 5-Way Connector be installed at the navigation station to then permit the Ray70 and SeaTalkng Power Cable to be interfaced to spur sockets within the backbone. Should there be a reason that the E85001 is still desired for use within the system (ex. computer interfaced to E85001, etc.) then a second SeaTalk to SeaTalkng Converter may be installed in place of the aforementioned SeaTalkng 5-Way Connector.