NMEA 2000 bus crash

[Chuck - Raymarine - Moderator]

George,

Raymarine products are quite routinely interfaced with third party products, including those with NMEA 2000 communications interfaces. That said, greatest overall reliability, data sharing, and features will typically result in system which has been constructed of products from a single manufacturer ... as this this the environment in which they are tested. Raymarine currently manufactured products are designed to support NMEA 2000 communications specifications rather than be tested with all third party products having NMEA 0183 communications interfaces ... as doing so would be impractical. NMEA 2000 bus crashes such as you have reported are very rare and are typically the result of insufficient power within the backbone, improper termination, oa damaged / faulty networking component, or product failure. Should you believe that there is an issue with your MFD, then it is recommended that it be sent to Raymarine's Product Repair Center to operated continuously within a large network of SeaTalkng / NMEA 2000 devices over several days.